New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-06-27
LOST AND FOUND.

! THE LINE FISHERMEN OF HOBOKEN-IIERMANN
ZwEIBIERs ADVENTURE WITH AN EEL.
The quiet town of HObOken is blessed with
river walk-a pathway between the Hudson and
the OF rock forming the hill upon which stands
the ancestral mansion of thu Stevens family the
OF many parties. The river walk is highly pictu
esque for the trees bend from the cliffs and
comes slantng down in the afternoon In pencils OF
golden light. And the rocks interesting and
unusual and dreamer back In fancy that
time when from some lost volcanic source the lava
poured forth that formed the Palisades So famous IN
Hudson River scenery. But the usual visitors 10 the
River Walk are not dreaDers. They fact
people, rurses with babies in perainbulaor and young
good looking frdulens with OF yOuthfu brohcrs
and sisters who persist in taking Of their shoes and
stockings and padding in the places where water
shallow. but AT times when the proplesied
the probability that fish will bite freely the rod and reel
fishermen OF dODOken numbers and DISPLAY
generous rv alry-EOt exactly TO which can catch
the most fish, oh, no! that would be matter Of
good luck but IN seeing which throw line furtnest
aid reel 1t In quickest To the unpractscd eye this
would appear 10 be the only object OF the noboken
amateurs But fish have been caught sometimes prnc.
pally eels and young striped bass There are legends
that once upon time iioroken rod and -ee fisherman
caught bluciish but this has never been authenticated
and belongs TO the class OF fiction solar
myths.
Hermann Zwebier is perhaps the gifted singer OF
line III This community. He has rivals WHO can Iesl
has peculiarly musical hum and enthusiastic young
woman who adores Mendelssohn declared that it was
song without words Recently Hermann ZweibieI
having consulted the almanac and the wishes OF his
employer, concluded that he would 60 a-nshing. He
had luck toward the evening and caught a small eel
which he deposited for cool keeping In pool formed by
q slender thread OF water witch descends iron, the
rocks meanders at tier base for eight ten feet and
ten crossing the walk Joins Its fortunes those the
North RIVER Where IL winds below the green stone elf
grass freely In thick lunches and between the
punches the water forms small pools In one OF these
Hermann placed his eel. The news that Zweiher had
Sean trumphed passed along the line OF the fisher
men down the river walk. ana much enthusiasm was
felt that an adjournment to the SYPHILIS Cave MAS found
absolutely Letessary. Here III hollow OF the green
The fishermen and milk, cakes and ice the
children and nurses A fter Zweibsr and his friends
had toasted the glorious pOus and immortal memory OF
the man who Invented The reel, they returned 10 the
bank But IL was now dark and Hermann resolved to 20
home and gladden. the heart OF his wife with the Visible
proof OF his pro So he looked his eel bot he
could not fnd t. He searched IN all tho pools but no
Gel was there. He made up HIS mind that an envious
rival lad stolen IT, That night at the saloon he said
what he thought about men who woad steal another
mans eel As no one seemed anxious TO forward |