The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1845-05-10

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'S Corkerel's Bend is a well known rel
!ezvous fol the hunter and fisher of III
q l'aiapoosa and a beautiful one ii is, Tn
upper end of The curve is lake like in II
;. very deep, A half mile below, til
1.-The river spreads itself 10 double its usu;
width, and brawls among rocks and iIer
rlnged with the tall river grass The pa
above it resorled 20 by those who use III
and that below by seiners Opposite the roc
leep water, the bills come towering dow
TO within twenty yards of the river, lh
narrow intervening slri p being low land
lowered with Tremendous growth Of gun
popular and white oak. Late in the after
noon of warm May day, this part Of III,
Bend is a most delightful spot The Iiul'
mountains on lhe south and west exrludt
the sun glare compleIely,and The mere CON
for, seeker may lay himself fiat in the bot
tom of an old Indian canoe; he finds moor
ed there 10y grape vine, and float and
look at the clouds, and dream-as have
dOne-wlh no living thing in sight to dis
turb his meditalons except the muskraI on
the end Of the old projecting log, and the
marony summer ducks, with her brood OF
iny duckIings swing, close buddIed, in the
huge wafer oak, whose ovcrhangiDg limbs
are covered with close net work of mus.
cadIne vines-Where of (of the vines !
uean) | have a story OF my friend, Captain
Suggs, which will be related at the proper
iime. Take care ye llliIe downy rascals!--
especially you, little fellow with half al
-ggsnen siuch 10 yUur 0don!'~- ifHe, We'"
ire not many or large trout in the TaIlopoosa
nut there are some and occasionally one
- found with mouth sufficient TO engorgc
Young duck!--and 4'mOSt always in =
coo quiet shade Just like-----his.
.nap!there you 90 precisely as | told you!
Vow, old lady, quit that (ussing and hOter'
NJ and take tho young 'uns'oui Of The way
IF lha, other one that isn't far of. TrItufa-
ion in troul's nav must be unpleasant
me would think!
|, chanced once that the writer enramped
ror a day or Two on the narrow strip spoken
of with a company of the unsOphlsicaled
lweIers of the rough lands in that REGION ,oI
whom the principal parsonage was Daddy
Elias Blggs, Sometimes called Daddy Llas'
but more commonly Daddy Blggs.' We
we're on fishing expedition, and at nighl
hung short line or two from ihG branches
of the trees which overhung the water, for
cat" One night as we had just done this
aud were gathered around The FIRE, gallon
lug passing from hand to hand, Daddy
Biggs, who was short, SQUAD mon,rosy
cheeked bald, and'incIining 10 three score
remarked, as he extended hi, hand to
wards a long guant fellow with very ons
nose and a very black beard
Boys, ant you never hearn what a scraPt
I had here at this very spot, last year! Bill!
reaI let me have suck at tha, yesnhan
war, and I'll tell you all about it,
The old man took "a suck smacked his
Hips and began his relation:
You will remember the time boys wher
them Chalohospa fellows come here dsh
I'm? D-n em! | wish they would fish a
home, wthou, goin' twenty miles to inter
rup, other peoples range. Well they
camped right here, an right here they see
o The deUiR
seed the Dev!' exclaimed Billy Zeal.
MD they, in right down earnest nowl
ssked jim Waleis, looking around at tn
dark woods, and insnua,ing himself bt
tween Abe Ludlow and.the fire in evider
t fright ..
They seed the Devil repeated Dadd
Biggs, With empbasis-'snd ketched biz
tool he added, ,'bul they couldn't hold him
'GooI gracious!' said jim lers,Iookin
Ground again-'do you thirk he stays abo'
hrre!'-and Jim got nearer to the fire.
lie slays about her some reple
Daddy Biggg, But jim. son, get out Of II