The Republican journal., 1905-06-15

would play Yankee Doodle, or March
ing through Georgia. But there, we
are most as happy as we can be now"
AS they passed White Point, they saw
Alb on the wharf and some of the boys
vowed he was dancing, but Uncle Siah
said, Don't, boys, Alb don't dance, but
he's pleased, you bet"
AS the old Devil Fish luffed up along
side the wharf, he took off his hat to
cheer, we thought. Never saw a man
so tickled in my life but once, and that
was Jonah when he disembarked from
the whale. The men on shore saw the
great raft of fish coming in and they
jumped in their seine boat to capture
the school, but Siah sang out to them
and said, 'guess all of those fish you'll
find are hitched to the old Devil Fish's
STERN
Every man in the place hurried to
Harris wharf and he said, Il want to
hire every one of you to help take care
OF these fish, They began to draw in
the raft. Alb asked how far out they
were and one of the men said, "The
last end Is just about coming past Flag
Island now Siah told Alb he wanted
few to give away, and he said, ''Take
all you want; guess you have earned
Them and he lay eighteen or twenty
OF the biggest ones out by themselves.
i I've forgotten now how many
thousand there were, but Harris filled
every butt and tank and borrowed lot
beside. Some one said, ''Ab, your old
wharf will 60 down if you throw On one
more OF those great fish. | can hear
her groan now, its such tarnal load. ;"
Alb sent Harry to carry Uncle Siah
homo VI O took
1t was the length of Abs express
wagon, and Siah said, burned if he
ever saw such fish. Guess Amanda
will make a fish chowder and ask all
the neighbors.' Alb had Siahs fish put
on the ice and he said he would be
down tomorrow morning.
Woodbury. came along after the raft
was pulled in and said, "What'd | tell
you. Your old Pollywog struck EN-
this time. Better hire Uncle Siah
right out. There hasn't been such a
load brought in here since | was two
| years old. Paid for your old craft.
hasn't it Alb?
Alb said he didn't know how much
Uncle Siah would ask for his services,
but he expected 'twould be pretty big.
The next morning Siah came with his
team for his big cod and the eighteen
made a heavy load. He left a few
among the neighbors, one big one to
Rob's at the Gurnet, and Rob's eyes
popped out like lobster, he was so
surprised. He left few in New Mead
oWs, and then kept on down to the
express office. There he dumped two,
one to John, one to Sidney H. The
next was the big one and he hung it
right up at the door of the Record
Office. The editor came out and said,
"What does this mean, next door is
the fish market?" The man said, you
can read the notice on the head of the
fish, and he read: "Mr. Cook, please
accept from Uncle Siah," and he
seemed awful pleased and said: Tell
him l thank him more'n four hundred
times; the female sewing society meets
at my house today and this is just
what we need"
McFadden and Eaton each got one.
The others went to the old soldiers of
Brunswick Everyone seemed real
pleased and said they hoped Uncle
Siah would go real often he bad such
good luck. They heard of him in Port
land and wanted him to take charge of
a big new vessel up there, and another
man said he would have one built of
oIool dI tHo 1Iou w OIhS Ill DdCl, Ii lie
would 60 in it. But Siah said too much
notoriety would most likely shorten
his days, and he said he just began to
want to live.
The next day he went to the harbor
and received his pay. He got a one
hundred dollar bill for his services and
he was we'll satisfied. Said he would
60 again soon as he got his planting in.
-Silas S. Holbrook in the Brunswick
Record.