The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-09-21

ney, Sark, etc. French and English are |
spoken by nearly everybody, and the |
Jersey patois makes a third tongue |
spoken by the people. The French and |
the patois are dying out before the |
English. The people are intensely loyal |
to Great Britain. They claim that Eng
land belongs to them, not they to Eng
land, since William the Conqueror was
Norman before he was British, and
they are of the Norman stock. 1t is to
Victoria as Duchess of Normandy that
they owe and pay their fealty. They
are an excellent and most hospitable
people, as we found out to our great
pleasure during our visit to the island
The island is divided into twelve par
ishes, each having a constable or may
or, while the legislative body consists
of chosen delegates from these parishes,
plus twelve judges and twelve rectors.
The church of England is in the same
situation in Jersey as it is in England,
established and protected by law. Sir
Henry Butram is the bailiff at present,
a slender, courteous gentleman, not at
| all like the traditional John Bull We
were guests of kinsman, head of the
| clan, formerly a sea captain, now a
| large landholder, Judge and member of
the Estates. He opened his house and
| his heart to us in true Jersey fashion,
escorting us by carriage all over the is
land and introducing us to notables and
| famous places Rozel Manor is a beau
| tiful home situated in the midst of ex-
| tensive grounds, just repaired at an eX-
pense of eighty thousand dollars, The
| lord of the manor graciously showed us
| his house and grounds; with all the APP
purtenances of value and beauty, provi-
| ding tea in the English fashion, and do
/ ing all in his power for our pleasure.
| st. Owen Manor is now undergoing re-
| pairs, amounting almost to rebuilding,
! at cost of hundred and fifty thou
| sand dollars, and is evidently to be one
| of the finest country mansions in the
realm. 1t belongs to the De Casterets,
whose name is historic. Money is not
| wasted in these fine old country Seats
they are worth their cost, for they are
/ links in the history Of the land. st.
| Helier's Is the eapitaI of the island,
having some thirty thousand popula-
ton There are eighty thousand in the
island which is only some ten miles by
six in extent. One notes the splendid
roads everywhere; there are no others.
The lanes are narrow, often with high
| banks, or hedges, or walls on either
side. The buildings are almost without
| exception of stone, quarried on the is
land, and outbuildings are as carefully
and as solidly built as the houses.
There are no poor houses and few poor
people in the island. So healthy and
wealthy is it that the fine hospital and
poorhouse at st. Helier's-all in one
bulding-is not overburdened with pa
TENTS and guests.
The crops in Jersey are tWo-frst. po-
tatoes over four hundred thousand
pounds worth {nearly two million dol
lars) were raised this year. They near
ly all come to England, commanding
immediate sale and good prices. The
second crop in Importance is fruit. 1T
is grown under glass, for the climate is
not hot one, and there are miles of
lighthouses on the island, particularly
on the south side. This fruit comes
also to England, and is fine. \ sight of
the plums, grapes and pears would
make your mouth water, Mr.. Editor,
could | but send some of them to your
table, as | would gladly do were it pos
sibe After the potatoes are harvested
in June another crop is raised from the
same ground This is to be food for the
cattle during the winter The farmers
of Jersey are very careful of their
stock. Even government is careful, fol-
no live stock may be imported into Jer-
sey except for the slaughter house
Jersey cows are as fine as they are
painted. Judge Dorey sold COW, to &c
to America, for a thousand pounds, and
the purchaser was so well pleased with
his bargain that he sent the judge a
handsome and costly present soon after
his return to his own country. We
were privileged to attend a session of
the Estates, and although the proceed
ngs were in French, we learned that
they were discussing the matter of the
importatio of dogs into the island
Poor Ponto's rights are not forgotten in
that little paradise.
Castle Elizabeth, named for the "Vir-
gin Queen" stands guard over the little
harbor of St Helier's 1t was a strong
fort once and the redcoats are there
still, but it would be of small use as g
protection in these days. Mount o.
gueil Mount of Pride) is picturesque
ruin on the eastern shore looking to-
: ward France. Its position - command
ing and it was once very strong. Its
: landward wall is thirty feet thick o.
course it has its history ani its legends
The dungeon has its stories, ana so has