The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-08-05

,ooE,no after their children, find not little
~ society happiness. Ny window looks
out upon the ocean towards the main 'anu,
and right In front OF the piazza Is a lakelet,
shaned somewhat like a heart, upon whicn
the children spend most OF their hours. III
Il perhsps 200 wards long and nearly rs
wide. On either aide are bath and boat.
hvuscs. and upon one side - soIt
az canvas pavilion. The lskelet IS
full OF boats-beautiful little SKINS
and sall.boats, which are for the cbii-
dren. A good.tempered, strong, atnielle
man spends his time on this lakelet, Walcn'
ing the little folks, and ready TO render
manly aid II necessary. The tlde comes lnto
II. OF course, and The average mother VIII De
horrined TO know that 1t rises on tnese
shores more than eight feet; but the ocean
pillows are broken by the great rock ualii
which artifce has made, and so the race vi
the waters are ever smooth. III Is mere tnus
MANY boy has learned to swim, mas puHeu
his first oar, and "trimmed MS nrs' saeet,
Il Is here that many young lady mas uiaue
herself accomplished III rowing anu II -
here that the little ones battle ana pauule
and have fun TO their hearts content l
Lave snent many pleasant hours watching
Thorn. They are given, In fact, full liberty
Of the grounds and place generally, and
their comfort and their pleasure IS regardeu
almost before anything else.
THE PRINCE OF WHALES.
The Laighton brothers, who own this
island, have the honor OF having captured
the Prince OF Whales. Now, Pm not going
to tell any fish story that can't be believed
but only mention one OF the items OF inter-
est found in the history OF this place. some
years ago, not more than three, perhaps,
these gentlemen captured a whale on the
island and at last tOwed him safely 10 the
shore. The valuable parts were utlllzed,
and then Mr.. Laighton went TO Boston ana
learned the mOduS Operdndt OF cleansing
the bones. He came back home, prepared
the monster carcass for preservation, ana
after arranging every bone careiuliy put
them together Just as they had Deen IN Ia,
ture, erected shed with iron pillars, and
swung the skeleton underneath with iron
rods, hooks, and chains. To-day he Is one
OF the curiosilies OF the place, and can
step out on my back porch and see the rem
nants OF his majesty under the shed, about
seventy feet long, and in front of the shed,
painted in spicuous letters, one may
| read his title, "The Prince OF Whales"
RAILROAD NOTES.
Barring the New York brokers, the rail-
road men I'm this latitude are the busiest
neonle I have ever seen. But they have TO
| he. I missed our connecting train at New
York for Boston, and sat two hours or
more in the Grand Central derOl waiting
| for the right train for Boston. -Four or hVe
trains went out for various points while
was there, and suppose each one carrlec
several hundred passengers. When we
| had travelled forty or nifty miles bad
chance at the conductor, and asked him,
How many trains were run every
dav nm the Shore line? don't re.
member said he; but taking out MS
tmp.book he counted fort y-eigbt passenger
trains. "Never mind the freight trains
said |. There were ten coaches on that
train and they were all nearly full. But this
was not as surprising as what followed the
next day when | was on my way on the
| Eastern road to Portsmouth, where | spent
the night. 1t was there we took the steamer
| for the Isles of Shoals. j asked the con-
ductor the same question about the traYei'
| lers. "Let me see," said he, and pulling
out his book, he replied, " Here are ninety
| four or fOriy-seven passenger trains eacn
| wav: but this does not include extras and
excursion trans; these are all regulars "
There were eight coaches on that train, and
thev were all full. Our roads could all de-
clare semi-annual dividends II old Virginia
lines could do rs well. just think OF that
travel.
EASTERN BELLIES.
Is there man in this country who does
not like TO look at the girls: | "gueSs
not" as they say down East. Well, | have
been looking at them ever since / left home,
irving to find the pretty ones, the nice
looking enes, the dashing, graceful, spark
| ling beauties whom | have been 40 often
| told one could see in Boston and at the
| fashionable resorts In the North and East /;
and | have seen many OF them. | have
seen. 100, scores Of handsOmely-dressed
ladies: but nearly all "bang" their
hair. and are so "peert." az friend would
saw. | never saw as many ladies in my life
as | have seen since | left Washington.
The streets OF New York and Boston,
near the dry goods stores, and the resorts
near Portsmouth,, fairly swarm with them.
They went ia and out OF the dep0is and ho-
tells and cars carrying bags and salchels and
bundles. and seemed TO be as independent
As wood.saWyers' clerks | looked upon
All this With was about 10 say surprise
something akin to sorrow. Can 1t be, ask
ed. that the women OF America are growing
lindependent OF and find unnecessary those
attentions from the sterner sex which We
have been taught from childhood to show
themf We do almost everything iD life by
comparisOns, and could but feel Glad thai
I knew some, at least, OF the girls in this
country who shrank from such modern
usapes. | could but remember that | hat
seen somewhere type Of woman-an(
she was no other than the Virginia girl
that modest, gentle being whose name is a!
dear as it is pure; whose chastity, as SOM
one has said, is to her rs honor TO the gen
tIeman, as courage to the soldier. But thi
. depression is not intended as a reflection
mon the splendid women OF New England
but ONLY mentioned because we have not IL
, our land become accustomed as yet to al
the customs OF this epoch, and it therefor
/ struck me as being little odd.
/ FISHING.
! Fishing here may be said to be done b.
= main strength and -particu
t Iarly the former. There is much sport t
: he found here, but 1t taxes weak man
] frame not little. The lines for Ordinar
| fshlng-for cod, haddock, pollock, etc.
g etc are about the size OF a window
!. shade cord, and the hooks are larger an
n beayie than those used in Virginia water
S for drum or sheepsbead. The siDker weigh
IS about a pound and three quarters. Th
s. hook is knit on to the line about four fec
h below the sinker, and use Butter fish a.
= cut bait, putting on large pieces, the ba
p being often half as large as ones fist. Yo
y throw your line over board, the FISHING
II ground being in about thirty to fOrty.fe(
E. water, and down goes the sinker with
great mass OF cut mackere and "mal