Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1861-07-17

saw MS passenger needed exercise, and he
determined to let him have it. After a
pull Of mile, he lay the schooner a point
or two nearer the wind, and before long
the person who had the row all to him
self was on board Contrary to expecta-
tiOns the island was not reached until next
morning. Going ashore stopping place
was soon found. Now as we are on terra
| frma few words more in relation to the
| island may not be amiss. The origin ofits
name | have failed to discover. Some tell
ME that it was given by the French at an
early date, and this being the island pal
excellence, they called it Grand Manan
to distinguish it from some some other Ma
mans not so grand. 1t is attached to New
Brunswick, and Of course it is under the
mild and equitable sway of Victoria, Del
Grata Regina Fishing is the principal
occupation of the few inhabitants Little
attention is paid to agriculture, and but
few of the cereals are cultivated Barley
doubtless would do well. 1t fourishes as
far north as Sitka, on the northwestern
coast. Notwithstanding the iiexion Of the
isothermal lines toward the eastern and
western coasts Of the continent, the lati-
tude Of this island would give it a clear
advantage in temperature and climate con-
ditions generally over Sitka. In the Sean
dinavian Peninsula barley furnishes one Of
the principal elements Of food | am the
more surprised at the neglect Of this grain
when, remembering many Of the inhabi-
tants of the island are English, take in
to consideration the partialty of those Gu
riouS bipeds for barley. But fishing has
left its impress on everything. All habits
of life look to it as the great centre of
support. The men talk of herring, cod
and haddock as we talk Of cattle As
lar south as Pennsylvania we know moth
ing of the real merit of these fish. We
talk Of Goldfish just as though It would not
form dish fit for king But howl yc
rcformers. ] verify declare unto you that
he who has not eaten Goldfish on the banks
don't know the North. You might as well
expect to know the east without smoking,
or Mexico (where man being rational must
get drunk without drinking pulque.-
The vessels here are all built expressly for
the fishery, aud the very destiny Of the
people CROUCH hew it as they will is
shaped by the run of fish. Even the chill
dren in place Of singing Dixie fad more
music in Charlie is 4 Whaler.'
For the herring fishery the tides are
here very favorable. While in Philadel-
phia | never knew them TO rise more than
twelve teet, but here they run up 10 thirty.
In the Bay Of Fuudy, just above, they
often reach seventy feet. Still farther
north at the Magdaicne islands the tide is
scarcely perceptible, and Is regulated there
more by the mind than the moon. At the
last named place fishing is al done by. the
seine. \ shoal Of fish may he seen for
miles as they approach the shore over the
white sandy bottom. IA old hand tells me
Git is no fish story as high as two or three
thousand barrels have been taken over
there at time. Here they are taken in a
weir. This runs across a sand bar and on
the side next the land is completely enclos-
ed while on the other side it is open. The
fish come in when the tide is high and af-
ter the tide falls the bar is exposed so they
cannot cross again to sea- While the
eastern slope of the island is low and un-
dulating the western side presents mu-
raj front from one hundred to five hundred
feet high, and absolutely perpendicular in
many places. 'FaciNs descenSuS uceIaI
thinks one as he looks over. 1t is worth
a pilgrimage Of many mile to hear the
deatening roar Of the surf as it breaks on
the cliffs far below. Perhaps for nlyriads
of ages those rocky fronts have been beat
en- by the waves, and rocks though they
be, the slow action of the waves tells at
last on them The man who can stand
and look unmoved on the ocean as its broad
and seemingly boundless expause is spread
out before him must certainly not be one
of fine aesthetic feeling to say the least
To render an object sublime says Blair,
remove all limits Here there is the very
exempli6cation of sublimity, sublime in
space and sublime in power True, not
absolute sublimity because it has absolute
limits, but sublime to our senses because
to them it is unbounded One may look
off into space almost unmoved because he
sees nothing tangible There might as
well be positive void. But it is net so
with the ocean; here is something which
his unassisted senses bring prime proof
of its reality If we are il time ever to
gain any adequate conception of eternity,
think the time will be as stands on The
beach for space IS the measure o. time,
and the idea of Infinite space = the idsa of
eternity The irresistible .orce of the
waves so makes one feel hi5 own littleness
that he Is almost pardonable for thinking
Deity to
~View with equal eye as God OF all,
hero persia OF q sparrow fall
Atoms systems into ruin hurled.
Now bubble burst and a world"
Here son of Erin may find the
heaths Of his own Emerald isle Though
the true heath is not found in america
proper, but loses itself east e the Ural