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Un das symbolaa sulvanta apparaitra sur la darnlAra imaga da chaqua microficha, salon la cas: la symbols — ^ signifia "A SUIVJSE". la symbols V signifia "FIN". Las caitaa, planchas, tablaaux, ate, pauvant dtra fllmte it daa taux da reduction diff«rants. Lorsqua la documant ast trop grand pour Atra raproduit an un saul clich«, 11 ast film* A partir da I'angla sup«riaur gaucha, da gauche it droita, at da haut an baa, an pranant la nombra d'imagaa n*cassaira. Las diagrammas suivants illustrant la m*thoda. 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 ■'!.-af»?''--'=**^"«^'-» Wr i f r M i\ M ^ I € ^n- \ '-•WSSa^ ^■M # r/f 7 M ■ --■'^-- ' '^^-HMtmiuA^tmiitiik ^MMMiaMiij } ,'y^: / *'■ i } ' •) '¥ THE CRUISE OF ^^OUR LULU, 1 9 OR THIRTEEN MEN ON AN ENGINEERING EXPEDITION. 9 SHEPBROOKE. WALTON & COMPANY 1895 i>s . r n>\ > THK CRUISE OP •' OUR I-ULU OR Thirteen Men on an Engineering Expedition. • The craft, •' Our Lulu. " was constructed at Upper slthan-pt on. on the St. John River, New Brunsw.ck. «:: ha.u,ton is situated about twenty mjes below Woodstock. The UuU, was or.gmally bmlt fo-" « ^o- boat -flat-bottomed, about eighty feet long, ten feet Lad and tw.. feet .leepcpab^^^^^ rllltlXd 111 ::. tirof which the pilot st^ers " lies his sweep or rudder. The sweep .s so eon- ttruet that it can be used as a rudder, as well as a sort of oar that will swing the stern from s,de to s.de. Ktad ' r this specal trip, a large cabin was budt for- THE CUnSK OF "Oru lATLU. t» 2 ward, some thirty-six Icct long, seven leel l-iKb, .-.-..I lull w dth of l.oat -, leaving an open s,,aee between , an.l llu- cook-honse, and a spaee lorwar.l large enongh or man- ipulating the oars and ,oles. The nUer.or o 1 , is fitted with a row of t-unks across forward end n ,„g and draughting table, an,! three '^""M- l-'- ",, ta.ns all of our inslrn.nents. draughtn.g K-ols, elolh.nK etc etc . and nine of us are don.ieile.l thereni. The cook-house contains the usual stove and cook.ng utensils, as well as the supplies, and .-dso ""'''-.'*'«; room for the cook and three of the erew I nngh 1 c state that our tal,le is furnished w.th the Lest I all marked" cutlerv of steel and tin. There is one ob,,eet,on To the fork pro-vided,-it has only three prongs, and .s I onseciuently a little difficult to use w.th dex enty^ Those not proficient in the art use the,r knncs, and as I. keep these a little dull, the danger of havntg the open :ountel,ance of the crowd enlarged is lessened, and eon- seciuentlv the cost of insurance. We are an engineering party making a survey ol a railway to run from Woodstock to Frcdeneton, down the vaUev of the river St. John, in the Provnue o New Brunswick, Canada. We boarded the craft "Our Lulu !t Woodstock, on June 24th, 1H02, and are -"1»>- « ^ the following individuals : Chief, Trans,t-man l.e eUe, . Rodman, Chainmen, Contour party. Cook .and Axemen. • ill TIIK CRl'ISK Or Ol'R U'LU If 3 • s 'Tis not time yet to attempt giving the characteristics and peculiarities of the ditTcrent men. as they are not yet ..utlicientlv developed to pass judj,'ment iipcm. However, as we proceed I will endeavor to point out all of our little failiuf^s. aud give you an idea of how we appear to each other. We left Woodstock on the evening of July 24th, and floated some two miles down stream to our first rest- ing-place. Here we were unhappily blessed with several rainv davs, and to a great extent discovered 'Our Lulu's' good and had (pialities, iinding all the leaky spots, and grund)ling considerahly at having to shift our goods and chattels from place to place, in order to keep them par- tially dry. I cannot say that during this rainy period we found each other's company surpassingly agreeable. We were a party of strangers, and the cabin was hardly of sufiicient size' for developing acciuaintance. However, the rain was the means of ])roducing our fiddler, vocalist, andbanjoist, and some of the convivial (lualities of others of the party. The only incidents of note at camp No. 1 were the visit of some gentlemen from Woodstock, and the falling overboard of our chief, who unfortunately wet more than his shoes and stockings. On the 21)lh Lulu floated to Bull's Creek. The only note taken'here was the fact that two young bulls paid us a call. They were oi both genders. THE CRl'ISE OF "Ol'R LULU." T«lv 2nd. From Bull's Creek we quietly glule to How s pirv. Here we were vis.ted by .cvcai of the nat.ves. and cot numerous points on railway location „fv 4th, we no doubt should have been at least mak- i„i a pret^nee of celebrating, but instead c^ so do ng, "e werffiard at work. Once again our chief met with a Lrrow "g accident : he was sitting on a fence rad ; the r! 1 had not been shorn of the other ends of some of .Is branches As the chief attempted to get oft the rail r otV.er ends objected and caught his^rouse.. It . needless to 3av what part was caught. We rescuea mm "^mhTs perilous position, borrowed a long tailless coat uom hisperi.o ' ^ ^ him safely back to from the nearest mhaDitani anu j,-.