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RECREATION. 



pulled in, at times seriously interfer- 

 ing with the other fishing, the big 

 bass dashing up and taking off the 

 small fish of from 3 to 7 pounds as 

 fast as they are hooked. 



To any one who enjoys vigorous 



sport and a fight with the giant of 

 game fishes, I can commend this 

 member of the bass tribe that, if 

 reports are true, attains in the Gulf 

 of California a weight of 800 pounds. 



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THE AUTUMN POET. 

 W. M. Hazeltine. 



The poet sat on his old settee 



Smoking his corn-cob pipe, 

 While high above in the browning tree 



Were the young birds growing ripe ; 

 And loud in his ear the music welled, 



Of the sparrows' autumn song, 

 And the poet sang, " Oh, the springtime held 



The bloom of the flowers long, 

 Ho ! ho ! 



The bloom of the flowers long. 



" Oh, the mountains rise in a gorgeous couch, 



As the sun sinks out of sight. 

 The gold moon floats" — The tom-cats crouch 



And sing to the autumn night ; 

 And the poet sits in a thoughtful mood, 



While up through his curling locks 

 His fingers weave as a poet's should - 



While his wife sits darning socks— 

 Ho! ho! 



While his wife sits darning- socks. 



