Chincoteague Islander, January 12, 1895
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Transportation -- Water - Freight
Capt. Wilbur Parker loaded the schooner Ellen Robbins, of Tuckertown, N. J., with oysters and clams for New York, Thursday.
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Transportation -- Water - Freight
The Schooner Thomas Thomas, William Harrison, Captain, was loaded with oysters for New Haven, Conn., this week.
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African-Americans -- Race relations
"Uncle" Harry Whittington, one our land marks for the last three quarters of a century, died last week of old age. He was one of the "old time" darkies and liked by every one.
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Natural resources -- Conservation - Game
The Eastern Shore Game Protective Association is determined to stop the lighting of fowl at any cost and if found necessary has determined to employ men to lay on the shoals at night, follow and detect the offender. That it is being done there is no doubt and those who do it are "on the list" and before you know it, if continued, you will be brought to the bar of justice to answer the offence.
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Infrastructure -- Public : FencesInfrastructure -- Public : Towns
It is certainly time that we were awakening from that careless indifference which is said to be a characteristic of all oyster and fishing towns and put on a little more push and activity. While our sister towns that cannot boast of more than half the number of inhabitants that we can, have all the modern conveniences, we are still plodding in the way our father trod, and seemingly say, "the good old way is good enough for me."
There is no town in the country which has better facilities for making good streets than ours, and yet what have we? In dry weather the sand is so deep it is almost impossible to pass down some of them without the aid of snow shoes and on others in wet weather without hip boots.
The first step toward modernness should be incorporation. Our streets are now typical barn-yards. One can stand on the post office steps and count from fifteen to twenty head of cattle and hogs any time, and we have to be very careful when on the streets at night to keep from stumbling over a sleeping cow.
It is a shame and disgrace that our wives, sisters and daughters are compelled to witness things which cause their cheeks to burn with shame and indignation, and that our Island should be used as a dumping ground for the stock of farmers living on the "Main" since the no fence law came into effect, all for the paltry sum of a few dollars which incorporation would cost us. If there is any just reason why this town should not be incorporated, we are unable to see it.
The day when old fogyism should rule our prosperous Island has long since gone by, and modern ideas and improvements should be at once commenced.