The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1881-08-31

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resident population of 5000 or 1000.
The city itselfis, to the stranger, queer,
old, dilapidated, fast asleep looking place.
The irregular cow-pathy, crooked streets
OF deep sand, or an occasional cobble-
stone pavement-the houses shins led
down the sides-with now and then "the
lone horseman" or lounging pedestrian,
suggests to the visitor everybody is at
dinner, though it may be but ten o'clock
in the morning. The roads across the
island are so sandy as to make driving
very tedious; so the ever inventive Yam
kee, to obviate this inconvenience, makes
the tires of his wheels very wide, so that
having the wheels well tired, the trav-
eller will be less tired while driving.
One primitive and truly unique carriage,
perhaps seen nowhere else in the world,
is made after the model of wheelbar-
row. The horse is hitched between the
long handles (shafts), but the wheel is as
broad as barrel is long, with the axle
passing through the centre of the barrel
Between the horse and the wheel is
placed the seat for the driver. The whole
machine looks like wheelbarrow, with
a barrel for the wheel, and the horse in
stead of man between the handles
going the wrong way. This turnout is
the Yankee device to meet the difficulty
of the deep sand. Though not stylish
nor luxurious in its motion, it accom-
plishes its mission, viz, it does not sink
in the sand. Some Of the people are as
antique in appearance and dress, and
present the appearance of having been
n ~ / a to Il
street in the identical fashion of dress
and bonnet of 1880. Yet Nantucket is
already beginning, and soon will be
favorite sea resort. The great New York
lawyer, Mr.. O'Connor, has established his
permanent home here, and is building his
house and fire proof building to pre-
serve his magnificent library. The eli
mate is preferred by some to that OF
Marthas Vineyard. So many points of
interest, with its delicious climate, must
attract the tired man. Here the brain
tire is most rapidly and pleasantly re-
lleved, and the nerve waste re-enforced
and invigorated. l cannot conceive of
any spot any better adapted to this end
Amusements-Blue Fishing.
Amusements and attractions for Will
ing away the idler's time while reStinq,
Gas [ am trying to do), are numerous
and varied enough to crafty and satisfy
the wishes ofall. Among the most plsas-
ing to me are sailing and blue fishing.
Here fish abound of all sizes, shapes, and
names; and to one as piscatorial in his
tastes as your correspondent, in this sub
lime sport of blue fishing, these waters
afford all one wants. Though to the less
exacting, the gentler and more lady-like
sport for smaller game, there is an infn-
ite supply: Every thing, from the perch
to the 300 pounds shark, are at hand
waiting to be hooked. But 1 must tell
you about blue fishing, for this is the
sport of all others to my taste. When l
tell you have seen four of these mag
nifcent fellows, weighing from three to
ten pounds, coming in at the same time
then whoever of your readers loves fish
ing will wish he was here. But as to the
quo maodo of their taking. Four persons
IN sailing vessel 60 off to the blue fish
grounds, three to ten miles away, for this
fish is only to be found in certain locali-
ties. The captain furnishes the party
with oil cloth suits and sun hats. Once
uPoh VIC SIOuHuS, each man taxes MS
place, and the captain gives him his
tackle. This is a strong line, $50 or 200
feet long, to which is attached "draip
which is heavy, long sinker covered
with an eel skin-and at the end a strong
large hook. You need no bait, the hook
is entirely exposed. These lines are
thrown into the sea, and as the vessel
runs five or six miles an hour, away off
in the wake, this drail is kept in rapid
motion. The gree, blue fish, mistakine
this drail for fish, goes for it, and in
happy innocency snaps up the drail, and
is himself instantly snapped up by one of
Sir lsaak Waltons disciples. AS soon as
one bites, there is peculiar sensation tel
egraphed to the man at the other end
and then come the fight and tug and
pull, and pull and tug and puff and blow
and fume and work, for two hundred
feet, when exhausted he lands ten
FOUNDER in the boat, and often in the
scuffie lands himself in the bottom of the
boat beside his victim, both equally ex-
hausted. Oh the first sensation of a fight
with blue fish, l can never forget. To
give some idea of what may be a fisher.
mans luck, yesterday when out fishing
l saw one man who had, in six hours.
caught 145, weighing 800 pounds. The
beauty Of the fight is not all, for in the
hands of good cook his beauties are en-