The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1935-07-18

cowes and East cowes.
meadows where cabbages, carrotr
and broccoli grow, or sheen and cst
tie Craze.
Forests and Truck Farms,
From the thick forests Of tbo
northern island came the timbers ~
many an old mansion and cottage
of southern England, and TODAY
their dining room tables are nrc.
Vided with vegetables by the Wieht,
truck gardens and rich milk from
its herds Of Guernseys. Anyone who
has eaten in English inns or on
English trains must wonder about
the source OF all the cabbage served
with potatoes at nearly every meal
Wight can account for many tons
Of Il.
Soon the trees and farms give
way to vast expanses OF acres car
peted with heather, gorse, ferns.
and occasional low, wlnd.blown
trees. The downs, with as MANY
sectional names as q London street
are formed by chalk uplands which
stretch straight west and east
across the island, humping to some
700 feet at places, and thrustlne
fractured fragments into the sea
at the Needles on the west and
Culver Cliff on the east. The De
destrian who yields to the spell Of
their lonely paths gets an impress
sion OF height much greater than
the altitude warrants. One can
climb across them in an hours walk
at their widest part.
The southern half Of Wight Is q
''bowl," sagging between the downs
and the seaside cliffs that look 80
bleak to ship passengers as they
round the island for Southampton.
Barren they are, these corrugated
cliffs, but the islanders call them
their sun trap because they cut Of
the fogs and temper the ocean
winds. The trees are not so many,but
the soil is fertile, the climate mild.
er, and the crop yield greater In
this sheltered saucer.
Most of Wight's attraction for
visitors and its wealth Of historic
associations - ranging from the
Roman occupation, through Jutish
immigration, Danish assault, French
attacks, and pirate raids-cling to
its coast. Eastward from sedate
Cowes is the up-and-coming resort
town Of Ryde, with its lamp posts
that wear garlands Of flowers, iiS
tiny tramcars, and Its spick prom
enade where, on cloudless days
women knit as they garner sun tan.
Second only to Cowes week 70
the regatta OF Ryde's Royal VIC
toria Yacht club. And a pretty
touch IS a chIldren's regatta, helo
at their large boating lake, where
young mariners sail elaborate TOY
craft and ride about in paddle
wheel boats propelled by handles
RradInu an old Town.
An hours easy walk south OF kyoe
is "Ye Kynge's Towne OF Brading
where benches and bathing mE
chimes, piers and yachts seem veIy
far away. Yet along Bradlngs nlsD
and dry High street ships oncs
sailed under the caves OF the am
bered buildings, and one mlsa'
pick from a score Of shIpmasters 70
take a cargo into the mOs
distant port. Brading recalls ING
DAYS when towns were set far "
the islands meager rivers, or wen
back in some arm Of the sea- as
protection against invasion OF y
rate raids. Yet the inhabitants =
pert in their knowledge Of tioes any
treacherous channels, could p~
out TO salt water to fish or trsus
Long ago silt blocked Bradlngs M
Dor, and now bikes have thrust =.
sea some two miles from Its cenIsn
Brading church, the Oldest u .s ~
island. Is mentioned In Domeso =,
Book. In its chapel is buried y
John oglander, who was garnel ,',,s
his salty chronicles Of Wight WINK
the pilgrims were struggling to SUI
yiye at Plymouth and the ear eth
MARYLAND settlers were putting iOi"
from Cowes to ST Mary's. -
Preserved in a house near IA
church are the village Stocks -. ~
one may declpher from tne sH
Book the offenses for WHICH I'm
zens were punished. Still to - .,, Ssu
too. Is the large bull ring, sOuSs =,
of the days when bull-baitinss .,"rd
a national pastime. the eve
governor annually contributes ,,,sr
guineas to buy the bull, which,
batting. was given to the poor POOL,
East Of Brading, sheltered anO 01
tbe cliffs. is the lovely seaside Ed
lage of Bembrldge, which the ne. s ,orp
seems to have passed by. Tae ' stbs
lies along the embankmens vbIch
only level mile on the island s., ron
has severed Brading HarD N,,ustIoB
Its name town, and tnlS ~ ,s s Hci
gives 1t the aspect OF i'N