Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-04-23
JOE BEVO
(His Essays
FISHING

Now is dc season Nv de yeer
Wen de ev'rige male person NV de
heman gender spen' fifteen minnit
NV hees lonch our in de hardware
shop winder. Yass.. he stop long
an look hard, wit faraway ex-
presshun on hees eye.ball. Mebby
he hung 'roun de winder ter in
dubble-bilers. an coffee picklehat-
ers-but I have my dou't on it.
Cornfidenshal, tween me an you,
de Teller Is a geniwine fish bug,
fanattick. an medder brook crank.
He is hipnotize tree tam per day
by de leettle lavender minner in de
green box wit turmaleen eyes.
he will broke way frum de Office
ter tend de fun'ral Nv som 'rela-
shun dat's shore ter die purity
uueeck. De latest stile NV harti-
fishal bate. Silk fish-line. an TWEEN
ty-nino odder kineuv fly will be
pack in hees baskit wit bottul NV
samting dat mos good sport use
wen he git Were de fish amt
Skeeter Skoot.
Shore. fool you dat tam. iou
fought I was gon sed de sam ting
you have on your mind wen I print
de word "bottul." Yor meestak'. De
moonshiae is alters kip secret. an
nobuddy nevair TAX it wit heem
Wen he start-but often fine it on
dc job Wen de trout bite.
De call NV de brook lissen sweet
on de ear NV de fish bug. an he
seldom git it mix wit dc SCUM Nv
alters 'onest an trut'fooi. de
cronict fishymun. but will lie lai;
n bootlegger to save heese1f frunl
missin' a trip ter dc hills.
De true Knite Nv de Rod is man
NV CRATE judgmun'. an nevair need
a. yard-stick ter measher de beeg
vans he miss. De speckel sammun
dat coff up dc fly an henjoy hees
free liberty is often tirtv per cents
more heavy den de wan dat is gam
by de collier.
Bamby, wen you seen a man In
de middle ux de mite on hees STUN
mick crawlin' roun' de frunt lawn
wit lantern--don't woke up de
police. 1t is de pres'dunt Wv de
bank searin' overgrown angle
worms back in dere hole. II he
red streeks Nv litenin he will he
satisfy an 60 ter bed wit happy
dream. At two o'clock in de
mornin' he will remove hees he'd
frum de piller. pull on de khaki.
pile in de fiivver an hit de trale
fer SOM phase. II he return back
wit string w w'als ,s:, It is safe o, ter
mor'sige mex wiki. On de odder
ham IL de fish wuz bashfeel an
hate ter left home, postpone Yer
visit ter de bank tell hees leek
change.
Wen yor hire-man look you on
de Ease an toll. you hees sorry but
hess I've is Is il sa BAD loaf share hsss
job termorrer. you know de law 10
of an de pore Teller amt fskin'.
You kin felt de sam simtums yor-
self an you don't blam' heein II
he TAX de water cure.
Ffshin' is de hes' medicine in Dc
worl' fer spring fever, an nobuddy
objeck ter TAX 1t on 'ceunt NV Do
De Fishymun will sister all d
terchAr Wv damnashun FER ~
spechul priv'lieeuv playin' Wit
seek ounce NV trout on de en- Nv =
He viii spen' forty-nins dollar
beside hees role-rode fare fsr
food at de narkit prise.
He will left hees wifa sick at
home wit de millinery blues, an
tor her ter stan it tell he came
back.
He also OMEN hike ten mile on a
tote rode an no complane. But
han a block frum de offise he TAX
de trolly.
Black fly an miskeeter by de
millyun ne is within fts single
han, fer de small chanse NV .
All day IN cor water de hero
NV de hook an line will soak bees
bbte foot an fergit hsts reome-
tism FER a nibble.
Shore, he will sacrifise ev'rytinG
on cart fer a fish-scAle, an braG ter
hees nabor bout 1t.
Per Romeo Horace Dyer.