The Penn's Grove record., 1897-05-21
CENTRAL NEWS FROM CAVIAR.
Caviar, N. j., May Is, '97'

CENTRAL NEWS FROM aAtlAhs
Caviar, N. j., May Is, '97.
Mr.. EDITOR,
Seeing friend Shannon's
letter in your very interesting sheet re
minds us that we conld possibly con-
tribute something OF interest to some
of your readers. We are situated on
one of the most beautiful and pictur-
eseue spots of Caviar, known AS Bay
Side, and our camp consists of seven
souls. all told. First of course comes
Bright, who furnishes the cash and the
proyender, which seems to be the most
essential thing in camp. He is always
smiling, no matter whether the boats
come in loaded or light. Next comes
Harry, the ''pet", as Shannon has it,
and he keeps Bright busy looking after
a small stake net which has to be set
every day in Oyster cove, just outside
the creek. Harry has been sturgeon
fishing twice and seemed to have very
little to say when the seas we're the
heaviest, yet he don't give up like the
other pet, Next comes our steward
who keeps us busy answering to the
call of ''grub's ready'', and he doesn't
have to say it but once before the table
is full. Then we have Capt. Reisthow
and his mate Sam, who has never re.
vealed the other part of his NAME. He
always says, ''eat plenty and give the
ship a good name'', and he does it with
a will. We think Sam a successfully
compete with any man in Bay Side
handling the knife and fork, and as he
excells your humble servant he must be
a good one.
My mate, Richard Olden, a jolly sail
or boy from Hamburg, whose hair is
of a golden hue, says that if sturgeon
had jaws you would not get him into
a fishing skiff. He kept his distance
when the first sturgeon came over the
side OF our stauneh schooner, Earl Ken
needy, but he is getting usedte~Aeas
now.
l must not forget our neighbors on
the Isle of Cuba, Messrs. Murlin and
Culin. We noticed a banner with u
single star lightly floating from the staff
over Murlin's camp at shutdown this
evening. Their Weyler signs his name
as "Black Billn and he says fishing is
Just like money sent from home, and
tells very interesting stories of his adj
ventures in all parts of the world and
gets into the good graces of Boss Muir.
lin by making fancy knick' nacks from
rope yarn and various other materials.
l can see MIR. EDITOR that Bright is
anxious to show your readers how he
can WELD the pen, so l entrust the con-
clusion of this my first attempt, into
his hands and remain, yours resp,
e, KILLE.
MY DEAR EDIToR,-Our noble, con
genial and brave Capt. Kille Of the
''staunch schooner Earl Kennedy" as
he terms his clipper yacht, ian old dirty
sturgeon boat, seems to think / have
something in my head which is burst.
ing to be brought forth, after he has
told you all about how much we eat,
how afraid we are of sturgeon IL they
had teeth, how Harry lost his breakfast
when the seas a high, and even says
that Yankee Sam consumes more grub
than himself. Well, from close obser-
it would be a hard question to
decide which of the two has the hestiof
the other, for when our cook, MI. Geo.
sings out grub is ready boys,
comet, about the first thing you can
hear is, pass down the hash, by Kille,
then, 'fll'er up Dock, by Sam, while
Capt. Reischow, who sails the Little
Dora, and Claude's golden hairedn
mate Dick sit by in open mouth amaze.
ment as the grub disappears from sight.
The Isle of Cuba which Capt. Kille
referred to is the southern extremity of
Salem Co., which is cut off by the
washing of the seas upon "A narrow
neck of land which once formed a pen.
Insula between the Delaware bay and
Stowe creek, now leaving a small isle
sbout one half mile in circumference,
Or just large enough for two sturgeon
and those two are Messrs. Culin
md Murlin. They seem to enjoy life
here and always wear a broad smile on
heir faces, especially when one of their
land a 600 pound sturgeon on
heir wharf.
While Capt. Shannon thinks he has
he most desirable locality in Bay Side
We think differently, as We are located
light in the heart of the city, having a
Iplendid view of the Bay and are sur
'ounded by the best of n~eighbors. On
'ur right is Capt. Watson and his clev.
IT mate W. V. Layton, who is contin-
asking aims at u door, or as we
oppose, seeking an invitation to dine
With us. He and Capt. Watson, who
,nows every drift for a net in the bay
nd river, tried to catch Ship John
light house with their net, but after ex-
their strength poor "Dlckn
at down on the railing of their boat
nd told Watson 1t was no use to try
nd boat it, and that he would have to
gait until another year and get a larger
uu slIOuRSl hlh Imam btlll5cll( anu l6
ossibly might bring it ashore then.
On our left we have Wilbert Sparks
nd "Capt. Charlie''. Charlie does the
and the butchering of all the \
turgeon, the shipping of caviar, af6s
II errands and in fact does mosAalyery
hing there is to do, and is half Of his
Ime calling to "Cappy'' as he Siames
gilbert, for something more. fap you
70 he is a very valuable man. must
lose now as business calls meenn the
hart to attend to the butch 6 of
,urgeon which are not very pa &iful
! this present writing. More q l..
e. L. VIA nS
Abe SCI