Show A now minnow trap an ingenious inventor has come to the relief of fishermen lately by producing prod a minnow trap that is hard to beat first of all it is wholly composed of transparent colorless glass and is in shape much like a big cartridge with a pointed bullet in it it is about two and one half feet long and as big around as a mans leg above the knee il is hollow of course and what would bo the flat end of the cartridge is punched in like the bottom of a glass bottle and there is a email round hole in the cone thus made the other and abo pointed end of the trap is fitted with a little sliding door this big glass cartridge is intended to be set on its side in chobot tam of a brook where minnows abound the cautious ones soon become accustomed to it and the reckless fellows dont see it until they bump their noses against it some nice bait is put inside the trap and the minnows soon find choir way into it through the hole in tho punched in end the little door at the other end is shut of course the minnows are unable to find their way out because they follow tho sides of the trap and this leads them into the cul de sac at the flat end all around the bottom of the cone they are easily poured out however with tho water in the trap by holding the thing down and opening tho little slide door wiro is twisted around thac outside of the trap and forms a handle by which it is conveniently car tied and the wire also protects the glass from injury alleg pardon sir but gotten something said the waiter to the guest who was departing 0 yes my aw fahy west shore |