New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-08-19
VESTPORT POINE
rrrr ON A QUIET MASSACHUSETTS, bEA"h
swOHDFISHING At SEA

life ON QUIET MASSACHUSETTS DH"'
sWOHDFIsHING AT SEA.
v,..,nor, point Mass Aug 1s.-This delightful spo'
. . ,,,,,ve and quiet that feels entirely out vi ~
world OF watering places and foSe's IiAV Nv r. m.
Manhattan Beach on the same pahc' % 80. htch
- !, hrut IN ono street, about nile IN chsIh' "n0"
,.r,,e. dovn a hillside to Old decayine Wharse' m,.
.,,s q, whale sherry long since deaf Aron'a INC -
Cow two broad rivers with hiGhwoooeu ShoIes " :,
h.ra and there with grassy flats winch Inv NV :,
,ror,. annear and disappear according 10 ta' 80 ~
hV' IT. rtyer 70 the east runs on. IN front OF inc
l,,gs and between 1t and the open sea Is scV. 80
hills known as Horse Neck Aefo'S 'uo o., s,onlnc
nlank walk leads to the beacn-oro%i INV -. I'm
nth singular regularyhard and smooth a. % nbI.
W -. M under.,ow, and gently rolling sui '
beach is semicircle four miles long bach OIL arr m
dunes-rreat mountains Of snow-white sahu n'"p ~
in knobs and peaks Of fantastic shape-coVcrcu ~,
d.ucae bloom OF pale green grown Whi'o - =,
s ,,.IIcvs between are rich in the darker grcen' VI
rnarled and twisted cc1ars' A. p,s,e1pe
r,o,cbts one IS above trcetops ana LOOKING aco WV
ho,S to, GAGS the great shining belt Of blue ocean,
IL In tho dim distance a mysterious lana seems " ~
high in the ar-the Elizabeth lSlanus 80 an N.
oven more varied. Better than any seV routes ~" .'
.,ulass ones where the sleepy old nag draws ONO am"
or ,oads turning at bidding into every opening Mnioh
COWS N nrome more the forest or to make pos''''
| glimpse OF the sea -, ,,,. -, -. neor,e
,a no could in any other and the writer Is oouhu 10 soy
Az. ht roo4 opinon OF the Massachusetts, farmer grows
s,nv This farmer make the wilderness blossom a.
- no esld seerns too rocky for his effort Ana theh
~, .,,oss q, the man. His farm is almost palhiuiy III
- pnt the best OF ones experience Is IN "cs'poi.
49,. ,,so,, The peope are revelations OF goodness anu
straghforwardness II the spirit OF money making ever
s bero IL departed with the whae-hshery ana 'c'U n
vas -. The constant question 10 all newcomers Is
| - , ,,ting your comfort here" And IL any one
49, ,svor he turns aside all thanks with, wall VIZ wan.
| u 80 {, nlcasan, for yc" They live In roony OH
nained white and without shutters so that one -
,rnrIv reminded OF how people without eyeiuS "ouiu
look. ,,s o..orr,o, hut ready
IN, ,ho opick adap,abillty Characteristic OF Americans
- turn their hands TO any Job which ouers ia'I 80
" non,,o last week the cry went through the Niiieo
o,o C, ph,uns "a IN and every ran 70 the wha
70 inou!rc about the catch There "'re '"ivr ,ho+
| ~ aoct one Weighing nearly 400 pound" Inc "'o
=, catching them is an interesting one. On inc DWELL
" ,hc hoat is a tiny platform above which Is an iron p'
sa,a IN n,oco by stout iron upIlehts. Inc Dct Ju
80, ooorch N encirce a mans waist ana as INC h9"
,aoas within IT, affords a firm support Whch inc man
49, IooSnut ON The masthead gives the sigma tha' nc 500
I'm In the distance, the schooner Is hca"cu 'o ~ So
~, - "t =. mr. the alert and getting ready to throw NJ
."O An Is intense cxctcn3ant-then ono brea'hcs
nrocn while the dart Is FSt thfoogh ths ar ne C
fastened 70 tho harroOn hs put ana as.et az '0
orh,s FOR hi. life but the qck eye tnd sxu. NUM- nov
hccn TOO much for him, and ti.er soor. ns"S -
oucrca and pulled deck I.- .os' oi '"o ~
- .,,r and when each 1sh was cut open ana d ma
na In II, sweeping 1, out with broom one was i'Ae'
beat retreat a. -. ,h,nks ~ III
weather e1ccp. to give 1t an occasional "o ,", :,
"es ..aNrt gas as high as 81 degrees put !,
e une .sS m.rcnry seemed glued last 10 M -,
drgrcopon, and With this @ brec,e So da
a D.onc rn nar 90 boatlng fishing. SAILING Dt.i"s d"
k walkinc Without 4 thought OF the least u4so''