The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1890-01-04

't.se long ltCt M0nths al our Louisiana
ssemlner when our peerless mollusl
Is not III an edible condition 2 Where
teae this series Of Communications haI
aaa' several months been interrupted.
But the other day l again went t.
Worship ut the shrine Vt Father Nep.
tazne a shrine that ereny lover of ma.
tare a establish for himself where.
.eaer the tides wash and the salt
VA yes roll. Who does sot love the sea-
Fnom Homer to SlLakspear. from
tasakspear to Byron, from Byron tO
d@nnyson and Longfeiiow. all the
Geat poets OF all great nations have
kas,g the mysterious, the irIisistiDle
fascination of the ever advancing and
ever receding waste Of water that
ssTt0unds our contiaents.
Some, most Of humanity | believe
love best the sea ir the Summers
calm where almost the only motion is
the long smooth undulatory swell,
SO regular and so unceasing that one
could Imagine Il great heart in the
centre of our globe, and that the salt
"asss that break so rhy thnaiCally ut
our feet as we stand upon the beach
ais but an Indication Of its stapendous
pnlsations. But l love best old
Ocean IN his sterner winter mood
when the wild waves dash IN tliun-
der upon the sand rolling f + inland
Their fringes OF boiling foam. or on 4
coast dashing into Il storm Of
spray before the gale against which
one a lean as against 1t wall Of
stone.
But it is seldom We witness sucb
scenes here upon our tranquil coast.
md so it happened that it wa during .
hose perfect days Of a Louisiana
winter, such December days as come
only on the shores Of semi-tropic sens.
hat again visited what | NAV call
,ysterland. Such days as they were
Neither too hot in the sun nor foo
old in the shaded dazzling sun
inning from Il deep blue sky mon
ne crisp sbimmering wavelets. and
II melting into an o~pal-colored hazel
nat shut i'll the vast circle. .of the .
ORION. !
The same old friends, the same old :
oats (which also are friends, the ;
anne old procession, and our fisherman >
re at work.
The choice of fishing ground is y
overned by the State Of wind and =
II the water is too rough or too +
eep to-day for work in a certain .
lace, some other more sheltered and
lalower place is chosen. Those who :,
e SO fortunate as to have anchers a
them overheard, those who a
I've no anchors plant an. oar in the
ud to (which they make fast, and .,
g work of the day begins. =
WORKING head TO wind, taki,o :,
'erythiug on each side of his skiHr y ,,
ewing bis anchor, or sticking his =,
r still further in advance draws :,
WIrdward, the fishermen. within ;.
any a joke, and even with an &C.
slonaf drink from that not mysteri- a,
s black bottle, piles his mercban- ~
se on board. But it must not 10 n
derstood that all is fish that comes -
his net. Il
DE who has been OR biyalyes h,,+ .
they are delivered at the marIaf 90
~Ihlbodaux or New Orleans can 81
conceive their condition wl,en
SHY wrenched from their native 7
l. Instead of the clean and mi. i.
NJ bivalve that my readers Inv. no,
FISHERMAN brings I'D from the
this hideous lunches of blackened 90,
lis covered with ooze, slime and
mud and as the conpIomerata r
sses were thrown on board the v
imp . thunip ! thHmpm reminded Rel
old soldier of the distant artillery pia
to which he so often listened with
eating heart so long ago. so long +.
IN lS6l-G4-But 81 and g. has
hing to do with 80. Those DAYS
PASSED and gone-whether for
'er or for worse let wiser heads
I mine decide. We who survive 2Otl
those who have come upop the
Re since those sorrewful and FRAT.
tal days a only say "Let the .Job
! past bury its dead" tie future is
Ours.
hen the fisherman has his 0.doy,s ri,
on board he begins to Clean as 9
tie draws on his hands n pair of crh la'
ems made of heavy cotton duck he $,
.rotect his hands and beginning strn'
e forward end of his load con, It. /
'tiously goes through the mass NAL
iet IN hand. knocking overheard OWN !
deau shells" and Other TIL
pr. ruar
went
+ ora y. m. this work of McOOuU. the
IS done aud our FISHERMAN lights arral
lpe afresh, ships his oars and piac- er Il
pulls away to his bedding-ground. fell,
e) a place carefully chosen in the same
current, and carefully incIos the |
tn a pole fence to keep ont the ggivney1
htering drum-fish. Here with = to til,
shovel he again commits his hi. figure
p" " InC Care OF N~eptuue-au6 which