The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-04-20
ANGLERS SPIN YARNS
AT NEWARK DINNER
DR.. Robert r. Morris "Plays"
a Freight Car and Lets
It Get Away.
GARRISON OF GREENWOOD
Simon P. Northrup Tells How
Three Americans "Put One
Over' an Englishman.

At the Newark Bait and Fly Castine
Clubs annual dinner held recently a
Achtel-Stetter's, Newark. the angler,
told yarns. Do fishermen ever gather
without telling some tall ones?
James A. Cruikshank, editor OF tn,
American Angler, told DIR. Robert #
Morriss favorite yarn, which may b.
Know the Calais poolT DR.. Morris
asked
sure
Know the big rockr
land the Atlantic salmon that strike
like that-bang-zi
Sure
Well, I was standing there. casting
for the grandaddy Of them all, when
bang zing and a wallop of q fish car
ried of sweep Of line. The rec
worked furiously. but I could not hold
the fish. Suddenly. realized 1t was not
fish that I had hooked but a passing
freight car
what did you dor
Why, 1 played the freight car, bu,
lost the damned thing"
And now Simon p. Northrup, famous
story teller of the Newark Bait and Fly
Casting Club:
Three American anglers were riding
IN an English train in the diner They
wanted to smoke. There were several
ladies In the car. One OF the Americans
approached and said: Ladies', would
you mind II we smoke?'
We would rather enjoy It, they re-
piled.
80 the Americans all lighted up. Fin
ally an Engllshman. after the cigars
were lighted, who sat not far away.
came over TO the Americans and re-
marked: You cawn't smoke in this
diner. 1t is against the rules The
Americans continued smoking.
The Englishman went out and. find
ing the conductor. returned with him.
In the presence of the three Amer icans
the Englishman said to the conductor A.:
Ihese gentlemen are smoking. You
know the rules
The conductor was about to reply
when one of the Americans, spokesman
FOR the others. said: This man has no
right in this car. Yes. we are smoking.
but we have asked the ladies for permis-
sion to smoke. and they have consented.
rms man should have no voice in the
matter. He does not belong in this car
he has third class ticket. We want
you to put him out OF here
Let me see your ticket said the
conductor to the Englishman. He
showed his ticket The conductor
glanced at It. You have no right in
this car he said. Get out of here
Later one of the ladies remarked :
Excuse me. but we would like to know
now You fellows knew that this man
had a third class ticket
Well. replied the spokesman for the
Americans, we saw his ticket sticking
out or his pocket. And 1t was the same
sort Of ticket that we had"
And now Robert II. Corson:
Il know the hero upon whom this
story Is hung. He was and probably
sun ID one OF Greenwood Lakes famous
suides and his name is Tom Garrison.
rom blew into the boathouse of the
Lakeside Hotel, which also served as the
barroom several years ago, and ordered
whiskey for cold. 1t was plain he had
pad one and one Of the anglers in
quired how he got It.
WALL drawled Tom, I'll tell YER. 7
wus up to Mud Pond yestiddy ketchin'
lrawgs for bait an twas pretty cold,
Time / got two-thirds way around the
pond / had about 'nuf. but ] run onto
the tracks of an ole hell-baister an TUX
after i'm. He heard me comm an he
NJ out chased that dun frawg around
the pond twict fore I ketched up with
I'M an jist as / wus gointer grab i'm he
turned an grabbed me b. their shoulders
an gimme the foot. an down l went In
that there cold mudv
And under cover OF the laughter that
greeted his yarn Tom got away with
an extra drink. Tom was more than a
character around the lake; he was an
institution"