The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1908-05-08
Newbury.

Batteries: Newbury, Pike, p. Hum
phrey, c.; Hanover, Hopkins, p.
Benton and Foster, C.
Saturday the boys go to Lisbor
for the first game out of town.
There will be a supper and socia
at the Congregational Church Yes
try, Friday, May 8, under the aus
pieces of the Christian Endeavol
Society. Admission, % cents
Children under II years, Is cents
Supper will be served at six o'clock
Mrs. HAvILAND WRITES OF HOLY
LAND.
Mrs. M. J. Haviland, who has
spent the past several months on a
trip through the Holy Land, writes
on March II, from Jerusalem to her
granddaughter, Miss Florence Jones,
of Atlanta, telling of the many in
teresting cities and things seen:
Yesterday just as we were leaving
Jaffa Syria, l received your letter
dated Feb. II. So you see it takes a
long time to get letter In this lar
off foreign land from America. We
came down from Jaffa here to Jeru-
salem yesterday. 1t was long trip.
This morning l expected to go with
others to Jericho, Dead Sea, the
River Jordan, but we had thunder
and lightning shower which fore
BODIED a rainy day and as we were
to start at a. m. and ride In car
riages 80 miles today, | decided to
wait with several others for a good
day. The roads are very bad and
these Syrians drive their horses like
mad heather. They have bells on
the horses necks and they crack
their whips and it is like bedlam
surely.
l am having a delightful cruise.
There are 700 people from all parts
Of the United States on the S. S.
Arabic, four or five from Atlanta,
some from Florida, Tennessee, Ken
lucky, Mississippi and from all the
states to California, Oregon, Wash
ngton, and Vermont. OF course, /
,nly meet a few as the ship is so
arge, it is a floating city.
Our first landing was at Funchal
N the Island of Madeira, Portugal.
was like our June-olives, oranges
nd flowers of all kinds in profu-
ion. We had our first greeting by |
he beggars of this land and they
ave grown in impudence and num-
'ers ever since; even little babies
weeks old, hold out their hands.
Our next stop was at Gibralter,
Nth the gigantic rock as a fortress
nd soldiers everywhere. Cadiz and
spain was interesting, of course.
Everything we see is popish as the
Roman Catholic religion is every;
where and the synagogues, -cathe-
trails, mosques, etc, are the show
places. Athens is city of ruins and
contains palaces, museums and
much to see. The historic interest
# Bible ruins is of great interest, as
,ou can imagine.
We are constantly looking for
yard to our next stop and the view
f Constantinople, the capital of the
)ttoman empire. As our ship drew
/ the harbor about 4 p. m, with
he sun shining on the golden spires
nd minarets of its mosques, was (
ute inspiring. The band of the {
hip played on deck as we approach
d these cities and our American {
az on the top with the flags of all
atoms festooned to the decks is
| went over to the city
n arrival with a company of five
r six and saw the city by illumina-
ion. The rabble of Jews, Turks,
lrabs, Moors, Syrians gazed at us
f course, as freaks from a foreign
and. The city is absolutely filthy
nd dogs are everywhere, in the
treets and walks. The streets are (
ardly wide enough for one wagon
nd the stone walls of the buildings !
oar up 30 feet or more. After we
aw all the interesting sights for
ew days we started up the beauti-
al Black Sea, Sunday, March LIST. {
| have not much time to write as [
here is so much going on. Every ;
vening on the ship there is either
concert, recitations, dancing or
ddresses which are very interest {
~, by one of the many distin-
uished men on board; some min {
tiers from Washington, ID. c., New {
'ork, and Chicago, lawyers and {
} on. There is not a moment to /;
pare from breakfast at $50, sand {
iches and bullion at 1890, then I
lncheon at one, afternoon tea and
axes passed around at 4 p. m,
it'll dinner at z, with several
purses served beautifully, takes r
me. S
The shops in all these cities which i
e called Bazaars, are in dark i
rcades, and are horrid places to a
tier and it is not safe for us to 90 q
1t alone, day or night. The crowds v
the Muer and Turks, begging and a
,sticulating for us to go in and buy, d
wearisome. We have guides and a
terpreters everywhere, as no one a
leaks English, and the money is o
fferent in every country, and it a
ems to be their custom to get one :
liar for an article if they can; but