Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-01-16
Spinner of the Signature.

Spinner of the Signature.
THE SPORT THE OLD GENTLEMAN HAS BEEN
HAVING ON PABLO BEACH.
From the Florida Times Union.
reporter took a run down to Pablo beach
the other day to hear what the wild waves
were saying. About the first thing he saw that
attracted his attention was long tent, which
he approached with intent to investigate it.
AS he pOked with his cane In miscellaneous
heap OF shells and tin cans-good provender for
a goat-a voice accosted him from the other
side of the tent flap:
Not a very fine collection of concholOgical
specimens, Is it?'
The reporter raised his head, and there was
the blooming countenance of Gen. Francis E.
Spinner, eX-United states treasurer.
"Ah, general, how do you y" said the scribe:
us this your tent ON the beach-your seaside
I'm first rate thank you, and this is nv
home, responded he in bluff and hearty tones
that spoke OF health and happiness behind
| house p
He raised the tent flap and ushered the re-
| porter into hall which opened out onto the
ocean. AT the left OF the hall was large room
where the general has bed and his bureau; on
the other side was a sittng-rOom with q couch
and chairs and sundry articles of vertu, such as
shark hooks, bass line, sinkers, rods, reels and
other insignia OF the gentle art of fishing. Open.
ing out of this room was a dining-room, and be-
You'd that a kitchen with a good stove and as
the old Irish song has 1t,
"Pots. dishes pans and SIGH like commodities"
| in all the varieties that are needed 10 prevent
! camp LIE from being drug for lack of grub,
The general exhibited pardonable pride In
showing OF his domicile and explaining how
he managed the cuisine and what the special
delights of his life by the sounding sea were.
How long have you been down here, gen.
era?"
"Four lunar months exactly"
"But aren't you coming up to the city pretty
soon' 1t must be getting unpleasant on account
| of the cold"
81 am coming up to the city one day this week
to transact some business-just one day ONLY
AS to cold, why, some OF our people we're In
bathing on the 10Th of this month OF December
and enjoyed it heartily"
ais the fishing good?"
mot now; but September and October were
superb. It's surfnshing, of course, and tie
| catch is excellent. Up by the old wreck yon-
der caught with q rod and reel, inside OF ;,n
hour. one day, six different Kinds of fish. They
were bass, grOupers, whiting, sheepshead. sea-
cat, and one other, the name Of which tor
get"
How do You manage the surffshing?"
"Take your line In a coil and wade out as far
as you may and swing your arms above the
| water; then heave out as far as you can. If
your sinker Is too light the sea will bring 1t
in To you. l fatten my sinkers SO as to keep
them from rolling on the bottom We catch
bass here In the surf that weigh thirty-fiye
pounds" =
"Shall you build house down here, gem
| eral?' $50 30 - ..
"Mrs. Schumacher, my daughter, will I think
I'll stick to the tent; like it," ,ut .t.s -s;'
General Spinner holds his age remarkably
well. His countenance is ruddy with health.
his eyes bright, and he steps Off like q man OF
nifty, although he must be over four-score.