THE HOPKINSVILLE KENTUCKIAN — MAY 18, 1912
PIKE 267 YEARS OLD.
The pike is a fish for which now there is little demand. Yet Edward I., who regulated the prices of different fish, that his subjects might not be at the mercy of the venders, fixed the value of pike higher than fresh salmon and at more than ten times that of the best turbot. Pike are supposed to live longer than any other fish in spite of their former popularity as food. Gleaner relates that in 1497 a pike was caught in Swabia with a ring attached, inscribed, “I was first put into this lake by the hands of the governor of the universe, Frederick II., October 5, 1230.” This is the fish’s story.—London Chronicle.
From— The Hopkinsville Kentuckian. (Hopkinsville, Ky.), 18 May 1912. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.
