Jasper County Democrat, Volume 5, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 February 1903 — Fishermen’s Patience. [ARTICLE]

Fishermen’s Patience.

Wie patience of fishermen who really love the sport is the theme of many ■tories. One is told by a man who, traveling on foot through part of England, came upon a solitary fisherman, who looked as if time and the world might pass away without disturbing his content "Have you fished long in this stream 1" asked the traveler. "Eighteen years,” wa* the calm response. “Get many bites?” was the next que*tion. The fisherman scarcely tamed hi* gaze from the rod in his hands. “Five years ago in this very *pot I had * fine bite,” he answered, hopefully.— Youth’s Companion.