The story of Martha's Vineyard, from the lips of its inhabitants, newspaper files and those who have visited its shores, including stray notes on local history and industries; . ver the island, and immense quantitiesof snow fell. After the storm some one wandering about theEastville shore of the Lagoon discovered a large number ofstriped bass frozen in the ice and snow. The news was spreadand the people were soon busy taking the fish out with pitch-forks or any other implement that could be used, they beingstacked in great heaps along the shore. The British had burned allthe salt works and the
The story of Martha's Vineyard, from the lips of its inhabitants, newspaper files and those who have visited its shores, including stray notes on local history and industries; . ver the island, and immense quantitiesof snow fell. After the storm some one wandering about theEastville shore of the Lagoon discovered a large number ofstriped bass frozen in the ice and snow. The news was spreadand the people were soon busy taking the fish out with pitch-forks or any other implement that could be used, they beingstacked in great heaps along the shore. The British had burned allthe salt works and there waslittle salt to cure the catchwith, but fortunately therewas abundance of cold stor-age, and these, supplementedwith such eels, clams andwild fowl as could be pro-cured, formed the main sup-port of the people. The the-ory advanced to account forthis wonderful fall of mannais interesting. It is supposedthat as the waters chilled andthe ice and slush formed andwas driven to leeward, thefish naturally sought warmer and clearer water gradually working their way to windwarduntil the shore barred escape, and as their last refuge filled withice, they were imbedded Wiml up auil down tlie mast. VINEYARD HAVEN XEE HOLMES HOLE. 101 THE LAST TIME BRITISH SOLDIERS TROD MASSACHUSETTS SOIL. After thoroughly scouring the island, the British troops, tothe number of possibly 10,000 rendezvoused at Holmes Hole,camping for some days just across Church Street from thepresent postoffice. The site was particularly suitable for acamp in an enemys country, though the poor inhabitants stoodin as much awe of the armed troops as did Rob the Grinder ofDombey & Sons manager, Mr. Carker. Church Street wasin those days a deep gully more or less blocked by boulders,and with this on their right, the forest at the rear and left andtheir own ships covering their front, they could easily con-struct a fortihed camp that would have satisfied even a Romangeneral. This is Manter Hill, and it is claimed
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