Geneva, O.—Capfc. I. d. Howard, North Geneva traveler, naturalist, horticulturist and' raconteur, says: I was fishing with a pole and lino in a marsh down behind my house, I had started to doze when I felt an awful tug on my pole. I gave a yank. There on my hook was what appeared to be the old man of the sea himself—a fish with a long flowing beard.“In my excitement, I dropped my pole and the fish disappeared in the marsh. It was about three feet long and its beard was about eight Inches long/'