Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1908-02-14

dogfsh ont. on the dogfsh started,
rounding up small school of fish,
and drove them towards the boat.
Capt Enoch threw in his line and
caught fish. while the doghsh grab
bed another and began eating 1t on
his OWL account 1t was right here
Capt Enoch's assisted fishing indus
try struck the first snag.
las long as the dogfish was hungry
he would drive fish towards the boat.
AS soon as his appetite was satisfied
he would lay of and would not do
anything more in the fish-driving line
until he was again hungry, which was
a matter of several hours. So Capt.
Enoch wasn't making much more out
of 1t than IL he had been fishing
alone When it began to grow dark
the captain whistled to the doghsh.
The well-trained fish swan up to the
} side asAssde boat. Capt. Enoch lifted
him into the trough and sailed home
The good old captain was feeling pref
ty depressed.
This wellmeaning but somewhat
stupid flsh-asssitant of mine is all
right when he is hungry said Capt
Enoch in gloomy tones. But he
doesn't seem to appreciate that the
end and ion'\ of this industry is fish
for Capt. of, Sch, not meals for train
ed degfisWI Unless he develops an
Appetite foI something besides fish.
| doArt see where IS0sz Jing to realize
mubk out of the game.'
The captain stayed awake most
OF that night bordering over the sub
| ject, for he hated to think he had
thrown away all the labor he had
| expended in training his pet dog
| fish The next morning, though, when
I l called at his house, he was looking
I pretty cheerful.
what is the best and most nour-
ishing thing in the world?" he asked
almost gleefully.
| u wasn't certain.
"tSome persons say whisky is
responded, sort of hesitatingly For
my own part, 1 prefer good old New
England rum. Still, If you have both
I'll try each and then give an expert
opinion
"T don't mean for men, said Capt
Enoch hastily. It's fish, especially
dogfish, that I'm referring to. What
do they give consumptives and people
in need of nourishment? Funerals
OF course not. Cod liver oil in large
quantities is fed to them. 1t seems
to me that it wouldn't take long fol
my civilized doghsh to acquire q de
cided taste for cod liver oil, 1t being
fishy product. And when he ones
has the cod liver oil habit, he will
find that the only way to obtain thu
longed-for stimulant is by doing I
good days work driving fish towards
the boat of old Capt. Enoch.'
80, instead of taking the traine'
dogfish out on fishing trips, Capt
Enoch kept him shut up in the littl
pond until the fish was remarkabl,
hungry Then he offered him Lii
eral dose of cod liver Oil. But tast
for cod liver oil seems to be an aC
CURED one, even with trained dog
fishes, and Capt. Enoch's pet just snii
fed at the oil and retired to corne
of the pond in disgust. Capt. Enoc
went away and didn't come near tn
pond again until the next morning
The dogfish was on hand ravenousl
hungry. Capt Enoch again offere
: him the cod liver oil The poor dos
fish looked up with a pathetic grieve
expression. Then he gulped down
little of the oil. But he didn't sho'
: any evidences of hilarious delight.
) "'He may not like it now, sal
; Capt. Enoch calmly, but good man
people don't at first. 1t won't be lonl