Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-10-30

Only one eff these was saved, John
Adams. to be the redeemer of his people,
saws writer in the New York Sun.
With the wives and helpless children of
his brothers in crime all around him,
John Adams discerned the noble mission
before him and eagerly embraced the OPP
portunity to wipe out his past. He pored
over the books that had been saved from
the Bounty, adding to his own meager
knowledge that he might the better in
struct his little people. He taught them
to read and to love morality and religion.
As he grew in years the graces of perfect
simplicity, unselfshuess and loving kind
ness more and more possessed him, and
were reflected in the characters of the
little band who revered and cherished
him as their father and guide. But for
his nurturing hand Pitcairn Island
would never have become the "Garden
of Eden" as it was described by the
early visitors there after the world had
heard the story of the mutineers.
Sometimes a whole year elapses with
out any news from Pitcairn Island,
though the inhabitants always watch
their chance to send letters by the ships
which happen to be passing. The O9er-
land Monthly publishes a number o; let
ters written by Miss Rosalind A. Young
to friend in this country. They are
very Interesting, because they picture IN
the language Of an educated young wo-
man the present life Of the islanders Of
which we have had no detailed account
for many years. The islanders are said
to be fonder OF Americans than Of the
British, whose protection they enjoy.
They, however, have good reason to en-
terrain the kindliest feelings toward
Queen Victoria
Miss Young is the school teacher on
the island. Her ancestor, Edward
Young, was one of the two mu ineers on
the island who died natural death. He
succumbed to asthma in 1900, leaving
Adams as the only survivor of the mu-
tineers Every one, Miss Young writes,
addresses the others by their Christian
names. "For that matter, " she says, "we
are like one family. Thus my father is
Simon, my mother is Mary, and so on.
All are like brothers and sisters" Then
she describes the way in which the
islanders spend their time, speaking first
Of the Sabbath. son Sundays" she
saws, CATER family prayers, all the young
people prepare themselves for Sunday
school. The teachers are FIVE in num-
benny father, V. Young, Miss Mary
Ann Mccoy, Mccoy was one OF the
most ignorant and depraved Of the mu-
tineers. He found a root from which
he was able to distill an intoxicating
LIQUOR, and his last years were spent IN
almost incessant intoxication. In fit
of delirium tremems, in 1898, be threw
himself from a rock and was killed Mrs.
Sarah Young, my sister-in-law, and my
self. Father has class of the oldest OF
the young people, and V. Young the
larger boys and Miss Mccoy the young
girls in their teens. Mrs. Sarah Young
has the younger boys and | have the
Youngest children, boys and girls. The
average attendance IS about forty"
In speaking Of the work on week days
she writes that the men are usually en-
ployed in field work, planting, wedding
and supplying the food thus produced
for home. When the weather has con-
tinued for long time dry, and after the
rain has come to water the ground, the
women generally help their husbands and
brothers in field work, as that is some.
times heavy, and also it is necessary to
have your crops planted before the
ground becomes dry again. Such work
is always healthful, invigorating and
mostly pleasant.
The women employ their time doing
homework, sewing, washing, ironing,
cooking, and all like to spend day
fishing now and then. If you want to
be properly tanned the most effectual
way to do it is to spend a day on tine
rocks fishing in the hot sun, aud having
a salt water bath after you have done.
Sleep after a day so spent comes natur
ally and is refreshing.
The little island where this young
woman IS spending her life is only
mile and half long and mile wide,
and yet she finds unendiug pleasures in
the varying aspects of the little rock, and |
in the different moods of the ocean which |
stretches away on every side.
The island is full of bills and valleys.
The trees are not many in kind, but
there are great many of them. Flowers
are few, and what they have are mostly
sent to them. Now and then they re-
ceive newspapers from passing vessels,
sometimes only month old. So they
have very fair idea Of what Is passing
in the outside world. The arrival of
ship is usually holiday time, If strangers
from the vessel land on the island. All !
the people ON the island 60 barefooted,
and they never catch cold au1 are hard
ened to all sorts ofweather. They have !