New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-09-03


nor have my cone 10 heaven being as firm rs the
continent itself These seven sisters are called Star
on which is GospOrt. the only town among them
White Island. mass oil rocks, LonaOhel OF Louug-
ing Island Duck Hog, Smutty-NoSe and Cedar IS
lands Star Island is three-OuTths of mile long from
" W TO :. T., and half mile wide. White Island
somewhat carries out ones idea Of straight hno
being thTec-fOuTthS OF mile IN one direction ana
little or nothing IN any other. LOndOneTs or LOung-
ing Island Is probably called because IL is as unlike
ANYTHING LondOner would fancy or lOunger ad-
mre as It is possible for the mind TO conceive. IT is
fve-eighths Of a mile long Duck Island Is tnIee
miles from the group and stands to the NOTth all Dek
and bare, saving in roses, morning glOrles' eiueI
dOwers and Strawberries that scent the AR ana
change what would otherwise BIO q solitary wider
ness into something lOyabe. 1t is the terror OF SAT-
Ors who give its numberess rocks and ledges Wlue
berth even in the best of weather. III Is seTen-
eighths of q mile long, while Smuti{-N ose,
or more CuphOniOusly Hayleys Island is q mlle long
from East TO West and nearly nan mic Wlde:;
Cedar Island Is rs Innocent OF cedaIs as DuluIG Vi
rocks one-third of a mile long can be, and Hog
Island bears not the fantcst resemblance TO the par
tculaTly marine animal 10 which II Is indebted 1Or
its missioner There is nothing like calling thlngs
by their wrong names especially when the name Is
so suggestive of romance and the sea. IL may nave
been that the island derived its appellatlon from
swine rather on the island than III 1t yet inns hypO
thesis is impossible, as il reminds one OF curons
memorial drawn mp IN 1647 being " the humble petl-
ton of Richard Cutts and John Cutting SNOW
ing, " That contrary to an order or act OF court.
which saws, No woman shall live on the Isles OF
Shoals John Reynolds has brought his wife hlther
with an intention to live here and abide. lie also
hath brought upon Hog Island great stock OF goats
and swine which, by destroying much fish, do great
damage to your petitioner and others and also spOll
the spring of water upon that island, rendering ~
unfit for any manner of use, which affords the only
relief and supply to all the rest OF the islands 1Our
petitioners therefore pray that the act of court may
be put in execution for the removal of all women
fro I'M nhabiting there; and that said Reynolds may
he ordered to remove his goats and SWINE IRON the
islands without delay and, as III duty bound Is your
petitioners prayer"
Strange as il may SEEM the court failed TO see
what women had to do with the misdemeanors OF
swine and goats, and only passed sentence on so
much of tins extraordinary petition as referred TO
the quadrupeds. Reynolds was commanded 10 re-
move them from Hog Island within 20 days, while
his wife was told that she might ENJOY the COM
pany of her husband il no fTthG COMPLIANT come
dgaiRSt her," Calico was quite right. The world
does move, for it is to the poetry of far woman
who has lived the greater part of her life on the
isles that they, and especially Hog Island, owes
much of their modern celebrity
But Hog Island is gradually living down its birth
right by the adoption of the name Appledore, taken
from an English port IN the County OF Kent
which, in $685. was invaded by the NOrmans who. ac-
cOTdmg to Ethelweed's Chronicles, amused them
selves by burning castle. In 1901 this name was
given TO all the lands which were then Incorporated
into every town but ApplcdOTe died with the tOWr
until reSusctattd by the owner of Hog Island
Appled0re is one mile in length from l.. TO W. ana
tve-eighths of mile across. Larger than the other
islands. it is the one upon which human beings de
to be stranded, for here AppledOTe House offered
a genial welcome, and no ancient and hsh-llke smell
aSSlils fasldlOuS nOsrils as Is the case at G0Spgt
AppedOre House is monarch of all II surveys, for,
with the exception of a dsmanted EshcrmWs cot
tagc, not another house Is visible Tins island,
together with Hayley's Duck and Cedar, belong to
Maine while Star, White, and LOndOners are ln-
cuded in the territory of New Hampshire
Looking at these solitary isles through modern
spectaces II hardly credible That they should
have been thiCky populated two centuries ago Yet
is Just as true as that sleepy, beautiful Newport
was once the largest seaport i'll New-Eugland. In
those DAYS of Indians and tomahawks, islands pos
g.Dl .l VIZ VIII ne n n gpUTpglaft1
The Shoals were an aggrayauOn to the brave Red
Man. They were remote from the main land, ana
the intermediate water could not he depended upon
so sCalps safer there than the coast This is
one reason why the islands were carly inhabited
The second attraction consisted OF hsh Inc ShoaiS
have always been noted Tor their histories, winch
constitute their only trade and II was here that IN
colonial times the QUH hSh cured Iu SO celebrated
a manner as 10 be known i'm Spain and throughout
the Mediterranean. In 1745, when other articles of
food could lie bought Tor song, % quintal
of dun fish would sell for euinea The art of cur
ing these fish then considered to be peculiar 10 the
Shoals. but since then all NcW-EnElInd Is equally
wise and salt cod is as familiar as household words,
and rs cheap as most peoples sympathy. Among thG
early settlers at The Shoals were Illlan topptIcH
Of Cornwall, England, and Nj. Gibbons from Tops
ham, Both of these enterPrlsng men carried ON
large fisheries for 20 years and IT was during Rep
perers last year at the Shoals that ms son.
