The Savannah morning news., 1904-07-10

The City Official Meant Pounds.
A prominent city official was talking
to group of friends.
Yes he said, 81 have inst got
back from a fishing trip. We had a
splendid time. The party was con-
GENIAL and we had fairly good luck -
Where did you fish,"
We We're at the Wilmington Island
end of Tybee cut. and the bass were
running"
Did you get any bass?"
oh, yes; three, and they were beau
ties, 1 tell vou!'
How large?"
We'll, we got one twenty-five feet,
one twenty-four feet"
Feet! feet!! feeet!!!" yelled the
listeners. DO you say feet! Oh, no.
no! no! Twenty-Five feet"
The narrator of the wonderful fish
ing story hesitated and stammered and
turned red in the face
How big was the third fish," in
qulred the eager crowd, between guf-
flaws.
Since you fellows are so awfully
funny" vociferated the now perspir-
ing city official, "Tll be hiddle-diddled
II III tell you how big the third fish
was!"
And no amount of coaxing could in
duce him to talk about the third fish.
The Cruise of the |'Star."
The able sloop Star, under command
OF an able skipper, has returned from
weeks cruise in neighboring waters,
having on board a company of able
fishermen. And they bring with them
some able fish stories, which perforce
must be believed because of their mar
rators. In the party We're Messrs. ST.
Elmo Messangale, of Atlanta, adver-
Using agent; j. b. Riley, of Macon,
druggist Ed. Polhill, of Macon, drug
glst, and S. w. Huff, ]. T. Shuptrine
and A. B. Girardeau, Of Savannah,
all druggists Now it stands to rea-
son that one must have most perfect
confidence in advertising agents and
druggists, or the fabric of our institu-
tons would be severity shaken, if not
indeed rent in twain. Therefore, when
a fish story originates from either of
these sources we are at liberty to
blink and smile if we please, but we
are necessarily compelled to believe.
for what a shocking thing it would be
indeed, to doubt the men who roll for
us our pills and compound for us our
powderSl
That is why there can be no dues-
tloning of the statement that the par
that one of the terrible fellows plucked
from the deep by Mr.. Girardeau.
weighed $50 pounds! And these were
aVoidupois pounds, too with sixteen
ounces to every one of them. Apothe-
carries weight is barred on fishing trips.
or that shark would have weighed near
on to 200 pounds. of a certainty.
Likewise there must be no questioning
the statement that Mr.. Polhill caught
one whiting that weighed ten to twelve
pounds! Many fishermen's eyes will
snap at that statement, and thew NAV
mentally inquire, Wasn't it meas
ured ten to twelve inches?' that is in
tended?" But that is beside the mat
ter altogether. Once there was a
preacher who said in his sermon that
Alexander the Great rode a horse "if-
teen feet high" After the service a
brother asked him, "Parson, didn't
you mean that Alexander's horse was
fifteen hands high, instead of feet ."
Did 1 say fifteen feet?" said the
parson. Eyes, you did" Then" de-
clared the preacher emphatically "PH
stick to it," And so in the case of this
lO-pound whiting. Having said it
was ten pounds, and not ten inches.
the man who caught it sticks to it.
And, being druggist. we have got to
believe him.
In addition to these special notices. -
which will go in pure reading mat
ter" the party got a considerable num-
Der of small fish, had a Jolly good
time, and are going again one of these
me days, to see if they cannot beat
their record.