Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-08-19
PIsCATORIAL
The Luek Of a Married Fisherman
n His Views upon MatrtmOny
and Fish.

and His Views upon MatrimOny
and Fish.
Last evening an amateur fisherman,
Captain w. c. was seen returning from
the country in a buggy. He had with
him a fishing pole, minnow net and
bucket, but no fish, and was evidently in
bad humor. A friend hailed him up
town and asked him what luck2'
Get in and ride answered the Cap.
tain Il am too mad to talk to you
politely"
As they drove along the following ex.
PLANTATION was made:
You see" says the Captain, in a
moralizing tone OF voice, the baleful
effect Of married life. When a young
man / could go out fishing, have a good
time and catch a lot Of fish, but such is
almost impossible when the marital yoke
is around your neck. / am to-day a liv-
ing illustration of that fact"
What the devil is the matter2' asked
his now interested friend.
"MatterI' scofiugly answered the Cap
tain. by heavens, it is enough to drive
a saint crazy. Last night | concluded
to take a quiet fish to-day at a lake some
fifteen miles up the country. | prepared
my fishing tackle, packed the tackle
away in my pockets, got my rods, net
and bucket in order, had a snack put up
aud hired a horse and buggy, in order to
enjoy a days fine sport. This morning
l got up before day and started. Sew
eral miles out of town, when the sun
arose in all its glory, | stopped on the
!, roadside and worked for an hour in a
field catching g%rasshoppers for bait, in
order to please those fastidious fish that
t would turn up their noses at minnows.
. Ga arriving at the lake | hitched my
horse and seizing my minnow net and
t bucket waded around walst-deep in the
4 lake for two hours catching minnows,
had secured about two hundred as Gn'
: minnows as ever a sportsman eye resteC
upon. Gathering up my traps | got int
a dug-out and padded a mile up thu
9 lake in order to reach deep water AM
9 the best fishing ground, aud then pre-
pared to e, joy the piscatorial delights.
e well, you had a good time, didn'
you p now asked his excited friend.
Good timer O, yesl' rejoined tn
n Captain; but l caught no fish. Kee
IS quietl don't interrupt or excite me
is When / anchored my dug-out near a
ID old fallen tree that was out in the lakr
,e and was about to realize my great expe,
10 t%ations, l searched for my hooks an
? lines, which | had placed so CAREFUL
rs away 10 my vest and coat pockets, bl
Ut they were gone, sirl Ny wife wants
or keep everything 10 order around b
he house, and not knowing that | intendC
n. going a.6shing, she had searched n
clothes, and taking out the fishing liz
-. and hooks, put them carefully away in
n. safe place; consequently, there | VIZ
=. fifteen miles from home, alone on t
20. bosom Of a charming lake which was Il
70. Of fish, aud | had neither hooks n
mt line"
"A His friend here laughed aloud, but "
do interrupted at once. Don't laugh, s.
for I'm in bad humor. Marriage is a pate
he humbug, especially when you want to
ed fishing, and when you have a wife W
ar. has a head on which the bump OF ord
an is too well developed. This has be
eta my bane. When | go home late at mig
NO | generally expect to find the bed NOV
n to some other corner Of the room, a
,nr am sure to collide in the dark with
in. bed.post or tumble through the mosqu
i'm bar. Then the candle. stick is genera
an left in such places that I mnst stunt
over it, and my slippers have been lett
SO secure a place that | can never Fl
"a. them until next morning. Marriage i
calamity, sir, to the fisherman especial
| would advise every fisherman never
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