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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1889-08-23
PASAJES INTERUoLONIALES.

Eea gastos de permanencih sn los puntcs de tfns-
hoEdo son pcr cuenta de lea pasaieroa.
Passages Ofcislss para EpaAs
En- L. de 1A.......s.....4s..s ffs. 425
En- e. dc l...........s.ss....f IRE. 400
En- g.. de 1.....ssse.......s.. fra. 3S5
La Oompaiiia, como Sc v6 en- Ia tarifa de
pssajes hsce una importantisilna reduction
{ los sehorss empleados y ohcisles del
El6rcito en- ssta isla ; sus familiss.
C0EDlCIoNNs,
m valor Do Iaa mouedaa extranjsras ssrA disde
por IL AgeRcia, de maneFa que II 'Compahia psciba
sismprs q montante do loo pssaies deses en- fran
COS, IN sQuivalsnte en- moneda corrtsnts, Ai tipe
CUE riia On II plaza al expedirioe.
coNCEsIoHEs,
Eata AgenciR sxpide pasaies de ida y vusita o.
os viass intsrcolonsas vaidcs por tres meses, con
IN 10 pS Dc rebaia; N los sra.atlGato0s, validot
por nm eno, con m IS p.5 de rebaja.
A toda familia cuyo paaaje cumpute 81 moatantt
Dc pasass de c&naArA, 81 le eeneedera nna rehaia
UnA raizina persona fsmilis no rusas taasr De,
rscho lA yes las dcs coacesenes sntes senala1ss
Los ninos memories de snop iran gratis; de B I
amos pagRrAn 10 Quarts perts Do paaaie: do Q l.
a6oa Il ritad; y Dc IL eRmplidos On adslanse o..
tiafarkn pasaie entero. Cna1do unA faDailia tsngs
yarics noa n,euoEss de tras aoa, solo une ir& grs
:is, los demks pegsrAn IN cnarto de pass!s.
t PAsAJEs DE CRlADOs.
Los preaioa para los oriAdoa con deatinu Burdeot
HAvEe, seran do frances t0J
ELETEn
Los eonocimientoa de carga dehsn scr pfsssnta.
dos On II Agsncia con II debidA Rntelaci6n, NO 3D.
mitezdose los cue trsigan selos en- lngar dc frmas
Para toda elasa dc intoraes 6irigitEe 81 Agent
prinsipal
Joss =. GIva.
TetukA. IS.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1889-08-23
lMPRENTA DEL BOLETtN,

