New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-04-25
He Caught a suci;er.

| He CaIghi q sue .e9s
Stockton Mail.
Bill Charters was a very original
| man-that is, if he was out of a job
| he. d devise some way Of his own to
| procure the wherewithal to keep a
| fire in the crate and provisions in the
| pantry" said man in a Main street
cigar store the other night. Bill was
also fond OF fishing. On winter even
ings at home, if he had nothing better
to do, he would haul out his fishing
tackle and inspect it thoroughly. and
then, after making two or three new
tangled fly hooks. ned place the out
| fit back in its box, at the same time
knowing that he'd be unable to use
his tackle for robably six months.
'sBill lived in Boston when / first
knew him. That was eighteen or
twenty years ago. He was a tin
| smith by trade. / went up one night
| to see him concerning some work he
has been engaged on several days.
Bill was in the dining room examining
| his fishing tackle when entered. Aft
1 Cl SCUUililg ouE ollSl1iSSo liz
began explaining the various methods
| used to catch the various species OF
fnny tribe. This hook was fine for
trout in the early morning, that
| brown tackle was immense at noon
when the sun was shining, and that
white moth fly hook was simply per-
lection in the evening, just about the
| time the sun was setting.
"One huge batch ofhooks attracted
my attention. There were probably
thirty very small evehooks. all sewed
securely to a jagged piece OF cloth
strong drllling-about the size OF your
hand.
"sBill, said ], taking the hook-cov-
| cred cloth in my hand, did you ever
| catch any fish with this arrange
ment?'
"'Yes, sir, he answered with a laugh.
I caught sucker on that collection
last fall that weighed 160 pounds
:" Where and hoW?' / asked, hard
| ly knowing what Bill meant, as [ had
| never seen sucker that weighed more
than three Or four pounds.
Just this way, replied Bill. sOne
night my wife and decided to 60 to
the theatre. When we reached the
box Office there was a perfect jam OF
| people. left my wife near the door
while struggled braveiy to reach the
ticket window / asked for two dress
! circle tickets. and when put my hand
| in my pocket to get the money to pay
for them | discovered that my pocket
| book was gone. 'Stolenp exclaimed
| l., and retreated.'
Mrs. Charters and walked home.
She felt disappointed; she wanted to
see the play. A thought struck me in
stantly, and just as quickly as possible
] put my plan into execution. Turn
| ing my money pocket inside out
hastily sewed all the small fish hooks
had to the inside Of that pocked in
such a manner that when my pocket
was showed back to it's proper posi-
ton the barb OF the hooks stood out
and pointed downwards.
II took some more money with me
but placed it in another pocket
and again we started for the thea
| tire. There we're still considerable of
office, and once more lbegan edging my
way through for the purpose OF secur-
ing tickets. I allowed my fish hook
u1oiley pOCheO W luke CARE OF lJSelG.
"'Just as | was being handed my
tickets | felt a bite. | tried to turn
around when found had hooked
very fine sucker in the shape Of a we'll
dressed man who wore shiny tile. I
paid no attention to his Juggling at
my pocket, as knew after one or two
tugs he'd quit. When reached nv
wife she said: william, who is this
gentleman with your" / told her he
was very particular friend Of mine.
can officer standing at the door
accompanied my friend and me.
at my request,into an adjoining room
where / explained matters. Recover
ed my pocketbook and greenbacks. 1t
was keeping company with seven 9TH
er similarly situated purses Ihad to
cut the pocket out to have the thief
handed over 30 the officer, but it was
| returned to me after the doctor sue
ceeded in getting the hooks out of the
fellows hand
eyes, continued Bill. she was the
biggest sucker | ever caught-must
] have weighed at least 16O pounds.
And this is no fish story, either.''
Tho Eor&s,