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biiciblethe Utrd God oom Mr b«wdthis her d*V of battle* IDmm* ■ -* — **THE FIE8T TBiF OF THE ICl-lOATith*p oft beN4XandLa CatflttS. Wl», J*a. 4L 1M11 »B AIKlake the first occasion toto you, knowing you will be muchtereslftd in the even** which have oneor rod[lOOsentifroc within the last few hours. 1 went toPnSrii du Chico to spend the holidays, nodwhile at home renewedacquaintanceMfHP %WeRiW W .... .....„ I***lut J4rm m ii‘ I$1Ut r . ttd IIjr flp^iwn** w* «tb«- ku«M m.*rt pc»lt;tedf l«KHU. |i - V* V*A( iiakM*- «n«ttM * WMftta II(wVMt a.with Norman Wiard, the well known inand ventorthe ice boatMv own love ofjCarist**3 lfcrt*dd#sthe • mechanics of course attracted me strongly to*een wards this ingenious visionary, and withinomfound mvself hand in glove withthe him%andWiard was busily engaged in launchingthe beautiful new machine, the ** Lady Frank»m to Uol ti «*«r*. 1itw* lit* ifLT In vita hw -my ***MM* rwcwi'ummh*■ ■liftsand had for several days been exploring*id« | the river and preparing a track on the iceotetb*?**t**i*. whinchpolicehad hoped to be able to cele-OOLear’s dav bv a trialthe vehicle, but was unable to complete all histing preparations before ThursdayWftMthar♦»dkwn»•AiftUfdiMdltfItIOn Thursday afternoon evervthbig reaainoss, and he had promis'd the citizen* ofder- i the “ Prairie he would gratify their curiosisonssettingwheels in motion on thetical next morning. These last few* days wereneedat ilsell m pdoublbws the matt exciting momentsWiardhours be was towhether theyears of laborproud success, or he » bankrupt visionaryrrif\A § he sawlast the beautiful car restingq an - i upon the snowy surface of the ice, his feverand►uth.eooeish anxiety knew no bounds.couldkeep away from I be object of his ceaselessierevoiion.spent the evening in the saloonof^ungthe boat speculating ui«on the probable result of the Hr at trial until a late h**ur. Ourol«r—1 —4is S*frttUfinn saof* m«***4 ii»l« a asgpVwM*ra» ai- IrethedhrMisiertfaetl'UKXMWWtIf *ttM§ nmmmsalntiwnar*[af - mupaaik •tala lt;ft«lt;irMraH*» i«* Ifilft* * *1* 4itiengineer and steersman were with ut, andmuch interested a* ouiwclv tri.conversation Wiard proposedthat we should raise steam, and take a shortheel excursion on the riverorder to becomeouUL familiar with thea*thr**ct•*4 Uu«Haas «fSit»4* lt;*fwjrvrif lt;h% trialthrj mt«*•» i.( «tiflMBthl •IntMS *Mk« 4 _ aft*** •»ns inadmit the f^ossibilitytaenis ! *nd no true inventor*id t • athat*hadwareplaciht*herneagerly seconded by the rest of us, andminutes the ire rearing beneath theboiler, Before hail an hour had elatwed tb«Weengineer announced sufficient steam to workthe machineryiard was flying around everywhere with• nowlantern and Buaker wrench, tighteningarablesince, who iland: •;!.Den |tadjusting the screws. At last he proto a* I*sauce nouocod all ready, and gave the word to star.tug Uof asame time climbed ua*oii the roof whereveryd~etmade I was standing.that iIK A*9The »Umtti wa» turned«•1there wr»* a mo.disrvas1 the tion of the machifiary, and in thei and : meat the b m%smoothhice towards the McGr*g«»r shore.*#Sitecethank God, she moves!** ext la modPub.iard in a greatm“Of g!tisisuc*n»*r-niast*d af 1ihemthe patbixed*and 1 presume eg*bothpressed my delight in variousently Our motion as yet mas no faster than aandafter we had naintHisuestreamV the , the was ipcriwad to abut six mi lewr Ajs- i hourpath s*d«cted by Wiard that da %clearly ditOemlbkth«**extld tfromthe nhiibj riwarn*the clear tnlt; -on- taroscor- light. Besid*-* this there was a large locomo j *f,d tthe ; twe lantern flxod upon the forward partIrter*m*rv- th»* cabin, which shed a strong light for4 and * l^»gance in front of us. The boatOomp a limsrchybeyedreaand could easily la?turned completely around in a circlenainvassam®ur hersereasonfeet in diameter and I think lessbad not been runnine more thanlt;*nbiveiillan hour before Wiard told me he had deter- L'\ ved, if 1 was willing to go through withmeanto make a trip to La Crosse, beforebest*bac kacquiesced in the arrangementplishithegladly. So the engineer and steersmancanheld? ex- wer€ instructed accordingly. It was thenlt;-djiast twelve o’clock and our velocity was coneverythe gi the uHe is I tmuailjr improving as the machinery and j Uonent of wor* smoother. 1 remained on deckilh.until 2 a. mhen beooming completelyacechilled through, 1 descendedthe cabincanwhich I found asTbbeing Unta,e wasorutionerot ridheated by the escape steam conducted by pipes ! citix*b-neath the floor«« IBefore 1 was aware ofI bad fallenasleep upon the cushio| K*1 i tiof tbSO remained badi*of the a*11*1 t,r^ hgkb I imagined tnvaelf tougbtrailroad car or an omnibus for a moment,p rmptaad(treatvery much resemAndles of but soon woke iuily to ourSec reWe were just above Bad Axe City, and•*a*onovertheproaching the most dangerous part of ourroute%hour more were creepingaround the last bend in Coo® Slough, and j u*tere in sight of Brownsville tW* wa*abilicolleigreetlie d«lurenavalur*tourcrash and shock. We had broken tarice.iardournot seem diMnayodST.hUl Hit iyur exmisfortune, but rather the contrary/(.Athe lt;tCA theanro»jtppportunily f difficultytesttnayi then a place tfixed a small anchor in the ice someyards ahead and attaching a strong cablerigbS«xtrfearshouldarbito it wound it up by a steam capstan less than an hour had our craft once moresafe out of the waterscareabou!forayf»et»pl**c*evenWe then steamed up to the levee at Browns-! ^ • and gwt an exceli«»nt breakfast at the1 cry- | Heiinet Houseplain ! crlt;,wd ofOfstrange01 poop craft, ailethe meantime a greathad gathered about ourr . „ . *nd so lt;-ngag«d beimi Wiardfallen in explaining its properties and capacities to1*57pienAmmam/dor to ►them, it was noon before we knew it♦this afternoon we got up steam again, andof darkness had settled overLate • T*ductswheresrationsystemlust as the pallhealtthe river, we arrived at thethis city.ofeuftaraid•ecikTheythin aniassI am now stopping at thenngtoa House, having just partaken of _ h*erty supj*er, and I assure you, dear friend, proE*proud to say, I was on the Lady Frankon her first successful trip.010 C——.Kind
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Daily Times
Dubuque, Iowa, US
Tue, Jan 08, 1861
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