The Brooklyn Daily Eagle from Brooklyn, New York • Page 19

THE BROOKLYN DAILY FACT v. NEW YORK, SUNDAY. APRIL 21, 1020. A 19 Good. "It, Is his final Good s-id, "and I th.ni"!.', at would like to make the HARVEY VIEWS DAMAGE OF SEA delK'flcy, if ynu get rnounh nf them.

But Uiry average only u'oout one a woek nt it Tollner's. "Say, In the uld tlire wed (o bo Ints oi 'cm. When the Cape May ovsters used to come up here. CAPTAIN RETIRES AFTER 50 YEARS ON THE MISSISSIPPI 5 Rut there's no more Cape May rystcrs. In the old days, you never WHIPCORD BREECHES Onod, who h.i'l hern hot since Ifiai, became n.aslcr inul of the Oleander, For a quarter of a century ho was In charg? of lie Oleander on her regular trips fur-nislilti? and atteiula.g to the channel lights in order that barge line steamers, packets and towboats might lrarn th? channel of the- river.

Capt. Harry Hlnes, who has been In the engineering department at St. Louis, is to be master of the steamer Willow, succeeding Jiptaln Good. Captain Hines is nnkln" the trip south to New Orlems with Captain Good to learn the work. Mrs.

Hood Is making her tint trip aboard the Willow with C-tptam LadieV A QC wt iixw as many evster crabs as I to llnd!" What Is a Good Oyster Man. So we got down to the subject oi whit It takes to make a good oyster-man whether genius, Just talent, or what. "Well," said Dewey, "In the case of Mike, it's Just beins a good man. Thousands of Pearls Found by Mike in About 38, 400, 000(1) Oys te rs At Leaxt Chef Msssert Says So, and He Has Opened Bivalve Shells in Fulton St. Chophouse for Well, 43 Years but He Thrsw Pearls Away.

By WILLIAM WEER. There was a big argument about oysters yesterday afternoon, and even now It hasn't been settled. Oysters, and Mike Messert, who has associated with more high-class oysters for a longer time than pretty nearly anybody else living. 1.JJ men a Boya' 4.50 fathiontd, il 'hie ill a ml -in Hind knee licg tnp. CpecittlCormpondencc of Ttie Ertpk.) Greenville, Miss, After a half century of active servlea on the Mississippi Hiver, 39 years of this time as pilot and Capt.

Tom Oood commander of the lighthouse tender Willow, Is retiring when his steamer reaches New Orleans. The Willow arrived" here the other You won't tlnd many like Mike Messert." 7 jr Vii: RIDING BOOTS "Is that asked Mike, a little combatively, it appeared. "You jkno what it takes? It takes Just ordinary intelligence, that's what it takes. Any man with ordinary ean do it If he gets the training. That, andMf you have Just, iU The argument was In the morning with Captain Oood on the roof.

While here Captain Oood conferred with E. W. MeClure, who is' In charge of the channel lights in the Greenville vicinity. Beginning his career E0 years ago as a cub pilot on a towboat onerat-lng In the Ohio and Mlssis.jlnpi 95 ilSV Ladics'12-t. Men's, 14.

93 featherweight! ARCH SUPPORTS 1 If we can figure up the numbsr. We handle about 60 barrels a month and there's about 6U0 to the barrel." "That's the large fnes," interrupted Mike again. "You take small ones and It's more like 750 or 800 ta tl)e barrel, maybe more." Handled About 19,300,000. A compromise was reached at 830 to the barrel, or, roughly, 50,000 a A t-k CAMP OUTFITTERS OFFICIAL AGENCY DOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA Nevini 4339 Open Evening! Half ft dozen oysters that Mike had taken a particular llklna; to he s'ammrd into a choice oyster stew. Then he returned to the dlscussjon.

It Don't Take Art. "It don't," he said, "take art. If that's what you mean. You Just got to know how and do It that way." He shook hands, Indicating an end of the interview and the argument. 8: thPse the truths about oysters from a man who's known them all.

month, 400,000 a year of eight kitchen of Gage Tollner's Oyster (and Chop) House. 372 Pulton st. As sure as oysters Ft In season, Gage St Tollner's (that's enough from you, smartle I know my grammar as well as the next man), rounding out a half century of serving 'em on the half shell and otherwise. And for these now 50 years Mike has been In the Gage Se Tollner kitchen, devoting himself largely to the happiness of the oysters. The number of oysters he has opened and breaded and fried and stewed and otherwise educated to meet the requirements of an epicure's palate How Many? Starts Argument.

But that's what the argument was really about. Messert was standing Boro President George U. Harvey looking oyer the work being done to save houses cn Rockaway Beacli from being blown Into the sea. rivers, Captain Onod was In the midst af his last official trip of his territory from the m.ith of the Missouri River south to New Orleans. Thirty years ago Captain Good gave up a berth as pllo on the steamer Oakland and became a pilot on the U.

8. llghtho.ise tender Joseph Henry. For three yean he served on this boat, the hulk of which now lies in the Wolf River at Memphis. At one time the Henry was the pride of the Government. After the Government was through with her she was sold to Memphis parties and became the Louisiana, an excursion steamer, then again the Pattona.

Flint Since After leaving tho Henry, Captain FOOT PAINS Light a ftalhtr. Strong oi No mttal und QUICK RELIEF from llrcd. chm. woIIimi left, flat Toft, fttriitnpct nntnelpi ani ltRnmenu, mlluftrii, writ hri'M. etc.

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In 48 years Mike must have handled, in one way or another, 19,200.000 slain oysters. "You double that." warned Mike, "and then you won't have enoug'i." So we doubled it. and there we had 38,400.000 oysters, which seemed enough. But not to Mike Messert. saved enough of them, you could make an oyster-pearl string, but Mike dldnt rave them.

"I threw 'em away!" he remarked. Can you Imagine throwing away thousands of pearls? Now and ajain, it seems, also, Mike finds an oyster crab, a choice spanked a naughty fried oyster that tried to Jump into a stew. Didn't Save Pearls. "No," he said briefly. Mr.

Dewey explained for him that oyster pearls found in these parts are of pin-head size and not marketable. IX you The composer of a recent song-hit says that the inspiration came to him while sitting on the edge of the cliff at a South Coast resort. The general feeling is that he did not go quite far enough. Humorist, London. "Eay," he said, flipping a partlcu larlv obstinate oyster Into the fry Ing nan, "back In the old days 302 Fulton it.

people what you mlgn-call ate ovsters. Ate em night and oay. never siw anything like it. That's when Lowers was wey down on Fulton st. and the old dies swore they'd never ride In them daneerous fast new horse cars.

Yes, sir. People don't eat oysters now the way they used to. What About Peart? But other matters had to be lnves tiRated. What about pearls? In front of his glowing coal grate3, fashionably attired In a heavy un-'dershlrt, neatly unpressed trousers land a pair of good, stout shoes. For the kitchen floor gets pretty hot there under the stress of the upward progress.

Nearby stood 8eth B. Dewey, the proprietor, while between them was your seeker after oyster knowledge prepared to act as an umpire In caie of difficulties. "Let's see. now." Mr. Dewey was aylng.

"The first, few years Mike wis just a boy breaking In. He didn't begin to handle oysters until four or five years after he started." On Oysters 48 Years. "Two is more like it." Interrupted Mike In the midst of turning an oyster fry. "I been on oysters 48 years." "Forty-eight, then. Well, I guess "Yes." agreed Dewey, "Mike runs Into an oyster pearl now and then.

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