The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1890-09-19
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SearIy1 100000 sau,rmins Iittloi iAie-i
iSs yiye4 Aro Captured In q Day. sls is
DaninflBcotta 4 Mills, a small village
about midwa IRON, tho oities OF /. Both
md tRockland, ! y one Of tbs busiest
pl,,ccs Ia Blalnc during tho lastiof May
and the ilris,tt' part of j uno. Tho CAUSE
Of tliis, unusual acl3ity Is tho appear
sanco 9of that migratory. fish, the ale
vito. y ,sss d. IS t *, y..t Il, "A l2
nm Informed that nowhere in the
+ Now England states arc there as many
Of TINT Kind OF fish captured as he,>s
There have, been tnken tl'olh tho stream
in ono day. upward Of / 100000 ana
160, 000 lii day Is not a FARO catch.
This bony fish goperally lnakes itself
visible from May ] to May 10 annually,
and Ithe3r,,n lasts about three weeks
There. nre three streams. issning out Of
tho Danlariscotta tlako FROM Il fall Of
sixty feet, and in these streams are ar
ranged stout locks for5 the reception II
tho fish. Il. q Il
The flsl come from tile son up tho
Dnnailscotta river, thence into a large
bay, whofe a Qn8 q bright sunny, ,deyg
millions Of them @inay bo seen tt'sohooi.
Ing, " preparatory for making IN rnn for
tho stream, Upon their arrival yyithin
tho locks thoy saro taken oats Of tho
water In dip nets and thrown into large
square n boxes called tyapsr holding
from 5000 to, 5000, and. then sold3to
tho "srneokers' for fifty cents a hun
dred, and carried by them In hods hold
ing 200 to their carts to be transported 4
TO the smoke houses Si& s.54,G .as
The hods are mado from flour barrels
by saving off about one-third of tho
top and nailing two poles, one on each
side, with cleats Of bonrd connecting
to strengthen them. During a pleas.
ant day, when tllore Is d Iargo run and
good many 'oountsylhell," /" as Tie
boys coll them, ale in, it Is very anus
ing to watch tho barefoot urclains fol-
low UP the hods to piol1 up tho squirin-
ing fish as they flop' off to the ground.
Two or three Of these young Amer-
icas will DO after one hod ut a time,
and tho way they'll scramble to pick
up tho fal1on fish will mako tho most
sedate dyspeptlc laugh, for they'll push
punch md fight like two dogs after
bone, stringlng them on their fingers as
fast Us they gather them in The young
kids will stock more than /, 600 in this
way some days, with the assistance Of
purloMing a fow from the traps md
casts Of the countrynen.
The smokers do not buy pll of tho
! fish, however; tlio surplus is sold to Il
y Boothboy Hnrbor firm, wliiol, has a
largo sailing and packing platform
about 100 yards from the tishways.
Wooden aqueducts in which there
Is running water are erected, and con.
meet the tlsliways With tho packing Cd.
Gtablislnnont. The surplus fish Z a,io
thrown, into these nqueducts, and car.
@,icda by. tllo. water to tho packing plat
I forpis lahdMg on a large wooden !
stIainer, where they are salted and
picked iii barrels. {. a 5s X
4 bArrol Of salted alowivcs brings
FROM SO. so to SO In the market, aid tile
fish aro, aii informed, Slipped to Af. I
ricN; also South America. "a
'rliosnoking Of tho alcWife Is another
process g As s6on .as' they arrive at the
smoke house tito flsli aro placed IN tubs
holding 1000, salted and remain In
that state usually three or four days,
according to tho temperature Of the
wtatlier,l after which tllcy arc washed
nlA strung on sticks holding from 10 to
IL IN number, md then hung OH poles
placed In tho upper part of tho house.
Large holes itlo dug III the earth (thero
- no floor hi tho smoke housc), around
which large stones are placed, u fire is
bni't out Of logs and banked with saw
dust, atld the il6wlfo is nov prepared
to receive 'itsirod coat ind few'days.
Whom ready for market tho frat fish
bring as high as ~ a hundred, but lator
~ the season get down as low as rs
md 80 cents, - Cor. Boston Herald.
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