Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-05-14

sire, their lands beruo 10 SHOW exhaustion. in
fact, il has been The pifc c1 Ct il.mcf5 bjia:r'
log 90 the Ailibt:c rlteis % use the sn2tr
fry aud less edible iish IA. rtqnaIt cur shores
for manure, along With "nn;s" AID sea ores. -
These used to be caught w!!h selncs or picked
I'D along shore ct low Tide. IN N@w E1glana
and on Long Island Quad the fish chiefly used
nrc tho "meuiadcu," or "moss tUukeI;' tlom
New Jersey southwark tie king crab, Linn
illus Poyphenu:; 10 tte Chesapeake bay and
elsewhere the distinctive fish c3pturcd tJr en-.
rctiug the soil is the alaw!r, Wish he Nova
Sco,iars call "eoepertau," AID sill TO ~.
smoked, unftr the title ct 'Sco,ch hcrtIn=.
The aewiie indeed belongs 10 The gsuus a!osa,
or herring, while The lneDhaicn Is ciasscd
amogst The small Try ShGG1. Ol The Elsttr1
Shore of Maryland ard Firgibis these fish,
when caught in the spring, used f5rnclIy to be
simply fJlkod into the opca fur!oF behind The
ploW and covered with i've Il six luohcs OF soil
at the next roucd. She smcll was SOMETIMES
offensive. but the crjp !ctu:us were v:ry profit
able. OF late years. snco The supplies OF guaco
have baeI lic,iIcd and the prices high, thtre
has been 40 cRtira rcnOdciiog Of the fish ma
cure industry, aud it has altaiucd large pro
portions. Fish luaoo' has erosn to b, 20
important article Of commerce, an1 ;s maui
featured 10 considerable quantities at many
points, and particularly ia CONNECTICUT, NcB
York aud New Jcrscy. 10 the latter State the
mcnhedcn aud alewives are trimmed, b0ned
and put up 10 oil SO imitation sarGiGcs, tue 70.
fuse bepg ground up, Gesiceated aud sold ior
fan guano 10 Ccnnccicu: the fish TT, Ir,s3'
ed 10 order to extract tho Gil irjm them, and
the dry paris are ground and sold for guaco.
This latter process is now belug largely lnlat-
ed 10 the lower Chesapeake, whore the aeHl7es
can be caught 10 enOrmous Quantities. StVi'
raj fish factories have beco started down the
bay, principally 10 Virginia, aud the produces
of tbs Industry are Increasing VerJ rapidly
The first fish factory. as NC learn from the May
number of the Maryland Farmer, vas started
about 1869. 10 which year there were Jour Yes
sells aud twenty enc men employed 10 the 10
dasry, tho products being 22O barrels or oil
aud 800 tous of ouauo. 10 1878 the1a we're
rpturDs of pesrly 500 men employed in the catch
aud 10 the fsc:orles. The catch aggregated
lis. COO COO fish, and the products were 254,
les gaIIona of oil and 10 1872 tons Of sna00,-
The FISH euano is worth from $40 10 $40 per
too in bulk and, when properly oonposteed,
makes very valuable fertilizer, especially for
truck patches and market gardens.
A Pr. ELEM. The toiloaioc pIobsn il now
pu2z!ing Tho heads Of the employees 10 the
Capital at Washington datiag thsr leisure
hours and has also excited sunc ioterest hare.
The State Of Maine ut Que time, committed the
sale Of intoxicating liquors in Various ltcalI'ies
TO agents Of its owo. Oae Of tt,s., npoo his
appointment. was given $50 Il IN cash, and
stock worth s5I.5l. He purchased du,log the
Year $599l worth CT stock ard rcccl7ed as
salary S25 4 the end Of the year he iourd
that be had sold Sl02 O. worth of Eluor and
bad stock on baud 10 the amoIot OF $3l. 81
He desired 10 settle with The Stale, but could
not iS lho amount due, which caused the matter
TO be referred TO the Courts. The point puz
zipg the brains Of the mathenstioIars is, hoH
much did be owe the State?