The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-08-04
THE NONPAREJL MAN

The Great olds Bass and the Base sus-
plclons Regarding 1T Harbored In Some
Unworthy Bosoms-A Day at the Lake,
Where the Swimming Is Ripe.
F. "A. Olds, local agent Of the Assoc
ciated Press, recently dragged into town
a four pound bass that he lured from
the deep water just off his summer resi-
dence at Oldswood Big island, Lake Min
netonka, Hennepin county, Minnesota.
Having looked over this fish with some
surprise and felt of It's stomach and lung
inadvertently dropped few shot or
stones into them to increase the avoir-
dupois of the critter. and finding these
handy cavities guiltless Of any extra
weight or of any attempt whatever at
fraud on the public, we accepted kind
invitation to spend night at the lake
and to look over the hole from which
the big fish was pulled to seesif Its mate
or any of It's friends were still in the
vicinity,
Stepping lightly and joyously from the
train at Tonkas Bay, where there is
serious roller skating craze on and where
there is one of the finest Kinks in the
country, the first thing that caught the
eye was the scales at the station. Eav-
ing moment to wait, we stepped on
the platform for q weigh. Mr.. Olds tried
to lure us to the boat at this point, but
in vain. To our intense establishment we
tipped the scales at nearly two hundred
pounds! We felt ourselves all over. Yes,
1t was us! And there was the figure
on the yardarm of the scales! It came
out later that the depotmaster, who is
something Of wag, had taken off the
weight at the end of the scale and sub
st1tuted another, so that every one who
came alone and gave himself a weigh
found that he had gained about thirty to
hfty pounds during his stay at the lake!
The pleasure of our visit to Oldswood
was somewhat married by the unworthy
suspicion that Mr.. Olds had perhaps
weighed his fish d on these scales! But
we refused to harbor the thought and
had most pleasant time
The island is certainly charming spot.
The Woodchucks and squirrels are still
few more Indian skeletons at the top
Of the bluff on his shore line. Doubt
less the southwest shore was an old
Indian burial ground It is certainly a
most interesting spot
| The swimming off the island is fully
ripe, and you should have seen our manly
forms drill two neat and cleancut post
holes in the water at am At this
| time there Is q slight chill In the air.
and when the wind blows you keep under
water, your teeth rattle around and you
recall the time not so far back when
| there was a foot of ice on the lake and
when bathing suits were not en- regle.
We have 'hollered'' good deal for
slowly coming to the conclusion that a
good, nice ffty-foot city lot is country
| enough for us. You will notice that il
i Is usually the city dude that writes the
country poetry for the city papers in
summer. For instance, that Cleveland
/ Leader sport, who runs a column called
Just by the Way has just turned off
| the following and printed it:
Lain around in TIL sun an tn shadder,
/ F1shin' an sleepin' down here by the creek
Snoozin in grass THIS real scrumptious an
| Kinder contented out here in tn kentry:
l City folks brag O. tn town, but. by gee,
Give me tn kentry-th' summertime kentry,
Somehow It jea' sorterdsatisfes me- "
i Now.swe do not know who the "Just b.
the Way man is. but we would freel,
wager money that he couldn't tell /;
heifer. from a boyalapus, /, doesn't know
wheat from oats Wherlg it. is growing an.
lives in flat where iall, the taicountry,,'.a h
Il
brings the green cor1f up the back stairs
Country Shucks! T. # he had to pu
away a load of hay in the barn you woul.
1 see pallid and broken wreck at the near
est sana forum inside Of one hour. 5.
A good fifty foot lot in the city is coun
try enough for most OF US dudes and "
i know 1t.
The country has just been treated to
book by Professor 6. Stanley Hall, Of
.'The Psychology OF. Adolescence It con
j tains 1,4oo or more pages divided int
eighteen dizzy chapters, and the man VIII
sits down to read it thru will be as aston
Isished and world-wearied as a bald heade
man after being dragged thru eight yard
Of lead pipe We speak calmly. DR.. IIa
says in his Introduction:
4 I'm revising these lectures for publica
j ton, I have eliminated much that wa
i technical and detailed, and tried to brin
the subject matter of each chapter with
in the reach of any intelligent reader
The following are a few of the word
7 the Intelligent reader will bump agains
in his stern endeavor: to find what it j
all about: