Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-10-07

The Bishops visit and Attendant Ger
emonies---The Festivities of "I2mpe-
rios do EspiritO SamtO."
April /, 1891.
Yesterday, before light, large company
of emigrants for Brazil began to gather i'm
the square opposite our window to take
the steamer, which left at night. They
came from all sections of the islands, with
quantities of chests, trunks, bedding, and
bags of every known and unknown hue
Men, women. children of all ages and
sizes: little things creeping about ON the
stones, while parents talked with friends
they were leaving; some were piled on the
luggage to keep them ont of mischief. The
sight on the quay as the lighters put out to
the steamer with them, was too affecting
tote long witnessed or ever forgotten.
STEAMSHIP Aeon, HARBoR or Anglia.
TERCEIRA, AcUREs.
April rs, 1891
\ week ago today the steamer AcOr ar
rived in st. Michael. All at once it oc-
Cured to us how delightful it would be to
take the ACor on her round trip of a week
and see all the islands. In an hour we
were off. 1t has been a charming trip:
each island is as distinct i'm appearance
and the people and their dress as if it were
a different country The steamer, though
small, 1000 tons, is very comfortable.
Captain and all hands are Portuguese, but
the former knows about six English words
and the purser about ten. The captain
evidently does not know what to make of
our being such sailors, on deck all the time
when not eating or sleeping. Portuguese
ladies retire to their beds at once and never
appear till they arrive at their destination.
Tercera is a pretty island, SO miles in
circumference, and Angra, its chief city
and capital Of Terceira, Graciosa and San
Jorge is a beautiful city. has wide paved
streets, some very fine churches. cathe-
dral, large, fine monument erected to
Dom Pedro, and palace of the civil gov
ernor once occupied by dethroned king.
The island has always been most loyal to
Portugal, and it appears that whenever a
king has had to flee from his country he
has put for this island. The capotes are
the funniest looking things, the whole
waist and head is in the ugly hood part
The panners on the donkeys. too are UNI
like those of st. Michael or Fayal. and
look very queer. The bishop lives here
and goes back with us to St Michael.
San Jorge is the grandest of all save
Pico; cliffs rise abruptly from 500 to 100
feet high, frightful coast for ships. We
saw huge boulder that was split i'm two
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two parts are now separated by 200 or 800
feet. Under one is an enormous cave
The tiny village on San Jorge looks woe
begOne enough. believe it dates back to
medieval times; there are arches here of
of that time. Every inch of available soil
is cultivated; much of the time they have
to scale the cliffs from boats, as the sides
and tops are inaccessible by land.
Graciosa, so called from her gracious APP
pearanCe, is well named. All the mount
aims are rounded and covered with yerdure
like the Green mountains: they slope gen
thy and gracefully. But she has quantities
of craterS and the many streams of black
lava can be plainly seen where they rushedS
down the side to the sea. At Santa Cruz,
the larger of the two cities. we were most
iubilantly received, the brass band came
out, with every individual person, and fire
works We're sent off; it was but half-past
in the morning, and sunny too but that |
made no matter. The only thing from
the outside world these islands (Graciosa. |
san Jorge and Flores) ever see is the mail |
steamer, which comes once a month I'm |
agine it. And even then it is often so |
rough that no lighters can come out, and
they have to see their mail and provisions |
steam away for another whole month.
At Flores it was fearfully rough 1t is |
dangerous landing anyway, but the wealth
er was so bad and the sea so stormy we |
could not land. 1t was quite disappoint-
ment. Some of the cargo was landed but |
not nearly all, and none from Lisbon.
Last year for three months no landing
could be made, and all that time Flores
was out of tea, sugar and coffee, besides
other provisions. Flores is very impress
i've, the cliffs being some 300 or 1900 feet
in height, all covered with green, flowers.
trees, and bamboo. Many lovely water
falls and cascades come tumbling down the
sides.
1t was delightful to be back in Fayal
again, it seemed very homeike. Horta is
like dear little village, not in the least
cititied. Nearly everyone knew and greet
ed us. At the market they remembered
my sketchbook, and this time | could talk
with them little from my store of Portu-
guese. The oX-carts, made exactly after
the fashion of the old Roman ones, are in
tensely picturesque. Milkmen carry long
yoles on their shoulders, and suspended on
each end is "a collection of curious shaped |
gourds which hold the milk.
We have been ashore to take our last
look at Terceira. 1t is such pretty, clean
city, and the peasants are so primitive. At
the market was little milkman, most pic
tureSque, little fellow with a long pole
over his shoulders, and three big gourds
strung at each end full of nice milk. OF
course | had to have a drink. Another
boy ran about quarter of a mile to bring
something clean to drink FROM for which
gave him penny, and he really did not
know what to do with it or why it should
have been given him. He Immediately
passed it to the boy selling milk, and we
explained that it was not meant for that
one but for him, and he finally dropped it
IN his pocket with greatly mystified air
Then | took a sketch of the milk boy,
which action seemed to puzzle him. They
are funny people. The nice houses are
built around four sides of square, with
courtyard in the middle. Poppies grow
wild among The corn and peas, and sweet
alyssum is the bane of the farmers: it
grows wild everywhere. BrOOms are made
of smlaX, which grows wild.
The bishop has just come aboard: the
whole island has been out to see him off.
All the bells rang, and he marched at the
head of long procession with priests and
other dgnitaries, and the band. He came
aboard the Acor in great style, all the
priests with him.
PONrA DELGADA, HOTEL AcORIANA,
April 20, 1891.
L has gone to a French conversation,
and have sat on the balcony in the moon
LIGHT liStaDinU N tho ynrc;oa1 o,,lael, oF tbo