The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1913-12-22
WARNING AGAINST
JUDGE W ARNER
Given to florida Fishermen by One
nl lii MicE..an Nciehbors

OF Florida.
New Florida AMI is Gsh. are 10
DOUBT, all risA-, but ! ai.--e al
yolr rea .cgs 10 -.oh out to~ y4-se.
Warner ana h Ish stories, ha.a
known the judge Of Old, an -.->t-l
/ tell yea all the f-a. AM -. a.--
po:omaao tories, AMI nea" dash
stories that we're laid 10 Ms c--~.=e
when lie vas younger than IL : al
present, it would cause a. 10, = .
sit up and take notice
l notice he still takes ministers
/ with him when he goes fishing. and
| then shows them up in the papers.
/ In this article he has Dr.. Warren-a
| preacher-with him, and a while ago
i'll one of your papers, he told OF a
/ fine time he had fishing in Michigan
! with DR.. John Gray. the head OF the
Michigan Seminary at kalamozoo,
and a Presbyterian preacher. You
see the presence OF such gentlemen
would help furnish material for
| fish story. And another thing:
Should a storm arise, threatening TO
i land the Judge al the bottom OF the
lake, it might be handy to have a
preacher along. The judges fore
sight in this respect is commendable.
In this article the Judge tells US
that he lives near Pine Lake, Michi-
gan, and refers to it as the finest
lake he has seen. Now give the
judge a long credit mark for good
judgment in this particular state
ment. | know something of Pine
Lake, although it is not my county.
also know some Of the other lakes,
and if Ben Leonard, Ben Nevis and
the Prosach's Glen were near Pine
Lake, one would not need to go Wis
it Scotland to see the sacred Loeb
kathrine blue"
But right here, | must call a halt
in the judges story. He gives us to
understand that Pine Lake fishing
during the past ten years has gope
to the Eow-wows and disappeared,
and that circumstance caused him to
go to Florida.
Now | would have you bear in
mind that when the Judge was
younger and greener than he is at
present, he was an enthusiastic stu
dent Of Herbert Spercer's philosophy
and when that Vent down, the Judge
also went down-to Florida. But
I. digress.
. A number of months ago the judge
invited me to come to his large farm
and country home to visit and to
fish from his naphtha launch on
. Pine Lake.
j Preaching not being my occupa-
. ton, but for the past seventy-fve
years being a farmer, you may be
surprised that he sent away to an
. other county for a companion al
fishing. But when l inform YOU he
knew that at times | had tried my
hand at a certain kind Of preaching
| the matter is explained.
| Well, he had his high-priced rod
reel and spinner, and all the stylish
| outfit made in kalamazoo, direc
| to you
You see, he liked something he
could cast about 80 feet and strike
a green frog square on the back O
his head (the frogs head.)
Il At my request he furnished me
J with a long pole and 100 feet of line
a sinker and float In fact, jus
such a rig the Judge would consig1
to a place much hotter he tells of il
Florida.
When We got located just right
the Judge set the rudder so that i
would slowly steer the boat arount
to the left in a not large circle. ant
he at once cast out on the right sid
and left me to take he left side. H
at once began to turn the crank t
his reel and hauled in a big pickereI
with the encouraging remark: 4
is strange some people have no lucI
fishing" I did not take the hint
but I noticed he had set the boa
turn my way and scare all my ifs
out on his side. At this point I sug
gested that the boat might get dizz
turning one way all the time. II
looked as innocent as a real estat
promoter, and at once readjusted tn
rudder Then I began to haul in h
biggest pickrel. how heavy I coul
only guess, as The Judge had no ha
- scales on his farm. But no matte
= as 10 weight, l think I remembe
- that I beat him and his fine tackle i
great shape, and when some of tn
Dickrel we're dressed for dinner,
&C order to fry them they had to be Gu
C crosswise. and were the shape c
7 great slices C round steak
= E---or.z- FL -. 81. y