Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1901-10-07

four bells at 900, 600, and 1O:00; five
bells at 2:3O, $50, and 10:30; six bells,
at 800, 700, and HOO; seven bells at
$3.50, 1:3O, and 11:30; and eight bells at
400, 500, and 1900. While some Of
these details will be sure to be weari-
some to one who has been at sea, yet
as the greater portion of the MONITOR
readers have not had that privilege, I
include them.
The Thomas is capable Of carrying
1,642 soldiers, so officers 1st class, So
End class, and a crew Of 100. On this
voyage the crew numbers 251, the
principal officers being w. NJ. Coulling,
Capt. and A. NJ .. S. A, Capt. NJ. B.
Buford, master, Jas. d. Murray, 1st
officer. The teachers number about
500 of which $50 are women. This
body of teachers is very cosmopolitan
in character, representing as it does
every section and nearly every State
of the Union. New York sends 63,
and California, Pennsylvania, Ohio,
Michigan, Illinois and Massachusetts
are each largely represented. The
ten Vermonters, all college graduates,
are F. j. Bailey (Middlebury COLI of
Wells River, B. L. Stafford Mid. COLI
of Tinm outh, Miss E. G. Parker mid.
COLI of West Rutland, W. A. Buck
(Holy Cross Col.) Of st. Adams, F. L.
Hayford TUFTS COLI of st. Johnsbury,
E. H. Buttles (Uni. of Vt.) of Burling-
ton, and A. J. McKellon uni. Of VT
of Burlington.
There were many ways Of passing
the time. Many books were read,
mostly novels, s'The Crisis'' being the
favorite, "Spanish at a Glance"
''Spanish in Twenty Lessons" ,"Spanish
grammars, and dictionaries were very
much in evidence, but none were
badly soiled by hard study. ''Hablo
listed espanol?" was question often
asked. Occasionally the person ad-
dressed had enough knowledge of the
language to answer "Yo hablo un
POGO" when the conversation was in
variably dropped or continued in
English. Among the games played
were dominoes, bean bag and rope
quoits, checkers and chess. Mr..
Buttles of the Vermont delegation
stood second ju the checker tourna-
ment and won the chess tournament.
Card games were nearly always in
progress, some of the kinds of which
were euchre, whist, pedro, hearts,
solitaire, twenty one, draw poker,
and fan tan. Boxing was a popular
form OF exercise. On one occasion
a thirteen round contest was held in
the coal bunkers, which were specially
lighted for the occasion.
We arrived at Honolulu bay early
Wednesday, July 81, thus making the
2,100 miles from San Francisco in
about seven and one half days. As
the fog lifted, we were all impressed
with the beauty Of the coloring, the
delicate shades of green, as seen upon
all the hills surrounding the city. AS
we came near the dock. half dozen
native boys swan up to the snip and
WED with each other III diving for
nickels thrown in by the passengers.
The street cars are drawn by horses
and mules. The car companies of
Honolulu evide utly have more faith
in the honesty Of the human race than
have American companies, as here no
fares are ordinarily collected by the
conductor but are expected to be de-
posted in a box at the end of the car
by the passengers themselves. AS a
company of teachers were on their
way to the Oahu College ball grounds.
where the club from the Thomas was
defeated by the home team, car
conductor announced that they could
not ride as the car was full, all the
seats being occupied. The conductor
was very much surprised when the
teachers nevertheless boarded the car
filing the aisle and many elm bing on
top. Honolulu is very beautiful city
owing to the abundance and variety
of its tropical shrubbery and trees. /
In many yard is seen growing the
cocoanut and date palm. Mango
fruit is egg shaped aud has turpen- |
tine favor. The most elegant and |
stately tree is the royal palm. The
stalk brown and ringed, faring like a
vase near the ground is so smooth !
and regular that you can hardly per-
suade yourself that it has not been !
turned in a lathe. Where the rings |
end the color changes to green and
few feet above this point the out
spreading branches appear Several /
residences have their driveways lined |
with these palms.