New-York daily tribune., 1859-07-07
L05SrERS.

frosis, Of early psss, ot Docnsshs ss"N' '"
ing, Of espricOoe ssovsr- Of yocng dnck' I" s so's
Of ,prosting things Of lamb, Of ove-makins' aoa VI
lobster. From tss variety Of sessonsole themes We
lee. the latter, the poets ssvipg pretty Thoroughly
u.d up all the c,h.rs, While The lively lobster re-
mains unhoBo,e5 and ursubg Stay, there Is one oAri
who has not dsds:ned 10 exsrclss his genius On ths
subject Of lcbs,er; who has risen above al popular
prejudice, ana regarded )ob,ter with an simrine eye
AZ subject WORTHY his mighties. effort. This daring
poet discourst,h as foTlows:
"Tn4 losste- in :he lob-,sr.rot
The slnessh sbs3sin' on hook,
Tsey soarr some. bat they can, compare
wiia What suaer. for 700, Mar Ann
Chorus.
OMre yoa veil. my NAr, Am,
The arp ray ana the wind s hI
Anl ~ c6 for the sea, May Ann
On the whole, this seems to have reference to
Mary Apo than 70 lobstsr, for though We have caro-
fully perued the ret Of this ca .rmDg epic We nd no
further reference 10 he .ubect Of our present story
the mind Of the minstrel being chiefly exercised on
the subiec. Of May ADp and bis energies being bent
on the p-rpetusl reproduction of the vsedctory so
going chorus above printed. The Ledger having re-
Gently cleared up all coubs as to the authorship OF the
"Iines 10 Mary Ann" we deem that the io'tVnase
hard has achieved fame enough without the mention
Of his name in our humble columns it is bat TAR TO
state bos.yer, that the above stauzs was not pub
I.bsd in Tks Leager version Of his great work, bat
has been rescued from oblivion BY virtue Of the oifal
research of our own .taf We trust that this act OF
volunteer Justice may be placed to the credit side OF
our account with our cotemporary.
Rut 10 return to our maDy-legged friend, the lob
ster. The proof that the world ct large take much
greater interest in his fate than their ungrsten poets
hes in our kno. ledge OF the fact that on Saturday the
18th of June present. there were sold at Fulton Mar
k,t The enormous number of 5000 lobs,ers. Tnink
of coo devoted men marching home to their reJoc-
ing families each wh an uDctuous lobster for Sun
dsy salad. And when we reflect that of that immense
army of vouIing sinners, not more than
one in hundred knows more Of his lobstertend tha
his espabty for gasronomic delectstion, we are in-
cited TO pen this article. Attention. ye 3D. coo Of June
Is and all other Thousands who at stated times and
,e.ons make merry over our friend, the lobster his
cold corpus let We 70 our biographical sketch OF the
beloved deceased and learn something OF his LIE and
habits.
Webster saws tba. the word lobster comes from
the Saxon and that the first syllable mesns, in that
sweet language, spider, also hes Now, as We
had rather not look upon our favorte a. huge SPIT
der, and prefer not regarding him in the light of
pone further genealogical research for the present
The following is the scientific description Of the lob
ster: a crustaceous fish, or shelfsh, black before
"being boiled and red AFTER" 1t will be observed
that the man of science speaks of the said shesh as
if his only earthly fate was TO be boiled we suppose
the man Of science is right on this OCCASION for we
heard of anybody eating fried lobster, nor yet
raw one nor yet lobster tewed, roasted or in tue
Id iap'f q inhs m
overcoat furnish a. soothsome morsel as clam that
has undergone that purifcation by FIRE, and Why
shouldn't lobster stew be palatable7
The Holsters that come to the New-fork market
are caught along the Atlantic coast and the shores of
the Bay of Fundy, all the way from Hell Gate to
Nova-Scotia. The very best the large, lively
blue -shelled gentlemen that are captured of Cape
Cod, and few ere caught than that point, and
comparatively few are brought here from more re-
mote distance than the Coast of Maine. Tue Nova
Scotia Holsters, though smaller than their brethren.
the juicy martyrs of New-England, are reputed ex-
celltnt In fact he who magines that large size in
lobster is guaranty Of superior flavor makes sad
mistake toe very largest are by no means the best
the en- all and med um sized ones ranging from one
20 four pounds in weight are, when fat, the most deli
cate and delectable, though a 2Spounder has been
~
This present month Of June is the most favorable
for the lobster fisheries, and is the month in which
the most are caught. Tue fish fall victims to their
own greediness being entieed into nets by various
tempting bats, and then, when entanged in the
mesbes by their mutitudnous claws and legs, they
are incontnently hauled up to the surface where
they receive personal introduction to the fisher, aud
are henceorth the subject OF his tender and attentive
care. The fishers run oct short distance from the
shore in small boats, those parts OF the feeding
grounds that not in too deep water and there let
ting down cir nets to the bottom baited with pieces
of fish, they await the coming OF the doomed crusta-
cean who presently comesgeneray tail irst, Tor he
runs fastest that way-seekiDg what ne may devour,
and buD5ers into the trap set for lin, like sense
lees old know-notbiDg "a he is. When the fishers get
their boats loaded they run to the shore and deposit
their victims in pounds" TO await the coming OF
the lobster-smacks These pounds are sunken
boxes with latticed bottoms, contrived that when
submerged in the sea the supply Of water is s-con-
staItly renewed free ngress and egress being permit
ted to old Ocean One boat managed by two or three
men, is capable Of taking of forty or fifty of these
nets or pots" In the pounds the Holsters are kept
until they are sold to the owners of the snacks who
run them from the fishing grounds to the market
There are thirty obstersmacks 10 the business from
this port. Each vessel makes about fifteen trips a
year from the fishing place to the city bringing each
time about 1900 obser. which is fair average load
This gives an aggregate of near million and half
of Holsters that go pot every year in this angle
city. Not that they all devoured hereby no
means tens Of thousands sent hence all over the
country, wherever lobster lovers vegetate.
Though our crustscean restricts himself TO hsh
Diet be is not very particular as to bis dinner- Il
eb a. a., oo,as o., b;s pst He eata all sorts of f,h