Uncle Dick and Lisa's Old Time Animal Tales

Some of the Piscatorial people of Pekin and Peoria have assumed a very belligerent attitude toward each other in the matter of taking catfish from the river. The last accounts from the north left the Pekinites ahead-the latter having in possession a cat-fish of 178 lbs: while the Peorians, with all their diligence, had not been able to secure a cat heavier than 114 pounds: but we learn by the very last number of the Champion, that the Peorias were hourly in expectation of taking a “monster” which will throw the exploits of the Pekinites altogether in the shade.