130 FISHERMEN'S MEMORIAL AND RECORD BOOK. 



STILL IN EXISTENCE. The fishing schooner Manchester, which 

 was quite an old vessel when sold from this port thirty years ago, is 

 still in existence, and was sold at auction in Plymouth, May, 1872, 

 for $662. She is still good for a fare of fish, notwithstanding her old 

 age. The painting of the late Fitz H. Lane, which was destroyed in 

 the conflagration of the former town-house, had a very life-like 

 sketch of this famous old banker, lying in the harbor cove, washing 

 out a fare of fish. She must be about seventy years old. 



A NEW FISHING GROUND. Country fish-dealer (not posted in 

 geography). 



" Here's fresh cod 'n haddock 'n halib-o-a-t." 



" What is the price of halibut, Mr. Napes?" 



" Twenty cents a pound, ma'am." 



" Why ! that is a monstrous price ; what makes it so dear? " 



" It is a very nice article, ma'am, the real Georgias halibut ; comes 

 all the way from Georgia, packed in ice ; makes it come high." 



Economical housekeeper concluded that she would not invest. 



