The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1860-08-14
John -. Barry.

When John >. Barry was Govornor OF this
State, he hired a man to cut the grass in tie
capitol grounds, and sold it for the benefit of
the State-the proceeds amounting to nearly
or quite enough to nav. the exnapses of mow-
ing. Upon this astonishing and solitary in-
stance OF honesty and economy, has delighted
and wonder-struck admirers dubbed him
"honeSt John S. Barry!' This is the ground
and the only ground, SO far as we have ever
heard, upon which his character of "honesty "
and economy rests. At any rate, his follow.
ers have never condescended to tell the pco-
pie of the State of Michigan what other evi
dence he ever gave OF fitness for the Office Of
Governor. His administration was purely
negative. He did not steal any Of the public
money, nor did he squandcr it away. This
was bis only merit. He did nothing to al.
vance The interests Of the Statc-uothing TO
wipe out the leproacA h, part" had brought
upon its credit and character--noihing L,
make It's vast natural advantages known
abroad. Uudor the policy he pursued, Mich
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he be- elected? II bo.1,- 60 a .. a.e,
and his election w,uli .. n raa. es.aM.rr ,o
the State-wor,c Ihm 1.l ,. Pc" -.ycrai
plaques to Egypt.--Dctroit Advertiser
CATCHING SHARK. A corrc-rond vt or
the Baltimore .1@erjcoa, writing from C1hbs
island, Va, gives his recent "sbarNiog" eXper-
icncc thcreabout. He says:
During my visit to this pleasant place, |
made one Of party who determined to seek
larger game than even Il strong pulling sheep
head fish Nothing less than the capture Of
a shark would satisfy u. Engaging the SER
vices Of two experienced fishermen, we anchor
ed our boat in a channel some sixty feet deep.
The shark lines were not long out before a
gentleman from Richmond announced, not on
!, orally, but by being drawn overheard that
he had hooked fish and needed assistance.
Mr. Cobb, a companion, quietly stood by and
let the gentleman do the work Of pulling the
fish to the surface, when he saw that they
had hooked a monster, which came up tail
foremost, and would soon have stove the boat
had not Mr.. Cobb's knowlege of the habits of
the animal suggested great prudence in this
case. The gentleman played with the shark
for some fifteen minutes, ii undergoing the
| hardest labor they ever encountered could be
called playing when Mr.. Cobb took a favor.
abb opportunity to thrust spear in the lungs
of the fierce sea tiger. At the first touch Of
the weapon, the lashing OF the sea with the
powerful tail Of tho fish filed the air with
spray, and the fish iarted to the bottom, soon
to he pulled again to tho surface for another
blow from the lance.
About forty sta5s rendered the shark suflic-
ienty quiet to allow himself to be lashed
alongside tho boat and the hook to be cut
from his mouth, III operation requiring some
care and skill. Not content with this cap
ture, we soon took another, but much smaller
one--say about six feet long-whch gave us
comparatively but little trouble. The large
shark-of the species usually termed man
eater-when hauled upon the shore 10y the
united efforts of eight men, was found to
measure twelve feet in length. His body was
as large around a. a flour barrel, and bis jaws
opened twenty one inches across, being Of q
sufficient capacity to take in casy large man
/ The gentleman who hooked the monster has
taken the Jaws to Richmond, where he will, 20
doubt. show them TO his friends with pride
and pleasure