The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-10-03

Startling as II Is, Ii rlust Be ABB
soIutely True.

Rev. DIR. James II. Hoadley. pastor
OF the Faith Presbyterian church i'm
this city. who does fifteen months
fishing and hunting at his camp on
Brantingham Lake, Is having remark
able sport this year. Visiting the ge-
nial doctor this season is Rev. Daniel
Il. Lorenz and his wife, both OF them,
like DIR. Hoadley redoubtable anglers.
DIR. Hoadleyis reputation for veracity.
IL should be said right here has al
ways been of the highest order. There
are other clergymen OF Waltonian re-
nown in Chi Alpha, the preachers club
which holds monthly meetings in win
ter at which are exchanged the fishing
and hunting experiences OF the sum-
mer. but among all the members of
the Chi Alpha DR.. Hoadley has gained
the reputation for his stern adherence
10 the truth No temptation has ever
been strong enough TO stretch an inch
DIR. Hoadley's catch. or TO add a penny
weight to the contents of his creel.
Mr. Lorenz. too. is a clergyman whose
veracity has never been challenged by
enemy or friend
dered necessary by the following mar
ratiVe, sent out from Birmingham
Lake. and vouched for by Mr.. and
Mrs. Lorenz. and also by DR.. Hoadley.
one evening after a hard days fish
ing. Mr.. and Mrs. Lorenz returned To
their boat house a little later than
usual. and hastily pulling the boat up,
left the poles, with the hook and bait
of that belonging TO Mrs. Lorenz hang
ing In the water. There il remained all
night
In the morning when Mr.. Lorenz
went down to bring in the poles. he was
surprised IN seeing the entire line pull
ed from his wife's reel. Suspecting
that some small fish had got caught
while nibbling the bait, he proceeded
to reel up the line. but soon ascertained
from the weight that something more
than a half-pound perch was on the
other end. And so IL proved. for bass
which when weighed tipped the scales
at "a ounces, just two ounces short OF
six pounds, was the totally unlocked
for catch. Mr.. LorenZ secured the nsh
tight 10 the boat letting IL hang In
shallow water, and FASTENED To the
house TO tell the joyful news TO his
wife and DR.. Hoadley. When they re-
turned they found that in the mean
time a huge mud turtle had scented
the fish and IL being just then his
breakfast time. he was giving full play
To his appetite upon the tail OF the
fish, and had already reduced its
weight by half a pound.
The mud turtle was promptly made
part of the victor's spoils, and upon
further investigation IL was found that
a bullhead had first taken the hook
and been caught. and while making
frantic efforts to escape was in turn
seized by the siX-pound bass. with the
result that he soon found that he had
bitten more than he could comfortably
chew, and therefore was made a meal
OF himself
DR.. Hoadley. as was stated in the
introduction but repeated here, is d
Presbyterian clergyman. and during
his barefoot days, and while In Hamil-
ton college. was known. as Truthful
James" His whole life has been In =
minous by the steady incandescence or
that rare and radiant virtue of whicr
the little hatchet is the modern SYM
Dol. Mr.. Lorenz. too, has preached
truth weekly from the pulpit of the
Church OF the Holy Shepherd and
practiced il all his life. And the lady
i'm the case is Mrs. Lorenz.-The Mail
ana Express.