New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1855-11-06
Report Of a r,lshY conveEtion.

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| Az Athe marine monsters, big fish and small
tscaly Try Oh the great deep, lately met in CON
! sention to take into consideration the conduct
81 81 the ocean, and also Of mankind in general
| hhe Wnsie was elected President, and from his
greatness might be termed the Prince of
| Whales; HeoPened the Conventions by stating
mat he did not wish to make q speech he
would take up as little room and be no longer
IMAM possible fCheera.) The Shark whispered
% the S~orddsh that il was not possible fer the
Whale to be mnch longes. for hs was eighty
feet ao@i IN his opinion hesonly wanted to
chance to spout, and he considered him repr-
Jar old blower. The Whale contended that
not otRitbstananig his general sizes The might add
tearst ne was not exempt FROM suffering He
Tad been grossly insulted by man he would
say lsmpooned; not that he would pan upon
the use made Of his fat, as he did not
wish to tna ke light Of such a matter He mad
been harpooned at least. Men we're sarcastic
towards him, and his shafts were sharp and
pointed. Some of his fellow whales had beea
very much cut up aud exceedingly tried. He
had lately learned that substitute for oil had
been invented, which might lessen the psrsecu-
tion Of whalesi but he feared it vas all gas.
The whale alluded to .. .harpeon shich had late
" hit him; it had made . great impression on
him, and he feared had affected him deeply
Great sensation } Here bis feelings dverpow-
cred him, and he sat down Con the 5hark) snIid
Ia general hinbber.
Inc Shark rose with some difficulty, and re-
marked that the ta fe of the Whale had moved
him; in fact, it was very striking. His own
situation was far from pleasant He was by pro-
fession q lawyer and he fattered himself one
n the deep kind. !. tCheers and laughter J But
business was bad, and he had been obliged to
take in few pupils. He had lately presented
q fne opening for young man who fell over
board, but was soon afterwards obliged to re4
jset his snit es indigestible. Unless he had
more eases he should leave the Law and open as
a dentist, as he was we'll acquainted with the
art Of setting teeth, He then held up one fin,
as signal that chad finished. N
The Sea Serpent did not wish to intrude
upon the Conventions. az he did mot know
whether be properly belonged to the fish tribe !;
did not appear ofieious. Ali he asked was not
to be ciassed with the Eel. whom he considered
slippery character. there the Eel was OBJ
served to wriggle Lately, he was quietly
passing certain species Of the EEL. when juss
happening to touch him, he had been SO shock ed
that he hardly recovered. The Eel hastily rose
and said that he was electrified at these re-
marks. It was evident to him that the Serpent
was not careful, would get himself into a regu-
lar coil. As for his being " slippery charac-
ter. he thanked Neptune he didn't belong to
srchsa scaly set as the Eerpent The Whale,
called theSEel to orders and the Eel called the
Whale confounded old swellhead, and was
then summarily put out Of the convention.
The Turtle was suffering from slight indis-
position. He was walking ashore short time
since, when he met party Of jolly young
sailors. The result. Yves that he was laid fat
on his back, and was unable to move for some
time, and since he had not felt as usual. There
was one thing to which he would call the atten-
tion Of the convention; he prided himself upon
the purity of his political principles. he was
the alderman's best friend, The shark had
lately insulted him by calling him regular
old hard she'll" Here the Shark interrupted
him by asking him Ii that was not his case,
The Turtle replied that he. should say nothing
more at present, but should have something to
lay before the next meeting, The Shark replied
contemptuously, "a Yes, q few eggs, probably 2
The Porpoise did not exactly understand the
purpose of the convention, nor whether all the
members were present. The Secretary should
call the roll The Whalescalled him to order,
and was sorry to see him reeling about in that
disgraceful condition. His motion as entirely
| ont of order, and he appeared to be attempting
Ito get up q. revolution. The Porpofse assured
| the convention that his movements proceeded
entirely from the motion of the waves, but still
! he should waive his motion. He then took o
back seat, amid cries of '' You, re blowern
The President remarked he'shouid be happy
| to hear from some Of the small fry, the Oyster,
Lobster, and others, who, if not the g bone and
sinew . of the tribe, we're OF least the Muscles.
| The Oyster proceeded to open his case, which
was hard one. He was continually in trouble,
and al ways in some stew or broil. He had fam
lily troubles, also; his half family brother, the
Clam, was disgrace to the family, always in
liauor, and generally considered q s'sqnirt .
Some Of his family weres very lazy, and spent
| most of their time in beds. There had been
also some rakes among them, creating great
disturbance. lie was most respectable himself;
| his father was quite distinguished, and his ma
ternal ancestor was s. Mother of Pearl !" He
| went in for his own nights, and did not care
whether the rest got theirs not. (The dew
| fish remarked that g dat vosh very selfish. y
The Oyater continued, there was one of his
neigh hbors--he would not call any names-who
were very surly and grabbed; that he was d
| one-sided individual, and no one approved of
| his motions. The Crab protested against this
| abuse, and said that the rest took the advan-
| tage of him because he was " soft He respect
fully retired backwards.
Here the Cod Fish entered and apologized for
| his lateness, rs he had been visiting school
He thought the Whale was badly off, since meu
took his oil to make lights, Of. His own case
was the reverse of this; they took his lights
4 (and liver too, for that matter To make oil Of
I This might be very good for consumption, but II
1 was contounded bad for him. The most alarm
ing kind be had ever heard of was the eonsump
ton Of cod fish. It might be very good fun fol
I men to cut him open and salt him, but to hans
him up afterwards, was rather too dry a joke
/ The Herring said that there had been disposi
ton manifested to play tricks Of this kind in biz
school, and that lately some of his companion
/ had been badly smoked.
The Shad, too, in his spring migration up tn
rivers, had been greatly persecuted. partiou
larly by the members of the Legislature Me-
had greatly nettled him, and had nearly drive
him insane. He was q superstitious fish, an
a most unlucky day to him was fryday. How
ever, he thought his enemies had suffered some
| what in the warfare, and found his tail q rsgu
lar bony part (The Flatfsh was net PARTICULAR
hattering in reply to the Shad, for he did NJ
believe there was shadow Of truth in his re
= marks)
The Salmon, alse, had his troubles. He wa
= | an aristoerat-[H Here there was q general turr
= ing up of noses, and some ,tittering1-not of ii
= Goldfish kind either, and did net associate wit
: the small fry.
= He spent NEST of his time in travel, and
y summer went up to the inland rivers and tot
2 I his family 10 the Springs and the Falls.
sad been lately much afflicted and grossly ms
r., ,ated at the South. Passing up the Savann
= riSe,., his family had been surrounded ly
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