The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-03-07
GIANT HOLSTERS
BLOCK SEA PORT

New York. March Sit was the pur-
ser OF the steamship Eorc OF the racine
Steam Navigation company ta1kinS'
Nevertheless" ne said. I'VE got INTO
tho harbor despite the fact that 1t VA"
virtually blocked with giant Holsters
Weighing anywhere from % to -
pounds.
The pace was just "A Robinson
Crusoc had left X. with the exception
Of tho ShellhSh. he Foo does not
speak OF Shellhsh and ! do not recai'
Alexander Sclkirk. tho lone inhahttant
OF the island who Is said to have fur
nished Dc Foe with hts model TO- Cru
ssoe. never having encountered sucn
huge specimens OF the broadway pal
ace piece dc resistance.
"lIut there they we're. C,uttcring up
the harbvr. We showed the nose OF the
t.bro = far in shore as We dared with
out grounding her and then we unhook-
cd the litehoItS from the dav!tS. faSteH-
ed casters 10 their huils and rolled into
the land over the shining backs Of the
mammoth cruStaceans."
The Ebro arrived here recently from
Valparaiso with $50 passengers There
was nothing CVcntful about the trip
from Chill. I'urSc- Brown said. II was
Il trip that the Ehro made to Juan Fer
pariso. and famous az the Robinson
CruSoe isle. that furnished the thrills.
The voyage to Juan Fernandez was
made with party Of tourists.
Tho Ebro. according to PurScr Brown
and other members Of her crew. Ia the
first big ship 10 touch the scene OF
CruSoc's adventure since 1879. This
only boat that the natives who numoer
, about eco. ever see Is the small steam
packet which goes to the island aoont
once every six months with provisions.
Browns story OF the cruise of the
Ebro. corroboratet by the crew, Is sub
Stantially rs follows:
There was Consideration among the
natives when they saw our ship. or
course we were the first ship OF size
that any OF them had ever seen. They
were certainly surprised to sec us. bat
no more surprised than were we 10 see
the Holsters.
I'm not cNacgeratinG when say
that they hung around that whole
island like fringe. Nor did they take
kindly To strangers. When We lowered
the ljtsboa;s preparatory 10 wheelins;
! ourselves ashore over their backs they
began to move in ! body. with 4 crunch
ing sort Of noise that was deafcnlnE.
"A parsonage who appeared to be SUI
pcrior IN rank 10 the other natives gath
cred along the shore TO receive us. cali
Cd out in his native tongue to an I'M
usually large lobster. and Immediately
this particular fish stuck n claw about
three feet long into the air. gave code
signal and the moving mass stood still.
The parsonage o. apparently supc-
rior rank introduced himself as the
chief OF police. He invited US to the
Town Hall. where he changed his uni
form and introduced himself as the
director OF public safety. Later, when
We wcr" taken 70 the hall OF records
he changed his uniform and introduced
himself as mayor. He was Il jolly sort
We had dinner. We opened with a
lobster cocktail Then We had lobster
q n Ne~burg: then bro'lcd and stea med
, md baked lobster and lobster patties
tThe chef who prepared the meal was
introduced as the foremost lobster COOK
In the world. One 35-pounder furnished
u OF us with 4 substantial meal"