Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-10-07
"WEEATTHEM OF COURSE. +"
APhiladelphla Lawye's Modest StO-
rles rs to his PiscatOrlal and
GastrOROmlCal Achieve.
ments.

ulCl ClUsbSANQ dOOAb q OtObnNA
of the bar yesterday alter
loon, in the District Attorneys
,fIice, as he closed relating a Won
lerful piscatorial catch, away up in
ihe mountains of the State. The
5ale of the fishes discontinue had |
been given out in all sober earnest
ness, without even a twinkle of the
eye, and ran about in this wise:
"There were three Of us when we
started, James Gault, Albert II.
master of transportation
on the North Pennsylvania road,
and myself. We were off for ten
days trip after trout up in Potter
and John 9. Crawford, of
Kittanning, joined us afterwards,
making four Oft in all"
"How many did you catch?" in
terrupted an over-anxious young
barrister who wanted to catch a
train but did not want to miss the
story. Y
"If you'll wait a minute, I'll tell
you all about it," was the rejoinder
and the story was continued.
"You see when we reached the
farm house near the Sinnemahon-
ing river, we just had eight days
left for fishing, and we buckled
down to business right away, The
old farmer where we boarded drove
us over to the river, posted us about
the most frequented haunts Of the
speckled beauties, and we pitched
in. We had the best tackle in the
country, and you may believe me
or believe me not, but | tell you
that we landed them so fast tina
the old farmer called out in abou
three hours: Hold on, boys; vol
have got a hull wagon load 0u
arms were tired enough, and W
were willing to cry quits"
"How many did you catch?" agai
broke in the almost belated couh
| selor.
"Well, if you cant have any pa
tience, I'll tell you. We stayed
days, and the four of us caugl
Il 1854 brook front. all rood. game
fish. too"
"Whew" !" went up a chorus {
whistles all around, which was SUI
plemented by the first remark tol
above.
"It's true, and l can prove it,
fairly shouted the narrator Of tt
story. 81 guess was there"
Just here, with the evidence-il
, chief at an end, drawing a lead pei
Gil from his pocket and seizing
sheet illegal cap, one of Distri'
Attorney Hagert's assistants begu
the ross.examination. He opent
f with; "Now, you say you caugI
. l764 trout in eight days. The
were four Of you. How many hou
did you fish each day."
8 "About three hours"
e After brief mathematical calc
| lation the result was announce
!, "Then, sir, you must have caugI
:, So apiece each day, Is apiece eaC
hour, and each Of you l every
minutes. Is that the case?"
"If you figure it out that way
If must be SO. We caught them a
a 1 know" replied the now somewh
puzzled witness. a
:. "Now, sir, what was the avera
II weight OF those fsh2"
= "Three-quarters of a pound"
g Again did the pencil fly over t
II paper.
= "That foots up 1923 pounds
fish," came from the cool-head
W examiner as he leaned back in
chair, with a look of incredul
spread over his countenance, viii
was shared by the rest of the ga
ne ering. irl
O. There was a pause for a nome
ne and then some one asked the v
ld ness, who stood up defantly, "Wl
Nv in thunder did they do with tn
ee' allY
Mt "Why, we eat them, of cours
r. This answer dazed the audier
Is 1t was too much. Not a word ]
he uttered for full five minutes.
Ia nally, with a strong effort and agi
ng for breath, as if the reply was h
ol to swallow, the examiner manal
to calculate, "You four men
Sn that number of fish in eight day
raj The blank look Of astonishm
CIV around and about him caused
Dr. witness to hedge a bit, and he q
'rs, itied the statement with: Well,
OIL gave Congressman Harry White
er' Of them to stock the Kiskiminr
nee with"
Mr. Still again did the pencil O.
at into use, with this result: "Lit
5 a to this, gentlemen. Giving Hi
the White 400 there were still
IDS left. Now, this party Of four n
one have got away with them at
to rate Of l7O1 a day, or at the raj
lor, forty-two a day for each man
was fourteen at each meal, leaving
Dy fractions. AT three-fourths
10 pound apiece, these miraculous
her ermen divoured thirty-one al
half pounds of fish every day.
- this witness be believed?"
The witness Would not wait