Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-10-27
J. Il. Mcdonald recently received a

| j. ~. MCDOnalu recently received :
letter from his br0t CT. A. II. Nc
Donald, q. Nj. sergeant ct the L. 5
flagship Chicago, which contained ;
supplement to the st. Helena Guar.
dian, dated August II, 1899. ST.
Helena, as eVcryonc knows, is the iSlanC
to which Napoleon was baniShed. We
copy the following editorial for the
purpose Of showing what they think
OF Uncle Sans boys and his Walships
Oil the west coast Of Africa:
The advent Of an American ship of
war, and flagship too is one of those
exceedingly rare and at the same time
| delightful events which tend in no
small measure to cheer us in our inSu-
lar life, and which is consequently al
ways looked forward to with undis-
guised feelings OF great pleasure. SO
to the Chicago, her gallant Admiral,
and all on board, we at once tender a
cordial welcome on behalf of our read
ers and the whole community, in the
earnest hope that our visitors will
enjoy every hour of their stay, and
when leaving our hosptable shores
carry with them the happieSt rcmGm-
brance of real good time spent on
the old historic rock upon which the
Great Napoleon lived and died, and
whose now empty tomb but reminds
us Of our doom to eyaneScencc in this
sublul!ary estate of human frdilty.
Many of our maturcr resident friends
doubtless have lively recollection Of
the frequent visits Of United states
cruisers when The West African
slave trade Was at It's zenith, and such
dist inguislcd officers as Commodore
LaNalette, Inman and others, and the
ships Germantown. Constitution, PEN
sacola, ConsteIlat ton, san Iucint0,
Adams, Perry, and others, were house
IN old words, and in more recent times
the old Brooklyn, Admiral i'hel pS,
Essex, Captain. now Admiral Schley,
Ticonderoga. Commodore ~ullUfeld1,
Lancaster, Admiral English, and still
more recently the NeNard and Cas-
tine, and but for the war with Spain
we should last year have had the Gin
cinnati, Captain Chester. Nor in this
connection do we for a moment lose
sight of the American AlercantiIe Ma
rlne, those Majestic yet sylph like
tea clippers which @laced our road
stead with their lofty presence in
anti-Canal days. and yet more partic
ularly the WhalerS, many Of the mas
ters and officers having become old
and fast friends by iniernarriage with |
native girls, so that st. Helena is we'll |
known in New Bedford, f'aithayen,
Nantucket Vineyard Haven, and
other places in Massachusetts,, New |
London. tSt0ningtol>, Hartford and |
NorNalll in Connecticut, Brooklyn,
Sag llarbor, Greenport, &C., New |
York, and in one or more places in |
the west, notably Chicago. Kansas
and even far of san Francisco. Not |
only have our own brave l'ianSat Iantic |
cousins been always in every way |
friendly to us. but financially we arc |
bound to recognize the substantial !
fact that many thousands Of Uncle |
sam $ dollars have been left on this
Island 10y vessels Of states and mer-
camille marine, ever profusely Gener
)uS with their money. and it will be
'ur own fault entirely If we do not re-
ain the solid good will of our kinsmen
md benefactors through amy laXity Of
social amenities and attentions. and
warm personal welcome during the
United stay Of the splendid slip and
is officers and crew who honor us by
heir presence in our Island.
The amusement committee of Clan
GORDON o. $. c. will meet in the odd
FelloWs banquet hall at I O'Clock Sat-