The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-04-02
FISHERMEN'S LUCK
SpEARNEN OFT IN EOHCF-EN-
TiCI<G FEATURES AND
ATTRIBUTES.

The solemn Biblical Indictment
that all men are liars is oftentimes
forgotten in these times. But on the
occasion OF the first day i'm April and
the first run Of fish occurring stimuli
taneously the thought recurs with
force to all said men. The reputa-
tion a man gets from the Bible in
formation and the added one got
from being a fisherman Is simply
overwhelming in its cumulative eff
feet. And from even these men re
cover and are seen about the public
streets in full light of day.
There Is a man of this city who 4
former historian has vested with
prowess. hardihood and ability in the
science Of angling who glories In the
e%Xaltation. OF course. as i'm all sto-
ries of this character, the regular dis
count for ~veraeity must be allowed.
and due cognizance taken Of the ad
mission of the balance as evidence.
After these deductions and the bar
ring of the story itself. the remainder
Is true NJ perhaps. That leaves
mighty little.
Guy +. Mitchell, Notwithstanding
his reported former heroic struggle
with mid-winter elements to get a
mess of fish, asserted this morning
that he did not go out yesterday.
Nearly everybody else was out. The
game must have been too easy for
him with fish so plentiful-what he
wants Is a fierce storm of snow and
wind. thick ice and few fish. Then
the game is worth the candle.
Others were out, and really got
fish. Many got good strings. 9th
ers got only appetites for fish-or
any other old thing. The fish were
not out of their winter lakes in great
numbers yet. but the pilots were sur
veying the watery lanes toward the
heads of the streams. and some OF
them fell by the way. THE finny
tribe"-the bromide word as mouth
filling TO the writer of phrases as the
real article to the angler-was not
out in force. The full rush was not
yet on. though the full rush of water
was-the creeks were just a little
too high.
The greater part of those speared
yesterday were of that humble and
Well known variety known as suckers
that fish with the sweetly rounded
mouth. pursed for oseulatory contact,
meek eye and retiring disposition.
They were of the usual size and noble
proportions. A few pickerel were
impaled on the barbed spears-pick-
erel is that avaricious thing with an
impudent mouth and retreating fore
head. whose body begins to end sud
ldnn1N hitt 1nAG mi NAifh oil tie =
dinic expression il is the most priced
of the two varieties, and occasional
shouts were heard as a lucky spear
man lifted n of the heroic size of
four pounds from the water yester-
day.
One a met ON the track vending
his weary way toward a city domicile
where potatoes were waiting for 4
condiment addition of fish flesh, told
us that he had been lucky. He had
not speared a fish himself, but he
knew a man who had. And the man
we met was lucky enough to have Is
cents. The meeting of the two re-
suited in our friends being able TO
carry home at least one fish.
Imagine the tales related in that
household or his triumphant return.
The principal actor and master of the
home. registered pride and exaltation
and unimpeachable veracity. You
know.
There'n be more fish later.
Theren be more of the awful results.
The admonition, Thou shalt not
bear false witness" win be shot so
full of holes as to NEAR make 'er a
good one" And as the season adj
vances and the participants attain
proficiency by constant practice the
revelations of the fishers accom-