Show comical report of a eish fish convention it is to be understood that all the tile marine monsters in 0 ti ilsters big fish and small email fry of he file great deep aro ara assembled in conclave the whale ili in tiie the chair lle ile lie opened the tile convention by stating that tr lie d diel I 1 not dot wi to make a speech he lie would take up uli ti as little room and ba be no longer than possible chere here the tile shark whispered to the swordfish sword fish that it was as not lot possible for tle whale to be much longer as he was over eighty feet ilow now iii in his opinion he only waited a chance to spout in lct let he considered lihn linn a regular old blower the IV continued arid and contended that chath lie ile had been grossly insulted by man he might miltha say lampooned lot not that he be would mould pun pull upon the ue we made of lis Ms fat as lie he did not wish to make light of ol such a nutter lie he had been harpooned at least men were sarcastic toward him hini and their shafts were sharp and arid pointed some of his fellow whales had been very much cut up and exceed bigly tried ile he had hud lately learned that a substitute lor tor oil orl had leen been invented which might lessen lesson the persecution of whales but he be feared it nae area all gis g is tile whale alluded to a harpoon which had lately hit linn liim it had lied made a great impression ou him and he feared had affected him hini ceiply here his liis feelings overpowered liim him and lie sat rat down on the Sl shark irk irh a general blubber the shark rose with some difficulty and re marked that tie tle t ie lia ula of the tha whale had moved mored hlin in fact 11 was very striking ili hi own situ atlon was far from pleasant pies nies sant ile lie was by profession a lawyer and lie he flattered flittered flitt ered rd him elf eif oae one of the deep kind but business bulnes buiu bulu buin es was bad and arid he had been obliged to take iu in a few pupils lie ile had llad leely presen teda niue fine opening for a young man mau who fell overboard but was soon afterward obliged to reject his suit stilt as indigestible unless lie he had more ci ses he lie should leave the hw law and open es as a dentist the sea serpent did not wish to intrude upon the tha i on nilon he di dil I 1 not kanovi cheth rhe pro perly belonged to the fish tribe or not all ha he asked was not to be classed hith ith the eel whom he cons dered tobe a very slippery character flere fiere heme here he file eel was observed r arved to wrig ole foe violently lately he was passing a certa certain ilu species ot the eel E e I 1 when just happening to touch him film he had ltee itee bo so shocked that lie he hardly recovered tilo the eel hasuly arose arosix and aad sail that bs he was shocked he might guht say electrified at these remarks it was evident to him hirn that the serpent must most get himself into a coil As for his being a slippery character lie thanked neptune lie wong belong to such a scaly set as the tiie serpent the whale called the tile eel to order and arid the eel called the whale whala angold swell heid herd 2 and was then summarily surn guin marily put out of the convention Courent ion the turtle said lie he was suffer lug ing from a sight slight disposition indisposition ile he was walking on diore si ore lie he said a short time lime since when lie met a party of jolly young sailors 1 lie he result was that lie was laid hat hit fl flut tt on oil his liis back and was wab unable to move for some time lime and since then he fie had not felt so lively es usual there was one thing to which lie would call tile the attention of the convention lle lie pit led himself upon the tile purity of his liis poli political lical principles ile he was the aldermans Alder mans best friend the shark had lately insulted him by calling him a regular old hard shell 1 lire billere the shark interrupted him by asking Is not that your our casel easel the turtle replied that he should say nothing more at present but should have something ilig to lay before the next meeting yes replied the shark contemptuously a few eggs probably the pori porpoises aiss undertook to speak but was speedily ipe edily bilen hilen silenced ced 1 the he expression of the convention was that lie fie was a blower the small fry pry fr were next called upon oysters lobsters and others the oyster oster opened his lia case which was a hard one ong ile he was aiwas alway 8 in la trouble a perpetual stew or broil liis his half brother clam was as a disgrace to the tile family aiwas in liquor and generally considered a i quirt guirt adine of his family were indo indolent leit and spent most of their time lime in fit beds there had been some rakes mong them who had created great disturbance there was one of his neighbors he be said sald slid s iid lid he would not call a any ny llames for he sc bc scandal andall who was very surly and crabbed he lie was a one sided tided individual and und nobody approved of his motions the crab protested against this Ms abuse and said that the rest resl took him liim because he was soft he ile respectful respectfully lv retired backward the codfish who hd ld been ga a school Ech the tile shad much net nettled tied lied at w what flat fiat lie he hud had heard heird th the e aristocratic who got into a row with a york stale trout who caile calle d him a northern fish with southern soul SoHl hern and tile the flying eling fish who flew flow into a tremendous passion all teok part in the proceedings of tile the convention but so 60 it was at last as tile erudite has it that tile alie whole dk di appeared in good order an att alt ampt ance made by a jolly jolty od old sule sole and a lot of suckers |