Show Xot for Fishing A citizen with a fish pole over niB shoulder was going up Cass avenue yesterday yes-terday t when a stranger called out Have any luck Fifty feet further on a second inquired in-quired Are they biting now At the next corner a third stopped him l and asked Say whatll you take for a ton of em1 emA fourth fifth sixth and seventh had their say and the eighth bore down upon L him with I tell you old fellow you may laugh I at tho idea of spitting on your bait but t it i brings luck and I can prove it Speaking to me queried the man I with the pole Certainly t What do you take me for r Why you are going afishing I Who said soT Havent you got a fish pole Suppose I have If I saw you carry ing a bar of soap home would I argue that you were going to do tho family washing But arent you going afishing1 No sir This polo is to punch the sparrows nests out of tho eaves of my house Mighty funny how many people there are in this world who aro interested interest-ed in other folks business Detroit Free Press |