New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-10-10
CANADIAN GOLDFISH KINGS.
AND THEIR PICTURESQUE SUBJECTS.

are manned by French fishermen. Numerous FENCES
crossing the strip of cleared land above the shore are
sign OF French anadian conservatism When the father
dies his little subdvdci among the sons and each
fences IN his narrow OF land The other day an acre
thus divided among fonr. Each quarter acre VIII DO
jealousy fenced in. with hut in front ana potato
patch In the The French Canadian fisherman auu
the haJiant or small far have many points in com
non, but they differentiated by their cnNrOhheh's
from which the figure of che fisherman gains additional
picturesaucness And his background Is nowhere nore
effective than the quaint little village named from tue
great Rochcr Percc sixteen hours out from Daousic'
" b. the steamer swings into Perez Bay and makes iast
to buoy There wharNos, ana travellers WI"
their luggage tumble the steamers side INTO Doa',
which pulled through breakers and clevory beachod
amid an awful smell Of Ash. Dry Goldfish Verteor"
cracke under foot BIen standlg ut tables Dchcad as
endowed aud split Goldfish with enthusiasm ana diSp'on'
An OK. harnessed and yokcd to cart, drAss away
load OF cod heads with hundreds OF CLASSY eyes ganN
unpcasantly at the slran gers Above the beaeh are
yards filed WITH supporting armies Of sailed i'h
drynt upon layers OF brush In other yards paved Win
smooth pebbles mounds fish have been built up with
smoothncss and regularity wonderful To Deho'u'
Decidedly it is possible to have too much Of fsu'
Near the north beach ut end of the village Ia our
abiding place. low house $50 years old Every board
and beam Is OF ccdar There no frame. bat the walls
were but OF huge squared logs and the boards OF the
ceilings massive beams. Walking hthcr we pass
groups OF fishermen. Here comes tail saHpurhe'
fellow ia blue Jersey with scarlet scarf twisted apou'
his waist STOPPING under load Of nets He makes o
motion toward his cap wiI cheerful Bn jour-, CLIP
ping his words as do the peasants In some parts OF
France Another swarthy seaiarer hears by willow
crcc in aclf enough to delight ARTIST filled win
irdesccn. maccrc and gStcnlng herring lhe scene Is
full Of color The who has no hue jersey mounts
n red scarf or ties q red handkerchief about his hat Tue
boys wear parti co'orcd raimcn sonetim cs ekcd out
with pieces from patchwork quilts. The black felt hats
.oft ho
hay fields near nj hand Gallo ighthcartcdnoSS SHOWS
itself in matches songs in laughter In endless CHATTER
and now and then in clumsy Gambols. Beyond the
groups OF fishermen t. the rich intense bno OF the sea-
relic, ed by red sails under sky OF dazzling pfE't
ncs Behind the village the red sandstone CAP OF Mount
Ct Anne rises above the forests. The mountain S'de
slopes down to a ravne from which hills ride suddenly
and ,trcply on the other side Just at telr summit they
are cut IN two The has SWEPT away one NAN anu
the green rise OF the hill ldcny en- l. In reddish GINS
downright plIng, of some 200 feet TO the hrrakcr7
These ciin- hank the smooth Of the north beach
on one side and the other Ia eyed slate headahd
which have been once connected with the fer'e
rock At low tide sand bar Is exposed from the hr'"
land ID the rock The laors ianiward tnd rises nearly
straight To peak Ike the Prov OF frisate whIth i
some 4cO feet above the For moro than LOU Iest
This r, At reddish gray naked ella stretches ont among
the waves Toward the outward end IT Is pierced Oy an
arch through which fishing boats pass Eut the great
arch which gave rock aud their name Ia, fallen in
leaving an open passage between lie main GIN ana
chimney ~ rock beyond. Whether it 30 full OF color ~
in the sum s gray or black and white ~ BY moon
light there IL nothing aon. the Quebec coast ~ striking
~ this Pcr,. rock. Yet, turnn, from the swarm- OF
lls and cormor4uts high In air about the summit and
tho stories Of mcn who once clfhol tho rock To gather
cys AID cut grass there l. somohiug more tpichns IN
the sight OF the great upon the adjacent heat
land that tho fsharmsn may look TO It IN time oi Pc'
when on; upon the sra.
Very picturesque and on the whole very happy j. tho
French n.i"rn an aa1 his surroundings hero shonId
certainly content Any lover o. the grand AMI the b'i1t
fn IN nature. But suppose he modern political or
social economist would declare HAT the -hrrn 81 i' u"
insnes. D" happy tnt he Ought Ia be utterly N7c"h
i'nl.i, en-, lr .' ,tnr- aad r-anfntLcr were
before him like them hc contribute, to the wealth ~
nnn"fop ~ ~ .,,ry -, hi. frtn l. nc tho history
~ the Hudson Bly Cpmpany. and wish that ! hAd
space 10 tell IL fan hundrc' years ago marc,
E"Lln native OF the I.c Of Jer-ry. BEGAN the rshHg
business IN . small these shrrc' ~" mr." pro,
perci nightly. Fishermen are pro'ciehy impI@'I,
aca. ana Tue firm ha,u. moncv aul snrrie- bad
absolute power In the long bard winter. the n-h"rW'h
brought 10 the % s'ar' alton were i'd !" "'''P
The Hrus terms for ahv'ur"@ Thee W'fr a, '.l', i
double price ~" supplies nnl lE cus1triirit 10 '
ar'l FOR the next summon h-lih. lbu' tc -, ''I
li ways IN debt. zero hl"ajh IN We P,N'r ;, ' a.
