The semi-weekly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1879-1882, 1881-08-15
A Wees's Erperlence a. the
SeGsh0re.

Your writer left Mount Holly in
company with 4 friend, on Saturday,
July 28d, for West Greek, which we
reached about 9 O'Clock, after an
hours delay at Barnegat. Sunday
evening We attended the d. E.
Church and heard an interesting dis
course. The church numbers about
100 members. There is also q Bap.
tist Church in the town. Neither
church has bell, and the school
house bell is rung for services in the
M. II. Church. Both buildings are
very neat and comfortable. The
Post-ofice is run as follows: The
Postmaster on the arrival Of the mail
calls of the name on each letter and
tho person (if presently who it is in
tended for answers to the name How
would this suit Postmaster Laumaster?
The favorite place to gather in the
evening and discuss the news Of the
day, is Kelley's segar store, where
the savants are in their glory. Mon.
day we went fishing and sailing but
met with poor success with the fnny
tribe. We visited Beach Haven aud
had . fine bath. We then went after
crabs for bait for Tuesdays fishing,
the crabs are very scarce, there is a
great demand for them as they are a
favorite item Of food for the fish.
The severe winter almost killed them
of and we were compelled to travel
through the salt meadows, where in
the small salt pools, they are found
under the edge Of the bank, where
they would hide, which was probably
the means Of keeping them alive dur
ing the winter. A curved clam hook
was used to dig them out with and it
required considerable dexterity. On
Tuesday went sailing and fishing
again, but with better luck, as we
caught between one and two hundred
fish including young shark, 10 q
very short time. We visited Beach
Haven again and took another bath,
the surf was splendid but so cold
that we did not tarry long. We then
started inifor the fish factory at Egg
Harbor inlet, under the guidance Of
Capt. Clarence A. Seaman, an able
and very obliging young man whose
yacht and himself we would recon-
mend to all in pursuit Of pleasure as
being one Of the most careful Captains
on the bay.
The iish factory is where they
make oil and fertilizers out Of moss
bunkers, very bony and plentiful fish
in those regions. Large scheoners 90
after the fish for this express purpose.
The factory is curiosity being two
stories high, with . track running,
some distance into the water on VII;
a car capable Of holding 1000 ish d.
run down aad drawn up by horse
power. The fish ara dumped ia q
large pen with sliding doors contain
ing strip iron baskets. The baskets
are then lowered by derricks into
watts of boiling water; then left until
soitened enough to be pressed; they
are then put in powerful press the
oil exudiug being carried in troughs
to TIE ground floor into large boxes
and again drawn of into vats where
IL is kept for certain time, then
barrelled and shippede The remainder
of the f,h is spread out to dry and
fiaally used as fertilizer and also
after this process there is considerable
ammonia arises from the pressed fish.
After this inspection we started for
the inlet through which we sailed to
the sea, where We we're subjected to
the gentle swelis of the sad sea waves
OwiDglto this motion We were unable
to preserve our usual equanimity.-
Returning we visited the extreme