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Year’s Best Fish Story;Finds Pipe in StomachCapt. Nedcbiah Moses, a Casco bay, Maine, fisherman, was hand-lining for codfish off Jacquith island, near Harpswel). Me was smoking his pet meerschaum pipe, which he had been coloring for years.Suddenly he had a good bite that threw him off balance for a moment and he exclaimed “Gosh!” As he did so his beloved pipe fell from his mouth into the water and quickly sank from sight almost before Captain Moses could realize his loss. The fish got away.A week later, still mourning his loss, the doughty fisherman had another sudden and vigorous bile, but this time he was well set and snubbed back hard. Soon he drew to the surface a 70-pound monkfish.Since monkfish have little commercial value, Captain Moses took this fellow home to cut up into lobster bait. In the process, to his surprise and great delight, he found in the creature’s stomach his beloved pipe. iThe captain cleaned it up and found there wasn’t a crack in it and now he’s mighty careful that, come what may, no fish is going to throw him ofT balance again. Me says the first smoke in his old pipe was pretty good.
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Woodstock Shenandoah Herald
Woodstock, Virginia, US
Wed, Oct 10, 1883
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