, 1890-09-25

At dinner appeared that universal
comfort OF tho Scotch lowly kali
brose or cabbage broth. great plat
tcrs of "duff' and syrup, mountains
of boiled beef aud potatoes and more
floods of tea. At supper there were
fresh or salt herring, oat cakes,
cheese and bread and syrup. Atall
times there was II bountiful supply
of good butter; and If one became
hungry between meals there was al
ways n toothsome "snackn of cold
fish or cold boiled beef with NAM
moth chunks" of bread, and a
hearty welcome to boot.
MARKET SCENES.
Newhaven people are best seen dur
ing the daily market hours between
and 0 in the morning. The harbor
surrounded by seawall with sides
800 feet long, forever covered with
drying nets and gear, has only one
little entrance; but into this have
come perhaps half II hundred boat
loads Of fish. AZ many more boats
are floating idly alongside, Perhaps
no more than 100 fishermen will be
Stcl tboNl hllt llpbNN hlli bii''
these arc resting contentedly from
their nights labor at sea. The re.
mainder have gone home and
"turned in" for agood sleep. The
women relieve them of all RESPONSE
bllity the moment the boats are
docked. They even go so far rs to
carry tho purse and dole out what
Jock or sandy shall spend while
ashore. The fish have been got out
of the boats and are ranged In boxes,
which hold about 100 pounds each,
In the open space of curious old
Main street, fronting the har-
Dor. In this will be seen more than
n thousand people, 600 or 700 of
whom are iishwives, the remainder
comprising hucksters, children,
curious tourists, rifraff from Edin-
burgh, and half-dozen blatant
auctioneers. These get siXpence per
pound sterling value on sales. All
fish are sold outright to the highest
bidder for cash. and If the wives of
an entire boats crew should be
sellers of fish they must purchase
their fish in the open market pre-
cisely the same as any other huck-
ster who may come to buy. Tho
best prices are secured at tho earliest
hour; getting to the guidwives Of
Edinburgh before breakfast-time,
being counted an advantage. There
are innumerable odd characters buy
ing here besides the fishwives--
weakened old men with hand-bas-
kets, women and men with don
keys and carts smaller than them
selves, saucy lads and saucior lasses,
bareheaded, barelegged and brave
in their strength and ways. But
for 300 years, ust ns IL will be with
those who come after them as long
~ Newhaven, Edinburgh and the
Firth of Forth arc here, the fish
wives have been those who undis-
turbed and unruflled by time and
change trundle daily away from
Newhaven pier with nine-tenths of
all the fish brought to 1t from the
sea.
HABITS OF THE PEOPLE.
Their creels contain from seventy
to eighty pounds of fish. These car
ried on their backs, are held in place
by broad leather straps about the
forehead. Uncountable are the
skirts they wear. These fall just be-
low the kpees, and two or three of
the outer ones are gathered back
over the launches in voluminous
pufis. Stout, woolen stockings,
stout, buc<led shoes, and II stout
pea Jacket complete the raiment;
save that the married women wear
handkerchief, or "mutch" cap,
upon their heads; while the maiden
flshwives go bareheaded. While at
their labors, every article of their
dress, save cap and shoes, Is of dark
blue wooden goods. If shopping
in Edinburgh, or when visiting
among themselves, their attire is Of
wide, gorgeous-striped linen, petit
coat upon pettlcoat, aud their frills,
furbelows and jewelry, would sicken
even the "show-gipsies" of Seville
with envey. Those who remain at
home, and others, who during the
afternoon have returned, gather in
most picturesque groups about the
stair heads of quaint old Main street,
which runs parallel with, and next
to the sea front of the village. Here
they gossip over local affairs cobble
the nets, bait the lines, and do all
/ odd things that women do in these
strange fishing communicative
quarrel. They do not quarrel in
Newhaven. Perhaps 1t IL because
they are II truly religious folk. For
so IL Is, that when | entered their
Free Kirk on Sunday saw
more than 1000 of these people
worshiping with great devoutness.
Stranger than that, the dark petit
coats and striped petticoats We're
gone. Not one garment marking
their waterside vocation could be
seen. Sober grays and rich blacks,
costly as the attire ut famous old
! st. Giles, had taken their place.
| And as | stole out again before the
doxology was ended, the myriads of
creels hanging ut the deserted stair
heads, miles of nets drying in the
sun upon the piers, and the swaying
spars above q hundred boats rocking
| liz the harbor, We're all that could ut
least give Sabbath testimony that
here was the largest single fishing
community, and always the most
self-sustaining and characteristic
one, that the world has ever known.
EDGAR l.. WAKEMAN.
An Horganlzed boycott is II conspiracy
and in Pennsylvania and other states Is
made an indictable oilense 10y the stat
utes. An individual has right to EN-