Alexandria Gazette, Commercial And Political

PROVIDENCE, (R. I.) Jan. 7. We have seen a recipe—how to cook a dolphin—which commences with—catch him first. The following is an illustration. One night last week, the Blackstone Company's store in this town was broken open, and a valuable piece of gingham stolen. A few days after, it was discovered concealed under some boards on a wharf. Tuesday night last being very dark, gingham was replaced, and a man set to watch in a store hard by, who fearing the game might escape, attached a cord to the gingham, the other end of which he took with him in the store, and patiently waited the event. He had hardly seated himself before he felt a nibbling, and very soon a full bite—when, rushing from his concealment, he succeeded in securing a full grown villain, who, with an accomplice, were shortly after safely lodged in the jug.