The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1869-09-10
IxruoLocY--rue GOLDFISH.

The Goldfish 10 child ov the oshcu. Thil
skhOunts for their being 20 sslt.
They ore caught with . hook and line
aud bite steel trap and hang on like pool
relation.
They are good eating for vet day; they
are better than IN umbrellcr to keep = msu
Dried oodash " ono ~ the luxurys o,
life. hut Goldfish three times . day would
weaken mi confidence in them.
Goldfish vcver venture in fresh water: they
would soon spite If they did.
] never hsv been cOdfisbing misclf, but
think should like it better than fishing 70,
frogs
Think I could ketch frogs well cnufr, but
should insist upon their taking themselves
off the hook
had rather take boss humble bee in mi
hand than live frog. not bckausc ! am afraid
the frog would bite, but an afraid ov theil
Kicking
hav noticed that the Goldfish alwus has a
stiff upper lip, but think this IL more ow.
ing tew the bone that IL in him than 1t izteW
bis blood.
THE MAcKREL.
The mackrel IL . game fish, They ought
tew be well cdukstcd, for they arc always in
schools.
They arc very easy tcw bite, and are
caught with piece of old red flannel petty.
coat tied onto hook.
They amt the only kind ov fish that are
caught Ivy the same kind ov bait.
Mackrel inhabit the sca, but those which,
inlabit the grocery alwus taste t me - tho
they had been born and fatted on salt.
If ] can hav plenty Ov mackrcl for break.
fast can generally make the other two meals
out ov cold water:
THE HOLLYWOOD.
The pollywogg is created hi the sides ov
the rOad, out Nv thick water, and spends bis
infancy in poliywogging.
After he has got through pollywOgging
he maks up his mind that this world want
made for pollywogyiny. and - nothing ven.
tnrc nothing have" and then he turns his
ottensl'un tcw bigger things.
lie looks out upon life with the eve Of
wisdum. and studying the various animals
that the best thing he cal do is to bekum q
frog.
This is the way that frogs ft,st cum tew bc
made, and p0llyw0ggs icw be k,st.
The lOllywOgg now leaves the water and
spends part Of his summer upon land.
He has few fife his way through life, and
Scncrally gt,cs on the jump.
Being better Mt divcing than lie il at dodg.
ing, he often runs his he'd against sticks and
stuns that the boys throw at him, but his
two mortal enemies are the Frenchman and
the striped snaik.
The Frencl,man Is satisfied with his hind
lexgs, hut the snaik swallows him whole.
have seen sum good time made by the
frog and the snaik. the snaik after tn. frog,
and the frog after dear life.
If the fUg can only rcacl, 0 tree and
klimb 1t, hc IL saif, for snaik kant travel .
tree.
THE BULL HEAD.
This remarkable beast Of prcy dwells in
mill ponds and mud puddles. cluss 10 the
ground. and lives upon young lizards and
dirt.
They l,av no taste TO their mouths and
never spit out cnnything that they kan swsl.
They hav two ugly black thorns sticking
out on the sides Of their heads, and are ~
dangerous tew handle rs six bludrl POI,
knife, with tho blades all open u wonst.
They are like kat, yu l,av got tn skin EN-
before they are At tew eat. and after they
arc thoroughly cooked. II yu st them away
In the cupboard until they git cold. they will
bevin life anew, and l,cxuM - raw n live
mule.
They will live, after they are dcd, rs long
rs striped snnik kan.
don't advice emmy One tcw fish for bull
heals, but if W feel US tho yu must, this is
the only hest way to do it.
Take dark, hot. drizzly night In the
month Of juno; steal out quietly from homo;
tell yure folks yu nrc going iew the Majors
to ls'rry setting Ov hens eggs; find n saw
log on the hanks Ov staynant mill pond.
one end Ov which lays in the water; drive
the mud turtles and water snaiks off from,
the log straddlc the log and let yurc leggs
hang down in tho waacr up tew yure gar-
tiers; bait yurc hook with chunk ov old
injun rubber shoe; ~ fast Is yu pull up the
bull heads, take them by the hack Nv the
neck and stab their horns onto the saw log !;
when W hav got tho saw log stuck full,
shoulder tho saw log and leave for home |;
git up the next morning early skin the bull
heads, and split up the saw log into kind.
ling wood. let yure wife cook them for
breakfast. and swarc the whole family to
keep dark about It.
This is the only respectable Why to hav
cnny'hing to do with bull heads.-N. r.
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