Sank The Merrimac

Great Merriment Among the Whitmore Lake Resorters.

A FISH WOULD BE CAUGHT

It Took the Hooks of Three Ann Arborites.

Resort Notes Concerning Various Visitors at Whitmore Lake--S.W. Millard Was Hobsonized Last Evening.

Whitmore Lake, July 22.--(Special to Daily Argus)--Yesterday Capt. Granger and Mr. Showerman, of Ann Arbor, and Capt. Manly of the Clifton house went on a fishing expedition. When they got to their fishing point Capt. Granger cast his line baited with a fine minnow and he got a tremendous bite, the fish taking his hook and part of the line. Capt. Manly threw out a minnow and he lost his hook by a very large fish. By this time Fred Sohwerman got his line untangled and cast and hooked a 6 1/2 pound pickerel which he landed in fine shape. At this Capt. Manly said, "I would bet anything the fish that took my hook would weigh 20 pounds," and Capt. Granger said, "that pickerel is only a minnow compared with the one that took my hook." "Why," he said, "it felt like a saw log." After catching a number of smaller fish they went to the Clifton house for a fish supper and behold, when the pickerel was opened both hooks which were lost were found in the pickerel, thus deciding the exact weight of the two lost by Manly and Granger.

Mrs. Bubb, of Olivet, is a guest of Mrs. Marie Stevens.

Mrs. John Wessinger went to Brighton today and returned with a handsome matrimonial fruit basket.

Clifton House Arrivals--E.P. Gregory and E.E. Gregory, Howell; Mr. and Mrs. H.J. Pearson and A.A. Pearson and wife, Ann Arbor.

Yesterday Chas. Pray captured a 6-pound pickerel with an old cane pole and small line he was catching perch with.

George W. McCormick's new residence is enclosed, and John Turner and E. Glarin will move into their new houses next week. And the building still goes on.

Everybody at the Lake house is lamenting the departure of Nate Stanger as they declare he was the life of the town. Come again Nate and wake them up.

While working on E. Glarins new residence, Ernest Fulton stepped on a nail which penetrated his toe going clear through it. He doctored it up with a chew of tobacco and went right on working.

At about 9 o'clock last evening Sid Millard dazzled our town by a fine display of fire works from the Lake house front and continued it until 10:30 o'clock and Mr. Hangsterfer displayed fire works from Mrs. Wiedemann's grove, some of the sky rockets going nearly across the lake. The inhabitants from the country around came in great numbers and filled our streets and enjoyed the sights.

Lake House Arrivals--Rob. McIntosh, Toledo, O.; A.E. Schoff, Ann Arbor; Ellen A. Hewitt, Plattsburgh, N.Y.; Anna P Pancoast, Ashtabula, O.; H.W. Everest, Marion, Mass.; Mr. and Mrs. Blouteese, Columbus, O.; W.P. Lombard, Ann Arbor; Mrs. C.E. S. Lamson, Toledo, O.; Miss Laura Lamson, Toledo, O.; Miss Josephine Wright, Toledo, O.' J. Russell, Ann Arbor; P.B. Armbruster, Columbus, Ohio.

Whitmore Lake, Mich., July 21.--(Special to Daily Argus).--Last night the resorters at this place witnessed an accurate imitation of the sinking of the Merrimac. Hosbon Sid Millard and his crew of picked volunteers constructed a large raft and skillfully sailed towards the enemy without being discovered by Admiral Cervera Hangsterfer until it was too late. The Merrimac was taken out loaded with explosives and red fire, and when the point of sinking it was reached the portholes were opened and explosives ignited. Immediately ensued a rapid fire from the sky rocket guns and Roman candle mortars of Admiral Cervera Hangsterfer and Morro Castle, but the Merrimac was rapidly sinking and Hobson Millard and his crew rowed and swam safely to shore. When he returned he was surrounded by all the fair resorters and was Hobsonized by--his wife.

"Doc" Collins is eating and sleeping at Sunny Side cottage. "Doc" finds camping about the same as walking a beat only he don't hear the governor of North Carolina shouting so often to the governor of South Carolina.

E.V. Hangsterfer and James Burke caught a pail of fish yesterday so big and so high.

Columbus Dispatch--W. Wilson, of this city's post office force caught 145 black bass at Whitmore Lake a few days ago and is now after what they call Oliver Martin's man eater, whatever kind of an olive or liver sort of a swallow martin that is.

Fisherman Greaves of the Lake house has been spending 21 hours per day on the lake fishing.