Morning journal and courier., 1891-08-19
AT THE WEST SHORE.


 Down at Savin Point-The Crab.
 bing Season-Ponto and His Ex-
 perfence With the Crab-A Young |
 Visitor From San Francisco.
 Hundreds found their way to Savin l Rock yesterday afternoon. despite the in dications of rain that the clouds gave. There was, however, but very slight shower at the Rock, not enough to lay the dust. There was very active demand for crab bait at the Savin Rock markets yes terday and at the butcher wagons, and the crabs that came up the creeks were assailed with tempting Chunks" of beef in all di- rections, and many of them found them selves suddenly and unceremoniously yanked from their native element and Topped into the baskets of their merciless and rapacious captors, who were constantly eager for more. One teen-year-old boy was so intent on catching an unusually large crab which had been clutching and chew ing his bait for half an hour that he for got necessary precautions and fell plump into the creek, where the water was about five feet deep. The next minute he was WuU1y C1uGCAAuS 0uO bCh SInS5 1lOAlS buO creeks edge, and finally landed himself, instead of the crab. The crab unwisely came that way again and tempted fate, and this time was captured.
 Some good catches of crabs were made yesterday, and many of the lop-sided, wab blingshell- backs were good sized and robust looking. A dog belonging to one party of crabbers took deep interest in the landing of the crabs and parked vociferously every time he beheld one landed in the basket. He also forgot at last to use proper pre- cautions and while wagging his tail in a promiscuous way near the crab baskets, Topped it against rousing large crab of great activity of claws, which had climbed up to the top edge of the basket to recon noitre. Suddenly terrible yelping broke the quiet of the moment and all hands rose to their feet to see Ponto darting violently about the meadow, first one way and then another, with the big crab clinging for dear life to the dogs caudal appendsge. AS the dog neared the creek in his wild movements, the crab suddenly smelled freedom and let go and fell with splash back into the water and shakes of his aching tail. Ponto's cries of anguish and wild war dance, while the crab was hanging on, caused much ire pressible hilarity among the grabbing fra ternity, but when the big crab got away Ponto fell into disgrace and seemed to realize it, for he slunk off and laid down some distance away and parked no more during the afternoon, but occasionally nursed the injured member.
 A summer visitor at Cox's Surf house, which increases in popularity every season, is Master Pierre Nagle, bright fifteen year-old lad, recent graduate of grammar school Mo- 3, New York city, whose father is steward on the steamer Oregon, which was built by the lamented American ship builder, John Roach, at Chester, Pa., if tween San Francisco and Portland, Ore. MT. Nagle, ST., went with the steamship directly after the launching to the Pacific. Young Nagle has just passed his examina tion for admission to the College of the City of New York, which he enters in the fall. He has now spent two summers as the guest of MT. and Mrs. Cox. He has fine collection of rare coins and bills included in which are $25 gold piece and $50 gold piece of private coinage in Cali fornia. and various other pieces quite rare from foreign hints. He has an uncle who holds fine government position in Canada to which he was appointed soon after the Crimean war, in which he bore so gallant a part as to receive recognition by appoint ment to the government office he holds He also received various medals for special brewery on the field of battle.
 The cottages at Savin Point, just be- low Savin Rock, are all occupied. Hon. John H. Leeds of this city aad wife are daily enjoying the sea air at their cottage, which they built four or five years ago. The Saving Point cottage is occupied for the season by MT. Leighton, the Congress Dr. Ross, the New Haven dentist, his wife and daughter, Fare occupying their cottage near the point, which the doctor pur- chased not long ago. MT. Bradley, the oyster magnate, occupies his home cot tage. Colbert Lutz, the Congress avenue butcher, his wife and two neices are occupying the remaining cottage of this locality