Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-06

the bones from mine, stripping it clear
down to the toes, and took them back to
town when we returned. There l almost
broke the town. We would tell the story
OF the frog, say that It weighed twenty
pounds and had a leg fourteen inches and
a half long and offer TO bet on the latter
proposition and prove 1t. The game was
easy.
ut might be interesting TO you to know,
by the way, that this creek where we got
the frog was the famous disappearing
creek, worshipped by the Comanches, its
banks being their ~favorite camping ground
and rendezvous. All along the first por-
tlon Of it's course It would run a little
way and then dive under the sand, coming
out a quarter Of a mile or so farther on.
For this Characteristic the Indians
venerated it. After ten miles, however,
the tributary springs we're so numerous
that 1t disappeared no more"
81 can tell you something thai Al May
hew Of Waterloo, Neb., did one time that
you'll not believe said George A. Hoag-
land, but it can be proved by three wit
nesses. Fifteen years ago Al sunk a
hoopnet in the mouth of the Elkhorn river
at Valley when the fish we're running up
stream. The next day he pulled 1t up
with eight catfish in 1t. They weighed
Just 2, 100 pounds, a little over q ton. Their
size was fairly uniform, each weighing
something less than 800 pounds. Can you
beat that?"
THAT was a great catch that three OF us
made at Webb lake, In Minnesota, two
weeks ago." said Judge Fawcett. I'm one
day we pulled out 500 pounds and threw
back innumerabie pickerel that kept both
ering us. It's good fun to fish like that"
Five miles below Council Bluffs, on the
Missouri river, there is a veritable fisher
mems Utopia. Few anglers know Of this
spot, but those who do make many visits
there. 1t is called Augustine's place, after
the man who WINS II. and 1t is not so much
for fishermen exactly as for those who
have a taste for fish, which are generally
! fishermen, so It amount to the same thing
in the end.
And this is what you can find at Angus
tines: Absolute quiet. the river at Its
prettiest, a beautiful grove on its banks, q
cool breeze Of pure air. q messy sward, and
the %grandest kind of a fish supper at the
days close, prepared at an open FIRE be-
I fore your eyes and eaten out Of doors.
1 augustine OWLS u nIIl0 IdII0I out ne Is u
born fisherman, and you never have to tell
him you are coming, for he always has the
fish part OF the program on hand. Just
put a basket Of bread and butter sand
witches and a few bottles Of beer in the
back OF your buggy some afternoon and
drive down to Augustine's. He has some
smooth QUOT grounds and you can play at
the game II you like, or loaf or read. At
dusk Augustine will start his open FIRE near
by and throw a peck of potatoes In the en-
bers. Then he will bring a few handsome
catfish from a hoopnet near shore and will
p%roceedito cook them by an original method.
He runs a sharp. long stick through each
fish from end to end, then shoves the stick
perpendicularly in the ground before the
fire. AS one side of the fish thus impaled
is broiled he turns the stick. and by thus
twisting now and then the Job is finished
Those who have eaten there say It is the
finest piece Of fish broiling to be had In
the country.
Lately a few society people have learned
Of this stunt, and several times parties hav,
gone to Augustine's. Ed George In partic'