The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-05-21
MOSS BUNKER FISHERMEN.
THELIVELY CoMMERCEOFA QUAINT
OLD LON0 ISLAND TOWN.
How millions Of bunker. are Scooped In
together with Other Fish An Indian Lob
sherman 81 Criminal Destruction OF Sea
Food-The Mystery Of MnntRuk Point.

as"" 's''''"''"
together with Othef fish An mum '.oo-
sherman Criminal Destruction Of Sea
Food-The Mystery Of MnntRuk Point.
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The town or Nmngansett IN tne bohS
Ts,aod Acadia. According to the maps It Is only
i9''"u " ~, -, -, NJ, y 81 and
one hundred ana ten h'les 'roin Ns" ''A' ""'
the people who live there imagine that they
-, A., ,,. ear 1874. hut tho visltor To- Ana-
eN's' u" ''' =, 49,. ,ho,.,nd
gansett feels thAt New YORK y TON 'p""s""N
miles away and that some tricky sprlte has
-, ,.,.,, l III ,t s,,,,,,n,lings back to
J"et' 49, go " " -, fui
and imbued with ouIet con, ent for this uneasy,
h,s,itne AGA II ma no lawyer, no doctor, no
ous'''ns "N'' :. "'' - ~ ~, ,no paacc. M
Insurance agent no justice "' '"o i0"'0' nv
constable or policeman hut ono prearher-ahu
be IA old and harmless-no liquor salooh' no
billiard saloon no drug store, no hall, no ~,
~,,,. ,, ,n,,,c,-and that a very little one.
oh'S o"o N""''" -. -. .
There has not within tOrtb-SiA YEARS. oeo" "a
law suit between two OF its inhabitants. Theft
-, ......i 80 ,rLnnvn thera The rasidenta
anu uu'rre' 'i' 80. '.',s,
are industrious, thilIN' honest anu 'ru. niui
axceut " hen telling nsh stories they are kind
,...,, .t,,,ia ,,ind,d na,vbhorlv and rour
Ao"'''"' ~ ,
ageOus. luured from their youth 10 the dangers
OF the sea. the lessons o. their lives have taught
-, ,,., 81, r.t,.n,a a,auranc. f,r,i
'"e'" '"'' ~
tude IN time OF peril, ana interviewer as tho
simpie eyents of tn cir lives have boen they have
49,. ,t,,.., 4, ~, o,,,a . communitv 80
peuoLlo "iisust, u ~. i,i.e, . ~, 49, -,
p,otio'S, Nv. w, uf u, y, ,, 70 10 '
otiact, related somehow 70 eVerynVpy eIns. 49,,
Ley tne te zoe peruse tne na VI LonE isiamu,
and ne VIII nhu ,h's quaint oIu 'uMn iad uo W.,
away ,""ut Yn wy Sas'e'n a,,,' ,"ieS i,v ~.
ycnd East heinpton. heyOnu ", OF lanu, arc
only the long. narrow. desOlate, NeapaIue SAT-
lnsu snvs anu .uo ,, ,ha tsiamd
WIN "h,Sh, seNennteen "i 49, III MI,
enus a, MOntauN p'n.i; peloie ~. , , Iii
ols,ohl, 70 tuc N,i'".,o uv 80 ~, - h"rra,,
hnd l,n' resslfs Va ~ w ,inti and dnnss
oIokch ny uvlu w VI TTsra,'ir r. iie,ys
pttWool, VIZ" NM "lt, 1910 ,ro,ett, 49,
here and there iI o. psnk rssoI srGwI II Hua
evns ar az a,u LII ahnvt ,,,is IN vain
sp,I -, en- nor re ,i,d bers ali The towns,
NuluNu - go ~ ~ s's.s ii 80. In, ~.
pI ,",r " tha "ce,,s s,,ri IA In the air and
~ ~ 49,, ~ 80 -, 49,, nvar ~. Town NJ
.po III, pe ~ Iii ,.'',',,y ~ ,ha sss WV ~
A'-"''''' s''e' ~ ~ W
THE OIL FACTORIES.
Although agriculture Is nominally the occupa-
tion OF Amagansett. her peoule draw large
mart Of their revenue from the sea. they re all
sailors. Almost every man among them has been
In sS a, ois ga ye,v u s"an pbsy
Ieei ~ AMI IL III, ~ %" WIZ ''N WV
al ,ie ~ t, ui i Main, q, opanc,a, ,,no,
,o ,s ~ ~, pv's 81 Ill a,,tps
Iav1 VA, ,h, o. -, ne m ts
~ "i,ms wv, , 10 AZ d,me"si,ns sartsd
mas gru"n 10 glsanue u,, ,i M.eu
aoo"t 'Heno VA ago ~, iuV g a, r s 70
Roi., ~ - M Wv, ,h.o,,da t ,nsn ars
NoNfhoei vi esHh yer ,lo S VI gn g"
employed ia II az along the New \ orH ana Vow
, e az W ,1os ~ Nh nc
anu pernepi 'nvuSan"s VI 'ntVns u, nsn az
'.i'' ~ :" 'a' e,ie y. ~ 10
M 80 ~. ~, ~ ~, r,,. - S
ii s,b o IL hrsed
we y 'n..i.r lay, oe Monners, % % ,,
t,le s'suk1te, ."as n's "ee , aus ~ i' ga
an ~ iv.' 20 80 ,c Ill ~ a., H., , 49, :,
49, ~ ' 49,, ,,,',,v s',,nis "ra
49, - ,W NJ, a. ~ ,,n'tr,,i,,
mai and t,fn' s',nstimes vialdinc no more
,h.,, 80, ,..i IS, n', ~ ,h.,,,. NJ An mi
t 90 d ,t,a T ,.i,h h." a.,,t.nin, ,id,'
.e' t'o" "u i9s,v WV, 49,, III =, aI,
800 w., 80, a. i.,,,,,h a1,I a
"a ,hst W., br"a,d 81 them q, In visii a.
