The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1875-08-19
General Crooks's Milk.

General Philip S. Crooke the old Knic-
kcrbockct lawyer, resides in Il beautiful
residence in Flatbush, close to the road.
or an evening the General does a little
gardening. Last week, the General was
at work on the fence, in shirt and panta-
looms, when venerable gentleman and
two young and lovely ladies drove up in
4 barouche. As the venerable gentleman
approached Gen. Crooke he cried out:
I'LL my man. can you get Us glass
ot milk ?"
Fl will, with pleasure, said the Cen
eral. as soon as he saw the sweet faces of
the two young ladies in the Jarouche.
The General fastened into the house
and soon returned with three glasses Of
milk on a silver salver The pretty
Young ladies qualified the delicious fluid
and wiped their dainty mouths, and the
venerable gentleman elevated the glass
and then brought it down empty, and
smacked his lips
''llah :" the venerable gentleman eiac-
uIated ''splcndid, My man, can you
get me another glass P"
''Ccrtainly, sir" the General said with
Il bow, and off he went for another supply
OF milk
When the Venerable gentleman had
qualified the second glass, he again fired
of a salute with his lips, and said;
elijah, excellent. Very much obliged
10 You What have | to pay" and he
thrust his hand into his pantaloon capa-
ciouS pocket.
"Nothng, sir said the General smil-
ing.
"Ah, hem, No? Well really; but
why not, my man, why not?'
'Well, . said the General, smiling good
humorcdly, "'lhe fact is. I'm in the whole
sale business, and | don't charge for Il
triile like this
"l'm sure were very much obliged, :"
said one OF the young ladies, smiling
sweelly and slightly blushing, in which
beautiful accomplishment she was even
cXceIled by her companion.
The General saw that they We're cmbar-
raised, and said, with that graceful polite
ness for which he is famous: please cal
again when you pass this way; | shall al
ways be delighted TO give You 4 drink Of
milk
The venerable gentleman lifted his hat
and bowed, and the young ladies smiled
again 50 deliciously that the Generals
head began to swim, and, when he re-
covered, the bar0uchc was rolling along
N the distance, TBroolllin Sun.
One of the sights that arrests the atten-
ton OF summer tourists at Pleasure Bay is
a turtle pen where the ordinary terrapin
are Matched and grown for the New York
market. The pen is a large enclosure, two
thirds of which is under water and the
rest is sandy beach. 1t now contains
about 1000 turtles, and in the sand are
eggs estimated to number 80 600. A 81
lent approach ON 4 sunshiny dav is re-
Warded by a udicrous spectacle. They
lie 50 thici, on The white sand that only a
little uncovered space is lett. Cndisturbed
they seem almost lifcless, but the slight
est noise trightcns them. Then they start
lOr the water and tumble in with a sue
cesslon OF 9plashes, but soon return to
land again They lay their eggs in the
sand, where the heat of the sun sutliccs to
hatch them. The Young turtles are re-
moved TO similar pen as soon as they are
out OF their shells, and 4 pool provides
tor them the requisite water Netting is
drawn over this pen as protection against
cats, who find young turtle suited to their
taste Cats thus batlled may often be
seen sitting on the posts Of the enclosure
looking l0ngingly down upon the unat-
tainablc delicacy. The turtles, when half
grown, are transferred to the large pen.
Their food is live fish, which are put into
the water in large numbers The turtles
grow slowly, and attain a size of about
ten inches long by seven wide Then they
are sent alive to the New York market. to
90 finally into the popular soup and steaks.
o most palates they are not disting uish-
able from the larger Key West turtles.
The producer realizes for them from ST.
to SIS dozen.