Southern Argus. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1834-1842, 1841-06-16
P1sCATORY "REMINISCENCES

''SOme- are born great, some dciheNe
greatness, and some have greatness thrust
npenthHpa. n,,uqndu salts with angling II
live art.and it is thrust upon some by neces
s;,v ! read myself into it. My hrsl
ne1cbaut for angling was created by that
pr;nce of good fellows and good fisher
80 IzaaE Walton. | well remember
n one" sunny spring morning, while incllnlnng
;ndoIently in nv little piazza with the
"nomnleie angler opened before me, was
suddenly smItten with love LOT ~
shaded stream, and the exercise Oh 'he 'n,
cling rod. What happy time halp Tue
fisherman. thought |. How quletly MS
: life nasseth away; his spirits are always
II ,nr,,fI1ed. and his bosom unknown TO 'lle
u oares that harass the rest of mankInd.--
& Hore am. always excited or dePressee,
,e IA rGi e,ernally Illuminating upon dollars ana
IL ~ a.e without ever allowing myself time
s ~ breathe The pure air Of heaven IN peace;
1e ! vii turn fisherman quoth to myself
: nd Immediately proceeded to purchase a
~. rod and tackle just such as IS recolnllie.'
IT'S ded in the "complete angler" mentaliy IT, IT,
IT. heating all the while, one OF hohe'' o''
80 Izaak's wishes. 80,
rs 81 in these aowery meads would be-
I'T ., These chrvstal streams should solace mt
Z. ~ whose harmonious babbling nolse'
N with nv angle would rejoice"
ced Dolv ACQUIRED according to the dlre'
,ur. ,;on of master Izaak, wended my "a
ING . .";,h l;ght heart and impatient step,
her the as' slinperv banks of the Neuse, cnaslu
ally . ond = Catching grasshoppers for hat' as
ling . anssed through mellow that lay ID II
i p1 When arrived at the rlver' e
any Wy wy ID myself secretly behind tree
use. fastened grasshopper on my hook a
thou ias'enIu ~ the water, '.as softly as
cav. ana1 moves nothing douotlng 'na'
mily SHOULD soon draw torth a cl1 III ,Tanatier
IN as water. There ] sat with an ~" Pc
recommended by the complete al ny =, !,
two long hours, expecting every n'o ~
10 an - see the writing grasshopper 'dT
hos, 5own nv some monster OF a chuD'
-. G ~ uo,b;ng disturbed the poor fellow Il
I'M io.', avcent an impudent dragon ny
- M 800 IN him, and sat there, hoal
- @S ali M, On The water and baskng his OF
i',eie aA"y n the warm sun, very preJudie
!. 'n nan mi" = ! thought, 10 Mr.. Walton's mar
II are w Do Abont this time | began
pcOm. | 0f tISli0gs Avn Trze,
ed fnr Jonb, as TO the practice of master ia
'ou JUL ,o uO los for club fishing in our unclv,
which streams, and was pretty well cured 2:
wn'sn s.. s;nr n,ania.--I must say IN Justlc
lo;an as , nTeceptor, that lacked one esse
y mn ~ ,.Efcation for a 6sherman--aeco
'mmI 1d s~,,ab swore not an oath.s orely ten
wou.u 1nop 5,as This was doubtless the re
n ., nn5 % as NV bad luck. After seeing the
~ ,s anu :. make his last effort
bush sa grassn without the least interruption
a. 0e ~ : Oc cSnb | despaired of ever beng an
corn o q ,a r and drew up stakes 10 make ior
was .aSs -, myself with the retiectloI
y 70 toaj s.sngIinG is ike poetry--men are .
o. f.a lJSu IT,, As trudged leisurely along
iee e,oS H., beln thinking that had been
n mlcn no. no. ag ,alen with the oddities and
3lu snI , ,r;c;ties Of The deyout old fisherman
ne mix with the practice Of his art, m mess
s.. e mantle regions, anfinwaro'y q. 49, !,
FEEDER o. S~;f,s definition of angling q s. y
'mDers o. o. az" string. with fool at one emu
ses WIN worm r. at 81 the other.' Ever since
SIS sloss nav have been pointed at as the M
quality, Of s he'd by the book, much 70 the g
having ton of my rustic nelghoofsi anu =
= s;...,ov ton Of myself.