Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1901-10-17

Judge. who would give him some extra
punishment The BARRIERS assistants,
each with a large paintbrush, would lather-
the man with lather composed OF biulng,
nnlasses and gun lacquer. fluid used for
cleaning and polishing large guns, the
barber would give him a shave with
wooden razor about one and half feet
long. then the prop under his head would
be knocked out, the attendants would
grab his feet and he would be pitched into
the tank, turning complete somersault,
To be caught by the apes and pushed under
the water, Just as he would get his head
out Of the water and start 10 breathe they
would push him under again, filling his
mouth and nose full OF salt water. lie
could heari some OF the crowd yeiing,
.sDuck him. "Drown him." "Give him
another etc. At last when they thought
he had had enough he was pitched out Of
the tank ON the deck lie would get up,
rub the water out Of his eyes and look
around To see where be was and see
crowd of his shipmates laughing and yell
ing like wild men At him and asking him
how he likes IL. lie manages 10 grin II
il isn't very pleasant and runs away 20
get some clothes that are dry and comes
back 10 laugh at the rest. II was great
fun only when ! was the victim. II was
worth an the cost and l would have gone
through Il a dozen times rather than have
missed It.
one fellow, German named Custer, hid
himself In the captains cabin and refused
10 come out when found. The captain
told him 10 20. but he would not, so the
police were told 10 take him. They start
ed for him. he drew knife, they knocked
him down with their clubs and took the
knife away They nearly drowned him IN
a tank. He was as white as sheet and
trembled so he could hardly stand. An
other hid in a storefoom but was persuad-
ed to come out Weexpected TO get our GER
tihcates printed at Port said but Will get
them somewhere In Europe now. The
Nashville came alongside and watched the
fun and then went through It in the after
noon themselves.
The place we stopped at In the Seychel-
les was Port Nietorias island Of Maize.
The natives are mostly Africans. There
are A few French and English and one
American on the island. The American
Is named Bailey and came from the United
States IS years ago in whaling vessel. he
married a French woman and has seven
children, all girls He came aboard the
ship several times while we were in port.
One Sunday / and another machinist,
Peterson, went up 20 his place. Il =
about mile up a mountain sleeper than
"Clarkis hin. but there Is A good hard
road His place IS between two peaks
that arr ar much higher than his place Is
that IS higher than the sea level lie has
large vanilla bean plantation from which
he expects large profits. The beans afe
worth about so a pound IN the United
States but il takes four years for a crop 90
grow Beside yanilla beans be has pine
apples, bananas, oranges, lines, sweet po-
tatoes and hreadfruit a fruit that grows
on large trees and is, when ripe, a. large
as a mans head and from II TO 10 inches
long,. Beside this coffee grows wild on
theTisland and ordinary beans are also
grown.
The NJ hole island Is a garden OF flowers,
the air il filled with their perfume where
ever you 90. The negroes are very lazy and
will not work II they can help It, but they
are all very clean. The women dress a.
gorgeously as do those in the states.
Bailey came from somewhere near Bos-
ton Along the waterfront arc.some tur-
tie pens Ia which ! saw turtles that
would measure more than four feet across
their backs. When we left the island no
mail had been received there for four
months. The islands are about go miles
northeast from Zanzibar and south Of the
equator. The climate is fine and the tens
perature Is about the same the year around,
neither too warm nor too cold.
G. A. RotFE