- ' ""Hither peculiar circumstance happened to-day. Not betgiiven"^ theorizing, I don't attach much importance ^n it The facts are as follows :— 'one L the bovs is going about camp ma depressed ,tate of mind .:nd barefooted. He started from home »tate oi ,„ jj,^ ^vash with six pairs <^^-^J^ ^'11.1^^ fo.".'^ that by and upon going to his stock loi mistake he Bad brought three pairs of h-s ''^l"^_ Lars a number three, he a number te- J^^- glU -a his. but hers are too long '•"- :^y ;''iy^ {ZL to oth r for him. so he has to go without. Were 1 f" : ■ T 1, „1,1 «-,v that if the sister supposed shehad theorizing, I should saj in.ii THE CRUISE OF "OUR LULU »> 5 ® six pairs, and three of them happened to be in the wash, unless she had been wearing his, or could wear them, she would either be in bed or going about bare-footed. July 6th. the Lulu was carried on the bosom of the river to Meductic flats. These flats ought to be called muductic, for after a day's work upon them we were so covered with mud as to be hardly recognizable. 'Twas here we met with and fought the mamrtioth mosquito, and he was the conqueror. He descended upon us by thousands, came at us like a whirlwind (making as much noise as a violent peal of thunder), settled upon us without our permission, and without ever having performed settlers' duties. We could not say anything because we were afraid to open our mouths, but if the prayers we silently uttced could only be publis*hed and co')yrighted, they would no doubt have a great sale among amateur fishermen and camp-meeting orators. 'Twas at this camp that "Our Lulu" was actually taken for a first-class steamboat. We all looked very hard at the ignoramus who had committed such a ter- rible blunder, said nothing but thought very hard indeed. In fact, one of the party thought so hard that he fell overboard, got thoroughly soaked, and saved himself the trouble of taking his usual bath. July 9th, Lulu wafted us to "Eel River," so called be- cause there are n eels to be found in the vicinity. THE CRUISE OF "oUR LULU. They may have existed on the banks of the river in days gone by, but the supposition cannot be verified. Eel River taught the chainmen not to fear water; they had to wade it. 'Twas not a good day for wading; the water was wet ; their clothing got wet ; even their spirits were dampened. However, a sun bath soon evaporated all volatile elements, and relieved their oppressed feelings. July 12th. One man tried the shaip edge of his axe on his finger. Th'i axe was not injured ; the finger went to the doctor. Ciood doctor, poor fmger, scarred for life ! July 13th. *' Our Lulu " shifted and was brought to anchor close to the Lenontine, or river ferry, landing. It is called the "wire ferry" from the manner in which it crosses and recrosses the river. A wire rope is suspended from shore to'shore. On this rope are arranged two wheels about four feet apart and attached ti) each other. An end- less rope passes over the wheels, and over a windlass on the boat, where it can be controlled. To the bottom of the boat is attached an adjustable sideboard or keel. The force of the stream acting upon this board propels the boat in either direction, dejjending upon the angle at which it is placed with reference to the current. July 14th. Hot day, hot locality, hot thing ! One of the hottest days ever experienced by any of the party. In fact, too hot to speak about, unless your future home is under consideration. Hot place, the river bank under the • • THE CRriSK OF "OUR LULU." • i hillside. Hot thing, a hot-headed, soft-shelled Gospel slitig- er, whose tontrue wagged and wagged like the tongue of a peddlar's hell, particularly on religion. I fancy that he thoufjht we were not in the wav of jjettins: much religious consolation, and so gave us a concentrated dose. The only incident he related worthy of mention was the fact that some ten of his enemies had carted the "Holv Ghost" over the border and had not paid duties on him. I think he lied, and although he said he was sanctified, I think he must have been dipped in rum instead of water, and then dipped wrong end to. July 15th. Lulu started and reached Clare's Ferry. On the 17th we had the pleasure of a visit from some Fredericton friends who were on a canoeing trip. We were greatly benefitted by the call, and thought of them with spirits that were not drooping for several days ; they forgot something ; we managed to get hold of some more of the same kind and hide it. It lasted well and tasted better — thanks awfully. Julv 1 9th. Lulu was gently poled to Shogomoc and tied up. 