~ loan- IN forc'l'.ns m'rts1gc' t" hrn cts 1.
,, nearly al thi. village. AMI much land nrrnnI "'her
stations. Rivals there h''r hc"u nui . l'',' ~,
are -ttll long way hri They now oW" flN H,'tua
c.tatncnts on ia. south shore. many moro IN ~"
north shore ~ o." II. lANt nee ana GA m So II,
wick. Their shipping Includes h'"'i t"o'p Nl.H,,'
70
aud nearly "ol h-hIl- bn'i- u u u'.,'l' non ,r,
nav, In their employ between 5000 an l'Io mon,
,iu and Dr.. son n law, ". G"~-'t. l's ever vi'it'
this country. since the uM" "t ne l"uhl't WI 80 "a,
age IL ~ the different stations The agent. hl'r aut'
cratic rule In thor little kingi"n' mas "lcn IN q" "
understood literally. Agents ana the rcrh7 hI'
Invariably brought from the $50 OF Jer@Is., !"
ct c, orry or II arrcd he mu.i leave HI. W.T.,
The clork when boys serving Tor h'" years 10"
dffv ronnI.. or my dollar. year rh.s Nlihon' once
linz \
allowed tx months out ~ every i"" years l', 'N ~
Jersey some marry, hut the wives must Ir ~ Ut
rr.I unseen for ci.tocu month, ont Of twenty i'rI
Tho clerk, ,c tocethc IN the huinrr ~ ne niIl nn"
barracks prov d'd for the n.nrri'" "ui.nS .I
fishing season. The fishermen on tins c"l.i have n'L9
nae better on than Mexican pr"ts Tut ior'nhA''P
their condition Is chHnghr for tie better. g.,
The old system 90 making Ad' hnc"s %" long or'H't '
asking cyorbi,aat prices Probably became c 80
rr,angied IN debt that they could loi clear them.rs
When money began % be lost 10y the crcHt system w
1s restricted and within the last few years prices ut Ga"
coppanys have become moro reasonable ana cH'h
paymrn, arc strongly favored. ,
The bet lining that tho fishermen have done for ihem-
selves I, 10 take up farming. "nconrig I" iHi- ~ va.
proven by experience that although a." iitm oi E"hh
20 grew wealthy hy h,hn2 alone" lh, 'hrrnI' 'o''I
mn, Sor Thai ecctibu- conducted 10y 7rcct 10 .r'h
of omen ballots the shrrmon have power NHlrh ''p
dared not wrd when the "t'nt' 't%1 at 'i' , ,,,
inrcc bu .ncss f0rue ly but the fishermen arc moro
srIy irr, ei and are bette before: IhS
n tb,t many are ou of debt ZONE get through
the winter yl:h0ut asking advances Of tue AGENT an
vrry few own iuc r boat, Most Of them pay Robin TO-
i1 wear Tor The of boat and cyoJ Thing nr"i'I i3f
n.htug Iu the season from June tn SEPTEMBER -
a coed fisherman viii Tl'0 which Il usually t!H'n
..,"t g. ,ar his family I'm the later fail each min
a. alowe 10 fsh hm'ef selling h, il.i where Nc
uI~a-rs IN Tie winter they build boats for the nin "i
cnt nrcvoOd. The women cnltiya" patches :" l,,li'i
harley and wheat IN sumner aud these, WIN -hrl hn
smoked n.h. form the winter tarc hry sec IIan ~,
rc,Iv money why shuIld they wh'u they caA bnr''r
a,h or labor Tor supplies They ar n,l hmnlll,u,
They are not thrifty. They take u ~ matter n cnHr'c
t1t they should ho ruled over b, tit n:cni' Z" non
te,LIrut lnid and master. Fcw Irish peasants hANo
over suffered from such c)tnrttnns a. lhc-r h7' Urn
have known bat 70 Ia, never occurred 10 ihrh !" lI
any lond complaint They arc IN certain NayH s'IIn
a. children resembling IN point, oi manner lhol-' ~,
sr.cch the French pcd,nniry u inc t'.c O I"u7 ~
Ibry are as piriugcsuuc ~ III" uea~ahiH ~ N"na} Nv
Brittany to day. INcI lho Wo"d'h h""" "'' "' '''
| gone Of ..,i,
n IA the local Of Ills well preserved eN"tlc
r.vtb as eli ns ia, TitTs history -. 'b' '}''' "'
cci6al Enga and the mngu hccnt natural surr"ii .@7