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; . 58 MARTHAS VINEYARD. the Butler meadow a mill for grinding tanbark, and still standsthe one time home of Ichabod Norton. IN PRAISE OF GUNNERS. As the bridge over the ponds outlet is crossed we are likelyto see one or more fishermen pulling in great store of folks eat these things under the impression that they areintended for food, and I have heard them, called salt water*perch by such, but in the opinion
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; . 58 MARTHAS VINEYARD. the Butler meadow a mill for grinding tanbark, and still standsthe one time home of Ichabod Norton. IN PRAISE OF GUNNERS. As the bridge over the ponds outlet is crossed we are likelyto see one or more fishermen pulling in great store of folks eat these things under the impression that they areintended for food, and I have heard them, called salt water*perch by such, but in the opinion of the writer they are only fitfor the food of their betters in watery society, and as the catch-ing of them consists in a twitch of the line and the pulling up ofan undemonstrative wiggle, there is no great excitement aboutit or sport, but already the cunner occupies more space than heis entitled Abii)e with me. OAK BLUFFS AND THE CAMP MEETING GROUNDS. 59 OAK BLUFFS AND THE CAMP MEETING GROUNDS. Soon Oak Bluffs begins to open ahead; that Oak Bluffswhich was once a Butler sheep pasture, and now that the sheepare gone, grown thick and rank with the cottages of the Sum-mer population. This is the natural growth of the camp meeting, started in1835. which has spread from a preachers platform and a fewrough seats to a community where, during the Summer, manythousands dwell together in unity. Jeremiah Pease, of Edgar-town, it was who selected the site of the Wesleyan Grovecamp gound. a grove of venerable oaks, the property ofWilliam Butler. Such another spot can hardly be found onearth so nearly resem^bling Eden in its primeval beauty andloveliness. The first meeting was opened here August 24,1835, and since then have been held yearly with thesingle exception of 1845. For a long time Mr. Butler made nocharge for the use of his grounds. It was an open-air meeting,with rough
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