New-York daily tribune., 1858-08-07

r,,i,,1ia. wound desire. Ihsy are rom tNl -
(: " podads . Sugs., IA. ss cia;1' AL 'eDc .-,
81 tao had or the tou:cg prohGs or iry.1s = .''
Gyotite = ~ OF ,Coa.. tteI1. 4cd AZ iaitoh Ne-'u
thc.a 1pe-knoHn ia.e -:sagt boa. stewards ah' CO
ter.rs Nessrs Dea-o & Banker, Who Keep ne
.onss uuds srstand JJne thc tnirs ~ tsrn N'.--
water folks Of wbch yonr hpnibl, -er' ant : one
hDt t0r many years conyersan; With t1e Western
lAtes have ilrcy mat 10 hshls good it I"Heh-
I won: ass i0T p0IhlDe as some more P''lfo
oues ac-says, possibly, brook lrou.' G'"ee, =
suirr. m or a. al events smells oi SAT- Wafer
rhev bo,s. Of .her ie-h sssd their Inackere mex
.al,;o, Their cod and paddock. their tautos ani
fourders CyasiarcG Ne won't DOW talh a0ol'-
ba. .hese Weste,n folks from Oswegitchi', 90 'he
-, Lawrence up siong The graat LaS'e o. o!pe-
rior. viii iell you that iher muskilonge, toeT PIKE
their lake trout bass, pckerel and waie h'n, 10 os'
nothing OF me little pan iish, SIS tae Percu, rocn
has and snndry o.hers, which little folks and poys
Jeleh, IN are as say0ry snd delicious as the best o'
ti,.ysster fishes But a. this : matter oi tss'e,
IN which there is no dspnting, each party spptar.
Ia be decidedly bsppy IN his Own and DON eplo!
their uXuriss 10 their hearts conteh, Inc mdsna-
ouee Nong face Of the French - o noble hsh. ne
is an enormous pike with The lower projecting Jaw
armed with needle teeth clear into Tue throat
ranging from fiye to forty pounds weight, agile as
lightning and s perfect wster-tgcr smong Tue
smaller fishes No more beautiful hsh 10 TOOK upon
than he nor one 20 destructive to the hnny trsoe'
cleayss the water. The Niagara sbounds IN item
or rather they are peniier 10 the Niagara 1han IN
any other waters We wo. OF. lhey are causut
chiefly with the seine, but Occasonaly with tne
hook in trollDg and when you de- get fairly hold OF
a twenty -po,lnder look out Ten 10 one-Inless
Won are thorough expert snd give him long play,
wearyng him out, and foEng hls plodglons ell Irts
az escape with your GAIT hook or dp'net al maud
he snaps your line, or breaks your noon, aui Go
| canes forever A sharp customer IL yoar mlsSa-
lonee; but a more delicate tsh-fesh wnite as
| NOV. and savory as an oyster, well boiled, ana
sc,1el moon the dinner table with proper sauces
| does no, exist.
That cmmsiest to look upon and most hosglsh
s lake fishes the sturgeon. abounds here also ~
| big and AS coarse IN flesh al Albany. Though
taken by the thousand in senes and by ses hne they
are little esteemed get eaten by the poorer classes
| Sitting on the porch of the house at Faic0nwood,
ard looking out on the placid river. they are ire
auently seen 10 lump three four feet ont OF the
| water whether to piay or 70 get breath oi ar
| know not, but giving rare lite and ANIMATION 10
| the gIassy surface They have been known 10 jump
into passing boat by accident, oi course, az the
| black bass often do. when their watery glmbos
quickly terminate. But commenced with wa
| teripe place and have got on 70 fish, aad VIII now
| back again.
Buffalo hs was observed. had no domestic water
! ipz place The proprietor of falconwood saw the
want ard Oh this very retired and charming spot
| rich in its possession Of river beach, wood, lawn,
AID wide stretching scenery, lately cleared i. up
| fioin a tangled mass of bgushw0od, and vase land
the ragged aud neglected outskirts of his farm, tnrc@
| up wharf, rustic Yet comfortable house. aud
some other little ixings, by way of experiment TO
see how the people would like il, and with couple
of good landlords to keep IT, threw il open 70 the
public. The result is, although open but six weeks,
! near ten thousand OF the people of Buffalo, with
many of their distant visiting friends and Others OF
the neghborhooJ have sought and enjoyed its qniet
shade and excellent cheer. The steamboat Arrow,
| plying between Buffalo and Chippewa, making two
trips day, touches at Faconwood each way, going
and returning. Some days it lands twenty persons
rarely so ew-and other days one to five six or
seven hundred, as the larger private parties, schools
societies make their excursions. and which
without this place, would 60 into some unpleasant
out-oi-tbe way spot, or. more probably, nowhere
1t is success, decidedly, far As the public appro
baton is concerned, and nothing but enlarged ac-
commodalions and appropriate keeping is required
10 make il, for the coming tine, of the most
desirable Summer resorts III the country.
But, as have given you touch of natural his
| tory in the way of fishes must give you another
item, which, had not seen, would not have be-
! heytd IT, although L" | had heard tell OF such Il
| thing )" long before. Three of us were walking out
near the wood on b piece OF open pasture ground,
and II common striped garter-snske harmless to
the human family was crossing our path. One OF
our party discovered il, and with quick step trod
| on lis tail and stopped it. "Tha. snake has prob.
ably got frog in him. he exclsimed :" aud if
! you'll stop moment I'll get it out" So saying,
we gatheredup and saw that the snake, midway his
| length, was twice "a large elsewhere, when
my friend gently pushed his other foo. mp the rep
tiles body and the swallowed victim BEGAN.
/ per force, 70 move toward the snakes head
urged on by the continuously pressing foot. Soon
the elongated toes OF frog appeared out of the
creatures mouth, then ms legs, then the body and
immediately his head, all stretched out into uncom
mon length. Directly his eyes gave sens of l6.
his limbs moved, he gathered up his feet then gave
feeble effort at hop; tried again succeeded bet
ter, and another frog hopping along at the moment
they leaped OIL III company if half dozen carter.
! snakes were after them. The snake il j. ussless
10 cay, was soon put III such condition rs never to
swallow another frog How many b,urs that fro,
was entombed IN the snakes belly or what he wa,
thinking abou. while there, | have no mean, of
knowing; but if that freq was not dad one wheu
he once found himself in the world again he did
| Lot sympathize with man once answering 10 th.
! name oi Jonah. 1 have many time liberated
half swallowed frog from the laws of a hated sn,k.
whose usual habit II is 10 allow the legs first, in
stead OF, az IN this case the head first 10 which
was drawn by the distressing chirp they msk. m
their agony, and the poor creatures made their
! escspe with great dexterity: but disemboweed As
THIS poor thing was, from foot down in the hated
nav Of the reptile, AID getting our apparent,
harmless, was bew discovery in my naturalist ~
searches.
husness requiring s.ay Of few days ia Buffalo
snd rs nelghborhood, | have made two or three
trlps down the river; have troed on the river for
pass Win tOlerabe success; esteD. IN fact at the
excellent table OF the Faconyood House more
than caught IN the river bathed 10 the translucent