Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-12-31
NO. 50.
FEATSN OYSTER-EATISG.
An old shippers Reflections on oys'eFs and Oyster-E Eating scenes at the Nhiir--
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An old shippers Reflections on OysieFs | and Oyster Eating scenes at the Whar4
 Philadell hia Times-
 The little sIJop Martha Washington [ of AtlautIc City, fresh from inc ! Capes with a cargo of oysters, wObblsd aOOut in the Delaware yesterday after noon at Spruce street dock. On her deck, besides Captain Chase, who is ! both her owner and third part Cf her crew, were five men, representing gs many phases of humanity. These were engaged m putting away the bIyalyes. On adjoining slOops and schoOners oth- CT cIuZeus were busy with the oyster 4aIfe, and altogether there were suL.e dozens engaged ID picnIc on the baif- shell system. At this season it IS the custom Of certain individuals tO reI ar every Sunday to the rivers bank tO see how many oysters they can sasllOW at l sitting. The i've men on the Martha Washington seemed tO be the most vO- raCiOus of them alL A sailor in e.. hold of the boat pitched up the Oy stess. and it was evidently as much as he cOrld do to keep them supplied Each maL squatted on the deck with a spike. ID which tO break the shells, stuck In the wood between hIs legs. They seFt at frNffea NiSEasfa4a--@ fnrair ananf the swIng of saen others arms The steady crack, scoop and swallow, which iass performance sounded ike tie with drawI of a foot from a marsh. kept Ou incessautly. From the way they worke,i It was evident that they meant it.
 The captain of the SlOOp told Q repo-- or that men sometimes ate from ljO to Z1O oysters m an hour or two with per feet ease. As he sand this the five men looked up respOnsIvely, but neverthelss kept begging away. hey pitched the -hrlls into a llttle boat called the Ccle. which tad either been named after it's owner, Mir. Cole, or the old monarch who was such jolly old soul.
 UNCEKEMoNIOCs BANoUEIs.
 Captain Chase volunteered Co tell the reporter a few stories about oysters and oyster orgies. but first of all the captR must sample his own wares. He there upon opened dozen or so fat bivalye-. suich, he sad, would serve as a sort or ext Co his discourse. The knife whIcL ua produced to widen the months of The hapless crustaceaus was 60 biai R. .audied ailaI-, with carvng on it. The late of 1881 Was followed by the hgGrss j,-N4, which, the captain sad, was the number of oysters he had opened withlt and eaten during last season.
 They come here in drOves, sad tue
 lyger, speaking of oy ster eaters, dur z all the months with 'r ID them.
 Host O them bring their own knives, 0s yg don't wish ta ba bothered opening hem. IEoy may pay from 1j cents to
 j cents g. hundred, according Co tae Gukct. When tue weat.er is a tride warmer than # Is to-day we, of course, .ays many more- You wOuld be sur- urissd how fashionable some of the people are who visit us. lou see, the
 ysters are about ten times as good s.teu in the boat than they are taken in
 le restaurants and salocus in town. Not tLat l mean to say there Is any
 ptcIal virtue about the boat, but they .r- freauer. No one eyer thinks ut Icing pepper or salt OF vinegar here. The fish don want lt.
 -laese five men, he continued, pointing out the pe-gers, "aTe only ap-
 rentices at the business. They have
 ach eaten about hundred. ilIt 1 fancy they will soon give ont. They are eat rg for wager, only they won't gay SO, s they know [ don't allow piggIsLnes-
 70 my boat. I believe in satisfying tIe -atural appetites, and that's all.'
 RECORD OF THE CHAMPtOS-
 "A few weeks ago a man came t0 tEis boat" continued the skipper. "aDd fin shed nearly a barrel of oysters There were little red crabs in many of them. sl ch he took out and land in a heap on ,ue sale. [ thought he was going Co .ur1w them away, but l was mistaken 'tstrcru ron '-rrly. 1crgl5s di,is fist .t7 tg ..iraugh vith them. but Le had 70 go home ln a hack
 By this time four of the peggers had iucrumbed, and were gazing enviOusiy t tho fifth. whose powers of endurance ud1dened them. There was twiukle hIs eye. as If he had won something. .rd hs kept on. Presently he, too, gave out. and announced m somewhat mean g,ess terms: "I tipped the beam at .2l.' The others varied between 10. ud ll5
 On another boat a man was makiu-al. lyster stew, while a party of boys col ected around hIm were eating the crus- Ireaus and selIng lies about the vast uWbe- tuey had seen other people make away with. It is sad by the elite lf the oyster eaters who gO to the docks hat the man who feeds on steVs is un- go-thy of "a grave or a hereafter. They --gart it as a sur proof that the rew-eater 'Is one oT them" A shiyer- 'ug Italian on third boat tried Go fry -1Te oysters in 8 tomato can full Of -rease and bread crumbs put over a lit -Ie stove. \ deck hand on the schooner lai gwen him the bIyalves, and at the =a1ue time tried to prove to him tha. 'ItaiIau' was derived from "iJIuerant. .ld that all Italians were tEerefOTa rrrrl-