The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-13

Twin t didn't know how to go
fishin' until yesterday. I was
out a-helpin' Mrs. Green. She
had company come unexpected
an sem for me. I'd rather work in the
country occasionally n in a fiat laundry,
an SO I didn't waste any time goin' out.
Mr.. Green's gone east an when two of his
cousins came from out in Kansas, why
Mrs. Green had to entertain 'em. She
didn't think t would be much trouble with
a whole lake to fish in an a good stretch
of groun' back of the house to move roun'
in.
1--WE aIys thought It men were born
with a knowledge Of how to go fshin'.
Some of 'em use 1t better'n others, for I
mind, last summer, t Mr.. Lane sat In a
boat in the scorchin' sun for four hours to
catch black bass cause Mrs. Lane
wanted fish for dinner, an he said 1t
would be easier to catch one outen the lake
N go to the butcher shop. He foun' out
he wasn't aPys right bout sixty minutes
later, an nothin' but pride kept him stew
in in the sun. Men hate to acknowledge
they're in the wrong jes' bout as much as
women do. but a woman IL give in frs
an til better grace, seems if. Mrs. Lane
had to finally call Mr.. Lane in, for fear
he'd have sunstroke, an she thought it
Id be easier to go to the store herself n
to nurse him thru a sickness.
But as I was a sayin' these two men
were out at GREEN'S an early In the morn
In Mrs. Green says to them: Don't you
want to go fishin'? says she. You'll fin
a boat an ev'rythin down at the dock.
They went down to the dock, cause
she seemed to expec' 'em to an my ex-
perience with folks shows me It nine times
out Of ten they do what they're expected
to do, not what they want to do.
II saw m fussin' round down at the
dock as If they didn't know what to do,
an went down. They were goin' off
'thout any bait. an they looked kind of
dazed when says, says I, You can get
frogs mex door, I had to tell 'em what
the frogs were for, an show 'em how to
put 'em on the hook an when they finally
pushed the boat into the lake, thinks I
to myself thinks I: Mrs. Green's pretty
careless 18th Mr.. Green's relations to SEN
'em out as ignorant that, seems it,.
II kept my eye on 'em, for they didn't
go out Of sight an rowed up an down for
bout an hour. Then I saw 'em pull to
shore as tho somethin' had happened, an
went down to help. I don't like to put
myself in folkes way, but if ever any
body needed help it was those two crit
turs In that rowboat. The one wan was
rowin' as if a sea serpen' was chasin'
him an the other had line in each han.
We've caught a fish on all our lines he
called when he saw me on the dock, an
we've come in for more :
(" More what? yelled I:
Z" Lines says he, so we can catch
some more fish,
can those two men from Kansas ac-
tually thought t they couldn't catch two
fish on one line, but had to have a hook
for every one I didn't like to show ]
knew so much more n they did, so I let
'en tie the lines to the dock an foun'
three more in the boathouse an they went
off to catch three more fish.
eve learned It men don't like to fin
women KNOWN any more'n they do,
whether it's fishin' or geography. An
a woman what's got any sense IL arys let
the man she's with tell her somethin'.
She makes a big mistake when she com
mences to han out the information
seems if
ct may be all right to bring chick
ems up benin a picket fence, but seems II
children oughtnt to have barbed wire
roun' 'em when they're playin'. There's
nothin' that'n make you want to go out
: side the yard smore'n jes' shuttin' the
gate an I don't believe that young ur
over at Bells Id ever have thought OF
runnin way yesterday If her mother
hadn't tied her to the porch. SEEMS II
children mus be min readers, for they
have a faculty for doin' what you expec
'em to but hope they won't.
I. Mrs. Schultz was tellin' me las night
how she took lilly over to the mothers
4 meetin' with her, an all the time she was
gettin' her ready an takin' her over she
les knew It Tidy was goin' to spill. a cuI
OF coffee down the from Of her dress, an
sure 'nough she did, an Mrs. Schultz
isn't sure yet she can get the stain out
You can't do much 'thout havtn an ides