The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-09-30
"A Ftshermlan's "TulI Yarn"

Sixty miles from Brooklyn, on Long ISL
and there is small village well known rs
favortc resort for fishermen It's natives
all own boats, and are celebrated for their
SEEIl Ea wyiii With tnH nSI h29k and line. Last week
of lis expansive bay gazing in admiration
upon large fleet of fishing -hoats, which
were anchored thereon. While thus en-
gagged we were joined by a low sized wealth
cr-bcaten son of the sea. lie approached
us slowly, raised his battered straw hat, and
said:
'Just arrived, gcn'lmcn2 Reckon you've
come down to take a hack at the blue fish,"
"That is our intention," we said. "IIayc
you a boat fit for the purposo2"
"Wall. you're right, gcnl'mcn. Do you
sec that sloop yondcr2" and the old man
extended n stump of n forctlngcr in the di-
rectlon Of cranly-loolIing, small sized
boat lying Mt anchor all alone, rs If she did
not deem herself fit company for her more
modern looking sisters. She was painted
a dirty yellow, with faded blue streak
above the water line, and she possessed a
decidedly unprcpossrssing appearance. This
was suggested to the old man in manner
which was not calculated to hurt his feel
ings. :
"I'll allow she amt much on style"
snid he, "md if yer want boat with vel
vet cushions, where yer kin lay with yer
head In yer gals lap and munich candy
while she reads po'try to yer, she amt the
craft for yer but if yer wants solid craft
that amt afccrd of wind or water to do yer
fishing in, there's your boat and Pm tho
man kin sail her"
There was something in the force of his
| argument that led liz to place confidence in
him, and in two minutes satisfactory bar
gain was made. We trudgcd back to the
hotel, at which, under tho inspiration of
sundry pOtations, tho old man grew conf
Dental and voluble.
"Gcnl'men," said he, "whcn you've
hccrd what Pm agong to tell yer you'll al
| low there aln't no better boat in the bay
than the Sary Matildcr. | calls her Sary
Matildcr after the youngest gal Of Scuddcc
Conkling, who owns that big house down
on the Pint, l git m odd job now and
then during the winter down to the Pint
and named the boat out of-of-"
''Gratitude," was suggested
"That's the word, gcr'l'mcn. Well, as
was saying, a few summers ago there was
couple Of young student chaps came down
from York, and they hired me for week
to take 'cm ffshin' and sailin'. Well, the
fust day we kctchcd sixty-hvc bluc-fislh and
Spanish mackorcl, and when we got home
sir, them fcllcrs' hands, as WASH fused to
hard work, was all cut and 5sstcrcd. |
doctorcd 'em with sweet ilo and flour, but
they took long time to heal, and they
wore gloves on 'em while they was hero.
OF course, this put an end to their tishin' !;
but they were gcn'pmen, and they stuck to
their bargain, and took out their week in
sailin' over the bay. They was very fond
of sailin' along the beach and gathcrin'
shells and gull's eggs and beach plums and
sca-weeds, and all that kind of trash"
"Well, don't think it'll hurt mo-" he
said, in answer to IN interruption, and lo
poured out q half tumblcr of Medford rnm.
"Wcll, we was a-saiIin' along one after
noon, huggin' the shore pretty close, when
[ hccrd tremendous scrcechin and futtcr-
in of wings, and I looks up, and there
over tho Pint was morc'n q million gulls
actin like they was crazy"
"What's that9" says my passengers. ;,
80 'Gulls a-fccdin', sez |. 'Mayhap a
school of bunker or some dead sharks Is
a. comm through the inlet and the creatures
Is a-fccdin' on 'em. Iowsomcvcr, we'll
run down and scc.' With that shook tho
reefs out'n tho mansl, and away she flew.
Gcn'l'men, when got beyond TINT pint
sec sight what ri never SEQ ag'in. Right
in the middle of the channel the waves was
arbilin' four feet high, and they was alive
with fish; blue-fsh, gcn'l'mon, and wllop-
pers at that. On both sides OF the channel
tile water was as quiet as tho Ticker In that
bottle. i Now, boys, there ain't no ,spryer
J old man ID Suffolk County, III dc say II