Milford chronicle., 1924-09-05
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Capt Bishop If the "Amerigo," in
vited crowd 20 so fishing on Laho
Day and having looked them owe.
,e assigned them their duties on ship
- board. The motley crew follows
Ralph Jester, mate; Harry c. Har
+ rington, pilot; John Mcbride, boa,s.
n vain; Sharp l.. Wilson, quartermas.
y ter; George Ryder, engineer; Rey-
\ nolds Rogers, deck hand Burton
+ Hendricks, Oiler; VIM. Derrickson
cook; o. p. Harrington, chamber
y maid; George Hevalow, entertainer,
banjo and harmonlcl; Hayward
Bishop, mascot; Dick Bennett, look
out. The cruise was from Frederick
to the breakwater and shoals south
of RehobOth. Everybody was on
board for a big time ana the quar-
termaster had provided a fish box
with a capacity equal to holding five
hundred pounds of fish and the oiler
provided three hundred pounds of
ice to keep them fresh. Capt Bishop
stopped at Bowers long enough to
get several bushels of mussels for
bait, but the bOatsWain insisted on
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crabs for the big trout, saying mus
sells would only do for hard heads.
After leaving Bowers the Captain
put the canvas on her" and with a
strong west wind arrived at Iewes
at a. m.
No sooner had the port anchor
hit bottom, when the boatswain had
a line over the side. The others de-
cided to play pinOchle and wait un-
| til daybreak. Suddenly HevalOw be-
gan yelling and everybody thought
a man was overheard. The game
broke up and everybody rushed to
the side of the boat. The bOatswain |
had hooked a shark and after a thrill /!
ling battle, landed him, measuring |
five feet in length. The excitement |
being over all hands turned in to
sleep, but the Oiler determined that
nobody should sleep. At daybreak
Capt Bishop called all hands aft
saying Boys it's time to fish. Throw
back everything under two pounds.
The wind is soU'West, you will fill
the box in few minutes as we will
fish near the stone wall where the
big fish are"
Up went the anchor and after get
ting the ranges it was dropped near {
the sea wall, in six fathOms of water.
Excitement prevailed and after a
slaughter of crabs and mussels lines
were thrown overheard. Silence pre- I
vailed for the first time. The only :
noise was the call of the gulls and /
wash of the waves against the break /
water. In about ten minutes the cook :
sighed The deck hand remarked a
I'll look at my bait" At once every
body was changing bait, crab on one
hook, mussel on the other They c
waited. How they waited! They wait =
ed until o'clock and not a fish h
lbOard except a sea robin caught by ii
he deck hand. The chambermaid I
md the look out began to grumble. d
The Captain consoled them saying b.
/ know where fish are, we will go o.
o four fathom shoals'ten miles r.
Outh of the cape in the Atlantic" c
III hands hauled in the anchor and k'
way to the shoals. 9.
The pilot had a bite as soon as his III
inc hit bottom. Cook reparted a bite. pa
'oatswain reported a missing sink IN III
+. Quartermaster landed a hard dc
cad. Excitement reigned and there ce
as another slaughter of crabs. Tn
An hour passed, still another and fh
le sun was turning red behind the co
md dunes. The engineer said "Capt. n
It's go home" The entire catch was WI
yo trout, two hardheads, a sea rob- sp
|, shark and four king fish. New lis
rtheIess the trip was a delightful to3 K9
he, plenty of eats, lots of fun, ideal thi
Gather, a congenial crowd Heva- pc
W played the banjo and the strains eaI
Sweet Adeline," and Rocked in tn,
e Cradle of the Deep" foated on tin
e still summer air. The thanks of
e crew are due Capt. Bishop for f5t
S courtesy and "a jolly good time" Bo
Roland Langrell has purchased the hot
'use on Front street occupied by P,I PEIV
m. Stevenson. ais
Mr.. and Mrs. Farlow, Mr.. and las
rs. William PrOuse of Philadelphia Oh
ere weekend guests of Mr.. and vac
rs. Herman Vinyard. his
DreXel Patterson, Warren -Patter- the
n and daughter have been visiting III"
:. and Mrs Harry Patterson. "
Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar Alaband and tbi,
ildren of Washington, D. c., have min
en- visiting Mrs. Elmer Williams. car
Mrs. H. F. Mitten and daughter tip1 Gpn
rothy spent several days in Phil "
elphia this week. unu
Albert Boone has returned from a VIII VIII
p to Niagara Falls. cart
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Harrington mat
South Norwalk, Conn, and Harry -
Harrington, of New York City, 1aiI
re guests of Mrs. Annie B. Har- of {
gton this week. me me
1iss Claramond Belts of Whining ~
was home over Labor Day. cent
Irs. Nellie Virden has gone to Re was
10Th for some time. frie, frie
[iss Mary Garbutt, Miss Helen graf
Xander and Miss Mary Melvin then
e won scholarships to the Uni INV. INV
sity of Delaware for 1924 and #
). him:
[iss Helena Case is substituting rises
Mrs. Annie B. Harrington in the For For
d and fourth grades in the at B
Dol. nor
RS. Emma Slaughter was on the =
list last week. r.
r. and Mrs. Gordon Counselman
e weekend visitors of Mr.. and
Jacob Counselman.