The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-01-02

run down INTO the ST. Lawrence river. and there
they he safe enough, but there re so many
Islands before they reach the river that TIT Y run
a good chance ~ striking one. as this Twin
BROTHERS did. rcf0re they Get there. We have
i've or ak wrecks down here every fall. recon
tnis salin Is the most dangerous la the world,
but II isn't any worse than fishermen have
Tor We ~ out IN litte boats, aud these grain an
lumber schooner would i've IN any sea. VI YOU
could ONLY Keep EN- ~ the shore. The lake In
only lee'te over eighty MUGS Woe NJ its widest
place, and ISN'T over fort ydown mere. That don't
give 'sm mach room when 1t begins to blow"
DoAr RACE IN STORM.
just then some one, who had been out to loo1
at the weather, stuck his head through n btbRen
window sash and announced that II was setting
down u pretty steady blow and some one
else proposed that they pass the hat for pool,
and sail around the islaDu. 1he visitor was as
founded. IL was blowing a young hurricane,
aud the waves breaking on the rocks spurted
the water forty feet In the afr. Moreover, IL was
freezing cOid and growing more 81. you see,"
exi lhncd Uncle Prince Stevens, these hsuln'
bot are made mostly all alike, and one i aoout
hard that tn boys ant handle the nets, and
" bc monotonous hanging around shore, they
put In ten Or hitCcu cents apiece an makes a
pool Then thev tumble into the boats, INST
the canvas. an sails around the island for the
two or three dollars III the pool It's all In tue
way the boats are handled, aud everybody beng
pretty good sailor. they have tough rub OF II.
Iney don't mind how hard It olows. II used TO
lie iun Tor me, uut I'm getting along over seventy
year OLD. nd I'd Just A. soon hug the IRE as sail
arounu stony Island IN a wester."
But the young Flood Of the colony was M, and
things were soon ready Tor the start. he fish
ing buats we're about twenty two feet long. car
rSing one mast and two sails muu and Nb, and
steamed by centre board. They are made as
strong as II IL possible to bua boat OF their
SIZE. Lotto thcm were put great Hat stones Tor
ballast. Ihe sails were reefed down close, ami
the men uut on their oiled cloth SUITS. Tue
course around the Island " not far from ten
given to the crew that first pos seu between
buuy ten rods from shore snd the Dutchmans
snauty." In any other part # the globe II must
have been considered madness for men TO 20
out N such 10 SCI, hut these hardy sailors made
ready wi n ~ mu,h glee a. party Of ooSs start
lux to slidc down nil.
seven coats shot uut Of the little cove that
served for harhor. and turning IN on their
SIDES were soon risihg anu inning "a TIE treai
green woNcs, aud showing their centre boards rs
they stood ava, a point from tue teeth of the
wluu. IL WE hafu boat half way across tn1
channel TO GollOo laud, ana then back HEain
toward the mead al the Isle they were circum-
nav lgatll b. nut tuclr Prince. after whtcniul
them Il ten inmate, said tueve wasn't any bad
steering bciha done, aud turned back 10 his ffe
The few VINO remained bad tiled into lon,
tank ato tie Irurtuililes ct success IN isiug
n d IN Lake On, rio. Tor the scnuol' Of young
FRY r. % those cttn Green eXperlWeut. II p
htcheG ou ilut Year ago died every Nttle bay,
and tn m,n thousht that VI tuese nsu ever
coWe uf nLe. 1t wound spoil the Whiten.h and
tr"ut 20 de- wuen t"o shout wac raised that tn
heei W ga the huue stretch, and seth Green's
shad sssIued Iusi-uilC Mt pfop1rttous. Every
one r-n out 20 " .ne butcnnahs sh ,ntY 10 see
tue unish. Toe hoy- nai mad quick tine, ana
were sN,pl mag down the eat ,idg of the island
nae ;" G,tis nel"ic Tue wind EN'ly incn 81
sail ,hat ihey dared t. set WIS pllline luri usS,
and the race w. 50 close that II scetacd "a
tuOalh toe So, must BE- divided between
the seven crows. IhrN were perfect lurs, and
every nelu, rau NHtcheI every wave to take
just tue ug advantage Of IT, swell. Down
iuoy sh g. ,arlN u tire -, AID setting 10,
bows ma toward sh re % tribe, swept ,ver trV
line not ta. rod. .u.rt I'D "A tpu-n.il' race. The
race Wpe won uV halt IT,. II, aud the points
made ia the cont & served for a touic through
out the en,"ihder Of tnc day aud evening.
THE FISH.
