Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1902-07-02
TROUT OR copEusn.
Practical Joke Nearly Resulted In a
Divorce Case.

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Mayor OF Bangor that il worth repeating,
On the evening after bis election friend
OF his caught trout at Green lake,
Weighing almost i've pounds, handsome
as picture; tail perfectly square and In
every respect noble specimen Of the
finny tribe. He at once concluded, pro-
viding bis good wife was willing, to pre-
sent his capture to Bsngor's newly elected
msyor and most esteemed citizen.
Having placed the suggestion OF his
presenting the trout before the lady OF
the house, she readily consented to his
taking the ish to Bangor, providing be
would promise to avoid visiting a certain
saloon. He promised. Next morning at
daylight our happy fisherman was well on
bis way to the Queen City OF the East,
| with the trout, snugly covered with moss,
packed away In a box placed In the bot
tom OF his wagon. Ia due time
be reached Bangor, and remembering bis
promise to his wife, concluded
be should not visit that particular
saloon, yet the promise he considered not
sufficiently strong to prevent him visit.
ing another one, and feeling that be re-
/ CURED a stimulsnt to enable him to nah
good presentation speech, refined his
horse before the door OF a place run by
celebrated mixer OF fancy drinks as well
a. q practical joker. After his fifth cock
tail he innoeently, yet with considerable
pride, informed the bar tender what
I brought him 10 the city that morning,
and the skill he had displayed in captur-
| ing such large fish. The proprietor OF
| the place, having listened to the story,
/ quietly slipped out to the team, removed
/ the cover from the box, took out the
trout and put In its place a six pound
leaving the box just exactly as be bad
| found IL.
| After our Holden friend had imhibed
| sufficient talking fluid to make him feel
perfectly at homs under any eircnm-
stance, he babe the boys goodbye, started
bis team for the residence of His Honor.
Arriving there In duo time, pressing a
button brought the tootmap TO the door.
who. upon finding the object OF our
friends visit, at once notified the mayor.
| having first brought the fisherman and
his box into the waiting room.
The mayor, Of course, was only too
happy to receive mao who drove sixteen
miles that morning for the purpose Of
presenting him with q five-pound trout
The presentation speech was duly made
before opening the box. then the cover
was carefully removed, when, 10 and be-
hold. there appeared to the sstonished
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less than a Bar Hsrbor Goldfish. The
mayor at once guessed the truth OF the
STAIR aud told his friend that, although
he telt sadly disappointed, yet he should
bear In mind the friendship exhibited by
the gentleman from Green lake.
The fisherman at once picked up bic fish
aud box, jumped into bis team msdder
than March hare, and imagining that
his wife bad put the cod instead OF the
trout into the box, at once made up his
mind to apply for divorce. To sppease
his angry feeling, or rather gain sufficient
courage TO notify his wife OF bis intention
I'm relation TO a separation, he again called
at the same saloon be had visited during
the morning and ordered three Penohsco;
flips IN quick succession, at the same time
telling the bartender o, the isnominious
position he had been placed in through
the funny business of his spouse,
While telling his tale OF woe the pro-
prIetor sgain quietly slipped out, took
the cover of the box, removed the cod
fish ard pot in its place the trtus exsctiy
| in the same position as be had previously
found 1t, sgain carefully mailing on the
cover.
Shortly afterwards the Green lake man
started for home, ana upon his arrival
| there the air b, came blue and Ia language
loud enough to be heard at Phillips pond
ne Informed bis wife that she had played
just one little game TOO many snd that
he had firmly resolved upon nothing less
than absolute divorce, a. be should never
again spend q single day In her company.
The sstouishmepi of the lady can hardly
be described, bot assigning the whole
trou ble TO an overdose OF Kentucky red
eye, plainly told her spouse iast exactly
" hat she thought, and IN rather forcihie
Language told him that she knew be bad
never visited the mayors house, and to
prove her assertion at once ripped the
cover of the bsx, when there before the
sstonished gaze Of our mystifisd friend
lay he ident cal trout.
After gazing al the fish for about ten
minutes, patiently listening to the curtain
lecture given by his better half. he man
sged TO find time enough 10 say that all
though IL might be a trout at Green lake,
bed be teiotally hanged II IL wasn't a
| Goldfish 10 Bangor.