'Tvvas on 19th and 2{)th,on the Shogomoc hill- sides that we had a veritable dose of sand-fly, a//as mid- get, Indian, can't-see-'em, etc. You can't see 'em, but as Paddy says, "Gosh ! how you can feel 'em." Should you like to experience the sensation, procure some hot ashes put them in a sieve, and have some one of your dear, ^oin^F OF "OUR ^^'^^ THE CRUlSb uv ^^^^ M " _____——— — • ^t before yoii J^*^*^*^ - on ^^« ^;:;: ana stood the "- ^f^- o' ^'"-^'^ ^^•"r , 23rd tverc «otabk days m the ^^ a> .^ ^^^^ 22nd and 23rd ^^ . „p and do^^n oa ^ ^^ ,ith an adj-t«We^^^^g ^^^^ ^^^.^^^ ^,re nume ened at wi»- „entkman «e aU had to suffer^ ^.^^_^ ^ ^^'f „ft ^th «s; While here «e bad a v. ^^^^^^^ ^ ^ t he did not say graee ^^^^^^^ . ^„^ .^ '« » ^^/ ..^^ont did not have an> on ^^,^^^ **"*'' "olasses to that he thought hake yack-strap «oU. ^ lotitr as we nau h 4^1, nt cause W'^s fe''' for the foUoxv mg ^^^ ^,,^„, )3 » o i o ») # THE cruisp: of "our lulu." o ») 'Twas on the night of July 2vSrcl that our only and original Paddy, with a countenance as open and expres- sive as the monimients in a country bone-yard, prepared to make his maiden effort at sleeping in a hammock. The hammock was suspended from the roof of the cabin, and required considerable dexterity to get into. With assistance, Paddy in fear and trembling got into the hammock. Once there he seemed paralyzed ; he lay on the broad of his back, his knees almost touching his chin, afraid to move hand or foot, or even breathe naturally. We tried hard to persuade him to make himself comfort- able, but at each attempt to move, the hammock threat- ened to throw him out, so Paddy was in a quandary. About this time Paddy asked the chief, in a soothing voice, if he would be in the way if he slept under the dining-table. The answer being in the negative, Paddy prepared to get out of the hammock. As he would steal- thily put his hand out to clutch the edge, the hammock Avould begin to sway, and back the hand would go. Again he would make the attempt, all the while watch- ing the hanmiock as if it had life. While this was going on, the crowd were making s]K)rt of him ; so at last he )ilucked up courage, got on his knees, got a tight grip and gently stretched one leg over the side. He had to make no further effort to get the remainder of his body out, for suddenly the hammock and Paddy were a decid- ^onmK OF "OUR L^'^^^ THE CRUlSK v»r !♦ , .-^ THE. *'»" . — — 'iL ;;,,,, see PaMv. the the ham- ed mixture, r^r.t ^ve -° ^^.^ '=i,,aav and swears were mock, tin legs, arms, hammod.^ _^^^ ^^^ ^„t,„„ ,..1 ron^lomertition. AU Paddv sus- one general con^i „p,«..rmost, with 1 aaiiy ceased ; the hammoc v^as «l 1 ^^ ;^ p,,feotl> rnded in mid-air, '^•'"^'•"^^"Xr's ghost We had to S. --^ l-le as bis «!-;^Se' Kfore he could let go. ;„^Wm down to relax h.s •""^'^ ^^ „, aisconrsed on canoe. ., f,,^ ,,nd reached PoUioU R'ver, J„W 24th. We set sa. o and ^^,^^ ^^^ j , renowned for the ^-^^'^H"-, reaches the St. John. .1 For a quarter of a m-le bcfore^t ^^^^ ,v,e„ flows ,U.t maUes a ^^'-^/^^^.tt ^ide, -th „er,«n .cular through a canon about ^ «;- .^ ,,, ,ad.c .as sort anees, they sot down Bvh ^^^ ^^.^^^, of ont of WHer, so the ^'^^^ j,^. ^adled w.th all began to fiddle on h.s o^^n ''^'■"^" ^j,, „Ulfiddk-moan- ,,Lerve. till 1 ^^^Zi^, but it neve' g.ve ed and groncd, U nmst be . ^ "'• . „„e fnir forms draped in «omen s About this t.me «<""* ^^ ; «•,,,„,,, reigned ; it was clothes appeared at the cb>orv a ■ ^^,,^.^,„^ atop. so supremely qu.et >°" "f ^'^^"^.bodv did ; so the three ifanybodybaddropped . Bu ^^^^^.__^ ^^^^^^ .^ ^ visions of sunshine, o;-^-^""; j^^^^ fists and waited. sortofpolUieduptothein^and ^h^^^ We had to wait as there were o^'>^^.^^^^ ^^^,, ^^,^^,^ ,.„ wanted four to begin w ith. ^^^^^^ ^^,^ ^.^, „„ f ^e could not wait any mojc^ ^^^^^ ^.^^^^^^ ,„ f,, h liUe waitin- was ^-^-^^I'^^l ,,,,„, that was not wait- along their baskets.. One of tu ^^^.^ ^^ ^^^^^^^.^^ H, i„. much went off to ^T ^ "^"J„ b„t when they got to €» m THK CKIISK OF "OCK Ll'LU. 13 © and took Lhice fellows with thcni ; and as we seen no baskets we kind of felt siekly. One man was taken with an awful pain, and sang a little song to drown his feelings, usin- the mcetin'-house organ forplavin'on. He was sueh a splendid musieianist and sung so lovelv that we was all foreed to get up and leave the place for fear the pain would be eatehin'. We left the meetin'-housea sadder and a morcknowin' crew than when we come. We have d cided that in future we will take no man's word for an invite, and will not go to any dance unless they send us a summons on scented paper with fancy trimmin' on the edges and a swaller-tail and low- neck for a crest. July 27th. Woke up to find it clear and bright ; but as we were all feeling weary-like and lonesome after 6ur dance, we only worked, ate our grub and went to bed earlv, without even saying grace. We are now beginning to find cmt each other's little defic- iencies, as viewed through one another's glasses. We have the one and oidy individual who is always last ; the un tidy man ; the shirker ; and so on to the end of the chap- ter. The man who is always last was the last man of the party born ; he makes up for