New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-09-09

The bonlto is an exsra9aing fsh. as no VII VII
piow you SD t. sl rspeacy throash ae ek ol will
ont boHorng You with q bite. write feehnEy on t
subject ~ IL was only tbreedays ago tiat party
Of FRIENDS and uyself sailed aud sacd and sae more
tran hour where tie sen was alive Wit noInto an
hungry and were not going to fool around our squids
The bnefsh is NOT at al IL thas way sun MN ny 20
he has to threw IL away Frequeay when yen are s
hauling him in he viii yolnit ny fresny-swalhio%S.ea
bUnkcrs Ia quaurty sufficient to feed nm ier haua
week .u,o.,. ,o.o h,,t 10.
far less attractive to the Ordinary amateur than folhs
for blnefish lt requires Skill and patience anu ttehe
which nsst do not possess The regular nshermen liz
the great mass OF fishermen prefer trolling Ihe pay
furnishes suppoft TO great many men Tn1 Tsseh
aud other denzeps OF the water no small supply OF
port aud sale OF fish is reduced TO sysem az each
one OF bay ports there is dealer and sometimes Two
STv T tSs Hs sa are outright or Snd them 10
Now-Yorx on commission. The railways havc ears
specially adapted 20 the transport ofsh and sometimes
tncy run wnat are knoNn as nsh trans. IDesS ss;ns
about sunset from the eastern terminus OF the road slop
at every station 70 pick up the Day catch, sd reach
HewYork in to have be s III t.e Inornipg mar
ket Where the local dealers buy onfls they are care
sell commission they charge Ons cent pound 20 the
fisherman and pay from t1at all expense for Iee r's
does NOT Raude his money tntil have been re-
ceiged from NewYork willie he Is paid at once Tor I'll
rect sale.
An extensive business Is carried in the capture and
sale of tn harmless, necessary clam Should the clam
take to himself wings and fly away, there would be
mourning in many household Of Patchogue aud Baby
lon Amyville aud Isp, and other villages moro or less
poetic in name Clam-huntng is the foundation work Of
bayman's life; he pureues blueish Spanish mack
erel, sheepshead pOrgies Us venture, but wien he
wants and must have money he hunts for olams. lie
may catch many fish or none; he may make SO daY
by good luck, he may not make cent By an cquAID
bad turn OF fortune. But CLAIMS are a snFo source
st.u Ant hn lon
time be eetng but stout and brave aud to be
had for the searching they the Hope that remains
in the PandOra's box when ali else has flown u Is had
work clam hut il is sure; the expert clammer c"n
make fair wages whenever nc Will SOOps ply between
the various bay ports and New-York; they I'll mp win
CLANS which generally bought Outright az 40 70 ~
cents bushel for small Oncs and 81 10 20 81 per hod
nd for La 10 ones TIE prices vary with tie demand
and supply but 1t is rare indeed that CLAIMS arc less than
81 30 por thousand
Early in 1861 an immense bed OF clans was found In
Long Island Sound causing panic IN the market and
throwing CONSERVATION among the clam hunters OF tie
south shore. Prices FELL, and there was repetition
locally " the hard times which have occasionally come
upon the country rhe day after the firing upoh Fort
Sumter friend OF mine be Of the wonderful calcb oil
buehsh drove down here with lis carriage. The VINO
county was ablaze with enthusiasm and the villages
were bright ags. He passed village after village
and finally came 20 Bay Shore, vhere 60 his Tprse not
a Gag was to be seen. The fishermen were lounGins
about and m front OF the PosOfice quite knot OF
them Fad gathered They Knew ny friend and gfcetca
him rather sueny, ana he at once asaed why they had
no nags out an along the road said he, thu re art
Tors OF them and here is Bay shore without any WHAT
does il mean You ought 90 he more patriotic" They
