The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1884-05-25
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"There will BE- some curious dishes at the
lchth yophasous Clubs dinner next week. said
Fish Commissioner Blackboard yesterday. If
some OF the honorary members could go the
specimens before they are cooked they would
probably resign. Some Of the dishes will be
experimsnn. In which tho club makes itself o
vicarloua sacrifice for nah Gators oil over the
United States. Some OF the dsintiss have al
ready been pronounced an addition to the fish
bill Of fare By members Of the club privately.
but the club at large and the outside world
have had no chance to taste for themselves.
such 10 the case With the hell bender. II
WAS pronounced equal 10 the finest salmon. but
only the President and the favored few had
q chance TO eat Of Il. II 10 . higher form Of
lizard 10 about foot long. 10 a. fat 40 pan
cake. and Of dirty mud color. while funny
little fringe that stands out horizontally runs
all the way lsngthwiss around its body. The
head ID hsart.shapsd. and II has wicked little
black syss like beads. Its four stumpy less
end 10 white tcsa. II IL called By acicntinss
. sHSfi;G e /. called /. h.,,.bsnd.rr
wAss you plague Il Win stick ever 20 gently
standing perfectly Still on tho TIPS OF Its white
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them hey are not there's C After moving every sSy
DARKEST corncrs. and one or two. when found
ary sure to have their baekS humped up, Il IL
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Anothsf dslieaey We will have Is a mud
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puppy whom Is leaks out At the dinner II
Asrisits, They are lower form q lizard than !,
ecilbendshrs somstans ss tho sEoIot To- o.
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from pail the oshsr night. sna. Alter going On
an exploring xpsdition around the laboratory:
= ss ST., for sSa S, not q e, T Sss
tho pail, and II died. Its fset are funny little
thinss. that strnldle and sprawl around like Z
called . mud ,puEpy !. that when eshsrmen,
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call ID sIs Xissss .roas-s.mo pnrrsrssus !!
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Instead Of Srsht red sI2s coys.irS, y, eide:
tnefo arg Whck spOts I'll Ov6H lts DOuy tue SlL<
Of fmal! rrsneh n Pea. .,.,u., mo, anna,
turtle. as y, would cali 4. and they name Il 1
| terrapin. The club 10 TO- cit IN Judgment or
some OF these turtles. and declde whether they
are terrapin or not. II they are torrapin thei
The tributaries Of the Columbia River yleld
. hum backed salmon which goes .by the
name OF Oncorhynchus ouichicha. The only
| way 10 pronounce that last nAme 10. to eneezS
| It, 1t 10 an Indian name turned into Latin
We will swallow fsh and name, too.
49,, cant think now Of anything more excep
north. where they are hung un 70 dry and Their
are burned for candles. The oil H. Ike cod live
oil. The fish Ii long like an eel. 1t Ia said tina
| the flesh. though oily. IL not disAgreeabls.
| Oh. came heNr forgetting the greatest Gu
| rtosity. Of all. the gepduck. II H. Rn immens'
| clam. the largest In the world. One will A. |
bushel basket. saw In Newspaper H. thi
city 4 fanciful account recently Of n dinner
given to an Enelishmnn 10 town a which ths s
fact IA that one has never been seen on the At
they have never been brought here. They pr,
found only In Puget Sound Washington Ter
| ritory. Government officials tried to bring ON
alive TO the Smithsonian Institute, in Wash
ington. In 1882. for the United States Fisl
Comm isslonsrs. The specimen was boxed an.
taken by. steamer II San Francisco. where 1
gave NJ the ghost. Now We sxpsct TO get on
b.. way Of ths Northern Paciac Railroad and
REFRIGERATOR car. Its scientific name 10 tn
oiAm In form. color. and texture Of shell. Ho,
u will pan out a. an edible bivalve remains
Our lives are insured"