Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1886-10-01
\ A SUDDEN CHANGE.
The circumstances Which Made an An
gelic Man Become n Hog.

RellC MAN DecO0he ~ mug
never knew just how mean man
could be until the Fat Contributor.
who used to be very, very funny man
on the Cincinnati press, came along and
asked me to go up North on fishing
excursion. loved and reverenced that
man for years before / saw him. On
the way up to Petoskey 1 was willing to
die for him. He was so modesto
bland-so open-hearted and gentle! |
sat and looked at him and wondered if
Heaven had an angel to compare with
him, and when l thought that some
other man had been elected President
in place of the Fat Contributor, l won
dered what the public could have been
thinking of to permit such wrong.
The next morning after reaching
Petoskey was up betimes to inquire
about the best fishing spot. soon dis
covered that the Fat Contributor had
been an hour ahead of me. He had
rented the only dock from which fish
could be caught and fenced it in. He
had engaged all the fish-worms old
Petoskey had on his land, and had
bribed the only boy owning minnow
net not to catch any bait for any one
else. l met him coming up to the hotel
through the sand, and called him
bully boy and explained under what
obligations he had placed me.
''How?' he asked.
"Why, we'll have the fishing all to
ourselves.
1--WE"
"Of course"
There's no we about il. I have
made my arrangements, and you can
make yours"
And I'm not to fish with your"
mot that know OFF,
l had to submit. sat on the bank
and saw him pull in bass and pickerel
by the dozen, and if l moved down on
him he uttered the most awful threats
you err heard. On one occasion he
drew his revolver and menaced me
by firing over my head. The bland.
gentle, angelic Fat Contributor had be-
come hog. When l remembered
how l had reverenced his name and
praised his talents kicked myself.
You needn't look so ugly about it, .
he said to Inc as he came up to the hote
with fourteen fine bass. when | &C
fishing permit no one TO interfere with
me. You can go over to Elk Rapids OF
Traverse City and hire a dock fol-
yourself, and you'd do it if you weren'
SO selfish. You seem to want all the
fish in Lake Michigan. It's a wonder
you didn't get up at midnight and hire
the whole lake 'front.'
l looked around for a way to get even
There was an Indian up there named
"Man-who-fell-in," and he had dos
about foot high and seven feet long
The owner would tie this canine to
stake and let any person throw stone
at him for a cent throw, and ever,
time you hit the dog you got toy
basket full of maple sugar. / wen
over to see the red man, and withou
stopping to inquire how he fell in O
how he got out hired him and the do.
for three weeks, with the privilege o
contracting for three years. We start
ed in that evening, and it was the proud
est moment of my life when the Fa
Contributor wanted to pay for hun
dred throws, and was blandly informe,
that it would cost him one thousan,
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toskey have shy at the animal, an
the press of St. Louis, Louisville an
Chicago were presented season tickets
We took the dog down on the shore
and the Fat Contributor had to give II
his fishing. He'd have given more fo
ten throws at that lodging dog than t
catch a whale, but it was not for him.
''See here" he said as he came to m
one afternoon, "what have | ever don
to you that you should use me thusp"
Nothing" l answered, "only, whe
| charter dog permit no one to inter
fere with me. You can go over t
Chicago or Milwaukee and hire do
for yourself, and you'd do it if you ha
any manhood about you"
We never spoke after that. We too
the same train home but did not sit i
the same car.-M. quad, in Detroit Ere
Press.
, A Stranger in California.