Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-03-22

ei-es By Bsa,. by way Of the I.thmu- Of
Pasams.
Or. THE EXPERIENCES OBJ W L. snTNrly
AND W ~ -ruLrE FROM yEw YORK rl
cALfFuRNIA
NEw YORK. SATURDAY.
Nov lu. l~~c
The rain eams down in torrents % this
noted day. but It made no difference o. Us
I for v- had made up our minds % see Cali
/ flrniA. and a. the steamer vas advertised
% sal at l0 A.. X We had % hurry after
getting cur breakfast. for We stopped 10
Brooklyn the night before We tr.t bought
a trunk 4 small sire q pu- few nee,ifll
articles Ia. a. ue nad our satoh-ls paeSed
full We next bought a few daily papers.
novels and also some camel goods for a
variety
cur next move vas u the pier. 1r the Jt-
dre of the ParInc Mail steamship company.
where We asked the price Il their ,czet- 70
California We were informed that the
prices we're >~u f9r cabin and S57 t1r SEQ
0ni cabin. A. n- eI,h-i b. save A. much
A. possible in rase We r1t 10 work 5l ar
riving ve bought coud class tickets We
AZ once projected 20 have our baggage
ahey k-i. and after receiving our check. ,se
d.ari-i ,l- steamer. Newport. uhich D.
considered Que ot tL- best 30 the line To
MAKE a iau. story short It vas one ....1sk
uy -h- um- the gang plank was boosted
ali au.d the tpotuE e Whistles ami Nav-
,.Gru-y. N-at luc- begun o. lo'z f.r our
.ta-e r..Ui- nu- N-r- rud that We v ere -
lav- 1uuks Auolt ". We we're called
20 supper by the riu-u- e bell Dur sup
p-r table consisted # .0ux plank very
clean. attn ,ii-- an Id. b nigh The table
was suspended oy four chains from the cell
lug The pas-euzer crowded around the
table and l-.pe,i -E-u elves O. such g. q.
was We r0t no milk wlth our tea ar eff
fee and We aai TN plate o -at from. t.
tell the truth. ] .ild ult eat much th- lrs-
-lm- a little after 1ark We we're =uza-.-,i
IN seeing The i-rE lani, put up our bunk.
a blrl consisted II four poles r-arbin- frau
the fuor o. the ceiling and plarei iu the
form IF an lbi1lz Ant each third 1f the
wav were n0tcn-s a here the canvas 1uux-
S-re stretched across. making three on a
-l=r from tEe flor - the ceiling and placed
double Viii and hai one u tie tal
doubles and W- were given blanket AMI
pllos apiece For tE- nr,t -uo or three
ias, E- u=e,:-i tl- blankets ll- 4f--r -la-
.r aa- tua Narl fur them
~gldA.. An Fee. % min 10. E.au.
sea sick
Mllia. Have .-sc lAl a --tl- break
fast and .--. lr-a, lea. better AMI lar-
made w my ml1l o help the mess man .r
the mess rl.Iu for my 7aarl We qas--,:
steamer. the Colon. bound north
Tuesday Have begun helping tile u.---
man AMI have hal -Y.i dinner -.iaT
Ny Forz consist, & ,Saltl- 90 -h= table
and a-Linz fishes We lass.-i an island
.aday ca..-i g a-liu-s is.Ani 10 the isant
is Ayht house ami 10 VA a very pr=tt-
sight "a l.cE I sc v1a might -av- seen
N-il--;ay a. ~ We pas--i Pr Rack
.slaui AMI i-t u-,l .u- IA o. the j L--t-raq--
We a. passed . .r-Gl- ISLAND. ald -luFari-
iask a- cane ?. Castle ISLAND a here gs-
mai- a stop & ave minutes baat came
lu- and took ou- has 4 mail
Ihur~iar. : a. n We have inst reached
ar- MsysI. Cuba 1876 miles from NeH
YORK We are passing along the south
-a,t last and the .slaut aok. very barren
s-1ul tn, distance .rr-- niles Z tie coas-
We Ar- 10 siSnt e lu1a al the morning
So one steamer 10 sight Afternoon L,
and Z Mavassa in sight. als1 plenty e iy-
.ag fish
Friday 6th W Gather very iue vltL
Iu,t enough breeze O. k--y .-lol
Sa-4riay lJ N Have ,u,t come in
SIGHT e AspIr, ,s al. ani the lznts 1az vers
pretty IN tie distance Th-v celebrate our
ARRIVAL Vl-h a display of fireworks Il is
zoo hot and muxyy o. ,.eeu much. 5ur ,s-
~
SUNDAY. 18th We ~-r- -alle-i aur =, I
o'clock tins morning. 1ur bunks taken down
and tn-y sers washing the i-cks W.
