Connecticut western news., 1873-08-08
Remarkable FSsHinO-We have waited

H6WUTHUOt6 GSHtHy.-We 6 nave WalteQ patiently and long fer the most excellent account we would very naturally expect to receive from the valiant fishing party from Lakeville, who secured the coast for miles each way from Saybrook week or two since, for bluefsh; of their remarkable ex- poits, &c., &c., but it comes not Who is it that whispers the reason of this unusual
 quietness, as being the fact that the party
 worked harder than they eyer did before,
 and travelled more miles by water, and were
 rewarded for their extraordinary efforts by
 the unprecedented ''catch' of Jt0ur 6luefsh !
 Astounding fact Six men! Hard weeks
 work Many miles travel! FOUR BLUE FISH! Next time boys, go to Martha's
 Vineyard and at quarter of the expense
 with no hard work, you can fill your boat
 full of bluefish in one day.
 NartAa's Vneyard FGsA5ng. - Last
 Thursday we accepted an invitation to make
 a flying trip to Martha's Vineyard and
 spend day fishing We arrived there by
 the regular route; viz, from Hartford on
 the Hartford, Providence $ Fishkill ex-
 press, and over the New Bedford road from
 Providence and by steamer Monohansett
 from New Bedford, crossing Buzzard's
 Bay a delightful sail of twenty-eigbt
 miles, arriving at Oak Bluffs at about six
 o'clock in the evening" While we were
 going off the boat we met the Rev. Dr.
 Gale and wife of Lee, who had been spend
 ing two CT three days at the Bluffs and who
 were coming on the boat Although we
 had not seen the Rev. Dr. for some years,
 he seized our hand with his own peculiarly
 characteristic grasp, and almost in the same
 breath with bis ''how do you do," said
 "Oh, Pcasc H's c 6eautjfu1 p1ace Aere."
 That was the idea precisely. The good
 man was so absolutely fuy of the beauties
 of the Vineyard, he could not refrain from
 saying so, although he had but moment
 to say it in connection with his cordial sal
 utation.
 At about T. o'clock next morning Cap
 tain Dennis Smith, and his clever mate,
 Qhis name we didn't learn.) announced
 themselves and their fast sailing fishing
 yacht, the Emma Louisa," in readiness,
 and our party of six cut loose from the
 wharf at the Sea View House and sailed to
 the happy abode Of scupp and founders
 By going two or three miles farther just
 around Cape ,Pogue, would bring us to the
 grounds for blue fish, but the captain said the sea was not quite rough enough for good blue fishing, and as a vessel has come up
 whose captain said they had caught only , thirty blue fish after four or five hours fish ing, it was thought best to anchor and try
 a few of the smaller fry; those for in- stance that weigh from one to three pounds
 each, and we found it was fishing too, such
 as we never before saw. Each line had
 two hooks attached, the hooks being fast , ened to two lines which come together and foot from the hooks These were baited
 with bits of clans, and one need not be
 particular about the manner of getting the l bait fixed either, because if the point of the
 hook is bare for quarter of an inch or
 more, it was all the same. Four of the
 party were fishing with one line each for = about an hour and half, and the number : caught of the various kinds was nearly two hundred. We pulled up fish till quite ex. !, hausted, taking up very frequently two al e a haul; one on each hook, and after d s short rest, go at it again. Oh ye disciples 2 of the renowned 1zaac, who are so content e to hold pole, bobbing for eels, hour after 2 hour for the very questionable satisfaction 7 of glorious nibble once in an ever so long, i what thinlSye of such fishing as this! Of | the various kinds of fish caught by ouI Q party on this occasion, there were scupp, :, tautoag, founders, cunner and sea robin, D (fsh with wings.) One of the party at one e time hooked spider crab of large dimen ! sions, being about foot across from the b end of one leg to the end of an opposite 6 one. This animal, as he came into the f boat with his "sprawls' clawing the air, e and the various trap doors 10 his under jaw e constantly opening and closing, was indeed r a sight for land lubber to behold
 e As the Rev. Dr. Gale of Lee said, Oak f Bluffs at Martha's Vineyard is beautiful g place. It possesses features not to be found }, anywhere else, and which conduce to the d comfort and pleasure of visitors. This e city of such elegant cottages in the smal n forest of scrub oak trees, rooms in whict e for day or week can be obtained at J. much lower figure than at the hotels, anC y they are all splendidly furnished the oc Is cupants taking their meals at any of the 's many eating houses to be met with every e where, and which are managed on the Eu l. ropean plan, is one of the most desirable 'f features of this place of resort. On ac
 count of the near approach of the annua
 camp meeting at the Bluffs, the cost of liv le ing there during the last of August is a tri g. fle more than it would be in July, but ever l. at this season, to live on the plan suggested 'e by us, will make visit of week or more > not so expensive but what almost anybody }" who desires to go there can afford it. le Through excursion tickets can be obtained = in Hartford, over the Hartford, Providenc le & Fishkill, and New Bedford railroads, ant IS steamer from New Bedford, to Oak Bluffs
 good to y0 and return 0n tW October lst d for seven dollars.
 |e West COrnVvaI1.
 m Deputy Sheriff Scoville seems to hay e plenty of business in his official line. Tn h. foundry IS in full blast, and they make thei