The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-05-28

better >vn~r t1au ;:l;:i. Why. you d
never caich Il r>h in 4 Life time, if You
,.don't spit on Your bait.
They were now all settled, eaciI
anxious 20 tell his fish stories. Each
Showed impatience al his neiyhbor 5
yarn. for what fisherman is there that
doe>n t like to tell Of his wonders in
! fishing. The penman began his story,
but horny-head kept toying with
his hook, and caused delay.
"Talk fast, young man. SAID the
p. $; time is getting away"
''Well, you see, at last SAID the
penman, "where | came from we
don fish with hooks much. We go
striking. Get piece Of hoop iron
a foot or two long. get a good torch
1--WE always go striking at night,
t'oll up your breeches. and there you
are Have negro behind you with a
crocus sack to pick up the fish. One
night in Shaker creek, [ remember,
we killed more than three thous-'
Then he landed a silver side, re-
baited his hook and began again:
"We killed more than three thous-
Then another jerk. A long pause.
"Look here, you never get farther
than "three thous- said the cot
ton man; " that reminds me Of Will
liam Cromer, when he was first made
auditor A hair-lipped fellow up in
Wills country come down to give in
his property. His name was Jess
Miller. and he couldn't pronounce S
to save his life. William commenced
the stereotyped question:
Subject to poll? Any horses9
mules, sheep or goats? Hogs?'
"'Three thous, and pigs answer
ed Jess.
Three thousand pigs?' fairly
yelled William.
No! No. l don't mean that; L
mean three thous and pigs
'Merciful Heaven, Jim, YOU and
your whole people never had that
many pigs in all your days
"'You don't catch me, William: I
mean three thouS, and three pigs. No,
I don't mean that, either; | mean,'
jun ping to his feet in desperation,
three thous and theven thigs. Now
-- it, you understand that, don't
you?"
did ever tell you Of the fish Bill
Heller caught once in trap of his
invention. ?N-iid 'xu
invention? No? Well it was this
way. Bill Heller, Dan Werts and
Charley Dickert invented a cotton
chopper, great big box concern, with
wheels and trails with hoes to the
end. to chop out the cotton. They
took it to Washington and got a pat
ent on it. But it wouldn't work
went too fast, or something, and cut
up one row while it was chopping out
the other. So the other boys threw
up the sponge. Not so Heller. He
was an ingenious fellow, 50 he turn
ed it side ways, and made fish trap
out Of it. He took off tine hoes and
put gig fish hooks in their stead, hav-
ing wire about foot long in front
Of these trails, to tie on the bait. lie
| fixed a kind Of flutter mill to the con-
traption, and when it was anchored in
running water the bait and hooks
would 90 round at terrible rate.
Well, sir. he set it one day. | was
along
Just then the penman gave a jerk
and tangled his line up with the man
telling the story.
look out, man, don't bother me
in my story. Well, you, see, when a
fish would grab at the bait, blam
would come the hook behind and gig
him in the tail. Well, Sir, when We
got there next morning, it looked like
dozen turbine wheels in rapid mo-
tion. Such churning up the water
Every hook had a fish, and 1t looked
like a whole school was there grab
bing at the bait as it went round and
found, the loose fish making savage
attacks upon those that were hooked.
So we began Trailing with our pad
dies, and | know we killed and caught
together more than three thous-"
"Oh, cut that out. I have heard
the story. Heller has got that same
trap now below Columbia and catches
thous-'
"Hist!" said the penman; "see-
what noise is that over in the feld?'
SONY c boy with a cow SAID the