The Press., 1894-07-26
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LOCAL TOPICS.
Penned and ScissOred.

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 Penned and Scissored.
 K Me have some regrets about publish ing tlS following, as some of the "facts" it Egiveshre painful reading, especially that
 beingclipped from the Rockville Journal tho ruth of the article is undeniable. l
 But Hnth can't be crushed to earth-to |stay brushed: s4.9.s> Thb fishing contest between Rockville andHafford at Crystal Lake was won by the Prmer. | 'Among the Rockville fishermen who hespA to reduce the number of the finny |tribelin the lake were Louis Hartenstein, .Iex Finley, H. Dawson, s. J. Farrell, Dr. IVe{ {SfsH, Chas. Devine, Joe Coogan, Jack saeffernon, Dan Kinsella, Frank Burke, 4. Y. Rady, ''Sixty five" and last but not Faeast Pete Faller, who saved the reputa-
 Tn, of the Rockville fishermen by land zg 8 string of 32 fish-more than all the fret of the party put together. He also carried off the prize Gone of Martins best silk fish lines) for catching the largest fish.
 Egwas bass and weighed nearly seven pounds.
 Stafford was we'll represented by some Iof her foremost citizens, but the best they Esonld do was to show string of 23 fish. The following were noticed among their their party: Postmaster Fitzpatrick, Rep szesentative Hanley, Walt Remmert, pro- Eprietor of the Central House, Dr. Rafftery,
 Dave Bissett Brush Mccarthy and Messrs.
 Carroll, Eaton and Converse. The whole party numbered thirty-two
 9stxteen from each town. They fished ' rom eight boats, four in boat, two from Rockville and two from Stafford.
 i. At 3. 45 the fishermen and their friends Mere strung along the shore waiting to
 get the word, and while Landlord Bowler was busy supplying fish lines, bait, etc., e|to those who came unprepared, the fish krmen were being pulled aside by their Friends and given all sorts of tips as to the kind of bait to use and the best part of |YFthe lake to fish in.
 Just before starting Brush McCarthy saet the ice cream with several of his Reriends from both sides that they wouldn't get a bite. He won. s--.-s... .....
 The party started at four o'clock and IEF#as back to the hotel little after five. kThe Rockville fish caught by Taller, Itfsoogan and t'Sixty- y-ive," weighed trifie lover 21 pounds. The "trifie" was caught by "Sixty-five." The Stafford string was landed by Bissett, Fitzpatrick and Mid Idleton, and weighed just 15 pounds. Dr. FMiddleton's string consisted of two perch and tipped the beam at two ounces. Ih Louis Hartensteins boat was Staff Aeeaed aaherm:n. wsss was datermined ito l give 8 good account of himself and if pos lsible win the silk fish line for catching the largest fish. Before leaving home he se- lcured from local fish dealer a large fish I which weighed over sixspounds. Hesmug- gled it into the boat without exciting the
 least suspicion. After he had been out
 about quarter of an hour, he quietly
 pulled up his line and took the fish from
 under the seat. He fastened the hook se-
 curely into the fish's lower jaw and threw { him in. Bat what 8 splash! The boat didn't stop rocking for five minutes. Louis wheeled around in an instant with
 8 bewildered look on his countenance and
 asked "Wot was dot, did somebody jump fin2" The Stafford fisherman, who look ed
 as sober as aadeacon, was equal to the
 emergency, and explained the noise by
 saying he nearly lost his pole and in try ing to save it he almost lost his balance
 which accounted for the rocking of the
 boat
 A short while after this the struggle to land the fish began. After ten minutes
 of pulling this way and that, and twist ing and turning, he finally got it into the
 boat, apparently all exhausted. "Gosh P
 he exclaimed as he sat down, while beads
 of precipitation chased each other dowr
 his beaming countenance, ''that's the hard est fish ever tried to kill, but they foo with the wrong hook when they come neal > mine.
 Refore the Stafford string was weighed
 Jack Rosenberg of New York, who is wis iting at the Lake, and we'll known among the Rockville fishermen, was admiring thu fish.
 "WhO caught this fish ?" said Jake. ''l did," said the Stafford gentleman, coming proudly forward. s @..
 I Where did you catch him?',, ssWhy fp in the lake, nearly opposite Bissett's cottage. '~ I had pretty hard time land ing him, too." .r...
 I II guess you did, replied Jake, "that's j a blue fish" It cost the Stafford gentle s1 $500 to square himself.
 2 >=The following clipping is from , : Lockport (N. r. paper. Mrs. Billing' was sister of Mrs. John A. Brown of Tol = land, and of Wm. A. and Thomas Ruby and, with her husband, formerly lived il l Stafford ~.'-' .'.. I Mrs. Julia Frances Billings, wife of MT : H. E. Billings, died at the Grand Hotel Lockport, IN. Y., at 6 o'clock Sunda, !. morning, aged 52 years. Mrs. Billing' : went to Lockport something like yea 3 ago from. New Rochelle, with her hus pure Losing <. ~. ..... \. ...,..~, ,.-@ :. Something.
 day that you try to worry along