The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1903-11-10
HON. LEE WOOD'S FISH.
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Do you know Hon. Lee Wood7
II You don't you must be . new
conner for he has been here always.
He IL little grizzled man with q
merry twinkle In his eagle black eye
and when you see him he will inn
press you az being q born leader OF
men. Mr.. Wood, as We call him
over here, is man of action as well
as man of thought: he is also a
splendid and forceful speaker and
ever, when occasion demands, his
voice is lifted for the good of his
country and his fellow man in both
church and state. From 1888 to 1892
he represented Ellis county among
the solons at Austin, and that he
did his WORK well there, goes with
out question. AS an entertainer
and conversationalist he is superb.
To hear him tell of the old time
leaders in Texas politics, and of his
many forensic battles on the hust-
ings, is indeed interesting and might
form the nucleus for many a remin-
iscent story.
But l would tell you of another
phase of Mr.. Woods life or rather
an Incident of it. He is the owner
of a most wonderful fish. Now.
don't laugh or look increduluous for
l know you have heard fish yarns
before, and that they were probably
pure fiction, but this is not even
half fiction.
l will tell you the history of this
fish just as Mr.. Wood gave it to me,
then tell you what | saw of it and
its performances for / have seen it
in broad daylight.
"In 1894, " says Mr.. Wood, There
came into this neighborhood a stout
stocky- built young fellow who gave
his name as Bill Little. He wanted
work and applied at several Iplaces
but failed, and one evening just at
shutdown he came to my house in
his quest of employment. / had no
work for him but of course / offered
him my hospitality for the night.
Next morning be had raging fever
and was unable to leave has room.
On being questioned he declared he
had no folks to write TO and / was
into it But We nursed him, had the
doctor and treated him as though he
had been our own son. After six
weeks he became convalesCeut and
during all this time he never said a
word about repaying me nor | to
him, and one night he walked off. /
supposed he was gone for good, but
few weeks after his departure | re-
ceived a letter from his mother in
Seattle thanking me prOfusely for
my kindness to her boy and inclos-
ing a check which amply repaid me
for my trouble and expense and say
ing that the Dung fellow had gone
to Alaska to try his fortune IN the
gold fields of that region. | now
supposed the curtain had finally
fallen on this little drama, but the
whirliEig of time brings many ming 5
and people as well, and last May
one day at noon | was sitting OF my
front porch when up drove Bill Lit
tie
He was a little brOnzed from time
and exposure but IL was the same
boy. He stayed all the afternoon
and told me Of his life and adv en-
lures in the Arctic chimes and how
he had struck il rich etc, and as a
token of remembrance for the kind
ness we had shown him during his
former stay with us he gave me this
fish which be had brought all the
way from the Yukon River. He
called him the Trick Carp" and
said this species of fish was to the
fish family what the monkey is to
animals and the parrot is TO birds.
This species of fish is of very high
grade Of intelligence and can be
taught to do almost anything but
talk, and this deficiency he fully
OvercOmes by being able to make
signs. He is a little expensive as
he has to be fed ice every day, but
we could not do without him for he