Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-08-23

Innracticable as they are, and far
from agreeable to deal with In their
aggressive Independence, these North
nm brian fishermen are emInently re-
spectable. We do not imagine tfat
teetOtalisf1 has kept pace with dissent.
Yet thew seem temperate In the sense
of the O'Gorman's definition, in one OF
his recent parliamentary Oratlons, IN
asmucb. as they rarely take more liquor
aboard than they can carry away with
out Inconvenience. Our windows com
mapded the access to the tap room or
one of the inns and if the landlord
depended on his bar custom for hls
livelihood, he must have beenln very
bad way. No doubt they lay In pro-
vision of spirits among their sea-store
when they put out for nights nshing'
and small blame to them, considering
the work and the exposure. But the
well-fed appearance Of their COMFORT
ably clothed families, with the snug
furnishing of their cottage interiors,
forbids the notion of their being given
TO dissipatiOn either at home or abroad.
Yet their life is beset with unusual
temptations. Ii is an alienation OF
seasons of dangerous exposure WIN
prolonged periods of tantallZIng lnac-
Iivity. They do not look the stamp or
fellows to shrink from danger; but
with a certain swell on, even when the
weather is comparatively calm. they
never think of putting TO sea. Then at
RedburnmOuth none OF the hshlng
boats can be kept in the estuary ot the
little river, because thestripot tumoilng
water on the bar is more or les awk
ward at all times. The boats are
drawn up high and dry on The open
beach, To be run down ON wheels for
the launch when the state OF the wea-
Their admits of it; while the neighoor-
ing village of EmblehOe Is fenced IN by
Ibe outlying strata of hat rocks That
show their Shiny surface OF olackeneu
sea-weed as soon as the tide Is half
way between flow and ebt, and which
are intersected by iabyIln;hs OF
crooked channels. only one OF which Is
uavigable at all times. Thus the hsh-
ing becomes very much OF a lottery'
and is less profitable than formerly,
although we believe that, oneyear with
another, the returns are fairly good.
The boats are owned in shares, the
crews being occasionally made up by
an extra hand or two, who are paid by
percentage on the catch. w hen
shoals of fish are off the coast, single
lucky night will sometimes yield sum
almost incredIble-E30 or even t4O. as
we have been assured. Though our
personal experience of Redburnmouth
| tish is SO unfavOrable, there is regular
demand for it in the midland towns.
Each little village has established It's
telegraph wire, and the bargains are
arran ged as the boats come in. On the
other hand, many of the venturee are
almost blank, to say nothing OF those
| days or weeks ON end when the men
must kick their heels on shore, curslng
| the weather or praying for u change.
| Ii this enforced iJleness comes.hard on
men who have as little objection TO
work as its wages, Yet, thanks To their
constitutional stolidity, they succeed
in carrying themselves as If they were
subliInely Indifferent. At Redburn-
mouth they have their regular prom
enade on a little bluff Overhanging ;he
harbOr, where by turns and watches,
under short half dozen yards of shell
tering wall, they smoke their pipes on
quarter deck walk that seems regu-
lated upon the dimensions of their tiny
fishing craft. Not that, taking it all in
all, they have cause TO complain of
want of excitement. Unless the wea-
ther is absolutely settled, they never
put out without risking their lives more
or less. and putting their property in
appreciable jeopardy. For should a
gale spring up OFF the land. there is no
getting back to their villages. They
may have to cut from their nets and
run down before the wind like Grip
pied sea fowl, for there are no harbors
easily accessible nearer than the shell
ter of the Firth of Forth.-BldckrOod s
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