Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-08-23

POSSESS the prettiest faces it is permitted
cat to have, marked contrast to the
homely and nonotonous faces OF their
masters. There are number OF fishermen
at Asnelles. which little town Is some DIS
lance from the beach, and they tlsh during
the summer months along the coast Tor in
ferior fish and Holsters, but during the
winter they repair to the northern seas
q | harbor at Treport
THE SMALL BARKs
Used here are generally owned by one fish
erman. who unites with two Others, and
the profits of the excursion are divided
into four parts-one for the boat making
two parts for the owner. They are always
seen by threes, never separately, and form
an undivided trinity. They all earn good
deal of money, for they Immediately dis
pose of their fish to the two hotels of
Asneiles The fish is of an inferior quality,
with the exception of fish resembling
the sole, and called Normand sole,
but the Holsters are very fine. A
few shrimps only, and those very small,
are to be found in the neighborhood. A
little, old, lame man for years has
monopolized this branch of the fishing
trade at Asnelles, and no one has ever
deemed it sufficiently lucrative to dispute
bis ground At each low tide his form
may be discerned against the sky, his
great basket on his back as he pushes his
net before him and limps at each step.
He is very old. having reached the age of
S4 in fact, they all 1--we to good old age
in this country. a number of men and
women are to be seen of 80 years old as
brisk and strong as those of half the age in
another country. They do not seem to
grow old, but are born old, for the children
even possess nothing that is fresh or
young and seem to have photographed on
their faces the years of the future. The
little town is principally inhabited by the
fishermen, with no other industry aside
from the bakery and the cultivation of
few fields. The baker even seems
MYSTERIOUS CREATURE,
Out of his element he has nothing in his
appearance which suggests the least atm
ity or relation to the people around him
his face, unburnt by the wind and sun as
the others, is very pale and exceedingly in
tellectual heavy mass of hair crowns his
high forehead, and his long dark beard
falling upon his breast gives him the air OF
a prophet 1t is impossible to imagine him
always baking bread and cakes, and it
seems natural that he should be some sa-
vant-a chemist who passes his nights in
perfecting some invention which is to make
him famous and rich, or condemn him to
committing suicide by baking himself alive
in his oven. Unmindful of the situation
of the little town, the rich have built along
the beach numerous houses, large, spacious
and elegant They all have their gardens,
where beautiful and delicate flowers
spring up in defiance of the cold
sea breeze; in fact flowers are to
be seen everywhere, as though having
received dispensation from the elemente,
and the flowers and vines which border the
fishermen's houses give an air of gayety aid
comfort to them. There is no butcher
shop in Asnelles, for the inhabitants do not
eat meat but nearer the beach, in the
neighborhood Of the hotels and rich houses,
are to be found butcher with his butcher
boy and the vegetable merchant whose
pretty, regular garden is pleasing to see
he carries his vegetables each day to the
different houses where he readily disposes
OF them, ana IN spite VI Ills on VI ~ cons
they all seem to be stationary at that age)
he does a thriving business. Very little
grain is to be seen IN the neighboring fields,
which has given way to the COLA, not an
unimportant production OF the country.
The COLA is dry looking stalk as tall as a
man, which produces pods resembling peas
in which are myriads of
LITTLE BLACK GRAINS
Agreeable in taste, and containing small
portion of opium. The COLA, when pre-
pared, forms delightful table oil, superior
to all others, except the olive, and pre-
ferred even to that by great number of
people. The harvest of the COLA is as i'm
portant as that of the wheat, and the men
and women cone for miles around with
large frames of white cloth and faying
sticks with which to thrash it. The COLA
once cut and spread upon the ground, the
people begin their work and thrash and
strike until the little grains have left their
pads, when they are gathered together and
the pads with the stalks left on theground.
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