Evening journal., 1920-06-05


Hardly ever have a few words been
assembled together that spells the
truth as does the above. Upon first
reading perhaps the true sense Of the
verse is not thoroughly digested, but
after a careful study one may get the
benefit Of which 10 so strongly
speaks-fresh air and sunshine-recre-
alton. Fresh air and sunshine are an
absolute necessity Of life and there
is no better way to get both than by
taking a day of now and then and
20 a-flshing. Or. j. l. Vance gives out
the. following on the same subject:
Vie was up in years, and the hair
was gray around his brow. but he
was a boy again that morning, for
he was going a-fishing, You could
see the boy in the light Of his eye.
you could hear 10 in the tone OF his
voice. You could sense it in that
general attitude to life which seemed
10 say: Business may go to smash
la going a-fishingir
Backward, turn backward, o,
time, in thy flight Thank God for
boy dies clean out Of man, 1t is
time to bury the old corpse. He has
| finished his course, and this world
has no more fun for him.
1T Is a poor world if a man may
not go a-tlshing now and then. He
needs to get away from the grind.
from the sense Of responsibility from
! the cares and worries of the duties,
which thrOng him. He needs to let
his tired shoulders rest, and his tired
heart. too. He needs 10 let his imagi-
inatiOn loose 10 is the creative faculty
i had almost said the recreatiye.
| How IL riots when a fish gets on the
llnel What measurements 10 takes Of
/ the size OF that sea-mOnster that has
run off with his baitl
I'VE can all understand the mental
processes Of these two inebriates who
paused before a big stuffed fish in a
glass case at the club house and after
surveying it carefully, one said to an
other: The man who caught that fish
[ is a blamed liarp
81 think there are two kinds Of
lbs God may forgive. One is the lb
girl tells about her engagement,
and the other is the white lie a man
tells about the FISH he caught
The old man may not bring back
much in his creel when he goes fish
ing. but he brings back something in
ihis soul. The withered grass is green.
and the flowers have begun 20 bloom
again. No wonder Peter turned TO
his fellow disciples in the hour OF
their detection and hewilderment. and
said: 1 90 a-fishing? Get out your
rOdi"
Hundreds OF anglers enjoyed the
open season last week and Some very
good catches were reported. Bass are
striking fine and seem to be very
plentiful. Crappies seemed to be very
scarce and those that We're caught
were as a rule small and had 10 be
I placed back in the water again. White
J catfish were biting good on minnows
! and quite few large ones were
} landed by several anglers. With good
} weather the banks Will all have theiI
} share Of anglers again this week
Z end, as the fishing bug has innocu-
1 lated the germ into hundreds OF new
B disciples this wear. Everybody ou
I and enjoy the sport.
|, Harry Schrade. Paul Beecher, Jacl
/ Williams and Elwood Lee, who spen
4 a three-day fishing trip at one Of thl
1 lower-end ponds. report one Of thl
/ best trips they have ever had an,
q brought home some very nice blacl
q bass.
q Some boy, Bennett Raymond wa
4 among the early cutters last Sunda,
1 and prepared with new bats and wad