being born last by being the tallest, leanest, lankiest, loose-jointed, overgrown man of the crowd. When he is awakened in the morning, he. gets THE CKUISK OF "Ol K LlLl' M u „,7a7ifhc were'not uscl t., it. .xinains in a son ..f con.u- ose c<-mliti.,n till his brain begins to tell bnn .bat bo was atkast on one occasion walu-l a,, befov. ; then nmUcs a skepv eflort to rouse bimself, but is not c.u.te cer an, 1. he is right in doing so. Meantime the remanuler ot t c party have performe,! their abluti.ms and are scaled at bm Wast. This rather upsets bin,, and what h.s bra,n does not ten hi. his stomach does. After a t- -meun known force movesbimandhe seats h.mself at tabic. Onu there he is sufficientlv wide awake to stow away a trem- endous amount of grub, in fact so nu.cb that there .s con- siderable difference of opinion as to how he >s bu.l . He .s last to come to camp, last to go to work, last to sce_ a "ke and too late to take one ; usually too late to say h.s pra;ers gets the last end of the blankets, an.f no doubt wm be ihe last in the grave if he is not too late to go to the funeral. Otherwise he is of a fair d,spos,tK,n and wdl not make a bad companion with proper tram.ng. The untidv man is a nuisance everywhere, but n.orcpar- ticularlv on an excursion of this descriptum, where space slimite'd and evcry-.available nook oecup.e . "-onv«^^; the boat from his day's work ; h.s hat is depos.ted e.thcr on the draughting o^he dining tabU- He then bcgms U, change his attire. First he take. ". ^^s shoes, one goes m TIIK CKIISI' OF "OI'R Ll'LU." 15 d under the tablo. the other under the hunks; one sock trav- els north, the other south. The remainder of his elothin;:^ is deposited in difVerent spots nil over the boat. Now be- gins the search for the clothes he wishes to put on. First he hunts through his own ((uarters, but finding nothing belonging; to him there, he makes for the cook-house and ends by searching th? boat from bow to stern. He at last succeeds in finding one sock on top of the cabin ; an- other hangs on the outside ; a coat is found under the dinii.ii table ; one shoe is discovered on shore, another under a trunk. Ilis best shirt is found dangling from the mast head, evidently (by mistake) placed there as a sig- nal of distress. The remainder of his garments are found among the blankets and under the baggage. 'Tis a sad sight to watch him as he dresses in the morning ; he makes us all weary. We don't express our feelings in wonls, but the expression of our faces would break the ten commandments. On one occasion we thought we would i)lay a joke upon him ; so when he had retired we chose a full rig for him and ]jlaced it where his own should have been. When he arose in the morning, he was so overjoyed at finding, as he supposed, his own clothes all in a heap, that he never noticed what he was puttmg on. The shirt was so small he could not button it. The trousers would have held two I f him. There was a different variety of sock and 16 THE CRUISE OF "oUR LULU." y shoe for each foot, the laces in the shoes being replaced by twine, and a vest to match the trousers. As he went to his work the natives be -an to hoot at him, and then only did he appreciate his appearance. Even when he saw the plight he was in he let out but one untidy burst of wrath, and continued on his way to do his careless day's work. Our Shirker is rather tall, a little Van and built as if someone had shirked the responsibility of feeding him pro- perly in his younger days. He plays on the fiddle and shirks everything else, even to washing his graveyard face. His looks are really more easily photographed than de- scribed. When he moves he shirks the projier method of locomotion ; his foot goes forward with a crank-like mo- tion, which extends from his heels to his head, coming down with a sort of spring-halt, as if it wished to shirk anyresponsibiHty. The other foot now makes an effort to catch up, but it seems to hang back until some latent force sends it on to get even with the other. Then there is a halt and both feet seem to shirk any further responsi- bility. When there is work to do he just aches to do it but never does. He makes a great si)lutter when performing his ablutions, but he is never clean-water seems to hurt his feelings. His fiddle-playing is agot.izing in the extreme; if only the poor old fiddle could speak I tear it would tell a sad, weary story. I know that we all feel sad and weary when he plays. While he is thus engaged the ex- O • ■»m»0mm>m»'iif^ff.xxit'v:,iit,r;,y^,,,mimriitmm!mM o • THK r.VKTV ^ I (9 m m THE CRUISE OF "OUR LULU »> 17 pression upon his oMong countenance would frighten a hearse; his movements are funereal, and the tunes he plays would wake up a whole coffin-yard. His foot, enclosed in a number twelve boot, keeps a-going as he plays, -ind either beats the time or the tune-I never could tell which. When he attempts to plav "Home, Sweet Home" we all feel sorrv that we ever