| Show FISHING IN MISSISSIPPI Inhs Allen Iroaul i t k In Inllll aldent tleun4 That prince of story tellers nod yarn splnnif 1rlt ate John Allen of Tupelo Mist who Is the funny man ot congrfiu SDI the su eessor In that line of the late sunset Cox and the relegated Proctor Knoll often strolls In to pass away an hours limn Ms the Arkansas Denio rat While President Presi-dent Clevelsnd ape away on a recreation recrea-tion trip recently Private Join dropped around to the hotel ono evening nnd after some other contermtlon the subject sub-ject turned to the president liking for rot and gun Then Allen told this During one of those long and friendly conversations which the prcsdcnt and I so often held I Invited him to Mississippi Mis-sissippi to flih There Is nothing pleas anter or eulw than the way wo follow Itaak Walton la my state Wo hire a band of colored gentlemen and they carry a large Jug of whkiky In a cool phony nook by the river and we follow them Wo sit loan In Inn cool shady nook and eaten the Jug vMIe the colored col-ored gentlemen cut a cord or two of brush and boatmen Thom are for n seine When we are ready to begin fishing oath of the colored gentlemen lake a bunch ot Ibo ImMh In either hand and thai armed they throw a lino oi Baltic out Into the bayou or river or wherever we chance to be lining We sit on the bank and tell them whero to go When all Is ready tho lino ot battle with the brush under water making a very capital ItClne swings round toward the snore In such a manner man-ner as to comb about an aero ot water We get every fish that Is I fool euougli to be In that acre We get alligators mm pouts snapping turtles and nil sort of valuable fish I would lute very much to have the president come down and enjoy the sport for himself Bo far however ho has nut been nblo to set a time |
