New Orleans daily crescent., 1860-11-10
slslo OIIsaIls 1ailp Grssftnt.
vexx lasse a whale.

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oaone oocssien very large whale appeared ci
Weymouth, and was Heen by several ashermen y
The nalasf was talked ovef OF night in the punis
A1lises. and one Of the company, who happened =
hage new seine net which he had never used. wa
muck &snnted about II. and he was dared 70 go ans
net ms whale with His new act AZ nEst ne soos
= 1t aaI as Joke, hat, uldar the influence q peel
and the Ghai of hs comrades, Ae slappea IN haae
on the table and said
WoIl. - nas Il don't shoot the go and
nAf sfgkar Hgn,. catch or no CATCH &
.nsscss;isosv ! aartry was posted, and the next
saasss;ne Fhs whale was sigfaaled as being In the
ofssau $e tie owner of the new seine put IT infe
shs 6oat ana, rowing quietly along shot the nel
Wilafa Dut sa bead iato the net and feeling some
thing strange, charged against it, dragging men.
hoaSs lid sH ai0ng with him. He then plunged
nf,E1 ly;t80 end ultimately taking thD new seine
MT, s5iIed about bis body right away with him IL
apsEesof ait the hshermen could do. tiaay iooAed
N al5sr sie whale, who had gone On WIN the nes,8 M
mqh " III angier looks into me water wsn NY w.
ash bss escaped wish his hook Bat, however, rs
Wfalo Was tro1e and The woAld-b6 captors fowed
4 hoTe diaconsoi iate n halelasa:
suine inree 81 foHr yeArs sfterward. as coast
y xvasY4 s;aa 0Ui1x ssis rounds Ia the dead Of the
,si1{f iii 4 = d huge black mass come rolling
S n S53l f6e tiae II looked like 8 wreck, yet il
yf&a S1f ) Nfsck, fur q wreck had not tail
Nkszs Nitk V flop The water " The object had.
n TxA Uoass Suardsman waited ill the tide turned,
rid xk Il went down, he got near to the strange
olSzs1t which had got hard and fast among the
xSflS He then saw that it was whale, and
Nkst W. exceedingly strange. the whale had q
nut eNtHng1ed round about him In the most com
Piia@ssd faanners 4 First come, frst served, 4
ssid 6se caastS gnRsdsman 10 himself, as he pulled
pus hss Knife and cnf Two great slashes II the
Nhsfex xAt sides, during which operation the
swhnlH kicked and svinced signs Of life. The
Hndef SIseA shat up bis knife, and posted off
with tlfa news. or course, as there was net
rouIl sbe WAale his identity was established
directly and the owner Of the net claimed the
casaiss because bis net had caught him; the
cozskgaafassnan claimed him because he had
ioun1 hifn. Meanwhile, when the dispute was
stiI goss1g on, the iord Of the manor pat in his
claim As II was found between high and low
water mark gaiaed It, and took possession Of
the whale cut him up, and boiled alI the oii out
DC AiEn. getting forty barrels worth q lot Of
money alld there tie matter ended.
