The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-05-23

second cousins. and the sroupsr plays
second fiddle 70 his handsome kina-
man. the red-suapper. II shows a Ger
tain lack u self-reapnct for which
4 can offer no excuse. II the Krouper
went into the game Cor the marketl
on his own merits, he would take hts
proper place as a great deep-sea fiah.
along with the cod. the mackerel and
tbs red snapper. a. I know u no
way % laying my views on tho sub
jet before the grouper family. the
only suggestion 7 can make that might
possibly better Erouper conditions is
that flsh-dealers should raise the price
Of grouper The low price now asked.
IN comparison with tbs snapper price.
condemns the grouper. High prices
command respect
AT this might couveys the impress
NBlon that fMgnow somsthing about fish
ing, whereas ] do not But i do owe
the Erouper q debt Of gratitude. Once
on lumber schooner al SEA, at
time when we were hoping that We
might be lucky enough Is catch
young and juicy shark. WE CAUGHT
/ -FOUR GR0UPERs. about twenty
pounds q meat By Eolly. that grouper
went unei
And 90 did allie Risra'a
Saturday. as the Hartgrovea.
Carriers Bayou.
The weather continued rainy and
very threatening yesterday until about
/ thrse-thirty IN the afternoon. At that
time I saw two or three hours 81 good
weather ahead and We pulled out.
When ! gave her the clutch. bat one
cylinder responded fully. The other
missed-fire every ether revolution. or
dinariiy would have anchored and
made Al investigation. but with the
tide and wind with us cana a crowd on
the wharf watching uH) concluded 10
80 ahead, thinking that the trouble
migt be due 70 an accumulation Of
cylinder Oh in the cylinder. or some
thing of the tort, that would correct IT.
SELF e. the engine warmed up II
wasnt 50 bad while we were fl the
NarrowH. where We were riding along
on a booming TIDE. bat after we got
across ChOctawhafcheo bar and into
+ he big bay. We moved s. slowly that
lt was oisgraceful A trout fisher
4 man. managing his loration. rowed
Z clear around uH. and had 30 hang my
+ head When we reached a point
+ whore ! did not have Is watch The
marks and ranges. / turned the wheel
over to Dick and went below 70 the
engine. For a long while I could see
nothing wrong and then ! noticed that
one o. the iguiter guldebara did not
seem % be quite in line. I tapped
the bar lightly with the hammer ham
de and Instantly the engine buclxlad
down % business.
Altar gasoline engine hnn sp1ut
tered and Kagged and Eaaped Cthreat-
ening 70 Quit you every minute) for "A
f while. what a delightful sound II is
mat rhyming, humming purrine chuw-
a-chuG chug-a-cuEs that a properly
running engine gives forth. Only
motor boat folks will knowf
II this case 90 was Just fool-luc
that ! located the trouble and correct
90 u 60 easily but as I came cut on
deck my children looked on me aa a
miracle-man Cor &C least Il pleased me
% imagine that they did, and / hal a
feeling that that old bridgeport ana 4
could SO around the world torefhar
We needed tho additional power Ira
coming up Carriers Bayou. for though
the light wind was with "a. the pbhinw
tide IN the Bayou was ike a strong
river current
We saw many improvements az we
came up the Bayou. The Hartgroves
have a new and Sandstone house.
Hands marine railway has the true
ship-yard appearances with several
craft In the cove awaiting their turn
20 be hauled out The now Forestr,,
station buildings make a fine show
The Martin sullivan place.-weH ia
looks just Ike a minionaire's place.
For Just moment I shared Uncle Al
bert Rlora's sentiment The Bayou
ia getting too Did civil kedf"
We tied un here 90 six-thirtv n. IN.
We had not told the TIartFroves fhae
We were coming. but they knew we
were a-cruislng and were on the look
out Tor us. After exchanging greet B.
inga, We exchanged tokens after the
manner - visiting rotentates. ours
60 them was O. couple bottles q fea.
cold SchltE. Theirs 20 us was a dish
81 plum butter. We got the best Of
lit
CTo be continued next Sunday