R EC RE A TION. 



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BIT OFF MORE THAN HE COULD 

 CHEW. 



Burlington, Vt. 



Editor Recreation: One day last sum- 

 mer I was trolling for pickerel, over a sandy 

 bottom. I got a strike, and commenced 

 drawing in a large pickerel, judging from 

 the fight he put up. I brought him along- 

 side and was just swinging him in, when 

 the swivel snap broke, and we went on our 

 way minus a fine spoon and a good fish. 

 We had hardly taken 10 strokes when a 

 metallic rattle was heard about 20 yards in- 

 shore, and turning I saw a fish falling -to 

 the water — as though after jumping. A mo- 

 ment later the same thing occurred again. 

 We rowed slowly toward the spot. The 

 strange metallic ring might come from our 

 lost spoon, and we decided to hit its possible 

 captor on the head with a paddle if he kept 

 on jumping in his glee at having escaped. 

 He rose about 8 feet from us next time and 

 I distinctly saw him shake his head from 

 side to side in an endeavor to get rid of 

 the hook. He did not jump, but merely 

 wriggled out of the water until one-half of 

 his body was exposed, then shook his head 

 and sank back. The next (fourth) time he 

 rose was in about 10 feet of water, and on 

 rowing to the spot and looking down we saw 

 him lying on his side on the sandy bottom; 

 the spoon glittering in his mouth. He began 

 to rise again, and we were ready with the 

 net, but when near the surface he stopped 

 and sank to the bottom. There he lay, feebly 

 waving his tail. In a moment my clothes 

 were off and I dived for him, but he slipped 

 through my fingers, and swam a short dis- 

 tance. I got in the boat and as soon as we 

 located him, tried again. This tkiie I man- 

 aged to get him into the boat. After one 

 convulsive gasp he expired. 



The spoon was all right, and — as I remem- 

 ber — one of the hooks at least was in his 

 gills. The whole thing, from breaking of 

 swivel to getting the fish did not take more 

 than 4 or 5 minutes at the outside. This 

 pickerel weighed, undressed, 2>Ya pounds. 

 Why did he act that way, and what killed 

 him? Elliot C. Brown. 



" Might I ask who lives here? " asked a 

 polite gentleman of a stranger he met in 

 front of a handsome mansion. 



" Certainly, sir? " 



"Who is it, sir?" 



" I'm sure I don't know," replied the 

 stranger. — Tit-Bits. 



Little Sister — What's the difference 'tween 

 'lectricity and lightnin'? 



Little Brother — You don't have to pay 

 nuthin' for lightnin'. — Tit-Bits. 



It surely is an awful nuis — 

 Ance to have to stop and clamp 



On nearly everything we use 

 An infernal revenue stamp. 



If you would live next to nature, read 

 Recreation. 



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"An art worthy the knowledge and practice of a 

 wise man." — WALTON. V 



When you smoke a pipe, i 

 you smoke economically ! < 

 When you smoke a pipe : j 

 —smoke J 



Mixture 



in it and you will have a % 

 cool, sweet, wholesome § 

 smoke. • 



For Sale Everywhere, @ 



San Antonio, Texas. 



Editor Recreation: We walked out 

 over a portion of our game preserve, a few 

 days ago, and in the space of 2 miles, saw 

 13 deer. The Mexican blue quail are as 

 plentiful as the bob white in some local- 

 ities. Peccaries are also numerous in some 

 parts, but I would not hunt them on foot. 

 They are so abundant that when you wound 

 one-, you must kill the whole drove. They 

 ran my secretary up a tree, and kept him 

 there several hours. Some watched him 

 while others went for food and water. 



My right of way man saw 12 rabbits play- 

 ing in the front yard. 



I dropped my robe out of my buggy, and 

 sent back for it. When the men returned 

 they said it was torn into shreds by the 

 wolves. 



No one can exaggerate as to deer in this 

 region. They are too numerous to men- 

 tion. We do not use hounds for hunting, 

 except for wildcats, lynxes, coons and pos- 

 sums. D. Griffin Gunn. 



" The human frame," said the Professor, 

 lecturing at the high school for girls, 

 " changes completely once in 7 years. You, 

 for instance, Miss Budde," he continued, 

 turning to a pretty girl of 17, " when you 

 are 24 will virtually be Miss Budde no lon- 

 ger." 



" Indeed, Professor, I hope not," she said, 

 with a pretty blush. 