had a home. When he plays -SuaneeRiver" and puts in the fine touches, the sound would make anv rivtr flow up stream and overflow its banks just out of spite. If ever he gets to heaven, and has to have wings and play on a harp, I think the other angels will invent some new instrument in self-defence. We are also blessed with the Sad man, whose sadness is peculiar to himself. He can give no reason for being sad- must have been born sad, or perhaps his parents were sad when he was born. I don't blame them for being sad if thcv had the least idea of what he was to be at this stage of the crame. He sometimes gets gay, but 'tis a kind of gaietv peculiar to sad people. He will sit by the hour ( whe'n he gets the oi)portunity), his elbows resting on his knees, his head between his hands, apparently m deep des- pair He is most liable to perform this act when there is a little extra work to do on the boat. His saddest fits come on when a general request is made for a pail of jlili 18 THE CRUISK OF "oi:R LULU. water or some fire-wood. Anvthing that hccan „re7."^ lor iiimselt. He is never too sad to come to me-^ls tC;orrt:'Lt:jt^ -'rr " -" ^^^^^ diet th«f !f r 1 P'««nh,ng for him, and I pre- :il Another character we have is the Know.ng man -the walk.ng encyelopa^dia. Yon can easily pick h," "iut of t^at' iThtrhtJ"''"^^' '^""^^•"■« «— ^" - «vvciv. ne na& had a verv commnn.«r.^^^^^l „ i om/i u I. ''-'.* '-'^^"'I'Jon-scMool education and has been very little nivi^r A- , "^cuiun, u- 1 , , ■ "'^ ^^^^y "f>m a country home huf h.s knowledge and experience are tremendous H hoU an mfenor pos.fon on the staff, but is eternallv civin' d aTJht-:.?;,"":: ■-" *- ''- -"■•- "-^-^ -"-o- ;;; dra nghtmg-table, hstens to everything and takes part in s Iff he Ts", '""" '" ''"^^^■°" -^ "''^' "f °- "^ 'h e t i^Va „T T: r' "^^ ■'*" '"""'■•"' '''•■ •>- "<'t the?aint- na^t". "'•''' •';.■'' *'""^'"« ^'ho"t. He clings to those elf He ■ ;"■■ '• •"•'''"■"'^' ^' l-*"nui.sanccofhim. io^nV rr •"™' "^■'' «■•-' big, soft, o,...r- fed to h„-, mother's apron-string. There is one thing in •J THE CRUISE UK OUR LULU 19 which he takes no interest, — he never does any of the 4 extra work about the boat. He has one of those sweet feminine voices, with the accompan\'ing winning smile, tries to m ike smart sp:i:.'jhe-!. chuckles, and as a rule has the chuckle all to himself I tried to preserve his smile in alcohol, but it would not keep. •) I might say the remainder of the party are a general mixture of good and evil— probably a little more evil than good, but a fair mixture. The untidy man is in the great majority ; in fjict, with the exception of the cook there are only two tidy men in the party. We have the Dude and Masher, who of course ride together. They are ac- quainted with thccntire population of the country through which we have passed, have made love to all the young girls, and got into the bad graces of several of the old ladies. They go to church and Sunday School, and en- deavor to give the general public a good impression of the party. We have a little dose of fun now and then, but happilv 'tis not very infectious. We are by no means a gay party ; we are here for w^ork, and we are kept with our noses to the grind-stone ; so that although some of us mi-dit like to be lively, we are usually too weary to show 20 THE CRinSE^OF^-OUR LULU." '*• At times we endeavor +« v ~ ettort so far have been rather ieehle To proceed with the diarv . n • tHe;. was no inciden^o;: ^, "rrMsr'^''"'"'^ "'■'"'>' ■ngly sorry to have to hiH ,, . "'^"^* '** ^^'^ wercexrocd- «pWts of the party He 1 T" n° ""'^ °' *''"•' ''"Rf'test occasions ready to g" " L ■ >'"'" '"" "'"'""^' «" ■"" goodnatured and joCLtTl, ""'• "" "'"f"™'-^ help make life bearable or, '''''•''' '^"™b">«ti<'n to tion. ^'^ "" ^" "cursion „f this descrip- dalttd r j .trd ^^;;^"^ --^ •" -'--"'^ «- .. wearing wxt clothes in th. /" '''""' '^'^^^^'"^ streams, between damp bl':ir' Nt wSn^'d' "•"'^"" ■"^''""^' a"y .dea of either our thou^l ts " ' T"',-""' "'" «'^*^ pleasant to have to don wet" o.hc ,n [h"- """ '" one gets up, and then h-,ve r """■"'"^' "■'■•^" However, this is part of h " "■'''"•'"" ^^'^^ •''" ''«'•■' so like geese we h^/e t/t^ir 7"' '''T""* ''' "'^ '-^' give you a schedule ,s it t^ / """ ''^"'•- ^'"''^"^"^ '<> rouses us at 5.30 a m h t;' °"'' ''""■^- '"''■ '''''e cook field to work If near I'T ' "' "^ "'"■ ' "'-' *« the boat, if not, we nch „ I Tl'l^'u"'^""' '''' ''"'' "" ^"^^ unch ,n the held, then work till from 5.15 Did O THE CRUISE OF "oUR LULU. 21 o to 5.45 p.m., getting back to the boat between 6 and 6.30. Tea; then work on notes and plans until 10 and often 11 p.m. Of course only the staff have to do night work. This goes on week in and out, Sundays except ed. As Sunday is considered a day of rest, we are al- lowed to sleep till 9 o'clock, and during the day to do our mending, washing, letter- writing and visiting our best girl. Some of the fellows do their washing at