Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-06-22
NALL EYE!NALL EYEH WALL BYE!!!

test, and went forth to pick up the
threads of their web of daily toll that
was TO be woven into a fabric, history OF
their lives, little dreaming that In their
midst Was being formed, by no less than
SIX representative citizens Of the town, a
deep laid scheme TO steal a march On the
usual labors of the week and desert
their dingy, cob webbed offices for a four
days outing at Pickerel lake, where, with
plenty proyender and good bait, they
could find ample opportunity and time
10 stretch their weary minds and limbs
so much fatigued by long and strict at
t~ention to the weighty cares OF business.
But so it was, and ere the shadows cast
by that days sun had hidden themselves
away in twilight the plans laid out by
Messrs. j. 7. Goodwin, E. Huntington,
Albert Smith, A ID Hash, Z w Small, L
G Ochsenseiter and w s ID Adams, were
agreed upon, and the word went forth
that on the following day the party
would start upon its pleasure trip. The
services of the Hired Man" were pur-
chased to haul the outfit to the lake and
superintend the cooking, ETC., while
there. The praty arrived at six o'clock,
Saturday, at M~aloneyville. a beautiful
resort situated at the extreme northwest
corner of the lake. well tired by their
iolting ride across the Coteaus, and were
content to do but little fishing that night
but rather place their ''shakedowns"
and retire to rest, not beneath the owe
lids of the downy bed at home. but
wrapped within the folds of their daily
habits and perhaps a blanket with the
cold cold ground TO do the honors of the
soft mattress left behind.
Sunday morning found all the fisher
man safe in the tolls of sleep, except the
faithful sentry Huntington: who at the
hour of three o'clock, A. NJ, aroused the
party, and all, eager for the lsbors of the
day, prepared their lines and hooks and
took positions in their boats fully pre-
pared to conquer, at any cost, the fnny
beauties hidden beneath the white cap
ped waves upon the lake. The day
being one of rest the result of the catch
was nothing greet, owing no doubt, TO
the fact that The fish were away from
home visiting. or at Sunday school, how
ever, on Monday the Siege went on, and
and when the sun had set and the pale
moon rose above the scene at Maloney-
vile, three hundred walieyed pike lay
dead and bleeding at the feet of their
eaptors. The victorious fishermen were
highly pleased with their days sport,
and after quenching their thirst with
ice water, etc, at the cook tent they re
tired to their sleeping tent, but not to
| sleep, but to smoke the pipe of peace,
and tell fish stories ,some of which would
cause the author OF the Jonah and the
whale affair to feel sorry that his turn
TO narrate had came first. at last sleep.
sweet sleep, oyercame the nimrods, and
they retired to dreamland, and all
through the night one could hear the
cry of"Wall-eye, w~all-eye." and see the
speaker throw his hands violently about
to land a full sized shark instead o.
punching his fellow sleeper in the ear.
Tuesday morning dawned, and SO did
sentry Huntington; the latter awoke the
rest OF the party and kindly informed
them hat &c that was to be the last day
of the outing, and that those at home
vera hungeriDg for fish they would be
expected TO do their best and catch all
the fish they could; but all ssye fisher
men Smith and Huntington allowed that
three O'Clock. was a triie early to be no
and doing, and SO they rolled over and
went to sleep again. while thetwo gentle
men named bied them TO their boat and
10 the fishing grounds to fish, and by
breakfast time they had together caught
i04 fnny beauties. Breakfast over, the
party consulted their feelings and came
to the conclusion tina. they must have
more fish or starve. and so all hands went
TO work, fully determined 10 take i'm
every fish that bit. and by night their
catch, all told 70 date, amounted TO
el7 walIeyed pike. pickerel and perch.
Satisfied bTt not at al fatigned By their
four days sport the party broke camp
that evening and hiei them home fully
Convinced that Piekerel lake is a ~fayorite
fishing resort. and that as far as is
known, their party carries the badge for
being The 0 successful fishermen so
far as number Of Esh canght il concerned
attorney sazyns returned home snn-
day night from q ten days trip through
The northern par. Of Grown and this
county and through 2!srshaTl, also in
Sargent and Dickey creIriies, North Da-
kOis- In corversstioa With our Repor-
Ter. be says up in the country around
sirsubviiie, N D. q great mari OF the
farms sse rssertsd, caused by tive years
IF d-gD,b and u of hail. In answer 10
the question, ~ bat IN the best country