Through storyland to sunset seas : what four people saw on a journey through the Southwest to the Pacific coast . in infinite variety profitable, too. and abundance are in demand. The humble but toothsome catfish, caught in great quantities in Grand Lake, some thirty miles above, are shipped to consumers all over , Kansas, Missouri, Louisiana and Arkansas. It is an interesting study for one to follow even so humble an occupation from its source to its conclusion—to see the primitive fishermen in their cabin boats on the lake hauling in their seines, the tugs of the dealers collecting fro
Through storyland to sunset seas : what four people saw on a journey through the Southwest to the Pacific coast . in infinite variety profitable, too. and abundance are in demand. The humble but toothsome catfish, caught in great quantities in Grand Lake, some thirty miles above, are shipped to consumers all over , Kansas, Missouri, Louisiana and Arkansas. It is an interesting study for one to follow even so humble an occupation from its source to its conclusion—to see the primitive fishermen in their cabin boats on the lake hauling in their seines, the tugs of the dealers collecting from them the spoils of their endeavor and towing the fish down in huge floating crates, and finally to watch the expert dressers prepare them for shipment at the rate of one a minute. Skin and dress a catfish in a minute? I said, incredulously. In a minute and less, replied the Growler ; and these are not thesort of fish vou caught on your pin-hook when a bov, either. The darkey our colored ^ - . I 1 1 iv KiKtht-r IS at expert will seize a twenty-five-pound catfish, swing it up on a hook, lop olt home AT TIIK IHRESIIOLD OF THE TPXHE. 25 its fins, slip its skin off in three pieces, and have it disemboweled and itshead and tail chopped off before the fish really knows what is the used to be another fiourishiny^ industry here in the collection andshipment of alligator hides, but the supply is pretty well exhausted and thedemand is not now so great. At one time as many as thirty thousandhides were shipped from here annually. IJut there goes the l)ell, and wehad better get back in our car. Wheres papa? said the Girl, looking around. Oh, hell take care of himself, responded the Growler. In fact the Colonel and his friend were wringing each others handsaffectionately. Take care of yourself, the Colonel shouted, as he swunghimself on the step. Good-bye, old boy, God bless you, the gray-whis-kered gentleman on the platform responded enthusiastically, waving hishat. A
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