The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-08-31
HUMOR OF THE DAY.

HOMOIt OF IHE DAY.
Why is n bald-headcd man like a hound7
Because he makes u little hare go q great
ways.
When the summer resorts fill up it be-
comes moro difficult for the boarders to
do so~.--Statesman
Il do my best to bring mankind
higher" as the elevator boy said, but
solne will keep going down."-Nutional
IVee&$y.
'Say, I've got the hicconghs. Brighten
me, won't vou:" Lend me a five2"
"Thanks, it's all over now.-Bu,linqton
Free Press.
There arc two things in this life that
cah be depended upon to stick. A po-
rous plaster and u stylographic pen.-
Neo WaUen NeUs.
"Whcre is the best place to get fat?"
asked a thin housekcepcr of a ncighbor.
a oves," was the unexpected reply
Ftttsbu1y Chronicle.
Claw Without lawyers is the title of
a new book. That's nothing strange.
Lemonade without lemons has been an
old thing ever since picnics were %l-
vcntcd.-BrookIyn Eaqls.
DoJ- ClC "ulGS IuICC EOInuS OF
steak, and l will bring the money around
Tomorrow Eutcher-"Wait until to-.
morrow comes, bub, and then you won't
have to make two ips."-JudJe.
Smith-''IIave you forgotten that $50
I loaned you, BROWNE" Brown-"No,
indeed. Tve made u note of it," Smith
-"Wcll, if you cannot give me the cash
I'll take the note ."-LoeeU Citizen.
"Do you hire college dudes to wait on
the table at this houses" asked an elderly
gentleman as he stepped up to the desk
of n of our summer hotels. "Well,
yes, We do, but I'm afraid you're a little
too aged to come under that head" The
clerk saw that he had made a mistake
when he glanced at the afternoon paper
and saw that the Hon. Josiah Jumper and
seven daughters were registered ut the
rival hoteL-1id-Bus.
''Come live with me
Down by the sea
Where tho mernaids are combing their
tresses,
Where the shining waves kiss
The shore-ah! what bliss,
And the sunlight the sea. beach caresses."
Il cannot, mon cher,
Too strong is the air.
IT'S ard, )" once remarked Mr.. Eccles.
Now, dearest, you know
But I'm terribly frightened for freckles."
Neao ork Journal
A Chapter on Crabs.
A Now York dealer in crabs said to
Mail and Espress reporter: 1.-THE sea.
son for soft-shells begins June /, and
that for shedders a month later, but this
year more shedders were caught in June
than ever before. The season lasts until
October, and we get the crabs all along
the coast, from North Carolina to Mon.
tauk Point. The prices are lower than
ever before, and there is scarcely any
money in them for the dealer. We sell
them for 81 n dozen, and twenty-five to
thirty per cent. die on the way here,
while we have to pay sixty cents a doze1
when they arc bought ut the catching
place, and besides must pay freight
charges. There are some curious fea.
lures about shcdders that people gener
ally don't know much about. For in,
stance, take one that measures three anG
II half inches from tip to tip With The
shell on; as soon Us the she'll falls off the
crab will begin to grow, and by the enc
OF the season it is eight or nine inches
long. The shell opens gradually, &C
that the crab can creep out. The crab il
then found to be covered with a soft skin
wnlcn quickly becomes very tough
This is what makes it excellent for bait
as it holds the hook firmly. Many acrei
of low water land nre taken up by pro.
duoers for the exclusive raising of crabs
We keep the shedders in floats and the
hard-shell crabs in what we call pounds
The floats are shallow boxes, kept JUS
under the water, ana the pounds are
large spaces of low water land fenced in
with galvanized iron latticed fences
Some of these pounds are three and foul
acres each and surrounded by fences
1900 to I 500 feet long. We feed them
small fish caught by fishermen IN their
seines, and useless to them. One OF
our great an%noyances is from craE
thieves. So great has this become that
we have had to build barbed wire fences
around sui floats, with gates that are
kept locked. These fences extend foul
and five feet above tide water"