Daily Republican., 1890-06-24
ANNUAL EXCURSION
ne The GEORGE WASHING.
TON FISHING CLUB
TO ship John Light, But the Fish Re-
tuse to I,i,e-Soeuss and Imcl-
dents Of the Trip-Few
fish but Plenty 0g
Tun-A ATo0S
Court -


similar organizations. the year 10 divided
into two psrta After the annual excur-
lion in June the remaining part OF the
year Is spsnt in telling whall0pers about
The number and size Of tho fish captured.
and then, from the arst OF the year until
the excursion takes place, but little Is
talked about except tho coming excur-
sion. Some Of the stories told about the
fish are surprising, but the parrato- con-
inuei to tell them until finally, toward
the end Of the year, they believe the
Yarns themselves, and when the excur-
sion takes place wonder at their Ill luck.
The annual excursion took place yee-
tsrday, and at an early hour crowd oi
rohgh.drcssed men assembled at King
street wharf waiting for the steamer
Christina, which had been engaged to
c,nvey the party to the A.hIng grounds
al ship John Light The boat reach d
the wharf at O. 20 o'clock, aud tue crowd
commenced 10 board her At once, laden
dwn with fishing tackle, lunch baskets,
aud other Necessities.
Colonel Enoch Moore, the orator OF the
dsy, came to the wharf In an excited
state, anil commenced TO make an ora-
tion on the folly Of starting at such an
early hour, complaining that he was
obliged to prepare his own breakfast.
As bis language WAS oil 4 mutinous char
scttr. and likely to cause trouble, he
was promptly arrested snd taken on
board the boat, whore he wou d have
been placed In the coal hvle bad he not
niaie ample apology.
The whistle was blown two or three
ihoIt toots as a warning to laggards, and
at 40 o'clock the lines wore cast oil and
the boat started on-Aer trip.
These on toerd were; John Jones,
John G. Baker, II. @. Robinson, Colonel
Enoeh Moore, Joseph X. Adams, VIII.
liam IL. Adams, DR.. J. NJ. Curtis, VII.
liam Lawton, the Rev. W. P. Swartz. the
rev. A. ]. DUPONT Coleman, DR.. Henry
Harrett, Joseph l.. Carpenter, JE, Abner
II. Curry, Dr. A. A. Frantz, DR.. J. \.
Yran'z, Henry Evans, DIR. K. u. Jones,
L. B. Morrow, Watson X. Bperry, II. X.
Grifiilh, Harry G. Porter, e. +. Moody,
>. W. Bailey, 3. n. baynard, A. +.
Bescher, William Besienkopf, George
A. Elliott, Esq., George w. McCui-
Tough, Il. A. Van Trump. William
7 Lyman, Rsq., J. Paul Brown, E.
N. Hopes, K. L. Haynes, George W.
doodley, <. II. 0aylej, Daniel W. Tay-
ior, A. U. McCausland, James L. DE
You, George II. Ash, William Luke,
John NJ. Rogers. Jesse X. BaylIs,
ffsomas n. Culbcrt, John J. DouRherty,
7. Leslie Carpenter. q. W. Thoaas,
James =. Thomas, Max Lichtcnstein.
James Monaghan, Alfred Poole, DR.. j.
il. Morgan. George W. Roberts, W. A.
Davidson, William r. Long, Charles w.
Palmer, J. Montieth jackson, Harry
belts, James r. Deightop, George II.
Hollis, e. L: Rice, Jr. W. A. Barr,
DI. Horace Betts. Charles NJ. Smith,
willa.d spsakmap. A. A. Waite. Ciit-
lord Pyle, Frank D. Carpenter. A. a.
Murphy, Charles T. Bye, Frank Pyle,
Eiwtod c. Pyle, Charles NJ. Townseud.
Thomas Davis, Esq. 8. X. SIN itb, David
Lindsey, W. il. Hawkins, Robert w.
Smith, Caleb Johnson, Jr., q. ). Hart.
=. A. Macallister, E,q., Lewis f.
Wilson, Richard Duncan, H. E.
Bucher, j. r. Crippen, Walter q.
