New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-07-30

teasing romps though they be- Down through the
long, cool aises OF the pine woods they CO. singing
and chatting In the broader road they run race.
in which the boys stand up and shout themselves
hoarse, while the poor little girls are bumped aoout
on the springcss vehicles without mercy, unul some
one loses a hat. and peace and order are restored
Arrived at the fishery, the horses are taken out
and tied under shed, the baskets are careluliy
stored away and then the real day begins They
are lust in time for mornings haul and so down
they troop the waters edge to watch with Interest
every detail Two small boats, manned by negroes
In long rubber boots and oilskn coats, lie SIDE by
SIDE heavily laden with seine With mu'h too'ihs
and putting they put of from shore, steamng straight
out for several miles. and keeping close together
until the furthes point is reached. SEPARATING there'
they go In exactly opposite directions, describing
hug. sem,1rcle with the seine which they drop
from the stern OF the boat When all the seine IS
ont they return 10 shore and walt TOT the he's
to I'LL The young visitors scatter themselves aoout
the shore or sit In the tilted carts and make Small
raids on the baskets but at the FIRST sign OF the
haul they flock under the great shea again. "ne'e
IA. negro women making ready for their part on
the work. The little boats take up where they iei'
oI and begin slowly TO draw the nets nearer AS
they bear in toward shore they pick up the h'@vS'
v,, seine and coil It on the broad Nat deG Inc
excitement Increases as The halfcircle grows sipaier'
The men lng as they pull together ana inc hsh Nj
,hoi, frantic efforts 20 escape leap many fesN aoo'o
,he wafer At last they are ready " iahd' "hon 10
easier said than done. The combined strength anu
actiyt- OF these little water creatures Is s''i'er 'uAN
ON. imagfncs and they VIII break through uie
strongest net get under IL III 'ner hn"i ''ee'''
II the greatest care Is not taken 1T, 49,
Men wadc out to keep the seine GOWN "hile 'ncs
,rov 1, ND on the beach. and many big ieo" Is
lovled over by the fish. with last CITY anu
swing all together. the net Is swung l"r up U" ""'
and quickly secured by wooden pegs ana 'hch ",'''
, sIghtl Thousands Of wrigghhe, Hapms' "opi'',
,r,. 10, loosc ON the sand : and n, they turn am
,vin In the sunlight every color In the prism II
Collected in their silver scales. Beautiiul ns tue!
r. IN. little girls cry In pity for their fate ana
,,,v holm one bold fellow back into the water
They think the fisherman Is nasty crue' HIN"
mill h, tells them that Is ia" finest hnui OF 'he se'"'
and I..,,5 were the mascot whereupon they io'sNe
him Tx, trns little women A. soon as the h'i
49,. ON, Of the winter the work Of separating them
brS,ns. The sind hrSt counted ana inr ,,h
mo crates They nrc III taken to lares 'rons w.
rney wish themselves by ,he- irant, plunge: Is,
the side thu trough ar" ranged thc DON, III i
W,issing and jumping. man pleas the hsl OF -, "A
certain ~. ana qnniiN AMI pack ihNn c'o'ci! vi
the Lottom covering them Immediately win ioNe'-
nil of cracked lee. \ second layer OF ID ami zee
hIl, the box which Is then closed nailed ana nnrho,
Ihrs I'm a lew moin,n> after their landing, they are
ready for shipping. -had ana herring constitute
inc greater and only vauab' p'rt OF 'nr
haul liz other fish being given to- tnr h,gi"r 'n
jnck into the shed where III" WOMEN ~ WIN thr.
knives and barrels -om. are cut r. m NH
and other, put down" in brine. ana n"'nS -
more app tizing than thee picked rT h'r'"'
prepared b. nnllNe crpk . . an, ,h,s
The second han l. made In the afternoon anu tI's
closes the drghtfil day Tor III, Children; WI" log
home In the twilight. tirci happy ,ro"", u"' y
fhosr who may say til the moon rs',, 'h"r - u
greater trent In >toTr. Til, ligh oi her li' u IN
eioudrd face makes brOli silver trich across th'
N,tor and along II the little beats steal ll'ir piho
siipS their crews chanting low. weird M A,ur'.
Thdu-h multitude Of tiny creature, iolioT n IN .M yi
N;n, thrir /, no Ripple 90 wave - in'ih 'nr,r wi
end silent march. until suddenly thcv break RAM, ana
Spln ,hing da.hng, nasling the whole SHINING n,,
~. AT your feet. living. papi'niing III, OF ."Nrr
and gold. Tho rro>nic fisherman snin> Nv NJ
us tors rapturous exclamation and examines ms
;.p. deciding in IA" very midst OF MI his pictures "a;
ness to abandon the seine FOR the loss nos' III.
49,, ".,i,n u>rd 10 day with great success, lWN
are ugly things. ana sci all over the bay ana sou,
in ne early spring disrgmr" the wafer ana nnh
nn vi rntlon dangerous Lut they mr." yearly eIoWh,
in fa,rr. the risk and "Npm,e a'c er".s "S' ,
anl man ran manage them vi very it'll" a"Si',ah'
Long pol : are drv Into The bed OF me Sou'iu v,
river AMI the nets hung on them from i;'rg Poun
into which ether nets lsal. flnnriNiS"' Inc ISL
once In cannot possibly escape ana There !, ho.nin-
TO do bn fiji the boat from IN" oV"rno"lne 'rnp
Formerly u man could stake on claim III any Phr'
Of the water but recently law has bf'I plss'd com
land and then put his nets within cerIaln uis
lance from II. Many Of thcs" hsh are Shippri ~, ~
>rw Yurh and You follow Their fortunes from ~.
moment ~ landing the iv'l nall ana S'roh" o W.
irish You wonder II some friend In me lnrnwhy
town may not chance Ia buy one. s,ieh % ,InIgN
do baprn, and eat II lust u h. would any ordinary
every day Gsh It'll" dreaming that IL mas Deeh seer
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