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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Feb, 4, 1892= 



out into the stream, the wind carrying the canoes several points up 

 strea m as they came broadside to. Then came a tug. 



Iu a few minutes the conviction was borne in upon our inner con- 

 sciousness .that the hour of our defeat had come. That bend was 

 our Waterloo. Twice we essayed it. Already the shades of evening 

 were upon us, the sky was crowded with heavy masses of flying 

 storm clouds; in anoiher hour deep, dense darkness would prevail. 

 We were entirely ignorant of the formation of the banks below, and 

 at the best speed we might attain it would require more than an 

 hour to get through that howling gorge. Wearily and silently we 

 pulled ashore and began the search for a camping ground. After a 

 Jong and discour sing Hunt we could do no better than pitca the 

 tent on the narrow border or shelf of drift-encumbered sand at the 

 base of the bluff. The bluff presented a perpendicular wall over 

 thirty f-et high, the toD being, so far as we could discover, entirely 

 inaccessible trom our camp. The sand shelf was scarcely ten feet 

 witte and at no place over six inches above Che water. Tnus hemmed 

 in, with an unscalable wall back of us and a treacherous flood in 

 front, liable at any hour to fall or rise iad -finitely, the siiuation and 

 outlook for a sound and enjoyable sleep were alike discouraging. 

 Stiff and numb with the cold and the unusually severe strain upon 

 muscle and patience, covered with mud and ice" as we were, the un 

 packing and pitching of the tent and preparations for the night went 

 forward slowly. It was 9 o'clock before the supper, prepared over 

 the spirit stove inside the tent, was dispitehed. As I recall it. the 

 conversation was neither extended nor animated. Something like 

 this: ""*ay. Bill, make it a little stronger and hotter," "Can't do it, 

 Commodore." v was the clear stuff and boiling. 



Then we sank to rest with the mercury at freezing point. This was 

 Camp Neide loca'ed behind Island No. 10, of war fame, and seven 

 miles above New Madrid, Ky. 



[to be continued ] 



THE PURITANS AT HOME. 



AH. gentle Elitor, your ask "What are the Puritans doing?' 1 Well, 

 I will tell you their latest move. On Saturday, Jan. 83, at 8 

 o'clock P M , tbitcliib tat 11 a "oouse warming." all as percuton the 

 invitation you mention in your last issue. Now do not mistake the 

 id( a intended to be conveyed by that little card. No, we have not 

 built a new house, nor hare we moved into other quarters that need 

 warming; but merely used that figure of speech on account of eur 

 having observed that whenever a large body of canoemen gather to- 

 gether for purposes of amusement there is likely to be a pretty warm 

 time. 



Here in Boston there is very little communion between canoemen, 

 and realizing this fact the Puritans f rsook the set annual dinner, 

 which is at best a more or less formal entertainment, and adopted 

 the broad and soe al idea of an informal time for the enjoyment of 

 the local canoemen generally. Along many lines this is far more in 

 keeping with the accepted free and easy character of our spjrti long 

 may it thrive. 



Despi e the season and the inclemency of the weather there was a 

 goodly representation of boating men present, 



Tue spacious club room was liberally decorated with bunting, 

 flags, paddles, etc.. presenting a gay appearance. Tables and chairs 

 scattered promiscuously about were surrounded by the visitors and 

 King Gatnbrinus officiated well at the keg. Light lunch, beer, pipes 

 and tobacco were iscnssed at great length. At one end of the room' 

 a "genitnan" of color was seated making things livelv. Piano and 

 cornet music by club membfrs. recitations and songs made the hours 

 fly. At ten P. M the lights were extinguished and au exhibition oC 

 lantern slides (kindness of Mr. Punnellj was given. Commodore 

 Winne's genial face was to be seen, and his silvery tongue spoke 

 words of wisdom about the A. C. A. Among the well-known geofc'e- 

 men present were Com. Winne. Mohican C. O. : W. B. War-kerhagen 

 Sec'y-Treas. A. C. A.; Capt. W. A. Hall, Newton B. C; Dr. S R. tip- 

 ham, Exc. Com., E. D., A. C. A . -ekonk C. C, Purser Apoilonio, 

 E D.. A. C. A.; Henry Miner, of Albany and Mohican C. C: ex-Com. 

