The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-02-05
THE MAYOR
IN BERMUDA
Writes Of Various Side Trips
Ia Beautiful Island.
is ENJOYING VACATION
The Morning He Wrote Last the Tenn
perature Was 70 Degrees in the
shade--An Interesting
Contrast.
CONTINUED from Saturday,

Editor Times; The naval cemetery is
on Ireland island and here are several
melancholy memorials, one especially
will mention here. 1t was erected to
the memory Of the officers and crew OF
II. NJ. S. Acorn and Tempest, which
acted as mail packets between Halifax
and Bermuda. Singular TO relate, they
left their respective ports at the same
time and were never heard Of after.
wards. There are three admirals buried
here, great many officers and crews
Of men of-war. The royal navy hospital
is on this island. the sailors home is
on Boaz island. There we passed a
number Of them, and also saw many
young ladies playing lawn tennis, they
| have beautiful grounds, also nice GRO
| quet lawns, where several were play.
ing the game. Around here are many
little inlets from the sea with their
clear azure waters, small row boats and
sail boats floating on their surface. 1t
makes one feel as ii they would like
to live here among such beautiful seen
cry.
We now pass over a small bridge on
to Boaz Island. The naval barracks are
situated here, and good deal Of coal
is stored, and protected BY three rows
of barbed wire fence--flo shed over il.
Made me think Of the Russian trenches
4 and the Japanese cutting their way
through them. On leaving Boaz island,
we enter what Is called Mangrove bay,
looks Ikea continuation Of Boaz island.
4 We now cross q nice iron bridge and en-.
/ ter Somerset island. This bridge swings
around to admit of the small steamers
| playing between here and Hamilton.
| This island is very narrow and connects
with Sandy's island BY bridge. They
are separated BY small opening where
the sea connects with Grassy bay. Al
ter crossing the bridge there is a large
mansion house known as Bridge house
formerly the home Of the Tucker family,
who owned the island where we visited
the cave. There is place here called
| Wreck hill, which in former days, before
there was light house, the inhabitants
would visit after a tempestuous night
to look for wrecks; this place has al
ways been considered the most danger
Gus of all the reefs surrounding the isl
ands.
we next come to Elias harbor. This
is another beautiful litsle inlet, 50 calm
! and peacefully does Il tie, surrounded
| by its rocky shores. There is a church
here, the Parish church OF Somerset,
which was built in 1888 The light
house is the next that comes to our
attention. This is situated on the top
of hill, With a carriage drive running
close up to the tower; viii have TO give
you q full description of this. Where
it stands at the top, one can command
view Of the whole islands. When we
| got here Mrs y. was getting tired,
as we had walked a good ways could
not persuade her to 90 to the top, so
she lost the best sight Of ALL She
would have bad 1873 steps to climb up,
but il il worth it ii ono is able TO do So
The light itself stands three hundred
and sixty-two feet above sea level.
4 Gibbs hill is the name Of the hill Il
keeper showed UP the working OF it,
chat apptars every Ten seconds--can be
seen thirty miles at sea. It is said It's
! light is one OF the most powerful in
\ the world The lower part Of the tower
| Is built OF brick and coral stones walls
over six feet thick, gradually tapering
\ 10 TOP. This runs half way up, then
\ Il is built Of iron TO the top. The iron
\ part Of it was constructed in London
and was sent out in pieces The last
piece was put in place October 3, 1885.
/ Somehow / omitted TO ask the diameter
at the base Of the tower. The stone
work is covered with a covering Of iron
] plates, making il look as If the whole
structure was OF iron. The British
government bore the whole expense Of
/ II on condition that the colony would
/ furnish the necessary funds for lighting
1 and repairing, which has always been
granted. Around the base Of the tower
/ is laid with marble slabs. which makes
nice walk. The keeper kindly led
the way up, with a pail Of oil in his
hand to I'll the large tanks; it seems
he has got TO carry oil the oil to the
very top, As we assembled the iron stair
case, we could get glimpse Of the
sea out Of the small windows left for
air and light Half way up there is
landing where one can stop and
breathe.
There is register here, where we
! signed our names. a person from New
/ York had signed the night before at
! twenty minutes past midnight. Keeper
stays on top all night. From this land
| ing il is iron all the way up. We
/ climbed up the other half to the gallery
where there il door to let one out
on to the gallery This is protected
BY an iron railing five feet high, 80
one cannot fall over Tho view from
here is grand something we have been
anxious TO see since coming here. The
whole island lies at our feet and we
can see all this islands. The sight is
beautiful. We looked over to the navy
yard, Boaz island and Mangrove bay
They looked small from here; then we
followed the curve Of Tho island along
the south shore, also the north shore
70 81. Georges and St. Davids.
At the end Of the island lies the At
lantic ocean. When looking out upon
the islands from where we Stood we
! thought how small indeed is the spot
occupied by Bermuda, on the wild waste
Of waters, and far removed from the
nearst land. Whore we stand, when
we think Of The effect Of some heavy
1 gale, when the rolling seas, which have
been unimpeded IN their course for hun.
dreds Of miles, thunder against thc
shore, and the force Of the tempest
makes the whole fabric yibrate 10 It's
very foundation We went up a few
more steps to where the light is. The