The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-06-16
WHEN STURGEON WE'RE IN RIV-
E,R
The Man Who Fought a Duel With the
Sturgeon, the Man Who Rode one and
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Inc Man VINO fought a Duel win tht
Sturgeon the Man VINO RODE one anc
the sturgeon mat went 10 bed'
About twenty years ago the Conhecti-
cut was faVorlte summer resort Ioi
the arlstocracy or the surgeons ant
the biggest ones came mere ana put III d
| pleasant summer smashing shad nets
! NOW they go 70 RUSSIA anu llVe III Tie
| Nolga The recent capture OF large
| sturgeon IN the rler at Wlhdsor LOCKS
reads the sprlneEeld republican 10 tel
= the Following good flsh stofles'
| II seems that poatmah was always
on the LOOKOUT fQr the hsh Wheh golllS
over the shoals. One Veracious man re-
lates an experience that he had Whlie on
a trip up river from Hartford. lie was
iooklng over the ran When ne saw d
sturgeon summing hlmseH IN the poat
lhere was an axe on the BOAT near the
man, ana graphing thls instrument VI
war tine man mace reap lof inc hsn'
Ing sturgeon saw hilil coming anu start
ed TO run pul IN ms hurry ne heaueu
Tor swallow ana not deep wafer inc
man Followed. lhe sturgeon Watcheu
MN Tor an instant ana lhen saw that IL
was Tune lor MN 10 90 Sollelhllls. ne
charged Tor the man. Inc HsHelAah
srasped MS axe ana cursed nlnlSeiI lor
Jumping oVerpoaru, Out resolved 10 ale
game Whellllhe nsh sot W WlllilH BIN
leet OF MN ne was swimming ABOUT one
thousand miles an hour, ACCORDING 10
the man; the llsh sWerVed 10 one slde
ana the man MT MN one with the axe
badly he had been hurt but sought sol
ltude ana deeper water inc man got
pack on the BOAT, ana mas toyed Wlth no
surgeon since announcer poatmah hao
DIT more Trying experience III jumping
oVerpoara lor sturgeon. lie was
seandlhg IN the ppoW OF a poat, ana saw
hsH Just uhder hlm' lie Jumped at
hlhi' ana came doWn as'rlde OF ms pach.
Inc sturgeon was somewhat surprised
at thls ana started 10 move SO the man
Threw ms arm ABOUT what would be the
sturgeon neck IL ne hau one But, I'M
fortunately, the man myers caught IN
the gllls OF the nsh. Inns proceeding
SOMEWHAT shocked the surgeon ana he
cioseu MS sllls' thus Catching tne man
Ilhsers SO nrfnly that ne could not pun
them OUT linen the llsn began 10 swirl
ana swan out on MS PACK ana going
through the water ike railroad train.
Inc surgeon started Tor deep water ana
got there The man went into 1t with
MN, ana FOUND II a DIT dilncult TO
breathe under ten feet OF connecticut
river water The sturgeon also remem-
pered that he wanted a little air and
opened his gills. This let the mans I'M
gers out, ana rising to the top OF the
water ne swan back to his boat. Now
thls is not Ilsh story, Tor the man VINO
told II saw man who knew the uncle
OF the man VINO tried to eaten the Stur-
seon ana got caught.
There is man who lives in Suff1eld
VINO mas peen noted Tor MS truthfulnesS
Tor many years, lie mas also been no.
TED Tor his knowledge OF the river. One
evening not long ago he told this little
Sunday-school tale: There was an old
captain VINO ran a prlck barge on riv-
Ell lie was KIND man, who was nice
10 ms wire ana loved to have her with
hln' Ihere was also daughter. She
100 went upon the trips. The brick
barge was queer AFFAIR, whose rail
was nearly on level with the water
When the BOAT carried a load. There
was capln IN Whlch the Toying WIFE
ana daughter slept When they dld not
speno the hlght IN nshting mosquitoes.
LII tuls caplh' besides the TWO femaies,
were Two WINDOWS NICE large windows,
which were close 10 the water. On one