New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-03-20

their prayers; grant suhsequsnfrv c,-,-.., -.
money payment OF IS which 4, str,
-'1u Oy tls dean and chapter. There r. an an,r,,-
N- loS0un. OF the celebration % Christmas AZ
Norwich IN i44i. when part Of the herring VS. -
70 aid in tho decoration Of on, OF the 7s-s---
AoF IN front OF tho crowned King Or Cs-i.+~,.
was d personihcation OF the month OF paoar,be-
dressed according to the requirements or the sea-.
son with an esy Of Lent IN red and vybis bs--,r,
mined I b RS9rsesack Until the usage was deter
$3.50 ~ lle eHects Of modern legislative enact.
uenI' the city OF Norwich was bound 10 s--D +b,
iy Ls- WIN twenty four herring pasties year.
~ i.s We ancient Zee farm rent OF the citv
U.Isl3s'Slng IN times before the Foundation of Tar
mouth, when the valley OF the Yare was SIM an
SSstlafy' and Norwich. some eishtee0 U-fist
I IS The sea- was important fishing station IN
- qIgers Just exceptions against the goodness o
Shs Pies were made By the officers ~ the ro,vai
nDttsenold, who complained that new herrfngs bsd
sJrong pastry, so as TO endure carriage. that IN
pace OK dye herrings to each pie. divers had bus
broken The sheriffs OF Norwich were In conSs.
ts o C5.l5 90 % take order that the same mighs
orted fish shipped at Yarmouth IN the victua1Iire-
OF a vessel to bring the infant Queen OF scotland
or course were cured. In the time OF Edward ~
vessels ot~s I5 or some %ni5e beTrings found n
same reign red behring's also specified By name,
the time OF William Berkelszoon OF BiervIiet In
tianceTS died 1870. who has been credited with ths
however, TO doubt that this worthy improved ths
method Of preserving the herring, which so ex.
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ited hs tomb and osfs2sd M 7- v.e- 20 10 49,
while Mary Of Hungary. during her visit 70 tbs
Low Countries. paid a more characteristics tributs
70 his memory. namely, that OF eating salt herr
4 curious popularity IN the herring Is It's ccIors.
characters. which Ignorant fshermen have con-
sidered 70 be words Of mystery I'm November T5ST,
two herrinEs were taken on the coast OF Norway,
on the bodies Of which were markings resembling
Gothic printed letters. These behring's were pre-
sented TO the King % Norway. FREDERICK IT, who.
the sight OF this supposed prodigy. lie inasine%
that the CHARACTER were ca5aiistic and announced
his death and that Of the queen. Learned men
were consulted who pretended 20 read IN the mark
mss the words. cry soon You WILL cease 70 nsH
that The two fishes were celestial messengers sent
reasons for regarding the herring with favor, f'r
ton to defend q country which the sea was rru-
Ing. and TO be the source Of the public wealth.
occasion Of national festivals. ceremony ma
brilliaucy 81 which has diminished with the ins
fshmouzers ar TIRE Hague Amsterdam and Rottsr-
dam content themselves with hosting a Jag over
The first herring IS always carried on car deCo~
rated with hags. and triumphantlv offered 20 no
fha Creri-- dTvs OF The fishery that rich Dutch-
men V5rs-s3 tE Fsr-1-.srs n The fIasue a dIcas
apiece for herrrgs, each dealer consequently made
In TS75 p ash cu-er by the name % Bishop d.z-
covered by chance The way 10 make Na~-10ir1
gone. h- came upon small quantity Of prime N'r-
ring that had been overlooked. Unwilling r7 loss
them. D.. sprukI-d little salt over them. s1lrtet
Thorn, and huus them W all night I'm a sr1oss
morning he found himself famous On the annals q
Tho herring trade 49, the happy possessor Or no
forth made Lis special pursuit Pin the same ac5-
dental WAY [svcastls kiUuaTs were discovered IN
ISIS by John W0Cdgar. OF Newcastle.
The herring fisheries In TINS country ere p-l-
1vrfIra and give employment 20 many. although
some ~ the rivers once f~sIUentod by this FISH ars
now deserted. This IS the cas-" with the HlLsQH.
herring tlkiu- one side Of the river and the shlL
the other The CuIs of St. Lawrence stiu ab0unG5
I'm herring and the NaEd1lel Islands are the sea-
IL great herring fisheries. These islands are =
Tqvrpnro about one hundred miles from the near
est point OF NewfouIilaud. ana HIty-lout Ill.gs
northwest 81 Cape Breton Ih9 is 5I,tr 81 T5aa1
CONN for DISTINGUISHED services, ana were ~
him Feuuost tined iu strict entail o. ms 49, -.
behring's Gre found in ialLls 5',.-l ss.sb,7rl
y--ha-. ne -u SHAWN iu the sandy creeks, pa ---
oDr,- for small boats Here the rSl are U-ltrll
frozen IN the keen crisp mliNli.ts. @-,,-sts4 -
aboard the American VesS-.' l' s--5 "a
market. The herring are used eoln --- - e., Ell
hait purposes For the former they az. s Io-ts-
~, cities Of the Atlantic states, and lot l3
hut7 on the Georges and southern o1hn7 '-'-l7 -
winter months. About two hundred t5.-s-. ---,.s-s
reIs OF herring are taken IN New 80 fo tSs
every winter the great bulk OF WhicL $50 49,
T-rftad states a portion OF this herring = Co.
stored i'm Gloucester Mass. for bait Al pr -, -
fs "A big demand for both food and 9al- he--...-
ar fs not unusual for shippers OF traWl ING s-1-~
bave 10 nav $50 for twenty five barrels or herS.
a suf1clency OF bait 10 carry them over Il7"
cruise