Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1882-08-10

Pcc's Sun.
What might have been Il terrible ne.
cident, with loss of life, occurred at one
of the summer resorts last Wednesday
and but for fisherman who happened
along in boat, two young people
would have been food for the fishes 1t
seems that the young people stopping
at the resort have got fishing ON the
brain, and they go out fishing every
chance they get. They don't care so
much for the fish, as they do to get out
on the lake in boat where no one can
hear them talk love- We neglected to
state that where two people are gath
cred together, to fish one is almost in
yariably Il young man and the other 4
girl. How it happens so is mystery,
of course, but that is the size Of il, On
this occasion Young couple went out
in boat, each armed with pole and
line, some bait, and so forth, and when
they got in quiet place, they throwed
ont the hooks, and while the young
man rowed the boat, the girl watched
both poles, They were talking of the
days that were to come, when their
two hearts would be united, and they
would be rowing in The double scull
race of life, fishing for happiness, when
the young man got hungry and
stopped rowing and leaned forward
to take . kiss. Just rs he made the
carom on her kiss trap, she jumped
about two feet in the air. grabbed the
reel and said, 80. lord, have cot a
bite Thcyomg man got back where
he belonged. q little hit offended at q
fish that would bite at such IN inoppor-
tune moment, when his pole began to
jerk, and the line whistlcd through The
reel, and he said TO his girl that she
needn't think she had all the bites,
as he had one, too. and he began TO
pull in. II seems she had 4 bass and
he had pickcrcl and as they pulled
in their respective fish, the lines got
tangled. the boat swung around, and
the lines wound around the fellow and
his girl They dropped the poles aud
reels and tried to pull in the two fish
''hand over hand but the lines be-
came more taut, and before they cot
the fish into the boat the Young man
and the Girl were drawn together 50
close that they could both have had
bites if they had not been interested in
the fish. Finally the Young fellow got
his pickcrcl into the boat, but it
Topped up into the girls lap, and She
screamed, and fell over and the
pickcrel kicked her, and by that time
her bass wa@ landed in the boat and got
tangled in the line that was around
the young mans shoulder. and it flop
ped all over his coat and around ON
his shirt bosom. They both yelled
murder, and the fisherman who was
trolling near by, thinking that at least
suicide was being committed. rowcd
alongside. and he says il was the worst
dcmoralizcd fishing party he ever saw.
The girl was Hat in the bottom Of the
boat, the pickcrcl slappine her with his
tail, and she screaming 10 take it away,
and the Young man 50 bound up with
fish line and black bass that he could
not help her, and both were covered
with slime and fish scales, till lhey
looked rs though they had been catch
ing mushHts for the market The boat
man towcd them ashore and cut the
lines that bound them, and they went
to the hotel and cleaned themselves,
and that is the reason they now sit ON
the vcranda all day and refuse to 20
fishing when all the rest of the guests
are having 50 much fun. Young pco-
pie like that, who 90 fishing in boat
together, have got 10 learn TO do one
thing at q time, either fish or cut bait |