Cibirse en- esta IMprenta, los si'
guientee:
PONSON DU TERRAL.-Los pi
ratas de alto bordo, z tomos.
III capitan de los penitentss negros
2 tomos. =.
Las noches del barrio de Breda, / t
MaeBe RosiGol, {.
Las dltimas aventuras de Rocambo
le, 3 tomos.
La cuerds del ahorcado, 2 tomos.
MONTEPIN.--La hija de Marga.
rita, 8 tomos.
Su Msjestad el dinero, s tomos.
VICTOR HUGO.-Los Miserables
nueva edici6n, s tomos.
OAMPOAMOR. - Doloras y poe.
mas, con IN pr6logo de D. e. z:folo
3 tomos.
ANDERSEN.-La Eirsns, 81 Rui.
sefior, etc.
Ohiquitits, etc.
Ib y Oristina, Valdsmaf Daaei
La Reina de las nieves.
El compsfiero de visjs, etc.
El escarabajo, etc.
Los ssadofes en- sopa.
La hija del rey del Limo.
Los cisnes salvsjss, etc.
El hijo del poftero.
La ninfa de las sguas, etc.
81 hijo del milagro, etc.
Los sapatoa coloradoss
Onriosidades cientifcoadomssti
Las arafas.
La familia desconocida, pAgina de
historic natural.
ri microscopic del doctor Bsllen.
ger.
Una nochs aprovschsds, el gas, el
pstr6leo.
Los mistcsios de Ia luna, La hernia.
40 de Rembrandt, etc,
CARTAS de Santa Teresa de Jests,
= otros escritos y documentos 1. feren-
go D esta grands y santa madre.
COOPER.-Dona Mercedes de Gas.
silla, | tomo en- s., con lAminas.
CHArEAUBRIAND. ri Genio del
Oristianismo, 3 tomos.-Los MGrti- res.
SANTA TERESA DE JNS U.s.
OArtas.
sOLDEvILLA.-Joyas dc 10 lite.
ratura espahola.
BIBL1OTEOA Universal, vafios tomo.
DAMPOAMOR Po6tics.
POLO. III Ocmpendio de 10 lAtinidad
RIERA y Tortosa. Nociones dc Agri'
cultura.
PEREDA. Historic Natural.
GANOT. Fiaiea.
MIGUEL Diccionxrio latino.
ARTE do fuegos aftifciales.
LLOFRIU. La Jaboneria.
OOMBEROUSSE. Gsomstfia.
BRIOT. Algsbrs.
SONNET. 0sometria ansiitica.
ULTIMOS dias do un fllosofo
FEL1U. Fisica y Quimica.
EOARTIN. 0rAmas;ca latina.
OOMELRRAN. 0ramatioa casseIla
M.
oAMPoAMOR .Poemas
Dolorss.
Poesias p fabnlaG.
NJ. j. de LARRA.-Obrss, 4 tomos
FRANCISCO DE QUEVEDO.-.
81 Parnaso Espnfol, 3 tomos. ObraI
seriAs.--Obras festivas.
M. j. QUINTANA.-Obrss.
ALAROON.--Teatfo, 3 tomos.
FIR. L. DE GRANADA.--Guia
pecadores.
A. DE SOLIS.--Oonquiata de Me-
ico.
Pillar s1NUEs.-Hiia, sspos.
madre.
LOPEZ GAEsO1A.-Poesias.
VELARDN.-Obfas poeticas.
q. PARDO BAzAN.-.-Gan Fran
cisco de Asis.
| Preciosos tomos en- 1S' y A., elsgan
emente ensuadsrnados en- tela, CON
planchas y cortes dorados:
SANDEAU. U.-Mariana.
j. ISAAOS.--Maria.
M. OOrIN.--Mstilde, Z tomos.
AGUIRRE Y ROSALES.-Vifgi
| mia.
REGINA M. ROCHE.~-Oscar Z,
Amanda, 3 tomoA.
J. RUIZ.-Historia de Santa Isabel
REG ULEZ. Ret6rics = Po6tica.
GONZALEZ, FIR. ZEFERINO.
losofiA.
DIOOIONAR1O Dc la Academia, pt.
! MANUAL del Cotnercio y de i
Banca, por i'd.
La PUCHERA Y s.tos HON
bres de pro y, tnsgnf6cas move,
las de don jose Nj. Pereda.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1889-08-23
A " I 8 O.


En- La 1mprenta del Bo1HT1N se
ha recibido 81 magnfdco libro titula-
do EgVatioano y los McsoHSs, pol
Leon Taxil, junt0 con las notablea
CoHtss;onss del mismo. Ademas, &c
han recibido MGnNGIes do Dijssatos y
MisGles con nuevos rezos, el Ritual
Romano ad PGroohAns, hermosos Pu-
rifcadores, que 90 reComiendan &
los sehores Ourss, infnidad de
cromos y taJetas- de fantasia para
felcitaci6n, preciosfsimas, y una
inmensidad de elegantes = 6tiles
objetus de escritori0.
Tode se vende 4 precios nmita
dos.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1889-08-23
IA1- PtJBL1co.

Aoabah Dc rscibirse, on Ia tisnds La
Dai5n Oastsslane, do Manuel Luengo
TetuAn 80, y en- Il de Guillsrmo Gar
cia, San Jose ndm. /, los magniAcos y
acrsditados vinos tintos y blsnco de-
Rueda y Tore { Cast ! a), y 90 dstallsn
pof botsllss, gsafafonss, cnaftos y me.
diAs pipes. q pfseioa oonsensionslsu.
Tsngsss en- cusnts qns Lac eisadsa
tiendas son las dnicas que ssciben tan
sxQuiaites vines,
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1889-08-23
A Il EIQ $,

