A history of old Braintree and Quincy : with a sketch of Randolph and Holbrook . upon, and of them there is no want, every shoreis full, it makes the swine proove exceedingly, they will not faile at low waterto be with them. The Salvages are much taken with the delight of this fishe,and are not cloyed (notwithstanding the i)lenty) for our swine we findeitagoodcommodity. Raser fishes there are. Freeles there are. Cockles and Scallopes, anddivers other sorts of Shellfish very good foode. 528 FISH BUSINESS. five minutes, and rises to tlie surface dead. Strychnia has beenused instead, and with sim
A history of old Braintree and Quincy : with a sketch of Randolph and Holbrook . upon, and of them there is no want, every shoreis full, it makes the swine proove exceedingly, they will not faile at low waterto be with them. The Salvages are much taken with the delight of this fishe,and are not cloyed (notwithstanding the i)lenty) for our swine we findeitagoodcommodity. Raser fishes there are. Freeles there are. Cockles and Scallopes, anddivers other sorts of Shellfish very good foode. 528 FISH BUSINESS. five minutes, and rises to tlie surface dead. Strychnia has beenused instead, and with similar result. The greatest number of whales known to have ever l)eencaptured by a single vessel in a season, was forty-four, yieldingtwo hundred and ninety-nine tons of oil, of two hundred andfifty-two gallons each; this was in 1814. The fortunate vesselbelonged in Petershead, Scotland, and the oil alone, accordingto the price that year, which was about one hundred and sixtydollars per ton, was worth the nice little sum of forty-eightthousand, eight Inmdred and forty .Toil X A 1) A MS (; K K E X NEWSPAPEES. The Quincy Patriot, the weekly journal so welcome to ourhomes and firesides, was established Jan. 1st, 1837. The editorsand proprietors were John A. Green and Edward B. senior member, Mr. John A. Green, was a native of Quincyand son of Mr. John Green. He Avas born Aug. 1st, 1814,and selected printing as a business. After acquiring his tradeat Hingham, he was engaged as editor of the Oswego Republi-can of New York. The copartnership between Messrs. Greenand Osborne was of short duration, as the latter gentleman with-drew at the end of three months. The Patriot from that time wasconducted by Mr. Green, for about fourteen years. July 1st,1851, Mr. Green disposed of the Patriot to Mr. Gideon F. Thayerand Mr. George White, the present Judge of Probate for Nor-folk County. Judge White was a native of this town, and sonof Nathaniel White. He fitted for college
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