 W. U. Liwson. 



Close upon midnight most of the guests departed, leaving some 

 "tired" ones to sleep at tne club house. 

 The following notice was conspicuously posted in the room : 



NOTICE. 



The late ears leave the comer of O and East 4th streets at 1 o'clock 

 A. M., and every hour thereafter. 



FURTHER NOTICE. 



Any genttemau finding himself making too much leeway, can sleep 

 on the wharf or m the dock until the tide ^obe-s him. 



Entertainment Committee. 



Thus ended the second annual "night" of the P. C. O. 



Seriously speaking, we are assured of the success of this means of 

 awaking interest iu canoeing, and, as in this case, a few well chosen 

 words unon the A. C. A. are calculated to arouse more enthusiasm 

 with regard to that association to which many of us bear allegiance, 

 th n any number of annual dinners, which are enjoyed by the few. 



The foll^ningcli'bs were represented: Mohican C. 0., Albany, N. 

 Y. ; Vesper ri . C, Lowell Mass; Lawence C. C, Lawrence, Mass.; 

 Newton B. C. Au hi niale. ivitss. ; Sekonk C. C. Providence, R I.; 

 Crescent A'bl-tie Club, Brooklyn. N. Y. ; Massasoit C. C. South Bos- 

 ton., Mass.: South Boston C. 0., South Boston. Mass.; Red Dragon C 

 C, Hhitadelphia, Pa ; Shu^-Shuh-tiah O. C, Winchester. Mass : Bos- 

 ton Y. C, Sou ti Biston Y, C. Savin Hill Y. C. Corinthian Y. (J„ of 

 Mublehead; Hull Y. C, Hull Corinthian Y. C, Massachusetts Y. C, 

 Boston. James W. Cartwbtkht, Jr , Sec'y P. C. C. 



THE EASTERN DIVISION TROPHIES. 



THE Hartford C. C. has sent out the following letter in answer to 

 the circular recently sent out by the Eisteru Division: 

 James W. Cartwright, Jr . Vic-Commodore E. D , A. C. A.: 



Dear Sir— In accordance with my promise, your request of Oct. 1 

 la^t was presented to this club at its annual meeting, recently neicl. 

 The memoers expressed themselves fully, and voted that a commit- 

 tee be appointed bv the president to formally embody the club's 

 viE vs in acommunica' ion to be forwarded to you, and offered to the 

 Forest and stream for publication. 



Toe report of the committee reads as follows: "President George 

 L. Parmele: The commit>ee appointed by you to consider the re- 

 quest of the Vice Cjmmodore of the Eastern Division that this club 

 contribute $10 toward the expense of two trophies, to be raced for at 

 each Division meet, beg leave to report: That we consider it the 

 duty of this club to contribute the sum asked, if, upon further con- 

 sideration, the executive committee of the Eastern Division deem it 

 expedient to establish such trophies; and that it is the seuiimeut of 

 this club thit it should always resp >nd cheerfully to ihe proper re- 

 quests of the A. C A. and its Ea^teru Division. That we question the 

 poli y of any action which shall increase the number of high-priced 

 prizes or prizes of large pecuniary value at meets of the American 

 Canoe Associ ttion, or that shall introduce such prizes at the meets of 

 any of its Divisions. That we wish to record ourselves as in favor of 

 prizes whicn shall become the property of the successful competitor: 

 and we suggest that the Division follow the old custom of tbe A C. A. 

 of providing flags for such prizes. Respectfully submitted, W. B. 

 Davidson. J. D. Parker, F. B. Lewis, Committee." 



Awaiting your further consideration and advices, I reuiaiu, frater- 

 nally yours, Fred. B. Lewis. Secretary H. C. C. 



faceting. 



Small Yachts. By G. P. Kunhardt. Price $i0. Steam Yachts and 

 Launched. By C. P. Kunhardt. Price $8. Yachts, Boats and 

 Canoe*. By C. SUxmsfteld-Hieka. Price #3.69. Steam Machinery. Bi 

 Donaldson, Price $1.60. 



THE FIRST COST OF SHIPS. — The If orth American Review for 

 January contains a most interesting article on this suhject by Mr. 

