The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-09-03
GOlHG A-FlsHlNG.
BY LICE BROWN.

oOme people WOuIu ratDcr stay at
home and handle money than go fish
ing, Tut L am not so constructed
Money, of course, has occasional at
fractions, even to man who lives main
ly on moonshine; but there frequently
comes a time when / am overcome with
a desire to go where pellucid waters
gurgle, and for q day or two relapse
into barbarism and eat with my fingers.
As Sam Jones says, l am down on PTS
catorial diversions, but, .E-cthrer :. = eio
love to fish. / aeter baited a hook in
my life. if we rule out the pin-hook
period of existence; but for all
that, y love to lie in the shade vn hot
day, and watch somebody else having
good luck and splendid time.
Any man who has the use OF brain
that is always on the go, like young
chicken in quest of bugs, will find that
not, ing SO iulls it into the holy calm of
perfect repose, SO necessary at occasion
al intervals to robust mental health, as
reclining in a hammock Ill the breezy
shade on hot day and watching some
body trying to catch fish. The eyes
may remain open, and The body wide
awake, but the soul will slumber, and
spring up refreshed.
One Of the ways to get all the enjoy
ment of the circus, without the crowd
and bad breath You are Obliged to en-
dure in order to harvest hilarity under
canvas, is to make up little party of
friends, and so forth IN picnic style to
spend day killing mosquitoes and eat
ing pickles and jelly on the bank of
some placid stream, where it meanders
through forest which Grapes the earth
In cooling shadows so intense that ants
on the biscuit are not observed.
/ have in mind an excursion of that
kind which occurred this season. A
small party of kindred spirits was made
up, and day appointed for the picnic.
IT wes agreed that everybody should
take something, SO / took camp cot
-:and fan, In addition to a fly lemonade
before starting. Others, more keen
SIGHTED. took substantials that came
handy in the course OF the day, but no
body had the foresight to think of bait.
Bait is the allurement placed on the
hook to bepuile the fish to its ruin, and
is a matter of some consequence, If you
expect to have good luck and catch
many fish, though some are foolish
enough to bite at the bare hook, as you
sometimes see people do III real life.
Nv wife took freezer Of ice cream, q
Jug of milk, and every precautfon to
get her refreshments to the rendezvous
in safety. She also took lady guest
from the city who was afraid OF snakes
and something of a gusher on poetry.
1t might also be remarked that she had
a good mouth for pie and abhorred a
pig.
We started early. My costume was
cool but impressive. 1t consisted large
" of blHe cotton pantaloons, straw hat,
and SHIRT without collar L also
wore cigar the greater part oil
the time, in addition to the
blue goggles which are my constant
stay and comfort in hot weather. The
women were dressed with scrupulou:
care in Mother Hubbards, wide
brimmed hats, and full-grown umbrel
las. Our coupe for the time was I
numbering spring wagon, drawn by
horse who resembled myself in on,
marked particular. He was fond o
the shade, and narrowly escaped upset
ting the wagon several times in hi
1rantlc chorus 10 Bet W ~ Whch '"
passed tree by the roadside.
Immediately on leaving home m
wife began to enjoy herself and add t
the pleasure of the company-whicl
was myself and the woman who oh
horred snakes-by worrying about tn
cream and its chance OF getting Their
in ANYTHING short of sloppy cond
ton. 1t is a peculiarly of this goo
woman to take an interest in every
thing she has anything to do will
Her interest in that cream was COZ
tinuous and full of solicitude. TIL
journey was about six miles, and froI
notches cut on the wagon-box by wa
of memoranda-for / like to be accI
rate about such matters for the sake {
argument afterward-I discover that
was obliged to stop, alght. and Owe
haul the tub in which the freezer an
Jug OF milk were packed in the fral
ments of an iceberg of no insigniiicai
size. ffty-three consecutive times,
response to the calls of that woman
abnormal zeal toward promoting u
plea sure of the party in the siSziI
hours OF the day. About Il