Weekly Trinity journal., 1876-02-12
NUMBER 7.
An ESSAY ON rISEE.

Fish may bo divided into classes
fish and fresh fish. The propricty of di.
viding them into classes will be at once
apparent when we reflect that that they
arc usually found in schools.
The mackercl is not exactly Goldfish
bat ho comes SO much nearer being
Goldfish than fresh fish that he is for tho
present cIassed with the former
Fish exist in sizes to suit the purchaser,
from minnows to whales os-which are not
tsh strictly speaking. Neither is tho
alligator a fish but il we attempt to tell
What are not fish, this article will far ca
ccod its intended limits.
Tho houmg is not absolutely fish;
ho 'sN suggestion ot departed fish. But
the strongest suggestions Of departed fish
are smoit. The herring suatains the
,amc relation TO the fnuy tubo as the
Egyptian mummy to the human race.
Fish arc caught by measure and sold
by weight that is, they arc caught by
tbo gill and sold by the pound. Butt
are sometimes caught by wcight-tllyo you
get n bite.
Contentmont is the chief respite to tho
successful fisherman.
Surveyors are apt to be good fishermen
because their lines and angles are apt to
be all right.
Tho mermaid and fsh-woman may
also be mentioned in this connection.
Tho former is a good illustration Of what
is meant 10y the ideal, and the lattor AS
htly represents tho real.
Many Npd animals are reproduced in
the sen. Thus We have tho dog dsL, tho
cat tsh, sea-lons and sen horses, hut no
soa-muIes. Mono OF the above have hind
logs, and any manner of mulo without
hind logs would be II conspicuous failure.
1t may not be out of place to mention
Jonah IN this connection. lilo was not u
fish, but was once included among the
inhabitants Of the deep. There hm been
considerable dispute rs TO tho name OF
the fish Tint Swallowed the gentleman
above mentioned, some persons arguing
that the throat of the hale il not largo
enough to swallow man. This objection
seems to be lnconscquential.
Jonah might have been mada in
smaller mould than other mcn. More
over, it Is certain that he was cast over
before boiag swallowed cast over tho
ml of the vessel.
There has been much spcculat ion, also,
rs to the cause of JouOh'a eNpul ,ion from
the whales interior, but tho theory most
generally accepted is that ho sourcd on
the whale stomach.
He was very fortunate about reaching
land, since ho had no pilot. 1t ho had
taken pilot with him into tho stomach
OF tho whale he would doubtless have
selected paunchoous Plate rs the proper
man
Jonah was tho first man who retired
from the Department of the Interior, and
Deano was tho m.t one.
But We dlgross. Lot Us return to our
fish.
Tho Goldfish is the great source Of all
suit. In this respect LOTS vito was no.
whore; however 1t would be we'll to
"Icmombcr LOTS wife"
The saline qualities Of the Goldfish per-
meate and poreoate tho Vastly doep.--
Weighed IN his own scales ho is found
wanting wanting considerable froshen-
mug. He is by nature quito social, his
plocipo recreation being balls - fish
balls.
The Goldfish was wor+hipped by tho
Cuccks bat he Is only hall AZ well treated
by tho inhabaut, of Cape Cod he 10
simply shipped. llonco the difference
between the Greeks aud the inhabitants
OF Cnpa Cod.
omMl Il Il are usually harmless, but
pWcuts can't be too careful about per
uniting their children to play whore largo
u-h abound, as it is an established TACT
thd Che big ii Ii frequently eat up tho
Iuleoucs.
The jelly d.h is, perhaps, the best un-
dartood OF all the fnny tlibc, because,
being Translucent, it il casy to 800 through
him.
The greatest number OF fish Is eaten on
Friday, and the neAt greatest number on
saturday, because those that are left over
are warmed up for Saturdays brcakia t.
Argumentative persons are fond OF
stating that it is grammatical to say that
The five ioavcs aud three l-hes were ato,
since five and thico were always eight.
Thoy should be treated with silent con-
tempt.
Fish are supplied with air bIaddcrs, so
that they can rise from the depths OF tho
sea by simply filling these badders with
mir. II any one is disposed to ask where
they get tho air for such imitation, let him
in advance that this article is
not intended for the solution OF pct y
There are al so many other interesting
rumors about hsh which might be men
toned, but the foregoing facts may be
considered rs of-fshal.- DetcoH hfce
Press.
Miss ADA SWEET is the United States
Pension Agent at Chicago, aud somebody
has been ungallant enough to charge her
with paying regular tribute for the
privIlcge of rptniuiup her office. This