The tourist's guide to Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard . redpart again and with this exception is appar-ently good as the day it left Lisbon. On thebell is a cross, while the following inscriptionmay be read upon it: *Ao bom Jezus do monte completao seusvotos OS devotos de Lisbon, offerecendo IheHum complete logo de leis sinos para chamarpos ovos adorato no sen sanctuario. **Joze Domingues Da Costa offez erm LiboaNo anno de 1810. Which translated reads: To the Good Jesus of the Mountain of Lisbon direct their prayers, offeringHim one complete chime of six bells, to callthe people to
The tourist's guide to Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard . redpart again and with this exception is appar-ently good as the day it left Lisbon. On thebell is a cross, while the following inscriptionmay be read upon it: *Ao bom Jezus do monte completao seusvotos OS devotos de Lisbon, offerecendo IheHum complete logo de leis sinos para chamarpos ovos adorato no sen sanctuario. **Joze Domingues Da Costa offez erm LiboaNo anno de 1810. Which translated reads: To the Good Jesus of the Mountain of Lisbon direct their prayers, offeringHim one complete chime of six bells, to callthe people to adore Him in His sanctuary. **Jose Domingue Da Costa, has done it inLisbon in the year 1810. There is considerable tradition attaching it-self to the bell, it being given credence at onetime that the bell was smuggled over the tower the spectator may obtain acomplete view of his surroundings; drink inthe beauties of its coast and note its queermaze of streets. It is customary to rememberMr. Hull before leaving with some 56 NANTUCKET. The Jail and House of Correction are twovery remarkable points of interest and thetourist should not neglect the opportunity tovisit that edifice. In excuse for designatingthe jail as an edifice the writer was told of anamusing tour of inspection, when Mr. Macywas identified with that position. It seems, according to a well known residentat Sccnset, that the state inspectors came onhere to perform that duty at one time. Nowthe jail was not a model in appearance, so alittle strategy was expedient. The inspectors were met by the hospitablesupervisor and taken to dinner. Here the sub-ject of inspection was a thing of the past. Adelightful time was had, but what caused aripple of merriment; was the report of the in-spectors who made mention of the brick edificeand its almost palatial surroundings. Situated just off Vestal Street and lookingnot unlike a mammoth bird-cage is the jailand the house of correction. With the
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