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Wingham Times, 1890-01-03, Page 31". MetillssaMiateetneve. CATCHING CODFISH. a suddenforward anal at tilt; same the TO OVA StraSORIXIERS' •1•• lifting motion, whirlthe backbone into A GRAPHIC DESCRIPTION OF THEIR CAPTURE AND CURE. .0,•••••••••••••••••• The Trip Was Metter for a Siok Mao Than Mx 'Mouths ot Dpotorlear--Betotlinir the Manioc lhoeuttrea frosts the "ilitd" to •the Belted rtle. , Oil the right and left of the fisherman • se he stands at tire rail are pegs driven ; se. into and extending some two inchea above the rail, These are the "pull bobble*" for the lines to ruu agairat. A small cleat ia attached to the bulwark, to which the line is made fast, each man having two lines, oue at each hand. A small pen or "kid" is built against the side of the vessel near each man's fishing, berth into which the fish are thrown whentaken troll the hook anna larger on:mailed the "gurry kicr is built amidships for the re- teption of the offal from the dressing down tables, Two large butts are lashed. to the bulwarks, amidships into which the cod livers are thrown and left to "try out" of their own' accord, the oil being drawn off now and then as oecasion re - 'quires from a spigot near the bottom of the butt. ,Everythixigis now ready and I commence fishing. . • BETTER THAN MEDICINE. Two or ihrge'pa,rtly. pickled clams are placed on ' each hook and the leads are r ."----/ then, thrown over the side and soon I feel them thump on the bottom. The ,, lines are then drawn in about three feet and made fast to the cleats. Now I stand with "nippers" on my hands and . arrayed in my barvil, or long oilcloth • apron, and' grasping one line in each hand "saw" them back and forth alter- nately against the • pull bobbles, thus striving to entice the finny beauties to take my bait. Soen• a dispatoh is sent from the bot- tomcf the Atlantic up along my hempen telegraph, that some podr victim has par- taken of is last ineal and, dropping the. other line, 1 quickly haul in hand over hand and soon have my first fish over s 't the rail and into the kid. . i.. Baiting my hook once more 1 throw. .the lead overboard and While it is run- ning down, I grasp the other line and find that this too has secured a prize. &defy this is getting exciting, and as r pulled in our. second line, its dripping • ".". . coils termed graceful circles on the little ."-.. platform at my feet: F forgot that I was - ever ail invalid and our whole thought wits centered on •the one idea of dis- covering whether I have one or two ood- fish at the end of that line. It surely 'draws more steadily,and with less flurry , • than did the first one, and as the lead shoots up through the sparkling water I discover that both hooks are treasure laden, and,with a feud and joyful hurrah ' • 1 lean over the rail. Talkabout pills and boluses to quick- ' en a sluggish Circulation! That last haul •• really did me more good Ithan all the drugs I had taken for the past silk inonthS. • . A. LARGE SLAUGHTER HOUSE. •' ;.'r . - The fish were all gathered from the ' - .several kids and thrown into the one . amidships which adjoins. the "gurry kid:" .The dressing table is then set up against the side -of the latter, and, tali.; .,ing our several positions, we are many for action. Our throater, Lowell by nAme, stands , - facing the dressing kid and, reaching •,down, seizes a fish with his left hand, V..e... the thninb grasping the under jaw and lifting him, places the back of the fish's. • . neck across the edge of the kid,, and with. • a quick slash of his. two edged,,dagger shaped knife, outs a deep and wide gash, - ' across the throat. A deft movement of the knife then removes thetongue, which, is thrown into a tub near by, lie then . . ripe the fish down the belly far enough to expose the entrails and quickly flipping • - out the liver, slides the fish across the ' table to the "header," who stands ready upon the opposite side. During the re- mainder of the voyage, I represented thaeindividual, and was indeed thankful that our first cateh was not a large one, for I was certainly anything but an ex- pert when I -tackled my first fish. • The operation of heading is after this manner: The header is provided ,with woolen mittens having a thumb and fore- • finger. As the fish is slid across the table bY the throater„ the 'header seizes it by placing the forefinger .pf the left hand firmly ia the fish's eye and the taumh under the lower jaw. Then with the forefinget of his right hand -he grasps the principal intestine where it is *nett to the body and with a quick jerk tears. it • loose; then with a. forward scooping mo- tion he removes the whole. internal nate . - china*. and slides it into the gttrry kid. a. He then, with the left hand still retain - 1 `ef.l. ing its position, draws the fish lorward „z- ?until it lies upon its back, the haeic of the! • 40/ ,;4111t. resting over the 4,:e of the table, / ow'..Mwith -his right hand extended. ,, grasps the `fish by the throat and with a (plink push against the napes with the. . ... right hand and at the same instant • a ..•1,;; : • sudden downward jerk Of the fish's head • ''.•with the left, the head is broken off and . 