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MARINE REVIEW. | 11 Another Letter from Peter La Champaign. Capt. Frank Welcome of Buffalo sends the REvIEW another letter which he received recently from Peter La Champaign, the Canadian Frenchman of Algonac, Mich., who is still seeking a place on the pass- enger steamer North West. The letter follows without change of any kind: ALGNACK, Feb. 4th 1896. Coptin Frank Welcom, Buflo, Der Sur--i bin rite on you bout to weak a go an i bin go on pos ofis to tre tam evry day an i ant got letar yet but on sam tam i meet a fren an she ax me wat foricom on pos ofis somuch denitole her al bout it. isa youno Frank Welcom an she was much surpris wen I say dat an she say she no you bout tirty year an maby you noherto twascoptin hi hame she bin sale tug on de raver bout fifta year an she was good fren on al dem french mans wat liv on Algnack an coptin hi hame she tole me i mak big mistak wen i rite on you for job an isa wats de cos for dat an she say dar was atam wen al dem coptin she hire al of it on de bote but da bin git so hi tone now da make de honer hire evry body but on sam tam she say de coptin kin pay it hof wen she hant do wat she tole her deni ax hi fi de honer es to hi tone to pay dem mans an wimens an She say no cos she say som tam wen dem wimens he go on de bote to cook he insult de coptin an dat make ' her mad an she say you com on my room an i pay you hof for dat some tam dat hopen on de midle of de lack an de honer she cant be on dat plas Coptin hishe tole me yoo wil be glad wen weal go on yoor bote. idint no wats de nam on you Bote wat you gone sale til hihetole me. He say his nam was nor wes She say twas bes bote on de lack ani get axcite an i was so glad an icomens lafan hi she laf to cos she is good fren on me an sam tam she tole me she gone feal bad to see us al go way cos she say she gone be lonsum Ani say to hi dont cry cos i go rite dis sumer on you. an weniriteiax Frank how she like al ofit an on sam tam i go ax Frank fi you kin come wid all you famly an tak to tre trip on de Nor Wes an hi he laf ani kin se she was glad and she - say Peter good by i mus go cos we bin talk long tam an he tole me to rite de feler wat hone de Nor Wes ani say yes an she shak my han an sam tam i kin se tear on her chek wat com from her eye i tel yoo Coptin hi hame was good fren on me. Now coptin fi yoo wil rite on me an tole me wat dat felers nam is wat hone de nor wes an on wat plas she live iriteon her i wassory you was so hi tone you cant hire us i wish yoo kin chang yoo mine an tole me wen yoo rite dat de allof it kin comonde Nor Wes. Maby dat honer liv so fur is tak long tam to get letar from her so fi yoo kin hire me and deallof it we kin come nix weak. imetemy bruder law las nite and she tole me she hant got letur yet an she ax de pos Master on Swan Creak wats decos for dat. Andepos Master she tole her fi she want get letur quick she mus get box an she tole me she gone get to of it. Well coptin i got big jok on my brudder law Constant Paridee dats her nam yoono. She tole me she was down on Joe Bedores plas las weak an Joe she tole her boot big bote wat use go by her plas an his nam was Nor Wes an Constant tole Joe she was gone enginer on dat bote an Joe she ax her fiis got paper to goon bote lik dat an she say no an she ax Joe were she kin get paper like dat an she say she mus. go on Port Huron der was to hinspecter. fi she want paper for enginer she mus ack lik pub- lican cos de hinspector wat giv paper to enginer is publican she wont have no trouble but the mans wat want paper for be coptin he mus ack lik demcrack cos dat hinspecter is demcrack an wen dat hinspecter he tak dat ofis Grover Cleveland she told her a publick ofis is publick trus an Joe say dant so. he sacos a demcrack he got be strick. Now my broder law she feal kin scare an she ax me fi i will goon Port Huron wid her ani say yes she say she kin get pass for to on dat litle bote wat run to Pt Huron; she say she got big quant on Sam Burnham dats de coptin on dat litle bote. dot wil be big joke on my bruder law fi she cant get her paper. Well Coptin my wimens hes getten al his close redy an mine to. an he is so glad cos he is gone on that big bote an he say wat big site to seede Nor Wes gone true to sou-ese-ben an wen we pas Algnack we kin al com on deck an maybe we can see coptin hi hame stan on de dock ani tole Mary, dats de wimens wot i got, maby yoo let us tak spy glas to look on hi Well Coptinihope you gone tole me quick dat fellers nam wat hone dat bote soikin rite on her cosi want to goon de bote so qucki kin but on sam tami be glad fi you tole me yoo gone hire us an tole us to come quick. dont forget to tole us on yoo letur wat car