afterWard Sir William Pcppcrell-" the most
famous man that Name ever produced -
was born. Pcppcfell and Gibbons left the
Shoals at the same time their course being deter
mined By the direction which their staTcs took when
allowed 10 fab from "a perpendicular position Pep
perell cast his lot at kltcry. The or gina islanders
were remarkable alike for industry and lgCncr.
In 1910 Hog Island could boast OF between 20 and -
families. and IL IS asserted on good authority That
the first mcctiug-hOuse and scAog,-hohsc IN the
Province were erected here. Gentlemen from
some of the principal towns on the sea-cOast sent
their sons here FOL literary Instruction Among Them
am told cane sir William Peppcrell. HaylcYs Island
had a CONTIGUOUS In 1850 AppledOrc could send 1907
II deputies to the General Court, ana IN lGi2 were
strong enough 10 revolt against the attempt made by
Massachusetts, to exercise authority over them. cry
piol.s and learned Were the cleIgmen, who IA those
DAYS taught the lmdcIs tho ways of righteousness.
Foremost among tIom was tine Rev. John Brock, VINO
for T. years from 100 gave high relish 10 pubic
worship" lie believed or the Islanders believed or
both believed that the Lord lent willing ear 90 tho
Rev. Brock spraycrs IN proof OF which several aec-
dotcs are adduced. 4 fisherman Of good standing
having lost bis boat in "a stOun-a boat
hat had done good service in ewing the Islanders
TO Sunday serylce-bewalied his late 10 the Reverend
Brock. who made answer: Go home contentcd
good Sir III mention the matter 20 the Lori; to-
morrow You may expect 10 ind your boat Inc pas
brought up from the bottom by the ilul-es of an
anchor! On another occasion, one AruOlds clnld
about six years of age lay nigh ub;O death Be
heyng chat while there Is HE there 10 nope Mf'
Brock gave vent TO iervcnt pray ~ conc udnE with
the following words: go Lord. be pleased
to give some token before we leave prayer
that thou wilt spare the Chllds life. Until 10 b0
granted We cannot leave thee The child sIcczcd,
and finally recovered. Other gOdly men abIded 40
the Shoals IN those hOuushlng days. Yet stul the
llItt ny bttooluIdBN tl'Ib H. ~ Ni'h ''tlil ~
rates made descent upon the Isles and gave sew
cral ShOalltes the CLOico between being hung and
jumping up three times and dannlng Cotton Mathcr
at every lump Human nature is weak Life IS
sweet even to Shoaes and the consequence of these
two conditions was that Cotton Mather was damned
more than, in all probability lac has ever been since.
Such was life at the Shoals until the Revolution,
when Red Coats devastated the Isles by evyng taxes,
whatever they could lay their hands
upon and impressng able-bodied men INTO the ser
vice of Great Britain Insults and injuries became
iutOleTable and soon the ShOalites were summoned
to the mainland Twas not long before the Isles
were left to the birds of the air. saving Star Island,
whore n small hamlet has glWaVs been kent alive.