The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-06-14
WONDERS OF THE SEA.
An Exhibition of Rare and
Beautiful Marine Curios.
THE REAL SEA SERPENT
Models Of Many Notable Vessels That
Buffeted With Old Ocean Over
a Century Ago.


In the last issue of the New England
Gnocer appears the toiow4nS exceileht
article on the sights TO be seen at one or
the principal fishing wharves OF Boston,:
III Is AN interesting and Instructive
place TO spend half hour any Friday or
SATURDAY, at tine free exapitIon OF imple-
menes, apparatus ana scenes connected
with Bostons nshlnS interests instituted
py John X. Neal q Co. at NO. ~ y
WnarI, at the 1oot OF Souuh Market
street. IL Is 10 De open on Fridays ana
saturdays througnOut Vne summer ms
principal attraction uhere now is a cur
ious marine monster, which, when 1t
reacned Boston, was alive, but which IS
now preserved in alcohol. No one ever
saw one before, no one knows what II
Is. A professor came over from Har-
ward ITO see It, but could only furnish Its
scientific name, stating uhat 1t has nevsr
Deent gwen q common name. It was
taken ON. the La Havre banks of the
coast OF Nova Scotia by some fishermen,
III Is the nearest approaon TO the ideal
sea serpent OF anything that was 0evef
seen, probably N is nve and one-half
rect Nong, ana is covered Dy smooth, eel
ike skin or dark coior, ENpending aione
It's back from tne head TO with.n a foot
and half OF tine tail IS a continuous I'm,
nine incnes wide. Tne tail Is very Ions
and the oWo PARIS are very snarp, Wild
spreading and Swaliow-tKe. The mead is
long and very pointed. rne jaws, when
fuAy open, nave spread OF opening
capacity on ten incnes. In dne NOUN are
Tnres rows OF teetn, one around the other,
an very snarp and hooked, projecting
backward, ahd evidently UesigAed ex-
ciusive4y Nr tearing Inc middie row con-
'taAns 'une largest teeth, which are vsry
wnlte and as sharp as neeUes, and tine
longest, wnen measured by the New
Enssand Grocer representative, proved 70
be one ana one-hauf inches ronS' Inese
teeth are as White as tne purest ivory.
Inc eyes are not unlike taose Oh tne COZ,
nsn.
Inc panorama IS Dy the marine artist,
MarsnaAl Johnson, ana is q spirited ano
ilne D.f OF work. II SHOWS tne Tnatcher's
lslanu region. Beneath, extending across
the entire room, are models OF the selnes
ana dne water bottom, showing une SUD-
marine as Well aus Ene surface view Oh
the fishlng.
An object TO make an artists eye grow
DIG Is an ofd rusty anchor, about which
wondrous Darnacies as large as walnuts
ana In some cases larger, nave clustered
as thlcK as a mans hand ine imple-
nents USED IN wnale eANcnlng are aso
shown' ana many hne colored views OF
nsn, as Wen as po4ding sets Oh mounted
photosraphs' Inere Is peautliul COL
lection Oh waLer color paintings OIL nsh
by the great kllDurn.
Among Nhe nloueaS Vhere lS an extremely
interesting group showing the styles, or
paUterns OF fisncratt from lSt9 TO 1888, in>
There is perfect model OF the ReDecca,
bulDt at Marblehead In 1873, for the Grand
Bank cod 1shery A few days later she
sailed for the banks and never returned.
Anooher Is reproduction OF the Pinky
Tiger, Duilt In lS2O This was the style
Of boats used at that time, and was the
first vessel 10 bring frozen herring from
Newfoundland. Another is of the Spar
rowhawk, which sailed from England
with forty passengers In 165 or 1926. Ar,
riving In Massachusetts, she fished dur
Ing the summer and was wrecked on
Cape Cod In December while on her way
to England.
There Is curious and rare old print OF
wharf, as II appeared In l76S. 1t was
engraved and printed by Paul Revere.
There are large models OF all the diff
ferent varieties of fishing craft engaged
in the American fisheries; and nets,
selnes, travis, and every variety Of hook,
line and implement used In the catching
Of deep water fish. There are eel pots,
lobster pots, snlelt pots and models of
the welrs and pounds In which the In
shore fish are caught along the coast OF
New England.
Then there are splendid series of
enlarged colored photographs. showing
the fishing schooner from the time she
takes on bait through all the different
phases of her exlstance during the trip
to the banks, together with life on board