The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-11-13
souLANoeR's NEW NOME.

ter ssge ssA the .Brsvs" Osssr~i.
Prom the New York ssn.
On the Sth OF this month, aftdr tire
crushing dixa appointment of an unexpected
but complete failure, by the ex-
piring efforts Of his ambitions, anxious Ia
withdraw from the scene of his shattered
hopes, and perhaps from the CALLING sym
pathy of his partisans, Gen. BoulanRer
left London. and, taking the bOat at Wey-
mouth, went over TO Jersey, where rooms
had been secured for him and his secrs-
tary at the well-knOwn Hotel de La
Pomme dor, the oldest Ina 80. Helier's. IL
not the most elegantly appointed, or the
most replete with modern comforts. IL IL
still dcscrvetlly the most popular on ac-
cOslnt of it's table. which In excel
lent, and hss,atse IL is tire only
one near the sea. On The 9Th of
August, 1s52, Victor Hugo, driven from
France, landed on the same spot; he re-
manned three years ON the island, then
camc an order from the French govern
mcnt bidding him leave IL. The poet re-
tired tn the ~ncighboirng island of Guern-
vile HOUSE. Nc He revisited 81. Heller. il,
tile twenty years of his banishInent from
France. The "Ioilers of the Sea-" written
in the Channel Islands. was dedicated tn
himself thoroughly, acquainted with the
Anglo Norman arclhinelaeo and learned
date for his country's vote might do worse
than mediate on the words written ny his
predecessor: Exile, IL not n material,
are alike; every place is favorable To
reverie, provided the recess he dark and
Jersey is the largest of the group of
Channel islands, the most important of
the territories designated as the .'.frr. de-
p~entlencies of the English crOwn." Like
tine great British colonies, they virtually
constitute IL small state, with autononic
customs and institutions, the ties of Was
nInR yIan<G UAssnI hAnH In Ah. flI
country being the slightest. Jersey has u
parliament exclusively of local
strictly sacred, mo- foreigner is allowed TO
acquire landed property save On ~ life
tenure. and is thus p~rccimdssi from being
g,,age is French; every one exercising
the liberal professions OF mc.licin:
correctly and tai possess thorough know
ledge OF French. On the other hand,
English is commonly and generally used:
famations are made i'm both languages,
and it in perhaps the most ~vcxatious duty
laid ON the inhabitants, that they should
for they live as to the rest under the mild
est of rules. Individual liberty Ia i'm way
restricted. The finance: are prosperous
in this happy community. b taxes re-
duced tn % minimum. and there is neither
conscription nor military service. All
Jersey an ideal home for those. who seek
To forget. who wish 10 dream away their
lives, and to shake themselves free from
the tramUncls of the world.
Nature il not backward in contributing
her share of cncllAntms'ht to this oasis at
melIias and fuschias bloom the whole
year round i'm tine open air; the SCENERY,
without having the grim majesty of Al
at times rugged and wild. The coast is
defended by deep cliffs and marvellous
granite walls, against. which the waves
dash themselves into clouds of foam, and
deep caves into which they roll with IL
laundering roar. These ticfcnc,s are
blue water rests in the sunshine. or laps
the slipping meadows descending from the
vcrslurc-t lad hills.
has been of late years much improved and
no longer bears any rt.semblaicc to the
nsni,,e narnJr ~ pr.si,'aiiy Was: Inc
rows OF large and elegant looking
houses built after the English style of
can vie ia appearance with Regent street
and the Rue dc La Tain; the lighting Is
good, and there is nowhere al policeman
With u light trap and strong pony il is
easy to travel all over the island. Wander
lanes, ar,.hcd with reenery that invaria-
bly, led tn some point OF interest. branch
ing i'm every direction ont of the town and
deiiehifni route. Thus the traveller can
go from the Point of Pleniorel, with it's
sI%s "r i;,,,. ro. .iss rocs s. to Audible the
from the dolmen and .oromlech of
monstro.s stones on the road of
Ho,igue Bic, shaped as u horseshoe, tn the.
Tower of the Prince, whence the shores of
France are distinctly visible, tai the Castle
If M~ontorgneil, besiegcd i'm 1341 by Com
cetable Du Guesclin tn the port and viii
lage of Corey, and when tired of climbing
the steep cliffs ar penetrating into the dim
caves. can look back and gaze on the
broad fields inland, with their luminous
vegetation and abundant harvests and
the orchards that provide London with
the most of its early fruit. Jersey and
Guernsey are to quote from Victor Hugo
~again-bitso of ancient Ciaul broken off in
the eighth century by the sea. Jersey il
the more coslucttish, the dainticr and the
prcttier. Guernsey is more stcrnly bean-
tifIl. In Jersey the forest has become n
garden; in Guernsey the rocks have re-
manned giants; the first recalls Norman
tiy. the second Brittany: Jersey il a nose
vay as large as London, stepped i'm per-
fumc, light and smiles.
The inhabitants of the Channel Islands
are u sinEularly pleasing race; the women
have the placid Saxon beauty, with the
fresh Norman complexion; their eyes are
blue, clear, serene, with but little fire
their soul seems coutcntedly dormant,
calmly awaiting an awakening that may
never come. The men are divided into
two classes, those who live by the sea and
those who live by the land. They are AS
different in aspect and character AS q
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