The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1869-09-11
Bunget Of finn.

BuDget Of Finn.
IKTHoIoaY-rHH GOLDFISH,
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The goldfish IL the child ov the oshun. This
akorn for their being 20 salt.
They arr, caught with hook and line, and
tate like . steel trap, and hang on like poor re-
latiou.
They are good eating for vet day; they arc
batter than an umbrellsr to keep man dry.
SDr4 goldfish il one ~ the luxufysot HE, but
,sod4sh three times . day would "seEsn ny con-
G4oace In them. ~affsE NFssttf
sssOsdAsA never ys.tass in fresh watsr; they
never have been codashing miseli, but
think should like 1t better than fishing tor
frogs. oaia' q. A'1S
/ think I could catch frogs vol enuff, but
should insist upon their taking themselves off
i had rSthsr take boss bumble.bee in mi
Z hand than live frog, not bekause am afraid
the frog would bite but ! am afraid ov their
kicking.
Some people amt afraid to take ennything
with their hands, that they kan reach, not even
an eel. but if should eyer git caught BY ON eel.
Il COULDN'T settle with him, right of. by giving
him the hook and line, ! would throw the pole
into the bargain and put for homo,
The Goldfish IL sed tew be an aristokrat, and TO
ksek aloof from the other fish of hiz size in the
sea- and claims tew DO relation Of the whales,
but this looks to me rather fshy.
= hav noticed that the Goldfish alwuz haz stiff
upper lip but l think this IL more owing tew
the bone that is in him than it IL to his blood.
eEti M TIE MACKEREL.
The msckrel il game fish They ought tew
: be well edukated, for they are alwas in schools
{ The are very eazy to bite, and caught with
piece ov red flannel petty-coat tied onto hook.
They sint the only kind ov fish that
caught by the same kind of bait
Mackrel inhabit the sea, but thoze which in.
habit the grocerys slwuz taste to me az though
they had been born and fatted on salt.
They want good deal Of freshening before
they are eaten, and want good deal of freshen-
ing afterward
II / can hav plenty Of mackrel for breakfast,
can generally make the other two meals out oy
cold water
Msckrel are considered by menny folks the
best fish that swims, and are called 'salt ov the
earth"
fi THE PoLLYwoGG
The polywogg is created by the sides of the
road out o. thick water, and spends his infancy
in pollwogging.
After he has got through pollpwogging he
makes up his mind that this world vast made
for pollywogs and nothing venture nothing
have" and then he turns his attention to big
ger things.
: He looks upon life with an eye ov wisdom, and
studying the various animals ov creashun, he
Gums tew the combustion that the best thing he
can do is TO become irog
This IL the way the frog fus. cum tew be made,
and pollywoggs few be lost
The polly wogg now leaves the water, and
spends part Of his summers upon land
He hax to fight his way through life, and gen.
orally goes on the jump.
Being better at diving than he is at lodging,
he often runs hiz he'd aginst sticks and stuns mat
the boys throw at him, but hz two mortal enc
mys are the Frenchman and striped snake.
The Frenchman IL satisfied with his hind legs,
but the snaik swallows him whole.
I hav seen rum good times made by the frog
and the snake, the snake after the reg, aud tho
frog after dear life.
Ii the frog kan only reach tree and klimb it,
be is SAFE for snake kant travel . tree.
l don't know az the polly wegg gains emmy
thing by shopping himself oph Tor . frog I'M
less it IL experience, but never hav bin able to
diskover much ov emmy happiness in experience.
II experience ever made man happy, l
should have happiness to SELL for am one of
them phellows who never found ennything mot
even the bite Of lobsterl only through the
kindness Of experience.
THE BULL HEAD.
This remarkable beast of prey dwells in mill
ponds and mud puddles, cluss to the ground, and
iveA upon young lizards and dirt
They have no taste to their mouths, and never
spit out ennything they kan swallow.
They have two ugly black thorns sticking out
on the aides Of their he'd, and are a. dangerous
tew handle as six bladed penknife, with the
blades all open at onst
They are like kat; you have to skin them
before they fit to eat, and after they are
thoroughly cooked, il you set them away in the
cupboard until they get cold, they will begin life
anew, and become az raw ss o live mule
They will live after they are ded, as long az .
striped suaik kan.
I don't advise emmy man to fish for bullheads,
but if yu feel as tho yu must, this IL the only
best way to do it:
Take dark, hot, drizzly night in june steal
out quietly from home; tell yure folks yu are go
ing tow the Majors to berry setting of hens eggs
find saw.log on the banks or stagnant mill.
pond, one end of which lays in the water; drive
the mudturtles and water snaiks oph from the
log; straddle the log, and let yure leggs hang in
the water up tew yure garters bait yure hook
with chunk ov old injin-ruboer shoe - fast
q you pull up the bullheads, take them by
the back ov the neck and stab their horns into
the saw-log when yu have got the saw-log stuck
full, shoulder the saw-log, and leave for home
cit up the next morning early, skin the bull
heads, and split up the saw loo, into kindling
wood, let yure wife cook them Tor breakfast, and
sware the whole family to keep dark about it.
This il the only respektabel way tew hav en-
nythiug to do with bullheads