The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1894-05-12
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m Icaught one "on the fly" the other
day; a rare gem IN it, own peculiar
lie. The popularity Of it's origin added
III little to It's novelty, having been
famed in three consecutive chapters by
'.rtists" OF no mean local cpute. In
| her words. three descendants OF the
How who lied about the potato patch
|,wn IN Syria--Ananias, believe his
|ighbors called him. met. "Talk about
but, said the first, "I'Il tell you how
| kctch EN-, plenty. Jest get n raft out
the middle OF n lake and build up n
4 fire. Then you have some nice
|oppcd meat and throw IL in the water.
trout will begin at the meat and
an haul 'em In with line in both
nds, ns inst M you want to. They'll
e at anything; bite at rocks II you
ROW them in" The second artist
Iiyed n lazy sigh. A faint smile man
4 his features as he added very delib-
,tely; That's pretty good. but did
u ever notice how the pcsky things
jump out Of tho water when you first
low out the chopped meat?" 81
vc." reioined artist No. /. "Well."
4 The author OF the second chapter.
tried that snap onst and jest put n
ON my raft. The fish seemed To git
" like and the first thing knowed.
y wus foil NJ the stream o. mea
N the water right inter the tub and
ess than fifteen minutes the tub was
!" A sllndder traversed the back Of
list M. Bias lac contemplated the feat
pre- him. After kicking hnpless cur
/ fingered near and tossing n stick,
IN which le had been meditntively
ttling, well out into tbs empty street,
begun: eyes, friend, had an expert
similar 10 that, myself, only, may
u little more remarkable. got my
full Of fish just M you did, but they
MT all trout. A couple 81 sword fish
mixed up in the mess and when got
pre-, tho trout was all Quilted, ready
he fryin' PAN" Artists Nos. 1 and
into II death faint
Taking OF Fish stories" leads me
TO observe that i il unnecessary 10
visit the louuging places OF languId
TO hear them in proiuse variety.
her are all tales Of the common scaly
.econincd exclusively to the hab.
) OF the billowy deep. We hear
from the forum, from the stump;
from the pulpit. albeit the progeni-
Pi the pcrversion OF truth is held up,
iustly 80. in abiect horror by those
not unircquently embelish their dis
pcs by the use Of narratives which
y SAVIOR Of the genus pisces. shall
pare my breast To the piercing lances
vitrolic critic ON the score 81 bias
~ by touching upon the practice Of
milling the figure 81 holy writ. in
Jonah figured with a whale, into
ortrpynl Of a literal occurrence, nor
1rting OF the Red sea Ter the passage
children OF Israel, with the scien-
explanation thereof neglected, but
deal with at least one instance 81
coloring which reached my ears
pulpit within recent days: A
man left his English home and
mother. lie iourneycd into the
sen to America and California,
he tarricd during the brief period
Fty-fve years. lie WIS economical
good report; cared nothing for
Establishments OF the giddy dance
lid not "play the races" Il sup
At the end OF this short period
istry, tliirty-five years, the young
nvested his all in a diamond. He
parked for England TO minister To
eds Of the mother who was aged,
five years before, 20 sell his dia-
nj profit, while there was n high
IN cutdiamonds imported into the
States and no customs duty on
taken into England. (IIence, the
wo ARE left TO tho presumption
be rare gem was "riz" in Caliior-
While on shiphoard. this remnrk-
Pung man, who had carried n six
r for thIrfy.flve years, had still
ut money. after the purchase oil
mond. to buy three red apples.
hose he began 10 iuggle, for the
able young man, besides being ne
BILE was also a iuggler. His com
) vent wild with excitement and
He'd GEOGRAPHICALLY meanwhile the
the remarkable young man MS
abnormal proportions. lie drew
, diamond and, describing one'Oi
apples, instituted a series OF leafs
priced gem and the feInning two
they were still red). The onlook-
horror-trickcn; "all eyes were
high; there flew the precious
fbctwecn the rca and sky
IN wild cnircatics they implorcd
)ceist. but 40 confident was the
young man Of his skill and
ia he for the 'pIaudits Of the