Evening journal., 1893-04-21
STORIES OF THE DAY.
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QuOhOIn, Tor INSTANCE, DuN ne lhNalttp'g
comes to the scratch again with iuOer
culine smile on his face that only broad
ems in the impending danger Of great
cholera outbreak
Several weeks ago Secretary Frazer
sent 10 the senate the report Of the
/ State Board Accompanying 10 WAS joint
resolution aui horlziug the publication ard
/ distribution Of three hundred copies
OF the same The text Of the report
accorded the senators an opportunity Tor
A hearty laugh-it was so 'Frazerian' Ia
its character He took Issue with Jerry
| Rusk" on the wheat question, boxed the
compass on social moral, economic, and
political questions. and discussed cess
pools. filthy COW pounds and stables with
a verboseness that electrified everything
from the speaker 10 the patent carpet
cleaner ia the lobby eud Of the Senate
| Chamber.
To make long story short the resolu.
| tion WAS tabled Whether the deiibere
tive body thought that the report was too
much for the ordinary printing press j.
not known Ever since the tabling act,
the members have been receiving letters
showing the evils which would ensue, II
the report should fail TO 60 TO the public
In pamphlet form These private com
munications did not have the desired
effect and Mr. Frazer sent the following
communication TO Speaker Houston:
81 have not yet seen where the
seventh Biennial Report of the State
Board Of Health Of Delaware has been
ordered TO be printed 1t is very im
portant that this matter be not over
looked. ! receive the health reports
yearly from all Of the state boards Ia The
United States aud Canada. am asked
for a copy by the health departments Of
England, France, Germany South
America, Mexico and number Of cities
and institutions of learning. which l
always furnish | send you n report
from a county In England, 80 you can see
how they report / have accumulated
a library of $50 volumes, which are Kept
in good order. Now, il the Legislature
refused 10 print the report. which by law
the board is required TO formulate and
compile and send 10 the governor, the
State Board of Health might as well dis.
band The people pay the taxes aud
they have right TO know what their
public servants are doiug and the
ouly way they can get the Information
Is from this r, port being published aud
distributed When the State Board OF
aealth was frst appointed IN 1879 the
report WAS published by the Legislature
Tor four sessions without question the
fourth and fifth biennial reports were
not published for some reason I do not
Know. rhree hundred will be ample.
200 for the State B ard and i0l for the
use OF the Legislature Pie Sc have
tins letter read In The Senate aud oDligr,
Very respectfully,
"E FRAzER,
Secretary State Board Of Health
II was prese ted yesterday afternoon
The resolution was not lifted from th,
able. bot the senators took smile
4 Two Fish stories
shortly before the Senate convene,
Z yesterday morning. writes "a stAh cor.
p rsspoud,uf of the EVtNfNG Journal
] "a. TAX ulned ol big hsuIs ani deals i
/ nsh After Ui-cuss,ug the difference
between the crosus or Cape May
, good, and the roach, he herring wa,
made the subject of conversation
Il remember, said Senator Records
that several years ago my father iu
law owned a vessel Of his own. On on,
occasion he was going up The Potoma'
! river to Washington They saw M,
fishermen making big bauls Of herring IL
S several plAcrs My fa berlin law ugh
( q lot Of easks aud a quantity of salt auc
put iu A. one oi the hauling places
lie made bargain with fhe fishermen
. 10 furnish him with City Thousand usl
. al 8 thousand They put out thei
, seine and made such a draught that 1t
u vas impossible TO haul them ashore IN
p bulk and small seines had to be used L
D relieve the strain on the big one. Well
n he got bis hity thousand herring a.,
;, then bou ut twenty-five Thousand morl
l. at City cents thousand He had 81
l. many that he had 10 pack the yawl ful
:. OF saited fish
/, "'fhe homeward voyage then began
: When the vessel reached the mouth o
he river leading mp 20 Laurel two mel
p we're sent out through the rural dis
{, tricts O. inform he fatmers of he cargo
- The vessel proceeded 40 the river AS fs
j. as II could Then the barrels Of herrin
d were placed on lighters When ih
.t wharf was sighted if was crowded wit
IA farmers My father Ia law had n
"a trouble Of disposing Of be 20 600 her
u ring at s hundred and even then III
supply was not equal TO the demand
W he sent the vessel back 10 the potoms
. 20 buy another cargo but when it q,
.l- there the price Of herring bad sdvanc,
Y 20 almost 81 hundred As consl
es qu-nce he did not buy; but his dls
Of venture netted him a big profit
rs "Well. / will tel You fish Joke %
,t myself said senator Ross when
er was thirteen or fourteen years old
IN was sent 20 a private school on the Del
N sare river near Ciaymont The student
lu had certain bounds IN which they ooul
.ls roam and they included portion Of n
he shore where the fishermen hauled the
)n stines
he 81 had often seen hauls made In N
ll river down home. where bushels
as dsh were secured at time. l had
a in my pocket. aud one day after scho
81, | went down 10 the Delaware shore 81
!, gave the fishermen my s. to make
haul, with the understanding that
" was 20 have an the fish They pi
sh out their seine and while ! wa. pictu
al iug 20 myself the bushels Of shiny Il,
cd would get for nav s. they brougl
10 10 the net, and all I got for my mon,
lr- we're two small shad To make u
"a matter worse, that s. bill was all d
~ money had
M This Renaissance called forth hear
- iaugh against the genial senator ffo