Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 186, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 August 1915 — PREACHER GETS FISH SUPPER [ARTICLE]

PREACHER GETS FISH SUPPER

One-Pound Bass Is Caught In Very Unusual Manner. Shelbyville, Ind. —The pastor of a Baptist church near here caught a fish in a very unusual way Saturday. He, with thirty of his recent converts and members of his congregation, assembled on the banks of Lewis creek that the. converts might be baptized. About half of them had been baptized when the pastor felt an unusual sensation up one of his trouser legs. Several times he halted during the ceremonies, but he stuck to his task. Before the final baptism the fish had found its way above the waist line. It was removed after the ceremonies were over and shown to the congregation. It weighed one pound, dressed, and as a result the pastor enjoyed a fine fish supper.