The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1895-02-21
TO THE WRONG MAN.
The Fresh Young Man Tells OF the Clarac-
tcrIstics of the MuIIygrub.


tcrIstics of the MuiIygrub.
The fresh young man sat at tho head
Of the table. He was eating fish. A
red faced man dressed in tweed suit
came in and was shown by the head wait
er to a seat on the left of tho fresh young
man. The red faced man was an Eng
lishman. At least he had an English nc.
cent that sounded as If IL was his right
and not by adoption. He gave the wait
IT an order, and while he was waiting
he began talking with the fresh young
man.
Pardon me" " the red faced man be-
gan, but would you mind telling me
what kind of fish that is you are eat
ing?"
Certainly not" replied the fresh
young man beamingly. This is a very
excellent specimen of what is known To-
cally as the mullygruh It is fish that
is found in great quantities in the shoal
waters of Lake Erie, the lake on the
shore of which this city stands, and, so
far as know, is caught nowhere else
The mullygrub is remarkable 4. III 1t
grows to the length Of two feet some
times, but is at its best for eating pur-
poses when about 10 inches long. II is
delicately favored many norsons claim.
ing that the flavor is that of an excel
lent chamnaqpe. wbile otbers insist that
it tastes of Medford rum. That noint
has long been n mattor Of local contep.
tion, but | am reliably informed that in
the olden days the Indians who lived
originally in these parts distilled excel.
lent rum from the fish so think tba
rum nartisans Of today have rather the
best of il
"Indeed ~ brol,e in tho rod facod man
"tbat ia very ostonisbipg -
"Ob. YES. confirmed the fresb
young man .,but II is NOT tho most spr.
nr;eino thin, obo,, thaso ell Ti,o;-
greatest peculiarity is the manner in
which they are cnugbt II ia utterly i'm.
possible to take them with n bool. and
line They will not bite M anv hal, vo,
invented bv man Nor ;s II nossiblc 70
catch them with n not Their dorsaI fins
are sbarper than n knife bIade and
when congbt in n NOT tbov s;,u,,Iv on,
their wav ont to lihprtv For this ro,.
son the fisbormcn do NOT coet a nor !,
nlaces where the mullvgrrb ,re Lno,v,,
to abound The only way to catch those
fish is to hire a Gernon bard 70 nl,v
4be wedding march fror, T,ohonari,,
while standing ON tbo sboro So eraa.
an admiration have tboso fisb for the
music furnished Inv Gornon hands ond
for that one time that thev swim mn 70
shore and wripylo ths;r wsv ont ON tho
sand. Then If il easy to gotbar thorn
mn. That is the wav tbe entira catch is
secured and TINS many worthy German
musicians are enabled 70 earn comforta.
BILE livinrs whom otberyyisn thov worId
be obljyed to wall, oro,nd tbo stron,,
for an uncertain ;pcome 70 SOW ,bo
least -
Glow very extraordinorv,u mpr.
INJURED the red faced man
"It certainly is ), went op tho frosh
vouny man "bnt tbore ;s still opothor
habit of the mullvgrph which 10
UNIQUE The female mnllygrph does not
have the roe common in fisb Jns,e,d
sbe laws oogs which rosor,hlo tho o,q,,
of robins. being of paIe blue tbongb
somewhat SMALLER Tboso o,,,,s ,ra a.
posted in the sand after midnight in
the full Of the moon, and duriug davs
when the sun is not shining the male
mullygrub sits on them to keen them
warm. The little mullygrubs are born
with four legs, which they use to walk
with into the water after tbev oro hatch.
ed. In three days these legs drop off
and the fins appear."