0adA plans de anIso.es "a divide ca saraclaa.
III prscio Dc cads esptolo 90 co7e sisgs,
Pnr ana ysn...~. cleo Fer ss:s vsesa...... eS.st
P>r trss vaosa.,v.. 2.75 Pet sues idsA....,. s-ei
asanzz~sa
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1889-08-23
pRENSAS

para copiar cartas grandes J
peque6as. con rueda y con Pc
lanca,
nm IA Tmp DM1 R0A1TTR
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1889-08-23
- ID ~ M@EA-
Ds AGRICULTURE, IEbUSTsIl 7 CeEElGl

30 puhliea los s;ss do todas loo mesa,
oRda atmsro eoatisas "a psginas Dc taxto con 10
grahaaos nscesarioss { 4 rA3ia.s de rsyistsG nsis,
Tolesieaa, nsFoahsilss = ssslsalsss J lee hoias d.
anEacias que "a rs9uieEens
PRECO DH STTgCRrpETOM,
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1889-08-23
VAPORES
COR1nOS.aSPA A201Ms
N LA CoKPAMIA TRAsAfLANTICA
DE a, LOPEZ e Co.
esrvisio para Pusrto-Rieo , L. Habans.

NePyiCtU para Puerto-kico , 10 AeDens'
HALIDAH.-De Barcelona los dias q y q
IA cada rnes.-De Valencia el 6.-De MNagi
el7y95.-De Cadiz el 10y 30.-De Santan'
der 81 2e.-Ce ls Ooruna 81 81.
Sc expsnden billetss directoe para Msyagoe'
Pence, Santiago de- Cuba, Gibars, Nuevitas
Habanilla y Ool6n, con tTasbordo on Puerto
Rico Habana
V1AJR DIRECTO DEEDE PUERTO-Moo
A EANTANDEB.
Galian 10 Pasrtc-R;co d dia 10 d cada mes
% sxpiden pssajes de- ids y vuelta con -
rtt clentc 40 rehaja. :.
A las xamilias cue pAguen u equivs!ensie
de 1 pasaies sntsfos, % les hara ID rebaIa DEL
rs pcf oiento. Easa rebaja no % APPLICABLE
los billetes do Ida y vuslta. !, /.
m Il l.ay 9s clase. On Milo mSnof do >
a6os en cada familia, gratis. Los demAs me-
noess Dc 8 aacs do epasAje, de Q u aaos no
sumplidoa l pssajs, de u ahos cumpiidos pa
DEia Vht6Fr.
n Sc prsEwsncis 81 ordlnsris. On milo
hsstA ados gratis. Do 2 { aAcs pssaje,
dsfGu aAos pssais dc II aacs On adelan-
= pasajs satete. !
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-09-19
How Trout Remember.

stSome time before the death of Seth
Green, the celebrated fish culturist and
naturalist" said Philadelphia who
takes great interest in piscicultural mat
tiers, ~ paid visit with him to the fish
hatchery of New York State at Caledo-
MIA. In one of the ponds there at that
time were 5000 large brook trout, every
one of which had been captured with the
fy-tied on barbless hooks-in unfre-
quented brooks in the Adirondack re
gions. These trout, Mr.. Green said, had
convinced him that fish have reasoning
power and memory. When they were
hooked, and were reeled in slowly by the
careful fishermen who were capturing
them for the State pond, they had time
and opportunity to note the form and
character of the tackle that made them
prisoners. According to Mr. Green they
never forgot that experience.
1.-THE trout had been in the pond long
time, the females never being allowed to
spawn there, and would follow MIR. Green
as he walked along the edge of the water
tossing bits of liver into it. To show
that his theory about their memory was
correct, he would carry cane and fish
rod concealed behind his back. If he
took the cane from its concealment and
held it out over the water, the fish paid
no attention to it, but the moment he pro-
duced the rod with its reel and line at
tached, away the trout scampered like
flash to distant part OF the pond. Mr..
Green told me that he would permit any
one to cast fly in that pond to his hearts
content. as he was satisfied that not one
of the trout would come near it, SO Wv
idly did they remember their enemy OF
five years ago" Philadelphia Press.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-09-19

