The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1841-06-05

''Some are born great. souae ac-leFe
greatness, < SONS have greatness tasus,
upon them" AM Sc Z Is wlta aa-l .---
Some are born fishermen. some ae--2re
the art, and il Is thEls, cFca s,ue 81. l--
cessity. / read myself Iat1 ss- Iy ags-
psHctaRi fer angling was created by taat
prince OF good fellows am good ssaeE-
men, Izaak Walton ! vel remember
one sunny spring moralng, whl.a rce.ll-
ing indolentiy IN my Gt.e para VAN
the complete angler" orea before Gss- E
was suddenly srait,en wlth q love Tor $500
shaded stream and the excrcls. 1t tae
angling rod What = happy tsme ef Is
hath the fisherman, thought i hcw
quietly his life pass-sa away - SPIRITS
are always uuruffied. and hls bcsom l--
known TO the cares thar har2zs the gest
Of mankind. Here am /. a-w-vs -x-s-e-
or depressed, and eteru1-ly rlzr11-.las
upon dollars AMI cents. without ever -.-
lowing myself time 10 brea,he the pare
air Of heaven IN poacs- lwi-l tara ssh
erman, Qu0;h q mys-.i. 2lt i-l--z---.z,--
ly proceed to purchase q r11 ami t1-S-s
Just such as is recommca t-l 81 t1z --lI
Pleto angler" mentally repeating all the
while, one OF honest old lZ1sz's gsgsl.-s-
Il il these a5wcry -c1zs w-z-1 te.
TAcse clrys,al s-r-zazs slz--l Er,ze- z-e,
To whose harn1al-zs h1ht..z- zrs--
with E-y angie waalz relr---~
Duly accounted according - th- l.r-c-
tons Of master Lzaak. / wenlel mV vav
with light heart and impatient s,cr. g
the slippery banks ofo'i Ne-se, chas.--
and catching graSshoPPsrs for balr. as {
passed through q meadow thas .av rs ulv
way. When arrived q the uFeE en-
sc0uced myself secretly b-hlll E tr-e.
fastened { grasshO7Per On NJ h01s, ana
let Il down to tho wascr as so.llV as a
snail moves" nothing d0lh-n- tA1-
should soon draw forth a cAl5 81 tas ars-
water. There 81 with al. the ra,sa>c
recommended By the complete az -,
Tor two long hours expecting every gzs-
ment TO see the writing g-2ssa-PPcr
taken down By sons monster Cd a cA11-
But nothing disturbed TIA Peor t@-l's s.
kicking, except Al lupu1cag 1-2sol lE
that alightet q him. and sat t1crc. a1a--
ing lazily on the water and baskia- 1ls
bright wings IN the warm s-a. very r---
iudiciallv. as I thoaShi- 70 Mr. Walloae
manncroF EshIu-- AbCut tins ans / D.
gan 70 have soma doubts IS e sa- rrac-
tice Of master Izaak's rules tlE sA15 t.s1-
inc in our unciyilze3 streams, l11 rs
pretty we'll cured Of my fishing naaz-z--
must say, though n l1slics O. uy TE--
ceptor, that | lacked enc essential --4ls-
fica.ion for q fishsrU1n-asrat ia. -a3gs e
| swore noi an oath, s1relv temples IS
was This was dogt.ess tAo Fe2sca 81
my bad luck After seeing tAe roc-
grasshopper make his last etflEt e. -.
loose, without the least in1errugtlec frem
club, despaIred Of ever beng an aa.-
Ter, and ''drew up stakes % make f1g
home, consoling myself with the rssec-
ton that ''ang'ing Is Ike Po1iry-mea
are born to it, As | trul-sd leisurslv
along | could not help thinking that
had been vastly more taken With the Cd
dities and eccentricIties Of The 6svo1t ca
fisherman, than with the practice e. bis
art in these unrOmantic regions. and II
wsrdly assented 70 Swift's ds6oitloa 81
angling-"a stick and a stTins. wi,a 4
fool at one end and a worm Al the eth
er." Ever since that day, / have besn
pointed at as the man that fshcd bv tbs
book, much to the gratihca7ion Of my ras-
tic neighbors, and mortlhcatioa Of nv
self.