Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1860-06-27
Bricks Goes Fishing with EfIynnks--
Letter from Bricks.

Letter from Bricks.
NASHVILLE, June 26, 16GO.
To I'll eE,l,tors Of Tie Duly Patriot:
GENTLEMEN:-i see from the PATRIOT that
you have been fishing with BIYSNKs. have
been fishing with BLYNNKs myself He's
first rate fellow to go fishing with, but ex-
pensive. don't want to hurt his feelings.
but L must say that BLYNNKs is not a cheap
fellow to 50 fishing with. In fact, it costs
something to go fishing with BLYNNKs. 1t
may cost something to go fishing with other
people also, but my experience only embraces
BLYNNKs- He's as good fellow as lives,
but he won't do 10 go fishing with. I've
tried it. and ought to know that it costs like
| the very dickens to 90 fishing with BLYNNKs.
Last Thursday was too weeks ago, l re-
ceiVed note from BLYNNKs. pal. the boy
who brough; it a quarter in compliance with
verbal message from BLYNNKs. Eve got
the note in my vest pocket now. No have
MT either-yes L have too. Here it Is:
LEAR BsrCKs:-Pn going fishing tomorrow, and
wan; you TO 90 too. Wen have gIorioas time
shall geta buggy and take along all the lux of
the season, and It siant cost you cent-lot red.
shall insist coming down for tn entire swiadle
myself. You mast gO-in flct you shall go.
Hastily, BLYNNKs.
P. S.-PIe1se loan me five d1ars- SEMI it by
the boy. Will hand it back the day after tomorrOw'
If you've nothing less than ten, don't troub lie
yourself get il broke; sead it along; it's all the
same. Besides meanttO say ten at first, bit made
mistake and sIid five. Ten or fifteen either-its
no difference TO NE. can hand you O4e amount as
easily the other. B.
l sent the money and promised to GO
About u o'clock that night L got another
note from BLYNNKs, in which he suggested
that as we would probably be gone all day,
I'd better turn out and have ham, q couple
of chickens, and half peck of biscuits
cooked TO take along with us. Mrs. BLYNNKs,
he added, was not in his confidence for the
occasion, or he would mt trouble me to sup
ply the commissary department of the ex
petition.
Early next morning BLYNNKs called
around, and we began at once to make pre-
parations to go. BLYNNKs went out, and
soon came in again with basket containing
a dozen bottles of wine and other cooling
drinks suitable for taking a-lishing-some
stronger. but none weaker. Also a box of
cigars. Likewise couple OF tumblers. In
Guiding a corkscrew. These articles cost
enough to be of the best quality, and no doubt
were AT least l thoughts when l paid the
bill, which was cent around with them at
BIYNxKs' request. We then went up on Col
Iege street, where BLYNNKs purchased fine
chance of poles, reels and snoods, couple of
minuOw buckets and the same number OF
game-bags- He was also about TO lay in q
doubla-barrel shotgun and a full set OF
SCOTT's novels but 1 told him 1 thought l
didn't have enough money to pay Tor more
than we had already got Che had requested
the dealer 60 hand me the bill for settlement
and remarking that he would wait till he
caught me in funds, he led the way to the
livery-stable. Here BLYNNKs ordered the
best horse and buggy in the establishment,
observing that he did Mt care himself, but
that be had invited NE to go a-iishing with
him, and he'd be hanged if he'd suffer me TO
pay for an inferior article of turnout. We
got into the buggy, and BLTNNKs taking the !
reins, we drove of across College Hill to-
wards Stones River, where we proposed to |
spend the day in fishing.
About four miles from town, BLYNNKs |
wanted to get out at spring and uncork one |
of the bottles. Which we did But one bot
tie is MT much in crowd as large as BLYNNKs
and myself, and hence We uncOrked two. In |
fact, several-say eight or ten. If there was
one we did MT uncork, it was owing TO some
oversight on the part of BLYNNKs. We then
got into the buggy again, (with the assistance
of colored person who wanted the empty
bottles and cigar-bOX), and started on to-
wards Stones River to fish. But some how
or other BLYNNKs found out the horse and
buggy had got turned around while we were
at the spring, the horse having his head, as
BLYNNKs said, pointing right between the
twin towers of the First Presbyterian Church
So BLYNNKs turned him round again, and we
started 10 Stones River to fish. BLYNNKs
the horse with fishing pole, and
sang song very loud indeed. l think the
song was something about
"My wife is sick, my wife is sick,
Ny wife is sick il bed
Ny wife Is sick, she's always sick