The Log of the Water Wagon; or, The Cruise of the Good Ship "Lithia" — John Shaqi
The Log of the Water Wagon; or, The Cruise of the Good Ship "Lithia"Taylor, Bert Leston
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The Log of the Water Wagon; or, The Cruise of the Good Ship "Lithia"
Taylor, Bert Leston
American wit and humor; Temperance -- Humor
Leave the Bar 8 bells
Pass Rye Beach 6 bells
Off the Faro Banks 3 bells
Near High Ballston Spa 4 bells
Arrive Vichy Springs 7 bells
Weather Cape Casegoods 2 bells
Nearing Prohibition Park 8 bells
Arrive Delaware Water Gap 1 bell
Pass Croton Reservoir 5 bells
Round Apollinaris Bottling Works 6 bells
Weather White Rock Point 4 bells
Arrive at Waterbury 8 bells
_The management reserves the right to change the itinerary at any old
bell time._
NUTT
The Square Hatter
132 1–2 WATER STREET
Big Heads My Specialty
Any Size Head Fitted
Ask to see my =Adjustable, Telescopic Noiseless Hats=. (_Patent
Pending._) Just the thing for the Water Wagon. No springs or metal
used. Will expand or contract as conditions require. Space in
sweat-band for cracked ice. Money refunded if we don’t make good.
Stretching done at your own home the morning after.
Telephone, Derby 8 3–4
=“You get the Head, and we’ll put a Lid on it”=
+Second Day+
Most of the gold-cures are only plated, and it soon wears off.—Keeley.
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Men’s evil manners live in rum. Their virtues we write in
water.—Shakespeare.
LOG -- Second Day
The morning opened on a full house, and everybody stayed—in bed.
Barometer throbbing feverishly, indicating a long dry spell.
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The breakfast-gong was sounded by the Steward, but not a soul made a
move. Cries of “Lynch him!” from the staterooms.
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The Captain has been looking over the Log, and says I keep it like a
butcher’s book. I told him to keep it himself if he didn’t like it.
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11 A. M.—The Steward got everybody on deck by turning in a still
alarm that the next round was on the house. The push dressed like a
commuter making the 8.13 train. Everybody voted it a dirty trick.
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11.30 A. M.—Tied up at Water Tank No. 1, and took on fifty cases of
lemon soda and sarsaparilla, and a case of malted milk for Moxie
Matzoon, alias Moxie Grandpa,—a stowaway, who was discovered soon
after we cleared the Bar. He is suspected of being the staff
correspondent of the Weekly Water Cooler. He doesn’t seem to be
popular.
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12.30 P. M.—The Captain took a lunar observation, and reported that
we were in latitude 58:12 W. from Greenwich, Conn. I asked him how he
managed to observe the moon in the middle of the day, and he referred
me to the Information Bureau. Crusty old chap.
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Whale sighted. He was blowing his friends. Cheers from the waterproof
deck, and cries of “I’ll take the same!”
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At 3 P. M. mutiny broke out among the passengers, but it was quelled
by the Captain with his trusty little marlingspike. Doctor Zoolak,
the ship’s surgeon, diagnosed the case as thirst, not mutiny.
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