Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-09-06
A FISHING PARTY.
(By OSCAR LAGLE.)

they spent most delightful time for few days fishing and hunting. All had a delightful time (not to mention the entertainment afforded the mOsquitOes).
 An abundance of fish and squirrels was furnished by the sportsmen of the company and genuine good old fish fry was indulged in by all with a hearty good will and full-fledged appetite.
 On Tuesday night all came in from the various wigwams, assembling about the campfire for a general pow WOW which was presided over by Chief Meek. After many suggestions from the chief and not a few sug- gesttions from the under-chiefs, All exander, Lagle, Barricklow, Henry and Starkey, as to the best methods of snaring and trapping game (wam- pun being scarce among the assem- bled braves, making it impossible to by the fish, a vote was taken, ana a lack of confidence was shown in the various suggestions by naming the assembly "the Liars club. The purpose of the meeting was now un- masked and Mir. Alexander led off in bid for applause by telling of his uncle who had farm way back in Illinois where it got so cold one day they had to build a fire under the COWS before they could milk them. MT. Oscar Lagle was living over Ill Indiana at the time and it got so cold in that state that the lamps could not be blown out, the blaze had to be clipped off with a pair of scls- sors.
 Mir. Meek said he never told lies. l The prize was unanimously voted to l him as the champion for the evening; the prize being a recent photosrapn of George Washington. MT. BarrlcK- l low, although he nodded and smiled his approval of many things that | were said, was not heard except to groan a few times as a result of his eternal persistence at the supper ta- ble. When called upon for an ex- planation of his silence only one word escaped his lips, "gout."
 Miss Elizabeth starkey was present with a liberal supply of jokes which she contributed in behalf of the la dies present. Prof. Glenn told a number of Irish jokes which brought forth both laughter and tears to the eyes of those who recalled the happy days of their youth spent in Old Erin and of the kisses left on the Blarney Stone.
 Tilden Starkey rendered rare se- lection which he had skillfully cap tured from a photograph, and altho his rendition did not have the pc culiar metallic ring to it he out graphophoned the phonograph ana brought down the house lthe assem- ply, not building).
 There was much singing of all kinds and varieties, solos, duets, triets, (should be spelled tryettes), and quartets. In the general singing Mrs. Wm. Meek having had extensive voice culture led the singing with high soprano, fothers following Cor keping up) with the other parts.
 The presiding chief, who always falls asleep at a. m. snarp, was now discovered to be mapping and all silently stole away to their wigwams leaving the chief to dream of the happy hunting, grounds of his fore fathers.
 Next morning MT. Starkey boasted of his skill as hunter, and shoulder ing his gun, set his pace for the tall timber, leaving the ladies fully i'm bresed that extensive preparations must be made to cook the game upon his return. Three hours later MT Starkey returned with no. indications of game except streak of mud eX tending from his heels to the back o1 his head, we'll saturated suit ot clothes, perch in one coat pocket and a mud cat in the other. He de nied any knowledge of how the fish got into his pockets, but said the river banks were very slippery.
 Mir. Barricklow, in order to main tain the nigh standard of his repu tation as hunter, paid darkey 25 cents for a rabbit which he boast ingly displayed before the nnsuccess full hunters who were sullenly sit ting here and there about the camp fire. He became silent and morose when the cook discovered that the rabbit had not been shot at all but had been twisted out of hollow tree with forked stick.
 J. w. Henry who says little and does much brought in quite mum Der of squirrels, and said he could have brought in many more if he could have found and killed them. Messrs. Lagle and Alexander gave their attention to the lines and kept the company we'll supplied with choice fish. They brought in one fish that weighed fully ten pounds. but as it had no scales they could not weigh it, it was a cat. They have a copyright on all fish stories for this occasion and must be consulted for the privilege of using same.
 Following are the names of those who composed the party:
 MT. and Mrs. Wm. Meek and chil- dren, Frank, Annielea. Clayburne and Lucille; J. w. Henry. wife and son, Basil; Miss Eliza starkey and broth CT, Tilden; Mir. Barricklow and son, B. T. Armstrong: the Misses Yaney, Gladys and Margaret; Mrs. Futile;