A FISH WITH FALSE TEETH.
Captain Wilson, the inventor of as many different kinds of spoons as there are fish that will take them, has discovered a new lure for catfish. He was on an outing among the sloughs of the Sacramento River when one of his companions found him on the deck of his launch, roaring loudly. What's the matter?" he inquired. "Matter! Huh? There's a twentydollar catfish down under this boat — an' I'm goin' to get him if I have to seine him out I"
" How do you figure a catfish worth twenty dollars?"
" Thisaway j I was standin' right here a-cleanin' ' my now set of false teeth when lie come up to the top, looked at me an 'opened his mouth. I grabbed for the boathook to gaff him—an dropped the teeth. Plump they went, right square into his mouth! Now he's down there craekin' crabs with my teeth — an' I gob to oat clain chov tier onto:; a aairvum sooou I"
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 10682, 31 January 1913, Page 2
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