The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-03-30
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,,,a We via Az intt5loF pt Whaltt,
rNsir casa Dime slightly AFeW
JenGh'S.
captain s A. SWIM sioli neying aAll-
"a ths ssA Tor n.aly yeafl, q DOW KEEPER
II r,laatshlp 40 g. OF Noanis, Conn.
naring hIa ga life Captain sWinnetsoa
90 4 whaisr, says inc New 3osk Hatr
ia Naturally he kEOEs ether yhalsI9,
ona when BE read ~. Lyman AeeoSt =
eSFTnon on IeDah aag the yslltle VI U IS
9SaStshs himself az Captain James Il
mo 81 NoanR. 4 retired WHALING eap-
SaIS. twenty-five years old. VINO mas
SsSn save times q 1ohlh." which y Capi
tTiT Davis own way tlt saying ne mas
iivSa Ia the bellies OF hHe dlttercnt
.IY1Sortnna tely G0rlthe strlgle possible
.6niic ZION 0f Captain Davla experiences
~ ~ srriOttitAl story hut no doubt t0fs
SSTSte for Captain Davis himself his
SS,hales We're dead. But he Was " them
n that 4hepo b no dulibt nd ne mas
Nyed % smoke q pipe and tell about y,
Shd Captain swinnertoSt tells the story q
M friends experience thus.
Fl dined yesterday with man. new
eoventy.tive years Of 0gcs who mas peen
n ne bellies pf flve different whales. rs
Il CSptain James r. DavlS, of Noank,
Conn., and this was DIME when he was 2
yplinE man 81 tWentS three years Of age.
IL Vas che OF the creN' 0fss5f whaling
shIn Tlgar. Captain W illiaM Brew tef, o.
SfonlngtCn. Conn. which LETT that place
n iS1S sailed direct around thn Horn g
nc whaling grounds ut the Pacific, AS
fSTward the ship sailed to MaSualena
bay.iOff the Lower California coast The
rrSvhaeS whales Use it a. q breeding
SFO,irid and are. found here IN great NUM-
bcrs The COW whales f0at up on the
andy shore OF the SIN waters and when
me tldtS fall Oh young whales arc pVth
on the beach. The calf when born mas u
fikes bent up like 4 hook, and i y sew
eraI days before this book strait hteIla o9t
cno,ish for II TO use Il to SWIM
.''The mother whale Will sptHt about tns
baySuntil h0r baby gets the crook o3 y, T., y
IA tai and then reaches Il 60 SWIM. Ine
coT whale when about 10 calHe Is very
fsl and valuable aid yields about FORTY
barrels oc oil from the blubbet ana Seyell
haFrels from the inside heart nat ana ttiiLt
about the liver and entr1ilA
.srha rnoeher whales never desert thelE
vnnng and thus become eaRY. sap lures.
After belnE killed they are lowed along
-lde the shin a cuttlnE-ln chain - tas'
tened 10 The side m. tncklGl from u %
the nlainyard hauled Digit and one strip
AZ binbber cut into, This e called Q
blanket niece. Then the ribs are cut ct
She backb bone and the blanket piece ana
tbe ms are hauled up from the carcass,
leaving q hole In the upper part OF the
br5y jIist back OF the head. :.
"a man enters this hole and cuts AL
the fafty substance from about the head
Ehich Is shaped like a chickens g.GSaFa,
but frorn two feet TO thirty Inches IN
diameter. =.
"CaptaIn Davis told me thas be was 70
a diferent whale each day for I'VE days,
beinv inside each mammal about an hOuf
doinC this work, aud that L g COM
mon custom Cor q Whaler to be TOT time
4 Jonnh a. the whales stomach.
Captain Davis has been Jonah On
ave- dlfferent occasions. Now, Il q young
man 81 tWenty-thFee yeArS can i've ~ g
wbale'a stomach. even though the whale
he dead, Why could not the Jonah Of me
Bl6ie i've three days and as many NIGHTS
N ant famed whale OF scripture? Cap
rain DaViR five whales had NOT neen
deSd very long when he was IN them.