E4rly mex morning the men were N TO lft
utt pf III IL
win gill nets. Except "a the spawning - son,
when tueN frequent the sandy shod -. toe Whil"
hsh are iOund ~ deep water, and often on the
very bottom Inc glll net Is nOhun shfped
from three hundred 10 a Thousand feet liu- and
with s.roue floats, tue lower edge with Icad
weighs. L >,nc tne net out irom the stern Of
the moving boat, 1t sinks. The lead nolds the
lower cage u TIE bottom aud the hoas fals'
the upper edge. The net therefore st. nds M
risht at rlgnt angles win the botrom. Just ~ "A
board fence STANDS On meadow Inc nsh
nosing along the bottom thrust their hea In
the mesnes and are held. The average
catch In night l. sixty nsn to one hundred feet
OF net. The wateriul of the net Il a most ls nne
a. thread and 1t tan0les easily. When ~ n
raised. therefore, the net must be taken 10 shore
wound on the or, at sw vel and carefully un-
tangled. TINS Is tedious work.
" hite hsh 10 also caught 10 pounds and In
scines. In tie latter nets theiCatch u some
times SIX thousand at a haul. The best "a cc
| tor this netting is of the sand beaches Of the
Oswego county shore. The hsh sell AZ Cape Nin
cent for four cents a pot hd, although some OF
the fishermen contiactto dispose ui the season. :
I
U, caslOpdily "a sturgeon are t.keu. me latter
bring c dollar al isoe, the others three cents a
! pound. WHITE asn sell in Fulton Market Tor
IRON twenty 10 twenty five cents pound, They
are founo Ia greatest numbers Ia Lake Huron.
and there attain weisht OF twelve pounds. iho
mouth Is small, aud tue hsh Iced on muscles,
shell 1sh, and aquatic plants. TbeY are ex-
| tremely delicate, aud should be eaten as soon
as taken from the wafer.
! AT this same season of the year the lake trout
ON the shoals and are caught In great num-
| beers. 1hey are held iu higher esteem than h
| IL.
! ON srt lines You see said Uncle Prince as
he soNl, rowed the great boat To the shOal
where ms two slalwart sons, Alden and Albert,
were raising their hooks, These trout are wary
spawning beds few tunes the nsh desert the
bed and go oG to another one. So we don't net
EN- much While they are on the SHOALS. When
they take to the deep water we trap 'em fast
enough IN the nets, but here We bait EN-"
The line Vas set 10 the shoal that runs be-
tween stony and Calf Islands. II was a stout
| cord about four hundred feet long, ana To every
three feet WAS fastened short line three feet
long. 10 this was attached hook balted with
small fish. IL was ancnored so thar the bats
would swim a foot above the bottom. The boys
| raised one end OF the line from the water, and
| one OF them slowly pulled the BOAT along colllnP
the cord on The bottom as he drew Il in, The
| nrst hsn. lie had not long TO wait. for six feet
| vi liue had not been ralsed ere the whit sides
OF a mo:stef lake trout we're seen. Desperate
| one SIDE to the other, broke TO the surface and
sent a shower Of spray into the air, but his fight
u
| play with him. The n Was hooked Into his
| shoulder and he was snatched into the boat,
quicker than a outcner could Jerk piece Of
| pork from pork barrel. Then a second aRht
| was begun with second hsh.
THE FARMERs WINTER LUxURIEs.
The average catch on a four hundred foot set
line is fifteen or twenty h.h, whose weight Is
| from ak to eighteen pounds apte e. The trout
are packed in pickle. and are so highly esteemed
| that they rarely find their way III TINS shape 10
the metropolis, being all contr cted for by the
villagers aud farmers near the LIKES. The hsn's
flesh Is very nue, but eaten fresh IL Is no better
than the whi eiph. In October and November
lake trout readily bite the truliini spoonhoOk OF
live m.unoW. and, Notwithstanding the hard
ships, m nv spOftsmen are enthusiastic enough
to seek them. Moreover, IL is "a pastime that
may be varied by very good duck shooting.
Cisco q hing IA likewise Ia It's prime In No
vemher. The cisco IL small, silver sided, and
delicate, aud belongs to the whitensh species
! IL Is more paataule sailed for winter uss thar
cooked flesh. IL IL much sought for 10y the IN
habitauts Of the lake country II IL taken In
| immense numbers, and caIcning IL Is prom able.
the success of Seth Green's experiment ol
raising shad In Lake Ontario Is AN uufaing
topic among these honest men. -Four years agC
several hundred young North river shad wer,
turned loose near where the Gencsee river emp
ties into the lake, and for Iwo years nothing
was heard Of them. Suddenly, however, tnei
turned up down at the end of Lhe lake, nea
Sacketts Harbor, and so miraculously have thel
multiplied that schools Of them, acres In eI