The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1890-07-06

| bringing i'll luck on an enemy by. buryin0
something whore the enemy will walk over il.
| Gle for this purpose with Old widows. and no
islander will walk over u spot OF freshly turned
earth unless he knows why and by whom it
They believe that the blue Jay is in league
with the devil and that it is unlucky to hear
10 go to see the devil every Friday night and TO
come back on Saturday chuck full OF the ma
liciousnes5 OF his patron.
They never point finger at q graveyard lest
the pointer be the next one 10 be carried there.
One might wren that had built nest on an
old book case back of tho Chlcamicomico n IL
pit sat on perch very vide awake during the
services until the end OF the sermon, aud then
flew about over the lamps on tho pulpit aud
wall and eNttnGnished eyory one Of them. The
pie fastened lone. The oi lat ono reached
home Just In time 10 cscare fearful squai!.
and the peopie bcieye that no bird put ont
the lights undor spiritual guidance To- save the
congregation Wetling. -,
What is tho bescttng sin Of your pcope?"
Back biting, he rcpIied. They are tho
most hospitaSio IL the world @ad man IN
mid. But they will got together and talk about
ana eNaEgerate the faults OF their ncIGhDGrs not
sessed the i sa n TRey do i co o9 TO-
for they are constantly striving TO get tho
places Of those in government enjoy; NJ
tales OF neglected. dnty.'
Tho truth OF tho preachers estimate will not
be doubted BY one who talks to the pcopie hat
an hour. bat they have a very queer notion OF
property rights as well when the property -
from 'wrack.' Not long ago the schooner
Viola Burton. coal laden, came ashore here Jt
kinnakeet. She rested easily on tho sand. AMI
her oHptan WsPt to NorIoiE i2T Esrs TO Eet
came down here and found her looto! Even
some OF the surImGn from tho iie-sayinG sta
charged and an order issued by tho depart;
ment that no man engaged in the affair sh ii!1
saws that because OF this order there are onY
twelve men in "A population Of 4p' at Alnna-
rest helped to rob the schooner.
A vcar or two ago IL vessel went ashore near
Hatteras inlet loaded with merchandise. i"r
months th9reatter the women went around
bare ut both ends-baroheaded and bareioutei
according to custom but wearing seal plush
clonkS over thor calico dresses.
Save for this stealing from wrecks crime IS
scarcely known on tho banks. Noislander has
hor since the war; nor hHs any gravor offence
been cnarEHd against him at tho Court liouio
in f hnG eeh t% Of q wa"F 0f III
lIatterns Island has one physician, DR.. G. B.
Lincoln. He has been uract = hg on the BANKS
The doctor rides Gunner Uses boat 10
visit his more distant patients us shore doc
visit patients from nifty to seventy miles away,
and received for his services bag OF yopon 2
tho uniort,Inate people had to give him
The grist mills OF Hatteras are all windmills.
and Tho illustration, which is from 4. phTTjSo no.
room is s'5Xl5. feet large 9nd, II high It
stands, on m lS-inch post eight feet above the
shaft, on tho inner end OF which is a g-iooS
drive whcel gearing into lj-inch pinion. \
pinion. With good wind as much AS five
bushels OF corn can be ground IN an hour. L
VII ia ter Isapd has IS but teSn nesr%os
among its population. The negro thereiofe.
is not political element. and thu, voters are p
from one side to the other by the popularity ot
candidates, THye IN Presidential elections, when
During tho war two companies were recruit
cd for tho south and two for the North IN
called ,d Bu!iaiooi" by T tho n JSRnn os and G"5
short shrtt when captured. While Tie SOUTH
ern uoops held Roanoke Island 7 dctaG 9tIH
They landed aud drove the Union TROOPS dolwn
toward Hatterasi Then u Federal war sh.p
micomlco down. A lot OF the southern troop5
were killed and the rest driven on. But in 70
and polling ont into the Sound remained Their,
for several days in terror of their lives.
o poT Ea al lIGtSras 81, l%iGj THI an @d r''
and doIgei the shell Of both sides"
But space would fail wcry al tho Curir 8
features OF this isamd ana it. peor.e TO ~" l'-
ncrihed in detail. There are the look NJ tr."-.
for shop. ponies or cattle may got NJ ip sh'-
vsy tho country; thrie nre tie n.a!nhe, wA'.h
mounds whero Indian skeletons, c.n"r
gro &ns, and curloHt tools have boon TO.
there are net ,khltting bees tie o"iy 81" j
gathering which the young loIEs knu" "a -
thlng about there Is tho custom which tho
magisr ates have = keeping bIanl. m,a'ra.i
licenses. bought Of tho County trtN
stock, 50 ,aS ~ DO ready Tor "lnrrE a
there ARE tho children who can sail tun' =
cary a5 shore boys can rlde a gur=u. Sc, s
ri Is who use tho rrd spottcG 5lclls e. 70
with sailors blood on tn" Diamond r.ei' ~
di-h"- IN their p.ay houses: thrln aio 'Iu.
grndS OF and searcls- 'uy Tie lrra-lla..' ;
pirates ara supposed TO hH,a l,nn u
sand; there mo no pecr- OF "rcrR a. .' "a
III Al /. f.
bones Of sailors alongside, wH..u iln Sc
digs out OF III" Sand dunes now nad Nh.
ouoor There Ia scarce $50 curious q nHlJIuH:
My In luclo sans DOMAIN a. car, be- fou
here on liAiterae Sland aHd set, n 'No ~ NJ
Of whom am ono, have visited IL, and iRAs
within the Past YeaEl