 Charles H . Cramp, of the great firm that stands at the head of Ameri- 

 can shipbuilding. In the course of the article Mr. Cramp makes the 

 positive statement that to day his firm can build a steamer to do tbe 

 same work as the great Atlantic liaers, the City of New York, Majestic 

 or Columbia, at the same cost as in British shipyards. Further than 

 this, he predicts that another ten years of progress in the United 

 States will make it possible to build even more economically than in 

 Great Britaiu. While the paper deals only with merchant and war 

 vessels, Mr. Cramp's remarks on the character of the work and on 

 the building of vessels to meet certain specified requirements, rather 

 than the exact duplication of some given foreign vessel, are a3 appli- 

 cable to steam yachts as to the other classes; and although the first 

 cost of a steam yacht is at present considerably higher here than 

 abroad, there is every evidence that with an increased demand for 

 BPCh vessels, they w ->utd bo turned out here of a type far more 



suitable for the uses of American owners, and at but slightly greater 



cost. 



There is nothing analogous in the building up of a merchant marine 

 and a pleasure navy, the element of profit, vital to the success of the 

 first, is entirely absent in the latter; and granted that the present 

 laws relatiug to merchant vessels are wise and good, there is still no 

 reason for the assumption that they are at all applicable to pleasure 

 craft. Steam yachting is a sport that is yet in its infancy in this 

 country, and that will require a deal of tender care before it is 

 strongly enough established to withstand the paralyzing effects of 

 tariff legislation. Before the building of steam yachts must come 

 the use of them, every large yacht in commission through the sea- 

 son leads to the addition of others to the fleet, and for the present at 

 least the first question, to builders no less than to yachtsmen, is the 

 stimulation of a general interest in Fteam yachting. Whether the 

 increase is in vessels of home or foreign build is a small matter. 



Up to the present time the sea-going steam yachts of the Ameri- 

 can fleet, even including those of large tonnage but of a model un- 

 suitable for off-shore work, have been of foreign design, if not of 

 build ; in fact those of purely American origin could be counted on 

 one's fingers. The best of them are of British origin; iu fact had 

 this source of supply beea shut off by any such policy of protection 

 as is embodied in the McEinley Bill, it is probable that there 

 would have been no American fleet to day. The presence of these 

 foreign craft has been necessary iu the absence of any special study 

 on the part of American designers and builders to the life and growth 

 of steam yachtiDg, and from the latest products of American yards 

 it is evident that the time has not yet come when yachtsmen may be 

 entirely independent of foreign aid. 



Steam yachting is a sport that is certain to become permanent and 

 popular in America, to an extent that is likely to interfere seriously 

 with sailing; but the rapidity of its growth depends almost entirely on 

 tbe extent to which it becomes fashionable among wealthy men. The 

 addition of new yachts, of whatever nationality, is certain to stimu- 

 late the demand for more; and once convinced that a steam yacht is 

 anecessity, there will be found plenty of wealthy Americans who 

 will not hesitate over the difference of cost be ween home and for- 

 eign yards. It must be admitted that up to the present time the 

 British sea-going steam yacht is far.ahead of the very few attempts 

 made on this side ; but there is a positive certainty that as soon as 

 the demand exists among American owners for something stilt bet- 

 ter, a vessel specially suited to the conditions of American yachting, 

 that designers and builders will be found to meet the demand, and 

 that progress in this direction will be no less marked than in the case 

 of the design and construction of vessels of war. 



CAUSES AND RESULTS. — The present situation in yachting offers 

 much that is amusing to those who took part in tae movement in 

 behalf of a classification by corrected length, some two years since. 

 At that time two dire results were foretold by the opponents of the 

 measure as almost certain to follow the adoption of corrected length : 

 a falling off of the interest in building and racing, and the creation 

 of a class of long narrow boats, virtually cauoes. This view, which 

 was held by Mr. Burgess, Gen. Paine and other Eastern yachtsmen, 

 was very strongly pressed, in fact formed the backbone of the op- 

 position arguments. The immediate result was, as everyone knows, 

 that the movement was dropped, and classification was left on the 

 same basis of waterli e length as had existed for years. 



The past two seasons have brought some curious changes, and now. 

 at the beginning of the third, the clubs are face to face with the same 

 du-e conditions as the result of a continuance of the old order of 

 things as were predicted as the awrul and inevitable results of a 

 change. 



