Show i OYSTERS FOR THE QUEEN One Thousand Selected Bivalve with Polished Shells Shipped to Her Majesty A Norwalk oysterman read a paragraph m one of the Sunday issues to the effect that Henry Irving smiled rather superciliously super-ciliously when his experience with the American oyster was reierred to at his first dinner after his return to England It would be safe to wager that if Mr Irving did thus smile the superciliousness supercilious-ness was greatly exceeded by that of the Norwalk oysterman as he read the paragraph para-graph For with a highly significant smile he said American oysters may not suit the actor but theres a greater than he that likes them So saying the oysterman exhibited a Norwalk oyster that was polished like a sea shell It was of good proportional size evenly scolloped at the edges well bellied suggesting fullness of salty liquor and might have been handled by the most delicate white kid glove without soiling it That said he is a sample of a barrel bar-rel sent to no less a person than Queen Victoria herself a few days ago From what Ive heard I think that when it is known that the Queen has sent to America for Long Island Sound oysters therell be no more smiling in England about them It appears that some days ago William Merrill a large dealer in oysters in Norwalk Nor-walk received word from England that some select oysters were wanted for the Queen The dredgers were sent out to deep water where live the highest flavored oysters and fished up from the choicest beds a lot from which 1000 were selected with great care They were all about of a size and were thoroughly washed and scrubbed with salt water until there wasnt a speck of mud upon them Then the shells were thoroughly sandpapered bringing out the veins and producing a rough polish Then they were packed carefully in a strong barrel and shipped by a fast steamer It was expected that they would be in London within seven days from the time of shipping ship-ping and would all be sound of good flavor and about as fat as when shipped The demand for Norwalk oysters steadily stead-ily increases from Groat Britain Last week 500 barrels were shipped to New York for immediate export to London They are packed in barrels each barrel containing about 1000 oysters These oysters are preferred abroad partly because be-cause of their size and partly because it has been found that they retain their flavor and withstand tho long journey better than any other oysters This is thought to be due to the fact that they are deep water oysters It is expected that the foreign demand will c mttnue to the end of May Notwithstanding thereat the-reat cost of freighting exporting oysters is profitable and oystermen expect to see it develop into a large basin ess soon I Yiw York Sun i |