The Grant County herald. (Big Stone City, Grant County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1883, 1879-11-08
HumOrist on the Flnny Tribe.

is m almost yery-aav sight to see
y boys catching tsh, but vet not one
le in thousand has ever given thought
Tie wonderful construction OF the finny
]. At the outset of tins subject 1t
he remarked that no fish has single
o47. too many. You might think he
4 especially when you have perch for
t,cr, but every little bone was put
e Ie by nature for special purpose.
,ot G away handful Of bones from the
age fish and he would die in less
q. A a week.
ones, however, have very little to do
= / fish, and a great .deal less to do
! N catching him. Let us Draw your
~ n ntion t. tile eyes, IN tie first place.
=. y are So placed that The fish can sec u
tailed steamer coming up tic river
8 bo} on the l,rid.e behind MIN al
g9samc time. Bat to, this fact the hoy
J Id either catch Inn with Il dip mt
1, lc ct an old haop-slirt, or the steamer
1ns Id run over him. Bv a SIMPLE roll
pis eye, fish can take in d view from
nn.ldcs at once, md vnu cant pass Il
i 5)e off on linn fora saw-Iog. II the
could see only ahead, his tail would
rabhcd At every hour IN the day II
: :, ould Sc only behind, he't have to
TT sheet iron protector for his nose
- is, he'il dodge 4 Stone from one side
= smell oil d roet on the other ut ii @
l'4e motion.
u 4he mouth oi the fish is provided with
ners called giils, But for this he Il
er stomach full of saw,lust all the
4, round. Without the eills his mouth
yanld l,c open great share of the time,
|, with thep he keeps his jaws together
/ Oh has no opinions to force upon his
aa,w-innies. The gils Of fish may be
dan pared with the nose OF man, even
DIOR, but most of them are great
,;.s better set on.
'.s '.s... WINS evidently designed by nature
!, IL, fri should live under water. This
1.rr hv they take on SO when hauled ont,
49, ng on willow and carried around
.,'.' : boys shoulder The bladder OF
!, : plays an important par, in his whoop-
81 around under the surface of mill
1. By sucking in or cxprllins air hc
,lrisc 10 the surface To grab fly, OF 90
le bottom to attend convention OF
'toi ,ers.
WI he every day habits of the fish are
u.. interesting and are not generally
M..wn. lie is u very early riser You
lpa ~. t ink YOU an get up before lie docs
~. he will be vide awake when you ar-,
WV on the spot, Ills meals ale picked
rom such things as are lett over the
uns K fore, and it is immaterial to him
Mthcr we'll cooked or not No fish is
lnead to my particular ncighborhnod,
los has tie run ei the entire river or
Dld. lie Is out III all sorts of weather,
kes # he comes home wet villa. is the diff.
'n!lcc. II is generally supposed that
w stands on his head to sleep. 4,
I Vt Gone lave ever been caught sleep
na on tllcll backs They see by night
lowell as by day, and perhaps little
gt.cr.
'nahe tail Of fish IS not Of much ac
vant IN tic irving pm, hut II is il handy
ust'g Tor the fish when sloshlny around
rds mlll-pond full ot old stumps, drowned
7nl and wrecked skitfs. Ills tail guides
aldhead, and itsel,lom goes back on him
vas ure calculated that he would be flnpp.
yer his tail against brligc-tilnbers, stones,
ard hoop iron, anrl lost fish. hooks, and
ar ne made him one which couldn't lie
ls;s. It IS simply membrane, without
be 'ee, and could DC cut off without the
,ng knowing il until he started to dodge
gold roNt and run his head into the
3llk. Fish may be divided into two
,b ses-the fish which catch boys, like
shark, and the fish which permit boys
oni
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