The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-11-23
Bivalves' Home a Village
ON Stills Named After
Its Chief Industry.
EVERY RESIDENT A CAPTAIN
Old Time Baymen Going Out of
style-Bicycle Replaces the
Ancient skiff.

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~ 800 no+ oplv
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- -. a.arso of its
- re 80 ~ Non who
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S|1AN 49, par+ Norris
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eomalu - .a"s 81 i,st before -
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enleis = ~ s pt,ar eaat
natooi = = Sc ~ - - ~,
when NUMBERS 4oV poals. II ID hot Pc
haps the best place to establish a village,
h,,+ Tho town fathers were guided more
- ~ 80 of +ba
by business instincts than the loNe oI inc
beautiful. 1t was built to secure q direct
connecti6n batveen the men who dredge
~ for,, +hem
out oysters ana the men WHO - ~
out of the half shell. with a little pepper
ona COLI adaad
g.. - vii
Is q coiioenseu
,na he dail,, pon,71a tion ie abont 700 ex-
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acept IN the summer mohths' wheh : !. -
much less. There are upward of a half
brndred h,siness concerns of all kinds.
nunureo business ~.
The trafhc IN the place, countins the saie
Of oysters, supplies sold, and all the neces-
sarias is oonsiaerahlv over a million of
~ -
doiiars.
The place grew around an ordinary dock
,uhara +ho ons+ar heats unloaded Later
-
the new Jersey southern eaiioao caiie
along, with direct cars to New York, Phil
.aalnhia tho Eaet and West and ii be-
aoelphia' 'he rast ~ VS. ~
same great shipplns point men - So"
quick If the census.taker would happen
arms NV
metropolis, puiit over tue idsWdtei-
The place is important enough to have a
nos+ofH.a with Postmaster William
gatas Mo ;s ansiderahIe of a politician.
There is a teIegraph Office and an express
Office. There are two r-estauranfs, one ta-
ops+ers are scaraer than in ST, Paul. 1t
49, : sneciai reo,,est To produce a mess
&c tbom i,Tha wa iters, always know a ten
9arfnot fo, 6e aIona asks for an oyster
Stag IN RiptaiVa
TSara is fbe shoemaker ana the tailor
and two rbers for salt air produces an
~ ~, ~ 5yhiskars Tbare are fo1Ir
hnt t q that do veil The Village black
srnith bas no cbestnut tree and while he
is NOT 50 romantic as to environment as
the smithy in poetry, he is the autocrat
ali The fine He hanks the most money.
1rha vi1Iage b1anEsnith here is not a
mnnonoiisf' hut has a competitor or two.
ev a1efs ape l can p he Suppi55 sedi from a
a Heeniy ~ market ad Tor anchors There ea are
nering and shinning of the oyster. Every
thing fs condansed ana some Of the ofices
of fRe oyster shippers are not more than
four feet nv four. Vel it suffices to post up
a snd b asls ~ saIes sof nrobab1v s1oo. GO dur
ing the season.
9Tbe denizens Of the place are principally
ov ste men, They 'H are p'd the : sbaymen' or
soff sboren tyne of the Jerseymen. All
are Cantains and the title is respected.
There are still a few of the old type with
chin whiskers and a mouth filled with to-
haceo and had English. but they are really
in the minority. The prosperity of the
nvster business has heen suf6cient to sup
port two barber shops, so that the skip
bav rum AT that. The coming genera
tion are doing~betfer. Thev get a bust
ness college education. and ride bicycles.
Typewriter. These two Influences are no
ficeabie here because of the background.
The young men spin across the meadows
c c1ols sI While eo heir fathers 81 sail eai5 down IN the h
creek in a skiff' That marks the differ
cnce Of high boots. the son counts oysters
There IS nothing slow shout the coming
generation of oyster kings. The SON talks
Tind1ev M,1rray. fhe mn talks IN nara
nhrases. Here is a SAMPLE picked m IN
I ha 12f Ehn1JtnNaT ri IN front Of no DnCf-
Office:
ssHow dive Cap'n: how is Cam Seth.
nov ?,
..Well. Cap'n Brown. I did hear Cam
Silas HiIdreth saw that Cap'n Bill. from
Dividing Creek. got it from Cap'n Ed
ward that Cap'n Seth told Cap'n Eli that
he 'spected to be hoatin' by Monday"
well, I'm glad Seth's coming back. be-
cause he can sorter twist that new Cap'n
from over on the East Shore a bit on pol
tiles"
Port Norris is a short distance from the
place. 1t is considered sufficient of an
oyster settlement to give name to a brand
of oysters. the Port Norris which is the
same as Maurice River Cove. In this
place the thrift Of the oystermen is to be
observed IN their neat homes, healthy
looking children and their. love of fnery.
The first religious duty OF a w~ide-awake
dId give ms Ghlidfen a city ,educatlon,
either IN the trenton Normal School or
some IaraWa.y CUISINES college.
on the mann street Ihere are W
uies, ous y cauSu Inc SWISS ana the
ptner ine T rsnca. 1hdI means that the
.ouseWlves are grauuar gettlng away
~ .HS Wasn tunS. 5ns ciuzenS pony
VIZ pnIue - ntiduetpnia AIliilner,
WY ply MAKES ilats on speclal orders,
2 : 70 y ~ : 10y y ~ duIh ssore, ana
II wass n,,rcl, sss5 IN tba 800 ,oom Iii
havond +ba Nor+b b. oS1 opoiiS
n rvae cioooa tba{ d;soo,,oraa 4ha+
ovsters v1era tba bast thina IN III r-raaM
fSr an orafor 70 ,,sa ~ fortif, h;racas ~
fore going into the rnstr1im Giinaro w 90
RIGHT for averv son IF Ibese nvstom 80
asn maze . snSaob i ~ ogS.esAtsl
ovstar nnest;an is' nndar aa ~ 49, ~
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