The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-11-01
Women and Water.

"There's IN end TO all Gshin' for
this season. sighed the old man, dis.
mally. Perch was just bitin' good
and bass was commencin' fer to run,
hut it's all MP now for good?'
"Why sop
"Sec them three girls out there in a
boat? When three girls goes rowin' the
fish just pack up and slip out"
"How do you account for thatP"
"Causc girls makes such splashin'
and fuss and slam around so that even
n whale couldn't stand it. Hear 'cm
now"
There is good deal in the PROPOSE
ton that girls slam around" some
under tho conditions nominated, and a
man who takes any interest in human
nature can hoard great deal of infor.
nation by watching three women get
into small boat. First, there is a series
Of s1ueals, supplemented by an edition
OF yells, closing with an abrupt dive and
then an effort to sit on the same seat,
and prolonged falsetto inquiries as to
why the thing tips over so. To the Az
crage woman the center OF gravity is
always over in the next country wren
she want, TO get into Il boat, and the
idea o. equilibrium never enters into
her calculation, until the keel pops up
above the surface to see what's going
on inside. As for rowing, the girl Of
the period regards il from standpoint
peculiar to herself, and inclines to the
op'nicn that the oar blades were made
sharp because the water is hard and
digging The order Of the day.
Z" | claim that no woman can row a
boat continued the old man. "You
sec that girl shove one oar in The water
while she holds the other in the air, and
abuses the other two for not steering
straight. But they get come up with"
he chuckled. 1.-The other day that
same rarty was out tsbin' and they
caught one crab. The crab know'd
they was girls Us soon as he got in the
boat, and he Just opened his nippers
and them gals walked ashore. / ketchcd
Their boat about mile below aud that
crab was sitting up on the m,dships
thwart winking at himseli for his luck
and enterprise" and the old man bent
his attention on his lish-hooks, chuck
ling audibly as the force Of the rcminis-
ccncc struck him.
$50, SIR continued the old man,
glancjng out on the river, "girls has no
business in u boat, unless it, pulled up
ont Of the water Tn" other day chap
went out with couple oi women after
cat-,ails, and lie let EN- row. Their
course was down stream, but as soon rs
they duo their oars into the water the
boat started the other way, and Pm
blessed if it stopped until they reached
The head OF navigation and slid up n
tree. I'd as quick trust baby with n
! gun rs n girl with Il boat, ii had my
way. There they goH' and he pointed
to the disaster beyond. "Whcn they
wan. 10 change places they try 10 walk
past each other on the same side, and
that fctches en-! The watcris nigh on
to two feet deep there, and they are sat
isiicd they are drowncd'
Did ven ever see woman fish?
Primarily she catches the hook in her
dress, drops her hands in her lap, and
says ''psllaw" Next she dcnounces
the bait as NASTY" refuses TO touch it,
and then wonders why somebody does
not string it'' on her hook for her. II
by any mistake she gets her line into the
water, she is sure that something is
wrong with the sinker and if she gets q
nibble she throws the whole business
overheard, falls backward into the bot
tom OF the boat and squeals for help.
Occasionally you will find one who
holds on and captures her prey. Look
out for such II woman. Intoxicated
with success, she will swing her line
around her head, tear II mans jaw ont
with hook, and all the time pity The