to tak cos we ant use to ride on car. Well Coptini wil axpect letur puty quick. Re- member us alon your family an ihope yoo hant al gotdecrip weal ben hay it here but we al got tru now; well good by and rite so quick as yoo cant to Peter La Champaign Algnack Michigan Stat P S Joe Bedore jus com in an she look on my sholder an he se hoi rite an he ax me fi he kin rite fu wordon you. Dats Joe he comens now-- helo Frank hole boy how you ben get long ihant se yoofor long tame by gosh Frank i ben glad you gone tak Peter han her family on yoo bote cos Peter tole me fi he go on de bote he gone tole you to stop on my dock on Sou-ese-ben to by all de fish and gam wat you wantanI gone show Mary dats Peters wimens how to cook de duck an i tel yoo when she get on de bote he cant beat never. wel Frank how is al de boy i be glad wen i se de botes go by my plas agin de time he ben puty tuf dis winter i tel yoo Frank de time was so hard de mush rat was to poor to bild a house an day all gone way. i se by de peper dat you was in Washington dis winter did yoo se dat feler dar wat use make his han riteon de snow let me no in tam wen yoo come up i kin hav plenty fish an gam ready. good by Joe Bedore great fren on Peter La Champaign. Opening and Closing of Navigation. STATEMENTS GIVING DATES ON WHICH NAVIGATION OPENED AND CLOSED AT VARIOUS POINTS ON THE LAKES. St. Mary's Falls Canal. Duluth. YEAR. : OPENED. CLOSED. OPENED. CLOSED. 18652 senor ge "May 6 Dec. 2 || April 27 | Nov. 29 T8362. ee setae April 25 Dec. 4 May 7 | Dec. 14 1887 Sc 8 eee eae ee May 1 Dec. 2 May 4 Dec, 28 1888s Ce ree ae May 7 Dec. 4 May 11 Dec 81 188 9b Se ee oe April 15 Dec. 4 April 11 Dec. 4 1 SOQ sek setae ee April 20 DeECh 3 April 16 Dec. 8 OOD renner April 17 Dec. 8 April 30 Dec. 7 S922 Seer ere wee April 18 Dec. 6 April 20 Dec. 6 1893 Se. Saree eeu eee April 29 DecwG May 1 Dec. 8 18 Q4:. Sites: oer ies as April 17 Dec. 6 April 18 Dec. 5 TSO 5 soem antes ort April 25 Dec, 11 April 27 Dec. 10 Straits of Mackinaw. Welland Canal, YEAR. _ OPENED. OPENED. CLOSED. WS S52 cane. aes eS May 5 May 7 Dec. 9 USS GSis 2c tetanic ee April 21 April 19 Dec. 1 LSSieveneeec ee eres April 17 May 4 Dec. 10 1888:N 2 stadely, ees May 4 April 23 | Dec. 8 188 08ers eee erates Mar. 25° April 16 Dec. 1 1S OOM. 3 vee 8 April 8 April 15 Dec. 10 180s eon Sean ee ete April 15 April 20 Dec. 16 18923 S2Ssas seee Se April 3 -- || April 19 Dec. 12 [898 so S2 ies ate ek April 17 April 24 Dec. 11 US OM eee eso pt oe ea April 2 - April 19 Decuee ISQOR Re wee eee ke April 11 April 20 Dec. 12 AT BUFFALO AND ERIE CANAL. ee NUMBER YEAR. i Lae Sane yates OF DAYS OPENED. OPENED. CLOSED. CANAL OPEN T8802 2 So ies esas May 3 May 11 Decker 204 ISSGL S218 FO eee April 17 May 1 Dec. 1 214 T8Si cites Josie aon, April 17 May 7 Dec. 1 207 TSS Bus ares Sh seyret oh pe April 28 May 10 Deck 207 TSS 08 Ae oe Aen ee April 10 May I Dec. 1 . 214 PSQ0ES See ee stan eee Mar. 31 April 28 Dec. 1 216 139 Re Mea eee ee April 12 May 5 Dec. 5 214 18927 eee See Ot April 7 May 1 Dec. 5 219 1898-45. 2244 oxnd -2e April 15 May 3 Nov. 30 212 ASO Soo ee April 1 May 1 Nov. 30 214 18952 ea oo April 16 May 3 Deco 217 In the fifteen torpedo boats provided for by the naval appropriation bill now before congress the navy department will have an opportunity to try different kinds of boilers. It may be, therefore, that not only will the ordinary and coil boilers be used, but that machinery for using liquid fuel and gas will be tried. Although the bill provides that the four pro- posed battleships shall have a displacement of about 11,000 tons each and are to be supplied with machinery capable of producing 10,000 horse power, so as to give a speed of 15 knots, it is quite probable that En- gineer-in-Chief Melville will try to have the secretary increase the horse power. In the engineer-in-chief's opinion this figure is too small to produce the speed of 15 knots desired and he and expert engineers have doubts that the Kearsarge and Kentucky, now building at Newport News, will be able to make the record the department is anxious to obtain. The boilers are to be of the double-ended cylindrical type, as those of the vessels under construction at Newport News, and the remainder of the machinery is to be similar to that with which the Kearsarge and Ken- tucky are to be supplied. Numerous favorable comments on the passenger service of the Nickel Plate road have come to our notice. Their fast western express, leaving New York City at 6:00 p. m., Boston at 3:00 p. m., Buffalo at 5.35 a.m., Erie 8:07 a. m., Cleveland 10:53 a. m.,and Ft. Wayne 4:10 p. m., arrives at Chicago at 9:00 p. m., affording fast time and splendid connections for all points west. Rates always the lowest. 20-Mar. 31.