uown and help us in this battle against uu-
righteousness. Oh, how would like 10 have
them here-him Of the Red Sea, him Of tho
valley OF Ajalon, him Of Mars Hill, History
says that Robert Clayton, OF the English cav
airy, at the close OF war bought up all
the old cavalry horses lest they he turned out
to drudgery and hard work, and bought
heath and turned these old war
horses into the thickest and richest
pasture TO spend the rest OF their days for
what they had done in other days. One day
a thunder storm came up, and these war
horses mistook the thunder OF the skies for
the thunder of battle, and they wheeled into
line-no riders on their backs-they wheeled
into line ready for the fray. And l doub1
me whether, when the last thunder OF this
battle for God and truth goes booming
through the heavens, the old scriptural war
noticed that there are strange and mys-
FERROUS things which indicate to him that
perhaps the spiritual world is not so far Oft
as sometimes we con lecture, and that after
while, from the spiritual and heavenly world
there may be demonstration upon our world
for its betterment. We call IL magnetism,
or we call il mesmerism, or we call il electric
ity, because we want some term TO cover up
our ignorance. / do not know what that IL.
j never heard an audible voice from the other
world, | am pursuaded Of this however:
that the veil between this world and the
next is getting thinner and thinner, and that,
perhaps after a while at the call OF God
not at the call Of the Davenport brothers,
or Andrew jackson Davis-some Of the old
scriptural warriors, some of the spirits Of
other days mighty for Coda Joshua, or a
Caleb or David, or a Paul-may come
bare my brow, uncover my heart, Strikei
l cannot see my Lord until | have been
hurt for Christ II we do not suffer with
Him nm earth we cannot rlorify with Him in
heaven. Take good heart On Onl Oni
See, the skies have frightened! See this
hour Is about to come. Pick out all the
cheeriest of the anthems. Let the orchestra
string their best instruments. 1.-THE night II
far spent the day Is at hand"
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-09-19
How to Prevent Colds.

The phrase ''taking cold" is not found
in standard medical works. Physicians
regard it as inexact, and, therefore, un-
scientific. By general use and common
consent, however, it has become part Of
our language.
People in all walks of life, and in all
chimes, take cold, Those who live at a
high altitude in the West Indies, where
the mercury varies but ten degrees in a
year, feel change of two degrees as
much as we do a variation of ten times
as many.
Anything which impairs the nutrition
of the body, the nervous system, or the
circulation of the blood renders us more
susceptible to the influences which pro-
duce colds.
First, then, one should see that his
diet, exercise, clothing and general hab-
its are such as will keep the bodily health
and strength up to the highest possible
standard.
Given the susceptibility, there are three
ways in which people most often take
cold: by allowing draughts of cold air to
strike the back of the neck, by getting
the feet cold or wet, and by becoming
suddenly chilled when heated either
from exercise or from sitting in close,
warm room.
Doctor Brown sequard, of Paris, recog
nizing these facts, proposes to render the
nerves of the neck and feet less sensitive
to sudden changes of temperature, by
blowing cool air on them, and then colder
and still colder air day by day, till they
can stand air of very low temperature
without discomfort or injury.
But this method has the disadvantage
of requiring extensive apparatus. The
same beneficial results may be obtained
by much simpler process. Pour rock
salt, or, still better, sea salt, into two
quart fruit jar till it is half full. Fill
the jar with water. Let it stand in your
bedroom for twenty four hours, shaking
it few times, and you will have a strong
brine in the jar above the salt.
Pour pint of this brine into bowl,
and battle the throat and neck thorough
~ WIN ~, "ipliiS WIFI Il to"ci- Nv"
follow by rubbing hard with piece of
very coarse flannel till the skin CLOVIS.
Serve the feet in the same way. Repeat
this night and morning, and you will
very soon find that you are less liable
than before to take cold.
Add water each time after you have
used from the jar, so as to have guam
tity of brine in it continually. A person
whose circulation is very inactive should
bath the neck and feet in hot water first,
then follow with the cold brine and the
rubbing.
If one will follow the above directions,
and protect himself properly, especially
his feet, when going out into the open
air, he will rarely or never take cold from
the first two causes we have named
Youths Companion.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-09-19
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

