Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-09-12

I'm going to put you In it, though s'pose you! Yes
think you're hid.
For last week you stang my pussy-ycu know very
well you did.
Yes, and you made US 'fraid that she WIS goin' to
have a fit;
She jumped UP so, and tried to catch the place
where you had bit
And shall surely drown you
But p,r'aps you've got home,
And your little ones will wonder why you don't ever
come:
And think p'r'aps, you're sorry you went and act
ed so.
II you'll only wait till run away, I-bheye-In-
let yougo
O%G Contrary, the Perch Who Wosaydn't BE
Caught.
Many of the mill-ponds on the east
EN- shore of Maryland and in the State
of Delaware have sandy bottoms. On
bright days and in places where the
water is not more than four feet deep the
sand may be seen. These miil-ponds
are surrounded by trees, among them
being thousands of tall pines. Under
the pines and on the banks of the ponds
grow laurel bushes, huckleberry bushes
and briars. There is pond In the lower
part OF the eastern shore about two
miles long and q half mile wide. In
some parts of this pond are wide patches
of water-Ely leaves, and in June the
Lilies make the air very sweet. A num-
Der Of funny creatures live in the pond.
Sitting on tAe bank after dark one may
hear "slkilipot" half mile away, bel
low out in deep voice:
"Gogetyurlunch p eco get yur :
lnnch?'
The skillpot is member of the tor
toise family. He will sit on an old log
for hours and sing, 'Gogetyurlunch /
gogetyurlunch! p The bullfrog often
talks back in bass voice that seems to
come from away down around his toes.
He says:
"Oneyoudon'tl" "O-no-you-don't!l"
"O-no-you-don't!!|
"Why-don't-ye!" "Why-dont-ye!p
"Why-don't-ye y! ' pipes little skill
pot.
Knee-deep! ' KAee-deep = says a
little frog.
But perhaps the most interesting
creatures in the pond are the sun-fsh,
or, as they are called in that part of the
country, "sun-perch." The sun-perch
are of all sizes, from tiny bits of things
no larger than o silver half-dollar to fell
lows as big as mans hand. They are
OF many colors, too. Some are almost
yellow, others have red shade and in
deep water their backs often turn black.
There are few prettier perch. Very
often they have green or blue scales
scattered over them, with fins tipped in
red. Ia June the frlll-grown sun-perch
swim along the shore In search of
"beds.' They pick out sandy spot
near an old sunken log and then dig
hole by swimming round and round,
beating the sand out with the tail. The
hollow place is basin-shaped and about
as deep as basin. The boys Of the vii
lage near the pond paddle along the
shore end search for these perch beds.
They find it great sport. One boy gen.
orally sits In the stern and paddles,
while another hes at full length across
the bow, with his head down close to
the water. No noise is made. The
boat moves slowly along, until by-and
by the boy in the bow makes motion
to stop. He has found bed and soon
drops 81 well baited hook close to the
edge of the bed The perch mean
while is swimming round and round. 1t
sees the bait, but does not bite. In o
few minutes the perch darts past the
hook, but doesn't touch it, and, cutting
the water like flash, is back again in
the bed Growing bolder, the perch,
after a while, takes the hook in its
mouth. Does the boy jerk his line then?
Not OF all, for if he should the perch,
much quicker than the boy, would drop
the bait and run to deep water, there to
stay until the boat moved on. The perch
appears to play with the bait as a cat
does with q mouse. The boy sees every
motion, every stroke of fin, and is much
excited. When the perch at last makes
UP its mind to take the bait the boy sees
that it Is working cautiously to get the
bait toward the log. He then knows
that his time has come. The perch
takes the hook and pushes it forward.
The boy, by peculiar twist, drives the.
hook into the perch's mouth and lands
it tapping into the boat. Of course
some of the sun-perch differ from the
majority. The greedy ones take the
bait at once, but the large, fine fish are
shy, and whole days have been spent at
single bed. A few years ago three boys
found bed in very shallow water. The
bed was made in the white sand, three
inches below the surface of the water,
and it could be seen twenty yards
away. At ten yards the perch could be
seen. He was an old fellow, a perfect
yellow beauty. AS the boat drew near
he darted for deem water The koyS