Rensselaer Republican, Volume 24, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 November 1891 — When Gov. Hogg was Alone. [ARTICLE]

When Gov. Hogg was Alone.

- - - —— » » Concerning the piscatory part of the > expedition, as an angler, Gov. Hogg grew enthusiastic, says a San Antonio (Texas) correspondent of the Fort Worth Gazette. “I was sitting in the boat and, one day.” he said, •‘just inside the pass, when I felt a nibble, I jerked the line gently, when I knew I had him. 1 began to haul in and felt the line grow heavier. Then began a succession of savage rustles, and all grew - still as toe breast when the spirit hath flown. When the end of the line came to the surface I found a tangle of fish. I had first hooked a snapper; the snapper had been seized by a terrapin, which was unable to free itself; the terrapin had been run through by a swordfish, which , was fastened by his long blade, and a stingaree had wrapped himself around the swordfish and stung him to death. I sup- 1 pose there must have been 30i> pounds of meat on, the hook;” Asked if there was any one else in the boat the governor replied that he was alone. Great improvement will be found in tea and coffeo if kept in glass fruit tars instead of tin bojunk ■ -* .