The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-12-03
ONE DESERTED VILLAGE.
A SEAPORT From WHIGH am LIFE
mas DEPARTED.
sna lilo rbor ms u Was nnd IA-Once che
Haven Tor seventh Whaling ships, Now n
Iiarb0r Tor None Old and NJ Odern Times.

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""S iidToo'' "c"r iIohE is,Anu euSto'h
extremity - about ninety miles from Now
YORK. ohe would not dcduoe irom itS appear
"hco that thirty years ago IL was iull oi ousue
ana hotNity' Iheh IL sent ouI hect oil seventy
wbaleships' To-day thcre Is not ono. where
once st""u acres "i "hafVes' uSheS' oil-sheus anu
cooper shops rafting with the din OF busy ham
,,.r. ,her. IL so.n NOW hnt ,,,ve ,vaahod
" 80 "
nea'hc" ooNeieh WIN salu' pehnIcs anu sea
weed. In tho summer time, while the fleet was
roatttn, ,l,n main .treat .hnunded I'm s,iIora
'"N' WV ''" 'Oo ~ " ''
American, Portuguese ana hanaka. The For
tugueso boarding house was one of tho features
80, M y, -, -. -
vi 'ie 'p"h INC uo'u"huah.S VI soNe'a VI '"iS
nationality still live here. They sailed princi-
pally from the Fayal or Western Islands. Tho
1T, s,.,, -. -. H. 49,, IL, T..
gentle odhiWlch lSidhdcr came IN the SHIPS III
the spring and sailed away again in the fall.
Lnr hin, A., re,,,i, t,,riu, tho Markham ,,vintar
,. '',' .''''',,' '..',,.
was I" u'e VI consumption
There was n great deal of life and business
d,,,ing tho .,,,r,u,r u,nn,hs IN that main s,roct
''' '"'''''O' '"'".'' ~ nav "'''' o., 'o''
They drank more rum then than now. Rum
was three cent. a plnss TO sneak Of ones
su,oitn,, a ,broo ,,, o,,,,r ,,.,s A., I,,st,.,,,,
','''"''N ''','' '''' '.t"' ""e III '''S'"""'''"
OF eXtrdNagant habits. When twelve cents
glas. was demanded for the best brandy people
,t,,l, ,h, t,t,h,,, ,,,.,.h ~ ox-i,t,,r, ,,.,,o,
."'"s"' ''e 'i'E"os' no''h VI eN"'"''""' l','os
had been reached. There was great deal OF
49,, h., -, -, 49,, -,
i''NeN pusg'e'' fo'teh harness. anu pehlhu
horses In the sore aud yellow leaf IL was sell
dom, -, turnn,,, rsturnrd 1, ana or other of III.
- =, =,
WV 'N''y s''"''S VI ''c p'"oe '""' was no' 'ne'
with bill for damages. These profits from
rotten harness coward tho exrnnse of kcenin,
~, =. -., - 49,, ' '''i7
His business ON shore was TO get rid of his
money rs soon rs possible.
and shelter Island .urplirI "A large uropnrti1n OF
the whaling captains, mates and oai-sieerers.
The crew forward was made up prinrintliy OF
~" fnrri-ier' nroyi,,n.iv n,n'f l,,nrI ,,viiG n
aprinkling of negroes and Indians The shin
necock tribe near southampton supplied many
tall .inewy, wcll-proportionod hnys. who some
times attained thr rank Of boat stenrcr. The
American born Long Island boys seldom re-
manned In the fprecaAtle more than one VOYAGE.
or negroes there arc many i'm proportion to tho
white population. These were the descendants
The whaling business Of Sae Ilnrbor origin,ted
with the Iinftlns family. Thr.c wore Of thn olj
i'm l'iO or tNrrcubout4. Tbcv were m active
race ,.i,. IA, f-,,'i,lfn., 4, -, H.. I'm
Ioacli and fast HORSES A last old al uunt-
Ing a. he, wi.- tr.,litinn,llv kunVn on The "n.t
nni ~ ,r,, liza 20 '',,,-'fi H., ~ III
Liant rh,.s ,vera nh-.nt ei.it ,,,,,',i H.. ,,r .
Year The Abigail wa. on ono ,f the., yo,',oes
,,Lr, H.. - n i4t5 a., a. t.t..,,t y, r,',.i-L
tlr"t Iaid In Gnrdirrr' ~ icLaiii,,,,t ~
Snnud and ~ rnuts,. "a. ~ ,,,,,r 'rI,. khi,,aI
trrn ain, O. GAM. "a i.,ht ,f 49,,
whrrs t1e C"i'nl IiV.I IL rr',',,'i,.I h o"'
f1r,ini nor nri c,,~i,,i i,cr fi ~ W.. W.
Nhaie I'll H., r.a-,, ~ a.. sn,br, - I'm
ver, "carre The Abilal'a rnr." soii NJ a ,nrY
ays ",j,",,cd rr, maui what III '"oee
From ts,ss IN lSts ,,,.,, ia aush ,t,,os 80 sa,,
uarinr ,rI|,ii1, ~ i a"v n"sn .,,eS VI sag
turv Tho Niiia'ya w. nrn.rcr,,,s E,rrtt,,,.i,,
lived well and laid M n,nicv. lusinr-!S fsir
urcs. vagraut.. tramps. and ia eStr,n, fnrrns
~ r,,,',rty ,,'.,., ,,lii,,',,',, NJ IL Ht
vcr. n,s,,ed l,' ."i',r,,,i'i mi ~, ii
rnhr,reJ evcrv a' gn,ii m ,i Ii,,es
s.,. III Nv, ~ ". ' -, s."sh III
por cent dividends were moi uiI,"mn"n ,rhcrc