1., '.. • falls into a tub between his feet, while the 'beheaded fish slides over to the splitter, whostands at the front of the table with the throater at his left and ,the header at hie right hand. The splitter now seizes the fish by the nape with the left 'hand and with a quick slash with his long knife splits lieu down to the root at the tail. He then, places the lip of the knife under ths tower end of Um bitekbano awl witi- he a r an t q fish is thrown down into The SPINIAL ANNOUNCEMENT "fYlliell the hold to the Halter. appeared in our columns some tiine The ash are laid up in tiara like stove since, announcingeriEl arra *. weed in a shed, the tiers running trans- 'mut With Dr. B. el, APinteal,L. v.J” "0 13, $1• (01 Vera* across the vessel's hold, each Emoburgh paw, vt,, pubilobers ot layer being thorcuiTieovered wtt1 "it "A Treatise en the Florae and his Dia. When the "sounds" are to be saved. eases," whereby our subkoribere were the backbones are •allowed to drop into , enabled to obtain a copy of the valu. able work me by sending their ad. slress to B. J. Katinam /St Co., (and enclosing a two -cent stamp for mailing same) is renewed for a limited period. We trust all will avail themselves of the opportunity of attaining this valuable work, To every lover of the Horse it is indis perusable, as it treats in a Simple mannev all the diseases 'which afflict the noble animal. Its phenominal sale throughout the United States and Canada, make it standard author- ity Mention this paper alters senting for "Treatise." a tub at the feet of the splitter until the Bah are all dressed. Be then empties them upon the table, and with his knife, - deftly removes the .0sound" or 'air bled. der kora ..the inner side of the backbone. The eounds are then scraped And salted in barrels.—Edward Wiggin in Lewiston Journal. All Riad; of I'eeple. The student of human nature can find a four year course in his peculiar line if he will but spend an hour in the main ticket offide down at the exposition. Xt is really a treat to stand at the window and listen to the people who come up to purchase pasteboards. A lady will come up with her child and ti friend and say: "Two large and one small ticket." Then a tough citizen will plank down his silver dollar and remark: "Two an' a kid." A. U. P, TIME TA/3I4M. lady from the cotintry`will call for tick- zaarvamin: arrive and depart as follows: ets for "three a-dults and one small, one," 5:85 a. m.... .. ....For Toronto.. .... ....ttnalvja,Nn1 and another woman. will ask for a "big 2:15it: Teamster.. ,.. .... 22:1140 ll'ul and two tittles." Then along will come imp, m . 10:30 4, a deliberate woman who never reaches I . for her pocketbook until she takes full tam..4.1\1-70 ',111:24ITZTIC .arr possession cf the window, when she will I A. 0. STRATHDEE, AGENT, - W INGIIAM. keep a crowd waitint :Ohne she carefully ! 11,:treizlifitlekets to all points in America—North. picks out her money and takes away her. -popular nItCes6."6,rieatgeg.,agvol a shortestotuodarali destination. Lowest freight rates to all throughpoints. single ticket. • The ticket seller has to be a regular "Answer to Contsporidents" TIME TABLE. eoluron, because he is asked more ques• LEAVE WIEGILVAL • ARRIVE AT emenAlt. tions than any encyclopedia can answer •as alp.Torontp.,Ottele,Palmer,s,ton, &o. 8:80 pm: „ 10:10 " —everything from the Whereabouts of 1 sao,p:m. " " ClintOn •Libby prison to the location of the Hay- , '7:25 - .. ....P,almerston, Mixed.. .. —10:15 a.m. fl:,th a.in London &o 11:00 " market monument. And the young man j sae p.m. it ' . baited. to answer these questions -while 11100 rm.. ..,.. ..EienarTne, ie.. .. 78'150AP:it 13.:10 " he is taking money with his left hand. um 4. and making change v4th his right. His 0:00 13.111 tot is not a partieularly happy one.— Chicago Herald., . News Items. The*.annual, ineetiiig of the Ontario Beekeepers' Association will be held in Belleville on the 8th and 9th of Jan- uary. W K. McDonald; the man who was tried at St. John, N B, for sending poisoned candies to certain parties in that city, was • found guilty ' by the jury, and that he was insane when he did so. He will likely be seat to the criminal asylum at Kingston. Presumably rather a fault-finding fish.. --The carp. In literary •matterte it is . first think and then th'ink. The girl who doesn't £how gun: possesses gum -shun. ; • One ought to have a good memory after ane .has told a lie. • • No one if satisfied with Ills own .fortune nor dissatisfied with his own wit. • The musical critic should necessarily be a manof good sound Suclgement. Eternal vigilauce enables a man to carry the same umbrella for years, The troubles of to -day are easily borne. It is the troubles we antici- pate which shorten life. The military men should live at a boarding house. Must -bashes are al - Ways prominent there. The inan who leaps before: he loolcs is more apt to be succefafel than the man who doesn't leap at all.. In man the beard grows on his face, but the lion is bearded iu his den, if we may believe til.4 writers. The quickest way to remove fresh dark paint is to rub egoist it with the sleeve of your light coat. indulging in dangerous pleasures is like licking a .knife.. with honey on •and cutting ,your, tongue with the edge, • " It is said that thore'I4 a number of Pt.les engaged in the clothing trade in Boston.. • Clothes poles, probably. A wholcsofue fear of what people 'will say has a greater restraining in. lluence.than the ralins of right with jnost Olt. Prosphorus, ladies ,will -rid a house of'rats, but on mast first catch your at, which is, we admit, a terrible, pull- back, ' A. great many tnen show their , strong points when iu trouble, like thi. lobster which is green until it gets in- to hot wo.ter. . • Consumption. 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