Letters of William Wheeler of the Class of 1855, y C

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: stead of twenty-four I divide my time now somewhat as follows: Law school Studies and recitations, eight hours; exercise and meals, three hours; general studies, eight hours; arms of Murphy, five hours. This last I consider time thrown away, and do frequently lament that mankind was not so constituted as...
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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: stead of twenty-four I divide my time now somewhat as follows: Law school Studies and recitations, eight hours; exercise and meals, three hours; general studies, eight hours; arms of Murphy, five hours. This last I consider time thrown away, and do frequently lament that mankind was not so constituted as to do without it. LETTERS OF FOREIGN TRAVEL AND ART. 1857-58. chapter{{Section 4a LETTERS OF FOREIGN TRAVEL AND ART. Ship Australia, Off Sandy Hook, Saturday, 1 p. M., May 9, 1857. Dear Mother, ? We're off Hauled off from the dock at about 10 A. M., and were towed down the bay by the tug 5. A. Stevens. This note I shall send back by her. My grief after I left you was checked in its violence by the carriage stopping at the jail and taking in two men, ? one, the sheriff, very drunk; the other, an insane man, very foolish. This latter poor man's miseries somewhat diverted my mind from my own, and I did all I could to make him comfortable. On board the boat he was badly deserted by the sheriff. The poor man was doubly unfortunate; he was crazy, and could speak no English, so I had an opportunity of conveying consolation to him in German. The crew of the ship amount to fourteen, and are, most of them, Yankees from Salem. About an hour ago they hoisted the anchor to the ? Yeo heave yeo, and the heave away, And the sighing seaman's cheer. Monotonous it was, and a deep grunt at every long pull, and strong pull, and pull all together, served as basso profundo. There is a delightful long swell, and pitch of the ship, which in good time will doubtless produce upon me a stomach-stirring, if not a spirit-stirring effect. The Ericsson steamer is coming after us, and I must go on deck and see her. Love to J.; hope he did not come down, as it would have b...