The farmer's crops are being eaten by bugs. Take the doubloon that you find under the bridge (go down the right side) and buy some chicken feed at the general store. Give it to the boy in the street and he will give you a chicken. Bring the chicken to the farmer on the right of the bridge and it will eat the bugs. The farmer gives you a blue candle to help you read the parchment at the Governor's House (farther right).
Take the chcken across the bridge to the right, to where the bugs are eating the farmer's crops. Use the chicken to eat some bugs and the farmer gives you the Blue Candle.
Take the chicken to the farm at the right of the bridge. Use it to eat the bugs and the farmer will give you a special blue candle.
Take the blue candle and go right, to the governor's house. You can use the candle to read a faded document.
skullduggery island!
Fort Ridley is the first place you go on Skullduggery Island. Its impossible to miss it.
Bouffant Bay is located northeast of Fort Ridley on Skullduggery island Poptropica.com
The bank on Skullduggery Island is the Golden Harbor Bank, located in the Arabic-themed port at the lower right on the island map.
There is a dock at the bottom side of the small island, Skullduggery. The island appears when you have collected all 5 of the pieces of the Treasure Map.
Take it to the corn farm to the right of the bridge, where it will eat some pesky bugs. The farmer will give you the blue candle, which you can later use at the Governor's house.
Bring the chicken to the farmer to the right of the covered bridge. He can use the chicken to eat the bugs that are killing his corn crop. As a reward, the farmer gives you the Blue Candle, which you can use for the parchment at the Governor's house (farther right).
There is no compass??
Yes, there are several people in the Skullduggery Island on Poptropica. On of which is a deck hand. you can find him on the top left island.