The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1875-10-22
At "PJDDISG BAY"

At .'PUDDISG BAY"
! lOu get there by boat The boat
took WAS a very eccentric boat. She
| pitched and tossed and rolled and shook
until wanted 70 get right off and go
home. The eap-a ain said she never acted
that way in a calm, and if you ever go to
the Bay go when its calm. While being
| flung from one side of the cabin to the
other | encountered several passengers.
One was Il thin, sIadOwy man, Just ex-
actly a mile long, as near as can re.
member Everything about looked as
sombre and solemn aS an undertaker's
hat in bay window, but thinking he
might know something about the Island.
l grabbed him by the hair rs we all took
a new pitch, aud inquired:
Say, ever been down there
Young man, you'd better commence
to pay" he solemnIy replied
''Cause Why
because this boat can't live fifteen
minutes more" he answered.
But I'm a newspaper man," pro
tested.
He gave me such a look OF mingled
sorrow and pity that l have dreamed OF
him every night since, and believe h.
would have prayed for me had not
roll o! the boat sent him under the pi-
ano and tangled him up with straw
berry-hairei medical student from Ann
ArbOr.
However, one can get used TO anything
but dying, and when the steamer enter
ed the bay all the passengers were in
good spirits, and the thin man came to
me AID humhly asked:
Do You carry any plug tobacco in
your pocket"
don't know why they call it ''Pud-
ding Bay. made inquiries of scores
of people, but 10 one could enlighten
me. One man thought it ought to be
called Pat u-Bay, bur he could find no
Ons- tD agree with him. Pudding Bay
Eousa, was yelled back by hackmen;
''Puiiins Bay grapes" was shouted bv
the boys, and all tile people were re-
marking what "a delightful place ''Pud-
ding Bay" was.
They have "a c.ivr ~ the bay \ hack
man prevailed upon me to go aud see it.
It is called ''Perry's cave. " The charg.
to enter th,. cave is only fifteen cents,
and tie hoy who takes the money i< also
au Object Of historical interest lie has
blue hair talks through his nose. had
fourteen balls "n him that day. and has
at various times contributed fingers and
toes to help along Fourth Of July crle-
brati IL.
PERI! Perry. What Perry was this
cav. named after" ! asked.
Henry Perry, thr celebrated Ken
tuciy outlaw" IIe promptly answered.
Some gogng uen in his place would
have tF:r,i 70 deceive ne by replying
that Cpmmoiprr Perry was tie person
iueaui
.'Whrn wa~ tie c.,y. discovered /
mildly inquired
IN isl3~
''Who ,3i--"y-.rd ii<'
Il didr~
Most any other boy .c"uld have toId
me point blank ii", and give me the
name of some oil pciisioner or Of some
dead man. love ani admire truth.
and | doubled tie boys fee.
The cave il u hU!.. ~ the ground. II
is not iarte hole. If 3lr Perry had to
remain in il over half an hour he'd have
tine back-ache for fonr weeks after. As
hole in the ground il {, superb; ia a
cave-wcil-
''isa't rhis Il sell ou fi.r pubIic."
asked th- boy a. / came out.
yes. sir, was the ready reply.
gave him au extra ten cents. and
asked him tn write. TO me at least once :,
week
There s. II museum at the bay It Is
a. good "a uu-ruuu aS one could expect
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