The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1884-04-13
BEANS AND BIO FISHES.
Yarns Worth Telling Reeisd or by . Sale
Maa and Oruaaentsd with u Song.


Maa and Oruaaentsd with song.
"Look alive, now" shouted q red.faced
sailor to waiter In Water street restaurant.
"Aye. aye. sir" replied the waiter, taking the
Captains measure and marking him mentally
for plate of corned beef and cabbage. "Wot
shall bring alongside?
Bring me dish Of Marbehead turkey and
look alive" repeated the customer. who mo-
ment later was deep in the mysteries OF baked
That's new name for beans. isn't it?" in
Quired u person at the same table.
MY father called sm SO. y repliedthe skipper.
that aour beams lie a triiio closer to the wind
when s9S" hauled than Na the East fons
its beans. Why, Lord bless ye! Look araonnd
h hsss Msw f fRayre LG most At
and tell 70 you hit him where the ,coEner's
dse Se S he s'0 Was edRr and Skipper
htha mighty bn Snss ne Gok
one o these here Cunarders. and. sect n the
tress. they, slows up, and sends on a boat, and
after a hard pull In heavy sea way they halls
asSy rnS hs 9'e So9 =,
spgS aos the Gss G%t yes s.y
added the skipper.
Val fasS' rs sHfs The captain between
you and me i was writ by char by the name me- Of
but Ut n When spns the yarn
It's supposed I'm the one that writ II.
Some O. the lines wants lin and oyerhaulin'.
s Sas Us w0' they call blank verse; goes ike
- ship once crossing over the sea
Made . hundred miles from shore
H. osn
nth the Soss The
TSer s oars fsii ia "" with regular DIP DIP
A. ,hsy rapidly nssIsa ths :iisn, Zip;
when nsds Se@ as Win FEARFUL s Surprise
around the %est The
Ths tsPssn s a"sa on hen sSsp sat- .' "s'
WIN n hi, "A sni and On his hats
And Tie crew looked up with hssrtrsnains sigh.
DO sss ,s ,s g. ss Ct distress
AZ. you out q food Have yon used up your water
% dsy s@s Sse ss"s
That's poetry wot is poetry, said the skip;
was always lookin' aout for fish. and I've got
the name Of fnGsring the biggest fish agoin':
sS%s TN"
SsEn p5ys a gGn"d' taken by the schooner
What was the largest Goldfish you ever
| Hundred and four pounds" was the reply.
and 1t was over five foot long. But Capt.
George Martin Of GLOUCESTER caught the biggest
that l ever heard on. 1t weighed dressed III
pounds. Two caught a lobster that weighed 20
pounds. and a horse mackerel weighing COO
hounds. / once tackled onto the biggest fish In
tho world" continued the skipper.
| "A whale 2" asked the other.
"A whale amt fish," retorted the man OF
| the sea. This one. reckon was O devil fish
--one o. these ere brondtide fellows thirty foot
ACROSS all beam, and DRAWN abuout six inches.
We was lyin' in harbor when see big ripple
movin' arRound and thinkin' 1t a big horse
mnckerel jumps into the boat and gifts the
lads to pull near It, and when alongside losses
the iron into 1t. and. Lord bless vol thought
the hull reef was n-risn'.. fish riz that
looked like the vessel herself. and In minute
we was a-rusnin daown the channel in a
way lat was a caution To- sinners. The
channel went raound an island. and q
We came . raound the second time The
hit s aaD snSs soH GnT the rope 6p
saysI. It's spliced 70 the painter says he
The fish dove under the brig and we. not bein
able to dive kind o. telescOped. The dingey ius
smashed all to pieces. We fell into the water
and was hauled aboard by the hands and The
pieces kent comm up all day.
=" Tho fishp Wall. l reckon he's a-gon' yot
Some OF EN- are thirty feet across, and have
kind o. horns at the head. and often git foul o
anchor and chains. and hauls vessels alons
| lust Ae II thOy was boatS.'