American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1859-11-03
CRY OF LANCASTER:
Tharsday. november 9. 1859.
Doesticl1s on Oysters.

The recent discovery ofan immense bed
Of oysters on the Connecticut shore. has
awakened The energies Of Dcesticks, who
thus describes 30 3 '9 - e,i1 s..',. ,.s.,
,.'-sie ,s. OYSTERS GENERALLY. zsF. -
Oysters is oysters! Couchologica re-
search and classification may make . NOR
expanded definition, but none which viii
add to their flavor or qualify. = f''o
They are marine, bivalyular, ,stestac e:us,
and are pattaken Of either raw, fried, roast
ed, stewed, or escolloped in pie or frilters.
They are for sale 10 considerable quaint
ties in the city Of New York, and are pre-.
pared for eating at sundry places, from
Buttercake Dicks to Dslmonico's. sr@
Duringa certain season of the year
those months when, By. q strange .cabalsm,
The letter RI has beenE;summarily igpored
in their names The maternal oyster, in tbe
peaceful tranquility Of the last Of the ebb
tide, launches into aths water the embry-
onica oyster, to be developed to maturi'
ty for the satisfaction @ofi the rapacious
tnaws of man and wonnankihd. The
spaM1 Thy which uneuphohienatnsitbs IN
fau.ile oysters are called being by thein'
sxorable laws Of nature thus cut off from
the mothers care, begin TO shift for them.
selves.
They cast about for resti6g place, be-
cause. having no pedal extremities as their
legacy, they are unable to follow destiny
If the j soft side Of = stone, or SHELF or
piece aof wood, toaehstheir embryonic or
Rsn;shn, viii instructive egg gsotisnl they
appropriate the geological. genealogical
or vegetable substance, as the case may be,
tothsir wi, ,use, and forth VIII the youth
inl Oyster scarcely the Size ot assprangie
-~small in SHE but big with PROMISE
makes hisSflst bow % an otstef-ahd,
with q yours in time, settles into an ocean
cum aigRitals 70 grow With the bassee se
Of The bivalte down and the edges bpA they
acquire hpfigbt habits, Notwithstanding
they indulge ID the Americth practice
which the Epglishmsn cbaractstize as
'demmed perpsndicuht drinking Y w
"A years. experience makes them The
sise ofa half dollar. In two years they
are large enough TO be rnarketable, and
in three years they assume proportions
which command for them the. fespec
whiyhJigalMaya accorded togmeturily. %
Still they are not oysters as is oysters
A Vegetable phase Of devslopement has tc
be theirs befots they will suit the aesthetic
taste OF the epicute, and the transition
like al transitions. is painful. They mus
pc "phnted. Z I'm other words the un
feeling oystermAl IN hiseboat throws ever
board bis dredge, which scrapes along
where the bivalves are at rest. drags then
from their places. and they fall into th'
network Of the, dredge,s aud are ,brough
10 ths deck Of the boat /, wbsrea e they Re
main,unsil isuficiento quantity are secur
ed to DO fplanted.b sz0gsSa9Gs
But oysisrmau dom mean putting then
into the earth as the seeds from which. \
raise oyster plants--( and sthec writer
this, takes this opportunity Of saying, tha
popular Vegetable has nothing in com
mon inits origin With oyster pF0Psg. th
two being totally distiuct and bslongipI
todiferent kingdoms )~-but they are take
TO some point where they can sbsosb "a
iuspifiting properties Of fresh wa,erswhio
win not only, tahes from, Them the stron
taste whichis peculiarly submdrine. bu
will make then 4 pcse-s make tbe eye
sparkle 70 behold 1them. .and the peiat
tickle as thsy pass sthe portals cf the By
man stomach, in,ttis hast buts' etentiI
6dfAMa 6f6ysiSSlifsD Asta6s hdnlhsi "a
perience, ID vSgiiationl thus tnAiuIes then
andwhen wanted they are again btOugt
totbs suqtScS. and consigned W + FHltph
Washington Market aud the readt
knows the fesgssq slidvqic sfss ls,ssiI syl'