New-York tribune., 1900-08-02
THE PASSING THRONG.

II. H. Shaw, OF Boston. was telling the other
evening at the Murray Hi Hotel OF an experience
he had some time ago at York
A REMARK HaTbo- Ne. The last time I
ABLE was there" said Mr. Shaw was
SPECTACLE. in the summer OF 1854 In those
days the railroad stopped short al
Portsmouth, n. H-twelve miles distant-and the
balance Of the journey you made by coach Il is
one or the most attractive places have ever Wis
tied But knew It in It's stage coach days and
Prejudice has kept ne from returning since the
railroad reachse out and touched It II IN this
bic sights it has ever been my luck TO see. York
OF which the river runs Behind the blur the rt-sr
forms small harbor. and then II decreases rap
above the ar5or it Is scarcely moTe than 9 eTeek iss
yogng ladies' s' for SsT lo% s Id oa5 a. e9q8s S, Of
mile from the hotel on our way home. AS I was
the the girl steering cried out. Gracious me what's
IT Turning. uring. saw in the cleaning what seemed a
TaiI OF pnosPhoreseent water, some two feet high.
srabbed for ma Se 90 OF ssqmstnlag OF that kind.
g ysnelng wave at the same time warning my com
u.s. an it srcf ~ esc{y re by-5 5' @ In "a second i struck
began 70 jump into the boat, and the frfEhtened
64sd girls sff55samns. f5 jumped on the thwarts i'm
SUI - LOT 1ne 2oat rocked feaTfullv and We were
~ , Hnnllnent zen, Danger OF upsetting The river
Eantie sarns n56 561 rom ? 9a1k 70 bank IKE 81
among them knowledge Of swimming vonid 1ot
have been Of the slightest use. The girls finally
face without fear It was the stransest Of sisHts
LoWn the stream 20 the bay the river seemed a
mass OF Avlng, leaping quicksilver The head OF
[[ne [[ne lne was a hundred yards beyond US moving
lLving line OF Hight Fish by the score fi1upeS irTo
l-e ooal, and kept busy pitching them our :
s-EusI my oar Gown into the water. and you could
I - many, however the stream cleared enough for
nc 10 TO" agaln, and we returned TO our h0tel.
The explanation Of the phenomenon was COM
paratively simple" Mr.. Shaw went on Herring
have a deadly enemy called think
THE PIE monkey fish. They hunt them In
NOMENON schools and destroy the herring
EXPLAINED by hundreds. When the monkey
fish get after them the herring run
for H. as their only means Of escape. \ school o..
herring had been chased into the outer harbor
The monkey hsh blocked their way back TO the
sea Then the herring found tha way into the
river and the whole frightened school tore through
and up the stream in their wild effort 70 escape.
1ney DIED there BY thousands The next morn
ing the plot IN 'front.' Of the Marshall House was
sIlvered with their bodies. and both shores Of
river Tor miles presented a similar appearance
Farmers all over the country there and took
the hsh away BY the carload 10 use fertilizers
But there were FISH enough 70 have ferJiliZed New
England. and presently they began 70 decay The
people stood II for day two but BY that time
they smelt TO high heaven. and every that
and had 70 stay through II was awful ex-
pertence- The water In the river like glue,
and so tmpregnated the water OF the outer bay
that bathing FOR a while out OF the question
You ate. drank, slept and cursed fish Fish were
in the clear weather and n the storm The sum
Der OF 1884 at York Harbor has since been known
the stale fish summer To give you an idea OF
how had IL was, a French poodle fell OF float on
state That's an actual fact, for he was sent 10
Portsmouth,