The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-02

The prohibitionists are not teetotalers-
at any rate they have taken Swallow.
kuropatlkin is no standpatter.
TIE N0NpAREJL MAN
Story Of Brother Jim's Willy Attempt Il
Catch Trout that Refused to Take the
Balt-HoW the Fnny Monster Accumu
lated a Large Flshy Burden" but Knew
Enough to Keep Away from the Surface
During the haying season on the ole
place the "medder- piece" was the las
one to be cut. The grass ripened slowly
here and the ground was long in drying
out. The hired man. who was a Joker
sometimes referred to the meadow as tn,
"mud-ho.'
Thru the meadow and into the wood
wound the prettiest brook you ever saw
It was clear and cold and the brook trou
used to dart across it's shadows lik
shadows. When the meadow piece wa
cut we boys always took along the fish
Ing lines and '1aid off, a few minutes a
noon and sometimes in the afternoon ant
angled for the trout. The fish in thi
brook had such good feeding that the,
were very willy and brainy, and seemed t,
be able to smell the steel Of the hook
One day Jim, who was cutting the
grass along tree mound near the banl
of the stream, stopped and looked int
the water. Pretty soon he beckoned m,
over with violent gesticuation for silence
I crept UP beside him and peered over tn,
edge Of the bank. Jim had his finger OF
his lips and showed every sign OF tremu
lous excitement
What is it," whispered. IT don't SCI
nothin'.''
Jim put his mouth close to my ear
'Look under the root
AS soon as the eye got accustomed t.
the place detected one Of the bigges
polkadot trout that had ever seen.
felt symptoms Of buck ague. When
looked around Jim was batting his hook
He dropped it carefully into the pool ant
it sunk within an inch Of the big fellow,
nose. He paid no attention to 1t what
ever.
He's asleep!'' I whispered.
ASLEEP nothin'," said Jim. Hes willy
Jim moved the line trihe and the bait
tempting bit, too, fairly rubbed agains
the monster. He merely wagged one fl
and, moving out Of the way, resumed hi
trance Jim pulled up the line.
Don't you make any noise" he said
It'll fix him..
what you go1n to dO?
Never you mind. You watch himp'
jim made a run across the field to ,
bush where the, hired mans coat wa
hanging and returned with a large darl
bottle. AS he pulled the cork, strong
odor of alcohol blended pleasantly witt
the perfume Of the new mown hay.
What you going to do?" jl
Shut upl Don't scare him Off. 70,
Tho ,,oo1; - ,,o,~ -, ,.u.4, ~
big fellows head could be seen projectin,
from the tree root and he was either rest
ing or in some kind Of a f1shy trance. jim
carefully placed the nose Of the bottle t
| the water so as to make no noise and lie
the contents slowly run out The fls
seemed to pay no attention. The pool wa
deep and still and the New England rur
permeated the water and formed an alec
holic pool all about the big fish Sud
denly the trout seemed to take interes
He cooked one eye up and f1eeting smil
seemed to gather about his gills. He CAV
a flirt with his tall and took an unstead
gait across the pool Once or twice h
sstubbed his tail on rock. Pretty 500
he came back again and tried to stan
on his tail in front Of the root. He ha
on maudl1n expression and you coul
almost hear him say, ''bing!"
Hes full" said Jim, breathlessly. ::
he comes to the surface well grab *
him."
But the fish was too willy for that H
knew he wasn't right but he kept h
head. Now and then he would take a Iii
tie swim, but his fins didn't move proper
ly and his tail was wobbly and didn't han
right. Once he tried to stand on or
fin and balance himself against the cul
rent, but he fell over and sank to tt
bottom.
Gosh, wen never get him. said jim
A-,1 I..yk r ,
/ while and swan away in a shame face
way with one fin to his head and we neve
saw him again. The hired man was pre-
ty mad over the loss Of his stimulant, an
we had to tell him the story to keep hi
from complaining to father.
i DR.. Nye Of Hubbard, Mimi, thought /
had hold Of brandy and got a good hi
i swallow Of carbolic acid. He will recov,
! and will hereafter always smell Of tt
4 cork first.
Kate Kean tells "How to Serve Melons
4 We know Of no better way than to c,
them in two and pass them around.
Il If a gasolene launch engine will sprfn
la little leak and do such deadly wor]
the automobile engine may yet forget i
self and sidestep. We still await the pei
feet aeroplane,
Yes said Uncle Ellery as he came
today to get his twine 1.-THE weather
been pretty good for wheat, but she's a
going to straw an the hot winds al
bound to catch it in the milk Us farm
ers allus gets 1t somewhere
j The Kasota department Of the st. Pet,
4 Herald tells Of the mishap to Thoms
i Hall 9 incubator. In 1t there were ninet,
six eggs. including four goose eggs. B,
the lamp suffered or otherwise we,
wrong, and the goose eggs blew up iii
. four big cannon crackers. The other egg
We're SO jolted that they are Of little u.
4 except during the theatrical season. M
4 Hall is shy fine flock OF chickens ar
four geese.
81 We have often taken occasion in tn
column to regret the attentions forced Z
newly married people by their hurnorol
friends. The case Of Edward Tibbals ar
Miss Florence Beach, now Mrs. Tribal
is in point. Edward and Florence WEI
wed at Bridgeport, Conn, where the FL
vana cigars come from, and they lie
| town on the tooty. cars. Where did the
alleged friends come in you ask? At ii
car doors. In fact they distributed s
thru the cars handbils reading thus:
7 Notice TO Passengers: Please be kind IL bri
and groom; they are just married and of cour
4 feel little foolish His name is Eddie al
her name is "F1ossie.' Do not call her Mrs
as she is not used to 1t yet He is baslf
youth and she is quite shy. Every one come
and shake hands with them and make them fa
{ at home.
Now we contend that this was not ii
y delicate thing to do. When the new
"a married 0naS left the "a re h()fl ~. co no