, 1889-06-06
THE ANANEis GLIB.

7 Present -Ia-". presidents Nihlock
Gcrri-h. ,orr.sJn and Stevens.
The AHog~ mar arrived late, as he va
engaged with the ye~trylnen at Sain
Paul's.
Mr.. Nib!ock presented the name OF II
l. TibhaIs. Jr., igr membership, anc
asked that q vote Ic taken at once, a.
Mr.. Tiblals was waiting next door. HC
/ was elected and escorted 10 a chair mids
great applause. lie thanked the gentle
/ men for the honor conferred upon him
/ ari said it would ba his constant aim tC
| strengthen, ii possible, the reputation he
had earned. Being called upon for Z
yarn, Mr.. T. sail lac had not prepared
anything very interesting, but he would
relate an incident which happened Bro
Belts some time since, while he was
fishing on Chcmacum creek. 1t hap.
pcned this WAY:
He and several others were on their
way TO Chemacum on fishing trip, and
John was 50 enthusiastic that he couldn't
wait TO get to the stream, but rigged up
his rod while riding along in the wagon,
and practiced the art OF catching a fly for
the instruction OF his friends, accompany
ing his casts with sage remarks as to the
proper manner OF handling the rod and
the fish. IS they rode along they crossed
little stream, and John made cast,
and actually hooked and landed poor
little wandering trout about four inches
long. Further on, is they passed through
field, 4 peaceful donkey was seen graz
ing, and John made playful cast at him
and unexpectedly hooked the donkey
through the point OF his ear The driver
wouldn't stop, maintaining that John
said anything could be landed if properly
handled, and they wanted to see him
land the donkey. John didn't want TO
break his rod, so he left the reel spin,
but finally put little strain on to play
him. At last, in order TO make the dom
key start, he had TO "give him the
butt" which had the desired effect, and
the donkey trotted alter the wagon as
cemplacently, with his head on one side
and one ear pointed forward, following
Johns leader
When the outfit reached fence, John
get out of the wagon to take the hook
out of the donkey, bat that animal had
no idea of being landed without fight.
He started off across lots, with John after
him, and the boys shouting for John to
show them that peculiar turn OF the
wrist he had been describing. The reel
whizzed like rocket, for the donkey
was running faster than the fisherman,
who is OF somewhat pOrtly form. The
race continued until corner was reached
when John reeled in his slack line, again
gave him the butt" ran in, grabbed
him by the ear andssaved the tackle.
While Brother Tibbals was relating
this story, Bro. Belts nervously walked
the floor, and as soon as Bro T. finished,
Belts said he would like to tell the club
what happened Tibbals over in Victoria
on the queens birthday:
The hotel was crowded, and weary
traveller who came in and inquired for
room was told 10y the clerk that every
room in the house, where it was possi-
bic, had two beds in it already, except
one, and that was one occupied by Tib-
balls, who snored loud enough to kill
horse.
90 Is that aIl?" exclaimed the traveller
iubilantly, "Why, imam, want you to
know that am the champion snorer of
my town, and any body who can beat
me at it must be cuckoo. Just put a
bed in that room for me-"
The clerk told him that it would be
useless, but the traveller insisted. "Pl
just bet you $5 my snoring drives him
out of the room"
The clerk was looking for cinehes and
snapped the bet Up quick. Time wore
on until the hour for retiring. Singular
ly both men wended their way upstairs
together. The clerk waited further de-
velopments. About an hour afterwards
ri sting was heard up above, and the
traveller, half dressed, with his coat, vest
and shirt ON his arm, came shutting
down the steps. Suddenly he walked
over to the desk and planked down V.
81 told you So" said the clerk, who
fairly rolled over with laughter. Whats
ailing you, you gily?" said the traveller
with string OF oaths; "Fd have won
the bet all right, but the son of gun
got to sleep first" He slept on hard
wood bench for the rest of the night,
while Tibbals was rs snug as bug in n
rug.
President Jago read an invitation from
Brother BeriIman TO visit him in his
store and sample some California spring
water. The invitation was accepted and
the club adjourned