The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-08-26
CATFISH WAS NICE PET.

"Dow,, in the Ozarks in '79," SAID the |
cbannion storvtelIer in the crowd, I'VE
caught such a big haul that the boys
had to scare part of 'em out, SO we
could land the rest. Five of US nao
hold of the seine, and the stream hao
never been fshed in before, and the
water was alive with cats and bass
and all kinds. When we got the drag
mn n the edge the whole bunch couldn
bulge it. 50 1 told the fellow to turn
half of EN- loose ard we'd ketch EN-
again. -
| storvteller, "of a pet catfied USED 10
have in the well at home"
| His listeners probably failed to see
+ba connection with the previous mar
ration. but they were courteous enough
to refrain from remarks to that erect
/ and gave heed to the story In SUD
missive sort Of way.
1--WE always kept fish in the well IN
Southern Mizzoury,' said the story
teller. Father aPays declared tia eat
the varnints and things and keep the
/ water pure When the fish groWed up
1 it wasn't any trouble at all to ketch
him with hook and line
zone spring I puts in nice young
| cat 1t was the most Intelligent cat
/ 6sh YOU ever see allus thought II
was thankful fer its life and was CRATE
full as a fish could be. Finally he gets
$50 as he rides np and down In the
bucket when 1 draws the water fer the
cows.
). and that fish knowed me. You
foar,+ +all me- he didn't. Every mornin'
! when I'd draw a pail of water ned pc
there at the tow waiting to be fed.
peered as though there wasn't 'nough
! bugs in the well to feed him and he got
+ So he expected somethin' from me.
! Wed arys leave some water in the
bucket for him to ride down In
= ..weu, the fish growed and growed,
0 and late in the summer he'd got SO DIG
t he filed up the bucket pretty well, and
: lmade a good deal Of trouble in drawn
: water. specially when you left enough
r water fer him to ride back every time
= And he'd be in the bucket every time
with his head at the top and a gappin
e his mouth fer sonethin' to eat. Every
a time we watered the stock we'd have
e to take him out when he came up tht
: first time and leave him in tub so as
t we could draw the water, cause ne, {
5 ride every time, not leaving any room
d fer the water.
"old Mr.. Catfish was scared of
: strange face and every time anybody
else but med pun up the bucket he't
splash around and take On terrible. H
was scared to death of ma and ma wa
/ scared of him. That was what got hin
kilt One day when ma was drawn
water for the washin the fish KEEP
- rfdino mn and down him not bein
willin' to miss a ride and ma KEEP
DRAWN and DRAWN, not bein' able t.
get enough water. Finally she pour
him out on the ground and what doe
+ old Mr. Fish do bu flop up in one o
. the buckets she has already filed, part
q ~ spfllin' most of that. So ma jus
throws him out On the ground and cut
his head off. When I comes in at nool
there's no fish in the bucket when
brings up the bucket and knows some
thin's wrong.
up at the house smells fish cookir
~ and then the is trouble. / wuz ma
: and jawed ma some and didn't go t
work all day breeding over the pc
n fish.
Al ST ketched another FISH fer the well
a but none of 'em wuz ever my frfen
:, like old Mr.. Catfish had that sum
L mer I always maintain he wuz tn
at most intelligent fish that ever wuz. .
Kansas City Journal.