Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 184, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 July 1920 — Piscatorial Labor Saver. [ARTICLE]

Piscatorial Labor Saver.

Uncle Enh Johnson, aged negro, native of Scott county, Kentucky, has Invented a machine that reduces to the minimum the labor of fishermen. ’Tis simple, this invention of Uncle Eph’s. It is not patented. On the contrary, its Inventor offers it to any and all devotees of the rod and reel. Stick an umbrella rib perpendicularly in the mud on the back, fasten a sleigh bell near the top, and connect the line with this "Invention” and ybu are ready to fish—and sleep. “It ain’t nothin’ more’n a labor saver,” said Uncle Eph. "You see, every time I get a bite the fish bends the umbrella rib and the bell rings. Den I wakes up an’ hauls him in.”— Exchange.