The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1880-02-08
CEOCRAPHlCAL DRsCRIPTlON
o. 0ACH8LO0ss BLAND.

The following curious description Of
Bachelors Island was published in .
Baltimore paper in 1893:
when Hymsn's torch glows in the married
Al vssdsrins passions then ars laid q rest.
In constant love we every pleasure And.
And svsry solsce n female mind.
Bachelors Island 10 situated on the
burning sands of the desert Of folly,
where even the savage ishab,tants q
the d-sert seldom venture 70 tread. Il
10 bounded on the east BY tho region
Of affectation. vanity and decsit, On the
north BY the territories Of covardice
and fear. on the south BY the burning
snpe of remssse, disease and death, and
on the weat BY tbs dead lske q t6liv.
ion. Hence It 10 easily 10 Be supposed
that the sir OF this island 10 sultry.
~nervatirg and pessiferous. exposed TO
lo' petual storms. hurricanes asd tenn
pcsss. AMI its climate, like the. misds ef
its inhsbitaa ats. 10 never settled for 90
hour. The spring Of Bachelors Island
totally differs from that of any other ]
have hitherto read Of, - that 10 here
the season OF the most peeofeisus heat.
AMI in which the generality Of its in
habitants are possessed With . kind Of
madness, the most destructive % them.
selves. the most injurious b every eiv-
ilixsd country, and the mose subsoesivo
OF ungusyded innoesnce. Those who
weather out the spring aud live 70 -
ths summer. though they loss . great
degree of their madnsss. yet II that
season they become artfal. hypocritical
AID tseacherous. Their winter is truly
d.spicabls; indeed. since amoog all ~
tious upon earth you cannot express
your contempt ofa man more pointedly.
than by 0lling him a old hocA6leE ;
shisg shst lives only fof itselfs thing
that hes no special harmony 10 its soul |;
thing that cafss for nobody and whom
uobedy regards; thing that's like .
ntshroom-delishts in bogs asd -.
russ<s, but hates the gsnisl warmth Of
The MONDAY sun. Though the natives
Of this osisesahle islanA make thooa q
the lslsnd Of Aatsimouy the conseant
object of their sidicule. yet thsee heve
besn uumberlsss instances q their
stsalipe Iron their evn i(land 70 tAoG
OF 1aestnony. whs1U thy hav6 peo
vsilsd upon some god nstured, 6ssy
creature 10 become their nofses and ~
stoross. after their eouskitutioos have
been nearly ruined II their fnrmee mis-
srabls ABIDE; for in the islo Of Natsi.
mnay. though cloudb nov and thss
gather over Il, they ssrvs only 70 rem
der the remainder of The day mnrs
brilliant and cheeef6Dsf j BlebslefS
Islsnd love b 8 tAi1k talke1 ofaao -
tally uukuoUu 10 then. 6nd ekey aso
hooesA. dsspised. roubed and plundse-
ID By the objects a thsir 1isssabls
o0byacos-
II cards b. the uauA disesniea q
the people q tAo Iaload q 0asS3neoy
they are coasSdsred osly = IN aasss-
sssae: bat - RaeAelos's lslasd shsy ass
productive q tho nose sAeekise viees.
sach ~ the grnsssse scenes a ds6aash-
ery and dsQskessee-. shs teal Soia q
their private 1estuoes. and even 0oSdes
issrlf 10 soneeimes tie consequence.
How many haye Quilted this islasd and
h.d - that they . - dea I'D. Il
order TO repair their ruined fsssssss b
sr~king rich ssd aniabls pastsas.
A.cksloe's 1slaAA y . aaso 1eaoEt
issspsisls AZ psu1aciaR snyeAiag ~
setsi~A tAssss md hsiasg heeeg ase -
hlsatinG lossbe - plssso tho oG9o 0esjb-
nsseaeo- here aso - doves - def3GA
~ II ynung-Dne dooe - asoe11 hUu
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