Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1899-09-21

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alongside soon had the fish abOart
We will never forget the impressio
made when the hosting nachin
plunged into the foaming mass of fis
and lifting them aloft, dashed ther
into the steamers holes barrels fu
at time. Again and again the ol
measure emptled its living burden I'll
the hole was knee deep in living, fiour
dering fish.
| Our first catch was $4,000, our sec
ond $4,000, and so on throughout tn
day. AS coon as the catch was loade'
on. the boats were tied back to th'
stern of the steamer and the vesse
proceeded in search of another schOo!
A lookout went aloft on rope laddst
and among the top rigging scanned th'
vast expanse of water. We soon go
our sea legs and going aloft to the toI
of the mast with the captain, enjoyed
to the fullest our days sport from thii
high vantage point. We saw 8 fishing
steamers at work in the bay and the,
were all making big hauls. AS fol
oystermen, they were out by. the hun
dreds; 800 coming from Irvington
alone. When the days work was over
we steamed back to the factory with
200, 900 fish or 666 barrels the other
two steamers following us with as
many more. It took fresh crews all
night to unload the fish SO the vessels
could go out again next morning. And
so it goes day in and Gay out, occasion
ally a million fish. often half million,
and yet old fishermen say there are
more fish today in these waters than
there were 20 years ago.
A shark feeding on the fish is some
times caught in the nets AID then there
is sport. Often sea turtles of enOr-
nous size, blue fish, founders, etc.,
are caught in like manner, and these
are saved for table use. The fish fer
tilizer business in this section is big
one, there being factories employing
Is steamers and many hundreds of
men.
There are many other objects of in
terest near here, among them being
Old Christ's church (Episcopal) built
more than 230 years ago and OF brick
brought from England. The walls are
8 feet thick and the building is kept in
good repair. In shape it is a perfect
cross having a door at each of the four
ends, with the alsles coming together
at the centre of the building. At this
point the pulpit is erected 10 feet above
he audience. and is reached by spiral
stairway. This height is given to en-
able the rector to look down into the
)ews. which appear like rows of deep
square boxes without tops. The
boxes varying in size according to the
families to occupy them The pews
open from the side by closed door ard
ire about Al feet high; inside the seats
,un around the four sides sothat most
If the congregation sit with their
back to the chancel.
There is no chance for an easter hat
DR. gown to be seen by any one ssve
lhe rector. The floor of the church is
Ill of stone, and the pews and furnish
ngs of solid walnut. In the corLer of
,he building large marble slab marks
the last resting place of old King Car
5er "a noted celebrity in his day and
lis many wives. Among other pleas
ares at Irvington,we joined one even
ing sailing party out the bay, and
beautiful phenom The
night was dark and a strong breeze
the sea into phoephorous
foam that was beautiful beyond de-
scription. The whole expause of wat
er was lit with q phosphorous glow;
every sea nettle was ring of gold, ev-
,ry fish left streak of fire behind him,
rom stern to stern of our vessel was
l seething mass that glowed like melted
ava, while as far as the eye could
reach in every direction the water
seemed mass of fame. have never
seen a grander, more beautiful sight.
Dur captain, an old salt Of forty years
said he had never seen
such display and as he thought it
the coming of a storm, soon
lad us back in safer and more quiet
wafer.
Ireington has a summer beach hotel
and here we met the former be-
owed pastor of the Staunton Baptist
DR.. w. E. Cox, of Balti-
more, who with his interesting family
spent the summer here. We also met
Mrs. A. Y. Lee, formerly of Staunton.
but now of Pittsburg She is here
her son, w. Mcdonald Lee, at
whose hospltable home we are also
guests. Mrs. Lee informs me that her
son, Tom, is manager of several con-
solidated telephone lines at Canons
burg, Pa, while her other sons, John
and Augustus are respectively engag-
ed as stenographer with the Carnegies
and craftsman for big bridge build
ing firm, both at Pittsburg. Miss
Sallie Roller. of S5aunton, was here
too for several weeks, but returned
home some days since. A 5. NJ.
A hearty appetite does not always
indicate healthy condition. 1t is not
the quantity of food which is eaten
but the quantity which is assimilated
which determines the actual value OF
the food consumed. If the stomach
and organs of digestion and nutrition
cannot convert the food into nourish
ment, and into blood, then the food is
an injury instead of benefit. For all
disorders of the stomach and its allied
organs of digestion and nutrition,
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