New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1883-04-25
A Chinaman Takes "A Trout,

Sam Lung brought my shirts home
one day lately, and after obtaining his
trade dollar, fingered as though some
ching oppressed his mind.
"What is it, Sam? Dollar no goode?'
asked L.
Eyes, dollal all litec, but want to
talkee 'bo>lt woodsee.''
"Woodsee? What's that, Sam?
Didn't give you the right change?''
Change allie litce too, allie same, but
want to talk bout Adilondacks. You
been in Adilondacks, sosMelican man
tellee me-
Eyes, have been in the Adiron-
dacks, but what do you know about that
place?n
''Know heap. l been Adilondacks
too, catchee tlout on sting, no likee in
net Like thlow fly, tloutce 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 comee 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 dollar?''
''No washee, no dollal. Mclean la
dee blue dless, Mclean man blue shit,
wear EN- two, thlee weeke, no wash.
Page on lailload. walkee back Catchee
tlout allie samey fore go.
'''HoW did you get the trout, Sam?
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 I get
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 tloutee
no eatee. Put on more fly, putty fly on
sting 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 leayee him, but
pull him topside in boat. He faid to
60 back to hotel cause boys laff, 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 latf when we come backsideN hotel
when mo catchce SO l 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 I thlow fly, ale samey Mclean
man, and say me no ely baby if getwet-
tee, like old looster, you bettee YOU liv-
er; so l thlow and thlow and catchee
big fish and thinkee shakee old looster,
and 60 to hotel and showee tlout to Mel
lean ladee and braggee allie same Nell
can man. So takee boat and leave
old looster on shore. He yellee like
fun, I no hear, just hoe my own row.
go on to hotel, takee fish on sting, and
show fine ladee big tlout. She laugh
and say niece tout, and call Mclean
man. He lookee and say .tloutee be
bowed, you gottce hawn dace. So
cuttee stick fore old looster come long
side hotel and kickee me topside stoG-
ach, and hoof it down load twenty-five
miles to lailload and stealee lide 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 dace?'
Eyes, tlout, hawn dace, allie same,
some Gale tloutee, some calle hawn
dace. Gale tlout when Mclean man
SCOPE himself, calle hawn dace when
oller teller or Chinaman SCOPE. ALE
samee, catchee tlout like Mclean man
in Adilondacks. When you go topside
Adilondacks again, you takee me fol !.
guide, showee you how SCOPE tlout
with fly on sting. Bye bye
With q smile that was childlike and
bland, Sam Lung pungled of, in the di-
rection Of the Bowery, scarcely soiline
the white soles of his shoes, in the mud
Of Broadway as he crossed it.