Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1857-09-19

IurlnU ms WhUlv NV.
my MS WIlUIO IIIN'
Lad so many admiring dlseIplo.

during ms whUlo
he had so many admiring disciple.
adore his memory, and practice hls
ccpts and put angling at the head oi tho
heap, as an amusement.
Well, in this said business of angling
or fishing, there are certain rules IaId
down to be observed in order TO insure
success. One is you recoIeci, don {
swear, or you'll catch no fish - which
simply means, don't be impatient, and
angry, and give up, because at first you
don't do as well as you expeci,-because
the fish won't bite, or some outward CIR
cumstance happens. That is one rule,
and very good, sensible rule II is too.
Bat another rule is First select good
spot and then keep fishing IN the same
hole ! That is a rule OF equal, if not
greater importance than the first, and tho
philosophy Of it, the truth OF IT is seen at
a glance. Could we not TO perfect dem
onstralon show i, 10 bctrue theoretically
(which of course we cam the every day
practical demonstration which we have
before our eyes would be enough 10 show
rs truth and wisdom. Did you ever,
kind reader, witness two persons fishing,
mo doubt you have some time or other
engaged in the sport yourself) and have
YOU not remarked the difference which
would sometimes exist in their modes OF
conducting the operation and the differ
ence in success, too, which was 10 be OBJ
served between them One fishes a
minute in one spot; not meeting With I'M
mediate success, will give up and move 10
another. There he will impailenlly re-
sumo his avocdlion, and the liist thing
YOU know he is off somewhere else. The
result is, he keeps shifting about from
place to place, and meets with no success
he catches nothing; for just as the fish
had begun to come around and were about
being tempted to bite he was of. lio
fairly, by his impaticnce and shifting about,
destroyed his o,Cn hck
The other, more reasonable, more pa
tient, and philosophical, keeps his old
place. At first, perhaps he meets with
no better success than the other, but he
knows that "rollIng stones gather no
MOSS" and that shifting anglers catch no
fish. SO he patiently remains and fishes
on watchfully. Soon his perseverance is
rewarded by a nbble, then a glorious
bite, and directly he lands upon the shore
a noble specimen Of The warery tribe. lie
goes on in this way; and the contrast be-
tween him and lis neighbor at The close
Of the days sport, is what might be ex-
pected. The one is amply rewarded for
his toll, and bears home a ucious.looking
string" while the other has nothing to
show for his pains.
Now there is a capital moral in all dis,
as applied TO business, and particularly as
applied to all business. And we wish
our patrons to consider and inwardIy di-
gest ii, and then act upon it. Some per-
sons, having been unsuccessful once or
wire in tEeir ventures,say TO themselves,
guess We will try some olher concern
we have as yet done nothing here, per.
Iaps by sending our orders elsewhere We
shall make haul. TO all such we re-
peat the fsherman's maxim: Fish in
he same hole :" be patient, prScUere,
md the result will show Il e wisdom Of
his conrse. One thing is certain; that by
.hifling about you lessen your chances Of
success.