Rensselaer Republican, Volume 14, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 June 1882 — Boat Sailing Extraordinary. [ARTICLE]

Boat Sailing Extraordinary.

A specimen of boat-sailing extraordinary was witnessed down the bay yesterday atternoon by ten or more gentlemen of this city. The catrigged boat Wandered had conveyed a party to Bullock’s Point for a shore dinner, and after the party had landed the boat was made fast to the wharf. A strong wind was blowing from the south, and the boat slipped her moorings and went sailing gayly o’er the waves In the direction of Pawtucket, but runn ng as straight as if steered by a master hand. The craft finally grounded on the shore near Pawtucket, where she remained about half an bout- Then the former mysterious occurrence was repeated, for, as if controlled by unseen spirits, the boat veered about and came sailing majestically back over the water, landing within fltty feet of the place from whence she started. That a l oat could sail from one side of the bay to the other, coipe about, and return to almost the identical spot from whence she started, without some guiding-power at the helm, is passing strange, but the story is vouched for by “ten good men and true.—[New York Sun,