Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1915-03-31
FISHING IN THE SOUTH.
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lions OF this little Greek city, for
iss citizenry. are made mp largely of !
Greeks. They say Tarpon Springs
- the largest sponge fishery In the
world, the fishing for sponges being
done entirely by Greek divers. |
have seen as many as 200 sailing
vessels, which are used for sponge
hshing. IN the harbor at Tarpon
Springs at one time. They are
queer looking crafts, being exact
duplicates of the Greek sailing yes.
sells that were used when Christ was
on earth. AT least 80 per cent of
the people in Tarpon Springs are
Greeks. They have their coffee
hedses where they sit and drink
black coffee and smoke huge Turk
ish pipes. Their priest who goes
about In long robes and tail caps,
and wears long jet.black hair and
whiskers, presents a rather awe-in-
spring appearance, to say the least
Of 1t. He is the ''bogy man" of all
the American children along this
section of the coast.
Two miles east Of Tarpon Springs
there Is located beautiful fresh
water lake known as Lake Butler.
This body of water is miles long
and about Q miles wide. 1t is alive
with fish and alligators. 1t is sup
posed that TarpoD Springs are fed
by this lake through some unknown
subterranean passage, as the water
IN the lake will rise to a certain lev.
ell and then Tarpon Springs will be-
gin to "boil" and the water in the
lake will begin simultaneously to
fall. When the water in the lake
has fallen 90 inches the springs 2
miles away cease to "boil," as they
express it here, although the water
10 loe hoI' heTe are many small
lakes around here and they are all
full of fish. In fact every pond or
branch is full of fish. But | am
told they are nothing like as plenti-
full as they were Is or 20 years ago.
like the salt water fish much bet.
ter than those caught in fresh wa.
ter.
There are also many kinds of crabs
In tae gulf that are interesting as
well as palatable. The ONLY crabs
that are not eaten are tie "fiddlers. %
These queer little crabs are SO mum.
erous that Charley Hoard told the
guests at the hotl that he heard
me remark that fddlers along the
Mexican gulf were thicker than fid.
oilers In HI. OF course | didn't
make any such an unlady.like re.
mark
Of course the main industry here
is that of growing oranges and other
citrus fruits but gardening is car.
ried on extensively also. They eat
radishes, green beans, tomatoes.
green peas and onions, lettuce and
many other vegetables all winter
long; and then just think of the lus.
cious strawberry which grows to
the size of smalI tomatoes and which
are set before us with sugar and
cream and in the form Of short
cake! Let me say word for the
guava which is a sort of a freak
fruit. The guava is about the size
and shane of large pear, but vel
low. when ripe, like the lemon. The
guava tree bears fruit the year
through and may be found at all
times and in stages Of development
from the blossom TO the ripe and ex-
tremely odoriferous fruit. When
one finds ones self in the presence Of
ripe guayas for the first time TWO
questions invariably present them
selves. These questions are: What
u 1t, and how long has il been dead? |
But once one has learned 10 like
them which few with perverted |
tastes never do, one looks longingly /
TO see them served with sugar. or
or az short. cake, for dessert. Bot q /
fellow instinctiyely looks for flock |