New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-05-13
FATE or 4 SOLITARY NOSSBANEER.
A PEW INSTRUCTIVE FACTS ABOUT PECULIAI
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A PEW OBSTRUCTIVE FACTS ABOUT PECULIAR
The moss banker Is Il peculiar CTcaturc-hc
tolls no.. neither does he SPIN at least he has
been caught at it. And he il ful! bones 4 lively
moss banker contain, more bones than Westminster
Abrcy. and YET tIgr. good deal more fuss III dc
over latter than over tie former Tine banker
fools away dcd O his time skIrting along the
coast. In TINS peculiarly lies his strength. And that
ssbanker is strong one who has ever been within
nifty miles Of ii II factory will cuu-ay. He rcoiccs,
too IN a variety of names. Members Of the Senate
speak 81 him as the menhaden. ON tins account ~rua
tors have ranked high eranmarian-. For
few cultivated person. have argued That fisherman
could no have one mcnhnten than hc could have
one mump In the NcrnacUlr OF the fisherman his name
is written In letters OF gold "moss banker 80 tu4t
when fisherman meets another III the street and.
after shaking hands, says "mo-s bankcr," each under
stands The othci. ani there is inn ediAte wcug NJ
Of sympstoy ana gopdf.Iowship t.at only fishermen
can appreciate Ihcr' other class ~ persons
sibIy affected by the salutaton.
Whcn the cents lc nroads into tins country n the
ext ensc Of the 1eut0n Inc auguag badly shattered
aud the pauhagen was knocked ont in lev
rounds, mOsShnk"r. per version al m 81 banker,
hyuOul Tor moss banker Bui one bright sprig morn
inn co GFrI @l 2 t .c nD' wa. ha ou F1
followed, However. by another mclOdious name. b0uy
tsb ms name Du. iil,l, 10 inc > IN ,plc of ali lie
auremrrts and cn',,c 1ttractloua Of he ,lad The
shdd ana the mOS>-tnbrr have t0.g uNacd cac OtIer
IN the bones. II seems to he the hcl-ht
sugd's ambition 40 TIE tu Of homes aud thrm
have succeeded remarkably well. But II IS ambition
INV rthy O the shad aud that ought not 10 be
cOurugel The mcmb Il O thc icLihy op"agouS ub oi
This ctY may take pleasure DO tickling turr paliics
wtA >ha bones. but IS pleasure winch few others be-
grudGs mem
been sighted OF EIc Island this season, TRIBUNE
porter stepped into Fulton Market the other after
From the general Coud on Of the market n
evident that something had .alpene -Four big tcrrapu
lay nar on hcf backs ard q the fish hdd tn-r noutus
wiue open aud their ewes nearly ont Of the socket.
The first IcnEadcu OF the season. rad Mr. BiacLfoTd,
twas caught on staten Island yesterday afternoon"
" You speak as though only one bad b"cn caught T.
That's the fact" said Mr.. BI.ckiOrd. This one
skrtng along the staten Island coasf III company with
a shad and caught and brought 70 Day-Great south
Bay"
Where is he now ,"
tie is Zee III the laboratory waiting TO he disseccd
by Professor Rice
" And for what purpose Will this post luOrtcm he
made -
Because vIsh 10 determine what food the
hadcn and IL what time they spawn. You remember
that committee from tie senate appointed 20 look
into the menhaden fishing business We'll, that commit
tee has been sitting the for about year, aud bds
finally tue conclusion that not enough known
about mcnhadcL so they PROPOSE t. wait until they una
something further about the beast The results OF
tho analyses made here viii DE Of great assstancc 10
them Thatis the Significance OF the appearance OF mem
baden OF staten Island Yesterday"
What about the -had tuls season ? "
"Shad scarce ana the run is poor al present
The prices ngher than they ought to be The Con
uecucut River sbad are Just now coming into market.
bad. The North River shad very good, however but
the trouble is there's not half enough OF them But
there will be, doubt, change for the better before
long,"