Connecticut western news., 1873-05-02
[For the Connecticut Western Ncws.l
 Bermuda.
HAMILTON, Bermuda, April 18th 1873

HAMILTON, Bermuda, April 18th 1873.
 MR. EpyroR:-When your correspondent unfortunately lost his footing on the Dutch. ess county hills, he did not anticipate fall ing 30 far as this, yet two months from date found him in sight of the shores of this lonely isle. Bearing in mind then, your laudable purpose to furnish all the news possible, 1t has occurred to him that com munication from this island, too little known to the inhabitants of the United States; would not come amiss.
 The isolated group of the B'rmuda Is- lands. discover, d by Spnniard in 1927, ou, now owned ny E,yhnd, lie in the At ilntic uc."n about 5.5 miles east of Charles on, ..ud n their climate. are A sort of a h>Nj-"Ay 1"uS" between temperate aud uoplc Zones. There is communication by a steamer from Hslit.x and within year nr two, by a safe and comfortable one from Nv York; the trip taking but three days and a half, if no detention occurs. The appronch 10 the islands is difficult on ac- c"un, of outlying shoals, but the barbor, when gained, is safe and beautiful.
 There are three principal islands, Somer- set, Bermuda proper and St. George, as we'll as five or six more worthy of name, and counting all the little rocks it Is said they amount to 365, one for each day of the year.
 They form narrow strip some twenty miles in length, curviug around like horse shoe a, one end, thus enclosing the Great Sound, or principal harbor, and have & population of about twelve thousand. The principal forest tree, may almost say the only one, is the rcd cedar, and the abrupt rocky shores and islands covered with their dark verdure, reminds one of parts of the Hudson river, and suggests northern rather than tropical landscape. The island mainly consists of cslcsreous sand stone, formed of comminuted shells and coral, SO as to be nearly lime. It is soft. easily sswedi uto blocks, and forms the ex. elusive building material. It would soon crumble under our frosts. but here where frost is all but unknown, 1t looks well, and roof and all being whitewashed, gives a wonderfully neat appearance.
 This town, the capital, contains little over 1900 inhabitants. and is as quaint and curious an old place as one can And. The stores are for the most part along the water front, and very unpretending, having no showY Yankee signs or windows.
 There is handsome building for the public offices, containing good library. Also fine building used as g Mechanics Institute. A small but handsome Cathe. dral of the Church of England, still bright with it's whitc Easter flowers. with daily prayer throughout the year, besides other places of worship. The various cuttings through the sandstone or limestone, the el. evated rocks left along the sides of the streets, the smooth, hard white roads often running along quiet pasture lands, which reminds one of home, all add to the odd appearance of the place. But when. one fresh from the very late spring of New York, where the grass was just tinging with green, sees in addition to all this, white and crimson roses running up tho porches in full bloom; oleandrrs, common as our ul. ders twenty feet high. and mass of pink flowers; with gornniums, verhcDas and other tsmiliar plants, growing iuxuriantly iu every door yard, can you fancy more CT than ours and used AS pasiurage for gouts md COWS Vhrrc is no clover in il, a! though many of the weeds are the same as with Us, and ferns abound seemingly jusl | ike those which adorn the rocks of Sails nury. Bananas and papar's are plenty, and some oranges, p.ne-arples and palm trees are raised here.
 The great crops, besides the famous Ber- muda arrow root, are potatoes, onions. beett and tomatoes for the early New York mar. ket. Our steamer carries back large freight of them, all to New York city. There Is fine chance here for thrifty New England farmer, whose health is fail ing in the rigorous climate of the north, to make money and see good days in a very mild spot where there is no malaria. | ln February and March Il is too chilly for iuvalids withou, fire. Could they be intro. duced in the hotels. the fare here lowered as it should be to $25, hundreds of Aneri. cans would spend the late winter and spring months here and find 1t highly beneficial. Our consul, Mir. Allen, the vice consul, Mir. William Whitney, (well known iu Con. necticut) are most agreeable gentleman, at. tentive to their countrymen, and doing ing much to make us popular with the in hahitants here. The Hamilton Hotel, the principal house in the place, Is admirably placed on hill overlooking the harbor, cat. hing tue fresh seq breeze, and surround. ed by flowers and shrubbery.
 1t is very well kept and moderate in it's charges. In fact know not how to close, save in ,be pious words of that old English poet, Andrew Marvel:
 "What should we do but aing His praise, That led us thrO' the watery maze, Unto an Isle so long unknown, And yet far kinder than our ownS He gave us this eternal spring, Which here channels everything, With cadars chosen by His hand From Lebanon, He stores the land, He hangs in shades the orange bright Like golden lamps in & green night, And eke, In the poulegranate's close, Jewels more rich than Ormus shewa- He makes the figs cur mnut hs to meet, And throws tho melons at our feet,' Harum. England is curious country. No one could be found 10 take Gladstones place. Over here, ten thousand men would have have felt themselves competent.
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