Washington sentinel. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1856, 1856-02-09

Mr. Pei obtained from the Hudson u hiring
sturgeon some screen feet long, achich he hdr-
messed and put IN pond apOn has farm, at
tdchiag line and cOrk.foat to the traces.
Whenever he desired to SAL about the pond,
achich ioas about a fourth Of a mile IN circita-
ference, he ao0uid go out IA a boat, usually con-
tanning tloo persons, and attach the cord TO Il,
aohen the sturgeon could Invariably dart OF at
us utmost speed and make seUerdt circuits
around the pond, keeping near the shore dHthe
ray IL toould then suddenly stop, rise to the
surface Of the tcater and tu,R upon its back,
thus indicating its ercauSted condition. Hay.
ing seen and conversed with an intelligent and
entirely reliable gentleman who has accompa-
MED Mr.. Pell upon some Of these excursions,
we can assure the reader that we have no doubt
of the practicability and safety of this mode Of
navigation, especially in shallow waters"
A fish in haruess-and that fish sturgeonl
Ye Gods and little fishes! Not only that, but
our grave, incredulous, and dgnifed neighbor,
the Mtelligeacer the authority for the story
When will wonders cease?
Now, we have been accustomed to believe,
without one grain of allowance, every state
ment of fact made by our truthful and cautious
neighbor-but, and we are sorry to say it, we
cannot, even on such authority, swallow credit
and believe, this, the most marvellous of all the
stories about fishes" that we have ever read
1t beats all hollow the fable in mythology,
which represents Neptune, the God of the
| Ocean, as travelling in a chariot made of q
shell, drawn by sea horses or dolphins, and
surrounded by Trtons and Mermaids. 1t
takes the romance out of that ancient fable
for it substitutes Mr.. Pell for Neptune, a stur-
geon for olphins and fish pond for the
| ocean! We leave out of the reckoning alto
gether the 100000 (tiouand!o dollars made
in one year BY the sale CT apples and cider-a
| second golden aeece!- md content ourselves
as best we can with the fish story.
| Illustrious sturgeon! We apostrophise theel
Happy Mr. Pell, we envy thee! Who does not
| sigh 10 be drawn around mill pond, 1--WE beg
pardon,) fish pond, "by living, mot dead
| mark that y sturgeon some seven feet long"
" If any, speak, for him have ace offended A
sturgeon ain harness "a veritable sea horse
smarter than the land horse, for when that
tractable and useful sea-horse got tired, it was
wont to indicate its fatigue by suddenly stop
ping, rising to the surface of the water and
turning on its back" Intelligent brute
beast, animal, fish, sturgeon, where did you
come from We forgot: you were born and
raised in the Hudson river! Immortal fish
you are perfect jewel.
Profting by the example of Mr.. Pell and his
famous fish, when the sturgeon season opens,
we shall expect to see the Potomac covered
with feet of sail boats drawn BY harncssed
surgeons and bearing delighted gentlemen and
lovely ladies down to Mount Vernon, or at least
to Alexandria
We would not be so unjust as to give the
credit of this story to our neighbor, the Iatelti
| gencer, unless it deserves it. The article in
that much respected journal is headed Patent
| Office"-and to that Office the credit may be
due. If so we advise that patent be instantly
issued to Mr.. Pell, and another to his sturgeon
fthe Iatelligencer could but have harnessed
the anti-Nebraska, Black Republicans Of the
House, after the fashion OF Mr. Pell, and made
them " turn upon their backs" in token of ex-
hausiton, it would have rendered a great ser
vice to the country.
Good by steamboats, Surgeons have taken
your places. Success to the sturgeon line
between Washington and Acqua creek.