Public Ledger, December 3, 1892

STILL SHOOTING DUCKS.

Tourists and sportsmen -- Field sports - LodgesTourists and sportsmen -- Field sports - Hunting : Waterfowl and shorebirdInfrastructure -- Public - Government : Postal serviceTransportation -- Road - MaintenanceTransportation -- Water - Wharves

MR. CLEVELAND HAS BETTER LUCK THAN USUAL.

HE GETS NINE DUCKS AND SIX BRANT

RESULT OF FOLLOWING THE ADVICE OF AN OLD ISLANDER.

EXMORE, Va., Dec. 2. -- A late flood tide prevented the sportsmen on Hog Island from going out for game until about 9 o'clock this morning, giving President-elect Cleveland more time than usual to make his toilet, eat breakfast and prepare for the day's gunning.

Hog Island folks are beginning to anticipate some great advantages that will accrue to them when their visitor gets into the White House.

Chief among their numerous wants is a post-office, over on the mainland, at Willis Wharf, where the islanders land for their mail and supplies. Two years ago a petition was circulated to this end. But in the category of Hog Island's yearnings for better things there is none that ranks higher than the desire for an improved public landing and highway.

The spot now dignified by the name of wharf consists of a number of piles driven into the mud at the end of a wagon road, while the latter is a lane that gradually winds and narrows until it is lost among the pines or hidden under the water at high tide. There is a strong undercurrent of popular belief that Mr. Cleveland is a friend of Hog Island folks, and will do much toward righting their wrongs when he takes his position at Washington.

Mr. Levering, another member of the club, arrived from Philadelphia early this morning, and was taken over to the island by steamer. This addition makes five members now at the Broadwater Club house besides Mr. Cleveland, their Philadelphia guest and Mrs. Wheeler, the wife of one of the members.

Mr. Cleveland had better luck to-day than on any of his previous expeditions, killing nine ducks and six brant. He as considerably elated by this change in his fortune, which he ascribes to the fact that he had moved his float a mile further north by advice of an old islander. It is believed the stay of the President-elect is near at an end. Although the exact time of his departure has not been announced, he will probably leave within the next few days.

This evening Mr. Cleveland remarked that he was greatly pleased with his stay on the island, and hoped to make another visit at some future time, when he can stay as long as he desires.

Invitations for Mr. Cleveland to visit Old Point Comfort and a club near Norfolk were forwarded to the island this afternoon.

Public Ledger
Philadelphia
December 3, 1892