looked from one another and for minute or two said
nothing Finally one DCider than the lest growcd oct
"FIags eh4 aud clans COVE q a dollar thoIsandl
guess not"
CLANS do net bite lie bnefsh ri the trolinghook
neither are they n he taken by SIN dsning rake Is
rsad or il may be pair of tones with tong handles and
II Is curious fact that the fishermen ga the western part
OF the bay rake, while thos o. the e'at end en-
poy the TONGA The destructive drcdge OF nc stund
has not been introduced here, ana trust II may never
be- Ga ms have decreased in quantity or qn1!ity
notw 3stauding the great number annually taken; hut
as 10 the nny Inhabitants Of the bay, TIM case Is nher
eDt In the past 90 years the quantity of food fishes
rs greatly fae of in consequence of he shor sighted
recte.sness o, to asher hen, who take them IN stos
psuDdnets and other Wholesale Destroyer hos OF the
s, fab enter the bay ough what If known as Wing
Inlet "a Of brf1, Fire Island lrist ana he the
fishermen GO ana uTaw seines at every tide. have
counted % boats lying tlc-e, waiting for their Ths To
draw s5aes; M among them tney niSnaEo % Sop iie
greater part OF the fish small ard great, y0ung sh@
old. all taken; sud tho3c t1at are too mail Tor inc
parSet are se1 Tor bait Tao Destruction on, anh
IL ilpc ssble make the fishermen unaersand at
thGy arc running .nelr Owr bus ness 1h'y tro ubtt-
m ned 70 ea'sl all they can regardless ~ thochss-
qhances Lows have been passcd 10 reaiIah uehi ous
WI J.
~, Irst OF Ties IawB wac passed 10 II years sago
IT, prevent the Of across Fire land Inlet Inc
fahO men presented petlucn against us InsSaSe put
without avail HAen V became law tIey ORGANIZED
protective association, iuc each ncDef oonnputeu -
is vePL to form fund tcr the deteLs o. ANY orc ~
ther number who mi got he arrested Ihey mado threar
OF vengeance against d1ybOGy who -Cscd ten arrest
and arIcd dtte!s with such L.gh had % a. fflsttch
ne rty everyone w'O hai any property. b1mnls, w"
nropri o. surf HOt1l lire Island had Dce acVe
Ia securing the UdiOs enactment vach rendered every
Oag liable to line Oh 500, half OF which 10 go
70 rh ~ OI1ner and liIi to tire county POOR Que dy
Sannfs was landing his dock when nshing-oott
elilcd by not 80 yards awa,. One OF tho men IL hcf
rsdteU ont Bey sammisl Dave samnis-heyli This
Is nv bJat the Slunish kacsrel OF PcnOgEe; You can
SEQ her name on the stem We're gong over To TIE Ict
10 draw seine; You pake $500 d informing ON uh
ana sGmu night your hotel viii maze . big BONFIRE
samnls dId not thiuk IL well 10 ave Information, ana
though tie law has than years m exstehce,
there have been very few ;Grrcst1, id. ave Dah
correctly Informed. convictions. kce1ty therc hiis
been fresh outrage by some ~ n VINO GREW seine I've
0s aud ruling the Seasons harvest 1hey pit'ted TIE
market so iDa The price fell from 70 10 cents yonhd
Thls they reaped but little profit While ey spoiled lhe
glsc psbeSf fshpg for anybody elsc. They were or
South side Sportsnen's Club arranging to have the
law enforced tls Winter anf that aI vClators WIZ nc
nj orously prosecuted VI 4 be- foped tat SUCH y tbe
cse or betnr st that the fishermen VIII have gieam
Of lfaht through their biaDs which VIII nWC them
understand TO what extent they I'll nnG Ia IT OVID
business In the fishing ports of Europe every man -
interested IA enforcing the law for the preservation OF
Ash aud any VIII violates IL ls sire OF pc rcscnt-
nl.nt of his comrades. Why should rot be 20 n tDs
cOuntry and why e'Orld not tie baJ along ms COST
receive the same attel on which Is DesOHed u on The
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BAIE ST. PAUL's INHABITANTS
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