night, by a rather peculiar method— although I think it an improve- ment on some of the steam laundry work of the day (so long as it doos not get mixed up with the codfish). The cook soaks his codfish by tying a string to them, at- taching the string to the boat and letting them float. This method was applied by some of the boys to wash- ing their clothes, and was called the string method- 'Twas very successful until the clothes and the codfish got mixed. The jjcor fool whose clothes got mixed said he would not wear codfish tainted clothes, and the crew said they did not like codfish hash ; so we buried them both and all went to the ball. When the weather is fine all seem happy and work goes on swiminglv, but on excessively hot or rainy days, when in one case the boat is like an oven, and in the other it leaks, we are not hiippy, neither are we comfortable.— Tell me, how could twelve men cooped up in a space of 22 THE CKnSE OF "oiK LULU. M e'i. For a time nllwe.Vn 7" ''''''''''■■'"' "'^^ •'''">•*- ,b..an to u„w a'^L:r,;,f i:.r':'''"'-^- '^<^ «■'■"> Twas but a short t.me bcW n ^■^'''"" '° '''■''''• peared on the hori.,,, he : orth"f '■' •' "'""" "P" flashes of lightnh^ .,„,1 uT ' ■'"•"'"l'-'">'-'<) hv vivid tain ordered a^^i" !7r;'''"''''"'"''^''-- «--P- Joan wH;,t^^rtr;:L^::;sr""''''^ were propelled t J;? r^te beX^'^ s:"'^%"r' ''"-'' ^ very much frightened and T, t "'^""■' '^'"'^«- ''"''^ them that all was ^ to ""' "'^ "''''•"" -^-<^'' didn't sav their ;"tfX""" '"''"'■■ '"'-•^'■"•'^^•-'"'1 took off their shoe, TdstoT" '""''' "'"'^ ''"''""^ -''"d ■shore in case of em.;; f„: " V^ 's!: )' ''"'' I" '""'' '" hunstothe poles and oars 7JZZ %'"'""' '^' ^'^''y "nteers at a sham batr' A,. *■■"""''"' ''"' ^■'''- w^nd struck the boat, turned t^Trir.trlJ D) v> h fi THK CRUISE OF "OUK LULU." 23 landed us with a tliud on the beaeh. WilHng feet jumped into the raging torrent, and willing hearts kept the Lulu off the roeks, until we brought her about and tied her to a tree. The rain now began to fall in torrents, and succeeded in findinsi everv crack and crevice in our cabin. First one side would get a terrible thump, then the roof, then the other side, till I thought the poor old Lulu would not be recognized after the storm was over. Thanks to her strength and stability, she pulled through, a little the worse for wear, but only requiring a new dress of tarred paper in order to look as handsome as ever. Her boots are of "K" brand, warranted not to leak, and so far have stood the test nobly. On the 5th of August the Lulu's good qualities were once again t-sted. After loosing her from the tree be- fore meiitioneJ, we made for a point sopie two miles ,lou • -•. All was going gaily as the "mourners' galop' ' the captain's cry was heard, "breakers ahead!* i>ulu was going down stream stern fore- most, the crew got mixed and could not find their sev- eral posts until too late ; so Lulu was grounded on a sand-bar— not behind the bar but just at the head of it. The captain ordered us to jump into the river and shove her off. We jumped ; the water was wet, so were 2-t THE CKriSE OF "OIR L(U." we. We shoved, nnd had the pleasure of seein. ot.r f.ir Lulu ngam on her wav rcioicinir \v • i T ;apKls a„ea... an., soon wej^r.^,:!:;^ ^ 7: f..f u • ""^*'' '^^"♦^'" l)r()ULrht lis to onr from onr c,othin« .,„ ,..i,, JlTo J!;:,:'"'""-^ ''""^^ ten n,il. 7 . '■" "^ "'^' I""'^^- residing, some ten mUes from the cami) hnr, l.f. „„ * i ious cnll or, ,1, • ' '" "'•''■'*•' •'• "•'■enion- day w,th the,r best j-iris. The eook ,,..,d nrran..,.,, with one of the ,,ovs to ,,o his wori. f„r the dav, scT , e la After breakfast ncar,v all of the ,>artv ,eft tl„. 1 l that tHeeooUor the c,a, .as ,eft' ^'l.e' t ;::L7 and proceeded to spread himself I,v givin.. „s -, w-,v ^n dmner with the following bi„ of fa^eT- ^ ^^^ ♦)) o » nir *n :o iJ ,o » m i THE CRinSE OP ''OUR LULU. It 26 "OUK LULU A. R. W., Proprietor. DINNER-BILLEY FARE FIRST COURSE In the Soup. SECOND COURSE— Cod-fish, au naturel. THIRD COURSE— Corned Beef, Butter Sauce. FOURTH COURSE Dighy Chicken on Toast. Ham not on Toast. lir,G» On Toast— Boiled— Fricasseed— In the Shell. BEANS-Bakcd. not Baked. Beans, with and without Molasses. Relish KS-Tonmtoes, Cold. Escalloped. Canned and without Cans. Pickles, in the Bottle and in the Barrel. Salt, Mustard, Cloves, OinRer, Catsup. Allspice, Worcestershire Sauce. Pepper. Round and Ground. DRSHEKT-Tapioca Pudding. Prunes and Stewed Prunes. Apple Sasn Blackstrap. Prune piths. Raisins. Hazel Nuts. Sand Cherries. Sweet Grass, TEA— Rain Water, Spring Water, Lake Water. 