Fish Story—The editor of the Grand Gulf Advertiser relates what he calls, for a wonder, a true fish story, which is as follows : “ A young lad named Hauler—a very appropriate name, say we—did actually, a few days back, haul from the depth of the father of rivers a mammoth catfish weighing 210 pounds. It is a little strange that, in this instance of piscatory adventure, the fish weighed 110 pounds more than the lad who caught it.”

From— The Native American. (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]), 23 March 1839. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.