Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1886-11-23
YARNS ABOUT SHARKS.


"Aye." be ,aid. "lvs hesrn mates
o. mine tell things abOu, sharks I. no
one What had never been TO sea wouIdnt
believe
"I va. reading sbou, Capt. Cooks hrs,
voyage. the other day. and the book said
a shark swallowed the deeps lead when
they wer. sounding of the eoa., Of South
America. They hauled the shark clear
above water before he dropped oil. said
the young man.
True Cor it, the old sailor remarked.
"a me-mAie o mine when | VAS cap
tain % the for,,op In the Macedonian.
-hich she "a. q man.o.~.r. and he bad
n, much to do bu, spin ,si.,sr' he tells
me thu, be was in the bark sary Me
Phuson from B,sion TO Palermo With
Goldfish and corn they got becalmsd Oh
the Western leland. and didnt do no,hin
bu, Diff, for q week. SO bsin' the sharks
20, thick ,hsvaboui.. the word VI.
passed for~srd 70 ris hook. which they
did. runnin' the fall of the line through
. snatch block VIA, they la'hed 10 the
mirrsn ,opms., baek.,sy. They bai'ed
the hook frs, With pork. and then ~i'h
beef. ba, the shark. je,, rolled their
.el,s. .gin Il aud -nnkled their eye.
kno-in' like. I. II they'd say ~ha, do
YOU take us for Tia, riled my mate.
a. he va. say in 10 me. aud he picked
up a ehunk Of holy.ione ~hat bad
busted cd where the mate bad SHED u at
d.go In the mornin' watch. aud be
hove 1, At big ons I. ~n foolin' round
the book. The mex Suffered twice, OF
the wave. b,in' ia, like. and the shark.
b,in took unaware, grabbed for 10 ja''
a. IL skipped along. snd they hauled him
10 and .sV,d the rock "
"Oh," .ah the yoans man. 1--WE read
Il shark. .llo-ipg bisser thing. than
that Why. | don, jusi remember ,hr
Circumstance. ba, n.n.o. ~sf cruising
off the coast Of Aii,cA darirg the SLAYER
day. lo., the surgeon o,eibosrions night
-ls.~i.e BE- DISAPPEARED. NeI, day
the sailors eaugh, bis shark ard cot
him opsn. WIS, DO ioa suppose they
fosrd, A.il,,r .nuf boz. psir Of lo@
.hoe., and tooth brush. al belonging
10 the surgeon 50. Of eoar's. !, Vas
plain that the shark h.d swallowed him
-kole. snd dis,,,rd hin .nd biz clothes
too. sse'p, ,h- shoes
"Yoa'rs sure bon, the shoe'' asked
the sailor
"oars 20. Th- box -, quite els.'
about IL
"lr,ekoa IA, shark mus a.eon,raeied
the dy,pep,i. g-iiia a"ay With The
clothes. els. h.. made no'hla' Of The lo~'
qa.risr,d shoe. sni pair o sea boots
lhro-n In iof de'ssri
"Yoa mus, have h'lP-d 10 catch A sood
many shark, yoar.elf -hsn 'aillns .ooa'
the world ,"
81 reckon has some
NIX oae.. ,o,, -i'h ,hins' IN 'h'i'
,om.ehs
"One Of EN- sss nigh GA 10 forty Tel
long"
"And VIA, bad = mon',sr like that II
Ii,}"
"Yoa see | ". in the b'is Mui'
bound 90 New Orl.sn. fof ooiioa on F.ll
River account. There ~sre nine .ol'
.,amsn on board and ,krre boys. which
~.a tidy cfew fof Graf, Of thu, rs
reesoa we vas ab5g, ihir,y.tso mile
oa Cape Csrny,sr.l when !, haPPsn'd
The doctor va. .erspIn' Of some ..l'Pe'
TIE OF ehank q beef just .bai, the for'
hssin' 'srly one NORMA, when II 'lPPeC
somehow and dosn IL went Before
anyone could pueker BE mouth The bust
ia big ,hNs I'm tellin yoa OF. ~hiet
he'd follosed u, fof three day. pas,
shoot. on, from under the siArbo.ri quar-
ter and .waler The beef The dociol
". pretty mad. bat the old man raved
| tie va. that close IN hi. eslculAiin iha'
he "a. nigh hand 10 What some folks
~ould call .iingy. and beef Coz, money
tie ,wofe he'd catch the shark aud ca
him. and he did IL. too We 10, VI ih'
hook and line. and had look =, the
chain aud swivel % see all clear, aud ,hsr
we heayes her overload With prime bi'
II pork on. We had long wait. bal
the next watch Master Shark gobblsd
The whole cAbOodle and tried TO make
Oft, ba, We broash, him up With a turn
around the elesi where the s,afbosrd
main .hse, made fast. Then we 70, the
end Of spare coll Of manila M for tops
ballard. aft. turned = runnin bowlins
into the end on IL. slipped the moose
down over the line. aud then over the
shark. no.e by vodka him alongside,
aud 30 10, the moose around the small OF
hi. back, which il where bis tail sprouts.
ro,her end We lead. 10 tail block 10
the lee fore.rigsin. take. It TO the cap
stan, and walk. around TO the tune Of
bound away DER the rollin' river.
which al Of the men eoald sing beaa,i.
fal.
"a. wa. sayin. that ere shark had
followed u, for three days. We'd been
powerful unlueky. somshow. during that
ere time with lo'ing things overheard,
all on aeeoan, OF the shark. First the
mate dropped hi, didiy box over. while
snockin' the da., out Of Il on the rail.
Then the second mate had SHE'D rope
fender which IL va. q solid ball Of junk
two feet thick. a, Daek Henderson and
missed him. and over /, went. The old
man had got on, proper elk umbrella
~ha, be u.ed TO keep his beaver hat dry
With when he wen, ashore. He wanted
to sir the umbrella bs, the wind on, OF
the ,panksr e.ugh, IL, and over IL went,
all spread out LIS, Of all the mate,
Mr.. Jameson, had pat = big music boz
on the ,sf.rail while It played the horn.
pipe and the second mate danced; bu, .
lurch Of the vessel dumped !, over. and
that were only the night before the one
wh,, I'm telling you Of.
"Bat we had the shark. and in course
We wa. little curious TO see how things
would be arranged among the innArds Of