The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-08-19
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The George Washington Fishing Club
Outdone - Candidates for Member
ship.

The George Washington Fishing Club
Outdone - Candidates for Member
| ship.
The county officials that went down
to the Chincoteague pony pennipgs
last week, enjoy themselves no more
In telling what they met with on their
visit than the crowd does In listening
to them. Whenever Clerk Of the Peace
Biggs, Recorder of Deeds shAllcross
and Sheriff Simmons get together in
one of the row offices of the court
house, all the other officials gather
around them in the expectation OF
hearing something rich, nor are they
ever disappointed.
No Judge ever sat npon the bench
and delivered a learned opinion with
more gravity and solcmnity than clerk
IBiggs can tell fish yarn, ard II re-
lcorder Shallcross cannot beat him IL
will not be for want of trying. Sheriff
Simmons has got horribly demoralized
10y going into such company, and as
Itounds those who had Implicit conll-
Idence IN his veracity, at his native
lHuency and eloquence In EARNING, IL
lis very much feared that the whole
county now will become contaminated
and that the fountain of justice may
these gentlemen's yeracity is undisput-
led.
Clerk Biggs was struck with the i'm
proyements in tho place. From one
of the worst places imaginable2o years
ago it had become an ardent promoter
of blue laws. Local option prevailed
, and not drap of the "Jrathur' could
he had for love or money to wash down
the cobwebs. Happily this was no
drawback to these three gentlemen,
who are well known and rigid tee
, Itotallers. Mr.. Biggs instanced the
, fact that Chincoteague was the first
appointment to which the Kew. Adam
.Stengle was sent when he took up the
: hymn book, bible and eaddiebags, and
when he went to the island there waf
, no place for him to stay but at tho
, hotel.
II was heated with template wood
stove, which red hot served as a gen
i. 'eral cuspidor for the whole party as
, the tobacco saliva was soon consumed
, One fellow casting glance at Stenglt
and then at his fellows said: Preach
: lers tell us how tho Hebrew children
! came out Of the fiery furnace unharm
led, how would 1t do for us TO have {
demonstration of that tonight nnt
back one OF them up against this rec
: hot stove and try his faith" Stengle
Q il Is said. found the landlord and wa!
shown to his room, and didn't rest 81
VERY secure even there the balance o
: the night
But how changed now. said Mr.
i lBiggs, no drinking, no gambling, NJ
, swearing, handsome churches, oleai
= streets, pretty dwellings, Clearly dress
: ed people, hospitable and friendly
% everybody at work, as the boy said Il
o temperance parade, "alfs RICH
/, when dnddys sober"
But that pony penning and sale wa
$ a kind of humbug. Mr.. Biggs was q
g the impression that these Chincotea
"a guers didn't know what they wante
r. when they asked $500 for pony tina
: had been running wild in the swanpi
e with hair, name and tail matted Wit
n burrs.
n The Wilmington party bought non
a and went a fishing out on the oceaI
y Mr.. Biggs wished he hadn't gone, blu
u Shallcroes and Simmons, old salts
were just in their element and ha
the laugh on New Castle County
Clerk. They fairly yelled with deligE
las they made the boat dip, TO see thei
comrade roll over like round Polan
China in the bottom of boat the an
lcling to the mast To keep from goini
the Dad that Jonah went some time
Still they were fishing. Shallcros
said Biggs caught no iish, but Bigp
intimated that Shnllcross was q til
platter as he (Biggs) caught twolV
whole crabs and Shallcross used the
all UP in bait to catch one little fig
three inches long. Clerk Biggs', test
mony on this point is rather damaglI
W ito Recorder ShalleFosS He says
IN quarrelled with the captain abol
y what kind of o fish it was. He sal
~ when he pulled 1t up: "Oh, look VIII
W a trout I've caught. .-.
is 'Oh that's no trout" answers IL
va captain.
= Yes, but it is a trout, don't l hear
hollow"
rs ''Yes, but it's no trout, says the ca
tain,
'.iust look at him."
The recorder at last succeeded
IN taking his fish from the hook al
Il throwing his trophy down in tho be
tom of the boat, said, there, didn't
:, tell you II was trout, listen at it bt
- - lowing" -.
lnimity OF sentiment between Shal
us cross ana SlihHOHb III TeBHId 70 VI
number of trout each caught, whit
was somewhere between $40 and 40
sc and they ranged In size from thrt
tie inches long to three feet long, an
all weighed from ounces to 10 pound
- Clerk Biggs looks ineredulous viii
they tell him these stories. but Sill
mons and Shallcross swear they a
facts. The whole party talk of joi
ire ing tho George Washington FishiI
lot Club next year.
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