Litchfield enquirer., 1857-03-19
Great Fish Convention.

to take into consideration tue conduct of the Ocean, and also of Mankind in general. The Whale was elected president> and, from his grratness, might be termed the Prince Of HAoles
 He opened the convention by stating that he did not wish to make a speech he would take up as little room, and be no loager than poss..- ble. (Chcers.)
 Tine Shark whispered to the Swordfsh that it was not possible for the Whale to be much longer, for he was eighty fet now ill his opinion, he only wanted a chance to spout, and he considered him Q regular old blower. The Whale contended that, notwithstanding his general size, (he might add tears) he was not exempt from suffering. He lad been gross ly insulted by man-he would say FaEpooncd- not that he would pun upon the use made of his fat, as he did not wish to make light Of such matter. He had been harpooned at least. Men were sarcastic towards him and h:s shafts were sharp and pointed. Some of his fellow whales had been very much cut up and exceedingly tried. He had lately learncd that a substitute for oil had been invented, which might lessen the prosecutions of whales, but he feared it was all gas. The Whale al luded to & harpoon which had lately hit him.
 it had made great impression on him, and he feared had affected him de ly. (Great scnsa- ton Here his feelings oTerEowered him, and hc sat down (on the Shark amid 8 general Du,jbcr.
 The Shark rose with some difficulty and re- marked that the tail of tie " hale had moved him in fact, it Was striking He Was by pro- tcss:on, lawyer, and tiattcrtd himself, one of the deepest bInd. (Cheets and laughtcr) But business was bad, and he had been compelled to take in few pupils He had lately pre- sentcd a tinc opening to young man who fell overheard, but was soon after obliged to reject lis suit as indisrstible. Unless he had more cases, he silouid leave the law and open as a dentist, as he Was well acquainted with the art of setting teeth. He held up one fin as sign that he had finished
 The Sea Serpent did not wish to intrude upon the convention as he dd not know wEctl CT he properly belonged to the fish tribe he did not wish to appear o!lii i,us. II he ask, d was to be classified with the Eel, whom he considered slippery character. (Here the Eel was observed to wriggle) Lately he was passing a certain species of the Eel, when he just happened to touch him he had been so shocked that he had hardly recovered
 The Eel hastily arose, and said he was cleo t1Ged at these remarks it was evident that the Serpent was half seas over, and, if it was not careful would get into a regular coil. As to his being slippery customer" he thanked Neptune he did not belong to sich scaly set as the Serpent
 The Whale called the E,l to order, and the Eel called the Whale a confuundyd old swell head, aad was then sum.narily put out of the convention.
 The Turtle was suffering from slight indis- position. He walked ashore d short time since, when he met a party of jolly young sailors. The result was that he was laid flat on his back aud Was uuabl: to move for some time, aud since he had not fit as lively as usual. There was one thing to which he would call the attention of the convention. He pridcd hinl- self upon the purity of his political principles he Was the A!dcrnian's best friend Tine Shark had lately inSultcd him by cailing him regu- lar old hard sl:el UIcrc thc Shark interrupted hjm by asking if that was not h;s case 2 The Turtle replied that he should say nothing more at present, but should have something to lay before the next meeting.
 Tine Shark (cotemptously) y)-Yes--a few eggs. probably.
 The Po.po.sc did not exactly understand the purpose cf the conycnt.on nor whether dll the members were present. He proposed that tie Secretary call the loll
 The Whale called him to order, and was sorry to see him rceIing about in that disgrace inl condition. His metion was quite out of order and he appeared 10 be attempting to get tlp revolution.
 The Porpoise assured the convention that his movements proceeded entirely from ttc mo- tion of the waves, but still lie should waive his motion He then took d back seat, and cries of "yon're q blower l"
 The President remarked that he should be happy to hear from some of the small fry ; the oysters, Holsters, and othcrs-who if not the " bone and sincw" of the tribe, were at least the muscles. The Oyster proceeded to open his case, which was d hard one He was con tinually in trouble, and always in some stew or bIoil. lie had family troubles al.o; h;s half brother, the Clam, was a disgrace to the fami- ly, always in liquor and generally considered a squirt" Some of his family were very lazy, and spent most of their time ill beds. There had also been some rakes among them, crei.- ting great disturbance. He was most re- spectabe himself his father was qu;te dlstil'- guishcd, and his maternal ancestor was MotHcr of Pearl He welt in for his own rights, aud did not care whether the rest got theirs or not.
 Tine Jewish remarked-Ddt was very selfish
 The Oyster contnued-there was oue of his neighbors-he would net call any names-whe were very surly aud grabbed that he was onesidcd individual, and no one approved of his motiols.
 The Crab protested against this abuse, and said that the rest took advantage of him be- cause he was "soft." He respectfully re- tired backwards.
 Here the Cod6sh entered and apolcgized for his lateness, as he had been visiting school He thought the whale WAS badly of, since psa soek his oil to make liEctz of His o*a