The Van Buren press., 1876-06-27
How the Ladies Fish.

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There is generally about six Of them,
says an exchange, with light dresses on,
and they have three poles, with as many
hooks and lines among them.
As soon as they get to the river, they
look for good place to get down on the
RATS. and the most yenturesome one
sticks her boot heels In the bank, and
. makcs two careful step downs; then she
suddenly finds herself at the bottom with
both hands in the water, and feeling
that everybody in the wide world is look
ing at her, and she never tells anybody
how she got there. The other girls, prof,
iting by her example, turn around and go
down the bank on their hands and toes,
backwards.
Then they seamper over the RATS until
they find shallow place. where they can
see the fish, and shout
"Oh. see oae.'
"Whcre r
There"
~ "Oh! my, SO he is"
/" Let's catch him"
Who's got them bats p
aw t'iou lazy thing, you're sitting on my
! pole. ]" .
"Show me the wretch that's stole my
worm"
a AL these exclamations are uttered in
tone that awakens every echo within a
mile round, and sends every fish within
three acres square into galloping hyster.
les Then the girls, by superabundant
exertions, manage to get worm on the
hook, and "throw in" with splash like
the launching of wash tub, and await
.he result When silver fin comes along
and nibbles the bait, they pull mp with
! jerk, that, had an unfortunate fish weigh
ing less than fifteen pounds been on the
hook, would have landed it in the neigh
borhood Of three or four miles in the
country. After while feeble minded
sunfish contlives to get fastened on the
hook OF timia woman, and she gives
vent to her tongue
.sOh, something's got my hookn'
"Pull up, you little idiot" shout five
excited voices as POLES and hooks are
: dropped, and they rush to the rescue.
The girl, with the bite gives aspasmodic
jerk, which sends the unfortunate sunny
into the air the full length of 40 feet of
line, and he comes down OIL the nearest
curly head with damp flop, that set the
girl to clawipg as though there were bum
blebees in her hair.
Och murder. take it away! Ugh
j the nasty thing"
Then they hold up their akirts and
g gather about that fish as it skips over the
logs, one all ihe time holding the line in
both hands, with her foot on the pole as
though she had an evil-disposed goat at
the othe. end Tney talk over it.
How ever will he get off"
"Ain't it pretty"
ss@t" Wonder if it amt dry Z"
Poor little thing, let's put it back"
"How will we get the hook from it p
"Pick it up" says girl who backs
rapidly out of the circle.
GOOD gracious. I'm afraid of it.
There, it's opening his mouth at me-
just then the sunny wriggles off the
] ok, and disappears between two logs
! - the water. and the girls try for an
other bite.
But the sun comes down and fries the
backs of their necks, and they get
three headaches in the party, and they all
get cross, and scold at the fish like so
many magpcs. If an an unwary club
darcs show himself in the water they
poke at him with poles, much to his dis.
gust. Finally they get mad all over and
throw their poles away, hunt up the lunch
basket climb up into the woods, where
they sit around on the grass and cater
pillars, and eat enough of dried beef and
rusk and hard-boied eggs to give " TODD
horse the nightmare; after which they
compare notes about their beaux until
sundown, when they 60 home and plant
envy in the hearts of all their muslin de-
laine friends by telling what just
splendid time" they had.