Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1898-08-17

tains and seamen To man them, to hire.
HUM provided them with jaunty
yacht, with a number one captain and
sailors 10 match, and had them pro-
vided with everything that would in
sure their fishing excursion a success
Everything was insured excepting the
weather. That wasn't insured. but
was fine excepting it blew a stiff wind
"a If To keep them from going out from
shore five miles To the fishing place
but the captains skill assisted by the
sailors enabled them TO so tack that
they reached the fishing water. They
lished for blue fish, weak fish, and
hard shell crabs. For blue fish and
weak fish which resemble each other a
good deal they had bait that looked
ed like Il hellgramite but was whiteish
III color. The weak fish looks very
much like the ''sea trout that some
times is sold in the markets of Mifilin-
town. They caugh: fish as fast rs they
threw in and pulled out and caught
enough To make a meal for the people
of Il good sized town. and have been 50
truthful in their narratives of the de-
lightful occasion that they have not
once given their remarks a lishy sound.
But if they We're delighted with catch
ing blue and weak fish they were I'M
nenscly thrilled in catching crabs.
The crab is not caught on hook, it is
bobbed, q piece of meat as big as a
mans hand, more or less, with shread-
ed sides and ends, Is tied in the middle
to Il line and dropped down by the side
of the boat, and then bobbed up and
down short time, and then pulled
up. The crabs cling to the shreds of
meat, scoop net is slid under them
before they are quite to the surface of
tine water and then they are lifted into
boat. While none of the party have
ever been Mortified by seeing the devil,
they thought of his Satanic majesty
When the first lot of crabs We're being
pulled up from the depths OF the sea-
iS i'i@' iia'ii Eau 'itillS Il Htlili'eT anu
with their protruding eyes looking in
all directions and their claws sticking
out towards every point of the compass,
they looked like delegation of little
iiendS sent out of the Fit of perdition.
They are better tasted than they look
and are considered great deiicacy
The Mifllintown fishing party noticed
that among the tub full of crabs that
were Sprawling about in the boat, that
here and there appeared one that was
minus Il LEG or an arm or some other
claw. They made mention of their
observation and remarked that perhaps
they had captured different kinds of
crabs. No, said Il sailor" The miss
ing limbs were shaken Off by the crab
itself. Whenever IL cr.,n has a limb
hurt 1t shakes the injured leg of, and Il
new one soon grows on. That was Il
sumner and the Pennsylvania high
landers lapsed into silence quite a
While. Derr was the first TO recover
himself from what they all bciieved II
crab story, they had nothing 70 match
1t. He said look here I'm going to
try one of the crabs,"' and suiting the
action to the word he smashed the end
Of one of the long legs of crab. The
crab squinned some. then got Itself up
III dignified way gave the leg CULVER
ing shake and il flew of close unat the
body. The RIM 10 shore was pleasant
and their s1journ at the Huhn cottage
WAS delightful, and now they have
more fish stores in stock than there
are tales in that marvellous book the
'Arabian Nights and ali the home
Land lubberS.i who have been 10 At
lantic City, and have heard OF their ex-
p!oits are green with envy because of
their great experience AT Atlantic City
as Old Salts Hereafter. ,iitflintown
people at Atlantic City will pattern after
their fishing excursion and come home
with stock of fish stories To swap.