The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1890-07-06

,h"H, or', T. r ts IN . ~ ,r4ri n'%'
Tie d. liz WGrds record
According to the census Of 1880 Chicami.
cOmirO lad II population Of 2i3. klnnakect Of
3c,. and tito !iatt"rH1 which includes all Tho
island FROM 'ho cane to the iattera- Inlet 81.
4.OUuin number. for times have been growing
better in recent year. ana good ines make
the population grow herc the people 1ay,. Jus!
nS abundant iood increases the number OF
rabbits in any district.
The ,-ottlsWcnts are oil alike. Each is n
collection OF houses scattered about on trails
that run like rowpRths that really were COW
paths and deer runwayS, originally through
ca can ' hero "I no ono mo- knows wh"" 1T no
scrlemontat llattorts ln."t was certainly made
cary IN the eighteenth century for tho records
tweon tho years 1872 and 1852. show THAI llj
vessels. cleared in, That time and that ,whilO
most o. Them sailed through tho Ocratol;e In
let. fiattcrns In ct was almost as popular.
Not only wore the earliest itler- ease loving,
some o. them were Vicious. They were OF the
VIII o"ce Iivcd on these banks. But whatever
tho yiciousneSs 81 the early settlers tho owl
Strains OF blood has degonorated. for instead
otfobbing shlpS on ne high seas they rob them
after they q . stranded.
The typical !iRttoras Islander. however. has
inherited in marked degree the case loving
characterstic- o. his ancestors. and there has
NEE" the KIRK o 0 %fG" ii b ns Sn Ssf nm
that had moved to the island during tho last
rho chiof source OF income OF the people is
from the natural oyster beds Possessed OF III,
finest sort OF and under water for oyster cul-
turc, tho inhabitants have not UTILIZED u
foot 81 1t. Worse than that. thoy Rro dredging
the natural beds to leH' h. aud Hing the catch
10 virginia p!auters, contrary to law. Accord
In. to some Of tho DUSt-iufOrmed men OF the
is.an :. tho beds will lie ruin ID in two years.
In tho sens n they all 20 Ii hing. and some Of
tho ilrSt ShHd tpreaoh Now York in tue spring
ara iakou by llatioraS Islanders. n steamer
making regular trips from EiZahelh City In
tho season TO gather the atch. Nearly ali tho
mon are markrt shoe arS IA VOL and from
November to March they hunt wild fowl with
such collection nf docoYS and firearms rs
would give II sportsman tho hendache.
iiut tho roader must not be led 10y these
statements into surprising That tho citizen OF
the banks works long enough or often enough
10 max" h m incur the disp'easuro Of tho me-
chanicS who favor an eight hour work day. 1t
l. asserted BY good authority that II majority
- the mon OF llatteras Island work less than
90 hours n year. or lliy-twu ten hour DAYS
IN" Hattie A. man IL usually tall aud Eauut,
with rounded shoulders, whlsSerS on tho y int
Of his chin, straight Tim lips, lantern Jaws.
keen eyes, ard unk"mpt dark hair. llo wears
either an old lelt hat or 'w"SiDr. II drilling
shlrt, brown OyeTAll,, and rubho' boot. At
tins season OF the yOar however be ~ nS oliGu
MIreiuOiru "a otherwise. in spite o, abundant
sand hurr5 n.OnEshore. Tho oiaest mon still
wear trou ,ors made on the island rom the
wool they shear nom their half wild sheen
The truth j. that thtse islanders are IN APP
pearanco typical Yankees
The grls mature ~ Is or II years, and until
they get married are plump and good looking.
Then they soon break and become hRRgaTd.