New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1846-01-28
second Board.
Corrcspondencc Of tho boston Courier.

HULL, january lSth 1910.
SlR. There 10 tremendous stir upon change in this
place To copy the elegant phraseoogy OF one Of our
Journals the bung 10 out of the tar barrel and an awful
spaerng has taken place among the operators II ian
CIV fish, Nothing surpass the CONSERVATION now eN'
istiug among the gus gudgeons, lame ducks, hmpng
dddappers. crazy pohagin ard the other unfortunate
hsh and fowl who have operated On their own account
tho faith of combinations between the sharks
and grampuses of THE sharp and intelligent community
To tell the story IN short hand. wealthy and power
ful Individual of Pumpkin Island commonly called the
Napoleon OF the Eel pots socmnly pledged hmselfsn
signed bond TO that effect keep ali his ees out Of
market ill All Foolsday next Spring. for considers
fon--spalsiing, moreover that after the goth of De-
cember Inst. the market price OF No. Hull eels
should not be below siSpence dozen; he agreeing 10
to take every by the tail that into the market
under the minimum. This was done in order TO cor
the timeecls. while the combination held every
one OF the eelpots that were net enlarged
THIS agreement was spoken Of openly on HUI
change, and the document was exhibited, with a tar
pitch and ,urpen zinc seal, which ii thought must
bold any under the sun, except those who would
stick nothing. This induced many uususpocting per
sons TO So into fancy fshand sure enough he went IN
Rso&se up to the gils. Meantime the Pumpkin Island
individual BY means of his muGark undersrappers,
cretly opened his pots and threw all his eels into
kc,, leaving the combination to shift for themselves
and wiggle out OF the scrape as they best could.
The way eels went down was not slow as the saying
Is and the consequences upon change may be easily
imagined. Such crash among the clamshes has not
been witnessed Tor many day. Great fortunes have
been carried gunwale under. and immense number
victims have met their fish contracts in full but others
cry OUT with Corporal Nym Il will say marry trap II
you run me nSSoeks humor on me III the meantime.
.. cam brokers have taken the subject into
consideration, and Committee of .turpsuin elders to
~a s was ssisrIed have reported ihs, i, is very
scy AFFAIR ana thai nl should he made in gut.
sed oysters III every thing Ia cleared up.
This Mr. Editor you will certainly allow 10 no .hon,
tho last meas Of chowdcr hick has been ished mn f
The editcstson OF this enlightened Community /, con
iectured that many amateur opcrator In fsrcv ssb
wi look cut pretty sharp before he burns hi. n ;,h
hot cookies second time In fact there have beep ~
ready such droppings OF pure salt water on CHANG
that can compare them to nothing but the pentsntsi
tears that LET fall some time ago in ,he rrrs,
Whackbotha.n controversy.
OF these proceedings srea, question
offshcasusistry has arisen namely Whether operators
In long eels justified in selling short"-a process
which Is accomplished by choppins see-saw opera
ton between the white bears and the black bulls pro
fess myself unable TO reply to this query but will ven
1ure assert that wise head may gather TWO mpor
facts from the above history First tia:
go u cruising for bubber and come home pretty well
sknned Secondly, that he who undertakes TO cell oes
fhai hnve been cotch, win find he has clutched
a, something little zoe sipPery. And ends. with
moral lesson this chapter Of fshaccidents.
Yours, PEsPINs Tex