Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-11-23
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p hoay Talks riss s. ~ Mn
rrovineetown. down ;, =: :, =
= s. ia,nn =, little b. Il - g
gray fray a ocean. The low so y "
n ,nss are grouped around IS Z
distorted manner, separ s = !, M
' ana crawling lanes and IT, ~, =
people wear quaint and n,' s''s,s
and the whole town il 'h ps,ns,iln
yards which ''sweeten''s s i. 2
leagues around, The u;' e Y
tina, gives life to syery 'ss y, u
pushes the wheels Of indas..M lat
the fish. This great II ps ra'l, ~
sea enters into every th dup'e' 4
tered at the grocery stores Z, wv
, ana Or ore ,.i stores for ali ths 's ss
u, ties OF life. 1t is a. po oss 'eaas
Take the fish away from J psa' =
nove,ty r's,, ~. would !, 30 paral,ua \!
business street is paved Win ~
me women use the hind a. ~ !.
great halibut for brooms. ~
secured to a pole, and sws., ' A y
as the best corn brooms in H. Is : ~ ~
Awnings shading store 'front.' - naa
from the skin of the sportivs ~ y y
skilifully tackled across lirbt N ssl p,tl
! have spent three days Il pm.'
town, and was awed away b. r. bs' s
lasting display Of fish S,nasa ~ ~
respite from my torments i - ' a''a
lgray church on the VILLAGE ~ - Y
AS | entered the house / Wa : . ssaa NJ
the peculiar appearance q -
rope swinging in the entr ~ ~
amined 1t. 1t was made ot q.
ningly knotted by some ola ~
probably. Over the alta, -. -
picture OF whale, under xbia
the legend Of Jonah's sea veras
ten in Indian ink. The prsss Ss e
coursed long and loud on the loy,l
Christian fishermen Of Galilee NJ
close OF the session a collssi~ ~
gathered, and the receptacle n,.'
around was the top shell Of AM
a.
with a whalebone handle. At,e, /.
choir had sung: Pull for the a..
and other sea glees, the church .,.s,',|
passed down the port aisle ipo 5
street.
Provincetown ladies trim their Il,
with the red gills of the macke,pi h,
confine their long tresses with mi
sculpins. Minims are used in the NJ
OF clothes-pins. These dwarf s,s,.I
are smoked and cured like red ber,iv|
and their mouths are snapped sro,i|
the clothes-line supporting b,
weeks washing and seu,l
and held in place BY N
sharp claw OF a crab. Flying-fsh J,
as plentiful around the village a. !.
glish sparrows on Boston Comma
They roost in the branches Of sptk
trees and cav like crows. Dog.ssis
often lie around the shore at low tid
and bark and howl in afrightful MAJ
ner. When neighbors meet on i,
streets they say "Ahoym Young us
wear oiled suits of course, hsaz
drilling to church when the veaths
is "heavy." One learns great naaJ
nautical phrases in that paradise
fishermen.
| HOLSTERS make intermittent intr
sions through the lanes OF the TOM
Some of them are intelligent III
learn to follow children along d.
dusty roads to school. l asked ndl
settler one day why the streets sss
so narrow, and he told me whendl
town was first settled the roads vs'
laid out narrow for the purpose Of up
porting herring-sticks which ran aers
the street from the 5econd-storg vi
dow to the window on the oppoSi
side. And so the custom has BE-
kept up, and during certain seas'
the place is darkened by strings
red herring hanging over the thCrOug
fares. forming dripping cancp
which smells badly.-Cor. chcl
Tribune.