The Newtown bee., 1895-03-08
Talk of the Town.
FROM THE BERMUDAS

FROM THE BERMUDAS
 TO THE PILLARS OF HERCULES.-A CHAP.
 TER IN REV OTIS W BARRIERS JOURNEY
 TO THE HOLY LAND.-A MEMORY OF
 THE STORM OFF THE NORTH CAROLINA
 CAPEs.-''THE LAND OF THE LILY AND
 THE RosE."-oLEANDEks AND ORANGE
 BLOSSOMS. s.-FROM SUNDAY TO SUNDAY
 ON THE sEA.-AN IMPRESSIVE SERMON
 AND A TRIAL BY JURY.
 The story is told of country parson who, through many years of service, be- came so insufferably dry and prosy to his people that they concluded a good way to remedy the defect would be to send their dominic abroad on a vacation, that he might brighten up his wits and secure some fresh facts. The parson was de- lighted with the idea. He went, he saw, and he came home packed full of infor- nation, and forthwith began to unload it upon his people. But the trouble was he never stopped unloading; his sermons, his ordinary conversation, his prayers even were seasoned and favored and saturated with his wonderful European trip. It is stated on reliable authority that he always started his petitions to the throne of grace by remarking, 70 Europe" His much, suffering people soon discovered that their sending their parson to Europe to obtain relief from his prosiness was jump from the fry ing pan into the fire, and they peremptorily asked him to resign. l hope that may be ale to take warning from this awful example, and that the good Lord will de- liver me from falling into the conceit that l am the only mortal now living who has taken Mediterranean tour, and so when reach Newtown again I may be saved from the fate which ended the ministerial career of my unfortunate brother.
 As l remarked in my former letter to TIE BEE, or our first few days out we struck "dirty weather, ''.that is just what the sailors call it, and TO other term fits 1t so well. It was rather
 MEAN IN OLD FATHER NEPTUNE
 to give us so rough an introduction to his native element. Many of us had never had much experience with the old fellow before, and we think he might have hpap q Iittla mora niviI on 6rSt on quaintance. But suppose this uncere, monious treatment of the elements all comes from the fact that there are 46 ministers on the ship; crowd of ministers always brings foul weather. It has never been known to fail. am sorry Jonah belonged to our profession if they had only called him newspaper editor or doctor, our noble calling might have been saved thls black mark. It was probably on another ship that, in a long stress of bad weather, good old minister, in his first trip on the high seas, became very much alarmed for his per sonal safety. He went to the captain, who was very busy, with all manner of questions as to what this stop ping of the vessel meant and when the storm was likely to abate it's fury. At last, when all the captains attention was riveted on the task of having his ship ride safely the storm, the minister popped in this question: But, captain, do you think there is any real danger of the ship going dowp?' "Yes," quickly retorted the angry captain, II think the ship will soon go to the bottom. and we'll all be in Heaven in 30 minutes" "God forbid '" frighted. Well, let us come to lovelier weather and smoother seas; every night of anguish and of storm in life is quickly overpast and then the glorious morning young lady remarked (your correspon dent was in no mood for any such sciu- tillation of wit), our fare at least was good, for we had rolls three times day aud quite often between meals. Now the sight of bandaged eye or a shoulder in a-brace, the results of the scrimmage on deck when the steamer-chairs and their occupants played hide-and-seek with the pillars and guardrail, is all that reminds Of ''the unpleasaBtness"
 OFF THE NORTH CAROLINA CAFES.
 Friday night, February 8, our steamship lay off Hamilton harbor in the Bermuda Islands. The next morning ''tender'' came and made three successive trips to take on shore all who were disposed to go. While the little tug is steaming across to St Georges (for it's captain tells us the sea is running too high for his small craft to round the point on the way to Hamiltop), just look down into the water. You never saw anything like it in our northern seas. How the dirty, murky water of our East river would feel even blacker for shame in compari- son with 1t. The water here is beauti fuLlight green; no, it is lovely blue, no, 1t iBalLcolors at once for such shimmer- ing and glinting and play of colors on the water never saw before. As we are sailing into the harbor of St Georges, let me tell you some things about the Bermndas, most of which you probably already know. These island make ssthe King of winter resorts, 50 tho circular
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