Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1907-11-08
FISH AND OYSTER NOTES.

Police steamer Accomac, after over
hauling went into service November 1st,
Capt. I. c Jarvis commanding.
Potomac seed are finer than for years;
selling for 25 to 80 cents. No shovel
ing-by was permitted last season or
this. Picked-out stock is permitted un-
der fine. Police steamer Rappahan-
mock has recently collected $500 in
fines on the Potomac.
On the deck of the police steamer
Commodore Maury may be seen
wreath composed of probably ten thou
sand oysters, from the size of a pea to
TWO inches in length. They were grown
on barrel hoop of IRON thrown over
board in seaside waters by Capt. Thos.
b. Smith, of Northampton county.
With oysters good and plentiful and
the dredging season opening today, it
is expected that the market will fall
slightly and that good oysters will be
offered cheaper than the present high
price. From all sections of the bav
the reports are that the oysters are not
only plentiful but of excellent quality. =
Baltimore News, November 1st.
Capt. Frank w. Darling has added
to his collection of oyster cG-iosities an
oyster freak, made of score of young
oysters, growing in the shape of a
well defined horseshoe. The oysters
are attached &c the collar bone of a
mule, which was planted in order that
the freak might be formed in the de-
sired shape, in the seaside waters of
Virginia, where, the young oysters
strike best.
State Board of Fisheries held an i'm
portant meeting in Norfolk last week.
A number of lawyers and petitioners
were before the Board Orders were
entered for resurveys near Waterview
and Carriers Creek, in the Rappahan-
mock; IN the Piankatank, and at York
town in the York. These will be made
when petitioners execute proper bonds.
Monday, November 25, was date set
for next monthly meeting, and Urban
ma the place. The Essex controversy
will chiefly engage the Board at that
meeting.
Speaking on the oyster situation the
Richmond News Leader comments thus
CO our articles in reference TO deple.
ton of the oyster rocks in Pocomoke
Sound and their regeneration: Here
is direct, indisputable evidence from
the spot of the wisdom of the policy OF
guarding and protecting our oyster beds
which evoked so much protest not long
age. In four or five years now that
: policy will be indicated so thoroughly
that those who have opposed it will be
ashamed. Probably some of the gen
tlemen in politics who went with the
crowd for reckless depletion of oul
oyster supply because that course
meant votes will be made to realize
that in the long run the people approve
those who oppose them wisely and con.
denim and repudiate those who cater alb.
jectly to their follies and errors.
Epicures who revel in the product OF
Lynhaven bay, Horn Harbor, Chesa.
peake bay, Rappahannock river, York
river and the James river, are finding
it more expensive to indulge thei,
taste this year. Oysters is riz,'' said
one ebon-hued white apron manipula.
tor Of the shocking knife to reporter
for The News Leader. Oysters that
formerly were sold at So a barrel
about 50 a bushel-are now eagerly
sought at from 81 to So a barrel.
And the stock is nothing extra at that
figure. In some of the more popular
and exclusive restaurants half-shel
oysters are now so cents a dozen for
selects, with certain others at less
price down to 40 cents a dozen. In
some of the more popular places very
good oysters were sold last season fol-
: 20 cents dozen, and this year they
have advanced to % cents. When YOU
want stew, fry, or steamed, you
will be given check to show that
since "oysters is riz" the men who put
them on the counters are seeing the
raise aud demanding that the raise he
een.-Richmond News Leader.