Captain Rideout
Marysville Appeal, May 7, 1899
Captain Rideout Dead
Succumbs to an Attack of Pneumonia at Sausalito
Captain James Ransom Rideout, a former resident of Marysville, died at his home in Sausalito on Thursday, regretted by his many friends and acquaintances.
The deceased was a native of Maine and 71 years of age, and was a brother of N.D. Rideout and Benjamin Rideout of San Francisco, of Mrs. Justus Greely of Marysville, and of Mrs. Thresher of Stockton.
When he lived in this city in early days he had a residence in the First Ward, and was very popular with his fellow citizens.
Deceased was elected County Treasurer in 1867 and took charge of his office in March, 1868, and held the office for one term, two years. J. Fred Eastman was his deputy, and afterwards succeeded him as Treasurer.
For many years Mr. Rideout was Captain of the freight and passenger boats that ran up the Sacramento and Feather Rivers.
He leaves a wife, two sons, and a daughter, who is a renowned sculptor, to mourn his demise. He was a man of genial impulses, and possessed of many sterling traits of character, and was always ready to give a helping hand to a friend. His death resulted from a severe attack of pneumonia.
The internment will take place at Sausalito today.
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Breverton's Nautical Curiosities: A Book of the Sea
Breverton's Nautical Curiosities" is about ships, people and the sea. However, unlike many other nautical compendiums, the focus of this book is on the unusual, the overlooked or the downright extraordinary.
Thus, someone most of us do not know, Admiral William Brown, is given equal coverage to Admiral Nelson. Without Admiral Brown releasing Garibaldi, modern Italy might not exist. And without the barely known genius John Ericsson designing the "Monitor," the Confederacy might have won the American Civil War.
You will be stimulated as you read about the remarkable people - explorers, admirals and trawlermen - who have shaped our world. The sea has had a remarkable effect upon our language. We hear the terms "steer clear of," "hit the deck," "don't rock the boat," "to harbour a grudge: and the like, and give little thought to their origins. In the pages of this book, the reader will find the roots of "bumpkin," a "brace of shakes," "born with a silver spoon," "booby prize," "above board," "bombed" (in the sense of being drunk), "blind-side," "the pot calling the kettle black," "wasteres," "barbecue" . . . Other colourful terms, which have passed out of common usage, such as "bring one's arse to anchor" (sit down), "belly timber" (food) and "bog orange" (potato) are also included, as well as important pirate haunts, technical terms, famous battles, maritime inventors and ship speed records.
