The Washington herald., 1910-07-03
DOUSED!
But not Drownsp Which They Mite
of Been We Refer to Hank Dew
berry & Hsd SIOeomh Who Went
Fishing IN GsOtchIc Pond on q
Sunday and Nearly Got Their
ETsrIastin!

Hank Dewberry, one of our most
disreSpecktful townsmen, also Hold
Sloeomb, who amt much bettern
Hank, had narrer excape from death
last Sunday, and what they went
through will cluster in Hanks and
Holds memories for some time TO
come, or We miss our guess. II what
they went through will make them take
life more serious and induce them 70
live better & nobuller existences then
everybody in this town will be glad
that what happened did happen. There
was a powerful moral in the lesson
:hey learnt and we trust Hank and
Hold will profit by it.
Early last Sunday morning, instead
of Hank and Hold getting up betifnes
and making preparations TO attend
the morning services at 10 a. m. III the
Bingyille church, they both made prep
arashions to go over the Gootchie
Pond and 10 spend the day there fish
ing Now amt that a nice way for
two citizens of this town to act on a
Sundayl Well, Hank and Hold left
Bingville about 8 a m, accompanied
by their fishing poles, lunch and a gal.
jug of old hard cider, which Hold had
purchased often Brad Hinsley the night
before for a quarter Hold says he can
git more fun outen quarter by spend
ing it for hard cider than he can for
peanuts or popcorn.
Hank and Hod arrove at Gootchic
Pond about TO- and borrowing the lend
of Bill Snyders old flat-bottomed boat,
who lives on the shore of Gootchic,
| they both started out hshin Up TO this
time they hadn't fetched the hard cider,
being as they wanted to keep it 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 Jug.
Il appears that Hank was afeard that
Hold would get more than his share of
the cider, and Hold he felt the same way
so they passed the jug from one to
tother until they drained the Jug in FIVE
minutes. There wasn't a drop left in
the jug, but both Hold and Hank had a
half 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 Hold more
than it did Hank, leastways Hold he
made the most noise. He sung all the
songs he could sing, and he can't sing
anyhow. Hold when he goes TO sing
has voice on him like a calf bellering
cuz it's scairt TO deth. Hank he tried
to get Hold to keep quiet, but Hold
didn't pay no more attenshion 70 Hank
than if he hadn't been in the boat at
all.
Bye and bye Hold thort he had a
bite and he pulled his line outen the
water, but there wasn't nothing on it.
and when he went TO throw il back in
the line went around Hanks neck and
tn. hook went right through the lobe
of Hanks left ear Hank he out with
his knife and cut the line of close tc
the hook and then had to break the
hook before he got it out, but Hod wa.
so intoxicated that he never ever
missed the hook often his line and went
lon fishing without no hook at all and
wondered why in thunderashion the FISH
didn't bite
Bye and bye Hold he got fatiggec
Fishing and throwd his pole into th'
Iworter. Then Hold couldn't think o.
anything else 10 do, so he begin 10 rocl
the boat Just to skeer Hank and it diG