Farming Under The Sea

Bays tho Boston Post: Everywhere upon öiecoastof Eastern New England may be found, ten feet below the water mark, the lichen known as cartageen tbc "Irish mosa" of commerce. It may be torn from the Bunken rooks anywhere, and yet the little seaport of Soituate is almost fehe ónly place in the countary where it is gathered and cured. The village is the great center of the moss business in the eountry, and the fintire Union draga its siipp'Hos from those beaches. Long rakes ure used in tilliiii; tliis marine f arm, and it does not takeiong to fill the many doriesthat rook bed. The husbands and fathers gather the inoss from the sea, and the wivesand daughters prepare it tor the market. Soak it. in water and u wil] melt awajr toajelly. Boil it in milk and a dehcious whiteand creamy blanc mangels the result. The annual product is from 10,000 to 15,000 barrels, and itbrings $50,000 into the town.which snin is shared by 1S0 families. lts conRumption in the manufacture of lager beerisvery large, and the entirebeer Interest of the country draws its supplies from the 8citnate beaches, as the importation from Ireland lias ahnost ceaaed. It is not generally known iliat the moss, as an arfioleoffeed, is called 'sea inoss farine." From tlift iippearauce of Monday's ssue, thP Detroit News must have socured i big slice of tlie $8,000 Lord corruption fund. One of the walkers over in England bas broken down. This wil] eau to dawi: on the American public that there is a walking mal ;h ip overthere which digniflei i "lnitional." Most of is had forg. that there was such a thing as a walking match. It is kupposed there was au election on Tuesday.