American Forestry 



VOL XX 



AUGUST, 1914 



No. 8 



OUR VANISHING FOOD FISH 



By HON. J. CHARLES LINTIIKVM. 



ONE of the many stories attrib- 

 uted Jo Abraham Lincoln is 

 that of a shrewd Yankee who 

 entered a country store, took 

 up a dried herring, and inquired its 

 price. Told that the fish was a nickel 

 he hesitated and asked the cost of a 

 mug of cider. On being informed that 

 it was the same price, he returned the 

 herring and drank the cider. As he 

 was leaving, the storekeeper halted him 

 with the reminder that he had forgotten 

 to pay for the cider. 



"Why," exclaimed the Yankee, "I ex- 

 changed the herring for it." 



"Well, then, pay for the herring," 

 demanded the storekeeper. 



"But, I didn't get it," protested the 

 Yankee, "I took the cider." 



As the Yankee disappeared down the 

 road, the puzzled storekeeper scratched 

 his head and observed : 



"Well, consarn it, I've been clone out 

 of a nickel somewhere !" 



This story was current when Lincoln 

 was making his campaigns for public 





A FISHING SCHOONER. 



AN IDEAL TYPE OF THE SWIFT SAFE VESSEL FOR FISHERMEN. IT IS THE GRAMPUS, BUILT BY 



THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT. 



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