The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-02-09
QUEER Finds IN FISH
The Stomach Of a Cod Is Some
times 4 Sort Of Museum.
4 GLuTToN NOT AN EPlcuRE

dLuliuh hOl AN EPlEuhE
an Manner Of oda Things Ar, Eagerly
Dsvoursd By This vor.eious Feeder.
Tbs Singular Adventure Of Ten
Dollar Gold Pises.
One day IN 1908 A. =. Levy Of New
York felt the piscatoriai fever s1rging
through his system. 20 took 4 day on
and went out to the fishing banks to
Try his luck. AS be was dressing his
catch that same evening he discovered
In the stomach OF a cod a ten dollar
gold piece. with two dlamonns set on
one side and the initiaislP. G e on the
other. Levy was 90 amazed that he
sent the story 10 the papers. and It was
copied throughout the country
BE hardly expected ever 70 hear from
Il. but a few weeks later was surprised
to receive letter from Patrick c. Ey-
ans. residing in Kansas who claimed
the piece as his own and presented suf-
fcient evidence OF this to satisfy Levy,
who accordingly turned itsover TO him.
u seems that Evans was in New York
earlier Ia the year and spent q day
Establishing In tie lower bay. and as
be was hauling In a fish the chain to
which the coin was attached got caught
In the rigging OF the sloop. which Just
then rolled. the chain snapped, and
away went the coin. never 20 be recoy.
sred. as he then supposed
/ One Of the saddest finds recorded
was that OF q 81. Johns On. F. fisher.
man. who discovered a wedding ring in
The entrsils OF . cod in 1871. II was
eventually proved to have belonged to
Pauline Burnam. an KnRiishwoman
who was lost IN the steamship Anglo
Saxon. wrecked on Chance Cove, n. f..
In 1881. The lucky fisherman received
. present Of $50 for restoring the hleh.
" prixed memento 10 the woman's son. !,
"A Havre fisherman's wife, drying
Goldfish caught by her husband on the
coast OF France In 1904, noticed that
one hsh had hard substance inside.
On Investigation she found IN the fish 4
golden bracelet. How the ornament
came into It's strange receptacle 4, Of
course, not known, but II Il contec.
sured that It must have slipped from
me wrist Of some fair passenger lean
ing over the bulvarhs Of fransatian.
dc liner and been seized by the cod.
Last year the greater part Of the
male and part Of the female population
Of the village Of Portishead. at the
mouth Of the Avon, In England. turn
Cd anglers for awhile. Tishing tackle
and bait doomed for some time. and
al because one Of the local anglers
shortly before had landed good sized
nsh. and when It came to be dIssected
ON the domestic table II was found to
"inciudes a diamond ring declared to
be worth $50. s' =
While discharging 4 fare Of Goldfish
from the schooner Winnie N. Getchell
at Gloucester. Mass. In 1885. Captain
John II. Getchell. master or the vessel.
found Embedded in the thick tiesh Of a
large cod knife of curious workman.
ship. The fish was caught On the
northeast part OF Georges bank In
seventy-fve fathoms Of water and
was apparently healthy. The knife
was not found until some time after
the hsh had been cured. when found
the knife blade was closed, and the
small or posterior end or the handle
was nearest the tail Of the fish. the
nesh at this place being about two ana
q half inches thick. The knife when
closed was three and fve-eIghths
inches long.
In 1884 Captain McEaehern OF the
Gloucester schooner A. r. Clifford
found a knife-one Of the kind known
to fshernen as a haddock ripper-in
the stomach Of forty-five pound cod
which had been caught on the LIE Have
bank.
Lars Petersen. an able seaman Of the
steamship Hypatia, which arrived In
New York in 1908 from ST. Lucia.
made curious find on the voyage.
After the vessel left st. Lucia 4 large
gray shark was seen following It. For
two days It continued In the wake Of
the ship. when. Petersen resolved to
get It Procuring large hook. he bait.
ed 1t with salt pork and after some
difficulty landed the monster, which
measured almost twelve feet from tip.
TO tip. Upon opening its stomach Pc
tersen discovered there . ring with the
Initials 1. q. B. engraved on the in.
side.
Owing to the fact that COD seek their
food on the bottom and are yoracIous
feeders. their stomachs when opened
frequently present a curious and some
times amusing collection OF odds ana
ends. Bits Of leather. marine spikes,
Iron bolts. bali Of Irvine, leaden
sounding plummets. hoofs OF deer. scis-
sors. brass. oil cans. potato parings.
corncobs. the head OF rubber don.
stones and big shells have been found
IN them A Goldfish caught at Vineyard
Haven was found to have In It's stom-
ach two fun grown ducks. when
taken out they were quite fresh. hav-