Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-05-24


! about the great reunion OF veterans a,
/ Richmond. What do your people or those
/ OF the Shenandoah Valley or the noun
| tains or the Southwest know about fish
! factOries2 Half Of them would want Ia
| know II they had invented a process OF
manufacturing FISH In these parts and
would accuse me Of telling the biggest
sort OF flsh story II were 20 tell them
| that on good fishing days two FISH steam
ers viii bring In from the ocean TO one
or the seven factories In this section as
many as 10000 fish which their crews
have caught in their nets out where the
water 70 from 20. TO 30 feet deep. and
mat the next day the fish are al boiled
INTO hash, seyenty-hve barrels Of fine oil
| squeeze out OF them. and the scraps. q"
or rtiuse, roasted and dried and sifted
ana pled away 81 the great warehouse
as Hsh Suano. But this is all so. and |
nave nasal demonstration OF the fact
az This moment. as the odor Of 15OOeJ
steWing menhaden or aleWlves. which
came In to the Morris factory two hours
ago IS waited a mile over the waters OF
lne D'He Wicomico TO my open window
and oifactories.
QUEER BOATS.
or what 90 your people know about
sailing a pungy, or a bug-eye, or purse
boat 20 the great trap nets In the bay,
pulling out thousands and tens OF thou
sands Of shad. herring. trout, and now
ana then a huge sturgeon or sea-turtIc,
and sailing into the wharves along these
shores with their heavy loads and set
t.ng around the landing Of an outgoing
steamer like a flock OF great white-winged
birds; and Of the busy scene then and
there OF boxing and packing in ice the
fresh fish, dippi2g and picking the her
ring. robbng the sturgeon OF its roe.
which brings on the wharf s. a. small
bucket fun, and quickly loading the
steamer, which then puls away to Balti-
more?
Or what do your boys know about
Grabbing" as these bare-lccged, brown
skinned fellows do it along these shores,
wadlng ia the edge Of the shallow water
where the old crab Is shedding his last
years hard shell? As he fastens his
claws on TO a piece Of root or blade OF
grass and backs out Of his loose Old suit
and starts to hustle back 20 deep water
the wary boy slips his scoop-net under
him and deity lands the tender. helpless
little fellow I'm his bucket and soon packs
him in a shallow box OF grass or moss.
Then he ships his catches by the dozen
and dozen OF dozens 90 thu city.
Jul iltN Nbbg . dIll bObADidtkS III lpNii
and farmer boys I'm the country will work
hard all day long and not makhany more
than these Underwater boys do In the cool
Of the morning before breakfast How
true 70 is that one half the world does
not know how the other half lives.
AS TO THE CROPS.
As 10 crops, the wheat I'm the Neck
Is generally very fine; is now in full head
ur af I.
twenty and corn twenty-five bushels TO
the acre. Corn IS a fine stand, and get
ting its first working oats and grass
on the lower neck Of Northumberland
and Lancaster are short, and suffering
from an unusual May drought. but are
much better in the upper counties OF
Richmond. WestmOreland, and King
George. Crimson clover is much cult
waited here clothing the pastures with
a scarlet robe Of its early Towering. Irish
potatoes are looking wen. and the early
planting is beginning to bud and bloom.
while the green-pea pckers have been
busy for more than a week. hurrying that
early vegetable 20 make connection with
the roast lamb on your city tables. The
peach-trees are crowded with the young
fruit but apples and pears are scarce.
IN POLITICS.
Tn politics your Northern Necker is an
adept, and proves himself a genuine Viz
ginian. Every store and post-ofIice fur
nshes n group of financial debaters.
There are just enough sOund-money men
TO excite opposition and make the silver
tonEued orators spread themselves In al
most unanimous strength; while i'm the
court house and county convention the
discussions on finance have been equal
I'm ability on both sides to any l have
heard anywhere
As for the old Confederate. he is a
power in this goodly land. nor viii you
be surprised 20 hear this when you know
that down here. far from the railroads
and almost surrounded by the Potomac
the Eappahannock and the Chesapeake
bay waters are four Confederate monu-
mcnts, all handsome. marble shafts
erected I'm the early '70s by the ever
true southern women Of these counties
That in Lancaster, erected I'm 1872 bears
the names Of 10 dead heroes: that in
Northumberland. erected I'm 1873 com
memorates 1856; the one I'm Westmoreland
raised I'm 1915, has 100 names upon It.
and one I'm King George was reared I'm
1872. / have not seen this one.
THE CAMPS.
In all Of these counties there are camps
lf Confederate Veterans. and I'm Lancas-
er one Of Sons of Veterans commanded !
by William Med. Lee. late Of Staunton.
All OF the camps will be represented. and |
largely, too at the Richmond reunion. |
The camps will mostly 80 in a body with |
heir friends on a Rappahannock steam |
r. which viii take them by the bay and |
Ip the James 10 the lower gates Of the |
.aptal Of The Confederacy, which many |
II they have not seen since they left IL a |
smoking ruin in 1850 Many Of the Neck |
Vets Will 80 IN their new gray uniforms |
which have been ordered from a Richmond |
rouse, and which some say they are going |
10 keep 20 wear Sundays. and finally 10 /
be buried IN. All will undertake to get the |
inform grey Confederate Veteran hat.
If every county I'm the State turns ont |
rs these five of the Neck propose to. there |
win Doe a big crowd in Richmond OF Nr- !
,inians alone. Among the notable flags |
hat viii be there is that Of the Ninth |
Virginia Cavalry, which its old c0lcr /
)earer will carry lie has kept il sacD0- |
v ever since the surrender. and says he /
las wrapped IL around every child OF HIS |
ls IT'S first dress. As a natural result |
hey have all grown up healthy and true /
uen and women. Let mothers look cut /
or IL. T. c. NJ.