The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1882-09-06

badly a hundred yards wide. Over this
bar the water is ever tumultuously dash
ing. Strange to say, it is the haunt of
the blue fish, which prefers these agitated
waters to those which are more calm.
The skipper runs his boat along the
edges of the Rips, sometimes through its
whole length, and sometimes across it.
The lines are allowed to run out for fifty
or hundred feet from the stern of the
boat. The hooks have no bait on them
except bright piece of calico. The
foolish fish sees something shining in the
water, darts at it, and swallows the
hook. Then comes the exciting tug. 1t
takes time to draw in so long a line
with fish weighing from five to ten
pounds at the end of it. And what adds
to the interest is the fact that you are
sailing swiftly all the while over waters
which leap and flash around you. OF
course you must have on a suit of oil
cloth from head to foot and a cap of
some kind that cannot be blown off
Should any of my friends come to Nam
tucket next summer let me commend
them to Capt. Luce, of the boat Diomed,
and he will give them day among The
Rips" that they will never forget
The people of the town and island are
industrious and frugal. A boy travelling
IN my company wrote this sentence in his
journal, probably one of his first induc-
tions. The main thing with these peo-
pie seems to be economization. In a
house where I had made several pur-
chases, | asked for slip of blotting-
paper. The man gave ne a piece about
as wide and long as my hand, and then
looked as if 1 had omitted some cere-
mony. Do you charge anything for
1t p [ asked. Yes, said he, "a cent"
The people are very temperate also.
Local option has prohibited the sale OF
sPirituous liquors on any part of the
island. Last night l attended temper
ance meeting in the Congregationalist
church. 1t looked odd to see four wo-
men march in file through the aisle and
ascend the pulpit. The chief speaker
was Mrs. Mclaughlin, the agent of the
Womens Temperance Association of the
State OF Massachusetts,. She made
forcible and well-received address, hay
ing the full sympathy of her audience,
especially In the peroration in which she
compared lntemperance with slavery,
and then drawing a graphic picture OF
the conquest of the Confederacy, pre-
dicted that the flag of victory would
one day wave over the enemy they were
lighting as it now does over the PROSTATE
Southern foe. On the first Sunday after
my arrival here, went to the Congre-
gational church of which the Rev. Miss
Baker Is pastor. She reads her hymns
and Scriptures very quietly and die.
tnctly. Her manner In speaking is un-
pretending She does not bang her hair,
and she does not bang the pulpit. She
wore black frock, with plain collar
round her neck and pretty white ruffle
running down below. My good landlady
tells ne that she did not seek her present
position but that it was rather thrust
upon her, and that it costs the church
less than it would to employ a man for
a pastor. [ have not been informed
whether married or single female
pastor commands the highest salary in
this part of the country.
1t Is well-known that the DISTINGUISHED
New York jurist, Charles OConor, has re-
tired from the great to this little world and
has bTIlt himself an elegant residence on
bluff overlooking the Sound, about a
mile from the town Having note OF
introduction to him, 1 called to present
1T one Saturday morning. He was not
IN, but he returned my visit that night.
TINS was prompt courtesy from SO ven
cradle man. On accompanying him to
the door, l looked up and down the street
and said, " Mr.. O'Conor, l do not see your
carriage "Ohl' he answered, "if l had
a dozen carriages 1 would not ride" he
had made the visit after dark and was
going to return home on foot. His eye is
not dim, nor is his natural force abated
| would speak of the kind and elegant
hospitality he has shown to me and to
my friend and elder, w. w. Henry, ESQ,
but these courtesies of private life are
things to be remembered pleasantly, but
not to be detailed in the newspapers.
M. D. H.
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