Telegram-herald., 1890-09-21
AFOOT IN SCOTLAND
A Description OF the Most Noted
Fisher Folk IA Ihe World.
SEA aAIsTS Of SURPRISING BEAUTY
Ss~havsa sftastsa as tAs Oesaa neath
az the Ir4Hsesadantiy bssatifal klrth
"a EsEth-s~iEt SEA Cells
Hstsriax >sar.

p AraAaAN &rr-+ AZ AA4NAA ~ 1@A ~@-~r
Nlth sea walls 81 subAm.ty or shore
reaehers Of barrenness and cesolAt.on.
seagulls h0veung near; skeleton craft
bleaching n Wiad and ~sather; tide
swept coyes, wind-shipped and grew
some vary the picture. But the har-
VssteEs Of the deep ever recall pictures
Cf sea I4ge, wrath aud wreck.
The most noted hsheF-fOlk in the
world, these Of NeWhAven, are differ
emily envIoned. Their sea-hAunts,
upon and Al the oeean-mouth Of the
tsanscendently beautiful Firth of
Forth, are OF surprising loveliness.
Their home-hsunIs are not in q dreary
coast hamlet pounded and howled at
increasingly by the sea, but in their
Owa quaint, quiet city OF 5000 souls.
They are not periodically subjects of
starvation and charity; but live IN
ample comfort both in their sturdy
tshing-crafts and their clean, pictur-
esque habuatons. They are neither
sOdden nor ignorant, but are bright,
earnest and healthy minded. Only the
romancer can flud a more hopeless ele-
ment of pathOs among them than
among ordinary folk. IL would be dif-
tcult 10 paint them as extraordinary
picturesque, if We except their women
folk who are all that, save when in
their "kirk brsts' or finery, of a Sun
day, when they will compare favorably
with any smart American worshippers.
They are never drunkards nor any
other manner OF swine. They do not
favor customers with Billingsgate, of
the foul order at any time. and the
other sort of forgivsble obiurgations
aud expletIyes are only ready for apph-
cation TO those not possessing their own
excellent manners. They speak too
good English 20 have pride in Scottish
dialect. Their superstitions chiefly
hlnt at penalties for dishonesty. In
truth. there IS not enough about them.
save that wh.cn Is upright, sturdy and
fine, TO attract those who travel for the
thrill of being shocked; for they are
one and all sturdily honest, humbly
GOd-tearing, tenderly kind.
Because they have ever been repres-
Cnted in the magazines and reviews as
an odd, rough and uneanny lot, and |
lave found them upright, sturdy and
fine, IL = q light 70 let the world know
something ont them and their en-
vIronment "a they really are. New
haven as a fishing village is very an
cient indeed. In the early part of the
fifteenth century Il was designated
"Our Lady's Port of Grace" from
mite OF 4 chapel dedicated to the
Virgin Mary and st. James; and a bit
Of the ruin OF this fee Is still TO be
seen in the old deserted battle-ground
in the center of the place. But Il owes
Us later Importance to a speculative
whm on the part OF James ~, who, in
1906. erected here a rope-walk. docks
and a shlp-bullding yard. In the latter
was constructed that then most marvel
Ous levlathan OF The sea, James war
SHIP. Great Michael, the largest ship
the world had then known, whose
sidcs, amidships ''wcre padded with
solid oak 10 feet thick :" Tie Great
Michael was 240 feet long and 56 feet
wide, Was armed with MANY heavy
guns. and three great basslls. with no
less than three hundred moveunes, fal-
cons. quartet Efaic0ns, sings. pestilent
serpeutues, and double days, with hac-
buts. culverines. cross-bows and hand
bows. was manued with three hundred
marines, one hundred and twenty
csnu0niers, and one thousand soldiers:
and was % Otner respects SO wonderful
that 20 this day the monster is recalle
whenever a new iishing-craft enters the
harbor. for such IS always "the bon
nest Newhaven boat syne MchaePs
time" The only other noted incident
ever occurring AZ Ncwhaven was when.
IN September. 1850. sixty stately galleys
and other ships anchored here. and the
queen mother. With the most brilliant
company ever assembled IN Scotland
sailed out of the Forth on her way TO
visit her daughter Mary IN France
But the city Of Edinburgh, whose great
port was, and IS, ths city OK Lcith, fear
ing the growing prestige OF the crew
haven. purchased the entire place from
James ~, in 1910, az good round
sum- snd for the last $50 years.
while the httie port has remaiued SIM
ply sn extension Of old Fdmburg and
l.eith. I'D 60 the south side Of the Forth.
Newbaven has bad bat slumhcrOus
growth. Today t comprises 500 souls.
over 4500 Of these are fishermen. fish
wives and fishers children. It "a ht-
tla world By tself It's population are
people by themselves. Ia spite OF the
fram-csrs thst cone as FAR as they dare
from the great city and halt BY the VII
la-o sids n spite Of the railway that
tTnZs and takes vast crowds Of curious
visitors. Im spite Of the tremendous
steamship and vessel life and its spfen-
dd psnorsms he fore their very eyes. IN
sn,te ol the churches. ul issious and na-
tIonal schools. wedged between their
curious hsbitations. aud iu spite of TIE
uuceasug friction Of their darlv contact
Witn the me activities Of a splend a
CITY. housing the brightest ard most
cultivated people If Great Britain. tnev
suffer no imnuiiou. To impingsmeuf.
TO change. Ast0 dress. customs. dfs-
lect. n1anuerisfns. mode of life. modern
progress stops sEhsst st the outsx rs II
Nevhsvau. Walks around it. snd passes
or. az 81 with a SIGH Of relief At having
escaped a b0otiess struggle.
Rut 70 one vhe xn0ws the Nsvnsvsn
fsher-f1. K az Al VII set them down a.
IsckIng p usual intelligence. rs would
b hcut % ind anywhere N cur Own
country AZ s1lated town of 500 people
posse ssing so marry seif sustaining. A.
ert CHEEKY. act. ve-minded souls There
So uot SIMPLY = feT predon mating in-
tetIerss bending al other wills and
wishes % their cvn. Man. uonan Of
chd. ore srd al s1drerav wh sxei
81 anywhere else. would thrive. Their
sftivltv e remarkable their percep-
ton. Quics and true their snisabs ~
viasone, their physcsl power and 10
ouetrv are sTaaxnQ. snd Their tranquil
~ ana ccnsent are sonlefblnx gooa ~