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Show i . . . " OYSTER PARTIES AT VIGO. Novel Amusement of Spanlih VJter Ing Place. Vigo, ono of thu Spanish watering placos, offers a novel amusement to its patrons. Oyster parties aro the rage and aro of dally occurrence. Largo parties are formed which proceed pro-ceed to tho beds In large, flat-bottomed boats, and tho oysters aro fished up, and opened as soou as they aro brought Into the boat. Fow refreshments apart from the bivalves bi-valves aro offered, as ono of tho Inter esting features of tho party Is tho awarding of a prize to tho one who consumes tho greatest number. They are passed to tho guest on tho shell, qnd those shells uro thrown Into a basket, from which a count is mado at the end of tho feast Tho Vigo oyster is ono of the smallest small-est of Its kind, being much smaller even than its California relative, and a score of 200 is not at all uncommon, as tho party sometimes laBts the en-tiro en-tiro day. Ice Ishirgoly a luxury in Spain, and the Vigo oyster parties aro the only assurance tho epicure has of getting tho delicacy In Its best form. New York Herald. |