The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1885-09-02
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From the time when the Norsemsn
visited the place in the eleventh cen.
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 reyolu.
ton may have taken place among the
peoples which have from time 10 time
occupied It's territory, always this isle OF
the sea must have presented the same
attractive and Winsome features as at
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, aud now, as never be-
fore, do these attributes appear conspio.
uous TO those who seek It's shores, and
their number is multiplying with mar.
yelons rapidlty,
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 Itspopnlation Is not
increased, nor has II ever been By I'D,
ygnturers or roughs orby diseoraant
elements from various ctlmes and ID.
tionalities. The reStlOas, scheming, ex-
Citementseeker or wrong.doer ftlds
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 are even too straightened
for bis line Of business .
This is a paradise for women and
children, and men seeking rest and
quiet aud recreation through contact
with nature best disposed for these ends.
White winged, or stately moving steam,
yachts animate theoi.ng on every hand,
and ilit 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 the rule Of life.
Old ocean offers here all that can char.
acterize her Rest ministTationS 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 It
does the very finest and most exciting
elements Of fishing and boating, For
this pastime, and others like 1t, Nan.
tucket seems to have been especially
formed and dropped down where she is,
there being no stint Of room or any
qualification necessary 10 the perfection
Of the sport in its season. And this,
indeed, may DO said with regard to all
kinds Of fishing incidental to ocean or
It's shores the fresh waters OF Nantucket
ponds and lakelots being included 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, a lady sojourner at
Nantucket secured with her own hands
upward Of 800 porch, while on tho same
d0y, another lady caught q shark nine
feet In lengtht. The range Of sea game
here pursued includes varieties from
diminutiye 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 blue.shing, as has been said. it
indeed the king Of ocean sports The
rendezvous, where the companyis select
and sympathetic, and anticipation and
expectancy form Of themselves keen en-
.oyment; tho boat, clean.heelOd, swift
stanch, and fitted up 10 a nicely for the
service she is to perform; the start, the
first heOling 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 he "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 eyolutions Of a naval battle, or tine
pursuit and capture Of pirate in the
Yellow sea, were ever half so salts
fGctorily excitingl