Dec. 22, 1906.] 
FOREST AND STREAM 
973 
AN UNEXPECTED BITE. 
One of the queerest experiences in catching 
trout that any man ever had was that at Moose- 
head Lake by an Attleboro sportsman named 
Williams. He was standing on the apron of th,e 
dam at Wilson’s, fishing in the quick water be¬ 
low, and had met with fair success. Near the 
shore, on his right hand, in a little eddy, he 
noticed a barrel lying on its side in several feet 
of water. He wondered what it was there for, 
and was so curious that he left his fishing and 
went down to examine. He found that it was 
an old molasses barrel, and was lying so that he 
could see the bunghole. 
Of course, the barrel was full of water, and the 
man had no idea there was a fish inside of it, 
but just for curiosity he dropped his hook 
through the hole, and no sooner had it landed 
there than the water was boiling, and the fisher¬ 
man knew he had a trout on the other end. He 
played him until the fish was tired, and when 
he came to land him he could not get him through 
the hole. He secured a saw and sawed a piece 
out of the top of the barrel near the hole. The 
fish came out. It weighed three pounds, and was 
one of the handsomest squaretails caught in that 
section this year. 
One of the guides said that the trout must 
have gone into the barrel when small, and had 
lived on bugs and worms which had taken up 
their abode inside.—Maine Sportsman. 
ALLIGATOR JOE’S COLLECTION. . 
Alligator Joe, the well-known alligator trainer, 
has just come off a hunt in the Everglades, 
where he captured seventeen monster alligators 
and crocodiles, and added them to his great 
collection of these reptiles, numbering now over 
seven thousand. 
Joe has the distinction of being the only liv¬ 
ing man who captures and handles with ease, 
the largest of alligators and crocodiles. The 
act is easy. He .jumps on their backs and has 
them in his control in a very few seconds. His 
alligator and crocodile farm is situated a mile 
up the river, and a new rock road .which has 
been built, making it a pleasant ride by con¬ 
veyance. 
The farm has been greatly enlarged since last 
season, and people who have never seen Joe 
perform, will find a novel treat in store for them 
this winter.—Miami (Fla.) Metropolis. 
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