The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1875-09-01

QeQCe vi tlIc luClo1Seo pop
corresponding wants Of our village,
would mention that a veteran sait,
Capt. S. L. Morgan, has opened ano-
ther butchers stall and supplies good
beef and small meals at city prices, to-
gether with ice at a small advance, as
an accommodation to residents from
the city, who are habituated to its use.
The water from our wells is excellent,
and cold enough to "dew' tumbler
when first drawn. .-.....-....-
In pursuing our stroll on the beach,
where we stopped at the last letter, we
still find many objects Of interess,
to those. who look upon nature aud
see in the formation and productions
around him the hand of the Great
Creator. This long snake-likey form, 3
resembling more drift Of sea-weed,
we examine, by opening some of the
hundreds Of cells, lying over each
other in layers, and myriads of well
developed, though exceedingly minute
copchs are disciosed-thesc are the
conch nests and are very curious IN
appearance. The clam "a bivalye)
much used at the North for chowders, q
is found singly, embedded in the
muddy portion Of the beach near the !
Channel They are with the fddiers
the best bait for that prize of the fish
epicure, the sheep-head, a broad, fat
fish, shaped somewhat like the bream,
of the fresh waters. 80 :: 2: :.
This noisy chattering fellow, sport
ing a hugetop knot, in his plumagge Of
blue tipped with gold, fluttering from
post to post, is sthe ''King Fisher
(alcedo) genus incessoris;; anon no h be i
darts like lightning upon an unluekya
fish, aad returns to his perch to make
leisurely meal of him. This bird IS !.
supposed to be the Halycon of the .
Ancients, of which many wonderful
tales were. told, of its power to quen
storms, and of its floating nest-a pop
ular notion was, that if the stuffed
skin is hung by thread, the bill will
point in the direction whence the wind
blows. -.sz:
The curlew (order grallatores) Of the the.
snipe family, is much esteemed for the
table. Its long, slender and curved
bill enables it to dig ont from the mud
the worms, molluscs and insects: on I
which it feeds, and its long, slender
legs enable it to wade into water Of
some little depth. When alarmed By
the approaching sportsman, they take
wing and fly low to the water. E.
The sand-bird (sanderling) Of the
plover family (chandorad@) liaes the
water edge in large focks-the plum-
age is a light gray, and feeds On marine
worms. . IT,. ~ ~ ,zssze.5z. ii55a
The marsh hen abounds in the
marshes, in which they lay, and are
driven out by the high tides in Sep
tember and October, when large num-
bers are shot. They are very good
eating, and are about the size Of 9 Z
three-quarter grown pullet.
Some weeks since parcel Of boys
dug out Of the mud most hideous
and savage looking reptile, which must
have been some species Of sea-serpent.
Unfortunately this specimen died be-
fore it could be rescued from its cap-d
tors and handed over to some scientist.
Whatever it was, it was certainly q
very rare specimen in this latitude,
and appeared to be unknown to the
old fishermen. %.S..s..5, s.
The logger-head turtle inhabits these
waters, and there is an old barnaeled
fellow, whose haunts appear to be be-
tween the Ferry wharf and sullivan's
Island, who has been recognized BY the
fishermen for over twenty years past.
I saw the old fellow rise near my boat
several times last summer, turn a
somersau!t and dive doWa into his;
wintry haunts again. ~
A. 49,