Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-08-25

sfEaS-SA Eas - ton, over the posi-
zy-&A--ssIISSSN bility of the cxtinc-
-=--ssI5s9 ton Of the terrapin
3s..s.,.'s NS-sD Sometimes the report
tS~e- is spreal IN the win
49,. ter, when the terra
pin is q f--1-ent ar
/ ticlc cf g. IT,. Il
best Restaurants oi ..Se e.,
times it sees al I IN tie sIT.i.---er or t.
fall when the farIne-- and thc fshcrme~
OF Maryland AMI Virginia a; ! ndirs
the tcrTapip for the rext -
For ever. no." along the shcrss Il ,;esa
peake bay suppl 81. of terrapin are being
iaid in, to y marketed in November an
December. Tacrc IS no sale fer the terra
pin now, AM Chen. the thrifty liarylaa. =,
and Virginia flr.ners con- upon ctravs
icy rict hen , and take them he:.,e
where .he,- ~ tom fer the terr"-..... .
son. They 10 ret fltte~ ms
cen'larH' they sc.,.c1or' fsul then. The .tsr
i@I'''- ear .-ncth.f.!s I'll winter. - IA
ii, he 10 ~ tes. So when III, IRA.
has . 1T ,:6le 'f~t1 'yo.. c-::, pat lt'n.
n Pc -. -..a- .e.r::s "iil )"
he will die. = . -.a . as.s.l,ist.,. i.,,- A..,..,.
a terra"ia IL ha~ ali Ten him there 10.
three .-e-ths o's.:,'"1'T ezra THE ..e9as.y &.
Wo,'-btI e. t.. r..
thai ai.ea h - .G:nr. g. g ',.e-s
$stinst ia.,;niih;,- tcs: - il. Mar ani,
but they are i>is,re+i. ~; ;ae'f .sht 4 /, "a
of Chino L.. 3 ;:.a. s-ts al there ar,
houses wfey- fr,.,, Ibi - .tyss tsrs...'It-.
a tifne arc st.sis3 ii -h.r;.Y. .Ti.ey are Z
curious sight When III. owa,r VANS; r
display them lie"r1"-r.,-n tn - j. ~ ;i..
toCSe hefcs- cp-'i,Is ttc door f,on to-
rapn st'c.s M iri'~ hr q n, seq What Ire
noise is about ibis "c-r;'.7~;.s- ni Tho .-r
rapin is used - 'rrs. him to-h4,t. uct,or in
tn south. The fisherman ,oyi.c ever the
mui b?nys, rps q" ,ne side Of the uhost
ihen tn IN n, ably a female terra
pli' comes 1. - surf&cc to sse what ma 10
that noiecc. an the fisherman promptly
salts c.cs her c., itv -s' ~a,
viii .ec6rle cTu-ct. although II is beco'n-
ing scarcer every year. So says Mr.. Oh"
H. Stevenson Of the fish corrniSS'"n. Mr.
Stevenson be,:cge.s that the sol Cn al the
telraDln p~ot'an is tn be fC nd In terrar n
farming which is even row carried on to
= sn'"u e..,~t !" ---'""2! places. 1t is well
that the - { mas tire consolation Of
fercj him 10y E-r. Stevenson. f-r the terra
known 10 tn hr1ericsn table. But though
the gourmet may net have 10 deny himself
his terra0in stew. he win have to ply more
for 1t. The terri pm U@e3 to sell freely st
u IL cents in Baltimore. 1t Frequently
rises to $50 a half dozen in the winter sea-
son now nd trsre is not an over-si!Dply
=. .+,t nr;r, After I, ti.oa no ono but a
United States Senator viii be able to af-
ford terrapin stew. o..
- t'-','s-
II Is mattct CT common report 'Dut not
of recorded history, l believe. that Wash
ington and Lafayette and CORVALLIS ard
~ -. ,,,- 49, ,,,>.,,,.,-- r ,ar.,;
Propshiy 'hey I'S' IL Hot 80 d iuAdly' pu'
for lack Of soI~clhilg better to eat, and
:, n r., e.
90 :. bardehip arising from, ;h~ir ,nfortu-
,,1,e s,lrrorn1inss There WIS once a law
in MARYLAND which +t,rovLjoyl hat, n man
should feel only 50 much te-raria to his
slaves Even the slaves raballe5 ara inst a
terrapin diet AS for the farmers ,na the
fishermen along the bay shore trey ate
terrapin because Il was economical, AMI
tre crjp was IS vaYue,ess that the,y lid not
tore the trouble to gather. more tan was
needed for thiir,c-cwn t,hiess PORN NJ.
Clayton of Delaware once Secretary Of
State and the nryotiator OF the famous
CLAYTON -BulWer trcaty was foni ,f teri n :
min and he Ii,;s1 ~ Inv an ok loa1 or them
for 81 and bavs th,an shoyel,l iyso his
cellar like Goals rhis taste for rerranin
was idarotl. 50 ve,,,Iiar e.popy his uco-
pie that It has. been handed 1Cwn as a
state tradition. n-,e y. 4p.,. -. a.
Before 1915 thera was no commercial de-
mand for terrar,p.-on3 tbAy. s.vory,,ed in
the waters of IIatv,nnI. Drlaware, North
Carolina ard seuflr ,.aroIina and Virginia
unInoieSted. except Is they were needed fCr
home consurpttIn. But aboSt fifty years
aEc the peopie ~. Ltrse CUES. reg tc APP
t "a ~ ,SS,',, ~, .ne iialn
to Er!ng terrapi1 10 market. They were
ne .sroes usually who hunted for terrapn.
ana the negroes are the creates terrapin
49,, ,rd ~ ..,,. ID
catcbing ta~ranio mnr,c ex,eli,,ous,v, AMI
four years later. hearing that the peg pie of
the middle Atlantic states We're cuitivating
the terrapin taste capt John g. I.thcri5:,e
the keeper Of 4 North ,,araIIra ienth6iIse
caught 21J0 with "A drag i'm the month of
February and toSIc itfiein To Norfolk for
sale He got 500 70; mis- cargo. AMI this
cncouragei him 20 return for another catch
OF 1910, which he soil in Baltimore for
1850 The CAPTAINS prosperity nearly prov
cd the death Of The terrapin in North Caro-
lima. The entire population turned out
along the shore and almost 'externri,,ated
the terrapin The business was suspended
during the war Iu!c it revived again in
1866, and ii has peen b.lsk evAr since. Ali
of the terraptn grounds have boon over
hunted and it is a wonder that any Of The
terrapin are left. Hunting, too, is not the
only agent in the work of determination.
The red fox has great fondness for terra
pin eggs and he has DESTROYED. them year
after year in great quantities. Evidently
the Way to preserve the terrapin is to Dro-