, 1879-02-15
PITCAIRN.
The Great Revolution in That
Noted Mid-Pacific Island.
How "a Doubtful Acquisition Z" Establish
cd Uniaoation ahd an 1mperia1
TORN Of Government,

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Afd lloW 1llat C0tefntnent Nas kstTluaily VSef'
ihrown. and thA Eotfor n,tu,r.s IN
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..."o "e''NN ~
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@'" 4' pr,n]a n ~. ,.,r.,.,,"s,, "'' e"'' s""S
.,t.o.t. a., ~ ",s ss.Ia.ts ..'. MAJ,
'-e. 'he tc'iesa t"c 'chue1s nt"'of3 HItc'
Nearly hundred years ago TIC crew OF tho
urit!sh sl,Ip bounty mutfntcd, set The Captain
n,tl lis officers alrift upon tic opet, sea, took
nossc.afon m tbo sb,n ain, s,,,c,1 sor,h,rn,d
n.ooseaon ~ ~. e"!p' a,'A sa,'su Sou'""'"u'
l',eY p'ocutea wives ,or themselves amonR tle
haLlFea OF lAalti* ttteD proceeded to lonely lit
tle rock II, ,nidpacidc, called ptcatrn's Island,
yrerle,, t,,r ycesct- strtomd hcr nj tvcryt,,nr
,l,ut ,orh ,,e ,,tct,,1 m n ncx roonv. nm, cafa.
,ts,,', ,s'"ra,.os w .a.a ~9'''' 1''o '''"
'''H" NJ ~. 20 w Ses'
"a. 10 ~ lu1 tsmo'su ''U.'l u'o t'aen "
cotnmerco thnt IL ~as many years helotc another
vessel touched there. 1t had always been cor"
s!dcred an uninhabitcd tsland; ~, when ship
,,h1 ~ fnsi tlrcn ;ta anc,nr ,hnrn fr 1sf,a Nm
S'.,,,o,, ~. ,ro,.,r, .,,.,,.a., H., ~, ,,n,,
capta'n WIZ sseat!y SURPRISED 10 III" tie paeo
reopled. Although tho muttnccts llatl fcurttt
unony themselves, md gradually killed eaci,
n,]rr M mill onlv t,po or tl,r.r nf tic orr1nnl
aloek renamed, theso 1raacd'cs ''ai not oecuffea
Do!oIo hu1npcr ol chllareH I'aa pccn pofpi 30
tn lsos tic ts'an'i Ind porulat'on Of twenty
4,,ror stf auryfxnd n,, wus IN 1ivc t,,n,,v rrora
~, -. 't f,a,.arnn, a''t p",rs,ro,, ~ H., oa1,
!e't Us tofeF'loF MIA 1Ats'asc" " t"e "oe@.
From being muttnccF and hofn'eloct lie l'atl
twonty.sryeu persons was now The purcst Md
',"so.,t,., =, p Chs,s.,rso,. Aaa,,s t,a., ,<,ne
osso'ess ~ 1se1oa' ,',a,l, t'aa'"s na,l ,1ns
island an nppnnave Of tile British Grown.
numprps via r n,snrr rrnsoss-
s,rtcoo mcu. ntnr,rcn women. twrrty-nvc bovs.
md thirty Girls,-all descendants Of tic mutt
ucers, nil bearing the family uanlcs of those
nutInccss. md all speaking English, and En-.
'x1fs,, ,,.,r,v ~, t.,,wl stands hui, IN out ~
E"s" os' ~ s"a,at,a',s ,s,,. :. r. s,,a',.
the sca, and has precinltous walls. 1t Is ubout
thrce-quartcrs OF q milo long, n,1a In places Ia
as much as halfamlic wide. Such urablc land
a. II affords in h,ll l,v The acyrrat families ac
aor.,nr ~ n ,,,y1ston n,nfo manv vrars oro
eonhne 10 uls1s'oa u'aue !n"ny Seass uBo'
There is some liyo stock pigs, cliIcKcns,
md cats; b.tt ITO dogs, and no largc animals
There ia ouo church. building, also Us 4
Iap'.u,' oeaoo"unas, w., a'.a " .'., ps .o"
Inc titlc Of inc Nosefnof nus oeet'. lot Fe"e-
ration or two "NlagEstratc Rilla Chief Ruler. ~
slhOrttnnttUt! to her Mntesty tl!c Ruccn OF
Great prItnin.n 1t was hts proylnco 70 make
the lAws, MS well as exccuta .htm'. ll,s ollssc
was elective; everybody over II years old tut a
yote,-no matter about the sex.
1Nc sole nccupat!ons pi tsle peoihe were lhsHl'
!ng an1 tse.tngt ttetr sulc recsoattos, Religious
services. There has ileser bgan Il HaIpp III tIlt
!saon, uos @ n o.,.e ,,aa., 'sr;t,,;.,n a ,l.r
tne penp!g nnSe umn}v occT h .'3 3'u =,
lows s1thle so pass,iH; i,;., tnss LAW tseu nd ~
1eep saopntm .saaatis1. aar !Io'. ~ f',, "1.a
a ~ aors @ .s,n @ sot 1xa ','"t N.Y. ~ H,,
kno"i ~. % H.. o.,,,, tr IL , ~ s
gmty EpsS 'tn ,e +, ,run 49, r fn,,r ..'ers
o.s tu'eu ts, " ",. w., ,,a,a
enp toueneu te1c, et ,'a Mn nnsu fnf,",s nE"S
oi oooay pa.ss, & .raia', in.'s.s ts,.,
thrones, au m " ,",s ,,l h..o
SONG sou aa1 @ ~ ts,, a'.'e s",;e
1fnlt ai easa ivy, atass & ttI" ni',. ~ Jsesn
iilto tteif peaeetot oFea'"' "''u p''os o'sS'pA'
tl9ns oneo ,' n.n5ss ,,,. eo.o,.,~ .,,,,,,t In
~ s'S o." w. sss Ti5 W H. as,,s,, t,o"t ~
ilotscy, ,l4, t9tso - Y.s,, ~ LAT "ss'
!" u'e Ioe"'e' s'es.eu 14sea lo''"'' "''e
SPEAKS AZ FOLLOWS