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Capt Stephen Dodd of Rockport Tells of His Experiences as a Fisherman—This Sturdy Old Salt, Once the Head of Gloucester’s Largest Fish Firm,Now Enjoying the Quiet of His Farm.| (hoy bring now. But live and lot liveI has always boon my motto.j “At 21 a party wanted mo to tako the ; sohooper Old Virglnny, n 110-ton vessel,and go sandin' an* carry!it* sand from Ipswich bay and Newburyport to Boston. Well. I went in her night and day during that time without a mishap, never scarred the paint. Yessir. never scarred the paint. Well, when I got through with her, I found that 1 saved up $88e0 from sandin’, and with that I built the house on Great hill which j stands there today. In nil, since I began for myself. I made $8600 clear.“After that I went in partnership with my brother Andrew, snlppin* fish to the Boston market. 1 bought what i t lie fishermen brought in and shipped I ’em. although we used to take weekly turns in golfi’ to Boston.“We used to board at the Quincy house. They had good grub there.”“We staid in that vessel four years. At 24 I took the old Sion. The feller that had her before me, they said, hadn’t ketched fish enough to eat. Well,I knew the course to Georges, so we put her for there. We anchored in 10 fathoms of water, and in just seven days we caught 160,000 pounds codfish salted. That was in 1846, and was the biggest trip of salt cod fish ever caughtthere, and if old Jim Pattiilo was alive he could prove it.“Pattiilo was flshln’ just astern. Tie was the big killer front Gloucester. Well, we squared away for Boston just as a gale came on. \\ e went before it winged out. A few hours after Pattiilo was after us. But we got there first.We lost t%vo booms run kin* the passage, carried 'em away, broke 'em snort off. Shortly after we got to Boston the wind cam* dead ahead and headed Pattiilo off. We got $2 per hundred for I our fish. When Pattiilo got in he got $t, i the next feller 50 cents, and them that I came in last had to go outside andheave ’em overboard.“That was the year the small mackerel were in the bay, and we caught 000 barrels in the Bay Chaleur. 500 on one Voyage and 400 on the other.“Finally I concluded to give up the sea. Clark of Rockport, who owned Hie I Sion, ottered me an interest in her and $1000. No, I said we re alive and I want to keep alive, so I gave up thesea. |“In P IS I went up to Gloucester and commenced to buy fish,* Went over on Rocky Neck where there wasn't but a mi all-sized fish house and went into the fish business with James G. Tarr under the firm name of Dodd, Tarr Co. Mr Tarr still has the business. With Augustus \\ on son we also engaged in themanufacture of copper paint. We builtmmlmThis vbeautifuGardnerFenwayCAPT STEPHEN DODD, ROCKPORTvirgin aA narew “MadoniIt is fui: will he cessful i A n exopen at Co, I which w collect io England interesti sachuset South c Corner 1At Fo buildinghibitionDazerge er. 11 isnous, anof Egyreating w work is ert.“ Hifigures,to life, » fine acthhim ai Night fal Kabyile. Mr Clan exhi I studio, I consists one of made, including genuine scenes adorson 1Michigan and Mi studies Tyrol.The m issued aprove acintervals its purp subscribe estecl inf the must free to i of life ■ visitors.At the exhibitio Bianey it April 1. ized by ing, goolt; for at mo: Mr N. 1 has a sp room 718,Jrise thr eet entiis exquission and resent ‘4/i orado”; berry valshowingmountairposed, canature.The Clt; Copley and has one of.tions ofbeen seei portunitythe publicur agaira m unti from 12 tART AND ARTISTSIt is nothow rDon’t bewaysone.It is well super; show Did you self-clt; youngter-ofIt is diffiwants There is womaLi ctCCciIt costs 1 of con How ma accide A womar to con Do you k to giv super!Nii
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Boston Sunday Globe
Boston, Massachusetts, US
Sun, Mar 22, 1903
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