The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-06-28

lever in binding the cord. He first puts
over the potatoes, which already reach
two or three inches above the top of the
barrel, about four inches of elastic hair
or WOOL 1t may be shredded wood.
Then placing the cover on top he goes
at his work with vim, fury, dash
and a speed that brings into lightning
play every muscle of his arms, his legs
and his body. You see dash of arm
here, q spread of leg there, whirl of
cord, and the whole thing is done, You
should see the work at night, when
tllckering lamps reflect their CLEANS
from the sweaty surfaces of the half
naked, dancing giants. When the cord
ing is complete the mass is like rubber.
Giulio Romano's giants might have
played football with one of them, or
might have used them with effect in
their unfortunate rebellion against
cloud-bearing Zeus. 1t is stated,
though this is mere hearsay and is not
from the writer's store Of veracity, that
a Jersey horse proud Of his duty, will
pull Jersey potatoes to twice his weight
of anything else within his pulling pow
err This is probably o slight eXaggera-
ton, though it is well-known that any
animal can pull more weight in elastic
bodies, such as properly packed Jersey
potatoes, than in dead bodies such as
English coal or German saur-kraut
Apart from its potato, which does not
seem to be affected by political, social
or clinical surroundings, Jersey is not
a success. The French and the English
cannot mingle to the production of a
"tertium quid" of value. The resultant
shows the bad points of each; the sa-
| lient good points of neither Nothing
| is more despicable than an English no.
tel that puts on foreign ways and man
ners. The old-fashioned English inn
was a delightful institution. When you
had been properly introduced you We're
cared for most deliciously. You never
thought of locking your door. The
valet took religious care of you and of
all your belongings. He would wake
| you in the morning; battle and dress
you, If you chose; then land you safely
down stairs into the so-called coffee
room, where you were passed into the
hands of another benign and paternal
! fairy, who knew exactly what you
wanted for breakfast and had it hot
and waiting with copy of the Times"
on the edge of the table. Gone! Gone
| foreverll When an English hotel at
tempts to start French table d'hote it
would be a mercy to dynamite it. 1t
might as we'll try to run Rhode Island
clam-b bake An Englishman thinks
that when he has had slapped at him a
dozen teptd messes, each poured over
with the same thick -four paste, that he
has been enjoying French table
d'hote, and after his English fashion he
orders or expects you to accept his
opinion. He won't adopt anything ex-
actly as the French have perfected it.
That would be going back on Waterloo.
| But he will work it over till, like over
worked dough, it is fiat, tasteless, nau-
seating, hurtful.
| The French and English in Canada
| have destroyed one another best traits.
| They have done the same thing here.
The French and the English are singu-
larly alike in one particular: each re-
quires his own surroundings for his
| highest and fullest development. The
/ finest Englishman is to be found in
| England and nowhere else. The finest
| Frenchman must loiter along the boul-
evards Of Paris
This letter was commenced early this
morning. Hours have interviewed in
vain efforts to find the surprising beau
ties of the island. There are pretty
| drives and pretty places There are
| rock bound shores and dainty dells
| There are betting crags and craggy
isles. There are far reaching views
over no ending potato patches. BY the
| by, another word about the famous po-
tato, the only thing on the island about
which one can possibly get up the
slightest enthusiasm. The Jersey cow
Is a diminutive humbug. The canes
made from cabbage stalks are another.
The thing undoubtedly grown is of the
cabbage family. 1t is made to grow
high by cruelty pulling off every leaf as
1t starts from the stem. Eventually
you have tall stalk, but with no more
edible cabbage on top than there Is on
the top Of bald mans head. But the
potato is genuine and inspires sympa-
thy, affection and admiration.
The plant Of the small potato is small,
rarely over six inches high. 1t has a
very large and very dark green leaf,
crinkled but most highly shining. The
plant is very delicate. i cannot be
hoed without danger of killing it..
Some horticulturists are of the opinion
that the weeds-with long botanical
names which would not interest you
| Wnlcn grow among the vines are the
sources Of the wonderful flavor. In
fact the experiment IS going to be made
next year of allowing some of the fields
of the larger potatoes to go unweeded,
to see If thereby the same flavor will be
impaired to the larger tuber.
Potato carts stream by just as they
were streaming this morning. The
nags trot proudly, pulling with a will
their honored burden. Many one tips
a pleasant ear up at the window, hav-
ing heard Of the sympathetic friend
from over the water, and undoubtedly
wishing to be remembered to Dandy"
The tide is falling. The rock that
bears the castle named after the virgin
queen will not be an island much
longer. Twice Charles II. found refuge
within its walls. 1t held stoutly against
Cromwell, but at last George Carteret
who still lives as a seni-saint in the
mind of loyal and royal Jersey, was
forced to surrender. On an adjoining
rock are the ruins of a cell where st.
Hilarius, from whom the town is named
and who was the first to preach Chris
tianity to the aborigines, lived: and
then died with his head cut off by the
invading Normans who objected to the
length and the personality of his SER
mons. Now Granville, Contances
Trouville. lie Havre ct lie Neauveau