Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1895-04-04


shingles, orange and lemon boxes and
other lumber products are turned out
The lemon boxes are sent to Sicily while
the orange boxes are shipped to Florida
Probably no section of the United
States is more interested in the fish in
dustry than Eastport, on the coast. a
gentleman employed in that place told
me that no less than twenty-five facto-
ries, employing 1000 hands, were en-
gagged in canning sardines and preserv-
ing the fish taken in the surrounding
waters. The sardines are caught In
wire traps, which are arranged to I'M
prison the fish by thousands. When
the tide goes out they are dipped from
these traps, put into hogheads and taken
to the factories. With one stroke of the
knife in the hands of good workmen the
head is taken off and the entralls pulled
out. They are then washed, put into
salt pickle for from twenty minutes TO
one hour, according to the weather, then
taken out and put on iron flakes upon
which they are baked or broiled in an
oven, after which they are put in oil
and sealed in the cans as we get them.
These factories each season pack about
$50. 600 cases, each case containing 100
boxes. There are also caught and cured
quantities of haddock, pollock, cod, hal
libut. salmon. shad. herring, hake, ale
wife, smelt, Holsters, etc. All varieties
of large fish are caught with hook and
line. the hook being about three inches
long, and herring are used for bait. Hal
libut is scarcer than the other large va
rieties. but pays better when caught, as
il weighs from IS to 100 pounds and sells
for from 8 to 10 cents per pound while
cod and haddock are smaller and can be
bought for one-half that amount.
1t is said that truth is stranger than
fiction, and have found that the actual
truth told of the hunting and fishing of
this section is even stranger than the
fiction one hears in Will Licklider's store
after the boys have been fishing on the
quiet Potomac, or in DR.. Reynolds Of
flee after the huntSman has hOmeward
plodded his weary way. have not the
space to tell one-half of the success in
fishing and hunting in these parts, but
will try to condense in a few lines what
would fill pages. In this portion of
Maine one lake only ends where another
begins, and a chain of lakes sixty miles
long forms the west branch of the st.
Croix, while another chain of lakes near
ly as long forms the eastern branch OF
the same river. The lakes are said by
all to be literally alive with beautiful
speckled trout, landlocked salmon, pick
erel and bass. The landlocked salmon,
or salmon trout, are from Is to % inches
long and weigh from , to 6 pounds.
Speckled trout and pickerel are smaller
in size. Some Of these fish are now being
caught in the lakes, through holes cut
in the ice. AS to hunting, deer are
plentiful and moose and caribou are also
found. In AroOstoOk county moose and
caribou are plentiful woodcock, part
ridges and pheasantS are numerous.
Not very long since about eight miles
from Calais a moose one morning came
up with a farmers COWS. The farmer
shot the moose, which weighed about
500 pounds A caribou will weigh from
three to five hundred pounds. They go
in droveS of three or four, are similar in
their habits to deer, but are easier killed.
The fish and game laws of Maine are
strict and rigidly enforced by commits
sion appointed by the Governor of the
State
would like TO be able To tell in fitting
language of the kind manner in which |
have been treated by the good people OF
Calais with whom | have become ac-
quainted. 'Tis true the climate is cold,
but the hearts of the people are warm,
and you are shown the kindness you eX-
pect from your own folks at home. The
people are thrifty, industrious and pros
porous They live well, if may judge
from the abundance of well-cooked food
we get at the hotel kept by jolly good
fellow by the name of Daniel Gardner
and everybody seems to enjoy life thor
oughly. There are many little customs
that are nothing in themselves, that
seem strange to one who has been raised
further South, just as our customs would
be strange to those who come South.
When | got to Boston ! encountered
baked beans, and as they are mighty
nice don't blame the New Englander
for regarding with some little disgust
the fellow who does not enjoy them.
As travelled further North on the yes
sci, New England brown bread, made of
corn meal and molasses, was added TO
the beans, and baked potatoes were also
served. When | left the vessel at East
port, | encountered for breakfast at the
hotel "A plate of doughnuts which, ac-
cording to the custom (Which makes
law of the country, has since appeared
as regularly for breakfast and supper as
the sun gladdens the morning with his
rays or wraps his bosom in the winding
sheet of night Some of the expressions
of the folks here sound funny to me, and
my way of talking of course seems just
as funny to them. One can always tell
from what section man comes by his
accent or way of talking. For example,
when am told that had ought to see
the fine potatoes that are raised up to
Aroostook county, l know my friend has
been raised in New England, and when
l say, we raise a right smart of wheat