Daily Republican., 1879-11-19
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Special correspondence Of tho Rspublicsn.
CAPE MAY, N. j., Nov. 16, 1879.
The Indian Summer here Is very
mild and beautiful. Two gentlemen
were bathing In the surf to-day and
appeared to enjoy and find the water
pleasant. We saw them emerge with
the appearance Of chilliness. Seine
fishing goes on constantly and the men
generally get wet to the waist with nc
III effects. On Tuesday City Council
man Victor Dsnizot was tossed from q
skif into the breakers by its upsetting
while fishing with brother city officials
and ex.City Treasurer Eldridge John
son, in q rongh sea in front Of the hotels
Another Of the party tried 1t after him
and was upset also. They were pull.
ing off ssaward with the seine piled on
their boat, and suffered no injury be.
yond sOuse In the ocean, a short swim
ashore aud the merriment Of cOmpan
ions.
Though amateurs they are expert
enough, but the surf was too high.
They persisted in making several haul
Notwithstanding the upftness o: tn.
sea, and caught quite lot.
Three large whales passed tue hotel.
Thursday, close in, going east slowly,
spouting single Jets about twenty feel
in the air, probably Of the speru
species, as common whales throw two
Jets. Many persons saw them and
they were in sight quite long distance
Fishing is excellent, and very large
numbers Of rock are taken on the shore
OF the bay and ocean and in the sands
They are sold at our doors at 7 cents
per pound or shipped to Philadelphia
where they command no more, being
80 plentiful. The Crew OF Life Station
80, ON Poverty Beach, caught 100 pounds
in few hours recently, and No. Al
caught 400 pounds, weighing from
to IL pounds each.
Many very fine white perch weighing
from to Il pounds are taken with
them. Previous to the rock fish ap
pearing large numbers Of strange fish
called sun or silver fish, were caught,
ok to eight inches long aud Of excel
lent flavor, a Wilmington lady here as
serting they were the only fish tasted
Ly her here that esualled those a
home.
They were not the pretty blue, blacl
and gold fish Of your vicinity, but with
bright silvsry sides, and almost stran
gers even here. They only stayed
about ten days and disappeared. The
Life crew at Sea Grove caught lots o
them and threw them away, calling
them "pig fish," They do not appsa'
every autumn:
Mr.. Maskel Ware, who spent five year
in your city engaged at the Harlan 1
Hollingsworth works, now a builde
and contractor here, has small gill
net about fifty yards long (large seine
and gill nets are sometimes mile an
a quarter long on the Albsmarle an
Psmlico Sounds Of North Carolina
which he and brother contractor Mr.
D. C. Eldridge, gentlemen we'll known
in Wilmington the former an uucl
and the latter business partner OF tn
Hon. James Ware your Rep. in the Della
ware Legislature were rowing of to
gether beyond the surf and dropping
from their boat to drift with the It'd
and entangle the silver fish while they
we're here. They caught quite whee
barrow full in few hours one after
noon and bestowed them literally up
on US and other neighbors, gratis. Tn
sea was calm and surf light and Will
drifting a huge shark got fast in thei
net and tloun ed, bit, leaped and fusset
terribly tearing great rents in it, finally
escaping, but giving the occupants Of tn
boat quite a scare as they were yer.
near the part he got fest in.
They estimated his length at ten feet
bat they were SO busy getting out Of hi
immediate presence that they may hav
missed foot or two either way. W
saw the net when they came ashore
and he had rent it sadly. This oftel
happens, and they carry needles an,
twine to repair damages. After float
ing little while In the sea, the gill ne
is examined and the fish are found fas
by the gills, wbencs ITS name, being
caught as they attempt to swim through
Having light lead sjnxers at the bot
tom rope, the coIks float at the top
and it drifts Ikea wall beneath th'
surface, catching fish not too small o.
too large to thrust their heads through
the msshes. THIS net is anchored OF
our beach every low tide now, with
heavy stones, when the sea is far dowr
the strand, and the bigh tide comes in
and covers it, floating like wall where
the water is then six feet deep, and
when the tide recsdes again, the net IL
visited, and the fine rock aud perch
are almost always found ensnared
keeping the owners tables bountifully
SUPPLIED with delicious fresh fish.
Cunning is excellent, quail, wood
Geek and English snipe being very
abundant indeed, this season, but more
SO between Cape May and Dsnnisville,
IL miles above US, than just about
here. Deer are also to be found about
there and TuckahG, and all are in
season now. II any Of your sportsmeu
wish to shoot here they will find plenty
Of game at Dennisville, and guides are
numerous there whose services can be
had at $3.50 per day, and an excellent
hotel, the Gs,zmsr HOUSE, by Mr.
Maokey Williams, is a splendid place
for q hungry hunter, as the table is
Justly famed for the abundance and
skill in preparation Of its deliveries. A
fresh pond near there is visited by
large iiocks Of wood duck and teal, the
latter at present abounding and the
other more numsrously in October
though still feeding there. Mr.. A.
| ~ q. 49,. Informant on uv1onf