The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1890-05-11
OYSTERAIEE.


oYsrERMEH.
temporary one. it is all but incredible that peo-
pie should pc so careless 6i fhe saplGSsI SAM ana
garbage thrown into the streets or on the
sandy lots. as already told, but thcre Is cess
drinking water. These wells nowhere to
exceed len feet deep, and many are but SIX
pools. The deaths numbered 43 last year out
OF population of 2,3O0. Parts of the town are
too new to have az yet become very unhealthy
There were 45O voters al the last election,
OF whom 80 were Malone. Republicans: of So
colored men, 40 were Republicans. There are
three school, houses for which seven TEACHERS
The In IN money money paid to Chncoeagqsrs who man
the ie.sayng stations, the IiEhtAo4ses' p THO
Once jfi'et amounts to over so, 900 q year.
The people live well in the village whom they
for eight cents pound, and most food prod.
ucts at equally low rates. There is no printed
bin Of fare ct the Atlantis HG E but eorGei
staff in one. stacks up about each plate the
following Ior an eIuiyaIent' for breaEiasl'
becfsteak. broiled yellow legs, tried, oyster.
fried shad. poarhed eggs. biscuit, light bread.
eoee 'G Gdds CAKES hot oil the @ are
served at short intervals during the meal. ] he
butter is good and ,yellow-unliko southern
make a square meal cannot blame the hotel.
CHINCoTEAGUE CRIME.
There is no Jail on the island. nor i, there
much use for one. Not until Aug ~, 1856, was
one knows. Theft is uEknown. During tho
summer Of 1856 William Freeman. young
man of %, was employed on the arm OF Tim
othy Hill. formerly "a Cane Cod man, and nr b.
ably the wcalthlest man on the island. Free:
ran fell in love with Jennie, the iH;,yenr-mld
courage his suit, but whom the old folks
learned OF It they shut of his dow Of sentiment
hurshly. Freeman grieved over this day and
night and sail for The mainland and a pHrson.
as many better man has done but he
grew desperate and finally went hunting Bill
BunnE qf whom oh he Sg Ssal @an Tth9 i
home OF the girl next day. aad found her there
with her mother lie carried Il gun and a re-
women ran ont OF doors with freeman alter
them, firing rs he ran. The g.rl .eIl dead; and
tie mother received two bullets in her hody.
At that a brother OF the girl came running
from a neighbors Seeing him. Young Free
man pqt the revolver 70 his own forehead and
pistol The mo,he recovered.
There was another howsid noto y y b axe lat
Quarter ShOu ghtShip. mot William &. Dry
den. an oyst4rman in the village here and got
10 arg ing in the presence OF others about the
a certain place On the beach. From argument
they went t" eqltnets. then TO blows, and then
to E Tsap2e g so that he dol Dryden Was
arrested had u hearing before the magi>trale.
and was sent TO the county lali to await the
course of the law. lie escaped from tho lall
ana is now at large. lie is known to lie living
in Delaware. the neople say. but Lewis had
no relatives t. push the matter and the state
aHthorities never offered any reward, and so
no effort has ever been made 10 DrihG MIN To
Justice" -
The bay in which ChincoteaGue lies is one
vast oyster bed \ part Of the bay is natural
bed. but every available foot Is now taken up
cbincotea9ne some idea may be formed when
1t is known that up 70 April this season 1901
barrels of oysters and clans hNd 9een shipped
and that by the end OF the season lew short OF
10000 will have gone forward. They have
cold cash. to a community of 400 voters. Be-
sides these. many we're shipped North by sloop
and scho n"r IL coo weaver J ~ eS ESTIMATED
Tie lower estimate being made by the railroad
men, i ID Ia. 10 nTpppE0se that 29,9oo barrels
warded from 1000 to 1000, and took In from
S4UOIU to S2.,OJ1 each. IL /: asserted by tho
ovstermcn themse YES that after, allowing for
every tx perlsu oysters COS tho planters dol
lar "A barrel. Some three or four planters have
therefore received incomes OF Slo,OOO to 100000
Tie majority oi the men on the island. how
ever are luborrrs. and tho few capitalists reap
the harvest The HedS are planted with seel
oysters gathered from mai ural beds down along
HAMPTON county. rom 'hnIoS river and Chesa-
reaKe Fay, ana from Albomare sound, The |
seed oysters cost from sin 10 ten cents IA bush |
eli nj the natural heds. and Il regular fleet OF |
6 looDs and schuOners l. now employed bringing |
them here and selling them at from twelve to |
sixteen cents n bu-ne. From $40 t. 800 bush !
els are spread over an acre OF land under |
water and sinre 1he ,o 69y Is ior tse most Iart
good. vast territory IS covered. The oysters |
are left down until the second season to grow. |
his s"h s ys he vs ths on e
has been exec !cnt. thus man who planted /,
M bushels Which he sold Tor s
300 net making a clear gain Of $l,1OO per acre. /
The produce from ar acre OF dry land on Chin |
that be M the profit made on sweet potatoes |
on like land on the peninsula
OYSTER BOATS.
Tho difference between tools used by men |
in the same occupation at different points !
a ong tho Atlantic coast Is interesting On !
Long Island tho oystermen use n round nosed ,
yaw rugged with single pri.sgil when gath |
ering oysers. On chit cOteague they use a scow. /
and It is what might be called q cat yawl in
rs There IS a sail forward that i OF the
boom and sprt instead Of boom and gan The
is leg - mutton. \ iliLy-fOOt hoHt
IN he eed oSTI 6a tga ts "I a Ie g w
enormous, and the oystermen carry Of" like
Captains OF clipper ships. But tho zig is very
big foresail. and there The bont les with tho
leg o mutton to keep her, head to the wind
The Long lslandor,' yawl costs 'loo; the
The mon VINO work on the hcds aS laborers
are paid from 10 cents Dush9,, wneh toh*im&
n bushe when scraping tho Gleaungs of In
May They make all he way from " TO {
la. With the wutry wind bowling over the
bay and the salt wafer SkinminR over, with
Ice in tho bottom Of the boat, they earn al they
get IL Id "a hari life. but u man with energy
and ambition can become a capitalist aud get
into business for himself more rea lily than in
any occupation where 40 nue. tralnlning is
o necessary to acquire skill needed rs in this.
CHINCuTEAGUE WILD FOWL,
The readers OF THE SuS who are Interested ,
In forest and stream, and So read she reports /
from game resorts, have very often seon tho ,
name Of Chigcotoague. In tho seasons Chnc0.
league iurnisle- raTa snort for tho 'ow who |
come 10 H. The nay tie g!ades aud the
marshes afforr feedinn and iug grounds or
untold millions oi Wild owl while the 'li.,hta ri .