The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1863, 1862-04-24
GBs Gantaster 6a5ette
CITY OF LAHOAsrRR.
Tha Eai,or Coeth a FlshipE.

We went fishing. Blobbs and myself.
We had beeo talking OF it for some days.
Finally we went. 10 go fseing proper
" prepared, requires nice discriminating
powers, anG we've got 'em. You require
a fishing rod. line, hook, bob -sinker.
and q fellow Of much patience aud little
sense, to bait the hook and hold the pole.
We had BIobbs and our favorite pint of
Eau de Bourbon, {thst's French } and
were happy. We determined to make
the fish suffer; as wo knew them to be
scaley set, and we did--or else W. didn't.
We wen, up to the State Dam (proiane
locality and gently glided into seat on
the lock. Blobbs had scoop net and
was catching miunows for bait. We
dropped our hne into the river. and OK
pectiug big bite, braced ourself back to
null out cattle that should weigh ten
hounds, at least. After sitting quiet for
about an hour and iiah. and getting ma
~ bite. we took look at the landscape;
being near. sighted. we made a telescope
of our flask, it gave spirit 10 the view
5lobbs took look al the panorama. and
lying down on the warm baDk went to
sleep We envy that fellow, Blobbs -
He can go to sleep under thu most trying
difficulties. He has been known to sleep
even iu church. Nary bite yet.
In about two hours small boy with a
very shock head. and with piece OF twine
on which was bent pin, fastened 10 a
tiee branch, came and sat beside us TO ih
dulge in fishing We have great admra
tiou for boys; for. who can tell, the lite
fellow you give copper or kick o-day
may be II President or Governor, or pas
sing all lower disiinctons, raise by his
own unaided and mighty genius 10 be al
editor Of paper come day. AS we re
marked, who can tell? Nary bite This
little chap had very disagreeable way
Of grinning every tine he looked; We ad
mirs good temper, but TOO much OF it,
We concluded we'd try him on his cate
chism So after few remarks we eamo
at him plump with the question, "wh'
made you?"
He grinned aud made answer Par
We could not understand this. and 81
called BlobbS, who wakened and askol
whats the Iow?"
Listen, my Blobbs. listen" we sait
as we again fred our question at the boy
to which he again answered grinnngly
"PM."
"Spiv." said Bobbs, "you don't un
derstand the language; | do. That DO.
has given you the name Of one Of thei
heather dei,ies, who they suppose to b
the crestor of all things"
We gently murmnred Z" bully for you,
when our attention was drawn to the boy
who was gigging and laughing in yer.
strange manner. We went to him AM
followed the direction indicated bv bii
finger, and there on the dam sat burst
ing big bullfrog that swallowed our hool
and jumped ashore with it, partially 40
counting for our having sat therr fou
hours without AIRY bite. The boy said''
Ikuow'd il all'er time. Isee'd him SO tin
thar when com d down. lie, he. hep
We had to restrain our wrah or XII
the boy. We restrained We pulled u
onr hook. killed lIle frog and felt bo,te
Just after putting on fresh bait, an
while the boy was squattsd down diggin
worms, We gave our line big throw ov'
our head, intending tu get it out into dee
water. away from the frogs, when v
heard squall. To our surprise, tn
unruIy boy had fastened himself to OF
hook; he had got Oh II futher than he il
tended, to judge from The noise he mad
His yelling brought big man into viev
big man was determined to knock our tw
eyes into one; we advised him not TO do |
and feeling sure no was a scientific rlal
We askec him II he bad ever soen Il
spots on the sun; he hadn't seen Zen
Using our flask as telescope again aft
cutting his by off our hook, he took b
look at the sun and expressed himself so
listed. After catching dog fish. Of |
earthly use, We started hcme. We appel
tabular statement of our "luok fishing