Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1912-07-26

This structure was built for magazine py
the British government and is rented to the
Bermuda Biological Society for trlnlns
amount with the understanding that the gov
eminent may take possession upon snort nv
tce, at any time in case OF necessity Ioio
one may see the wonderfully colored nsnes' 90
vivid as jewels, and many curious lnnaplIaA.S
of the sea- Some of them are hideous TO loon
at like the octopus, and some OF them seem
grotesque replicas of land animals
Bermuda is garrisoned by a. regiment u
british Infantry On Sunday mornings the
garrison parade followed by music of the mill
tary band tempts a throng of people to Fros-
meet Barracks The band is exceptionally hno
and gives concert twice during the "eeh IL
Hamilton the capital of the ISLANDS
The Dockyard is one of the show places De-
ing an important naval station, and GIBBS aLi
Lighthouse. whose long flight of winding steps
it is worth while to climb, is another. FROM
here there is an unforgetabe view OF the whoie
Of the little world of Bermuda, set III the vast
glorious ocean, and cnance TO see at 0
range the great lamp.
But what pleases the child of the oustilng'
modern. changing Estates" most of all, is the
ouaintness of the old towns AT 81. Geofse'
the former capital, everything IL seems ie
mains about as it was two or three centuries
400 The Oldest church, st. Peters stlll uses
its silver communion service, the grit OF VIII
lam III The Governors pew and the Az
miraIs pew make smile at their antlquateu
o+temnts at pomp but the beautiful tablets on
tho wall lead the fancy quickly back TO the De-
inripo of things for US There Is so much
d;oni+v and grave grace in the language or
+ribute to "Alured Popple Esq. The Good Gov
ornor ;" and on other tablets setting torth tne
virtues that we still delight to honor Ano
hotveen the lines on many, or IN single
word. is betrayed the longing for home ana
unoland which in those days was so very tar
away. 60
Goa VOYAGE which might last few months'
mink of it especially after the usual expert
80 in sailing from New York to these fair
;s1os in two days on fine modern steamship.
All those smartly dressed ladies and brisk,
valiant looking men who came aboard the p1ght
before where are they the morning after!
rhov are wishing they had tablet erected to
+ber memory-anywhere. Everybody gets sea-
s,ck on the way to Bermuda, and 1t Is never
onv better coming back-it's worse But this
"a a part Of the play and considered SO bene-
fetal that to be exempt entities you TO feel
+b,+ WI, haven't had your moneys worth.
There are number of things, besides the
deliohtful climate and the old ducking stool
which we would gladly bring back to these
United States with u.s. Among them are she
gentle manners and voices of the people and
their high average of education Everybody has
TO go to school there), and above all, the
general tidiness of everything and everybody
There are no unsightly scrap-heaps there. The
only things near them are few old, dfsman-
fled sailing boats, nloored in a quiet bay, sor-
rowfuIIy waiting to be cut up into frewood
Their day is done long ago and that of chs
Tusftania is here. But sailing craft still trans
mort freight in Bermudian waterways and FER
rymen carry passengers in row boats between
the villages 1t is very charming, this GLIMPSE
of antiuuated, 1eisurely, cheerful life. within
easy reach of us.