Within this time has be<m seeu the failure of all the large club re- 

 gattas, the dullest period ever known in schooner racing, the disap- 

 pearance of the 70ft. class, the extinction of the 90ft. and 40ft. classes' 

 and a general stagnation in building and racing, lelieved only by the. 

 sudden creation of the 46ft. class. The first part of the prophecy has 

 been fulfilled as completely under waterliue classification as under 

 one by corrected length. Since the close of last season, the second 

 part o£ the prophecy has been realized to au extent that is now 

 causing apprehension to the more conservative yachtsmen, who see 

 iu the Dilemma and her sisters the same canoe that was foretold as a 

 result of the new classification, but in even a more dangerous form. 

 In the Dew Dilemma, which Mr. Herresholf has so cleverly named, 

 the canoe idea, of great' length, moderate beam and displacement, 

 and small sail area, has been carried much further by the addition of 

 a new feature, the loaded fin, by which the stability which is lacking 

 in the canoe type is obtained lo a remarkable degree. The true 

 merits of the new craft are yet to be determined, hut it seems cer- 

 tain that so far as raciDg and speed are concerned they will prove 

 most dangerous opponents to the conventional keel craft, at least in 

 the clasess under 48ft. Such as they ars. all around y-aehts, legiti- 

 mate sailing oral t, or pure racing machines, they are now ready to 

 meet the existing boats in the 35 and 35ft. classes, and Mr. Herreshoff 

 stands ready to turn out a 46 footer of the same type by the begin- 

 ning of the season. 



Wbether the new type shall prove good or bad, it is difficult to see 

 how a classification by corrected length could have produced any 

 greater extreme t han has come merely through natural causes, but 

 under a waterliue classification; or how the former could have done 

 auything less for the advancement of designing, building and racing 

 than the latter has accomplished. 



YACHTS AND THE MoKlNLEY BILL— The decision of Judge 

 Brown, rendered on Jan. 28, disposes of the Conqueror case in a 

 manner that must be satisfactory to all friends of yachting, how- 

 ever distasteful it may prove to those who have for some time sought 

 to impede and restrict the use of pleasure vessels of all classes. By 

 this decision, which is so important that we print it in full, Mr. Van- 

 derbilt is given possession of his yaetat, the use of which be has been 

 deprived of since last August, and a reference has been ordered to 

 determine the damages to which he is entitled for such loss. The 

 two vital points of Judge Brown's decision are that a yacht is not an 

 import, that she cannot be classed as merchandise or a manufactured 

 article, and consequently cannot be included under any of the general 

 clauses of the McKinley bill, but that she must come under the laws 

 relating to ships and vessels. This beiug the ea^e, she is exempted 

 from the payment of tonnage dues by Section 4,816 of the Revised 

 Statutes. The exact status of the yacht, as the property of an Ameri- 

 can citizen, is clearly stated in the concluding portion of the de- 

 cision. Messrs. Root & Clarke, the attorneys in the ease, are to be 

 congratulated on the successful result of the long and complicated 

 struggle. 



WE HAVE LOOKED in vain through the recent issues of The 

 Yachtsman for the promised explanation and vindication of the new- 

 deed of gift by its Boston correspondent. We have no doubt that a 

 plain, truthful and complete story of the w hole hi story of the changes 

 of the original and the second deed would be eagerly read on both 

 sides of the oceau . 



THE LAST ISSUE of The Yachtsman contains a very clever design 

 for a single-hanrler with a shifting penterhoard. such as we recently 

 illustrated, 



SAILING LENGTH —The report of the fleet captain of the Corin- 

 thian Y. C, of New York, in auother column, is a remarkably able 

 and practical document, and every one of its several suggestions is 

 worthy of the careful consideration of all yacht clubs. In the present 

 stage of yachting development, with its bold experiments and rapid 

 changes, tbe influences of measurement and classification are so 

 slight, and so few yachts are building, that it is a small matter 

 whether or no the change be made uow or later on; and the coming 

 season is likely to disprove the objections raised to the new classifi- 

 cation, as well as to throw a needed light on the question of tbe most 

 desirable limits for permanent classes. The need of a compact and 

 definite term for both measurement and classification by waterliue 

 and sail area has been felt for a long tim^, and that suggested, "sail- 

 ing length." or briefly "S. L ," is the best yet offered. Though it is 

 purely arbitrary, it is sufficiently definite and exact for all practical 

 purposes, and its general use is to be commended in place of the 

 cumbrous ! •classification by corrected length," or the borrowed and 

 much abused ''rating." 



