The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1870-04-16
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The disciples of Isaac Walton are Just now in .
clover-or rather in mud and water up to their
knees, fishing rod in hand which to them Is
felicity itself. They may be seen in gangs like
sheep, in groups like families, in crowds like
politicians on election day, in flocks like geese,
in pairs like oxen, and singy like hermit
Early and late, dark and light, hot and cold
they may be seen squatted on the river banks
like penguins on a rock, bobbing away. Some
are exceedingly lucky-fsherman' luck being
familiar with them all. Some are content with
any fate, as was that cheerful customer, who
had been fishing all day long without catching
anything. In the evening, at sun-down, neigh
Dor came along and asked of the patient fisher
man, what luck:' "Oh splendid. Hai,.'t
caught anything yet, but had glorious nibble
about noon" Among our Ottawa fishers there
are some like this fellow, with Jobs bad luck
and unyielding faith.
Almost every fisher has different experience:
For instance, Squanks pitched Blackstone and
Kent into one corner of his law office, invested
two dollars in fishing tackle, sailed forth fshed
all day, fell into the river lost his hat, tore his
t.allude-to!em's, got his boots full of water
!eeches got snails in his hair, left his lunch on
a rock, and stray dog found it, lost his fishing
rig, broke his pole trying to jump across little
creek, fell down into the mud, barked his shins
on rock, broke his bottle and lost its invigora-
ting conteuts of .rtract du corn, came home late
wet hungry, dry, tired, lame, muddy, sick, sore
damaged and disgusted but still insists he had
lots of fun.
Snozzles walked to Msrseilles, clambered over
rocks all day, sprained his ankle, broke his
watch with the but end of his fishing pole,
"while trying to jerk the id thing loose from
a snag, YOU know" Couldn't catch fish, got
tight in revenge, and is nursing large headache,
and says fishing is good sport-sometimes
Beemus has been engaged in piscatorial ex-
periments twelve days, at different places, and
up 10 the present time he sums up his account
in this way:
FISHING,
10 Beemus, Dr.
To twelve days work at 81 per day. 80. S24 10
Paid boy tor minnows.... ............... 4 90
Paid woman for hunks of pork ....... 60
Dog lost, n. b. He would get on the
Uuhh dHV uUWl AL udS iOuS,
away the fish, and had to shoot him.. 200
Fishing tackle Observation-Disclosures. 10 90
Suit of clothes ruined d.................. 80 OO
Total ................... .sS3 &C
BY Beemus. Or.
| Three "bul-heads." at 1 cts. each 1913 IL
Two small sun.fsh Observation-Disclosures.
Amusement in catching "dog.fsh," 49,. ! %
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! Beemus says he would have got along better
il he had had better luck. 1t was the wrong
kind OF weather it was too early in the season
fish are not plenty the fish don't bite we'll the
bait was inferior, and he didn't take much In.
terest in fishing anyhow
We commend the following lines to fishermen
They were invented by Isaac Walton himself:
HOW To CATCH YE FISH.
When We winde is in ye east,
'Tis neither GUIDE for man nor beas,e.
When We windc is in ye North,
le skilltul fisher goes not forth.
When We winde is in We South
! 1t blows We bait in We fishes mouth;
But when We winde is in the West,
Then it's We fishers very best.
Poetry, by Jinks.
Say, ladies dear, come look you here,
Each matron, maid and daughter,
Do you wear rough clogs that's fit for bogs,
Or dress up as you'd ought'er?
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