Year: 1859

An Hxeursiouist goes a Fishing-He


takes a Basket, and Sees a Vision


1t oppresses Him.


The excursionists arrived safe in Chicago,
and are having general good time. We
learn from private source that one Of our
Gas we don't like to be personal, and as it
would not add to the joke, we will not locate
the thing too nicely, )-Dayton friends got
it into his head to try the fishing privileges
Of Chicago. Procuring apparatus basket,
AMI a guide, he started for the Lake shore"
Arrived there, he discharged bis guide, and
proceeded to ply his rod and line. 1t was
dry fishing, for after half hour of faithful
effort, he was not encouraged by q nibble.--
OF course he drew upon his basket for phi
losophical relief We had forgotten to say
that as "whoel is within wheel, so was there
a basket within his basket The inner bas,
ket sustained the principal shock; and he
fell to fishing again. Alternately he piled
his rod and basket, until--tO make long
story short--heresigned himself phiiosophiy
cally to any luck which might iurh MP, hs
was alike obliyious % fish, aesh and fowl


IT seemed strange to him, but he could moi
shut out the vision which opened up before
him. He beheld mountain Of baskets
whose base was on the bosom Of Che Lake,
and whose summit was in the sky Adown
this mountain of baskets glided constant
and increasing stream Of iish, Topping their
silvery sides in the sunshine, and presenting
the illusion Of millions Of bright dollars
which the mountain, in eruption, was belehi
ing foFthI On they rolled until the lake was
filed up with them, and the water receded
from sight. Then the baskets began to tum,
Bile from the summit swiftly the mountain
disappeared, as it's material tunbled % the
plain below, until our ririend was completely
buried beneath the ruins


Here he lost all consciousness. In the
meantime, his prolonged absence wac noted
by his friends at the hotel, and fears were
breathed of his safety. Inquiry was made,
and bis guide of the morning was found and
his destination learned A delegation i'm
mediately started in quest of the missing one
On arriving at the scene of his operations
they could see nothing of him. He must
have been drowned, poor fellow was on
the tongue of all. AT the shore, and but a
few feet from the water party of hogs were
noticed roofing about the straw which had
covered booth erected by some angler, tC
protect him from the sun, but which bad
now fallen in ruins. To that place the par.
ty repaired, and-strange, almost incredi-
blel-they found the body of the lost one
among the ruins 1t had yet enough life in
it to respond to anxious inquiries; and in q
short time it was completely rejuvenated.-
The baskets were empty


When the body "came to enough fol
speech, the vision was related in substance
as we have given it, and tue party went bach
to the hotel in fine spirits. The amateur
fisherman says he would be better satisfied
had he got, from the millions he saw bu
one fish; the confounded vision fell, howev-
er, "leaving not wrcck behind "


We will not give any indication as to who
this unfortunate fisherman is; but if you
hear any body say fishing is bore" gel
mad when the subject is mentioned, and de
clare that he would as leave 60 to - al
60 fishing" why, he is very probably the
man.