"There is no clover seed in the world so
good as that raised on sandy soil," af-
firms Wisconsin farmer.
There is perhaps no place on the farm
where good dressing of manure will do
greater good than in an old apple orchard
where the trees seem to be running out.
SCOT has considerable value as ferti
lzer. As much as so, 900 tons of it are
taken from the chimneys of London in
year, II is estimated to be worth $780,.
900, and is used as fertilizer, half a
ton to an acre,
A good system of rotation enables the
farmer to grow, at little or no expense,
his fertilizers in the soil where they are
needed. 1t also more than doubles the
value of the manure applied if used in.
diligently and judiciously.
Rye straw, cut short, is the best ma
terial for packing eggs in barrels. Wheat
and oats are more susceptible of retain
ing moisture, and of course this moisture
hs~sa tendency to mold, and in time to
injure the flavor of the eggs.
1t has been demonstrated that horses
can be fed on ensilage with advantage,
and that where they are not required to
do service, as in winter, an allowance OF
thirty pounds of ensilage per day will
keep horses in good condition.
Any method of preparation that will
make one acre of compact soil capable Of
producing three, four or five times as
much as before, and the improvement
continued, is worthy of adoption, even
though first cost be much more than for
the land itself.
Over feeding is the common bane Of
the pig, according to the american Agri-
eulturist, which advises pint of milk and
two ounces of boiled cornmeal mixed as
daily ration for the first week, and a
gradual increase may be made, substitu-
ting raw cornmeal.
A well-known New Jersey nurseryman
has declared that "crowding is one cause
of peach yellows. If your trees are too
thick pull out every other row, and as a
rule you will cure the yellows. Trees are
sometimes set as close as eight or ten feet,
but should be eighteen or twenty feet
apart.
On recent morning every can of milk
coming into New York city was exam
ined by the State dairy inspectors. The
total number of cans inspected was 572S,
and of this number only fifteen of a
doubtful character were found. Samples
of these were taken for analysis. They
showed light percentage of cream, in
dicating that the milk had been SKINNED.
The result of the inspection shows that
the milk now sent to that city over the
railroads is OF better quality than ever
before
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-09-19
A Great Bait for Rats.

An interesting, not to say valuable dis
covery, has been made by Captain Weed
ing, in charge of the Zoo. The building
is invested by rats, and how to get rid of
them has long been a perplexing ques-
ton. Traps were used, but nothing
could tempt the rodents to enter. In
storeroom drawer was placed a quantity of
sunflower seeds, used as food for some Of
the birds. In this drawer the rats gnawed
their way, fact which led the Captain
to experiment with them for bait in the
traps. The result was that the rats can't
keep out A trap which appears to be
crowded with six or eight rats is found
some mornings TO hold fifteen. They are
turned into the cages containing weasels
and minks. The latter will kill rat
absolutely almost before one can see it, SO
rapid are its movements. The vessels
are triae slower, but not one of the rats
escape them Cincinnati Commercial
G1zeff<
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-09-19
A Man Scaled Like n Serpent.

Policeman Edward Dawson, of the
Fourth District, Philadelphia, says the
Press, visited the Geological Garden, not
to see the animals, but to seek medical
advice. On Officer Dawson's hand be-
tween the second and third fingers is a
little open wound no larger than a pin
head, that has remained so since 1855,
when he was bitten by blacksnake in
Australia He wanted to find out whether
the keepers of the Zoo had any particular
specific for the bite of snake and told a
remarkable story.
Dawson passed his boyhood in Berwick
Township, Gibbs Land, Province of Vic
toria. When boy of fifteen years play
ing in the bush he was bitten. He ran
home, and his mother sucked the wound
to extract the venom. His father, who
was high police official, sent for Pro-
fessor Halford, of the Melbourne Hos
pital, who injected ammonia into the lads
wrist, and no ill effect Immediately fol-
lowed from the bite
But for years Dawson has suffered from
most perplexing malady, which he can
not but attribute to the snakes bite. As
soon as spring weather comes on the
palms of his hands develops a scaly erup-
ton which looks like the under part of
snakes body, and like trouble appears
in streaks on the legs below the knees
and on the feet The very puncture of
the wrist were Professor Halford injected
the ammonia always shows dark circle
around it. The eruption is very painful,
and Policeman Dawson has difficulty in
gripping his club when it is necessary to
have it ready in the discharge of his
duty.
Dawson has consulted eminent physi-
clans in this country and Australia, and
has even travelled to India to see if native
knowledge of venomous serpents could
find remedy for his case. He says he
has spent more than he ever made in try
ing to get cured. His visit to the Zoo
was prompted by review in the Press
of magazine article by DR.. S. Weir
Mitchell, on snakes and their venom. He
asked Head Keeper Byrne to show him
the snakes, and among the collection he
found one that he said was of the same
species as the one which bit him. The
snake he picked out is called the indigo
snake, and comes from South America.
1t is about seven feet long, and, being
new arrival at the Zoo, little has been
learned of its habits and nature. Daw-
son showed Keeper Byrne the swelling of
his hands and the snake like palms of his
hands. They looked ''raw' and in
famed, and the scaly surface was singu-
larly like a snakes body.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-09-19
WISE WORDS.

