The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-06-04
THEFOO ISL PORPoISE
By rederic J Haskin.

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,thts purpose. All the boats OF a vH-
l1age Will turn out shape themselves
into a crescent and close In upon the
fwateB that are known to contain the
lblackdsh- a mighty beating OF the
into the bay ahead of the boats Tin
pans are beaten most Mostly In
many cases this method works very
successfully, the PROPOSES run INTO
the shallow water and the panic en-
1sueS. Then the fishermen rush into
the shallow water and with spears
and knives the slaughter begins It
Is seldom that a b1ackfish escapes
One OF the Oldest plants for the
refinement OF the OH OF the blackftsh
| is located on the coast Of North Caro-
Ina Here. as at many other places.
nets are used as an aid in the capture
OF the porpo1se- At the Farce islands
the dndursry is stiu better developed
The nets used In the capture OF these
schools OF heavy creatures are among
1.-THE strongest anywhere in use One
| OF these nets made of inch-thic1
ropes. may be 1900 feet long and fifty
feet deep Empty barrels are used as
floats. One end is usually tied TO the
shore. and steam vessels drag IN the
other At Farce islands as many
as $50 PROPOSES have thus been killed
in four hours. There IS but one
chance OF the victims escaping. II the
leader should get his nose turned to,
the sea and IL he should leap the net
as sometimes happens, the porpoise
being able to jump: six feet into the
air, every member of the school
would do likewise and all would get
away
Whaling vessels sometimes turn
their attention to these little brothers
OF their customary prey, and likewise
a boat succeeds in getting into por-
poise school one of the whalers at
rempts to wound a member OF the
herd In just the right way to serve
his purpose. hTe wound should be in
mcted in the back part OF the body.
The porpotse Will then dash forward
among It's fellows and scatter blood.
through the water. This throws tne
whole school into a panic and they
dash hither and thither, beating up
the water and creating great COM
escape. The whalers use their har-
poems right and left and often get
nearly every member OF the herd.
| These whaIers use the fat OF the
porpoise just as they do that OF the
whale and refine both in the same
watts There IS really little difference
between them It was in the days OF
long ago that Fisherman Caleb Cook.
OF Proyincetown. happened to refine
arteIy from that of its body He gave
some OF this OH to a carpenter friend
who pronounced it the best lubricant
he had ever used upon the oil stones
| on which he sharpened his tools Caleb
also found that the OIL DID not con-
geal when it was left out OF doors
with the thermometer below zero He
presented a bottle OF it to watch
maker in Hartford, who pronounced
it the best OF watch oils. From this
beginning has grown the refinement
/ of the Dissatisfaction watch oils
4 which have come to be used upon the
delicate instruments Of all the ma
tons
The melon is the choicest piece OF
on-productng fat on blackfsh. 1t is
a piece of blubber that is found on
the head. When it Is peeled of at is
of the shape and appearance OF half
a watermelon The oil may be as
leasfly squeezed out of as water from
la melon Six quarts of oil may be
secured from melon, and It sells for
from IS to S15 gallon An average
blacIrish Will yield thirty gallons OF
whale oil worth fifty cents gallon
and big fellows have been taken that
| yielded as much as 80 gallons. The
meat Of the blacklist IS coarse and
strong and not used. There are those
| who maintain that it rs waste to
discard It and that such action Is due