Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1846-09-17

J Stuck fast" al the head of Island IA, with
nothing 10 eat and the Mississippi for licker!-
thermometer fifty degrees above high water
mark, and no way of getting to the shade =
Presently fresh breeze struck up, cloud
hoaled over the sun jus, TO save all The passen.
! gers nap.
"Ail hands afl," ordered The Captain.
New she goes" said The pilot, as she swung
to the right
"Divll Bit she swings off ill we get bottom
upwards" droned fresh Patrick.
For three long hours did he passengers and
crew DO their preltlesl TO get her OFF; but no
avail The Captain swore, had freight rolled
fore and aft sill our gallant boat hung fast
This was the time for a portrait painer-long
sighs, cross looks and wry faces, etc. Strewn
over The deck lay many weary soul, gaping
ike >motheIed chicken. The evening was
wearing off slowly, and the prospect of lying
there until boat could be hailed, blew out The
remaining sparks Of life, until some one threw
out banter
"Two 10 one on The chap rha, can give the
biggest fish slory!"
- | takes that" replied The man with white
hat.
Fish stories one, two, three, and four, were
told with great ecla, by their respective spin
ners.
Well" said Charley ", dry looking lit
lie fellow, with narrow brm hat, sharp loed
boots, sack coat, and keen voice, "well ginle-
men, fish stories are more'n plenty jis, now
be, none of ems tighten rod to spree was
in myself when was boy"
"Out with it-hoora Charley" joined all the
passengers.
"Wel the old hoss, that is dad used to
have blue hole in the creek Durin' fishin'
time. he'd quarter US boys in the field to grub
and hoe, and tend the crap, and he'd slide out
10 the blue hole 10 fish. None of US knew
where he was gone till one day slipped of
aud follered him. He went plum dash to the
hole, and there he'd set and kelch fish for hours
aud throw 'em back in the creek for amuse-
ment. So | gifts in with the old hoss 10 let me
GO ishen. digs the bait The over night, 10
keep from bolheraion in the mornin Bright
aud early ! gethered my pole and made for
dads blue hole Well, when gifts thar |
found had lergot my bait, and didnt know
what to do next. fell for soft spots, TO see il
| could ind anything TO bait with, but dro, me
if there was cricket in a hundred yards from
the hole. Ii wouldn't 90 10 give it up,--down
on big rock | seats myself with my siudyin
cap on my head, considern' how I'd best gi
the bait. After Id thought over everything
felt OF my heel. Good says /, now I'll have
II, takes out my knife, cuts of piece O my
heel, bats my hook, throws i, out, and before i
touched 'he water, big salmon jumped up an(
caught il. Iknow'd i. 'ud keep me MORN con
siderable busy 10 cut Of one bait at time, ant
cuts the salmon up for bait, ti&es my line ant
place 10 SIT, rolls up my sleeves, and then /
knows myself goes ii. drapped IN hook
cachug went The cork, and out come salmor
/ six feet long Don't jump so, IFS fact. The
things Bit SO fast that twenty men couldn't ;
kept count Of 'em. They tired how fast they
could bite. They jisi rolled oul-my pole wen
up and down so fast that you couldn't seed ii
The hook left streak Of fire after it, it whllet
round So baied my own hook, took off ,ht
fish, and in one hour and quarter from tht
commencement, caught nineteen hundred ano
tuenty salmon, each three feet long, packed then
10 the nearest Town, and sold them for dola
/ apiece"
Such Dustin OF straps was never seem
Every chap jumped clear Of the deck, and ou
boat iloaied off the bar like skeered deer
fact
Dow, Jr, says 10 his hearers. in a sermon OF
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