The Washington herald., 1909-06-13
DOUSED!
But not DT0WnsP Which They Mite
Of Besn-Ms Refer TO Hank Dew
berry & Had SIocumb Who Went
Fishing in G0otGhiG Pond on a
Sunday and Nearly Got Their
EVerIastinl

Hank Dewberry, one Of our most
disrespecktful townSmen, also Hod
! Slocomb, who amt much bettern
Hank, had a narrer exCape from death
| last Sunday, and what they went
| through VIII cluster IN Hanks and
Hod's memories for some time 10
come, or we miss our guess. II what
they went through viii make them take
HE more serious and induce them to
i've better & nObuiler existences then
everybody IN this town viii be glad
that what happened did happen. There
was a powerful moral IN the lesson
.hey learnt and we trust Hank and
HOd viii profit By l.
Early last Sunday morning. instead
Of Hank and HOd getting up betimes
and making preparations TO attend
the morning services at 10 a. m IN the
Bingville church, they both made prep
arsShions 10 60 over the Gootchie
Pond and 10 spend the day there fish
ing. Now amt that a nice way for
two citizens OF this town 10 act on
s,andayl Well. Hank and Hod left
Bingville about 8 a m, accompanied
by their Rshing poles, lunch and q gal.
| Jug Of Old hard cider. which Hod had
purchased often Brad Hinsley the night
before Tor a quarter. HOd saws he can
GIT more fun Outen a quarter By spend
ing It for hard cider than he can for
peanuts or popcorn.
Hank and Hod arrove at Gootchic
Pond about 10, and borrowing the lend
! OF Bill Snyders old flat-bottomed boat,
who lives on the shore OF Gootchic,
they both started out fshin. Up 10 this
time they hadn't fetched the hard cider.
being as they wanted TO keep II until
they got to fishing, but as soon as they
got their lines IN the water, they begin
to hit up the hard cider IN the lug.
1t appears that Hank was afeard that
Hod would set more than his share of
the cider, and Hod he felt the same way
so they passed the jug from one 10
tother until they drained the Jug IN FIVE
minutes. There wasn't a drop left in
the jug. but both Hod and Hank had
halt gal. inside each. which soon begin
to take effeekt, and It wasn't long until
they become very hilarious and joyful
The cider seemed TO effeckt Hod more
than It did Hank, leastways Hod he
made the most noise. He sung all the
songs he could sing, and he can't sing
anyhow Hod when he goes to sing
has a voice on him like q calf beIIering
cuz its scairt TO deth. Hank he tried
to get Hod to keep quiet. but Hod
didn't pay no more attenshion to Hank
than If he hadn't been in the boat at
all
Bye and bye Hod thort he had
bite and he pulled his line outen the
water, but there wasn't nothing on it,
and when he went to throw II back IN
the line went around Hank neck and
the hook went right through the lobe
OF Hanks left e1r. Hank he out with
his knife and cut the line of close 10
the hook and then had TO break the
hook before he got It out, but Hod was
so intoxicated that he never even
missed the hook often his line and went
on fishing without no hook al all and
wondered why IN thunderashion the ash
didn't bite
Bye and bye Hod he got fatigged
fishing and throwd his pole into the
wortsr Then Hod couldn't think OF
anything Else to do, so he begin to rock
$he boat just to skeer Hank ard It did