The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-09-24

of fun IN that line My boys made the
biggest haul and pulled in one of the fin
est specimens of that tribe ever captured.
1t was over five feet long and fully foot
and a half across its back. The scales
were like fans and we fixed up more than
bushel to ship home They've not ar
rived yet, but may get here at any time.
You couldn't lay two of them side by side
on your hand. We're going to distribute
them among our friends, who can use
them for sugar scoops My son Abe kept
the skin and left it with a party to tan.
He's going 10 have it made up into caps
and leggings, to be worn in winter
THouGHT 1T WAS A WHALE.
"Talk about fish / tell you there's no
fish in the water like what they have
down south Did you ever see Florida
catfishi l mean bull-head; that's what
they call them down there. Well, we
caught one the first day we fished on the
ST Johns, and il took the whole seven of
US to land it, We came ear losing it
through Graham foolshness. The line
we used was as thick as an old-fashioned
bed cord and the hooks were as big as
those the butchers hang their meats on
in the markets. We were pulling away at
the line, and just as the head of the fish
appeared above the water Graham gave
yell that startled every one of US. He
swOre it was a whale we had hold Of and
fell over on the ground. After an hours
work we had the fish dragged out Of the
water and tied fast to a tree We took
care to keep out of reach Of the swish Of
its tail or the flop of its side fms
MY son Walter tied a butcher knife to
a long pole, and, watching his chance,
drove the blade up to the handle into the
fish just behind one of its side fins. Then
there was fun. If that fish didn't throw
its poudcrous mouth open till its Jaws
looked like the end of an old Conestoga
wagon aud gave out loud below that
would have done justice TO COW that
had been robbed of its calf The below
ing was Kept up, but gradually grew less
noisy, and you know, the fish died sing
ing one of the most plaintive songs any of
us ever heard 1t put US in mind Of them
gubilee singers when they sang, The
Old Folks at Home We just stood there
by that dying fish with tears rolling
down our cheeks. 1t seemed like the
death Of human being. just before the
poor thing stretched itself in death il
raised its head and turned its eyes most
pitifully upon each one of it's murderers,
and that look seemed to say to each one
of us: You are cruel men, but III for
give you Then it rolled over on its side
and died. We cut steaks from 10 that
would cover the top Of the biggest hogs
head you ever saw, and we never ate
such fish in our lives, only it was a little
TOO sweet for my taste
TERRIBLT-L LOOKING MONSTER.
''That catfish was too much for seven
men to eat in as many weeks, so we dug
hole in the ground and took logs OF
wood and rolled the carcass in. then COW
cred it over. We stayed a week on the
St. Johns and then left sooner than we
expected On the last day of our stay.
my Abe and Graham were out hunting
for fruit of some kind for supper and had
not been gone long before they came scud-
ding back as fast as they could run.
When they reached the rest of us they
could hardly talk, but managed 10 whis-
per, as they pointed back, It's coming.
/ but the Lord only knows what it is then
| rolled over in a sort of a faint 1 looked
| TO where, they pointed, expecting
to see some kind Of a wild animal.
and all at once ] saw looming up above
| the bushes what / thought was "a family
of giraffes, With their heads high in the
air. IL wasn't long before we dragged
Graham and my Abe back of two trees.
and then each Of as got up "a tree as quick
as we could climb. It's wonderful how