The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1885-09-09
LIFE At NANTUCKET ISLAND.
A Paradise fof lle,t.ssshsn- Boating.
bathing and alue-r,.hIns.

icOf. Boston HoFGldl
From the time when the NorSemsn
visited the place in the eleventh ecu.
tury, or perhaps from creations dawn
down to the present day, Nantucket has
always been an island gem In ocean set.
ting. Whatever Of change and reyoln.
( ton may have taken place among the
peoples which have from time 10 time
occupied It's territory, always this isle OF
tho sea must have presented the same
attractive and wtnsone features as at
I present. Between thirty and forty
miles from the mainland this scrap Of
the world has offered itself 70 succeed.
ing generations, q haven OF refuge and
rest and peace, and now, as never be-
fore, do these attributes appear conspic.
uous TO those who seek It's shores, and
their number is multiplying with mar.
yelous rapidity,
There Is no telegraph Communication
between this island and the ma inland
tbut there will be soonj; Il sometimes
happens in winter that weeks 20 by
without the possibility OF passing TO or
fromits shores, ltspopulation Is not
increased, nor has II ever been BY ad.
ytmturers or ronghs Or by discoraaht
elements from various ctimes and ID.
tlonalities The restless, scheming, ex-
CitementseeEer or wrong.doer fllds
nothing attractive here nor does the
dead.beat, the hotel thief or sneak, and
the rogue that plays upon society gener-
ally, care to operate in a place where be
cannot slip away o'nights aud where the
surroundings aro even too straightened
for his line Of business .
This Is q paradise for women and
children, and men seeking rest and
quiet and recreation through contact
with nature best disposed for these ends.
White winged, or stately moving steam,
yachts animate theol.ng on every hand,
and flit silently to or from haven aud
anchorage and mOoring their companies
adding constantly shifting and always
welcome element by day or evening to
circles wherein courtesy and noble
bearing and refined intercourse are not
occasional features, but tho rule Of life
Old ocean offers here all that can char.
aCterize her teSt ministrations for
humanity, and whether one whiles
away the hours in boating, bathing,
fishing or watching the various ocean
moods from shore or headland, always
the entertainment furnished is superla-
tive-the very best possible under the
condition Of the union Of land and sea-
Most men who recognizes at all the
element Of sport in fishing are agreed
that for unalloyed en- oyment, free from
dangerous or annoying features, blue.
fishing takes the palm, uniting as 1t
does the very finest and most exciting
elements Of fishing and boating, For
this pastime, and others like 1t, Nam
tucket seems to have been especially
formed and dropped down where she is,
there being no stint Of room or any
qualification necessary TO the perfection
Of the sport in its season And this,
indeed, may be said with regard to all
kinds Of fishing incidental to ocean or
its shores, the fresh waters OF Nantucket
ponds and lakeletS being inclhded in the
category Of advantages.
Nor do the lords OF creation alone
find amusement or recreation in these
directions. 0na certain day last week,
as II happened within the knowledge OF
the writer Of this, q lady sojourner at
Nantucket secured with her own hands
upward Of 800 porch, while on tho same
dSy, another lady caught o shark nine
feet in lengtht. The range Of sea game
here pursued includes varieties from
diminutive perch to sharks, Swordfsh,
and all that the waters Of the latitude
can furnish and there is very little Of
'toiliug all night and catching nothing
in the region Of Nantucket.
But bluelshing, as has been said. it
indeed the king Of ocean sports. The
rendezvous, where the companyts select
and sympathetic, and anticipation and
expectancy form Of themselves keen en-.
.oyment; the boat, ceau-h heelcd. swift
stanch, and fitted up 10 a nicely for the
service she is to perform the start, the
first heeling over gunwale deep before
tho breeze, which promises to keep al
least one individual busy in The stern.
sheets for the trip; the incidental mea-
suring Of speed and qualities with other
craft outward bound, each crew intend.
ing to be high line" for the day, II
pluck and energy can assist perform
ance; the getting down to business, the
first throw, the first bite, tho first fish
landed under the thwarts; think you
the evolutions Of q naval battle, or the
pursuit and capture Of a pirate in the
Yellow sea, were ever half SO salts
isctorily excitingl