Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1895-10-12
GOING A-FISHING.

Money, of course, has occasional at
fractions, even to man who lives
mainly on moonshine; but there
frequently comes a time when l am
overcome with a desire to 90 where
pellucid waters gurgle. and for day
or two relapse into barbarism and eat
with my fingers. As Sam Jones says,
am down on piscatorial diversions,
but, brethren, do love to fish. |
never baited hook in nv life, if we
rule out the pin-hook period of exist
ence; but for all that, love to lie in
the shade on hot day, and watch
somebody else having good luck and
splendid time.
ANY man who has the use of brain
that is always on the go, like a young
chicken in quest OF bugs, will find
that nothing so lulls 1t into the holy
calm of perfect repose, so necessary at
occasional intervals to robust mental
health. as reclining in a hammock in
the breezy shade on hot day and
watching somebody trying to catch
hsh. The eyes may remain open, and
| the body wide awake. but the soul
will slumber, and when aroused to
duty afterward it will spring up re-
| freshed.
One Of the WAYS to get all the en-
| joyment of the circus, without the
crowd and bad breath YOU are Obliged
| to endure in order to harvest hilarity
under canvas, is to make up little
party OF friends, and go forth in pic
mic style to spend day killing mos
quitoes and eating pickles and Jelly on
the bank of some placid stream.
where 1t meanders through forest
which drapes the earth in cooling
shadows SO intense that ants on the
biscuit are not observed.
have in mind an excursion of chat
F, Kind which occurred this season. A
small party Of kindred spirits was
made up, and a day appointed for the
| picnic. 1t was agreed that everybody
,, should take something, so I took a
camp cot and a fan. in addition to a
fly lemonade before starting. Others,
more keen-sighted, took substantials
that came handy in the course OF the
day, but nobody had the foresight to
think Of bait. Bait is the allurement
placed on the hook to beguile the fish
to its ruin, and is a matter of some
consequence, if you expect to have
! good luck and catch many fish, though
some are foolish enough to bite at the
bare hook, as you sometimes see peo-
pie do in real life. My wife took a
freezer OF ice cream, a Jug of milk.
and every precaution to get her re-
freshments to the rendezvous in safety.
She also took a lady guest from the
city who was afraid OF snakes and
something OF gusher on poetry. II
might also be remarked that she had
good mouth for pie and abhorred a
pig.
We started early. My costume was
cool but impressive. 1t consisted large
ly of blue cotton pantaloons. straw
hat, and shirt without collar, |
also wore cigar the greater part OF
the time, in addition to the blue pop-
giles which are my constant stay and
comfort in hot weather. The women
were dressed with scrupulous care in
Mother Hubbards, wide brimmed hats.
and full-grown umbrellas. Our coupe
Tor a time was numbering spring wa.
gon, drawn by horse who resembled
myself in one marked particular. He
was fond Of the shade, and narrowly
escaped upsetting the wagon several
times in his frantic efforts to get to IL
when We passed tree by the road
side.
Immediately on leaving home nv
wife began to enjoy herself and add to
the pleasure of the company-which
was myself and the woman who alb.
horred snakes-by worrying about the
cream and its chance of getting there
IN anything short of sloppy condj-
ton. 1t is popularity Of this good
woman to take an interest in every.
thing she has anything 10 do with.
her interest in that cream was CON
tinuous and full of solicitude. The
journey was about six miles, and from
notches cut on the wagon box by way
OF memoranda-for like to be accu-
rate about such matters for the sake
OF argument afterward-I discover
that l was obliged to stop, alIght, and
overhaul the tub in which the freezer
and jug Of milk were packed in The
fragments OF an iceberg of no insight.
ficant size, fifty-three consecutive
times, in response to the call of tina,
woman's abnormal zeal toward pro
noting the pleasure of the party in
the sizing hours VI the day. About
the time would get back into the
wagon and become comfortably fixed
in my seat. she would begin Il
brood on terrible consequence sur,
to happen a little farther along, ant
IL wouldn't be a minute until she
would be about ready to break dowr
with presentiment that the cork hat
already come out Of the jug. So
would have to climb down again, ane
prove by personal observation that sh,
was wrong, as is generally the case Il
the clash of intellect between mar
and wife. But it is not until we final
~ drove into camp. and she had salts
fed herself by overhauling the cooling
apparatus in person that my numer
ously repeated statements were cor
rect as usual. that anything like tran
guilty of mind or placidity OF demean
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