Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1889-06-27

Curious Circumstances That Induced Man
to Swear on Drinking
New York Herald

Among the favOrite resorts of the
anglers hereabOuts is Greenwood lake.
This beautiful sheet OF water lies part
ly in New York and partly in New .Ier-
sey, and it attracts daily during the
season the famous anglers OF this sec
tion OF the country. Coming down on
the train the other day Newark man
told me a curious story, which shows
that even liquor may he blamed for
things OF which 1t is not guilty.
at is now several years ago" said
my acquaintance, 'since have touched
a drop OF liquor, and ! have not the
remOtest idea OF ever touchingit again.
] am not a prohibitionist, and my alb
stinence is due to some rather peculiar
circumstances. was spending week
at the lake, stopping ut the club house
of the Greenwood Lake association.
The weather was miserable, and it
rained most of the time. Finally We
had bright day, but the fish did not
bite we'll. Sitting on the portico OF
the club house that evening, ] was
watching the tleeting clouds and the
unusually bright moon, which ap-
peared to he about first quarter Ny
guide was lonnging near Inc, and ] was
anxious for sport. ] called to him to
get ready, and started across the lake.
al east for a while, but as the bass
did not rise took to trolling. | never
had llvelier sport. and whiled away
q couple OF hours in the most intense
enjoyment, such As only an enthusi-
astic angler can have. could not let
out twenty feet Oi line without catch
ing n brOnzeback. ! considered this
rather curious, hut was thunderstrrck
when looked up to the moon and
found it in the glory Of fullness. Was
dreaming The moon cert ainly was
at first quarter two hours ago, and
the fish were not bitin. at all. No
body has ever yet explained the vag-
aries Of the bass, and so thought lit
tie OF this.
But the moon perplexed me- Nat
urally blamed it on the bottle. !
had purchased quantity OF very fine
old whisky, and had a bottle of it with
me. The fish lost all OF their interest
for me, and my guide wondered why !
sat there musing. The more thought
about it the more was ] worried.
Finally handed my guide the bottle
and asked him to imbibs. Ihaveneyer
i'm my lie met a guide, no matter how
limited his knowledge OF the habitat OF
fish, who was not a good Judge of
whisky. The guide took hearty pull
and smacked his lips; then he declared
it was the finest whisky he had ever
Il l., 4 1txl Ia - ta
moon, and he remarked that he had
noticed it on the previous evening and
spoken OF it's brightness. He said that
the moon had reached its full on the
previous night. | concluded that some
hing similar had happened to me
about twenty-four hours later.
81 was all broke up and returned To
the club house. | went to bed without
saying a word to anybody, wondering
what vagaries my mind would conjlre
up next. Every few minutes | looked
out OF the window. but the moon re-
lare to say word to anybody for
ear OF being put into a straight Jacket,
but ] solemnly declared that never
would ! touch another drop. went
nome by the morning train consider
IDLY worried. When arrived in the
,ity ! bought paper in order to Iii
vert my mind from the moon, which l
vas continually seeing before in all
stages OF fullness and emptiness. The
irst thing my eyes encountered were
he headlines, Last Night 5 Eclipse of
he Moon-Valuable eAstronomicalOb-
ervations.
"The people on the ferry boat prob
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