The Worthington advance., 1878-11-07
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The Liars Cub had another session
down near Pittsburg. The business un!!'.
der discussion was fishing. and the fol;
sPeafsr;: Bsfcre: IN daSatJ rs fsirls
opened. nartcqs Forces boy Ed came in
with s.ring Of sunfish and perch, and.
thus gave it a turn but little expected: i.
! ''"Alfl" said brother sA:----,I ''yoa have:
good fishing here. How long were you
catching thesei" 1ot ;f,G,.,* ~: il
"Au the afternoon. replied the boy: =
:5lhs,s moi }e1y9 "a tsing!E respsond;;
ed Brother A. "When used to bs
boy there used be creek about three
miles .ffomf my fathers house that
did afford good. fJkng. Somtimes'
the fish would get so plenty in
it that they would crowd the water out of
the banks. Many time I have started
over the creek 1T one o'clock in the after.
noon. caught three hundred bass that
would average three pounds cash, and
got back home in time tor supper. And
it wouldn'' be an extraordinary day for:
;i Ed6ol1dw.d I p,ueex ttGnii, ii,t one Il of the
boarders and figured out that the Bro
B. must hatc .ebcen a rem arkably
strong lad to be able to carry 900 pounds
of fish st a single loa4 for distance Of
'0'SS m''ss: a, .rnrv. ini
1T require. . great deal Of patience" :"
said Brother K ,e:''to become sue
cessful fisherman. The trouble is, peo-
pie almost always Jerk too quick. No
one can be too patient when he goes fish
ing. Job is an excellent model. once
lost at least 5000. by .getting impatient
and jerking too soon. II was when W as
at Ocean Grove the last time. thought
I would 60 fishing, and having made up
my mind to catch q big fish while was
at it. took an immense hook and fast
ened it on to a ses:g1ass BEDFORD, bait
ing with two pounds of salt pork. Find
ing a good place, threw in, and i,
wasn't long before I gotta bite; but
took things quietly. The fish began to
pull away, and every ittle.:ssbit the line
would slack up, and then the pulling
would be twice as heavy. At last it felt
like locomotive was at the other end oJ
the line, and then lost my presence OF
mind ana jerked. It took petty hard
jerking, too, but at last 4 handed isl
about sixteen feet long. took It off the
hook, and there was another one on about
two tcet shorter. took that one off, anG
there was another one on a little shorter
and 50 on until LtoQk off nine,o them
and then came to the BAIT still on thu
hook. You see, the way OF it was this
The first fish to grab aud swallow ths
hook was aboutstwe. andsa half feet long
AA~ soon as@:he got~fast .. bigger ON
swallowed him; larger one still:swaAow
ed them both, on up until The ninth sw i
lowsd the whole eight. !, If I had only
: waited they would nave kept on unail
would have had q whale after a while
and the oil and whalebonc would hav'
sold readily for$200.'
Ed. Immediately drew requisitlon OF
his father for enough money to buy hal
fare ticket to Ocean Grove, ands. asked
Brother K FOR the loan of his hool
and line.
-, :THAr HOLE. :: i.
e1'once taughra pretty big fsh, my
SELF" remarked Brother O.. "On'
time the Allegheny river became blocked
up with the RATS from Herr's Ialand dow,
to the Hand street bridge, till the who.
surface of the water was covered witt
them. was, on one occasion, when
small boy, fishing, rdoyp,> a hole abou
three inches square ii the middle of thi
raft, and caught several small fellows. A
last a tremendous catfish got hold Of tht
hook, and swallowed it. By actua
measurement it was torty-two inches long
and its head was thirteen inches across
You may be sure that had hard tim
handling him, but at last l landed hin
on the top Of the logs. He dressed jus
sixty-two pounds and seven ouzces."
but say, mister" broke in Ed, "Hoz
did you get such big fish through suc1
70 small hole1' - j
"Little boys should listen, :but ask nj
questions" responded Brother c..