26 «l I THK ClUISE OF "oUR LULU.' Wl.c„ the. bell toilcl forth the call for dinner, pleasure was .lepu-ted o„ the eo„„te„a„ces „f the erow, «nH he manner ,n .vhi,.h the g„„., thin,, disappeared a r 1 oompanv were seated was n.arvelons. Some dishes Urc «ell sa also D.gby eh.eken. tomatoes without eans^ h^uel nuts and prune piths. When evervthin^ wa a .ut co„su„,ed and the eook was left in the lurd,, a vote of thanks was passed to him and all drank his health in ram-water every „,an standing o„ the table an.l wavin. sneaked baek mto the kitehen to see what he could serape up to satisfy his own appetite. We had a few visitors fr..m I-rederieton towards the visit '" " ■ ''""""*''• '" '"'■' ''■'' ""' •-'W'^-^i-'ite From the Uth to the 25th of .VuRust nothing of note happened, except the coming in contact with a .^reat number of hornets, and all I will add. up to the latter flate. ,s an essay on hornets by one of the party . " The hornet is a phunny bird ; thev has wings just hke any other bird, an.l fly just the same kind of a wav Black hornets are more like crows than vellcr ones, and yeller ones are ,nore like canary birds thkn crows, both J r n THK CRUISE OF "OUR Ll'LU." 27 1 as to size and color. The crow caws, the cnnary bird sings, and the hornet buzzes. ' Other birds have feathers in their tails : hornets nave not, but they have a sting which they use in defence, and which is very offensive to a feller when he gets that sting in contact with his nose or his eye, for it changes both the color and the shape of either. '* The hornet builds a round nest like a ball, and lives on the inside ; the other birds build nests like half a ball, and sort of live on the outside. "When a feller runs into the others birds' nests sudden- ly, and the birds are in them, the birds generally flyaway; iDut when the same feller comes upon a hornets' nest the feller generallv runs, and only wishes he had wings that he might flv. ' A small hornet is the best thing to frighten a big man' that was ever invented ; and I guess hornets must have been invented just to show a man how small he is on some occasions. "The female hornets are the most vicious, particularly when thev are biting a man ; and I tell you when they get a good hold it is worse than a leap year party when the women are all old maids. "When vou are quietlv meandering along thinking oi all that is good and noble, your eyes lookingheavenward, vour nose trying to climb ui^ to your eyes, and a hornet suddenlv hits vou on the end of the nose, how soon your 28 THE CRUISE OF "oUR LULU. good thoughts are dissipated, and how vour tongue will talk ! I have heard a man talk so bad t'hat the air got kind of blue and hot all around him and the hornets' wings were singed. Hornets is good things to make a feller forget his prayers, and bad things when they are let loose in a meeting-house. The night of the 25th August as we were all quietly sleeping, except Jack, a real live bat flew into the cabin. Jack exhausted himself trying to get rid of the animal, and then cried, "Bat on board ! " All hands were soon on duty-some of the fellows without an over-abundance of clothing, and the chief called the order, "Form up and stand steady ! " We all stood steady except those who were thinly clad, and they simply could not help shaking. At the order, '•Charge!" we all charged. Some fell over others and under the table ; others fell over the bunks till soon we were one mixture of arms and legs, hitting out in every di- rection and whaling each other instead of the bat. Mean- time the bat was perched upon the lampshade taking it all in. Like the bursting of a bomb-shell the crowd at last separated, the table and lamp were overturned, and the bat crushed to jelly under the wreck. We picked the ani- mal up very tenderly and dropped it overboard. We I THE CRUISE OF "OL'R LULU." 29 1 then used a little arnica and sticking plaster on ourselves, looked sadly a each other and once again went to our little bunks without saying a kind goodnight to each other — or even saying our prayers over again. Bats are bad things to kill at night, bad things to create a friendly feeling between fellows trying to kill the same bat, and I don't think would be of any use as mission- aries. August 26th to September 1st : Here we are at Long's Creek and here we remain for a few days. We are tied up just at the mouth of the creek and almost directly behind the meeting-house. I suppose while here we ought to have felt some inclination to partake of the religious con- solation in our immediate neighborhood, but as it has not been dished up to us in proper shape, we have failed to appreciate the opportunity, and have not even dropped a nickel in the parson's patent catch-all hat that is hung up at the door. The shoemaker, who lives next door to tKe church, gets all our nickels and our blessings as well. We made a little break at this camp and ran a line across country to one of the back settlements. The change was very much enjoyed ; it undoubtedly raised our spirits ami prepared us for another spell on the monot- onous river bank. From Long's Creek we moved to Kelley's Creek, but only remained for a day. About, or on either side of, 30 THE CIUJISE OF "oUR LULU." Kelley's Creek there is some cxeeedin-^y rou-h country. The main river banks are rock v. almost perpcndiciilaV