Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 February 1892 — A Funny Fish. [ARTICLE]

A Funny Fish.

A curious flsh has been caught at Atlantic City, N. J., struggling in the surf close to the shore. It is about five feet long with big fins, more like flippers, fore and aft, and an immense mouth armed with four rows of teeth. The'body is flat, after the order of the flounder, and its skin is brown and as coarse as sandpaper. It weighs 150 pounds. A Swift Svinmfr. The dolphin is the fastest swimmer in the sea. It can with ease swim around and about a vessel going at the highest rate of speed, and can go faster than tweet jr-tw miles an hour.