New-York tribune., 1892-08-24
TIE HE'LL GRUMMET."

From the correspondent who accompanies
Nr Cleveland. and takes pictures of him when
over he strikes new attitude or changes his
clothes we learn that the cx-Prcsidcnt is fish
mo this wear with a new kind OF BALTIC VII,
the Hell grummct" The "Hell grumihe''
this correspondent tells us. I" come from Il piace
on Westinghouse. in Boston. and cost %
hmdredn We are further informed that, "heh
shipped quickly to the fishing -gronhd' 'hc
'IIell prnmmct is morscl that will cnt!ce a
vcrv obdurate bass who has resisted the ban
dshments of a hook bated with the gaycst OF
souirmng shrmps or the most argent ol prlen'-
eved minnows" 1t has been understood 1or
come time that the ey-Presidcnt was finding the
fish. both in the water and out, very obd''ra'e
this year, and that the need OF new pai' WIS
generally recognized. There have been plenty
Of souirming shrimps" in his balt-box ever
since the Chicago Convention. but they have
somobow ceased TO blandiSh and as Tor " the
argent Of bricht-eyed minnows," it has been
known since the opening of Congress that this
uo. not \ good wear for catching anything with
"thc argent as it was very dangerous bait
Several "bripht-eyed mnnowsp displayed their
argent during the session, but their blandiSh-
ments were resisted chiefly because nunibcf
of Democrats got the notion somehow that inc
ht-eyed minnows' were playing other hNh
for suckers.
II being a state Of affairs that manfestly
called for new bait, Mr.. Cleveland naturally
turned toward Boston, that being the piace
where the rare and radiant MuGwump' as
covered in 1884 and used for bait since then
with moro or less success. is quite abundant
l.
The "IIell grummet' at - hundred comes
n trihe cheaper than the Mugw1imp. ana, we
presume, is moro en,cing. STILL the Mugwump
served very useful purpose on two or three
occasions. and. in Mr.. Cleveland's Judgment, as
an cntcer was far ahead of the "squlrming
shrimps, and "brght-cycd minnowS" For
batting nurposes he would rather have one
Mugwump like George Fred Williams or Shcr-
man Uoar than 4 whole Tammany Hall full oi
"squirmng shrimps," or tho argent OF whole
Congress Of brght-eycd minnows." One ob-
lection to the MugwlImp, we are told, however
is his tendency to swell up in tho boat ana
leave no room for shrimps, minnows or any
thing else. very much as though he were acelll-
ly tho fish. and not merely the bait. The Hell
Crummct'' is, no doubt, different. He is spoken
of by the correspondent az being "a curious
specmcn OF animal life." and, no doubt, ono
of the curious things about him is that he does
not swell up and drive everybody out Of the
boat. It is to be regretted that tho correspond
ent did not send picture of the " Hell grum'
metz There arc pictures OF Mr.. Cleveland IN
various striking attitudes, one of which Is
rear view Of him in tho act Of catching some
thing; probably with Hell Rrimmct' but
no picture of tho I" He'll grummet."
81, L.. Of fhn
manner in which the cx-PrcSident catches
fish with the "IIell grummet." 1t is very
vivid What might be called " rafting" One
OF those soul-stirrlng accounts that when ac-
companied by a rear vicw Of a fat man hold
ing bent pole with Il purpose born OF con-
yjction. and slouch hat, and n certain stern
ness in everything in sight, including the part
of the boat in which the action is going on
one OF those high quality pieces OF pictorial
and literary art in combination that make the
reader think he is sitting there himself with
either an eel or the gamiest kind OF a founder
on. or the "IIcll grummet' himself seized with
sudden desire to get away. The description
is elevating, the picture inspiring Many peo-
pic in Buzzards Bay after seeing and reading
it will be moved 70 vote for Cleveland on ac-
grummetn The moment Of the "bite' is de-
scribed in these words "'I have him. quoth
/ the holder of the pole" Notice the choice
language "Quoth ~ by single word the
| literary artist makes it known that this is
| considerable person who has got bite. An
| ordinary man would have shouted" or
"yellcd" or in some other way shown excite
mcnt This was an ex-Prcsident of the United
States, and he just quietly quothcd-IIc had
him. Tho "lIcll grummct' had accomplished
his H. G.. Pms Hell -grurnmctish purpose"
| Very few people in middle life will be able to
| read this account and look at the picture of
the great fisherman as he quothed without de-
Gliding at once that this is the only man fit to
be President Of the United States Thus the
&" Hell grummet' will get in his work at both
ends of the pole and all round the horizon.
The I" Hell grummet," as before remarked, is
described by the correspondent as :" curious
specimen CT animal life" We suspect he is
something more that he is, in fact, n figure of
speech We remarked some time ago that there
was political party missing, and asked the
Boston police to send out a general alarm and
have it looked up. 1t was called 1.-The C0lum-
bian Party" and had been left in charge of
Mr.. James Means. We suspect that it has been
put on sale at "a place on Westinghouse, in
Boston," and that the whole party is going off
under the name of " Hell grummcts' at > onts
apiece, or 50 hundred We shall believe this
to be the fact until 1.-The Ncw-York World"