Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1836-09-06
MISCELLANEOUS.
pisc .roRY REMiNIscENccs.

s'ssoms are bern grsai seme .eh,ese sfesirts'
sna cone hars greatness tiufs, upoa then. sod
90 q 20 -as snehsg. soue sfe bora fishermen
.oss ,ess.rs %. ART. ard 1t g. isors, upon soue by
peec~siy. ! read nSssG iu,o Il. Ny hfsi pe"
e.ssi fst .aglsug w4s created :, that PRIME II
rood feiioss sad good G.bermsn, lsaak WALTON.
! ~ell remember o0s .1nny spfinc morning, While
reclining .ndoleptly ~ ny little pifsSA whb uc
'Cempleis Angler open before nc. was sud
denly sniiton With a love for the cool shaded
stream snd the exercise Of tie assiug f"d.-
WHIST happy time 81 It bath he hshcrnen. thong %
l. How qse,iy bis life psssclh assy; bis spiuts
arc alssys untufEed, snd h,s tnsou auknown 20
the Gates that hausss the rest Of maokiad. Here
an l. slssys excited vtdewcsscd. ani ctcfnal'Y
rominsusg upnn dollars and dollar, aud ccais.
without oset allowing myscif 20 breath tie pa'e
ar u heaven "a peace. MI tara fisherman
qsoth To mysof. snd immediately proceeded e."
,ofebsso = rod aud tAeslc just -loa recon-
nscnded "a the Complete Anglcf. mruiaily repeat
ing al the Rhile. one Of houv.t llaaks ~ishcs,
II 70 these Gs~rry B,ssi. -ouii bo,
fhsss ,hrysisl streams 'h1uil s,'sce nc,
To whose harnoilI.4s b4i lii"s uoss',
With my snei wpa.i rg'ice.'
Daily encounired according 20 the directions Of
tsasiet Ilask. wcBdcd my aay With hight heart
and impatient STEP the slippery banks Of the Neuse
catching gfasshoPpets Tor bet, s. passed through
. meadow that lay IA my way. Nacn arrived a,
the nsor ensconed yself 'seefc' 5ebind tree,
fastened . gtasshopper ou my hook. and iet It
down TO the water as soilly snail moves,
nothing doubling that should soon draw forth a
club Of the hrsl water. There sal with all the
patience recommended by the complete hngler
Tor two long hours, expecting every moment to
Gee the whitening grssshoppcr taken down by some
monster Of a club. But nothing disturbed the
poor Fellows kicking, except al Impudent dragon
fly 'ha, slgh;cd upon him, md "a, there, floating
lsrlly OH the water and basking bis bright wipgs
10 the warm sun, very pfejudIcally, as | thought
10 Mr. Wstou's manner Of fishing. About this
time began TO have some doubts to the practice
Of master Izaaks rules for club fshing in our un.
civilized sresms. and vas pretty well cured Of my
fishing mann. | must say though, IN justice tc
~y precep,or. that lacked one essential qua,fca'
t'on FOR a fshernsn--deroiion. though swore mol
an oath, scrcly tempted as was. This wee Doubt
Iess the reason of my bad luck. hiler seeing th,
poor grasshoppo make his last eiiort to get loose
without the least interruption from club, | de-
spared ofcvcr being angler. and drew up stakes
TO make for home. consohng myself w:th the re-
hecton that angling is like poetry--Inen are
born to IL" As trudged leisuroiy along | coult
not help thinking tina, had been vastly more la
Ken with the oditIes and eccen,ricitss of the dc
wont old fisherman, than with the practice OF ms
~S ~ these unromantic regions and inwardy as
sen'ed to Swiits definition of anghng-'a stel
and string. with fool nj end and worm a
The o,hcr." Ever since that day, have been poin
ted 81 as the that fshed by the book, much L
the qualification OF nv rustic neIghbors. and NOR
LITIGATION ofmyself.
Southern LiiuIry Mes'enger.