Rensselaer Republican, Volume 14, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 June 1882 — A Fish in Fetters. [ARTICLE]

A Fish in Fetters.

A few nights ago,while Mr. George O. Walker, of Hartford Couaty, was engaged in scooping for herring, be felt something strike the net which proved to be a spoon headed mallet fourteen inches in length. The most remarkable part is that immediately behi« d its dorsal fin a small piece of cord, presumably a piece of fishing line, some two or three feet in length, was attached to the strap. In what way or. manner the fish became fettered in such a style is a mystery.— Baltimore American.