Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1883-09-14
FIGHT WITH A CUTIE FISH.
old Grand ia nks Fisherman's
Tough Yarn.

"Yo see, l shipped for a cruise or
no colder Laughin' Dolly for no pay
ind a share O. the proceeds. We sail.
od from Gloucester and had tolerable
,uck. then gettin' aout o bait, we put
intew Hare Bay-that's on the coast o.
\ owfonndland-and l reckon we Jest
cot in in time, for it let on tew blow
from the BASTARD and banged and ham
nerpd for like o three days At the
and ., that time we got the water butt
intew the dory and me and my mate,
Long Tom Sigstree, pulled in fr a lit
t,e cove to lu'ard, where it was smooth
water and good landin. In we went
a hoopin', when jest as we were goin'
through the gut o the cove it kinder
sboaled like and we come to with a
rush and we were broadside onter the
worst lookin' creetur yer ever see or
heard on.
First 1 thoughtis was aspder; its
arms was a-hyin' inthe and
some a-hangin' on tew The boat, aud
the cretur seemed to be actually airy
in tew come aboard. Ye see it had
grounded on the shoal and vedplump-
ed right intew it, and ! IN master
hand at sight SEEM, but I stock all
a-back, and the first ! knew of its
arms was around the oar. Whshl came
another, takin' Long Ton around the
the boot and yankin' him clean off his
feet. He whipped aout hb Knife aud
cut it off, and it fell in The boat, a.
twistin' jest like SNAKE another
came a-fyin' along, and tOhn in the
rs neck, cuttin' jest like a Enhmd ali
q this time we wur a-whaeEn nd jam
ID min at the creetur to keel hnaout of
= the boat. But its legs vas kivered
with suckers and it kinE1e on.
. Right between the legs waV pair
O. bills a-workin' up antaTn jest
liks these are, while the csr was
pumpin' ink and water finn sort o
r spout Jest like a steam enaSo't we
was black from head to sand the
* water all araound. / gCF oar up
like a harpoon, and w&sgoin' to
9 lam it in the head, wheliwe took
4 the dory, gave her . lift, Ever she
i went, chuckin' me right athe Gre
Il tur and I'll swan to lifeger was
Il so near meetin' Davy Jeefore or
II sence. 1 tried to jump but the
boat knocked me daoun, ,le first l
II knew 1 felt a grip on ut and 1
Il see the animal had me h leg; bit
4 clean through leather, l. all, and
Ml for a minute l was iund up,
III and I reckon if it wsor Tom
=! I'd been cleaned acre. The
VI water wasn't over tw and he
! jumped clear o the crnd then
shown the boat clear 4med the
squid in the head witloar four
! or five times and name aout,
and yaou can bet yer money |
was a physical wreck as looks
II goes-all scratched VI
Fl "Wall, we righted IL and then
EI | was bound tew see-eetur; so
we dragged it IN Sad spread
81 her aout, and how 0you reck-
81 on it was? Forty-eit tew an
VII inch, and the worst thing l
ever clapped my eyegThe body
2 was jest like big but twelve
foot long and soft lik The tail
bill looked like the nuke nchOT, but
" the head was wnat The eyes
on it were black and saucers.
and from around enhed off ten
i legs, kivered on one II suckers.
Nl with edges of 'em jerazors and
y saws, and every timtruck We a :
kind of air-pump prangement
sucked the air ADDRESSED the
ss sucker right intevw of tbe
rect arms was the longckon abaout
thirty fOot-and tim the cree ]
tur was hangin' bye ran afoul
O him-kinder sN,v 'am like
ST. h'Wsers' wall 'ea long story
snort l was lald couple o
weeks win the oi, leg, and |
reckon can sho" the scratch
m yet. We cut III nm FIR 1.ai,
IL. and it filled abaot \ a,l this j
n and must have wsoo noun5s"
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