The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1871-03-09
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News of the County and City.
FLo4 NpEEs. TennySon says:

win lis II luliiS To thoughts 81 mud ami fishing
Next week the school vacation will begin ant
then the bows will ask this conundrllm "yhicl
had rather do or go ti,hins:" Aud in = large
percentage OF cases he win answer it in the af
iirmatiyc, and 4 be Islanders round in the mud
II will naturally suggests to him those other
Founders, round in the mud, and it is TO them
that We nov intend to throw a line.
Like comod beer and pickles, the Founder
will be always found in salt water. Whenever
You see him III fresh water, he is either put
there to boil or else he is some other kind OF
iish. our big dish Of brine contains founders
tor all who care to seek them. He i not all OF
one Size there is more of some of him than
of others. There i. most Of him by hroad meas
ulc IT, edSewise he IS ~ thicker than a flap
jivk. A medium one j. about the shape of a
Western bed-bug. though moi quite so large
one that is eight inches long Will not be more
than two thirds of a foot in length. They dwell
mean The Bottom aud p!ow round like a govern
ncnt lrelger. The lur they eat best, is when
they are hungry. rhe sense of thqt sentence
WAS spoiled to preserve the grammar, a. we
meant that the best tins To- c.ll them. il in cool
weather, and We nominate Spnng As a good
season Like our politicians the, cat 4 good deal
NJ mud, and IN warm weather taste lat-cllm
ilt, In Sew Nork the people ed them any
Time, but th natives tilere lrt htblr to do any
hing
Founder, are blachish on the bae, and White
IN the belly, which is probably caused by their
backs being tanned by the sun. They swim flat
wise like fried potato, and their mouth is up
aud down like the handle Of a Jug. When they
eat they have to turn up sideways, W hich is a
little unhandy, but no more SO than to have
such large feet 10 be obliged to get out of bed
every time YOU want to turn over. They have
small mouth. and a little food i, a good deal
to them. Like the resi- of us, they like clans
and are even willing 10 Wv ,llow Il fish hook IN
order TO obtain taste.
There lots OF things founders are good
for beside eating. 4 great many mothers take
the skin and patch The seats Of their little boys
trousers, and il wears well. The back being dark
and the belly light, it will match most any cloth.
Fake them dred and they make very neat tap
IN a boot, and one well applcdby a parent, will
ollen cause blush to sutliIse-not thc aace Of
naughty boy-but further down his anatomy
Put on the roof and sides of a house, instead of
shingles, they make avery neat appearance and
will turn water worse than slate. Sew on Il
mmb TO one Of proper size and it makes
durable mittcu
\ an appcaser Of hunger they are good 1t
Is always good idea to catch them before at
tempting To cook them. After catching a mess,
and if they bite well, ii will not take more than
day or two to get I'LL you need, struggle home
with them and proceed TO skin them. Take off
the skin lust the opposite Of pulling of your
shirt, that is pull from the head. rs the nap runs
that way. Decapitatc them, cut of the nara
live, all loose bones you see sticking on. and
roll them the fish not the bonrs) in meal and
fly 10 Il nice brown in pork fat. Eat dozen or
liteen, and take our word for ii, You will find
Them good. and will have the edge of your mp
petite turned considerably.
As our paper comes out in new form this
week, we don't wish 10 m0nopoliHe too much
space, and as our readers have foundered round
long enough over this article, we will let them
SWIM of into deeper water.
AN OLD VETERAN lhc career Of Lord Mel
s"n passed into history long since and it seems
almost Il resurrection now to meet one who
fought under the great Admiral. Capt VIII
liam Slater who now resides with hi, SON. John
a. slater, in Belmont, served for ten years in
Nelson's fleet. and took part in all the great bat
lie which made the Admir:tl'> name illuslions.
apt. Slater was born in Liverpool, in l7T7, and
at fourteen years OF age WAS bound as I'm APP
prentice en- board an English mcrchantman.
rWoor three years afterwards be vn- pros sol on
board the Cambridge man Of war and in her
made "A erai,c Oh Brest and up the Straits lie
WIS then transferred to he Il gun ship Au,la-
ciot-, under Nelson. and with linn participated
in seven general engagements. among which
were the battle of the Nile, the capture Of Cop
rnhagen, and The battle OF Trafalgar where
l.ord Nelson WAS Killed. \ one time. while in
the British navy, oil the coast of Africa, he and
sixteen others, while ashore for water, were
taken prisoners and stripped naked by the ma
lives. OF the whole number, only four, Capt.
and three Others. escaped alive.
shortly after the battle of Trafalgar, having
served in the English navy more than ten years,
capt. :. obtained hi, discharge, and in 1906
anne to this country and settled in the town of
Washington, in KnoN county. From that time
TIA less than twenty wears ago, he followed the
sea the greater part OF the time. He has sailed
around The world twice. has made lifty VOYAGES
t. the West Indies. ana atiel all his cruisings
and adventures is sill Il Tough rugged Old
man, apparently good for another score of years.
His memory of the carly scene, of his cycntiul
Atc is clear, and his descriptions of them AZ
vivid, as they were in lis YOUTH His Wife
w HON he married in Washington, died two
years ago at the advanced age OF eighty -nihe
wears His father, Mark Slater was a Captain
in the British Artillery service and was killed
1T Dunkirk.
Capt VIM. T. ElwclI, of Nortllporl, was
knocked overheard from schooner IIolbrook,
OF Holmes Hole, last week and drowned. His
Nody was brought home, and his funeral ON
sunday last was attended by Il very large num-
ber of his neghbors and friends. by whom he
WAS highly esteemed.
Calvin Pitcher, one of the oldest and most
respected citizen of Belfast died in this city on
saturday, AT The residence Of Noah Mathews.
He was 81 years of age. Mr.. Pitcher came to
Belfast from New Hampshire, sixty years ago,
and has resided here ever since, with the well
earned reputation of Il good and useful citizen.
His wife, the daughter of Noah Prescott, Of
Searsmont, survives him, alter iny-live years of
married life.
"WnAl's TIlE PRICE or EGGsT' A Main
street trader whose store was in charge Of 4
boy, made queer discovery, when he CHANGED
to look in at the rear window. The boy being
hnsy behind the counter, Il loaing old sinner
stood by basket Of eggs, his eyes fixed on the
Jerk, while his hand went from the basket to
ms pocket, as regularly The swing of Il pen
iulum. Opening the door noiseessly, he con-
lronted the pillcrcr, whose only remark was
Mr.. d, what's the price of cggs?' The old
fellows face, as he put that hen fruit back, was
study for philosopher.
Mrs Lydia, wife of Joseph Woods, Of Unity,
died on the third inst. at the age of 81. This
venerable couple We're among the earliest set
Tiers of the town, and very fine specimens of
the good old stock
Mrs. Ruth Gardiner an aged lady of this city,
was seized with paralysis on Saturday, while
attending the Baptist Quarterly Meeting. She