80 ~ sen 'Ilons 81 I'll '"'-- '''''
a. .'A ven s,,,",ls ~ W o,,,,.,,,. ..,,, o
~ ~ ''sI M. U' ,ne uS" - p
w utc w llls sIlort,t selnihk III, unuet any
cncunstaho.s pe 'a'ieu spott-one must either
~ ~, ~" t i.o ~ ~ '.e $1,000 w.
II sieepihg on shore, arse ~ such a prepSster
pusn ea.B nou' "s W , reaon ,ne ouao" ~,
sr,n, ,,,,, ~ IL ~, 1913 Esnb v.crt 80
I.,he, pan IAN yecn. IS
pan,eu' Snsn , III sei'iVe, u, ~ ~ ,
sioops; seven uien nanase ,ne 'ufe" 'osseis'
anu all i've on ooa'u 'ne ,a'n''
Before DAYLIGHT all il bustle and nnimation
Each crew IL anxious 10 be the nrst To reach IN
Nshing crounds Whils the cooke are gertino
breakiaste the Yachts and IN cir attendant !. ar.
rvawaysJ are vol under sau Cold and dam
blows the morning breeze. Strangely loud
sounds each fao of the sail and cIatter of the
cook's pans A faint roseate tint lights up m q
cold gray OF the eastern SKY, and, with this har
Diuger Of the dawn. the birds In the SCRUB - k
conuices on shore awake and begin TO sing Hui
u lew moments more ana the golden edge oi
the s,ln il seen ABOVE the horizon the birds
song. HAYS been left far behind, and the YACHT
are well out In tie bay, standing on for the lsh.
the accident OF the oay' Sometimesthe bunk.
err snle'r IN vast " schools" ON Montauk
point A. al ner times thew can only he found
mar the shore AZ NV Haven and Savbroot h,ii
Al al, times thev are liable To appear almost
anywhere where there is water enough to swim
III. oiteh tley run very ciose W shore 10 escape
,ssenDus oil" IT., aLu ose uS'' 'u' keneiai'
'ne1 as iV,,.S ~. I s I ana ., ,ha ,a,
ueie nv ~ ~ - "a .i oe VI .ue VIZ"
WI ~ Mas '.,tx 'io.p t'Y 1s'n. i.Dohik , on
~, VIZ ue no,,'9, ar Tsss a'e ua]l W
" 'ne wv, , ,l'i'lau. ieneoaou % ~ sun
M w We "a " so "'nt - p'nli ~ uis piao
t,Seu 'tI - A., VIZ ilct
W Wy 80, t ~ O'u'i, 'iei We
sets ii te aH 49, va vi, NJ 80 - $500, t"iu
ssAen t , .ae ,ss1 wy 80, al M , ~ o' ~
10 az, ~, ins, an, me-. go tha,' III ~, ~,
, to'nl 80 ,-', -',,i ai.a',, is , " ..
,.n vahe, ,, ~ 80 III , K
% ,tt 80 Iii ha 49, Ii Jas, , T.
1dsnD ,rhetha, tho uvmhsro ~ oan in 10 ~ N
81. ha,I annut TO- br MAD. viii errsed ieo IN ~ ~
not Sttii 10 csn,,,,t nes s,,, hasi r., ti.,
coi.,ions =. 49, sra ti's' Z. an =, :, nar,t sn,
80, 80, T. ,,,,, scsrLias On ~ motor - :, w.
rtnniinn ~, tbe SER hv Tho winS A. 4, M, -
..Rinriss noth,r, 'rhaui. Gsh y % ,,n,n n :,
rrna,htn, nasrar % Ana snarn 20 lao ~ n, ap
ssuds ~ nright siv"rvsIdsd II IN ars coma ia
isriny In trs ar nr n',urtsh,ra, ,nsjr sl,i,'v
A. IN ~ ~ ,hattar In 900, vs. ,r, ,,,s 49, 80,
nal,ne of AIM rom so,1i, ana,nv In " 'ihIs :,
~ - ~, ,,'aar - -, - = ~ ~ w
- 40 ri, ~ y i -, ,,,l y y ,,,s, III ~
~ eS W., ~ ~, " ~ Us anu 80 ~ my M