The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-07-26
THE BUDGET
OF YORKTOWN
Jumping Mullet Have Arrived
There.
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DOG OF GREAT SACAClTY
He SEXES The Times Dispatch and
Flees--The Politics ofYork County.
Col. l.. w. Lane. Sr, May
Be Candidate
DOG OF GREAT SAGAClTY
.tsnnclal 10 Tho TImes-pIspatchl

YORKTOWN, VA, July 25.-'The jump
Ing muilet. or jumpers, as the name is
conveniently abbreviated, has put in his
appearance rather earlier this seas on
than Is his general custom. AS nil sea
food is commonly acknowledged by the
medical fraternity as rich In PHOSPHORUS
and other brain foods, those who have
ever been fortunate enough to indulge
b meal OF these succulent little fish
will readily pronounce them the peer
OF any OF their piscatorlal brethren In
Virginia waters. We might readily term
them din,inutive mackerel, which they
more nearly approach than anything else
In the fluid element We never heard OF
q poor jumper. Wherever you find them
they are fiat as mud" as the darby
calls 1t, at times almost unpalatable by
their richness.
II fish bore brains, Instinct, or horse
sense, whatever you may term 1t, these
little wonders OF the deep display more
genuine sagacity than anything else that
svims 1t takes one familiar with their
habits and unbounded patience to catch
them, and even after every species OF.
strategy has been exhausted the little
fellows prove the greatest diplomats
Various methods are employed to catch
them, gill-nets. purse-nets, haul-seines;
but when chased up small cove and
penned IN with hedging, all their facul-
ties are brought into play and a gallant
fight for liberty IS the result. Backing
Off for a short distance, like a hurdle
racer they measure the height or the
obsructing hedging, and unless tho net
Ia very high they can easily leap 1t and
scury off to deep water. Hence the name,
Jumper"
5 SMALL AT PRESENT.
AT the present season the little fellows
arc about two and a half to three inches
long on their arrival from deep water,
but soon grow, and before the END OF the
season will measure from five to eight
inches in length. Later on they take to
deep water, very often the ocean, where
they develop into large sizes, some speci-
mems measuring thirty inches In length,
where they are known as horse mullets.
BY the way, the origin or spawn OF TINS
peculiar inhabitant Of the deep Is some
what yelled in mystery. Those VINO
have lived on the water all their lives,
followed fishing and clustering as means
OF l!yehll God, profess the most profound
ignorance Of the jumping nlulle., and
have some wonderful fish stories in stock
IN regard to them. No man knoweth
whittier he cometh or whittier he goeth.
vet nevertheless he is q decided success,
and on his arrival upon the scene OF
action, the menu of his greatest enemy,
man, receives decidedly popular addi-
ton, and the balance of the flnny tribe
re. a decided relief.
g"Gyp" is an inquistlre young pup OF
high caste and pedigree. as pointers go,
six months old. and the property OF Col
onel J. w. Rogers. OF the yorktown
Hotel with all the mischief native to
his breed. sagacty and general love OF
H. oF q, a
"Gyp" seems to be especially fond OF
newspapers. and here lately has great
hankering for The Times Dispatch. A
few days ago while Richmond gentle
nan. spending a few days vacation here,
was perusing the newsy columns OF his
home paper, be became entirely obllvious
of the puppy's stealthy approach, until
Master Gyp made a sudden grasp at the
paper. terked it from his hand and made
q Decline down the street. with the gen
tleman in hot pursuit. Round and round
they tore. until the dog, finding escape
impossible. rolled himself up in the paper
and crouched at his feet, when the pre-
cious volume was rescued from the
.,dog- gone" .predscament.
The provisions Of the new dog law
laying a special tax on oil the CANNES
in the State. is causing good deal O
comment among the taxpayers OF thu
county. When Intercepted by the Com
missioner OF Revenue as to the numbe
they possess, anywhere from one t
fifteen or twenty, they become YER.
evasive and disclaim any ownership o
light In this species Of personal property
The Sheriff, In all probability. win Nee
Ills stock OF ammunition heavily re
plen!shed. az yirginia's ultirnatum mus
needs be obeyed
YORK COUNTY POLITICS.
The final lineup in the fight for coun
~ Offices IN York county Is about as FOL
lows: For Commonwealth Attorney
Messrs. b II. Evans and c, "a. SHIELD
Treasurer Mr. George L. Smith. unop
poRed; Sheriff, Mr.. Thomas Phillips
Incumbent, and Mr.. Ira II, AGREE; 70
Commissioner of the Revenue. Messrs
Nv F. Lawson. W. II. White and ],
Harris a fun district ticket Will be i
the field. with some very good men as
plring TO the minor Offices.
The watermelon crop both OF Glouces
ter, as we'll as York counties, is eXpecte
70 make a good dead of surprise In tn
way of yield AS to the quantity acreag
Is about the average, and the condition {
the vines rather promising than othel
wise The heavy drought OF few weei
ago followed by exceptionally Co
weather, and later by an cvcrabundant
OF water, was thought TO have done I
The crop pretty severely, but later repor
look more promising. The corn Drop loo
well though late.
Physicians report quite an amount
sickness among their clientele. with
unusual amount OF typhoid and 9th
fevers prevalent In the lower part OF t
county.
rhe name Of Mr.. l.. W, Lane. sr.,
Williamsburg, Is persistently mention
in connection with the legislative race
this, the Thirty-sixth Senatorial Distri
He Is well and faYorably known, and
candidacy looked on with great favor.
A DWELLING BURNED.
The dwelling house OF Jane Arnstea
a colored resident of the town was burn
10 the ground with all It's contents abo
the middle of the week. Fire broke 0
between twelve and one O'clock at mig
and Jane succeeded in saving nothing
her life from the flames She attribu'
the disaster 10 the explosion Of Lar
left burning on the lower floor
Mrs. " NJ Crooks has been desperat Il
,gl during the week, but IS pronounced
the attending physician as somewhat
proved.