Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1909-05-12
From the Far West.
LEMooRE, CALIFORNIA,
APRIL 2S, 1909.
ED. CEREDo ADVANCE :

ED. CEREDo ADVANCE -:
Thinking that perhaps a few
items from the far west would be
appreciated by some of your read
ers | have been trying to write a
letter for several days, but have
been too busy with fishing parties
and other "larks," such as big
chicken iinners, etc. You know
Californians believe in eating, and
when am in Rome l must do as
Rome does.
Our first eat was a chicken dinner
at Payne's, expressly tor Kentuck-
ians, no Californians are admitted.
When we get home-sick we oongre.
gate at each Others house alter.
nately and such chicken DINNERS as
we have! Next the president of the
Rebekah assembly visited our
lodge at Lemoore. We initiated
four, putting on the floor work
(Which by the way is considered
best in the state considering size
of the town. for the president.
The banquet room was artlstically
decorated in the lodge colors. The
four long tables were made to form
a square while in the center was
an initiated mirror lake, surrounde d
by beautiful ferns and calla lilies.
For refreshments we had pressed
chicken, boiled ham, pickles, oliyes,
all kinds of salads, bread and but.
ter, every kind of cake that is
known to the culinary art, hot
coffee and Ice cream bricks. There
was dancing and music, after which
we wended our way home in the
wee sma' hours of the morning
g o'clock).
Last but not least of our good
times up to the present date was
the Odd Fellows and Rebekah's
picnic to Kings river on the Goth.
We drove to the weir, a distance
of twelve miles, taking all manner
OF good things to eat and. our fish
Ing poles. Some Of the gentlemen
as well as the ladies were too lazy
to fish, so they spent their time
louDgiDg in the shade. Not so with
the writer. We like to fish too
well. Luckily the river had sud
denly raised, causing a rush of fish
from the lake and we are not ex-
aggerating when we say you could
scarcely stir them Wit! stick. Of
course all visible ones were small,
but 1t was such curiosity az we
never saw before. Where the
water ran over the weir the FISH OF
all sizes were jumping about three
feet high trying to get over the
weir. The air to that height was
thick with them all the time. DID
we catch any? Now just listen,
about twenty minutes after / had
thrown in my hook, baited with
The old-fashioned orm, / pulled or
tried to pull out a lovely big blue
cat. Mr.. Payne, Miss Wills and
myself caught one each, the three
would have weighed forty pounds
the black bass we're plentiful but
we dare not take them. Every one
OF ourparty caught from one 10 FIVE
OF these large cats and it took two
to get them out in order to save
our lines, we not being prepared
for such luck. At noon we crossed
the river to the shade and prepared
dinner. The men made three gal
Ions of coffee which by the way
was strong enough to make one
drunk. We had ice and lemons
and prepared some lemonade. AT.
ter lunch we fished again till time
to go home. Did not have much
luck after dinner? Alas. now comes
the sad part of my story! When
we we're ready to start 10. and be.
hold, our sack of fine fish were no
where TO be found-someone had
taken them. Oh how disappoint-
ed we were. Someone declared they