Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-04-09
A FISHING TRIP.
The Judge and the Aroostook
Humorist Go Fishing.
'hey Have Gay Time Before They Go and
Here Is the Story.

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i"r''ia' falne's Celery Compound ans
"aito'i"' ana tones up his circulating
'hcdlum with unlimited Quantities o,
9uiphuI' cream tartar and molae;es
IN the Spring Old Dame Nature hrc,,,s
through her Icy letters and throws on
ii"r snowy liver pad to welcome tho ~.
turn OF the BIRDS and flowers. dandrlio.
greens, mud, house cleaning, pack ned
ulerS, spring poets, book agents ana
all the other necessary and unnncas-
Safy blessings that go to make IN tbf
Vernal epoch Of northern Arocstook
IN the spring the ardent Sportsman il
thrilled with hopes and aspirations al
most incapable of being uttered. with,
ionSihSS to escape from the tramuole
OF clVlllZation-W white shirts starchad
coilafs and patent leather shoes-and
feNei IN the negligee and dshabin4
comforts Of the Unframed Wilderness.
70 leave the stifled atmosphere Of office
ana stable. and drink in the pure and
undlluted air and other stimulants
when nature and art have so iavishlv
spread around us 1t must have been
emotions similar to the above which
pefmeated our anatomies when the
Judge and decided to go fishing. The
Judge has quiet and secluded office
| where he diSpenses more or less dis
torted version Of Kent and Blackstone
ana where the disSolute loafers of tho
village pass a large portion of their
time in indolent and inactive idleness.
1t was here that all the plans Of our in
cursion We're perfected. ana the numer-
Gus details discussed in all their de-
! Nl0llS T1n1itic., +innS
studying the fish and game laws, thu
| prohibition laws. the ten command
ments, and all the laws ana cdicts,
which We We're liable TO rupture dur
ing our premeditated foray. We con-
sidered the merits and dement's of wei
and dry fishing, and after a heated
discussion, we decided to maintain y,
least an outward spmblarce of tenn
perance, which the judge Interpreted rs
meaning that we would not get 50 fun
! but what we could walk STRAIGHT.
After dlSpnSnG of the legal difficulties,
10 the satisfaction of all concerned. we
consider the question of ways and
means am the proud posseSSor Of an
old gray mare whose term of usefulness
expired during the dark and unremen-
bered ages. and the judge, y no has
been fairly successful@in his illegal
practice, has succeeded in saving a few
dollars from the clutches Of his i'm
Fortunate creditors. so am appoint ed
a committee on ways, while the judge
acts as committee on means. or to Is
more explicit. the judge is to furnish
money and provision, while | furnish
transportation and forage
Just as we are about to pronounce the
whole thing a foregonc conclusion. we
run against a snaE. and before we
know how We are involved in a quar-
rel, before which the slight misunder-
standing of the Kilkenny cats pales
into inSSniticance. 1t came about n
trying to aliot to each one his share If
the necessary camp duties. | was
modeled with conscientious scruples,
against all kinds Of manual
labor, and while the Judge has
no conscientious scruples of any
kind, still he is mortal lazy. The
judges laziness is Of peculiar order.
and differs very materially from COM
mon scrub Iazincss. He is not the
least bit afraid Of work. for | have seen
him, time and again. lie down beside It
and go to sleep. 1t is not the mere act
W WI hitiS@ Allstt HIS ilIiitti ipuN'
soul. but it is against the condition
which necesstates that labor that the
judge makes his principal kick To
Illustrate my meaning: one night the
judges chore boy. whose arduous
duties are to let the cat out ana in. and
remove his honor's boots, craved and
received permission to visit his best
girl, who lives in an adjacent neigh
borhood. While the course Of true love
was flowing smoothly and uninter-
ruptedly adoWn the stream of tins
the forces of nature were combining tc
complicate affairs for the judge as well
as the boy. and during the night there
was let loose on the unconscious and
unsuSpecting natives, one of the big
gest storms that has visited These
shores for ages. For three days and
nights the relentless snow pelted this
palpitating face of nature. while the
wind held high carnival among the de-
scending flakes, chasing them over nil
ard meadow. and pilng them up in
great heaps of drifted purity where
they would do the most harm. The
trains We're stalled roads blockaded
business suspended, everything stopped
but the interest on phosphate notes
and that, like the brook, goes on for
ever
When the storm fiend had SatiateC
his cruel thirst, and SUNK away to the
unknown regions which gave hin
birth. the judge mounted a step Ladder
and proceeded to take survey of ma
ture from the top pane of the only
window that wasn't drifted under
While gazing on a Is foot drift which
bridged the way from the front door t
where the sidewalk was last seen; he
in the anguish of his soul, several TING
e exclaimed IN the language Of the inn
mortal poet,
The boy, oh where was hc?"
But business had once more resumed
: her sway. and he judge is in a stat'
of siege with nothing but Il SNOW
shovel and an extensive and mildly
v profane vocabulary with which to re
move the blockade. He spends tn
i slow moving hours of the morning.
I Watching for the return of the boy, bu
when his patience was stretched u IL
,. utmost tension, when he found that II
:, could no longer postpone the fatal hour
| he seized his snow shower. and with