Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-12-28
ADDISON COUNTY.
NERCfENNES.

NERGENNES.
uoudricl. ua,cbctt q member of the
l2d rr.,,,,,t uc,c On lis way To Manila.
r,ritae to his nnrcnts. MIR and Mrs. W.
uapcbctt or pautou MS follows;
q, Hoard M, TRANSPORT Meade
\cnr tha A2orc Islands Nov ~
Nv Dear ParentS-Wc are having "A
plonsar,t vova-o uo to late and are en-
sovinl, ourselves tn best We can with our
,,,,,.or,r,odat tions W.. arc all right eXCcpt
at r,,ai limo as ofteu inst AS we get our
NESS and starr TO eat it. "A sudden Iurci
nf tbe vessel will send il all fixing IN all
directions and spill all the soup. This is
nm, fourth dav out and We cXpcCt to reach
Gihraltar will tell YOU about the trans
mort Shc was formerly tho CITY of Bos-
io, of the. tnn,an lin, hut was rebuilt for
,rnrsnort service. She is go feet long and
r. fee, wide. has three decks and a prom
,oadc deck and draws " fpct of water
sba I. ii,bted b,. oloo,ricitv and tho cooIi-
ire- IL done nv s+nam and electric fans
Our drinking water is made on board the
s,i,, b,, condersi,,r and distillinu sea water
1,r hunks arc of caAvas stretched on
,ro, frames and are ouite comfortable
vii, ou- two blankets To lie on and our
o,crooote for niilov.s A. to ON. fare it
y,onld bo ,irht if the soup was A little
thickcr
November o.
1,sd, TIo, uas what We hoard this
,norninr at O'Clock. after eight days and
- b,rrs .irro 700 loft SANDY Hook The
I,,1 tL.t ~. cam, as we L.ft orr hunks
,t,@s ,hn TsIond Of MADEIRA. our first
I'm - a foreio, la,,d and il was a wcl
cr,',. .ioht 70 us There are about q doz-
~ isi.ndo i'm tho Naderia rroun MADEIRA
- ~ i,rr..t and the only one that has
,,uc, or a uonu1ation When if became
d,.1icht Nc .a,v hefore ue a ,nountsir Of
e"iiI rock risinr out Of thn sea. The
o,,obast and racCodest noal<s were about
9oo0 faot bit,b and looked like tn. teeth of
- -.u. ,rb% coast lino is broken bv sharp
oimt iuttinc o,,f intn tho son and Nv
ICan crevnssSs running hack into the
Iirrs ,rhc c1ifrs orn sonnet hing Grand ris
+n,r etrai,,ht ,,r, from tho water 10 a height
nf 9oo 10 50o loot in nlaces, Tho rock is
,ad in co1or with LAYERS Of brown at in
,ervaIs of 10 eert and is scanned bv num-
IorIrs. Iittlo rivulets. some of them fall
ing hundreds Of feet into the water below.
,l,ho entire island is under cultivation. 1t
is n crane growing country and vinevards
.,r" etarvwhere moi foot of Land IS
vested How they work the land is :,
mystery 10 mo as il is so steep. The
bGue,s when we first SAW them bv the
dirn ,nor,,in,. N,crn white snoclls like
sheen il, . Vermont pasturo. but ns Tho
, ,,,,, M, an, of ,l,, u,tor mo-. ,,ro,.,. 4
go bo Tho bousos Of mo natives 1,hrv
1,,oro rorchad eve,y,vbnrn from tho Wa
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Iirrt,,.., ,l;,,, oF tho birbnsr ,lit9
~, aa ' ne 49,, ,..,,,. odon of H. Mnfher that
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80. ch,i9,t,, ; -. a..
Methodist church Sunday evening NJ /.
Earton. IL pehalf OF the friends OF ReN
O. - Kerr presented MN with cutter
aud rope as a 'hrlStmaS Ellt' Tor "mtn
Mr.. herr returned ms lh"lks III d happy
mann per; >,
SatuiuaE evening Vt inc nome Oh j, l.
Bristol, Miss Lucy Lorraine of New lIa'
Ven and George steele OF Middlehury were
united in marriage. Rev. George a. Kern
performing the ceremony.
Mis. Il W. LouK"s Went saturday tc
hnInfStoA ana MontpcHer 10 MAKE tWo
weeks visit with relatives,
Mr.. ana Mrs William Gray and children
VI -" loIN are SPrluhS the holdaS
season at the stevens House
IfhclpH hcorEe A. lJalrymple oil the
Week Ndcaloi'
MIS-. ~ b' SlacK' VINO won't 10 WlhdSo
I" Nisi' hef uother' MIS- ~ IaElor' wh'
l. III, mas returned .
MISS Ndte Tracy Is Sp'iuIlF me non
days with her sister Mrs d. j. Canty
MIS- NlonZo Zen OF Mdhchester 'or'"
i spending week WIN h'r uau6Hlei
MRS oharIes StIckldhu' m
MI ana MIS- H. ltaWSoh OF 1"I'OhNhl
ne thr guests or MIS- kaWsohs ho'hef
MIS- Marina HallCy' -
Mr. ana MIS-. g I. f'cue ana ~ !
BlrckchrldSc ana Hiie spent 'hflS,ma'
WIN MT ana MIS- Nllllam Ic-ue ol ran
ton'
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