New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-06-21
FISHING.
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FIRE ISLAND, June g. 1858.
came here to spend few days in trolling for the
celebrated blue fish, and it has been my good ortanst TO
strike the first run and for TWO or three days to catch
enough to make il seem, at night very much as ii /
had been at work. But the "rest of the laborlDg
IMAM j. sweet, WHISTLER be eat little or maeh so
at moderately and slept soundy not indeed rocked
but sung to sleep by the anthem OF the deep as when
a boy well remember sinking to rest under the mu SIC
of tt rain patteripg on the roof were was born.
OF all others this is the month for ees bass and
tautos or black fish hundreds of which last daily
csug by those fond of drop line shing The boatmsu
Sykesy "a he is called put me IN exsc'ly the right
spot to catch about fifty of them, weighing from one
to five pounds, when At last got hold OF one when
robbed me Ct bob, hook and slnker, ana went nome
rather di.gustcd.
This is also the time for netting the blus-tish and
bass ard especially what they call bony fish (prop.
erly menhadsnl for manure. hundreds OF tuns OF
these are annually caught and put Me farms OF Long
Island. Their weight is about two pounds each
and they sell at ten shIlliugs per thousand.
Government il erecting here new lighthouse OF
twice the hight and double the power Of the old ONE
1t is to be completed and in operation during the pres
ept year.
bathing surfing Yachting, and other exciting sports
in their seasons but it's chief point OF attraction, over
and above ocean retreats contiguous to the main
land would seem to be that, beside sea bathing there
ia inside the inlet a smooth, hard sand beach where
inysds ladies and children, can in perfect safety
bathe in the cool but still water direct from
the ocean, and that musketoes, except with
the wind east have TO cross a bay seven miles wide.
must not forget to mention thst, celebrated as this
place is for fishing not farming found gentleman
from your city busily engaged in planting, IN the I'M
aduterated sand of the beach, corn potatoes pump
kin and meon seeds, &c. lnquirng what it meant |
was told he was making experimental tests OF the
fertizing properties Of the Peruvian ard American
Co. g gusnos. He Informed mo that Lebig washed
the sand in which he made his experiments but ne
was not 81 particular. lie s very sangune that his
labors will be of great service to the country. lie has
planted variously, fUllows, viz:
With common stable dung, Peruvian guono and
fsb, American gusno and fish, American do. eight
terths and two tenhs Peruvian, American do. niue
ten,hs and one tenth sulphate of ammonis, Peruvian
glsno, and with no manure. lie said he invited a
lumber of gentlemen, including or two editors, to
accompany him and bear witness to the planting, but
they preferred regatta and thus he was lefs 70 the
testimony Of some humble fishermen, which, on the
whole he thought would answer well now as Of old.
He showed me 3 notice Of his guano IN your Satur-
day's rdtiun, which gratifed him, because the Gov
erpmeLt now pronounce the article good gGsbo, While
officers OF the navy, who brought It hnEs sad it was
nothing but earth. He said his company had
enough o! T. vita due cultivation, 20 feed the entire
population Of the United States more thar one hun
drsd T.. T.. A.