Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1897-07-29
FROM SINNERS GIMP.
Brookens Fined For Disorderlu Conduct
Charley ortOn's kindheartedness Pans out A
Large Family Plenty OF Fish.

LAKE NAMAKAGUA. Wis. july a.
DEAR ToNY:-I once more have the
chance TO drop you a line. A lumber
man living in this vicinity il going to
Cable today. suppose YOU have at
least small amount of curiosity as
to how we are making camp life % by
this time. Well. you well understand
camp life, as well as the best reoulat-
ed family, has its ups and dows. one
of the ups occurred when old Brookens
tooling around the cook in the early
morning upset the pan Of bacon in the
sand. OF course this made US wait
until more could be fried, and the air
up here makes a man very hungry
and savage. So Brookens was brought
up before the captain and fined three
rounds Of soda water and bottle Of
pickles. He settled the bill and har-
mony was once more restored.
One of the downs occurred when
Brookens and Fuzzy were sent to
Norwegian settler on the other side Of
the lake for butter, eggs. etc. On
leaving Cook Charlie yelled out.
"When was over the other day |
noticed two little girls, want YOU
boys to give each of the little girls 10
cents for me. BE sure and do it,"
After we had purchased the small
things we wanted told the lady we
had a cook at camp who had very
kind heart and had told us to Give
each OF her little girls 10 cents for
candy. The lady smiled and when
asked how many girls she had pro-
duced from the different parts of the
house just seven. She also informed
us that she had another daughter who
was married as well as three bows.
Brookens just put on broad grin and
smiled myself. But what could do
but obey the orders Of the cook. so |
Just coughed up 20 cents, which was
very careful Brookens should see me
hand over. Well, the cook did not do
a thing but kick when we returned.
Said we were stufiing him; he was
sure there were only two little GIRLS.
| stuck to it with Brookens back of
me, and Charlie came down with the
~ cents. Thus you see one Of the
downs. want to remark right here
Charlie was brought up before the
captain and fined one round Of soda
water for using strong language in
we do not allow
around camp without fine.
We are catching all fish wanted and
do not want to catch more than we
can use. We have a great deal of
time for camp, rowing, and if good
wind, sailing the Rosy Ann. We
have been catching some very fine
blue gils lately They are great
deal like a sunfish only finer colors
and weighing about one pound and
half. When we catch croppies and
pickerel we are forced to throw them
back. We notice the flesh Of the
pickerel and croppies is very firm. the
water being 50 cold | think is the
cause Of this. We were informed
that Lake Namakagua was solid ice up
to April p. and Nov 18th last was
frozen over. When YOU get few feet
below the surface the water is now
cold enough to drink. and on the
beach the water being warmed by the
sun. is delightful to battle in. Our
trout fishing 50 far has been limited.
We went up the north arm Of the lake
and found a stream but the forest and
underbruSh was 50 bad we had to
wade for it. We caught only four
trout: don't think we shall tackle the
stream again. We went yesterday
over to the Namakagua river and had
better success. but on account of log
ging operations had to 20 three or
four miles down the river We found
trout in abundance but they average
very small; the largest caught was
about 3 inches long. They are of
very light color and the flavor much
finer than the larger trout Of southern
Wisconsin. We had trout for break
fast and when fried in good bacon fat
you can almost make meal off u
them alone.
So far We have had only one night
cold enough to sleep in our pants,
coats, hats. shoes. rubbers and neck
ties. The air & fine and bracing as
ven II mipht be. the hirhest point in