Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 87, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 July 1899 — A Catfish In a Fix. [ARTICLE]

A Catfish In a Fix.

Last summer while seining I caught a catfish that was literally starving with Jood in his mouth. He had attempted to swallow a smaller catfish, but its fins had caught In his mouth and pierced through on both sides. Nearly all but the head had been digested. I think this is going Tantalus one better. —Forest and Stream. Humanity would be better to-day had our forefathers lived up to their epitaphs. Don’t believe those who praise you and speak In derogation of other*