ANOTHER NOVEL YACHT. 



THE cue m:st evident proof of prosperity is the new yacht for 

 Byron Wightoian, of Providence, which is well under way at 

 the shop of Geo S. Saunders, Bristol. She is 35ft. 3in. over all, 23ft. 

 3in on the wateriine. The beam is 9ft. and the draft 6ft. The 

 standing room in the cabin is 6ft. The overhang forward is 5ft . and 

 aft5J^ft. She will carry BIS sq ft. of sail. Tne mainmast will be 

 40ft. and the mizenmast 20f t, sue may be termed a cat yawl. The 

 frame is of the best selected oak, the planking yellow pine, and the 

 deck white pine. There will be 5,6J01bs. of lead on her keel. At the 

 widest point on too this strip of lead is 15in. through, and on the 

 bottom loin. It is made sharp at the end. The craft will have all the 

 accommodations necessary for cruising, but the designer has figured 

 on as much speed ma possible. The deik house will be generously 

 lighted with a long row of windows. The boat will be finished in 



mahogany. Her chosen harbor is Nayatt Point. Vvhile she has an 

 overhang forward and aft, the lines forward of the keel are not 

 straight, and in this respect she differs from Gloriana. The wetted 

 surface is much reduced. At the wateriine point there i« an outward 

 curve, which lengthens the wateriine measurement. This change, 

 Mr. Saunders thinks, will give the yacht an easier entrance to the 

 water. When under sail there will ha no visible evidence of anything 

 but a straight line forward. She has deep draft as compare i with 

 her other dimensions. There are three or four other boats of siui'lar 

 build in the bay, and it may be p ossible Jo get up a class to race next 

 season. Andrew Borden of Pall River, owns one which is about 39ft. 

 on tbe wateriine. Gannet is about the same size. While tbis yacht 

 does not have a un keel, h-r lines are so narrowed down that to some 

 extent the same result will he produced in racing. She has some of 

 the features of Gloriana, and the improvements of Gloriana No. 2. 

 She has also a featiire iu her lines forward which resembles that of 

 some English yachts . She looks to he a fast boat. —Providence 

 Journal. 



BUILDING ABOUT BOSTON. 



LAWLEY has the keel of tbe 90ft. Gardner schooner stretched, 

 aud some of the frames are up. The mechanical work thus tar 

 is first class, and soma of the best iron fitters are engaged on the 

 yacht. Capt. A. H.Clarke of this city is looking after the owner's 

 interests, and yesterday he expressed himself as greatly pleased with 

 everything. At, preseut outlook the yacht sno«id be framed out in 10 

 days, In the big shed the two 70f f, steam yachts are. ready for the 

 water. At the end of the yard, >n the small shed, three al footers are 

 being built for Messrs. Fowle, Dexter and Foster All the boats are 

 in frame. The Fo»le boat is sure to cut a good figure in hercla-s. 

 The Detxer boat will be planked next week; like the Fowle boat, she 

 was designed by Ste vart and Binney. The Foster boat was designed 

 by W. E. Waterbouse, formerly chief cl-rk to (he late Edward Bur- 

 gess. It is the fir^t yacht, built from the lines of Mr. Waterhouse. A 11 

 three of the boats show up well. 



On the south side of City Point Smith has about decided to build au 

 out and out skimming dish for the " great little aif r,. cla«s." It is to 

 be hoped 'hat the wr 11 kuown builder will do so, for his boat is sure to 

 stand well up in the front ranks. 



Williams has three boats under way, aud the 18ft. keel boat Is all 

 smoothed and ready for pointing. The boat w a very good one, aud 

 sue should be fast. Tne frames of a large catboat are being set up, 

 and also on a 55ffc, steam yacht. 



Pryor is putting the finishing touches on the steam yacht Arrow, 

 and. has a new 25ft. cat ready for her cabin work. 

 Borden has about finished a 15f c. square-sided catboat. 

 At East Boston, Ambrose Martin has tbe keel stre'ehed on Com- 

 modore Morrill's TOft. steam yacht, and she will be timbered out next 

 week. Tne j acht is expected to make 18 knots an hour. 



At Salem, Frisbee has' finished the work of putting an English steru 

 on the schooner Hope Leslie, and a very good job he has done. The 

 yacht will be lowered into the water on Tuesday, and will then be 

 towed to Gloucester, where she will be hauled out until next spa on. 

