New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-07-15
TALES FROM THE SEA.

TALES FROM THE SEA.
II the crowded condition of our advertising
columns devoted to setting forth In picturesque
and truthful language the manifold advantages
of seasbore and mountain resorts were not sum-
cient evidence that the summer season Is wen
under way we should only, in order to convince
ourselves of the fact, have to examine some OF
our dear contemporaries, who, unable 10 Iur-
n,sb their readers as we do ours, with informa-
ton peculiarly valuable at this time OF the year
AT reasonable rates, too, as VIII be seen Dy
reference 70 another pnge In this Issue, or upon
onnlIcation at the business Office-feel tnem
selves called upon apparently, to supply the
want Of this information by tales which, II not
entirely fresh can be said, without putting TOO
fine n poiut mon II. to be startling and sensa
tIonol and TO be n reminder Of the heated term
ms well The sea serpent, it Is true, has not YET
made its appearance; when last seen In OctoDer
1S96 II was making its way slowly eastward
ont NJ the neghborhood Of Buzzards Bay, leav-
ing the field-or should we say the waterloo
tbe boll crumrnet and such other bait as could
not conveniently be bottled or disposed or on
the spot Pending It's advent, however. we are
being treated to n variety Of yarns, the quality
of which leaves little II anything to be desired
The most cxactng collector OF fshy curlos'
ties certainly could find no fault In them.
Foremost among these tales is that OF the
skinner and crew Of the American ship NJ Z
Grace from San Francisco. The skipper got
the bar-name and location not mentioned-on
Monday night and anchored" There Is SAID
to have been mighty tide" running at the
time. The shippers ship. at any rate, tugged
Mt her cable and was labOrng hard, as. indeed
becomes anything anchored to bar, when sud-
denly "a big swelr'-name again Omitted-board'
ed her and with him. or it, school Of bluefsh
which "tumbed on deck" where 1t was caught
nv the sailors and disposed Of the next day by
them at breakfast. Why, instead OF using
some discretion and saving the skipper
who. MS already stated, was laboring hard at
tbe bor. and the crew, who were presumably
fired ont assisting him. the trouble Of catching
II. the school did not jump into the frying-pan,
which was waiting to give 1t a warm reception
in the galley, we are unable to say. 1t seems
TO leave an otherwise fully artistic tale incom-
nlete We trust, however, that In REVISION
thereof which no doubt will be undertaken
later in the season, this defect will be remedled.
Scarcely less enhancing though decidedly
more hlyllic than this bluefish narrative, is the
experience OF Captain James. OF the Neptune
liner Delano which arrived in the harbor or
Baltimore from Rotterdam early In the week.
Among the messengers Of the DelanO was 4
noIr of pigeons They occupied loft in the
rorpcastle. where they were carefully tended by
tha sailors One day the sailors discovered eggs
nipeon eggs OF co,irse-in the nest. SO far,
so good The pigeons behaved as all well-reg'l-
lated pigeons should However. when the par
oh that accursed "bar"!- reached the
sailors discovered that. instead OF attending
strictly IN business-the business Of raising a
voung family In a decent and orderly manner
tho female would "catcb her better half by
the collar" drag him into the nest to keep the
Mace warm. while she. "in the early hours or
the dog watch" would go. goodness only knows
where and stay out until all hours in the morn
inc Among the sailors are said to have been
q number Of married men, and being all Brltons
If f. oosv 10 believe that as the chrOnicer OF
This history SAYS not one OF them would have
stood similar treatment from his spouse without
..comnlainipc to the British Consul or to the
Roord of Trade We believe II: we believe II
and sympat iize with them: for at last accounts.
the shin still being ut the bar, this artful
mink Of n pigeon had dragged her mate once
more into the nest to take his place on the eggs
while she deliberately spruCed her plumage In
front of looking-g hanging over the COOKS
bunk preparatory to another excursion, from
which she has not yet returned. Captain James
Is said to be worrying as to what Ire shall do
with the orphans in case the father follows the
mothers example We should advise him. as
preliminary step. to weigh anchor; bars have
destroyed more happy homes than one
We are giving these tales as samples merely
of what our enterprising contemporaries are able
to do or may be expeC ed to do during the hot
spell. Their Imagination Is not by any means
exhausted In fact it may be depended upon
10 remain on tap indefinitely. We might, II
circumstances permitted. dwell upon the terrific
combat in the waters of South AmbOy between
a swordfsh and bather. whose leg was Sawed
to the bone" by the "infuriated animal" Or
we might dscuss--as We. indeed. feel tempted
to-the remarkable case Of DR.. A. Il. Giles. Of
Baltimore. who turns on the spigOt In the
kitchen Of his home whenever he desires mess
of perch for breakfast. But we forbear, at
least for the present In comparison with such
phenomena the tale Of the rise and fall at in
tervals Of ten minutes OF the sea in the harbor
OF Barcelona and the plants Of Long Islands
South Side residents that they get more than
their share Of the good things which are taken
out TO sea by the dumpng-scOws Of this city
seem like frivolous chatter