The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1870-05-16
PAT MALoY,s FISH STORIES.

What Nobody will Believe about the Pntri-
OTIS, O'HalI and Tweed, Friends Of Irish-
Yrep-BiIl, the Bowery Bean Eater, and
Abraham, the Know-Nothing AristOcrnt.
To the Editor Of TIE sun.
SIR Ia yesterdays Sun you say the surest
way to get rich ia to join the Citizens Association
and then hang at the back door Of Tammany Hall.
think the best way is TO join the Tammany socic-
ty, and. Big sig Americus Club. and follow in the
wake of Bill Tweed, who has made some tiOOOO,Ooo
within the last 10 years. hive known Multiplied
once Bill Tweed some IS years he started out in
political life as q Know-Nothing, and was Grand
sacllcm Of Liberty Chapter Order of United Ameri
cans At that time he was a chairmaker, and had
bis chair factory in Cherry street, corner OF Dover
facing Franklin square. Liberty Chapter had some
yerv tine fellows among ts members, among whom
were Joe johnson, the Banner Painter, the Haga-
dorm Brothers, Dick Brinckerhof, Ned Buntline, or
+. 2. G. Judson, Billy Mitchell, David johnson, the
landscape painter, anil others. Bill Tweed, at that
time, was q fourth warder (lfterward Seventh
Warler). lie was very intimate with Tom Hyer,
when he kept the Branch Hotel in the Bowery.
Shortly after his victory over Yankee Sullivan
Tom liver used to call Bill Tweed the Bowery Bean
Eater. Tweed followed mp his chair business until
he busted mp in 1885 or 20, and then went INTO po
ltics. He has now got to be very large, IT man,
and Is as plump as one Of Pete Yerance!s oysters.
Abraham O'Hnli also started out In political life rs
Know othin,, tioh Wing, then Republican, AMI IL
now Democrat in name for the sake Of keeping in
once or 10 make money, but IN arstOcrat In prin-
ciple. lie also has got TO be very rich
Tammany Hall at the present time Is In the hands
OF the old original members OF the Know Nothing
party II is very strange how such a man, with Bill
Tweed's record, can lead the Democratic party in
this city, but Il IL old say ing that the Irish orget
everything and remember nothing
The season for eel bobbng and fishing Is near ut
hand. Miller, the Hamilton avenue rooier, says the
best place TO fsh for black ash and sea bass Is
s.aund the wreck OF the Black Warrior. near Rock
ava. B;.eh. He says be has caught some very large
sh In the vicinity OF i:s wreck But the best place
TO bob for cells is around the Ss.sIton avenue ferry
mention some good places for fishing. For r'A"<
fish or sea bass, nsh OF Hart Island or High Island,
or on Hunters Island, In the Sound, between CITY
Island and New Rochelle There Is always good
fishing around these islands.
But the best fishing In the Sound is MP ut Ram
Island, on Mystic river md In the river. There Ia
good fishing always of Mystic river bridge. Bur-
rows & Faifbrotller, WHO keep the Branch Washing
ington Market at end OF the bridge, always have
lines and good bate on hand for the benefit OF New
Workers.
Bobbing for cells Il very good al the market end Of
the bridge Fairbrotber keeps lot OF silk hobs on
hand for the public.
There are some very good trout ponds and brooks
M back Of Mystic where those who like front fish
ing can enjoy themselves. Recorder Hackett Law
yer Ban cit. Jim Smith, and Others who arc fond Of
trout fishing, should pay Mystic a visit.
Those that cant ret away from the city viii find
good eel bobbing at the Brooklyn ferry slip. Bass
fishing ~ very good In season az South aud Wall
street ferry slips by day niIht. At night IL Ia
always goud, as the lights the ferry bridges at
PATRICK MALoY,
uNp IlrggklVu Hoy.