The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1895-10-17
70 The WRONG MAN.
The Fresh Young Man Tells ~ the Chara
t,ti.tic. .g the Muttsurui.

tDftstir= 81 the MuiltEr
The fresh young man sat at the head
If the table llc was eating "a fish A
rpd faced man drusscd in % tweed suit
.nm, IN and was fhUWn by the IA, nd wait
n toa seat un the left OF the fresh young
man The red faced man was an Eng
ishmnn. At least hc had an English nc-
cent that sounded as if 30 was his right
and not 10y adoption. lie gave the wait
~ an order and while be- was waiting
be 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 IL you are eat
ing3'
Certainly not" replied the fresh
young man heamingly This Is a very
/ excellent specimen OF what Is known To-
cally a. the mullypruh II is n fish that
| il found in great quantitio- in the siloal
waters Of Lake Erie, the lake ON the
shore Of which this city stands, aud, 50
! far ~ ] know, is caught nowhere else.
The mullygrub il n remarkable fish IL
grows 90 the length Of two feet some
times, but is at its best for eating pur-
poses when about 10 inches long IL Is
delicately favored, many persons claim
ing that the flavor is that Of ana excel
lent champagne, while Others insist that
il tastes Of Medford rum. That point
has long been a matter Of local conten-
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, 30 ! think the
rum partisans Of today have rather the
best Of it, ~
Indeed, " broke in the rcd faced man,
THAT is very astonishing.
"Oh, yes" continued the fresh
young man, "but it is not the most sur
prising thing about these fish. Their
greatest popularity is the manner in
which they are caught. II is utterly i'm
possible TO take them with hook and
line They will not bite at any bait yet
invented by man. Nor Is il possible 70
catch them with anet. Their dorsal fins
are sharper than a knife blade, and
when caught in a net they simply cut
their way ont TO liberty. For this rea
son the fishermen do not cast "A net in
places whore the mullygrub are known
TO abound. The only way 10 catch thee
fish is 10 hire German band to PLAY
.he wedding march from 'Lohenmin
while standing on the shore. 80 grea
an admiration have these fish for tn
music furnished by German bands ans
for Tat one tune that they swim up Z
shore and wriggle their way out on tn
sand Then it is easy 10 gather then
up. That is the way the entire catch I
secured, and thus many worthy Gcrnal
musicians arc enabled TO earn comforta
Bile liyings when otherwise they woul,
be Obliged to walk around tine street
for an uncertain income, to say tn
least.
7 "IIow very extraordinary nun
INJURED the red faced man.
at certainly is," went on tho fires
young man, but there IL still anothe
z. habit Of the mullygrub which
unique The female mullygrub does no
have the roe common in fish Instea
she lays eggs which resemble the egg
Of robins, being Of pale blue, thong
somewhat smaller. Those eggs are dc
posted in the sand after midnight /
the full Of the moon, and during day
y when the sun il not shining the nal
mullygfub sits ON them O. keep thee
p warm. The little Inullyglubs are Dor
with four legs, which they ne to wal
10 with into the water after ihey are hatch
ed. In three days these legs drop o.
aud the fins appear.
81 can hardly believe II. " said th