Milford chronicle., 1885-04-17

damages, which is less than the real
loss.
Mr.. Geo. Smith has emigrated TO
western Kansas, where he will reside
in the future. His brother is located
there and is engaged in cattle raising.
When our new minister, Mr.Jaggard'
arrived last week with his family, he
was met by large delegation Of his
congregation, who had prepared an ex-
cellent dinner and made him dona-
ton.
Mr.. John Clendaniel has occupied
his new town residence.
Last Monday night Rev. Ellegood, of
Milton. joined in matrimony Mr.
Frank Thomas and Mrs. Emma John
son both ofEllendale. PAUL PRY.
THE proposed amendment to the
game law. by Mr.. Joshua Bennett, rep
resentative from Milford hundred, has
many flaws in it, aud we don't believe
that it will, or should, become law.
The size ofthe mesh could be increased
with some benefit to our sea trout, but
the taking of herring and other food
fish will be but little benefited by in-
creasing the size to one-and-a-halfinch
mesh. "Fishing except for food" is
one weak spot the clause preventing
converting fish into oil is another,
and the "killing of any game birds, or
the taking of any terrapin for :hree
years." is still another.
"Fishing, except for food" Must the
taking of porpOises, sharks, alewives
and many other fishes that are unfit
for food, be prohibited because they are
intended to be worked up into oil or
phosphate? Must the gathering up Of
king. or horseshoe crabs, by farmers for
hog food and manure be prevented ?
They are shell fish, and the law does
not specify anything, but prohibits fish
ing except for food.
Then again, converting fish into oil
is to be prevented. In the summer
season it is no unfrequent thing to hap
pen, that the water of the bay is liter
ally alive with trout. The seines are
put out, and hundreds of bushels OF
trout are surrounded. The fishermen
have been hoping for just this thing to
occur and many buyers have been anx-
iousIy waiting to buy by the wagon
load; now the desired thing has hap
pened and all are sold. But suppose,
as is often the case, that the seines are
put out and the fish drawn to the siorei
the buyers have been so often disap-
pointed that they have gone to their
homes; often twenty miles away.
Word is sent to the adjacent neighbOr-
hood; but it has been supplied. What
are the fishermen to do? Must they
dump their seines before they know
whether the buyers may come or not?
No. Then what is to be done with the
huge pile of fish laid out on the beach,
where hot sun will convert it into
putrid mass of carriOn, and be dead
loss to the fishermen? If they can be
converted into oil and phosphate, they
will be of some value and use. We
don't advocate the use of our food fish
for this purpose, and we believe that a
mesh of Il inches will prevent the
landing of the immense catches of past
years; but we do believe that the con-
verting Of these fish, when spoiled for
food purposes into oil, will be for the
benefit of the public. Then there are
at Lewes, large factories that make
both oil and phosphate from fish taken
slOng our coast. These factories would
come under such a law,and their valu-
able machinery and business |9ll3
have to be moved.
"Killing game birds or taking terra
PIN" This would be but little bene-
fit to the partridge, and would break
up a very profitable business along the
coast side of Sussex county. Many
persons in that section make living
by catching terrapin and shipping soft
shell crabs, and to thus shut them up,
would indeed be a hardship.