THE FARMINGTON NEWS, Friday, August 26, 1927. Some Catfish! The Frank Matkin family of Flat River and the Jess Schneider family of St. Francois, returned Tuesday afternoon from a camping and fishing trip of a week to St. Francois River near Coldwater. Mr. Matkin brought back with him a catfish weighing twenty-two and a half pounds. He caught this fish on a trot line two or three days before coming home. He kept it alive by keeping it tied in the river. The children of the party had considerable fun at the expense of the tetherd fish. The fish was wrapped in wet sacks and water poured on it several times on the return trip, with the result that it reached Flat River alive. Mr. Matkin put it in fresh water in a bathtub. It quickly revived and was kept alive until Wednesday.