The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1876-02-05
An Essay on Fish.

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when We reflect that they art
usually found IN schools.
The mackerel Is not exactly 8
Goldfish (; but he comes so much
nearer being Il Goldfish than a fresh
that he is for the present classed
with the former.
Fish exist in sizes to suit the
purchaser, from minnows tt
whales-which are not fish, strict
ly speaking. Neither is the alliga.
tor Il fish F.; but if we attempt to
tell what are not fish, this article
will far exceed it's intended limits
The herring is not absolutely Il
fish ; he is suggestion of depart
ed fish. But the strongest sugges
tions Of departed fish are smelt
The herring sustains I'll e same
relation to the ti1ny tribe as the
Egyptian mummy to the human
race.
Fish are caught by measure and
sold by weight-that is. they are
caught by the gill and sold by the
pound. But they are sometimes
caught by weight-wait till you
get bite.
Contentment is the chief respite
to the successful fisherman.
Surveyors are apt to be good
fishermen, because their lines and
angles are apt to be all right.
The mermaid and fsllwomall
may also be mentioned in this
connection. The former is a good
illustration of what is meant by
the ideal, and the latter as fitly
represents the real.
Many land animals are repro
duced in the sea. Thus We have
a dog fish, the catfish. sea-liOrs
and sea-horseS, bnt no sea.nules.
None Of the abo, e have hlnl legs
and any manner of mule without
hind legs would be a conspicuous
failure.
1t may not be ont of place to
mention Jonah in this connection.
He was not IA fish, but was once
included among the inhabitants
of tAe deep. There has been con
siderable dispute as to the name
nf the fish that swallowed tho
gentlemen above mentioned,
sople persons arguing that the
throat Of a whale is not large
enough to swallow a man. This
objection seems to he incouscquen
tial.
Jonah might have been smaller
mould than other men. Moreover,
it is certain that he WAS cast over
before being swallowed-cast
over the rail of the vessel.
There has been much specula.
ton. also, as to the cause Of
Jonah's expulsion from the
whales interior, but the theory
most generally accepted is that
he sOured OIL the whales stum-
ach.
He was very fortunate in reach
ing land, since he had no pilot.
If he had taken a pilot with him
into the stomach Of the whale
he would doubtless have selected
PanncheOus Pilot as the proper
man.
Jonah was the first man who
retired from the Department of
the Interior, and Delano was the
last one.
But we digress. Let us return
to our to our fish.
The Goldfish Is the great source
of all salt. In this respect Lots
wife was nowhere however, it
would be we'll to "remember Lots
wife,"
The saline qualities of the
Goldfish permeate aud percolate
the vasty deep, and make the
ocean as salt ~ himself. Weighed
in his own scales, he ia found
wanting-wanting considerable
fresLening. He is by nature quite
social, his principal recreation
being balls-fish balls.
The Goldfish WAS worshiped by
the Greeks; but he is only half az
well treated by the inhabitants
of Cape Cod-he is simply ship
ped. Hence the difference between
the Greeks and the Inhabitants
of Cape Cod.
Small fish are usually harmless,
but parents can't be too careful
about permitting their children
to play whe:e large fishes abound,
as it Is an established fact that
the big fish frequently eat up the
little ones.
The jelly fish is, perhaps, the
best understood of all the finny
tribe, because, being translucent,
it is easy to see through him.
The greatest number Of fish is
eaten on Friday, and the next
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