The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1904-11-03
Icing THE FAIR
IN DETAIL

o,ce crea: Industry-WhaI-
'ss o ~ From North Carolina That
Is r. Seen Years of uss-Th' Killing
\" ,y,sIe-The Kind of FowIing
c.oroe Washington Carried.
s s,s. Of North ca'0I'na-1~o That
sn .y,on Mentions - Fisher Birds
l 20 Taob5ers-Ho~ the Demands of
a ~ Nearly E<terminated the
h"'' Heron - Shore and Marsh
BIRDS
-.1 CORRESPONDENCE BY
i;PL MARI BENNITT.1
perhaps because near neishbor Of
toIIowcd the sea in his youth and
rarsIe me in after dinner hours
.o-rgt!ycs Of life aboard whaler
". ~, more Interested than you may be
old Whaling outfit which hangs
de North carolina exhibit. What
,,;,r scene5 must have accompanied
g.. use. Tie picture IN the old geog-
w. Indeed Whaling In the Arc
re.,re,en.oi 4 whale breaking a
.t,f Two with a flip of his tail, while
gere fylu- in the air like SO many
..f Oxen >-car5 IN the hands of a
l--,er That picture gave me a per-
,n,r dfstas.n .or whaling in its rigor-
,.,Itv. hut the narratives have
,,,,. ly,t flavor,
en- may agt know that whaling is
IL m industry Of no small Importance
Ina fine Atlantic coast, for we still
1r.r have vL5Ichoue. Whales are, in
81 mo,e abundant than at the time
~F,Ipa lost IL. greatest Importance,
tg,uIE, tie discovery of petroleum.
tho rbalin. Of North Carolina Is ''shore
..tslu.." but the whaler's outfit is the
.,ns As used board ship when the
-,b.es arc. Ia>lcl to the sides to be cut
,o.I tie blu.Jcr tried out on board
.bs ves,cl. Ills outfit was in use as
s,a as last spring oil Beaufort. On one
o,tIp lauc.s We may read upon label
| :, the r1ha.ers own language, Bin in
| IS Whales.
When Il uhale was sighted in the
al DAYS tie FIRST act was to harpoon
him This net Was usually attended
r;.a great peril | suspect that the
men in The geography picture had just
,arsoned whale and the whale had
resented IT, Then came the lancing
with tie lyag sharp spear ID reach the
Inns and ..IuSe death. Between the
s1rooing and lanCing a considerable
.s.4ryal usm.iy occurred. The whale
would .',tGuu' after harpOOning, 60
ips below nd taking with him boat
lad Of rolr a,tacicd to the harpoon.
Tie hari.u H., cruel barhs. its frs.
pqror .r..- e., fIstcn Z line 10 the
VIE Sometimes tie line would not
ra snlo,;r y 5 Tie Wla!e went down.
Now anI ;.eg it would loop around
SONG ohic.' IN the boat-perhaps one
Of the crew md many 4 whaler has
gone t. bag Jones locker by that
swift r,u,"
Tie dr;;-. which you may see here,
Il v,r.,u h,'E twelve to fifteen
inie: 8 n..rr with hole through the
gg:c'. IL, nh tLiS hole the harp0ol
rJ,e rI,,. ~ VIXEN TIE drag may be
S.c.y laGrr.cd TIE rope is kn0ttei
UItl H.. 5."s. which IS intended II
ptanl TIE pr,.ar~3 Of the whale and
IRE Am.
lie mu .,.; Of the whale is scarcely
n:, Gauc'nI: than tie harpOoning.
lr Tie y.-.t4 may still have much
:,.eH ami a worse temper than
r!ru IT,. hI- barhed harpOon entered
Is ST.
t. tp,@." .ror is another form Of
b.. ON will rJ.ut ard barb on n
an-e. 50 tilrt a backward pull when
f ia once in t..r whale spreads the tool
r. Re animals flesh and holds it more
ely
IL Ulu.." -un WAS invented during
T. FER rr~.'h If the whaling indus
Try. Ill! a." hIrTroner became the man
J'4,i lie .Iu Tie whale gun has q
~, .''-- "' I'iSii 'n'i GIL ie' It
'H -''i '''' viii ruooer leathers u
''''', TT '.-.''''I'' lilSSlie- Inc gun
Ter /. .'t ,wsys sure Of his where
-'''.' .. DE- .....''-I AFTER Il shot on &C
f-lrt NINn
SO''.' '' '.'.--'iilo'iS recon. Inc
''-'' -..'' 81 i'.'' SET III TWO secohds'
.' .''- |'-' "''tih Tue 'ItaiS vi Il
80 '.' h'-- Ha.'N work or nm. Ihe
'.- his "n"ie Sp"ue' ~
..'f. HRS seen Sef' ICE Ill
"i' " men passiiis
1.e'- .." "...l -. Of the Palace OF
t.,.. 80 ''-e' 'o0-s
New =, .f..... ,,..i ,.I,a. W. 81 ~
TN. I'm .,, ..,r- nart or tho 1,st
rntrrr
When Grn,..o WASHINGTON went OH,
into his preserve, to Shoot . few dncl
or other birds. he carried q fowline
piece with barrel seven feet long /
was 4 muzz.a loader and had n flint
lock And. hy the WAY flintlocl
vas about ~ Ingenious an invention n,
The modern LrcochIoador 4 fowIin.
gun such rs Father George must hav,
carried is i'm ono of tho cases of tn,
North Carolina exhfhit or game birds