The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-05-16
A Ohinaman Takes A Trout,

Sam Lung brought my shirts home
one day lately, and after obtaining his
trade dollar, fingered as though some
thing oppressed his mind
"What is it, Samp Dollar no goode?"
asked l."
Eyes, dollal all ltee, but want to
talkee bout woodsee."
"Woodsee? What's that, SamP
Didn't give you the right changer"
Change ale ltee too, ale same, but
want to talk bout Adilondacks. You
been in Adilondacks, so Mclean man
tellee me,
"Yes, I have been in the Adiron-
dacks, but what do you know about that
placer"
Know heap. been Adilondacks
too, catchee tlout on sting, no likee in
net. Like thlow fly, tloutee bitee,
hookee in jaw, pull him topside.
Whoopee! l go washee by Blue Noun
tain Lake, big hotel locke for heap
washee when Mclean ladee Gomez in
with whitee dless and nobby Mclean
man come, plenty washee, plenty mon
ey.'
"Well, Sam, did you get rich there?
Plenty washee and plenty dollarP"
mo washee, no dolal Mclean la
dee blue dless, Mclean man blue shit,
wear EN- two, thlee weeke, no wash.
Page on lailload, walkec back. Catchee
tlout allie samey fore GO
''How did you get the trout, Sam9
tell me all about it"
"Old looster stoppe in hotel. He
say Sam, come in boat for guide on
lake, me give half dollal day So Iget
in boat with old looster and go topside
lake to see him scoopee tlout. He get
out little bamboo stick and put on sting
and little fly. He thlow fly but tlohtee
no eatee. Put on more fly, putty fly on
sitting when he see tlout come topside,
and show tail way off. He thlow out
and stick out hand, no catchee. Leach
out again, and PUNK he 90 out boat and
get all wette. Me no leavee him, but
pull him topside in boat. He ilaid to
60 back to hotel cause boys laii, so he
tell me go shore make fire. make fire
and he pull out big bottle whisky and
get dly. | say | go SCOPE tlout so boys
don't laff when we come backside hotel
when mo catchee. So I 90 out and
thlow fly. Think get big bulgee on old
Sucker to get all fun and half dollal,
an he sit by fire so sick.
So / thlow fly, allie samey Mclean
man, and say me no ely baby If get wet
tee, like old looster, you bettee you liv-
er; so l thlow and thlow and catchee
big fish and thinkee Ishakee old looster,
and GO to hotel and showee tloutto Mel
lean ladee and braggee allie same Nell
can man. So takee boat and leave
old looster on shore. He yellee like
fun, no hear, just hoe my own row.
60 on to hotel, takee fish on sting, and
show fine ladee big tout She laugh
and say niece tlout, and call Mclean
man. He lookee and say tloutee be
bowed, you gottee hawn dace. So i
cuttee stick fore old looster come long
side hotel and kickee me topside stom-
ach, and hoof 1t down load twenty-five
miles to lailload and stealee Tide to Sal
itoga. Heap washee in Salitoga, water
all taste like old tin pail"
"Well, Sam! was that all the trout
you took, one horned dacep'
"Yes, tlout, hawn dace, ale same,
some Gale tloutee, some Gale hawn
dace, Gale tlout when Mclean man
SCOPE himself, Gale hawn dace when
oller Teller or Chnaman SCOPE. ALE
samcc, catchee tout like Mclean man
in Adilondacks. When you 60 topsde
Adilondacks again, you takee me fol
guide, l showee you how SCOPE tlout
with fly on sting. Bye bye"
With a smile that was childlike and
bland, Sam Lung PUNCHED Of in the d.
rection OF the Bowery, scarcely soiling
the white soles Of his shoes, In the mud
Of Broadway NJ he crossed II.