Rensselaer Republican, Volume 16, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 June 1884 — Oysters in Slimmer. [ARTICLE]

Oysters in Slimmer.

A reporter of the Tribune has been talking with the famous oystermen, the Dorians, in regard to the old notion that oysters must not be eaten in any month which can be spelled without “r.” Mr. D-rlan jiomptly denounced the whim as superstitious; declared that one could get as good oysters in summer as i% winter. He said they have a way now of planting oysters in deep water for the summer trade, and that some of the very finest are brought to market during the month of May. Mr. Dorian predicted that this superstition, like the prophecies of Mother Shipton, wiU gradually fade out of the prejudiced mind. The notion that oysters were poisonous during the summer was specially ri liculed by Mr. Dorian. — Dr. Footers Health Monthly.