Morning journal and courier., 1893-02-17
WALLINGFORD.

VerQcity Is Beyond question Tells | a Remarkable Fish Story-The
 Case Against Arthur Turner is Set-
 tied - Large Attendance at the
 Funeral of Albert Austin-Judge
 Hubbard Will Make no Opposi.
 ton.
 J. J. Fletcher, formerly of this town, at present located in Hartford, has gained quite 8 reputation as a successful fisher man, as we'll having a great faculty for telling fish stories, and as his reputation for truth and veracity Is Al, his yarns are sure to be credited. His latest relates to trip taken last season to one of the deep water lakes in company with three of his friends. Along with supply of fishing | tackle, bait, etc., was @ stone jug filled | with cider and as the day was quite warm | and the prospect of a cooling drink after an hours fishing was looked forward to. | 1t was decided to tie @ rope to the jug and | let 1t over the side of the boat into the I cool water at the bottom Of the lake, | which was done successfully, and here l comes the peculiar portion of the story. | Soon after the jug reached the bottom along came an eel and an immense bass, who curiously inspected the mysterious looking article so suddenly placed in their domain. An attempt upon the part of the bass to break the jug was a failure and finally the eel hit upon plan that proved successful, winding itself about the rope 1t formed itself into a cork self squeezed half way into the neck. com pletely filling it and shutting out all show of the water getting in. The eel was fast filling up with cider, but the thirsty bass waa outside and had no show, but hit upon | plan, which was acted upon at once, | seizing the eel about half way down and biting it in half, it used the remainder of the eel for 8 straw, and was soon absorb | ing the cider by a direct communication with the inside of the jug, when the fsher- men above got dry and hauled up the condition of affairs as has been stated. The bass was plum full and easily captured, and weighed over ten pounds. The weight of the remainder of the eel was not taken. Superintendent
 Biggins of the Hartford Silver Plate com
 psny can attest to the story, and says that | 1t is nearer the truth than many of the | stories told.
 Rev. E. 8. Lines of New Haven will
 preach in St. Paul's church this evening.
 The Sons of Veterans have given up their
 proposed trip to Cheshire this evening.
 J. P. Stevenson. G. M, Hallsnbeok and
 G. D. Munson will try their skill at pick
 erel fishing on Paugh pond to day. | The body of Anton A. Berger wss
 brought here from the retreat in Middle
 town yesterday for burial.
 Several of the contributors to the Meri-
 den Journal seem to misunde1 stand the
 attitude taken by Judge Hubbard regard
 ing the petition presented to the legisls- I frro Vale fnr sa
 to furnish water and electricity for Yales-
 vile, Tracy and Hanover. Judge Hubbard
 will make no opposition to any scheme that only effects the villages in question,
 but as the bill is asked for it does not con.
 fine it's wants to the places named but covers to much territory that might inter.
 fere with established rights in the bor- ough.
 The case against Arthur Turner for
 "enticing away" that was pending in the superior court has been settled out oi court. Yesterday Turner went to New |, Haven and returned early in the evening
 with Miss Minnie Kopp of Shelton, the young lady in question, who will hereafter be known as Mrs. Arthur Turner. f David McCune received 8 letter las
 evening from Mrs. David Ross in New
 York which stated that her husband was better.
 | d. D. 1OQQ StaIteU yc6toEQdy 1oE weeks trip to Washington, D. O. and Vir- ginia.
 The work of connecting the pumping } station at Muddy river with the new water 7 main, which it was expected would be com pleted before midnight Wednesday night was not finished until late yesterday after noon, owing to some blunder made by the workmen, for when the connecting pipe , was placed in position 1t did not fit, and the ends of the pipe had to be chiseled of,
 and 1t took several hours to do the job. ], | A brilliant meteor was seen here last , evening just before g o'clock. There was very large attendance at the , funeral of Albert Austin yesterday after. , noon About thirty of the Ramblers' , Cycle club attended in body. The floral 7 tributes were many and beautiful, and in- l cluded pillow with the words ''At Rest, ' ' from Robert Hellenbeck; a wreath, with "Our Friend" from the Rsmblers, and { many other tributes from other friends. l Rev. J. E. Wildman officiated. The burial was in the North Main street cemetery. } The Wallace hose will have a meeting this evening
 The North Haven grange will visit the
 Wsllingford grange next Thursday even- ing and furnish the evenings program. . Barry 6 Fay will appear in "McKenns's Filtration" in the opera house next Thurs
 day evening.
 Mr. and Mrs David Kelly have a twelve
 pound daughter born Wednesday night Rev. O. E. Dickinson officisted at the funeral of John Shipman on North Farms , The burial was In Meriden.
 The G. A. R. and K. of P. will meet thii
 evening.