The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-08-09

coteague, amounts to s99, 109.74. The total
resources are s1b0,Gsl.74. The capital stock
is 1920 And the bank Is only nine
months old.
remarked once before that everybody
In ChIncoteague has money. D. j. Wheal-
ton is worth perhaps 10000, and has re-
Gently erected on the island q f1nc house
costing a goodly sum. Joshua Wheaton Is
worth we'll on towards a hundred thou
sand, some people say he IS worth more.
Captain Rowley has a snug fortune ana Is
making more every day. John L. Ander-
ton. who lives across on Assateague Is
worth at least fifty thousand. Captain
John Bunting is mighty we'll fixed as
one OF his neighbors expressed it, and the
same might have been said Of Captain
John A. M. Wheaton, and number of
others. The men are mot much on
clothes,T as one of them said, but 1t
would be hard to find Virginia town
where the women are so we'll dressed as
in Chncoteasus. 1t was apparent to the
male eye that all the gowns were not Of
the very latest design, but they were OF
good quality and were worn as though
the wearers were used to dressing we'll.
There is at least one piano in Chinco-
league. and probably more. The strains
from many cottage organs may be heard
In the course Of a stroll down the main
street.
When it comes to dealing with the
negroes the Chincoteaguers are far ahead
of the people OF any other town IN the
country. A negro Is not allowed on the
are only about 300 colored people on the
island, and these give little trouble.
There We're never as many rs half
dozen slaves held in Chincoteague.
There are three doctors on Chlnco-
league. and they each appear to have
fair practice. One physician told me
that two thirds OF the deaths on the
troubles. Another said that In cases Of
what he termed dry catarrhal affections,
he had known patients to be relieved by
stay here. However. the me physical
specimens one encounters hero forbids
the impression that Chincoteasue is not
good place In Wish to grow men. The
men down here do not conceal their
manly development by too many clothes.
One of the handsomest fellows I ever
saw, who carried mo from his boat to
the landing on Assateague. wore only
shirt and trousers. and the latter were
rolled to his knees.
SWIM NATURALLY.
Swimming appears to be almost ma
tural. Everybody is as much at home
In tho water as on land. One OF the first
sights I saw as came over from Wis
bart's Point in the launch that carries
tho mail was dozen boys, from six to
ten years old sporting In the water near
the wharf, clad In bright colored trunks
of the scantiest character,
Living Is expensive In Chincotcague,
despite the fact that every variety OF
sea food Is right at hand. But flour and
me4l, meat Of every character. poultry
and eggs, groceries, OF course, and all
fuel, have to be brought from the out
side. A leading man here told me he
believed 1t was possible to clear thou
sand dollars a year raising egga and
poultry on the Island. Very few are
| raised. Ducks and geese are seen much
more frequently than chickens, ! was
struck with the small number of dogs
BORN ON ISLAND.
| Everybody knows everybody else on
| Chincoteague Perhaps not more than
| 5 per cent, of the inhabitants were born
off the island There are said to be fac
| lions and more or less dissension among
| the people, but none of this was apparent
to me. There was a jollity, freedom OF
! speech and manner, and propensity ia
| "skylark" among the men, young and
old, that is not found generally, ! saw
a man in front OF the hotel this morn-
ing knock pipe out OF the mouth of a
friend with whom he had neen talking
and then run to escape punishment,
! Chincoteaguers work ham IN the
oyster season. ! have not seen many
men at work since have been here, and
| 1t has always been easy to find a group
| OF six or n dozen mon who are ready tic
| talk Indefinitely. And to me 1t Is about
| the best talking 7 have heard IN LONG
j time The quaint language. the rich favor
! of the sea in all conversation. the sailor
| like dTrectness of speech, are all won