St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-05-30
A MAY.DAY OUTING.

Last evening hundreds upon hundreds of
men, women and children were coming
through the union depot and all of them
carrying strings of fish of every size and
weight from one inch and one ounce to
eight feet and eight pounds. 1t was an out
ing day for city folks, and everybody went
fishing. Everybody came back sunburnt
and happy, except in one particular-that OF
the almost universal lack of accommodations
at what some people are pleased to term ''our
lakes as summer resorts"
Neatly everybody who went fishing went
somewhere along the line of the st. Paul and
Duluth railroad. There are many beautiful
lakes along this line, all of which are stocked
in plenty with fish, but the facilities at hand
enabling man to inyeigle them to the sur
face are execrable. There seems to be an
absolute lack of proper management at nearly
every fishing point along the whole line.
There is a rare opportunity for some enter
prisng man to remedy this, which would re-
suit not only in pecuniary benefit to him,
but would receive the hearty encouragement
of every lover of sport.
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There is one station on this line Of road
which is very appropriately named Forest
Lake-you might as well be in forest for all
the accommodations that are available. As
soon as you step off the train great large
signs stare you in the face, Boats and Fish
ing Tackle to Let" You saunter lelsurely
over the place and with all the assurance in
the world ask for the conveniences which
YOU so fondly hope will be at your command.
But the attendant smilingly tells you that he
had just one boat left and he just this mo-
LAT II
at least a reasonable large feet of boats and
as you walked disconsolately to the shore
you naturally expect to see many happy
boatmen, disporting themselves upon the
placid streams that bear the remarkably ap-
propriate name given above. There, on that
wide expanse of water. you see three boats
two of them being elegantly adapted to the
purpose for which city people go to the
lakes-a chance to get some exercise. Two
of the occupants are kept busy bailing ont
the boat to keep from drowning, while the
third is attempting to cast his line for bite.
The other boat belonged ID Gov. Merriam,
and. like everything that the governor owns,
was in first-class order, and the man who
drew that lucky prize was the envy of all ex-
cursionlsts.
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There are other stations along this same
line of road which, though little further.
are said to maintain very reasonable com
plement of material for the enjoyment Of all
the followers of Izaak Walton, and as stories
were being repeated on the train coming
home by those who had had the good fortune
to 60 as far as the Chisago lakes and Lind
strom there was heard many muffled oath.
aud some even went so far as to go out on
the platform and kick themselves
II
The weather yesterday was all that could
be desired fo- fishing day. and there was
enough fish brought in on the through train
last night to supply every chetellin the city
and with every variety. too.
II
Two of the finest strings of fish OF the day
were taken home on the cable car last even
ing by Messrs. c. H. Murphy and Ed Heinz
BACH Murphy had a saek-larger than any
army sutler ever carried-flled so full of the
largest caught that he had 10 pay the con-
duetor two fares to allow it to ride, while
Heimbach had undoubtedly the finest string
of pike ever brought iato st. Paul by sports