The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-05-09

SAINTS Monica. Cal.
Ii April 28th. 1907.
To the Citizen-Rspnblican and
other friends:
This is q great conn-
try. Here is q copy Of 4 clipping I
cut from a newspaper the other
day John Stanley caught !
black sea bass i've feet long yester-
day from the Santa Monica pier.
Edward Klein caught . halibnt
from the Venice pier Weighing As
pounds. II is said to be the larg-
est ever caught there with q hook
and line" Flow such q catch
would warm the cookies Of Henry
Youngman''s heart and that Of other
expert fishermen in the great un-
navigable Jim! This reminds me
of the day when the boys dragged
Dawson creek from General
Campbell's to the jim river with
their nets and furnished tile citi-
zens Of Scotland with all the fish
they could eat. Some Of
these fishing expeditions furnished
remarkable examples Of ~dexterity.
One day an old timer with his
clothes on, including his boots,
was treading water III hole too
deep for him to reach the bottom
and keep his head above the water.
So down he went like a submarine
diver, and when he came to the
surface again, blowing like a por-
poise and still treading water, he.
reached down in his trowser pocket,
pulled up bottle Of whiskey and
gave the inner man such a bath
as to counteract the effect of his
outside wetting.
But big fish are not the only
things that live out here. I sum
mered in North Carolina, as we'll as
wintered there, and had a varied
and extensive experience with the
chiggers. or wood ticks. have
been frequently interviewed by the
heas in South Carolina and in Tex
as, and the feas and mosqnjtos in
Dakota, but rs an expert operator
the Southern California flea ranks
them all, or my memory of early
experience fails me-. We have
beautiful flowers and shrubs and
the air is laden with their heavenly
perfumes, and have singing birds
that challenge the choir immortal
with their music, but when the 10.
cal flea presents his bill-well |
cannot do justice to the subject.
Perhaps our flea experience is due
chiefly to the fact that we are re-
building our old house and using
the old lumber torn out of it for
fire wood. AS we are about through
with the job we may soon change
our mind about the California flea.
Perhaps the very comfortable and
convenient habitation made out of
the old one will not be without
some influence on the change of
opinion.
An old friend Brad" Bailey and
his equally tall son called on US a
few weeks ago. He was stopping al
Los Angeles and we hoped he
would return here for a month and
were sorry that he did not. To the
stranger in a strange land the
sight of old friends comes to one
like a benedictlon. However, We
are making many pleasant acquaint.
ances here, and among them many
from South and North Dakota.
l have had my books in order ii
my Office here for about two months
but have not yet opened up fol
business. 1 expect to when | ge
the situation sized up and m.
acquaintance extended enough tt
get into action. Improved health
promises to aid me in doing so
am not yet able to form a judg
ment on this country satisfactor,
to myself. The climate here seem
to be perfect a popularity of ii
however, is that in the coldes
weather it ia cold in side of door