The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-08-15
crews had shipped Ia5 barrels of fish in
one dav, and could have taken out more.
Int for their exhausted strength.

one day, ana cOus0 HhVc thheh "ut "V' -
but for their exhausted strength
These, too. are the finest fish in the
world. have eaten the pompano Just
out OF the Gulf. trout cooked on the banks
of the Rocky Mountain streams, the white
halt of England. and the sole of France;
hut, barring prejudice. and most truly,
can say the fish and oysters of the Chesn-
apcake bay and the ocean near it are the
most delicious, if properly cooked, that !
have found anywhere. The late Matthew
Mauray explains it by the fact that the
Gulf Stream. moving northeast along our
coast, causes counter current from the
northern seas near our shores, which is
raised to Just the right temperature by the
time 1T reaches the Chesapeake. and
which is also supplied with sufficient fresh
water from the numerous rivers tributary
to il to give both the oyster and the hnny
fish their delicious flavor. Numerous huts
dot the shores of both the ocean and the
bay. and profits on the enormous ship
mcnts from April to December render
prosperous IL vast number OF dealers. The
nets extend some distance into the sea.
reaching depth Of from twenty to thirty
feet
The sea VOYAGE from Norfolk to New
York during eight months i'll the year Is
the most delightful route to the metrop0-
lis, and is invigorating and hcalthful ut
all seasons. In leaving the former port
one is struck AT the evidences of rapid
progress on either side of the Elizabeth
river Piers are being projected i'll many
localities. and long lines of cottages
stretch along the shores. Within sight Is
the great elevator at the terminus Of the
C.. & o. road, the second largest in the
world; and there. too, is the most immense
dry dock in the United States. The rail-
road company have built quite a city at
Newport News
But what shall ! say of New York;
delightful place to spend Il week. or per-
ha,s Il month but Il cursed bore after.
Here We have the same jam and crush on
the street at all seasons, though everybody
is supposed to he "out of town in mid
Summer. Yet the cars are full, the streets
blocked with wagons, the same old stand
up on the elevated cars. The sharp and
eager rivarics of commerce. the insatiate
and hcartlcss greed for gain by one ele-
mcnt and the struggle against starvation
by another constantly crowd the pavemcnts
of lower Broadway with scething rush of
humanity. There is no rcspccter OF per-
SONS in the motley and hurrying crew.
Vanderbilt and the pauper must alike
elbow and crush their way along the teem-
ing thoroughfarc, and | can understand
how Il serene and contemplating philoso-
phcr like Emerson should exclaim in bitter
disgust. what huge ant hill-a moving
cheese
The lunches are also crowded for two or
three hours III INC udN otc tHS savage
cagerncss with which the mass swallow
their midday meal! There is but one
spot of rcposc anywhere near the locality.
1t is on Duane street, hard by the noted
Five Points" now one of the most orderly
and retired places of New York. Over the
door oi slatternly and dirty looking
structure appears the name Pedro Old
Pedro is Il Spaniard, who was cast away,
saving only cask of sherry from a cargo
of stuff With this small capitaf he
started in business; and, whistle drinks
much of the liquid he serves tSShis Gus
toners, and eats the best his Kitchen af-
fords, he has been prosperous-though he
still occupies the same dingy dive, with its
low ceiling and sitting. odors. But here
you can get an abundant meal and glass
of the best wine at very moderate price,
and eat it at yoar ease.s Pedro is usually
saturated with Spanish sherry and French
cofdials. His Walters seem always loaded
with some more I5stupefying liquid, bat
what they serve selgood.s Newspaper boys
pour from the etdces close by, and flock TO
Pedro's from | o'clock in the day until ,
or 3 o'clock mt night Pedro cultivates
and credits them, and they chat him while
they sWalass his liquids. and eat his
salads, ansl sFken he dies they are going
to cmlailrn Iiim in sherry, anoin1 him with
olive oil and burn his body on a funeral
pile. &c. S.
increase of the s. a. & O's. Business.
Some sdea may be formed ofthe increase
in the business of Big Stone Gap, even
| Ju vim a. Efba {ul,os+ .o.,o,, IS a. 800 H.,