The Penn's Grove record., 1893-05-26
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beach have disappeared, and the fisher
men who have been using extra efforts
and losing a greater amount of resi-
than previous years to capture them,
now find their undertaking useless.
Quite Il number of boats, have, during
the past week, sailed down the bay in
hopes of still finding the run OF fish,
but they have disappeared rs if by
magic, and cannot be found either far.
tier down the bay or above.
Daniel p. Leonard on Friday last dis
charged the tug boat Leader which he
had chartered to tow his and Thomas
]. Torton's boats down the Bay. Since
Thursday the catch has been very small
and the fish captured have also been
small, as the majority have been
"bucks.n Some of our firms here have
caught as many fish as last year, but
the fish being small there is a scarcity
of roe or caviar and but very few have
as many fish,
The wife of VIM. Morrison las join
ed her husband and is now cooking for
the camp.
The wife of Israel DolbOw has left
her cottage here and is now visiting
friends in Bridgeton.
Three carloads Of sturgeon were
shipped from Bayside in Il single day
last week.
The wife and children of George
Pyle are very costly situated at his cot
tage which is located in the extreme
southern part Of Salem county, between
the mouth of Stowe creek and the Della
ware bay. On every pleasant day you
can see them out boating in the yacht,
Water Spider, which Mr.. Pyle had
built for their especial pleasure.
The wife of Jarvis Reeves is stopping
at the new. cottage erected or. the OPP
posite side of the creek from Mr.. Pyle's
in Cumberland county. She has q
splendid view OF the Bay and lives in
the quiet part of the city.
The wife of II J. Blohm who has
been stopping with her husband for the
last two weeks, left for home Oh We'd
nesday, where 10 doubt you have seen
her smiling, sunburned face before
reading This. She las had quite a jolly
time duriug her stay with us, aud can
interest you with some of her thrilling
adventures upon the creek aud bay.
+. p. Dewyer, fishing for H.. J..
Blohm on Saturday of last week fell
overheard and his ''stricker'' Truman
Mattson pulled him in with n sturgeon
hook. Frank says 1.-THE water was not
cold but it was awful wet"
The annual Fi2z party visited us Oh
Sunday last and stopped at Joseph and
Harry Dolbow's for dinner. The two
story castle looked like a pleasure resort
and the jolly crowd congregated upon
her decks until Capt. Joe Yaller''
thought she would sink and hauled in
the gang plank. Besides the party
which came upon the tug boat, were at
| dinner, Wm. Davis, d. p. Leonard,
Jas. Strimple and some few others,
names unknown.
The table wasspread with everything
tempting to any who might be hungry.
Napkins were formed into many differ
| ent shapes such us boat anchors, cigars,
slippers and so on. Everything seemed
to have the appearance of a first class
hotel, and the hospitality shown by
Captains Joe and Harry is commended
and highly appreciated by those who
were present.
Thomas j. Torton who has been III
all this spring, paid us a visit oil
Monday aud returned home again OF
Wednesday. We were pleased to have
him with us for a short time and mis-:
him since his departure.
The largest sturgeon ever known tt
be captured at Bayside. was towet
ashore by Filbert P. Sparks on Monday
of last week. 1t being too large to boat
Capt. Sparks nearly turned it away
hut after working for twenty minutes
to have the monster specimen aboart
his frail ship, another idea struck him
and he hastened to fasten the fish along
side by tying its head to the ring Dol
in the bow of his boat then fastening
the tail of his great prize to The plat
form aft and in that way he managed
to bring it ashore. The fish after being
dressed weighed AIS TBS. and contained
three and one half kegs of caviar, o
about twenty four and one-ha!f buck
els No 2 Is.