The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-03-07

though both o us was bon i'm Kin
lucky. Now, the Dutch, yo' know. is
as set in havin' they own way as they
are thrifty. The Irish amt. She's got
il in her head that spend money too
easy-throw it away, she says. She's
got property of her own an wants mo-
So | agreed that she should have the
money for all the fish she could sell on
the bank, that is, fom the fish box. all
all the fish she could find sale for in
town, and fob all at she helps me take
in.
That is wen she helps me run tn
lines. She framed IL up huh own way.
yO' see. I had no mo- chance n q Drilled
catfish on a Loui'viIle free lunch. Still.
as she was settin' the table out'n tn
FISH an I wasn't payin' no rent. an
she's allus liberal, buying mo- clos'n I
want to wear. an my tobacco, I
couldn't complain much. Yet I aIlus
Ike little somethin to drink wen it's
cold an wet, or wen ] meets an old
friend, and there I was. She had a Gus
toner for every fish / brought to the
bank, an she managed to go over the
lines nth me at least half the time
But ] toted fair nth huh until found
huh goin' through my pockets about 3
o'clock one mornin'. That was about
the time the buffalo begun runnin'
Now, buff los got a tender mouth
stays hooked wen you get I'm right
so wen L goes over my lines now [
gen ally leave two or three o. the best
ones whah can find 'em wen 1 wants
EN-, an / don't leave no money in my
pockets no more. 1t was easy to see
at huh plan wasn't goin' to leave me
many rescue fob tn wintah"
But how do you manage to catch
bulialo nsh when none of the other fish
ermen around here seem to be getting
them?" I asked.
Knew Where to Fish,
Huh, they amt fishe 'men-jes' ma
chinists an deck hands, out of a lob
an fishin' cause they can camp on the
banks 1t takes TO- yeahs fob a man
to make machinist, but a fisherman is
allus learnin' somethin'. l spent two
yeahs nth an old fisherman an all
ne let me do was to drag a piece of iron
ued to cord ovah the bottom of the
river and find out whah tn deep holes
was, an locate 'em by the trees grow
IN long the banks. That was right
round neah. an ] been fishin' heah
evan since. Now, buff'lo, tn big ones.
lay in them holes an won't come out.
If you want TO ketch 'em you got TO
take yo' bait TO EN-. They's three Sc
crets in fishin', an KNOWN whah to
fish is one on EN-
lie didn't tell me the other two. and
had been competing fisherman the
one he did tell me would have been OF
little advantage, as without sounding l
had no means of locating holes. Next
day the fisherman came to grief him
self The Sprague, said to be the larg-
est towboat in existence. with a fleet
OF rorty-four boats and barges steamed
up the river on their way back TO Louis
Vile from New Orleans. The water had
fallen too low for the Sprague to get
through the canal at Louisville and the
whole feet was tied up at a landing
controlled by the River Coal company, a
snort distance below White City.
A few hours later the Pittsburg. an
other large towing steamer. with
fleet. anchored directly below the
Sprague. Their coming was unexpect-
ed. and when the fisherman came down
to run his lines he found about twelve
or fifteen acres OF coal boats riding g.
rectly over his nets and lines and the
cheering information that the feet
would have to lay where they were un-
til there came q rise in the river.