The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1869-08-14

" psfvsft pfshlie izsofsls And bed
tie uHmBspeeiinK astfay. u ny
opinion w m Uveffatcd Itok, shd
ought 70 be suppressed \ encour.
sgea ,he idea that asbing i = gen.
teel pas,hne. which affords time fof
medlsssica and eulevafss . love iof
Che beswiful N nature.
That this is nonsense every man
knows who ever went a fshing IN
his life. leave !, TO the sufferers
II u Isn't. 4 as
Don't You know that you 60 ou,
and nearly burst a blood vessel dig
ging worms for bait, and then you
have TO dig a hole IA big ~ a rifle
pit before you can lay your hand on
one solitary wormf W
! Then when you get 70 The water
you very likely sit down on some
blackberry bush or other, and nm.
dergo as much physical suffering as
you do when you stick the fishing
hook into your cuticlc while you are
trying to put the bait on. talue
| When you once throw in you be-
gin to watch the cork, and.you look
at it hour after hour, until you near
ly 60 blind, and you see about
twenty corks, and as it never budges
one inch all the time you conclude
that there amt any fish about, until
you pull up, when syou find that
some wellrbalanced and insidious
member Of the fnny tribe has suck
ed allthe bait off. lgRhl 7 ftio
4 After enough patient endurance
to start eight or nine christian mar
tyrs in life, you get nibble. Yes,
the cork moves slightly, and you
think you are at last going to get a
nibble. a0 ~. a,as t.as
! You watch it closely while your
mind runs over the big fish you have
heard Of. You think of Jonah, OF
whaling voyages, and of surgeons
you have seen around on the waves.
Perhaps this is one of the large
size, and you wonder if you hadn't
/ better 60 home and get dray to
fetch it. s ias ,..e
Suppose you are to catch the sea
serpent or thousand pound snap
per, and you involuntarily suggest
soup to yourself, while all the time
the cork keeps bobbing up and
down, until at last she gives one jerk
and goes under! Got him, b,
Georgel Pull up,and there is {
Z wretched little fish on the hook, tha
wouldn't satisfy the appetite Of I
!. sick sardine, and he'cost Just four
teen worms, enough to bait a schoo
Of mackarel. siSGSgaAa e
@Throw~in~again; wait-anshour
and you don't get single nibble
then you think you are safe to le
go and light your pipe. No sooner
do you get the match lit, and yo,
can't throw il down because Its II,
last one you've got than you get
. splendid bite; the cork goes clea
. out Of sight, and before you have
chance to pick up the rod the fisl
gets off. e sr.sa rsq s1sa ,s5
j Any man who says this isn't az
I gravating ought to die; he isn'tfi
to associate with ordinary huma
: beings. sas aslwsa0 ,s1aal)
/. But you try to encourage your
/, self by saying that While there
: life there's hope, and that perseve1
ance and patience overcome a
things, and by getting off q L
more of old second class falsehood
and throw in again.
II Wait for several centuries, if yo
~ calculate according to your suffe
4 ing, and never got ahybites but OF
in the calf Of your leg from SON
i sixtylegged spider, who has been 9
\ an exploring expedition up ,yol
~ pantaloons. - As'a4ssa svad y'ai I
i Then you, pull ont and spit on Il
.a bait for luck; may be you blow I
! 4 tiff you are superstitious, and "
. throw in and ggeta bitexl You pr
IA up several hundred times and nev
catch hims xiaalaassag .. q rsnissss ssper
Then you get mad you belle
y ~ tits m q; and you swear TO eat
:" that eel or de-, You feel that yo
m life win be perfectly joylcss and a
titnte Of happiness unless'you gct
chance to put your grip On that 4
Wv AT last you hook and draw hi
,s out. he Is active, playful and ,
vacious. He is a wiggler, and COZ
bines himself into letters s, G a