Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-11-11

and It is said that President Cleveland
handles the cue for an hour a. q uine
after he has been worried TO death by
o.hcc-seekers President Garfield was
also a good billiard player. and De was
also fond OF cruuult and ball, htihur
used the billiard table ol the White
House very freely. aud bis best brain
tonic came from game of this sort
tx. Senator Palmer oi Michigan had a
billiard room in bis house, where bus
fellow Senator'S often came Co play lie
was troubled "a good deal win insomnia
and one OF his best recipe, Tot sleep was
to get physical'y tired. senator Butler
OF South Carolina plays q good game o.,
billiards, anu am told that kted OF
Main and Crisp oil Georgia are experts
with the cue.
srArrsNrs VINO FISH,
understand that llo.c smith caught
100 trout iutAl hours 100 the YELLOW
stone Park this summer This Is At the
rate OF d trout TO che minute aud makes
Smiths fish story one u' the biggest on
record. lie had three hooks on his line
and he often brought boo tire trout at a
time. Vice President ilcndrieks once
told the that be- had pulled n four isn at
once ON one line one time on the Alan'
tic coast The biE u,a stories ihaty
can here iu the C|uas looms OF the Cape
toll are more wonderful Wln the tales Of
Munchauscn. Senator Alurieh VIII tel
you OF the wonderful ilrpun which he
has caught m Florida. senator Frye
will describe bis cabin in the Main
woods which Doe supplies with trout
from the lakes aud streams, and Plat OF
Connecticut will go into ccsiasies over
tine delights Of salmon n5hus senator
Quay Is a good hsnguml1 10 all branches
ui the piscatonal 800 AMI sherman has
caugh, bass and white Hsh. one Vi the
greatest sportsmgn who ever came to
The Senate vas John heuna OF West
Virginia. When Hs went away from
WORK it vas 10 rest DIS brain in the West
Virginia mountains Tie always took a
camera with HIM aud Doe illustrated IBIS
stories with photographs ltc had thou-
scnds of snap shots taken 900 ul parts
OF the woods ucag DIS home ANA Tor
some time before DIS death hg was con-
tcmplailug the publication Of a book Of
hunting adventure such as be Thought
would be popular with the boys Of the
country. Every one knows now fond
President Cleveland IS OF fishing and
INV W" ~ NNlN 10 NNA away NR.NA NAlNN-
self when he has % fishing pole IN his
hands. II was the same with President
Arthur aud also With Andrew Jackson.
Jackson used to go down to Fortress
Monroe aud spend a week at time on
the old fort known a. the Rip Raps
fishing. lie was fond Of horse racing
and cock fighting and he eased his
brain By getting entirely away from his
work. Daniel Webster composed many
OF his speeches while out fishing and
some OF the best sentences IN bis speech
against Haynes were made while he had
a rod In his hands.
HUNTING on THE POTOMAC.
Quite a rumbcr OF the senators and
| big officials 10 down the Potomac TO
/ fish and hunt. You remember the hog
that President Harrison shot during one
OF his vacation iauuu. Vest and Vance
often go out to shoot reed birds during
the season, aud one OF the best stories
I told IN the cloak rooms this fall was OF "a
| hunting excursion which Senator Vance.
/ Howell Jackson, now Justice Of the
Supreme court, and the late Senator
I Beck Of Kentucky took a year or two
/ ago. II was during the Christmas holt
days, and Beck, Vance and Jackson
/ wanted Vest 10 20 with them to shoot
ducks. Vest objected. saying he didn't