The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-10-20
Fishing Stories.

Settln up IN Heaven, chewin and "a,
chawin',
Eatin' their terbaccy, talkin' and a-jawin
Settin' by a crick, spittin' in the worter,
Talkin' tall an tactless, as saints hadn't
orter,
Lolin' in the shade, baitin' hooks and
anglin',
Occasionally friendly, occasionally wrang-
lin,
Noah took his halo from his old bald
head fs9f
An swatted of hoppergrass an knocked
it dead, - 5+'t54"
| An he baited of his hook, an he spoke
an said a@.
| "When | was the skipper of the tight
leetle Ark 2sta
I useter fish fer porpus, ulster fish fer
| shark,
Often have ketched in single hour on
Monday
Sharks enough to feed the family till
TO feed all the sarpints, the tigers an
TO feed all the zebras, the insects an
monkeys,
TO feed all the varmints, bears an gor-
To feed all the camels cats an arma-
| To give all the pelicans stews for their
gizzards,
To feed all the owls an catamounts an
lizards.
10 feed all the humans, their babies an
their muses.,
To feed all the houn' dawgs an hippo
potomusses
10 feed all the oxens, feed all the asses.
Feed all the bison on leetle hopper grass
Always l ketched, in half hour on Mon
day
All that the family could gormandize till
Sunday
: Jonah took his harp, to strum and TO
string her,
An Cap'n John Smith teched his nose
with his finger
, Capn John Smith, he hemmed some an
hawcd some,
!, IN he bit off chaw, an he chewed
: some and chawed some;-
When was to China, when | was to
s Guinea,
: When | was to Java, an also in Vcrgin
n ney,
teached all the natives how to be am
: bilious,
), learned en- my tflck OF ketchln devil
fishes
: We fifteen tigers, I've fifteen bears,
l. | have fifteen sarpints an wolves in thei
n lairs,
r have fit with wild men an hippopota
e muses.,
re But the periloustest varmints is the blood,
c. octopussesi
e Id rub my forehead with phosphores
hfrh+
q IN plunge into the ocean an seek EN-
y out at night
!. : ketched EN- in grottoes, | ketched 'er
= | used fer to strange 'em underneat
= the waves!
III When they seen the bright light blazir
III on my forehead
ne They used fer to rush at me, screamiI
en- something horrid,
in -Tentaces wavin', teeth white an gnasl
OF in.
We Hollerin' an Bellerin', wallerin' al
ey splashin',
a. I useter grab en-, as they rushed frol
In. their grots,
,ss Ketch all their legs an tie EN- int
~ knots,'
:. Noah looked at Jonah, an said not
y, word
,"i But if winks made noises, a wink h;
ne been heard,
of Jonah took the hook from lnudcat
&C. middle
me IN strummed on the strings Of his Ii;
of lalujah fiddle
in Jonah gave his whiskers backhand wi
An cut some plug terbaccer an cramm
.iv- it ii his pipe!
rst -(Noah an Jonah an Cap'n John Smit
on Fishermen an travellers, naTcratln myt
ast Settn' mp in Heaven all eternity,
81 d7ishin in the shade, contened as could b
=" Spittin their terbaccer in the little sha
ed creek,
est >toppin' Of their yarns fer ter hear t
ma ripples speak!
mas ! hope fer Heaven, when | think OF tins
You folks bound helward, lot Of t
you'll miss.
If Jonah he dccapitates that mndeat's he;
JC' An gets his pipe ter DRAWN; an t
is what he said:
One Excuse me Of your stories don't exc
me much!
Excuse me eff | seldom agitate fer sue
plS You think yer fishermen, | won't arg
ecu none,
With I wont even tell YER the half o what
'ent done!
on mas careers dangerous. an ChcShcA'
ern All as | will say is: Go and read my I
the ord.
ing You think yer fishermen. You think !
for giea'' /,
aim -, %, "
mer co,,,, Soab ca,,r Tobp haerd wi
trlp We hollered;
n q What I asks is this: Has one of We bt
swallered2
tern It's mighty purity fshin' with little r
lace an reels,
an It's mighty easy fishin' with little r
,;r,s an creels.
80 It's mighty pleasant ketchin mudcats
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