No one is satisfied with his fortune,
nor dissatisfied with his own wit
Who of us have not regretted that age
when laughter was ever on the lips!
Do not be afraid to go near your enc
my. The nearer you get to kicking
horse the less damage will result to your
person.
A fool can ask more questions than
wise man can answer; but a wise man
cannot ask more questions than he can
find fool ready to answer.
Nothing is so great an instance of i'll
manners as fattery, If you fatter all the
company you please none; if you hatter
only one or two you affront the rest
OF all the actions of mans life, his
marriage does least concern other peo-
pie, yet of all actions of our life, tits
most meddled with by other people.
II we cannot be lighthouse, we can
be candle. A man said once that he
hadn't as much light as rush light.
'Well, l could set whole city on fire
with that, SAID another.
1t is poor encouragement to toll through
life to amass fortune to ruin your chill
dren. In nine cases out of ten large
fortune is the greatest curse which could
be bequeathed to the young and mex
perienced.
When a person points out the ''respect-
able people" in his neighborhcod he will
invariably select those who reflect him
self, and often add that some think they
belong to the respectable class, but are
not recognized as such.
Probably the early race of mankind
were not much superior to other animal
life, and in the absence of books and
other implements were entirely destitute
of means except what nature furnished,
yet they no doubt lived as happily as their
posterity do.
If man has quarrelsome temper, let
him alone. The world will soon find
him employment. He will soon meet
with some one stronger than himself who
will repay him better than you can. A
man may fight duels all his life if he is
disposed to quarrel
Kind words produce their own image
in mems souls, and beautiful image it
is. They soothe and quiet and comfort
the hearer. They shame him out of his
sour, morose, unkind feelings. Wehave
not yet begun to use kind words in such
abundance as they ought to be used.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-09-19
BIGGEST FISH GET AWAY.

When, in the halcyon days of old, was a
little tike,
l used to fish in pickerel ponds for minnows
and the like;
And, oh, the bitter sadness with which my
soul was fraught
When 1 ramhled home at nightfall with the
puny string I'd caught
And, oh, the indignation and the valor I'd
display
When claimed that all the biggest fish I'd
caught had got away
Sometimes it was the rusty hooks, sometimes
the fragile lines,
And many times the treacherous reeds would
foil my just designs;
But whether hooks or lines or reeds were ac-
tually to blame
| kept right ON losing all the monsters, just
the same
never lost little fsh-yes, am free to say
always was the biggest fish l caught that
got away,
And SO it was, when, later on, felt ambi-
ton pass
From callow minnow joys to nobler greed
for pike and bass:
l found it quite convenient, when the beau
ties wouldn't bite,
And / returned all bootless from the watery
chase at night,
To feign CHEEKY aspect and recount in ac-
cents gay
How the biggest fish that l had caught had
somehow got away.
And, really, fish look bigger than they are
before they're caught
When the pole is bent into bow and the
slender line is taut,
When fellow feels his heart rise up like
doughnut in his throat
And he lunges in a frenzy up and down the
leaky boat.
Oh, you who've been a-fishing will indorse
me when say
That it always is the biggest fish you catch
that gets away.
Ills even so in other things-yes, in our
greedy eyes
The biggest boon is some elusive, never-cap-
tured prize;
We angle for the honors and the sweets of
human life
Like fishermen we brave the seas that roll in
endless strife;
And then at last, when all is done and we are
spent and gray,
We own the biggest fish we've caught are
those that got away
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