-ooz Up anchor ani pru-ee,i--i o the wharf
L AS 4 beautiful .i -n. 2. ,.- the palu and
other Trees -1at acre uew -lu, Cuou an
chor.ns " were tod thar ta- train xru.i
NOT .-av- tl- Panama 1u-- - .4f AMI We
La.i about four LcIrs ll lsLlch Q. SEE Asp %
AL. bur - oar 3 sauEHlu-m-lt w- we're
Todd thai only 1r-- o-Ass-T a,>-u --rs g-r- a.
Owed -a - 1qr 1f the -at- A man s-o,d
Il the .a,-. ami no p-r-0u ca1ld - on: IN
les. be- -ouG snow q -r,t class zer Here
vas r7lb for ls but p- s,1u .lr over !-
A. ~= we're waking around the xharf w-
could see 4ult- a number Il sharks la the
water I rri-i mv hand AZ catching -r-
but faI.-d And ri-ht here .et NE state that
! ,aR ~ - bite l-.- . ual- the car-1 for
they R-r- mostly negroes While irving o.
.a-th some a.a a native -au- along the
side ~ the wharf aui .1,u In4lirin- W.
were informed ar him taa- be would -aks
the .1t II u about -H ashore for tl- moi
crate uri-s 4 l ; cents a-vi-ce Co.u --t-
-.n- ashore oar d-sr move Uss O. ,-- the
.rluriua. street sLleh H- found R- were
iu.n The stores saloons AMI Gambling
.i4..-, vs-r- in full blast "a i-hul- .u, regard
-o The ~abua,l We inquired FIR the r.sr
-a.- out no anilnz lr 49, could not --t 10
and - I had % leave NV NAL N.th the
m-ssuan. one more place # interest vas
the market. where one could buy almost
anv tropical fruit We ea.h bought ,-alk
Il ,u.ar-san- about four feet long ami
,h1uli-rlnE them mar.h--l down the street
@. rh- wharf The main streets there arr
u.auk-i. ami we saa quite a number 1f
children running ar0uli NAKED We cai
lust time n l4.yh O. catch rh- train aft.-
rais!a.- urir.eud, On the Newport g1..i-bv
The distance nv raj from A-ulnWaL O.
s.ua.ua j. - m4.-s. 4uG O., the time table
Il tak-. TAO hours o. cross the I,tlmu.
The ana start, inst above AsuinvaL.
.utrln- the ChA--r=~ river. a dirty. muddy
stream Nh.ch Is the fountain that produces
the fever xhich makes ,his lla,e ~5 IN
/ a-a!thv The route across the L,thml, &,
[ very pretty tropical uistur= Most 4 the
l.5uulatian arr engaged IN the cana. ne
| xr1es prei5miuatIny In the lower. sxaup-
lands the houses are built On spIl-s AMI
rLatch=d With some Kind Il native grass
/ The cattle ar kept under the houses. ami
almost every other house hai si-n 10.
drinks sold here There we're stations
ami houses al along The route But
The greatest th.n.- 4 interest vas the
implements used in digging the canal
/ Th-rs are thousands II ioLIars zone O.
| kasce L.ocamotiv-s. ,ars. m1d-,iizg-r-.
I and AL KIND. 4 ulaebiD-rv u,ad for The