A WESTERN FISH STORY.—The sweetest little fish story of the season is told by Frank Abbot, of Burlington, Iowa. At Clear Lake dwells a little girl who takes a ride every day in a small skiff drawn by two pickerel. They are regularly harnessed, and by means of lines she is enabled to guide them in any direction. The fish are about three feet in length, weigh between seven and eight pounds each, and are very powerful. When the girl has tired of riding she drives the pickerel to the boat house, where they are unharnessed, taken into a commodious glass aquarium, made expressly for them, and fed. When she goes to the tank to harness them for a ride, the pickerel jump almost into her arms, so glad, apparently, are they to see her. The young miss has been offered $1000 for her team.

From— The Pacific Commercial Advertiser. (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands), 19 April 1879. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.