Soaie weeks nlserwagd. as the coast guard was
sitting an his 1 dpnkay the term applied TO the
portable STOOL nsed BY these men--a respectable
fo1kiaE XVI tIslnan w liked UP 70 him and said
Mys ssnAN dom " yun Te6Dlect the whale that You
& found hereabouts some time sinces'f
H 1ea aif & said The man, i was me as found
9 VIM, low, can't yeu reeollect whether. when
4 ven ent As they tell ms you dd--he kicked
aAd Win0sa under the knife 9'
4 IA 1eufso ha did, #as tic answer, Y he nearly
knoeksd the knife out of my hand with his tail''
8{l xhen.' said The Old gentleman bfistng ur
all 0f q saSld 4 now, am q lawyer, and mind
lt y6u teii fhe same story 20 morrow, for as
snrs as to:meItow comes, you WILL have 20 swear
E 1i5t Ia r01ff. n fg99 Y w s # sleg
on t6s morrow the coast guardsman swore that
tho whale was alive when he first saw him ON Shore
and that M knew It BIZ ths knife-test, as stated
above. A Nas new the lord Of the raanor's turn
" sidg smHIl, fol- lie could not claim d thing II
caet Allves He had to refund the money he rot
fer thso having taken an bis trouble for nothing;
me- fts after ai the owner of the new seine caught
his 81 xlaiss got his rev net back ana nearly aIoo
u Tho captain Of d French vessel once saw whale
Aoundering on sand bank at the More He |
caused rope to be tied tightly round above bis |
ta3. zn@ &s fAe tide rose the whale foated, and he
EwNa EpsYSd ID tTunph, as the crew imagined, on /
Ehis way 70 Galais harhor Mistaken Frenchmen! +
They had iios gone far before the whale showed
syarteins returning life BY wfiggling, twisting,
aad not sllswing the chip In tho orderly manner
becoming dead whale. AT length the dragging
ae Naser and the pulling at his tail reused
him MI completely be came quite to life, and
fhTestAHe1 fo damage The ship. The Frenchmen,
1fladng they had caught Tartar, cut the rope as
itpnssed over tile stern of the ship, and away went
&he whale pfa way, back again 10 ward the Thames
Witsl long. thick rope still tied to bis tall
SHd araEgiDg behind him tbe ship went the other I
W. tuM era gAlais, having lost their prize.
alie wlaSl MAS aGHn occasionally for some davs +
afteH this st with THE rope On his tail. At last,
AZ foclisIlIy came into sYhitstable Bay. The men
ln fts pyE1ar boats saw him, and by shouting and
spaasl.i Forced him up into shallow wafer where
tls uie |feft hinl. Then they wisely made sure of
laln hy killing him outright No pig sticking
kHlsss wers big enough or long enough % eut his
piaseed hin aiIi he died. Then came tbs question.
what was tn be done with him. and at last a dep.
Mtaaa1n of fAaernaen vent mp to Messrs. & L.
Co,s ~ ths ety ne great dealers III whale oil,
ete.s WhD gave the fishermen $50 for
their pEufe, and sent doWn men, iron pots,
clnhbef kHjFas, efc., III boil him up. scientific
iriend n tae auth0rs went down 70 dissect the
sreatalis, aHd was getting OH capitally, although
,ne 0i the cavities Of the heart Nothing daunted
3y tise smell at nthar agreeable circumstances
le continued hiH dissection until be nladesa yana
,Ie aud interesting collection OF preparations.
DAG mdrning, when he was still working away,
lld ths men boiling or trying down. the oil, a !
'ery looking parsonage came up, and In
lHagasty manner said
q Leave oG work oil Of you, directly; do moth
ng more to the whale. claim this fsh Che was o
N nAtnresists Ior q whale is a warnlshlooded 4
niIaal ana no Iish1 10 the name Of the lord Of the
nancg and nothing whatever must be touched or
NV frEeud had inst taken out The whales eve. =
xhieh exbhita remarkable structures, and oiier- d
ng II t1 the HeW Conner, said: ~
= We'll suppose the lord Of the manor does NOT
q Con may kaep that, sir b was the answer
Ihia dsagT eeahle intruder then departed
While tIie aisseetors, both anatomical and com
lseroiHl were recovering their wonder, from am
,lher quarter of the compass, 10 another Jack IN
,fce, wie stalked into the assembled crowd and
Nth A wave of the stick proclaimed
. Touch thing move nothing u claim all this
Poqfs.
Yultusas smell the Sinking oarcass from afar: 60
90 dta + Hseenl that the smell of this unfortunate
saaals Asd funnd II way 50 far as London and
won % fhc crown authorities, for yet another hu.
nan vpltnro iyed on the wings Of the wind, and
pfeadlpg hls efifial papers over the putrid mass
{ Ihat Y royal iizh, ana claim it in the name
Hsres thea, aEas pratty mess, both literal and /
Aysseal fhe claimants SEA to work disputing with