The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-02-26

the Glenugie club. He is nice old
gentleman and lives a very retired life.
70 come back to Che cathedral
The body Of the church Is built Of
the native coral rock, the base having a
moulded course Of this rock. Above the
base Tho corners, door lambs, window
iaIniis mud arch Stones are 81 Caen stone,
brought from Trance iii the rough then
sawed into sizes required. 1t has proven
q bad move to use this stone for out
side decorations, rs it is too soft and
lis gradually being eaten away by the
atmosphere. Some of the nice mouldings
around the doors and windows are drop
ping on, and is has been built only TWEEN
ty years. They will have 10 be replac-
ing them All the time. They have used
this stone good deal in inside oTna-
lnentation, and it is web adapted for
that purpose. The pulpit is made Of
1t. duplicate Of ST. Giles, Edinburgh
masterpiece Of work. Ribs OF groine1
arch in middle OF tower is stone from
Nova Scotia. Part OF tower is built
Of same, rest of Indiana limestone and
coral rock. These last two look much
alike one hundred feet up. Stone steps
in tower came from Arbroath, Scotland.
Base Of pulpit is Irish marble, baptisnal
font is of Italian marble. There are
twenty-five polished red Peterhead gran
tie columns supporting upper half Of
side walls. Scotch red they call it;
they are about eighteen inches in diam
eter and twelve feet high. Will take
two or three years yet TO finish cathe-
dral. 1t IL a fine looking building and
one of the land marks Of the island.
just word about the black people here.
We have studied them little during
the past few weeks and would say thai
they are d desirable class Of people to
have in community They all get
common school education and some push
| farther ahead. Some Of them are very
wealthy. All are very polite in man
ner and of an obliging disposition. They
dress well, both men and women, fully
better than the white population. There
are no poor on the islands requiring
| support from the authorities, and in q
population of 1900 they do not have
poor house. They have an insane asy-
4 Ium, but do not think there are any
patients IN it at the present time. They
are very frugal in their way of living
1 Although there are saloons on the island,
| you will scarcely ever see case of
/ drunkenness on the streets. They say
/ this accounts for having n9poor to sup
4 port Drunkenness Is the forerunner OF
/ poverty. Education Is compulsory on
4 the islands, the white children having
separate schools from the black. The
/ white people viii never consent TO have
their children 20 to the same school as
/ the blacks. You viii see them playing
on the streets together, just the same.
/ / have covered everything of inter-
est on these islands that / can think
Of, and having received cablegram from
Barre to come home or resign, thought
it best 70 pack up and get home on this
boat and see what is the matter. We
sailed for home on Thursday, Feb sth,
at nine in the morning under a drizzling
rain. When we came out into the bay,
in the channel opposite the navy yard,
/ it was blowing quite gale Mails came
aboard at eleven, so we headed out into
the open sea for New York. As we left
the land the sea became rougher, heavy
seas running 1t was not long ere we
could see the passengers dropping of one
by one, experiencing the sensation Of
seasicl,ness. Mrs. y. and Grace fell in
lire with the rest, so ] had to do the
chores as usual. One hundred miles out
+ u see it read 500 miles, an error
sent wireless message TO City Clerl;
/ Mrckay This is q most wonderful
thing. They send all messages at night
50 the suns rays will not interfere
with the electrical current floating in
/ the air. When we entered the gull
stream, heavy sea was running. II
was a side motion and the boat rolled
a good deal. There were very few OF
the passengers but what were sick. Ne
soon got through the gulf stream aud
then the air grew much colder and over.
coats and fur wraps were in demand
As we approached New York It got
n very cold, ice forming one the deck
We soon felt that this was no Bermuda
weather When we came in sight OF
land We could see the snow and lots 81
ice in the river Wc' hogan to feel that
We had come into snow storm. We
got locked at twelve, landed and got ON
baggage examined. Upon getting out
on the street We saw The condition OF
things. The streets were full of teams
oarting away the snow We got ou
baggage sent to the depot and thcr
visited our New York representative
Office and found some mail and the
& Times giving an account Of why | was
called home SO suddenly Considered il
niy duty to get home rs soon as pos.
sible 10 fulfll the duties Of my Office
sign warrants SO people could get THEN
money. Left New York at four p. M
and got into Barre NJ four in the morn
ing IL was a surprise TO Us 20 see SC
much snow and so cold Was glad q
yet home TO get dish OF chief 0i
Seotia's food and 10 lind everything
going on as usual. We greatly enjoyed
our trip Go the Bermudas and saw sights
that will leave an everlasting impression
on is.
Would recommend this outing for any.
ono desiring a pleasant vacation dur.
ing the winter. II would be a fine place
80 90 during the Christmas season ant
could he done in about ten days, inclnd
ing time going and coming. The rount
trip from New York viii cost about
sixty dollars, which includes steamer fare
both ways, hotel expenses several days
on the islands, also the cost of carriage
trips in seeing the sights during thos,
few days. This would be an ideal hol
day, for in connection with the short
sen voyage and wonderful tropical seen
cry, it Is something never 70 be for
/ gotten, especially for ones like ourselves
who never were so far south.
Mr.. Editor, this is the end. Would