The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1881-04-09
TIE OYSTER !


vor Of the oyster, the biSalse whose
food tickles the palate and adds much
Of solid comfort TO the eonyivial en-
tertainmenfs Of life. We know of
nothing which more forcibly shows
the high esteem in which II Is he'd
than that il should be sought for in
forbidden waters, and in the face Of
danger and death.
II ; time Of profound peace, with
no cause for apprehension that a
sscasus bell" or occasion for war
could arise, we in1 that wal has
arisen, owing to that part Of our an
stomy which, if it Is net 3 'scasus
beli," Is At least the next thing to il,
. ga casus stomachi."
On the Eastern shore OF Maryland,
on the 23d OF March, . desperate sea
fight took place between many YES
sells dredging for oysters on the CheS-
ter river and the cutter Mamie Merry
man, commanded By Captain George
A. Cooper, IN the service OF the oyster
police. In this engagement some
were killed and others badly wound
ed. Favored by . thick fog. fourteen
schoonsrs, intent on cApturing oysters,
were induced to sail int f.bidden
waters to obtain their booty, hoping
to escape The vigilance Of tie police
The fog seemed to have been buf q
snare, for the authorities were soon
aware OF the doings Of the trespass-
ers, steamed to the mouth Of the Ches-
ter river, up which the oyster privaies
had gone, and there establis he'd >
blockade.
The sshooners, in q body, tried 70
run the blockade about midnight, but
when a. the mouth Of the river the
fog suddenly cleared away. exposing
them to the police. The cutter
Aerrymsn sailed into the midst Of the
schooners, with swivel guns loaded,
and called on the oysier-laden feet
TO surrender. The schooner. prefer
ring sooner to lose human lives than
oyters, reSned- Then the cutter
began topepper them-not the oysters
but the schooners-snd q fight took
place in which, OF course, the cutter
had all the advantage. The schooner
Lugene had her bulwarks thoroughly
riddled, but succeeded in getting
away with the loss Of two men killed.
The Merryman poured her fire into
the schooners, alternately sweeping
their decks, and preventing any one
appearing On them for their manage
meilt.
This state OF things had not lasted
long, however, when the crews Of the
schcooers began . return fire with
rifles and shotguns. Two schooners
the Kite and Merrick-were cap
tured; the others made their
The Merryman, with her rigging
slightly cut with bullets and shot,
took her prizes into port, md
lodged some thirty of the captureS
men in Jail. The police vigilance then
exertsd itself in looking for the es-
capped schooners that had run the
blockade, with some hope of still cap
turing them.
The worlds mine oyster, which
! with sword will opsn," says Pistol.
Falsts<Fs crafty follower, bat it has
been reserved for modern times to
show that the oyster for it's opening is
not only q swar to the knife" or
sword blade, but 10 swivel guns and
rifles.
Before 1t Ia exposed to the cooking
warmth Of the kitchen, it is to be ex-
posed to the fire of cannon and artil-
lery. We are hereafter to esteem its
culinary service, not so much for its
sssory qualities to the taste, but for
the dangers that were run in obtain
Ing It
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