East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1859-10-20

- Ill SOIIy ior tnut, iot III IL ndt pcch
cats, we could have spared you about
fifty out of town, and never have missed
them
"Likely. Well geese won't be skcrce
never no more. ] caught that ole he
pike that made sich dc-vas tatior among
'em."
"I saw that Turkey was about to pro-
duce one of his famous Munchauseuisms,
and so, as they sat at euchre, "as-
sistedn
"Tell us that story, Turkey"
"There amt no story about it; but
Jest solid fax. You see, all along San
dy, from the Wayne county line to fer
ment the mouth NV the pond, they amt
raised goose for the rise of three years.
Fust plaise, they nuver could find no
aigs to set-the birds laid in sich outen
way places; but they wus hatchcd some
whur, for flood of goslings would make
their aperients occasionally, stay about a
week, and then scatter one by one Folks
allowed the mink and musk rats tuck 'cm
off; but emmy how, they went.
yesterday, / was on the roover, Jest
below Marrowbone, fishing in the deep
hole thar for peerch, and had two lines
out for cat, hitched to water berch
limbs. Some way or uther the fish was
skcery, and would not bite. Challinses'
boy Bill, he come NY, and sez-
'Turkey, thare's the biggest bustinest
pike in that hole you evvur seed, tell
YOU he's the master king. Daddy gigged
him las spring; the gig it hilt its holt,
but the fish was so powerful strong, dasi-
dy had to let 90 The fish kcrried off
the gig, and swum with the hannel held
outen water for over three months, and
then it broke out. He's a crowder. He
amt yinch less'n six foot long, and
weighs as much as our bay colt"
"Well, | dint edzlctly swaller all Bill's
noration, but / know'd in rcasin there
was something SIX eerin the pcerch off,
and thinks I'll lay for you. SO anchors
pole in the middle, and ties three nv
the biggest cat fish hools together, an
fixes quills around the line to keep the
pixies teeth from sawin' il in two, and
then | puts on big red horse wootch |
ketched with worrum, and | sets IT..
Soon as done that, | goes to deep
hole lerncnt the mouth NV Wolf, and thar
| fishes for peerch. Bill lie would not
90 along, but he wanted to see me ketch
the master pike. rtt..,
"I fished an ] fished, and the more |
fished the more l didn't ketch. Jest as
fast as I'd fix the bait on, the gars-l
don't know what gars was made for emmy
how, do you ?"'
"To strip off bait, of course" said
|IIick White, who lay stretched at full
length on the old green lounge.
"Then I'm dog goncd eff they didn't
kerry out their original intention yister-
dav, for they tuck off bait heap faster
than | put it on. Along at last / did
ketch something's ugly, mean, no ac-
count gwonno-and / was so mad
was so mad pitched him clean over my
head into the roover bottom, and | quit
in disgust. / allowed | stopped then an
thar, an did. Jest then | hearn Bill
Chafiins sing out he was thar.
81 run down stream, and meets Bill
on the Jump, his eyes as big as sassers,
and ms tongue gw;u. lils aattoI wheel
[ looks over into the hole, an | tell you
the roover Jest billed Sich sloslin you
nuvver seed aforc. The old pike was
hookt, and he was scrowger! He wu2
the antickest feller you nuver seed. Fns'
he'd dive down, and you couldn't see q
mite of the pole; and then he'd come VI
and the top NV the polc'd jump out en-
water more'n hundr'd feet.
; "Chaffinses kunno was tasted to bircl
root hard by, so l makes her loose, anC
Bill and gets in her, and l poles he
out. But we couldn't rise the fishinpol'
, no how. Uvry time the pik'd see us, ,he'c
dodge and shoot, and keep the pole down
, At last, takes the set pole and puts i
, onder the line; but Jest as | git it up t.
, the top, the pike he'd querld hissclf, an'
t off the lined slaunch. .r..a..t
al fooled my time thar for over sis
I hours, as nigh as | could Judge, and go
: tired. Bill sed he'd dive down and ris,
D the pole. SO he barked hisself and il
: he goes. He swum round a spell, an,
:. dive down, but he wasn't strong enoug
= enough to rise agin the fish, so he civ
!. that up looks down agin, and coul
see nothing more NV the fish, | know
q he had pulled the anchor loose, end kcr
i ried off the pole, so / says to Bill. VIII
was a sittin in the starn eend, with hi
+ chin, and his fingers to his toes, double
!. up like bull frog, 'we'l go down to You
q house and get something to make drag
With that 1 gives the kunnoo couple u
y hard shoves an lands her, and l scz
= Bill
= "Sonny, you GO in an AK nanny 70
the pot hooks and the BEDFORD or clos'
L linc."
y 'I didn't hear him answer, and turne
&c round, and 10, and behold Bill WASH
Is thar.
IS 81 thought first he'd got out, though
I, didn't see how but ] sees his old stra
hat hoatin down the roover, and the
!" | knowd he fell overheard, and specie
le he wuz drowned. felt awful bad abo'
,c the leetc cuss, and stood there and CO.
/ sidercd spell. DreclSly Miss Chaii
in she sees me, and she sex
to "Whar's Bill?" u ii n.
a "Whym l scz, Il rcckin he's up Il
s. bank somewhar. He wuz with me i
h. tic while back sez, for | didn't right