Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 110, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 May 1911 — FISH DEALER MIXED ORDERS [ARTICLE]

FISH DEALER MIXED ORDERS

Senator Frye Made a Good Showing ir Weight but the Herring Was Smoked. Far more unerringly than by any weather bureau prediction, the ap proach of spring is indicated by th« gleam of the piscatorial fervor that Irradiates the eyes of Senator Frye ol Maine just before the opening of the fishing season. During the wlntei while the streams are ice bound and the spruce trees are white with snow the senator loves now and then to re late a fish story. He tells of a memorable trip on which Senator Spooner joined him at his choicest trout stream. They had it all arranged, after having called into counsel a reliable fish dealer and a trustworthy expressman, that a box of trout should arrive every other day at Senator Frye’s home to indicate the success with which they were casting the fly. The plan worked beautifully—“of course we caught some and some we didn't”—but the expressman was fairly regular in the weight of fish forwarded, and the prepaid charges were about the same from day to day. All went well until one day a dispatch came from the Frye domicile. “Rush two more boxes smoked herring. They are great. Are the salt mackerel running also?" There was a busy time with the wires just then, for the fish dealer had got his orders mixed, and instead of shipping fresh trout to Frye’s home, be had sent herring—thoroughly smoked. But the senator was equal to it. Camp supplies had been mixed with the fish caught that day—of course. He hastened his reply: “You received the bait by mistake. Nothing but smoked herring will ever catch fresh trout, you know.” B Senator Spooner usually concludes the tale truthfully by giving the return message: < .; . “Received the bait, and taken It sic—hook and all.”—National Magazine.