Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-01-31
THE HOG ISLAND STORY.
They Tell Il Down at Nassau, and
You're Ant to Hear II Often.


Directly across the harbor from the
city of Nassau. N. p. there is an is
land called Hog Island. On the north
side of that island toward the ocean
there is a fine bathing beach which
is much used in the tourist season
in the winter.
The fee for bathing is % cents and
includes eating all the fruit that the
bather may wish. The fruit is peeled
and put on long sticks. which Is con-
sidered the real way to have it. There
Is no limit
Now it happens that there is a story
about a certain bather and that fruit
privilege which is a favorite in Mas
sau. At least ten of every dozen men
will try to tell you that story, that
is, If you stay long enough. In three
hours you are likely to hear it at
least three times
Mr.. Brown, who with two other
Browns, forms the pilot trust down In
Nassau, told il first to a couple of
Americans whom he was taking over
to the steamer a while ago In boat
No. 2.
You see that placer" he said,
pointing with a bronze finger. That's
Hog Island You can go over there
and battle and eat all the fruit you
want for quarter.
THE old fellow who runs the place
has made a mint One day fellow
came over and he ate bout twenty
oranges. By and by maybe his con-
science bothered him and he said:
"'Say, old man, maybe I'm infring-
in
"'Oh, no. says the old chap. you
know the name of the island
| When the two Americans struggled
up the rope ladder to the steamer
deck they met the purser, who was
loafing about.
I've been down here lot" he said.
after a while, "but I've never been In
swimming off that island. They say
| it's great. And you can get all the
fruit you want, too. thrown in with
the price of the bath. All you can eat
for quarter.
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One day a fellow went over there and
ate about thirty oranges. BY and by
maybe his conscience bothered him,
and he said to the old fellow who
runs the place:
Guess I'm eating too much. EN-?
"'Oh, no., says the old chap, 'p'raps
that's how the island got its name
when one of you fellows came
along"
On board the boat when 1t left Mas
sap was a "conch," which is the Mas
sau name for an inhabitant of the is
land of New Providence. He was
telling about the place one night, and
suddenly turned to one of the Ameri-
cans and said:
"Do you remember that island with
the lighthouse and the wreck just at
the harbor entrance? Well, that's
Hog Island. It's a great bathing
place
Go ahead, tell us the story of the
man who ate thirty oranges and then
was told maybe that's how the island
| got us ndulc, Sdiu thc AhiSiA~oA4
ooh, that isn't exactly 1t" said the
conch with British persistence about
details.
well, what is it," asked the Amer
lean.
"why, this chap went over there
and stayed all afternoon and ate more
than forty oranges, probably forty-two
at least so have heard, and when he
was going away, he sighed and said
to the proprietor:
"'Well, l believe I've had my mon
ey's worth; but I don't believe yor
have
.'Oh. never mind said the old fel
low, this is Hog Island
THAT isn't exactly what you heard
is it?" demanded the conch In can
clusion.
mo, not exactly" admitted one Of
the Americans.
And what's more, the story Is In
the guide books to Nassau.-New Yori
Sun.