The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-12
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Sail Around Yorktown Full
Of Mem entOesS OF the Past. &
FISHERMEN HARD AT WORK
The York River Muddy From the
Heavy Ralns-The Mohawk Brings
Supplies for the Exhausted
Larders Of Training Ship.
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q YORKTOWN, VA. p pril IL Wonders
In old Yorktown never cease, ana new
developments Of old time things, are no
strangers to the present generation.
Wherever a foundation may be exca-
waited. q fenoo post dug or any digging
In mother earth occurs there you surely
find In some form or other monuments
in miniature to preceding generations
and oftentines relices Of the noble red
man who once roamed the wilds of the
Peninsula. acknowl edglng only the do-
,minion and power Of the mighty Chief
sPowhatan. Portions Of sid ewalks. curb-
stones, door steps, remnants OF broken
pottery Of continental patterns. antique
castings. bearing unique Goa ts- of-ar1ns OF
some Of the old aristooratic families Of
tho Old Dominion or the starohy old
Tories OF King George. Il als
A Wherever tho foot treads, wherever the
eye may roam, whatever the mind may
imagine. there come trooping out Of the
corridors Of the long ago the ghosts Of
.Yorktown-s past the memories OF q spot
sacred not only to Americans, but to all
Anglo-S axons 8; Il to all liberty-lo peo-
ple who inhabit this mundane sphere,
THD FISHERMEN.
The fishermen are just IRE covering from
the damage done their Weirst by the late
storms and report Matches as exceeding
" small OF roe shad there arc practl-
cally none worth mentioning, the run be-
Ing almost entirely Of the male fish. I his
phenomenon Is tnexplica BILE to the hardy
tsons of the sea, and one with which
they have never had to contend. Her
ring are more plentiful than the larger
fish but they, too. have been more scarce
than ever before, and are bringing bet-
ter prices. The scarcity Of the roe shad
has caused a vast difference IN price
than that Of former years. As usual
thing they generally bring double tine
price OF bucks. This season bucks have
been low as ten cents, while roes were
bringing sixty cents In the same markee
Other fish are equally scarce. Menhaden
or mossbunkers are scarce enough to
and sale on the. streets Of the town as
an, edible variety. King fill!es or croakers
are slow to arrive. while the sturgeon IS
q stranger Of late years to the SURROUNDS
Ing waters. All In all. the fishermen are
PLAYING in had luok with all the odds
against them. u
'9 TIID YORK MUDDY.
The noble Yorl1 is Inducing in q little
color scheme all OF its own making, put
unprecedented by the heavy rails OF wafer
OF the last few days. which dram ,the
up-countly lands Of portion ,s % t daap
body and crystalline cearness. the wa
ters present a muddy surface, taWny as
toe1s OF a milk and cider hue. 5E Ily IDENTITY
there is enough real estate passing out
to sea. were 1t massed in q lot on one
Of Richmonds thoroughfares. 70 make
big hole In a fave figure bank account
to purchase. All the tresn WA.ol ya'.o.
ties of fish are being caught, from yellow
belly perch to German carp, specimens
of which variety have been taken Weigh
ing many mounds and from Two to two
and a half feet In length.
The navy yard tug Mohawk" came up
a day or two ago and brought water and
naval stores to the 'MonoIngaIhela, !" Of
which their stocks were quite low AFTER
quite long voyage q sea.
WHARF, REPAIRS,
Mr.. M. G, Richardson Is making some
necessary repairs to tho York River Line
wharf, preparatory to the summer sohed-
ule of their vessels, which make dally
trims during the spring. summer ana ear
~ fall months. 1t is understood that
efforts will be made BY the company
to operate daily steamer continuously
the year round rs In years back, when
,informatIo is gladly received by all those
who patroniza the line, The loss OF the
steamer during the winter months OF
tentimes proves o great Inconvenience 70
their patrons,
Reports from the early potato crop d.
,velop' the fact that q very large per-
csntage of the tubers have rotted IN me
ground, owing to the exceptionai!y Wet
weather OF the last few weeks, This =
especially so In the low lands when
have suffered severely, The crop was me me
heaviest one seeded IN years, ana shoulu
results measure UP to what all indlcas
tions 90 to show, there will be consider
able monetary loss. as We'll as waste
81 d big amount OF hard work.
BAPTIsMAL FONT
Tho baptlsmal font whichLha been pre-
sented 10 Grace Episcopal Church by
the ladies Guild Of. Zion and s.. Tim-
othy Churches. OF New York, VIII arrive
to-day. and be put. IN position n tha
sacred edifice as qnlckly8as possible for
.,,sa IN a baptlsmal service tomorrow ~
ternoon. Services Will be eonduatedSs ~
the rector. Rev. w. n, Lee and seysspal
infants win have the sacred rites GOA