The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1897-10-14
AUSTELL.

Ahlo OOAuS WV cAChCA ASuluS bCd
son, every fisherman is interested
and Austell being in the bend .
Sweetwater causes this sport to b,
INDUCED in by many. AS to bal
most people use dough, but thu
most successful catcher of suckers
that we have seen put the dough il
his pocket and used newspaper fol-
bait, and there is no telling how
many suckers he caught, but BY
putting o little piece of dough II
his pocket every time he caught {
sucker, they amounted to a nice lit
tie pile. This gay fisherman Ii
here about month ago from Ala
bams, where he had run a news.
paper, and having heard tina,
Austell wanted o paper be came tc
look the ground over. He talked
newspaper early and late to every
one whom he saw, regardless o.
size, color or business, in fact he
talked it SO fast that you would
imagine that you saw printers ink
between his teeth aud that bis
breath partook slightly of the col.
or of ink. Editor Taylor brought
with him his wife and an interest.
ing little boy, who stopped at the
hotel and made themselves agreeable
to the other boarders. We got
about three issues of the Argonaut
and then Editor Taylor decided to
get out an advertising edition,
showing the advantages OF Sweet,
water Valley in general and Austell
in particular, then the suckers be.
gan TO chew the bait. Nearly every.
body, hotels, sanitarium, druggists,
grocers, real estate agents, all nib.
bled the bait, while the Editor
watched for the time jerk 'em. Last
week we got q few of the great
papers and the Editor prom.
ised more in few days, but days
passed and no papers and folks be
gan to question the editor, anc
from his talk most of them decided
that his finances were low, and ir
their desire to keep the town paper
going decided to pay up so as tt
enable the Editor to get the balance
of the papers and let them be SEN
broadcast over the North ant
West, where people are continually
wanting to know something of oul
country. On Saturday Editor
Taylor decided TO go over and writ,
up Powder Springs, SO when tn
3:15 train rolled in Editor, wife
child aud several bundles (''paper
to distribute'') got on the train
having left word for a Photographic
from Lithia to meet the 7:15 trail
to collect his bill for work done
The 7:15 train arrived and it be
came evident that Editor Taylo
had watched his hooks and decide,
it was time to jerk 'em. But som,
thought he had probably foun,
more work at Powder Springs thar
he had expected and had decided t,
spend Sunday there. But to settl,
the question Marshal Brewer wen
up at 8:15 Sunday and returned a
1890. Editor Taylor had probably
decided that it was too dusty to ge
off at Powder Springs, for Con
ductor Lowry informed the Marsha
that Taylor didn't present his tickets
to Powder Springs but had tickets
from Atlanta to Chattanooga, an(
told the Conductor that he liket
Austell ana her people and h,
thought he would locate here. TIL,
Editors trunks were opened enc
found to be empty, then the 'paper
Tor distribution" were known to b,
clothing. Some folks laugh ant
some look mad, but Editor Taylor
regardless of looks, is nearly 500
ahead, and we are one Editor short
We have advised our friends to ge
their stuff ready for the next fisher
man as he will be on time, since i
is only about year that man
with breath smelling like paragoric
talked up a Medicine Co., and som,
OF our most prominent citizens bit
and bit hard at the bait. At tha
time some of our citizens stateC
that they wouldn't chew bait, vel
the medicine didn't catch 'em, Blu,
the paper bait got 'em nearly all
and there is no use saying that the
state OF the moon, direction OF the
wind, or condition of creek affects
fishing for land suckers, for it don't
and this suckers will just lay
aside another little reserve fund TO:
the next fisherman, as we have BIZ
twice in FIVE years aud it's reason
able to believe we will bite again
but there are others that say the,