The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1875-03-20
ADanburx Fisherman.

Bailey, who is still travelling IN Eu.
rope, has discovered that Aberdeen is a
great place for fi-h, and writes to his
paper In the following strain:
Aberdeen is largely interested In
fisheries, a fact that is impressed
upon the visitor very soon after bis ar
rival. But to see the fisheries in their
full extent he must 90 down to the wa
ter. In the season the Ash neic hbor-
hood Is busy and loud.smelling place.
1t take great interest In such matters
We are always the most concerned
about that which we understand the
least. Besides, like to see fish caught
In quantities, pleasure 1 was denied
when l was a fisherman; and, again, l
am interested in knowing how enor-
nous quantities Of 6sh are handled
without smothering the neighbors. When
I was boy was passionately fond Of
fishing, and have frequently sat for
hours at time on damp bank wait
ing for a bite. About sundown I could
be seen approaching home with very
depressed and sick looking fish on the
end of two yards of string
Irarely had more than one fish, but
managed tn become 10 imbued with
that single fish as to smell as if I had
caught a ton Of them. Ny parents
could never look upon this phenomenon
~ being other than malicious deception
on my part. And a little brother with
better nose than heart used to declare
that II he had to sleep with me he
would run away and be corsair.
A good coasir gets about $40 q day
and his board, understand, %
The fish used to carry home on the
end Of two yards Of string were gener-
ally about two and a half inches long
The reflection that weighed heavily no.
on me all the way home was the fact
that the fish had to be cleaned before /
could dispose Of it. and that + had to
clean IL. This finally inspired me with
a dislike to my prey, and led me to won.
der why fish we're provided with in
sides and scales. On reaching home,
and disposing of a cold supper. hun
TED mp clean board, got the largest
knife to be found In the house, and be-
gan the task in the kitchen by the light
or Kerosene lamp. First I went to
work at the scales, holding on to the
tall until that gave out. and then cateh-
ing hold of the body until the tension
caused the fish to burst open and spill
over me. Sometimes the fish would
slip into the sink, but more frequently
on to the floor. At the expiration OF a
quarter Of an hour I had removed some
hfteen scales, ten Of which were up nv
sleeve, and the others on my nose, be-
Ing transferred from, hand to that
feature, while engaged in rubbing my
eye, which invariably itches ON such an
occasion. About this time my mother
would make her appearance, and Just ip
time to see the kerosene lamp narrow-
~ escape going over the floor, with
the help of pair of tongs I was Undue
ed to transfer my operations to the
back yard and continue them in the
tarlight. Here 1 would struggle with
the contrary and exasperating fish for
full hour, at the end of which time I
mad screwed off Its head, wrenched a.
way Its tall, and made its body look
like Lazarus shirt. The next morn
ing an hour would be lost In prevailing
upon the hired girl to smuggle my
fish into the frying pap, aud 1t even.
tualiy came to the table an iuch long.
ana looking go Insignificant that nv
father quite frequently took it down by
accident and didn't find out the error
until the spare scales got In his wind
pipe and threatened to strangle him.