St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-02-11
FISHERMAN'S LUCK.
The HeaDed-Up sorrows of a Gem
tie Disciple of Izaak Walton.

tie DISclDE6 Oh 4Zaak w alton.
st. Louis Republic.
Charles Kessler, a saloonkeeper at 316
South Seventh street. rebelled against
domestic rule yesterday morning, and
as consequence, is i'll the city hospital
and will have to answer the charge of
disturbing the peace when he RECEIVERS.
The financial strngency is the remote
cause of Kessler's trouble, he says.
Until last summer he did good busi-
ness, and, with the exception of few
minor troubles, his domestic lif. was
happy one. When business began 10
get dull his wife told him that he must
get work in the brewery, and let her
brother, who was doing nothing and
was boarding with them, tend the bar.
Having been accustomed to obey her,
he went to work in the brewery, and his
brother -in-law was installed as bar
keeper IN the saloon. Bushes became
duIler, and the wife decided that they
would have to keep oveh longer at
night. AS soon as Kessler got his sup
per each evening she made him tend
bar. Working in the brewery III the
day time and tending bar at night while
hit brother-in-law went to the theater
was not to KesSler's liking, but the
more he complained the later the saloon
was kept open.
Kessler is an ardent disciple Of IZaak
Walton, and i'll his time has caught SOME
big fish. For long time he has wanted
to go fishing. and his wife promised that
he might go several Sundays ago. But
when he got his fishing rod she told him
that he would have to wait until the
next Sunday. He patiently submitted,
and the next Sunday made preparations
to go fishing, with the same reSnlt.
Yesterday morning he was all ready to
go. when his wife took his fishing pole
away from him and told him to stay at
home, while his brother-in-law went
fishing. This was almost more than
KessIer could bear, but after arguing
the matter awhile he went back to his
duty and sorrowfully watched his
Orother-in-laW set off Oh his piscatoriaI
expedition.
Presently man came along with all
enormous catfish that he had just
caught. The saloonkeeper was wild
with envy. 1t was a larger fish than he
had ever caught. He stopped the man,
and after questioning learned that the
fish had been caught III the particular
spot where he had intended to fish.
KeSsler closed the saloon. He drew
the blinds and fastened the paddock on
the side door. He then procured another
tackle and went down to the MiSsiS-
sippi. determined to catch the biggest
fish that was to be found in the river He
caught one fish, and there was tremen-
douS jerk at the line when his wife took
him by the ear and led him heme with
out even giving him time to Investigate
what was at the other end OF his fishing
line. She made him open up the saloon,
and then gently chlded him on the folly
of disobeyiDg her, occasionally throwing
stale beer OIL him by way of emphasize
ing her remarks. She told him that her
brother had gone fishing. and that he
could catch bigger fish than Kessler
ever saw.
Notwithstanding the asperity Of her
remarks KeSsler was peaceable. He
slowly turned the leaves of the volume
of Schiller that he was reading, and in
his Imagination pictured his broiher-in-
law hauling mammoth catfish to the
shore. A nervous fear came over him.
Perhaps the brother-iIl-law might catch
larger fish than he had ever caught.
He dismissed the idea as preposterouS.
An hour later the brother-in-law re-
turned He was carrying a catfish so
big that it's tail dragged upon the
ground. Kessler saw the fish and
barred the door.
You come not here NIT dot fish. You
buy him at dot store" said Kessler.
threateningly.
Such all insinuation would make any
man with courage fight, and the war
began.
Kessler vanquished the brother-in-
law, and was standing triumphantly on
the fish when Mrs. Kessler appeared.
She pulled the fish from under him, and
what happened after that until the
policeman came Kessler did not know.
His head is swathed in bandages, and
his face looks like a redeemed meal
ticket. His ample double chin is kept
i'll place by stitches, and his clothes are
in tatters. He sits modify in his room
at the hospital and pictures to himself
the enjoyment of his wife and brother
in-law feasting upon the fish he never
caught.