The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1867-11-01

The Island OF Barbados.

This Island is the most easterly of
a groupe Of the West India Islands
It was colonized by the British in 1G.
25. Its circumference is ffty-6vc
miles; its area, LOG, TAO acres, of
which about $4,000 are under culture.
as to the climate, it is most charming;
its mean ann. temp being 81 deg.
Fair, its max, 81 deg It's products
are sugar, cotton, arrowroot, ginger
and allows.
/ The principal towns are Bridgetown,
/ its capital, Speitstown famed for its
picnic dinners of flying fish, as Green
wich, uear London, is for its dinners
I Of white bait) Oistins, and st. james.
It is the residence Of tho Governor.
General Of all the British windward
West India Islands His Excellency
has two residences, the Kings
+ House. and the Pilgrimage, which
latter is situated in beautiful sum-
mcr retreat in a native woods. This
Iseland is also the See Of Bishop.
The climate OF Barbudoes is to my
taste, truly delightful The island is
so highly cultivated as to be one large,
magnificent and beautiful garden. So
cety is charming, and the comforts
and Injuries of life are abundant
Bat the awful hurricane will Mt times
sweep over this bright spot in crea-
ton $ wide domain, and spread DESC
lation III its furious march, as it did
in August 1881, and again recently
The yellow fever, some years, will car
ny off It's thousands Of victims, whic
rich fruits continue to germnate and
gorgeous flowers to put forth their
beauty and fragrance
There is no evening twilight in the
tropics poet once beautifully al
luded to thesetting Of a tropc sun, thus:
And now my course of terror's run,
Mine be the eve Of tropic sun,
No cold graduation quench his rays,
No twilight dews his heat allays;
With disc like battle target red
He rushes to his burning bed,
Dyes the broad wave with bnrning
light,
Then sinks at once, and all is night
The habits of life here are unlike
those Of northern climates. The dress
worn is thin, ana the limbs unrestrain-
ed. The day commences ordinarily
with ride on horseback or a drive,
at five o'clock, before the sun has any
power. At eight clock cup of cof-
fee and a biscuit suffice for the first
breakfast, and at II the second break
fast is a charming meal, and serves
both for breakfast and luncheon
The table is spread with variety
,.ff t,i, Il
ed guinea fowl. and some other mcats;
and light wines; and this succeeded
by tea and coffee.
The dinner hour is usually seven
o'clock, and curried fowl or some 9TH
er currled meats is one of the stand-
ing dishes. Ladies appear at the ta-
bic IN denl toilette, and gentlemen in
their white jean Jackets; and the cere-
mony of an ordlnner usually occupies,
as in England, about two hours Be-
fore ice was introduced, and became,
as now, plentiful and cheap there,
an odd method prevailed for cooling
the wines which were to serve at din
ner 1t was curious to notice, ms you
approached the house of friend where
you were to dine, the array of old
cotton stockings hanging against the
side OF the house? Each of these con-
tanned bottle Of wine; an the stock
ing thus flied was dipped now aud
then in water, and suspended by II
nail driven INTO the side of the house
whore the wind circulated; and the
VINE was thus cooled.
Barbados is Justly famed for its
preserved ginger, lines and other
fruits; and amongst the best estab.
lishments where these could be OBJ
tanned were those of Betsy Austin Ga
woman celebrated in AIarryatt's nov
els and Hannah Lewis; and l hayo
often received from them during my
residence there, presents, of such pre-
serves, and also of genuine turtle
soup turtle being abundant there)
which | acknowledged by returning
presents of Newtown pippins sent to
me by friends in New York, and which
the Barhadlans esteem above all their
own rich and more luscious fruits.
THE Next PRESIDENCY The Wash
ington correspondent of the Chicago
Irib,me gives the following summary
of Presidential prospects and proba-
bilities
The nomination OF Gen. Grant. BY
the Republican Convention, is gener.
ally spoken of as foregone conclu,
sion Senator Wilson, Speaker Col.
fax and General Howard are three of
the names mentioned with his for tho
second place OH the ticket. Every.
body considers that Wade is dead SO
far rs Presidency is concerned, and
almost everybody admits that Chase
Is IN the same fix. Horatio Seymour
will undoubtedly go before the next
Democratic Convention with strong
hackers. Andrew johnson will be SO
dead by that time even the scaven-
gers will almost decline to touch him.
General sherman will not loo in the
market for anybody's bidding. Just
now Mcclellan stock is in the ascend
ant There are many persons who
believe the Democrats will find him
l..l. 4.