Smyrna times., 1903-07-15
FISHING TRIP.
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dawn and Lee Clifton's appetite hav-
ing walked up he expressed a desire
Tor couple of eggs for his breakfast.
Harry Tschudy informed him that the
boat was going to lag to in the morn
ing and that he might be accommo-
dated. W. B. Grant had his laughing
apparatus repaired before leaving
Smyrna and it worked as well as when
new. The performances concluded
with an ear splitting farce by Wilmer
Porter entitled "How to put the
Hatches on without Waking the Dead. -
ms act even broke up the side show
going on in the frog pond.
Expert craftsmanship of Tschndy and Bailey.
After sumptuous breakfast our
Prov pointed towards the Delaware
breakwater, where we arrived at noon
on tuesday. Mason Bailey and Harry
Ischudy broke the worlds record for
expert craftsmanship by hitting the
Delaware Bay every time they fred at
shark or porpOise. Our stop at the
breakwater was enjoyed by all. Fish
lng' Toa0tng and hauling seine, were
freely indulged in. An inspection of
the harbOr and Breakwater by sailing
over the entire course was also greatly
enjoyed. Several of our party landed
on the ice breakers and had tine sport
angling for sea bass and trout.
Moses Price caught a 15O-pound shark.
He being the oldest man in the party
we were willing that he should catch
the largest fish.
AT 4.2O a. m. Wednesday we weigh
ed anchor and were homeward bound.
stopping again at Kits Hammock to
catch fine lot of fresh fish to bring
home to our friends. We arrived home
at 7.3O IN the evening. Nobody sick,
although Speakman got as far as
Brooklyn Bridge" several times. Ed
die. FAIRIES choice brand of ''Blue Flame
Wickless" Cigars gets blamed for
Cummins Speakman's indisposition.
Oh no, he was not seasick.
Caught $50 Fine Trout and Ate 400
The party altogether caught about
$50 fish, of which about 400 were eaten
aboard ship. In addition to this, thev
took along 3 boiled hams, 10 pounds
beefsteak, beef tongues, 10 dozen
eggs, so loaves of bread. 10 dozen
rolls, 5 dozen cinnamon buns, a large
box Of assorted crackers and cakes, 6
lbs. coffee, l lb. tea, IS lbs. sugar, Is
dozen lemons, one large bunch of
bananas, 10 jars of pickles, 90 cans of
Helnz's baked beans, one crate of raw
tomatoes, lbs. of cheese, one ton of
Ice. When Lewes was reached the
larder was replenished with about 10
dozen more rolls and 10 loaves of
bread.
The boat was officered by Captain
James Jackson, Engineer William
Bartlett, Pilot Murphy, Deckhand
Burton Lane, Cook George New
som, steward Wesley Hawkins, and
we'll did they look after the com
fort of all.
Those Who Composed the Party
Those who composed the party were:
Rev. W. L. Martin, st. Georges; Mr..
E. Kirk and Mr.. George Tebo,
Dover; Mr.. James Van Wrinkle, Phila-
delphia; Prof. A. S. Griffith, CLAYTON.
n. j., Prof. Charles Howell LeFevre,
Cambridge, Md; Rev. Vaughan S.
Collins, Messrs. Moses Price, Walter
o. Hoffecker, J. Edwin Hoffecker,
Lewis NJ. Price, w. Ed. FAIRIES, W. B.
Grant, Alfred Carpenter, J. E. Carter,
Walter 7. Massey, W. D. Hudson, A.
l.. Hudson, Jr., Charles Jones, w. L.
Porter, William G.. Roe, William G. |
Anthony, Cummins Speakman, A. Lee
Clifton, Mason Bailey, DR.. Hirons
Clifton, Harry..Tschudy, Hirons Den
ley, W. A. Fleming, David Keen, |
Andrew D. Cole, Cairl Price.
We render a unanimous verdict of |
success" and will all be glad of an
opportunity to repeat the dose.
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