THE WILSON TIMES — NOVEMBER 11, 1921
A fish story that is absolutely true and that puts all the others in the shade is vouched for by Mrs. Joe Henry, her cook, and a number of people who bear witness to the truth and accuracy of the statement.
Last evening while preparing a trout which weighed about five pounds for supper, the domestic employed by Mrs. Henry who resides on Academy street in this city, cut off the head of the fish, and out sprang an octopus, about eight inches in length having eight tentacles, from three to six inches in length. The cook dropped the fish and ran screaming into the house. Mrs. Henry came in, and together they secured the octopus which was brought up town this morning to the drug store of Mr. Doane Herring where it was viewed by a number of people. The reptile is now in the possession of Mr. Henry who is employed at the Hackney Wagon factory.
The octopus which evidently had been swallowed by the trout had eaten the inside of the fish until hardly anything but the skin and the gills of the fish remained. Mr. Herring may preserve it in alcohol.
From— The Wilson Times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.), 11 Nov. 1921. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.
