The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-12-01


tine. he made mnney hand over nat. an finally
bought H. nm laid up nice little nest egg for
tho Commodorn
farmer. mn y fisherman. nm q. weaver But IL
was NJ nshn' lie heat 'em MI. Why, Two known
him TO start outn the mornin without cent
In his pocket nm cum home mt night With u
hundred dollars that he'd got Tor the fish he'd
cauylit that day; Sometime5 ho,d make ~ high
M tjg0 In a wock An talk about ilghtn'l Why,
man. be swept the groom for twenty miles
around an there used 10 10 snne purity tough
mon in Thorn davs; After they got to know him
once there wasn't man livin' around them
nnrs TINT dared to gct Inter the hands Of Aaron
Vanderbilt.
H. lived on Quarantine an in BERGEN. He
tended Ia his fathers c-tnto on picked IN
ihe cnrprnt.ra trat an nl,er nad workrrh a,
took to 1shn'. In a little while owned, y
iishin' smack. and ortwrnty six ycnrs caught
SIND hptwcpn Ellis Island and Jersey CITY.
once threw 900 shad out 81 one fyke in aaingle
liit. mn looked hard Tor the other one. but he
"Whrn VIVA n Young man mn lived in Bor-
pcn thprr wasn't anvthin' s'nndin' on two logs
that | VIVA afenrcd to tackle. 1e SEQ Thorn
pnws 2" The old man extended two nondcrous
lists thut Vrrp cllousud aud scnrred MI nhout
tho knuolflrs with the blows they hnd sus-
tnincd "Wau. win That nnir once licked ten
Shrewsbury men. half ua big Hgin M myscli. on
the Jrrsey CITY doeks. jest 10 see mo was tho
hcst man. Icoull ~ fourteen hundred pounds
in them days an like all tho other Young mon
of that time. | allus took hand I'm t3 S"c,Wlo
WIS the smarte-t an beat. After n while kin
tell We II got to De so mat y enld moro
wasn't ANYBODY around TINT dared say yes DO
W know they used u call mo The man that
throw tho bull on Tho hridge8
I'm toll W. how II was Thore wns n hic huff"r
from Hackcnsack an Passnq named Jim Van
Hputcn, who used TO hrag that he WIS the man
that threw Tho hun Off the bridge This kinder
rot me cause he felt 20 big about II. mn
thought that wa- smart enough TO do anyhin'
that he could. So I Jest waited for n chance to
show people that l was - good man NJ Jim
Van Houtcn was An sure enough. after
while the chance cum. | was on my
way one might to the. Newark Mack an
whom | cum 20 the Hackcusnck bridge
saw there was seven or eight head Of cattle on
it, Thinks to myself. II there's a bull in this
lot either him or me has got to 20 inter the
Hnckensack River. | walked in among 'em an
sure enough there WIS great, STOUT two year
old bull Hc looked like tougn feller to iackle,
hut Jest thought 81 Jim Van Huuion, an laid
hold Of his tail. There was n right sharp tue-
sle kin tell ye. hut that bull Ind purity lively
young man after him. nm after n little while
he went over the ral an inter tho river, The
hull swan down tho river WAYS nm then
landed in Van wngners medder. Van Wagner
mo what did il for ! told him that did II to
git even, with, Jim Van Hontcn; m that |
thought could throw him on the bridge good
deal easier than | did the bull An that's how
cum to be known all through Bergen ~ John
Vandorhlt. the man that threw the bull of the
Here gcntle hint turned tho old man from
the rem'nsccnccs ~ his early prowcss back to
Yes I knowed the old Commodore purity
we'll. used TO go down Rn soc him once In a
whie tn have,a talk over Old times. ] heerd
him say once that he intended to remember me
when he died. hut" and tho old man looked mp
with comical leer rs he concluded the sen,
tence. | guess he forgot IT,. The last time |
snw him was about year afore he died. an
he siGnifed 10 mo then that he would like TO
meet me agin an 'socate together. ms the Days
Of both ~ NJ was gittin' % b. purity short. But
nfore | got chance 10 SEQ him agin' the Old
Commodore died. Then somebody told mo
that the Commodore had left me five Or six
Thousand dollars. an went down 10 500 his
son William about H. wont to his ofllre. but
h" WIS in a back room. an WINS too busy TO come
ont. an 50 he sent clerk out with n twenty
dollar hill. 50 NJ ! wouldn't have my trip an
trouble for no.hin'.
y" By the way. =" the old man. who lives beyond
tho reach ~ newspapers. continued. have
tn. got done quarr.lin' bout that will vitY
90 tell y" 4 amt nllu- the money what uakos
tho man rich. Look NJ me. for instance. I've
got nice little plnce. with grass enough In tho
m"dder down hy the pond Ia feed my cattle, an
Ms year I've rnisri over a hundred pounds Of
tohncky enough 20 keep the steam no Tor u long
time ~ come. II wnnt glass - beer take H.
m II | want moro ] take T. ,Nothin hothers
mark Pond don't want any Of the Commo-
dore's money"
How many catfish Do YOU usually get at a
morning hnul Uncle John ?"
90 on | dunno: nehhc five thousand But ye
| ace 'ep 'cm wooded out So cloer ihHt most OF
'em - too stnnll for u-r. an 50 pick out four
! or tiv" hundred md throw the rc-t back
'-rose I've krt he'd every catfish la that pond
/ iepr.or ~: tunes. Isuess thoy all know me by
=" Apa yogr wife also scoms to know how to
Know how ~ clean 'em reckon she
| docs. Why. she Kin bent the world cleanin eat
! FISH. She kin turn 'em inside out AZ the rnt'
| Of thrre q m'nntt an keep II ~ ly the hour
As II this ulluson hni reminded him ~ 50 mo
| thing. he turned 20 tho clerk OF tho store and
/ snii; guess ~ buy snme cnli kor to max,
m" ole woman a dress. h'il make her tall
/ good when Kit home"
Alter making his purchase he said good-hy
and started on his long trudgc up the steet
/ m1huimn slda. happy and contenivd With hs