and over two hundred feet in hci-ht. makinir cur work not only very hard but very dan-erous. In fact, we had to bring ropes into service to insure our safety. On the 2nd of Septendjcr we reached Kin-sclear, or the lere is a store in connection is noted for bein£r Hammond Post Office. Tl with the office, and the esta])Hshment owned anci run oy one ot the slowest bcin-s that ever hved and was aware of the fact. Some " dav he .dll breathe so slowly that one breath will not "catch up with the other, and then he will be forced to pass in his cheeks. If you are a stranger and wish to make a pur- chase, come ill the early morning and be prepared to stay over night. Then if he has managed to find out your family history and read all the post cards that have come to the office in the mail, you may get served. 'Tis said that on one occasion he left home and ^vent to the city to purchase his spring stock of goods. Be- fore h- had chosen his stock and returned w^th the goods, spring had passed and the summer was nearly over. He tried to force the season, could not. so cpiietly olosed the store and waited calmly until the following spring. This is a true story and can be sworn to if necessary. J) 3) THE CKVISK OF "OUK LULU." 31 I must add that we found some very kind and hospit- able friends in Kin.irsclenr. who entertained us royally, and made our too short visit among them very pleasant. Our onlv reorct was at leaving them, but the many pleasant' memories eonnecte- ::il „u,sic.:i entertainment with whieh they seemec lerv nua-h pleased. Jaek spent a day .n the vdlage as the KuJst or the Kev. Father O'Leary and took some photo- graphs, the most interesting one being of a rehc of Ind.an t„,, rs ition called the Gloscap or Uar. It .s a freak of 32 THE CRUISE OF "OUR LULU." ! nature formed in the rocky bank of th: river, which is supposed to resmble the face of a man. and in fact does look like a face. In olden times the Indians never passed the Gloscap without placing something in the old man's mouth or throwing something to him to propitiate him. Thev believed that they would have bad luck unless they did so. A great deal could be written of their manner of living, but I will add no more in this narrativ*?. The remaining days of the trip, which ended Septem- ber 22nd, were spent between Indian Village and Fred- ericton. One little accident— tw-as a leg hit— fortunately nothing serious, and a few callers were all that marked the way. On reaching Fredericton we anticipated a nice little gathering, and a supper over which we could forgive and forget all of the little differences that had occurred on the journey, and say adieu to each other with all sorts of pleasant reflections. Unfortunately, before the boat had reached Fredericton we were hurriediv disbanded and parted from each other like so many ice-cakes. We had not even time to exchange common civilities, and most of us were disgusted. We left our poor Lulu as if we were ashamed to be seen with her, and I can only add for the general crowd, a sincere wish that our next part- ing may be more pleasant and lingering. Q # f Q (r\ M I # I o ■ THE CRDISE OF '•0UU_LmAT. 33 the vallev of the River St. A word before 1 close abo ,ohn between WoodstoeU and ^<^^"""", '— — ■ ver-chanpng, glorious scene of beauty, and must b viewed pieee-meal to be fully "VPr^uaed A. the nv ^^ follows its eourse it '-'-;^;- ^ '^^^ '^^^i t:^' r/ll^att .1 and ..assy, bae.ed ;?beautiru/inte.ales tHen again ^-^-^,:;, n.ost perpend eular.n as I -d^aW,^ rapidly for feet in height, ine stre uu » ^ ^ , .^^rp are one twentv miles out of Woodstoek. In fact, he e are „ wheel steamer, Florencev ine, i when ana Fred.rieton ^^^ Jjf ^l^^^Xarried b, the water is low the freight i _ j^ ,vinter com- ,ow boats and the P^^^^^^^ „.unieation - -^--^^^^^^J., ,^, .^untry roads are ex- the riv^r front. In summ- • ^^^^t. cellent. particularly those along - her ^^ ^^^^ 1 will end my narrative by giving, a. 4 poet's last effort ;- M 34- THE CRUISE OF "oUR LULU." FAREWELL ODE TO LULU. Q Farewell Lulu, dear old craft ! With cabin for'ard and cook-house aft, Two oars and two poles to help down stream. And two rones to hold you when not in steam. How oft on returninjLj from a ten-mile tramj). With a torn pair of trousers and a shirt-collar damp. You pret'ted us, Lulu, with sheltering arms. Saved us from starving and soothed our alarms. In your cosy cabin we ctiddled like sheep ; In our little bunks we foimd sweet sleep. Your cook and cook-house ^uve goodly fare- How well we were treated our looks declare. Sweetly you lay on the bosom of the river ; In all the stormy winds there never was a shiver. You bore us on our journey from beginning to end, And Lulu, old darling, we'll forever be your friend. Lulu, old gal ! how sad 'tis to part. We all do love you so that it almost breaks our heart. And were we only privileged each one to wed you, dear, There'd never be a parting and we'd never shed a tear. 4 > "si fl