The sun., 1900-12-09
HAPPY DEATH FOR FISHES.
HOyEsr OLD T,JT. ENOfB MINiSrERs
TO fUt THfRSri ~ rHS srt
PROM Compassion for Jt-,r salt, lives Ue
soaked ttis sat IN sew TnEiand Rum
Ne Caught More Fish Thsn IN, Oo-
I,sc and Controlled the MARKET Tn.
Riur Vihbor fi.h That Objected,

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capt Lno'1 " '"n "i III" ape '1 Meet
! mn'' f''"ti 'i''hinr hsh 'h' ln-' summer
| hr wa7 N 'he business. said t'" ola supper
r"uinso"rn' .h"' "~ methods rendered
| him migJi, HnrouWn WITH The temperance
| pcopl" Capt Li"'I could have survived
| ihs. hut Whom "a" i"uhd hIue rlhboh hSh
working ar''n'' hlEi' u" soid h's noht hhd
gave M hl' hi-lA"'s IN disIhst hu' ne
| made good thnR out ~ hi' hi'"hoho phi'
while tho gam" lHN"h
one da, capt Enoch TOOK his boat the
| Mary Bell, ont for fishin9 expedition FOR
| about Two hours he h~h"d. hut dldht ger
bite. Tho GOOD man was beginning 70 ee'
| discouraged ana 10 kenp MS o0oopins spiri'H
NJ he drew ont black botti" he hHd IN the
locker and tried to get some cofniort ou'
81 u Theh II" pHt th" no'ue oach' out W
be provided against an emergency he poured
out liberal supply or H"od olN new hnsiand
rum into a pnnnisin. which he ieit standing
IN the bottom %! tho boat near where ne was
fishing
rev minutes iater Capt Ehooh ho'oeh
that piece Of bait had fallen INTO the panni-
lin OF rum He wasn't any TOO PLEASED az
this, but not wanting 70 WAIST the pait 'he
captain put 1t on his hook ana tossed out
the line For fear OF second similar accldsnt
he placed the rum where 1t would DO the most
good and where there was no danger OF any
more bait failing into II.
up TO the time Capt. Enoch threw over
the booze-tainted bait he hadn't been having
any luck. but no sooner did this baIt SINK
beneath the wator than there came tue
at the line. He pulled in and there was INC
biggest fish he had caught that season AND
not only did the fish take the bait promptly .
but when Capt Enooh drew up MS hsh he
could see three or four big fellows following
40 II they wanted to sst a taste OF the bali
This gave the old skipper an IDEA
IL should think fish would get terribly
,htr,,, iyn, A., tho, eo,, ,rat ta, all ba ,i,ne .
he said to Bill, his mate IL must seem like
,,,p5 ug" Of I,v,,r % in the sea al and never hsy,nc
a drink OF anything really refreshing in the
.ntl ,no,o, .or, =, ,ons,ny,, n, m. locta-
bii iooseu sort OF 'ohsinsE az ,he loche,
n person didnt need TO live in the salt water
"a ge, thirsty. +, was bad enough to sail over
it. But Capt Enooh didn't pay any attention"
III will he an act Of Christian CHART,
continued the captain pio'isly. to give tho7"
T. 7, rouldn't cost much more and would
probably result in a biz catch
so the captain began soaking each piece
81 Iva rIin hlfnrp II
o'', ~ iu,.' = n,.,ia -, ,'',,
about hshins' IL was oh'H question OF now
!, wa.n., but fe,y minltes before ,be sm,ll
"A." ~ -, - - -, n',,
OF the aicohonc oai' had sort OF spread ana
the the aide Of the boat waiting 70 grab the bait
W. saon "a :, yas thrown oyer Thev crowdea
each other so that 1t delayed the fishing
This annoycd the CAPTAIN.
." Her. here he shonted at the f,h as II
they could understand him. and at the sam"
time motioning with his hand Don't crowd
if I'm nv bait don't run OUT wi VIII try and satisi,
Won ali
AS long as the bait lasted capt. Enoch
W6en e the bait had all been used up the cay
tnin gave a sigh and turned the Mary B,ll
Sn,na The boat was half filled with n-i
Who had fallen a victim TO the drink habit
Even ii those fish have been snatched
from their Tatery homes said Tap, Enoca
to think that they died happy and with the
taste OF good New England rum in their
The other fishermen hadn't had much
luok that day and Cant Enoch didn't have
any trouble OF dlsposing OF ii. cargo at "A
21bT goG9 Hrov on, from ea tSe wharf Seth Hamf95 @
called 10 him
..-,a,,iS he sufe and let n'e buv sorna
There wa. a delicate havor about those you
caught Yesterday. that never tasted before
sho,II9S baWe anV nartionlor aavnr Hni
ettar no beoen dshiny he understood az
49, 49, of,cr his success nf ,le day hafor,
Ia to,,, an using the rlIn-.nated bai, Ind
he nUt,,ooI "a that everv Nsh thnt rrabhed Tho
H. hs - .,ociai efYort ,n gat the hair ~
uSon WSan .he Sh got the bnit h. would swallow
i, Then Instead OF fopping about in the
u men '.5a hoa, be 'urn,,id lie tharo ne
oo.toIn M oi enid euid hc viii hi nNes halfIciossd
~, ,oo,,r,e ~ u.asn', M, a li,,le while hefore
~ coirSs. .i',a ~ IA daad bn, I, was rlain he
VIZ i'sn ,,r MU,,,ud d.o,h o ' - ~ f Nv
oieI napp, ppond Iau 4, ,v,s tho s.ra as ,bo
ne seNnthu eNChua,S,aI urS "a " - fairi, - bIin,
nrSt ,he ISL Soe'neu G .arns. ~, Int
over one ahot'ta !" 'itl 'iWi IT, eo,, w. go
Capt fhocn pat. mnSSh "" ,iroTtt a.,
turned nome az tient VIII a ii poainoau " ~ IN
ne 1ouha nm ~ ."slJi.l9 mait.s 1 III NH ~
some ol VI" p,u'f HSle iIicH .du N'IlIr ~
before, pht tney ccouIdit sui. anss pSS4Ilo
VINO nag tas,tu Nd.s, IH''" h'"' i"eS
wanted ms ana no otnrrs -, -.
For aoont, two weeks ,apL Ehocn hcpI
up his alcoholc pait hshins game ana WIS
gathering IN more com Ii.aii ails oIhet HsnrI-
man along the 'pas'i ohe gE.thnS we ,lii r
ister oaIcu AT MS noSe he enou HIaI
didn't waste any tme' ou' opened rlSht OUT
on Capt. Enoch ,,,,
This IL temperance Town. ne sh,i So,
verely, and YOU are deEradlle us morals ana
spelling the trade OF fsmrrinen VINO are goo
church members by selling hsh which nave
been soaked in alcohol
AT first Capt Enoch ditn't know exactly
what the minister was driving AZ. linen he
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