Morning journal and courier., 1884-11-07
MORE ExoIrEmENT.

The Continued Waiting For the l Verdfct-FIuctuations of the Polit- 1 tcal Pulses-Both Sides Excited | With the Varying Dispatches-Last l Nights Wild Joy.
 The public mind yesterday showed indi- cations of being worked up to feverish pitch over the varying election returns and the uncertainty as to New York State. Tele- phone bulletins were put out s3thiek as leaves of Vallombrosa" at the telephone office win dows and doors, rehecting the huctuating feelings of New York newspapers and all day long crowds assailed every fresh bulletin put out here orby the newspapers, with the most eager interest Republicans and Demo crats were in about equal suspense. In the afternoon the Cleveland men began to take courage again. In the evening the Blaine l men were joyous. Dispatches came to the newspaper offices and private dispatches l came from New York to the effect that the agony was over and that Blaine had carried l New York. Simultaneously the Democrats heard that Albany Democrats were having l great jubilee. Directly afterward. crowd of jubilant Democrats formed into a wild i'm promptu procession and headed by drum l corps and blowing horns started out on pa- rade about the city.
 1 On the reception of news brought by prominent Republican gentleman who came up from New York in the evening that Blaine was elected and that New York Republicans were wild with joy, fresh fuel was added | to the flame of Republican happiness. h. 1 quirlng Republicans and Democrats were l everywhere asking for confirmation as to the | latest and every iota of information went 1 about town like wildfire. Such prolonga-
 
 election is of very seldom occurrence and the 1 "chinning" done was enormous. Repubh- | can campaign clubs were in momentary ex- 1 pectation of summons to parade and Dem ocrats were equally sanguine of having to 1 order some red fire.
 A Word About the NOank Fishermen | A man who has been fishing on the banks with the Noankers has good deal to say about the place from which good many of | the fleet hail. He says:
 "The principal business of Noank is fishing and shipbuilding. The big shipyard of Robert Palmer & Son is located here The | firm has just launched big side-wheel l freight steamer for the Stonington line. The marine railway, which is able to haul out the biggest Sound steamers, is the largest in the | State. The firm has just launched pilot l boat schooner to run in southern waters. There fourteen schooner smacks | that go to the shoals in the sum- mer and fall. In the winter and spring some are laid up; others fish around Pensa- cola and Christian. These vessels were prin- cipally built at Noank. They are from forty to sixty tons, are built sharp, are of deep draught, 1ow-rigged, are able sea boats and great sailors when it blows hard These yes se1s do not take the chances of Cape Ann and Providence vessels, many of which are lost every season. Seldom is a Noank fishing schooner lost. The eastern boats stay on the banks from two to three months, the crews salting their fish; Noank fishermen are at New York three weeks after leaving the home port, bringing fst on ice and alive in wells in spring and fall. In summer there are many foggy days on the shoals. Last summer we never saw the sun but once in thirteen days. There is hardly family on Cape Cod that has no lost father, brother or husband on fishing schooners. Last fall saw two wrecked fish ermen on the cape, one of which is in sigh of Highland light. But most vessels are los on the banks. Some are run down; other drag anchors and foul each other. The lift of bank fisherman is full of peril.