The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1921-09-01
FURTHER VACATION
EXPERIENCES
Berea, August 81

best fisherman amongst us Wnllt Wy
at Thousand Isles Park. Our boat
held four quite comfortably, and
while usually rowed, one Of our
ladies would read aloud while DR..
and the other lady trolled.
One beautiful day we had thus
started out for a nine.mile row down
the river, a basket lunch, to be cooked
later, an empty skillet for the fish.
to-be.caught. We had covered two
thirds of our way, and still no fish
had been tempted to grapple with
our revolving "tin spoon" Just as
a bit Of encouragement, ( began quot.
ing the Presbyterian shorter cate.
chism: "Now faith is the substance
of things hoped for; the evidence of
things not SEEM when suddenly the
Doctor shouted, Good! I've got him.
and pulled in three-pound bass,
which dropped from his hook into
the bottom of the boat usually they
drop outside.)
Shortly we made a good landing on
an island owned by Canada. The
dividing line between the United
States and Canada is marked by
white stone cairnes about six feet
high, set up on the islands of st.
Lawrence; and where an American
lives on a Canadian island, he is COM
PEELED by law to fly the Union Jack
at the top of his fagpole, but the
milky baldric and gorgeous dyes of
old Columbia always floats just be-
low
Certain islands are reserved per-
manently as public state lands by
both nations, and here under the
trees one finds good stone ovens and
roasters, and even a fine pavilion for
tourists accommodation.
I got our fire well started while
Doctor cleaned the fish, and the
ladies explored the island. Our din
ner consisted of fried fish, baked po-
tatces, roast corn, hard-boiled eggs,
cheese, pickles, and a big, fresh
apple pie, together with coffee. We
were all completely spoiled for ordi-
nary fish eating after such feast of
luscious white flakes.
While eating, another party of
eight landed, and we offered our fire
for their service. Later converse.
ton revealed the fact that two of
the party were donors of Berea, their
home being near Philadelphia, but as
they had never visited Berea, we were
able to give them something of the
magnitude of our work here, and
thereby have bound them more close
ly as friends.
One day DIR. and Mrs. Cowley
together pulled in five fine pickerel
of three or four pounds each. To
cap the climax, the doctor pulled in
a big muscalonge, for which the st.
Lawrence is famous, weighing six
and a half pounds. They say up
there that muscalonge is a pickerel
gone to college," Anyway, it tasted
like the valedictorian in a fish grad.
uation. We gave away all but the
graduate" and this the hotel cook
prepared and baked for US. We
were the envy of the whole dining
room next day as our sweet young
waitress came in laden with huge
platter containing this 22-inch fish,
decorated with sprigs of parsley, and
with some fancy baked accompani-
ment We favored several of our
friends with liberal portions, and left
a big portion for the cook, who con-
tributed so generously to our pleas
ure.
And so the days passed pleasantly
by. The Doctors appearance in his
fishing garb was slightly different
from the dignified, settled, thought
full surgeon of Berea College Hospit-
al; and, likewise, the ladies in their
apparel. But of course ! always
maintain the dignity and poise of
high-class Business Manager (well,
maybeD
After two weeks pleasure we left
our friends, and Travelled on the
Grand Trunk Line thru Canada, to
Toronto, and thence on thru tube
three miles long at port Huron under
the River st. Clair, and on down to
Chicago. 1t gave one a moist feel
ing to be travelling 30 miles an hour
under such vast body of water.
As we crossed the Canadian border
into the States, the custom officers
compelled us all to open up all our
baggage for examination. ] reached
Chicago early enough for good
days business, visited the Mathews
Gas Machine Company, and met Mr..
Matthews. who thirty-One wears ago