The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1895-06-13
Am lNTELLIoenr stIARK.
80 Got Charge from Mnn-of- Wag, m,
Now Won't Go Near one.

$50 Got Charge from Mnn-of- Vag, ana
Now Won't Go Near one.
Several wel-spun soa yarns have boon
told by Old shollbaclss regarding what thcy
had seen no sea-" said Chief Onicor james
Brown, Of the Pacific Mail Company steam
err Acapulco, 20 a San Francisco Chronicle
man, "but there is Que thing certain and
that Is I havo reason TO believe thpi fish
not only have instinct but also reasoning
power"
Glow do you como to these conclusionsP
was asked
"Wcll, let me toll you. Now ovory sea
iaring man who has frcquonted the port OF
san jose, at Guatemala, knows that old San
Jose Joe has been In and about that port
for the last thirty years Joe % without esd.
'cptiou ono Of the largest sharks over sccn
IN the waters Of the ocean Ile To over
thirty feet in longth. This was uscortomcd
beyond doubt by the officers OF the Aca.
pulco on tho trip before the last, whom
spar measuring thirty feet had fallen oyer
the ships side, and old Joe came along, aud
after smelling Of It iloated alongside, mcJs.
uring exactly its length AS 70 his age That
Ia not positively known, but tho blua-
ses on his back indicate that he has been "a
resident OF San jose waters f0r number
Of years. The baruaclcs mo so old and
crusty as 10 rcpel n ridc-bou with tho same
respective force as shoot of steel on the
side Of man-ofwar Captain Pitts. o. tic
Acapulco, husitime anduguiu shotat thismou-
| stor and without effect so far as his back
Is concerned. The balls glance on the Ola
fellows back without doing him amy dam
. age. Yet old Joe carries enough lead in his
carcass TO sink an ordinary whale, as ul-
most every onicor whose vessel anchors iu
hoe .NUstaf stssa N.nr
he runs his sides aud belly upwards. but
tho bullets don'tseom 20 do him any harm
"Woll, about his reasoning capncitvW
"Oh, yes. Some years ago an Eurlish
man-of-war, while lying az anchor, under
took to destroy the Old brute by hrng %
charge Of dynamite into him. Joe was bic
ON the side, and about fifty pounds of
sharks flesh torn away, but the shot failed
10 XIII hun. But now, mark YOU, since tllt
time he will not make his appearance iu the
anchorage near where mau-ofwlr De-
anchored. But just as soon as these ycs
sells leave Joe comes 20 the surface noan
| He regularly meets the Acapulco about
/ fifteen miles outside and pilots ECr u
| Once anchored ne Is satisfied and seems Dr.
delight in feeding from tho oflnL Rutu
matter how wen you bait O hook Joe
reasoning qualities tell him 20 leave 90
alone, and he Invariably foilows chat u.
OF reasoning, As 20 his capacity Go stow
away grub, that was proved ou one otration
when the vessel was taking aboard some
hogs. One Of ten hogs, weighing rroblUl,
about eighty pounds, fell overheard, and
old Joe, who Is ever on tho watch, sgw th
prize and with one plunge and pair OF tx.
ended jaws, tho p0rker Disappeared o..
though no had gone into a hole. On au9,her
occasion we had a lot Of mules On board fo.
the government and one OF the number died
aud was thrown overheard, Joe madc the
acquaintance Of tho defunct MULE and
after the lapse OF six hours tho mulo was
safely slowed 'thwart ships in Joo's lori,or
Yes, Joe Is tue largest shark known ION,
seafaring men. We have tried 90 ltlG th.
monster by all possible mcaus, but $50 i.i.
AVE mlserably failed