The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-06-15
AN AMAZING FISH, TRULY.
KNOB CoUNTRF NAV LOST a JOE
As CONSTABLE

lie Had the PickereI That Alto the Hawk
and Attacked the Bear, but Because He
Told the True Story of It's Capture His
Fellow Citizens Elected the Other Man.
MILFORD. Pa. June 1.-THE night o town
meetin'. after the votes was counted" said
the man from the Knob country. ELI came IN.
'Dan1.' says he. It.was the plckerl that
done 1t. I know'd II would. You'd orto said
you speared it. says he. The pickor''s what
done IT, rays he.
There mowt been bigger pickcrl ketehsd
in the Knob country some time or other than
that one was but | never heerd on II. Leasts
ways. III bet a farm tougher or ferociouser'
or voraciouser pcker'l never was ketchod no.
where. When l seen II. more'n a hundred foot
up In the air. wiRglin' and sduirmin' and a
fRhtin'. By josh" says. you're an amaZir
! FISH. but I'm-thinkin' that your sands Of life
is runnia' tol'able skeerce atslast! i SAYS. It
amt in-natur', you know ! says. But TINT
pcker'l must had sands O. life enough to All
a peck measure.
"'Dan'l.' SAYS young Eph. over to the Eddy.
one dav. There's Teller here from New
York or some'rs that's pinin' for Few pouns
or SO O. frogs legs Is the frog crop promis'n'
IN the Knob country watersT
Never better ] says. How many.poun's
does he want2' / says.
"'Oh. fetch over eight or.ten pnun's.' saws
Eph.
80 I went over TO the pond and eethsred in
a couple o dozen o frogs and skun their sad
dies out strung en- 40 nice. and darned IL
| they didn't size up like ten pound hunk O.
| pork. Twas givin' 'em dip or two in the water,
longside the boat to kind O. clean 'em up.
when suddenly sl-l-l- wosh! came somsthin'
aR'in en- and the water few around 50 that
couldn't a been anyswetter IL I'd tumbed in
the pond. The big COB o. frogs legs was
snatched away from me 80 quick l couldn't
think. and seen EN- goin' of into the weeds
nigh the shore. in theta xs.of a big pickerl
The water was shalier. and the pickcr'l stopped
at. the edge OF the weeds. turned his amaziI'
snout square round SO could.see the hull per-
Torrance. and.gobbisd then, frogs legs In less
time than It'd take me to swaller Iigger Of
apple. and'thats dom VI things about as
haety as they kin be did And glare Why.
darn II that picker'l's eyes didn't look like
couple O blazn' Goals. Gown there 'mongst
them weeds!
BY Joshl' Tsays Guess I'll,Go home and
rig up for pickorl" ! says. I'd ruther ait
that feller than a wagon load o. frogs legs.'
u So rowed away and went homo. rugged
UP fer picker'L
:" I must land that pickerl Tore town meet;
da says auss then III be o elected
er1 even Ter as amazln' one as that Zero;
ciops and vcracious feler that sratched and
Constables is bsin' ken consarned busy in
tn, KNOB country these days. / says;
stable as se, had auR Dt ne a. up one sr sn
folks said. had been Weighed In the balance
hold . ioiKs that three loads Q. raiIrosd YES
growed on land he didn't hold the deeds er.
90 it wont never do! my Teller citizens said.
sta S %e must ra lis D reun bap v oae
mann,' they says. and give BeezsI eelixr
sot out to land that amazin' chap somehow
] knowed. but that pickerl wouldn't be landed.
! knowed he. was there, cause could sec him;
did il i I:Tot th aS' peter
| SO ! Jedged.l better take mygun over and see
hoTS do dose O. lead n, mnwt set on him. h.,d
There he was. and whom he see me comm
w G as Il rock had IGN in il When It auteted
belly turned to the sun. and he lay there as
stiff a! AZ a post ! Just riz one y9op; o.
in come and col Thlsrl DO somethin to talk
about as make my rounds as constable"
Wsd in Se S9G ad hs on om.
treMsppdo4%s r1@nas il rs boat l Looked
and was humpin himself and tosein' around
fierce asa wildcat A. rtz up he made ma ia
'G and s into he @ ah?
sSf Sc me sa;f and ~ c FH hd %nsd
he shook his head and rIared. and dove out o
sight toIs ol, eoqid give him d shot t,.t
and goes. says. and have TO resign as con
Il hung around there, waitn fer him to eeth.
er back to his den ag,ip. While was watln,,
hf aRS by Gaa by me 6s
" bnt aaS Thsn a he n fs wts
spoutin' fountain. The hawk went clean out
e. sight and ~ when be come up he had hsh ip
W"' S' feroo ts aad voraciou. pcker. by
There want no doubt about it. ] was SO
sot back that list sot In tho boat apd Gawked
ST s and sw nS hara us
se The way th A. neasr wggied and s9ulrmed
pieker'i. but I'm thinkin your sands O. lie is
| But they want. Sudden ly see the hawk
wayer in the air and then begin to dron, |!
neck. and isst ehawed the big birds head
| tuuuTe OIL. ne nedO ana tne bOUy Chn6 tuln-
| bun down. but the hawks claws was sot deer
in the pickerTs back yt. and clung there;
down the Eater the sf bo az Ga ana
| the picker was free But be lay there on his
! back rs II he was stunned. / come to my
| senses lest then. and rz my gun to finish him.
| when he give flop grabbed the hawk by the
| leg. and down he went ovt o sight. takin' the
| hawk with him. all but the head. which lay
there on the water. and still gapin'!
by JOSH ] says. This ~ gittln,' inter.
| estin'! I'm goin' to git that pcksrl fore l
quit. II have to fetch a cannon over here and
lombard him" SAYS. He beats all natur' +
| ] says.
II hung around. thinkin' mowt get a shot
at him fore night. He hadn't been down
| with the hawk moren two minutes fore