Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1890-12-28


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01&ueey. Over against grim Ftfai
Uood 1 found aaothnr abandoned
s~s.~ ~k~.~ in .e~,eh "a, ecan~r
8 -
- % sehs oi IRON pyftsss nAa
uDoo thrown into the sea- CrouAte
on<sr,~s A BaIsa.onnd. In the North
fo1e- kava v.watnsI nnfouehed for
tcorr- vh,ls "a Hrsszav IsIand are sLate
<anrrs~. hnt IN. sl.tss AZ "a heavy for
snodssr hoo...- aoa ths the an strata
ere ut.lixsd Tor having stones. Ierwek
feing paved wlth .Brsszav fisxs."
The p,an4tfxetpr- of krlu was for
merlv carried on extsn.,yelv and sail
= meHns Of subsistence by many.
Ihis kslp-xathering and burning. wnseh
= still . source Of livelihood on the
Arran Islands. Ireland. on the west
oonss al scotland. A Tree. IN the
Arevlesblrs Hebrides- ard in many
places on the Shetland coasts IA dan.
Serous ana de,truetive OF health.
Though the word ekelp, IA often an
pl,ed 10 seaweed IA h really the nro-
duct from the burning OF seaysed
from which the alkah soda. once so
largely used In the manufacture of
alsss and soap. was obtained. and from
winch iodine a st:ll secured. TIE sea-
ve@ds are called bv natives sstangles.o
They are detached from the sldes of
rocks. and frequently great storm,
nveet, Fortunate ulles Of tha eiammy
staff In upon the Iedsex of the sIos.
Tbev are gathered. stacked. thatcned
And dried for several weeks. and 10 the
autupp Are burned in rude open nits
or ovens along the shore. the sshes
1tasns into = sol,d aubstanea of ths
6ens,1y on fresztona vhieh r. broken
nm h.,iore heinz cent 20 the market,
Kein gsthsr,nS furrishex MANY ME
<{ureson. sceues Along tins desoIate
shoset. a women and children are
hrrslv endowed.
The hosisrv And other knit WOODEN.
which come from the hands OF Shet-
land women Are famous. Thew are "A
ceasslsss knitters "a those of Come
MARI and DONEGAL, in Ireland, ana
produce fabrics Of wopdrous deI,cacv
Of sexsurs. The PREPARATION of the
warn has much 10 do with the Lghtne.s
ard softness OF their work. Fl.eces
are never shorn. The cruel practice of
ssruslnx.. or removing the wool from
sheen bv pusllns il out by the roots. in
handfuils. Il sliil prevalent. The finest
wool IL thus procured; and shs average
weight OF the most pr,zed fieeces ia but
two pounds. The knltwork of these
nimbts-nn women formerly con-
mated only Of course WOODEN SUITS. and
fIns shetland shawls did not become
common until about ols40. The finest
collection OF knit-goods ever produced
In the islands vas presented to the
Princess Of Wales on her marriage In
1853. This season q large shawl was
eo.d IT Lerwiek for SIS. 1t only
weighed two and fivs-eign.hs ounces;
and another, which sold for SIS.
weighed but two and one-half ounces.
Some of the deslgus are maryelously
beautiful.
The Pcterhead aud other whaling
ships formerly completed their crews az
Ierw,ck. and these ttmes we're alvays
per;eds of great activity. OF late wears
Hhetland's interest In whxlirg nss been
Hsine,paIfy confined to driving the
6aonstess ashore. This exciting work
il often tremendously profitable. In
1915 4 shoal of $40 "ca 'ingr whales
were driven ashore in Qusndale Bsv.
Che xouthsrnnioss BAY OF Shetland.
living between Sunburgh and Fltful
Heads: and IN June Of the present year
= sboal OF several hundred was success-
fully landed on the east coast. Until
quite recently these shore whalers were
illv reauitsd for their captures. The
financially omuivereus land lord. called
the ssialru'' here, true to his
octopus instincn, claimed the
right. M 10 1899. to tar he
moor Shetlanders one-half OF the
ent,re proceeds of eli whales driven into
ahoal water opposite, or upon the
shores of their domains; "a sort of
riparian right on the Almighty for
wat was sent To save man from starva-
zion on account of rents and other bur
fiens ,nacosed py the laird hinself.r
an old shsflaudsr explained TO nae. As
Che value of the bsnSber will average
xlo n.r r,n the slasrd's often thus se-
sarsd from 5000 to 5000 a bis "righsr
~ . ssrvls catch. From 1870 10 Isss
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