 Frisbee has the keel out for a steam yacht for Dr. Charles G. Weld of 

 this city. Shd measures 58ft. wateriine, 70ft. over all, 14ft. beam, 

 and 5!4Et. di-af . She is to be used for cruising. 



On tue wharf adj lining Frisbee's, Mr. Davtd M Little is building a 

 steam yacht from his own design. He is also the designer of the 

 yacht being built for Dr. Weld. Mr. Little is constructing his own 

 yacht, and has fitted out a building which he owns with st> am power. 

 Tne frames of his yacot are out, and she will be timbered next week. 

 Ned McLeoa of East Boston is the foreman. Mr. Little's yacht is for 

 cruisii.g, and there is no doubt but that sbeywill make a very com- 

 fortable boat. 



In sadmbking. Wilson and Silsbury are very busy. They have 

 orders for new suits for the Sea Fox, CommodoVe Tucker; schooner 

 Marguerite, Mr. R. S. Palmer; new forsail for the Hope Leslie. Mr. 

 William Minot, and a jib for the cutier Wayward. The firm are to 

 make sails tor t^e new Herreshoff 46, 35-foo'er.s and the 2J*, rater; a 

 catboat, and a jib and mainsail; also a new suit of sails for the 46- 

 footer I[derim, built last year, and for a 80ft. H-inley boat. B-siue 

 the above, the firm is to make sails for Mr. W. C. Young's sloop 

 Mod' c; catboat Tom Cat: suit of sails for Minneapolis parties; two 

 suits for bt. Paul yachismen; a suit for a New York catboat; suit 

 for Henry Hutchins' new catboat; suit for Mr. Bird's Caprice; for 

 the boat to be built by Herreshoff for parties on Lake Minnetonka. 

 aud a suit for a four-master now being build by Brooks of East Bos- 

 ton.— Bosto u Herald. 



January has passed wil h but one race for the ice yachts, and that 

 of fourth class boats. The Hudson River Ice Yacnf-'Olnb has elected 

 the following effijers: Com., John A. Roosevelt; Vice-Corn., Dr. J. 

 G. Barron; Treas.. Archibald Rogers; Sec\>, E. P. Rogers; Regatta 

 Committee, Guy C. Bay ley, H. Livingston, W. H. Storms, Tbos. H. 

 Ransom; Meas., Cnas. H. Van Loan. The club has appointed a com- 

 mittee with power to purchase suitable aud haudtoine prizes to be 

 sailed for by the cliff, t-eut classes and to become the actual property 

 of the winning yacht in each class: also an emolein of victory to be 

 presented to and become the actual property of the yacht winning 

 the club pennant in the annual regatta. The club now numbers 75 

 members and 12 yachts. Mr. Norrnan Wright has purchased the 

 Dragon. Mr. Eane has sold the Reindeer an I Mr. Rogers the St. 

 Nicholas, but they are to be replaced by faster yachts Tue ice 

 yacht challenge pennant of America is still held by tne Hudson River 

 ice Yacht Club aud it also holds the Poughkeepsie challenge pen- 

 nant. The club is in receipt of challenges from the North Shrews- 

 bury Cluo and the Uarthage Landing Club, aud has accepted both. 

 The races will be called at the earliest possible date that ice wiiLper- 

 mit. Guy C. Bayley has been appointed chairman of the regatta 

 committee. 



The steam ynetit Wadena has not yet been reported, though she 

 has been our, for over three weeks. .. Sagamore, steam yacht. Mr. 

 Slater, sailed from Bermuda on Jan. 24 . .Far Niente, steam yacht, 

 was at Beaufort on Jan. 20 from Philadelphia, sailing on Jan. 28 for 

 Jacksonville. Ane«% steam yacht, sailed from Charleston, S. C, on 

 Jan. 26 for Florida . .Oueida. steam yacht, is fitting out at Tebo's for 

 a trip to tbe West Indies. 



Vision, schooner, has recently been sold by F, W. Hawley to W G. 

 Cook, In corning from Boston to New York on Jan. 24 she grounded 

 off Vineyard Haven, but was floated without damage. .. Lancer, 

 schooner, has been sold by Col, Josiah, Porter to G. C, Chiaholm. 



