The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-23

THE KNOWING BLACK BASS.
How He Taught the Fisherman a
LRaann.

LESSOR
VIII Carleton in Everywhere.
Hold # steady-don't disturb him-give
him leeway for to bite
Yes, you've got him reel him careful,
for he'll make a lovely fight!
O, my graciousi now you've lost him, an
he's swlped your hook an baitl
Never mind; We'll throw another; no will
stan around an wait
It's a reason for our thinkin' that the
fish are slow to feel,
That their appetitesll sharpen, when
they get a taste O. STEEL
Now, that sort O. half reminds me OF
bass l used to know.
That was brains from prov to rudder, IL
fish was ever so;
For he stole my bait off handy every time
/ throwed Il in
An then Topped up from the water with
a cunnin' sort O. grin;
An l finally named him lawyer. for he'd
leave the hook as bGe
AS a client in court room with attur-
neys fur to spare.
An worked him late. an early, an l
give him all the chance
That a fish was ever offered for to take
a river-dance;
But he made the same division, an he
drawed il very fine,
Takin' fur himself the minny-leavin' me
the hook an line;
An l struggled late an early with my
fshpoles an my reels
An my time an strength an minnies-
jest to give that FISH his meals.
An It fn'lly come to askln' whether ma
tives on the shore
That had padded through the river for
a forty year or more,
Should be beaten every summer by a fell
Ter 1t appears
Who had only swum the water for half
a dozen years.
An two nights i laid a-thinkin' how to
work 1t on him slick,
An TO play the little lawyer one good
everlastin' trick.
Then I built a queer contraption strung
with new-invented crooks
Twas a circus made of minnies an a
side-show full O. hooks;
An l don't suppose a critter could go
near it head or tall
But twas sure TO catch him somehow,
an to hold him like a NALL
An / loudly hollered GLORY" an was
full o. joy an pride,
When that afternoon l snapped him,
with a ish-hook in his sidel
But he mildly gazed upon me- as drawed
him up an near,
With a look of disappointment in his eye
50 black an clear;
An he seemed to say as reg lar as a FISH
with words to spare;
"Now, you know to make It decent you
are bound to catch me fairi
You an l has been striving at a scien-
tihc game,
An to treat me foul an sneaky Is an ever
lastin shame!'
Then I ans'rs: do you mean lido you
think it-straight an true?"
An he winked his eye like sayln', Yes,
by gracious. sir / do!'
An picked the nsh-hook from him, usin'
most unusual care,
An he seemed to whisper THANK you,
but it's only just an fair!'
An ] cut off my new fsh-hooks-all the
whole Internal set
An / throwed EN- in the river, and they're
in the river yet
An I launched my friend a-foatin' in the
water cold an blue,
An he Topped a sort Of THANK you" as
he disappeared from view;
An he's never stole minny nor seemed
ready to commence,
Though he's sort o hung around me In the
water ever sence;
An l often think the Teller means TO pay
me back agin,
An now acts as my atturney fur to rope
the others in;
But he started me a thinkin': When you
fish, as fish you VIII,
Be a sport an not a butcher; try to catch
an not TO kill;
Keep enough TO serve you eatin', let the
surplus fellers go;
Send the small ones to their mOthers-glve
EN- time 70 fat an grow.
An when pullin' in the fishes, don't be
slow to recOllect
To secure EN- in manner not 70 forfeit
their respect.
The Hon. Mrs. Arthur Henniker has
accepted the post Of president Of the 60
ciety Of Women Journalists Of London.
Mrs. Cralgie C'John Oliver Hobbes') hav-
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