Democratic Sentinel, Volume 18, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 May 1894 — Where Hustling Is Unknown- [ARTICLE]

Where Hustling Is Unknown-

besides the climate and scenery ot the Bermudas, so much in contrast with the countries of the North, there is an ease, quiet and content everywhere pronounced as to put tho busy American ill at ease until after a few days’ sojourn he, too, drop* gracefully Into the petvading conservatism of the place. No railroads, no trolleys, no factories to disfigure, obstruct, or endanger. None of tho hustle or bustle of toil of our progressive States. Bermudans do not know What it is to fret or hurry. There is time and plenty for everything. It is early to begin business at 9, and at dusk or night there is no need of shopping. “He that riseth latfi must trot all day” is all very well in our country, but in Bermuda, “He that riseth early gets nowhere.” Few hours of labor and long hours of rest is the motto that rules all, and the negroes are quite in their element. Here the ambitions of the busiest minds must subside and bewildering distraction must give.way to a restfoul sans souci. Nor is there here any of that abject poverty and misery which is so nakedly and painfully manifested among the poorest of our States. With a climate at all times pleasant, a soil capable of rendering three crops annually, and surrounding waters alive with a wondrous variety of fish, the very poorest have always a “sufficient for the day.” Whether it is these elements of natural advantage or the moral influence of the churches, found in every considerable settlement, that go so far to settle one’s nerves and makelife as a dayrdream here, it is difficult to determine, but certain it is that no Northerner can visit these islands without feeling that they indeed aro well worth seeing and well worth knowing.—[St. Louis Star-Sayings.