Tatuall, q. L. Ainscow, Sheriff
Allen, J. 4. Mehaffy, c. A. Rudolph,
): l.. Brewster, Josepn Richardson, jr.,
Millsrd Davis. Daniel Smith, A. y,
Crow, A. T. Barr, Isaso Bullock, Thomas
l.: Russell, w. u. Jeiicrls. W. g. Farrs,
Ferris Giles, J. H. Wiesner, Frank
Dreamer, James h. Wright, X Y. Town
schu, FRANK Lackey, A. J. Hyland, w.
a. Ward. l. I. Qui9ley, Jesse q, Sim.
%ons, frank sharpley, John W. Bfatton
o. this city, aud 4. q. ToWnsend. i.
k rt!nk Adams. George L. Walker or
.hladeIphiai Ii. II. Gawthrop. Kennett
Syqueiei dwight Burdgc OF BrookIyn, N.
L.. Snd tie Rev 9. +. Krebs OF Lancas.
,,,,r ~ steaming down the Chr.Iti.na thu
s~.'y, sag were aaluted by tugs, and in fact
D.I.wag II,,saIsg that boasted . whistle. The
ne.awafe was reached In abort ,irs
mn i,,,,n iue majority of tho party formed
u.,1. nus groups, and nppsrantlv for.
t.,a, tteai or oblivious OF the ista ,h;ch
,nnaA u',si . man ind his wife nearly two two
raoasahu r years ago, told some ~ a.
aos. p,odigious Il stories ever inyented
men-khown .,own legal gentleman. who
me lime ago took q trip 10 Tenne..ss
ea ave an experience which he hal whi,s
r'a =" ooaI over night ON the Chatanooas
inc. IA he s,id they put out seyorsi
nm on a III the morning he found thrsa
unon ~ ,oe que Look. Upon being called
oat,v M ano,, nn explanation he eaid that a
hooIeS Sp1u. a"l SIX inchos loug had become
|loWeS hn ., which In turn was avail
burn by cs,,, u th mueh larger aud It In
His sns,,y s,y three feet In length,
- s auuitors seemed dazed Al Sis .,a.
" Wnen le explained nov -hsn he Auu
.,a Tss "a swallowed by the largsr lsn M sAon
- " hoths down until IL rs.,,' ~
II 9ts ,hs gu Ct when they vers 1eu 49,. "
aiLane Lle IL stuck. AZ he concinaaa scu
sn,oI away tiers was a nnsn, snu
4 aa si,har resolve among his IIstensr.' '1Su sSus
onia aer ever should have : c..s I'M. .a
ion ~ ,tseqairs considerable ms",nu,s s'
r,o, a, .he iacts, be would he r.,ain
Ana,sw A,,er what bis fec miaht hs "'u'
hs o.tef nv member of the bsr -.
ect ms. 40 IN ex- Judge, tried 10 cat
iarna y 70 believe that hs had ceurh,
6at slzeo shark In an ordinarv csah
hn5.i,a.whsn I. whsn he undertook to shox s ~.
blisSsS auditors how II was scoom.
In IN n,,o ,oend that he had no suthori.
kase vs., 'o from, and that his peculiar
Short" ".tnout = precedent
beIswa.ys !r nlter the boat reached 'tb.
leprsv, william Lawton showed IN
hinistsr =, ~ approaching . prominent
bita,ion. annny, .n's city, Who, By special in.
Ssing for the loan Of h,s cots.cys soo
LeS Suspicious looking hotiis wh,cS
som nsia 10 his hand. The matt., ws.
ss..,p.y ss,pt,y Investigated, when II Wa ~.
ins.alnsd ialnsd thaS tho bottle cont.,nsS
iad rn,. 1s. which. according 70 tho iron.
onor nv aaiSa M Of the club, wa thc stronusst
9Hor allowed on board s"onSss'
b,ii ~ me was spent In ysr,ous v.vs
Ihsn nv ny. Soas touched at Bombay Hook
M. n ,aeariy one-half the partv de.srss1
! tea up the board Waik to~s,d
y ,AScafsion ~ house. Abucr p. Ba,isv
ICED to humber, was 70 doubt r..
OviasS Isssert through fear, q he had
N'e n'insslf with large net which