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Title
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Sioux County, June 17-July 2, 1911
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Date
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June 17-July 2, 1911
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Creator
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Frank H. Shoemaker
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Description
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Regional Narrative
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Identifier
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321301-1911
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Rights
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tS
a vrayer end an apology to
the sainted Izaak Walton - ae
who at any rate should a )
heapsight more be a saint
then sone of those elected
-~ I tucked away my flies
& end fared forth to collect
erasshoppers. * But it was
a day of humility all
around; if I was humbled
by the forgswearing of
gentlemen's bait and the
adoption of vulgar, goggle-
eyed, parasitized, tobacco-
spitting grasshoppers, what
must have been the feelings | ;
of the botanists, who for¢g- oo { ‘ela
swore their allegiance to -RRMBAc awe’,
Green Things and became for i Sweeny Conyon
the nonce most energetic collectors of said loathsome grasshoppers? For
be it known, the orthopterous crop was sverse, and it generally took longer
to round up a grasshopver than it did to make connections with a trout
after the bait was secured. ~ So while Dr. Woleott and I whipped the stream
and had all the fun, Profs. Pool and Williams and Mr. Leussler took the
butterfly nets and worked far harder afield to keep us supplied with bait.
Their conduct was simply perfect, for not only did they steal up quietly
with the hard-earned bait, but they guerdedly spoke words of commendation
and even applause when we lended a fish, in a manner most tickling to our
vanity. It was great sport, and I don't care if Dr. Woleott did catch
more than I; it simply shows that he is accustomed to more plebeian methods,
which is nothing to brag of. If those trout had been versed in orthodox
piseatology I would have shown him?
So with much bait-collecting, some fishing, a little botanizing,
zoologizing, and vhotogranhy, we passed the day, returning home late in
= : the evening. We did not
heve a very large mess of
fish for seven of us - I
believe there were 17 in
all - for many of those
eceught were too small to
keep, and the largest were
about twelve inches long;
but we all enjoyed the ex-
pedition, and the perfect
manner in which Prof, Pool
fried the fish entitles
him to our lasting grati-
tude.
