The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1858-10-27


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4 Fishing Trip.
MOI long since II was our good fortune 10 nc
company few friends on little tour Of OF.
ploration in Crawford Co., Wisconsin. There
were Clark, the doc" and equator sovcr.
eighty" sliss Sawyer, Of Prairie du Chen. and
"Skecdaddlc" or Harrington and the writer. Of
Mc'regor. With Poles, bait and ct eeteyas, we
ass'mslcd at the DEPOT and under the guidance
OF BRowS, the model conductor, we "put out,
At the cruising Of tho second Wiscons;n
Bridge. Mr.. Brown kindly held up moment
I'LL We landed and away sped the train. In tn
minutes after we were IN the march towards a
bowl in the hills called "Scely's pond, ~ WHEN
Doc. suddenly discovered that his uvcrcoat wos
on board the train! A hurried council was
Hssd and the knight Of the scapcl decided t.
tramp to Eoscobel and telegraph ahead of the
train-hc did ~, secured his coat and tried 10
find the party. but failed, and much to our re.
greet We had not the pleasure of his genial COM
partnership. On the march We encountered an
arm or leg Of the Wisconsin and a boat was
on the other side-aftcr few yclls that were
answered only by that balbling huzzy. Echo,
We proceeded, under direction of Captain Saw.
Yer to construct a raft on which the Captain
f'oated to the hither shore and returned with
the boat. We got across A walk of three
hundred yards brought US to the Wisconsin river
which 1t was necessary to cros.. No boat was
on our side. but at Boydstown. a little ar olocy
for village on the other shore, were boats a
llenty. Seeing women and children in abun.
dance there We again rcsortcd to whispering as
loudly ne our lungs would allow. No notice
Was taken Of Us and our Captain again ordered
raft constructed. 1t vas done and in the
face of . furious gale tile chivalrous SAWYER
ike Washington on the Delaware was launched
on tho foaming deep-hc padded and poled,
and poled and paddled-c;aculatcd several words
forbidden t" be used by any but the preachers
and gave it up. Presently We saw n teamstcr
coming to the opposite shore with lumber and
TIC "heard our voice." We joyfully behold him
unm"or his gallant craft and start f;,r our relief
We cannot detail the crossing, but just as we
got in the deepest waterthc inf;nalest windthat
the Prince Of the Power of the air (thc devil
probably ever did get up, came along and
threatened to engulf US in the dark and stormy
water-but it did mt succeed. The boatman
PULLED. Harrington trembled, Clark wished Him
self at the Mansion House, Sawyer calculated
and the Other man might have prayed for all We
remember. When we touched the land there
was not one Of us who would have returned in
such sea for all the trout in Crawford County.
Our pilot was not only fine oarsman, but a
noble-hearted hero in humble life his name,
as ne gave 1t, is JIM WING. He las resided
there eleven years and if lie we're neighbor Of
ours he shouldn't be snapped off for any man
above the sod. Jim asked no fee, but we forced
upon him as much as would gay for the use Of
ms team day, insisted upon his drinking each
~ our healths separately, did just SO to him in
return gave him heart.felt pressure of the
nand aud left him to the pursuit of his business
walk Of half an hour or less brought us to
the deer, blue, clear water of seeley's millpond
fed BY srrings as cold the north corner OF that
place they used to tellu about in boy-hood. The
lines were thrown in near the mill and after
two hours of faithful fishing by all of us "a
bite was sung out and all hands prepared to
DC acknowledgements the trout was not caught
Two Of the party deserted the rond and went
mils or two up the brook. That evening we had
as fine supper ofthc delicious little speckled
fellows as ever four hungry men sat down to
we We're 80 fortunate as to be quartcrcd ut the
house of Mr.. Seeley the owner of the mill and
there isno one Of The party but who will remem.
Der. whilehe lives, the p'incely manner in which
We were entertained. Seeley is quiet, sensi-
tle, first rate man and his lady has no superior
In grace and amiability in all Wisconsin. They
aso Ohio people. have a large farm, beautifully
loo lied within view Of the Wisconsin, and the
prairie-like valley beyond. The land in that
vicinity 10 excellent, fine fields Of winter wheat
making it quite charming to the eye of an cas-
tern man.
The next morning at Daylight VIC dropped
our troutrin bait in the pond and BY breakfast
time We had caught half fish apiece or two
fiah in all-but these two were roussrs, not less
than two pounds each in weight. A run up the
brook till o'clock added to the number Of our
rapsnres and alter an excellent afternoon din.
her We took up the line of march for Wauzeka
whittier we arrived about dark Wauzeka is
gscat town. 1t ID but few miles from the con.
per fields which have lately been discovered in
Nrawford county-this may account for the
duh. sombrs due which marks the appearance
Of the village. lift ever becomes depot for
the expectation Of copper it may grow and be
town. but it will require more brass than We pos
sess to promise it any distinction from its agri.
cultural surroundings.
Ateight o'clock the train came along and We
returned to Prairie du Chen Putup at Clark's
MAssIos HOUSE, had fine sleep. sat down next
morning with dozen select friends to q break.
fast OF trout that were never beaten for sizc or
numbers On any table in Wisconsin.
In conclusion We are reminded that our bit of
fun was in violation Of the laws of our sister
state and that this article il confession which
will go hard" with u all in case of an arrest.
Wc reply that the Legislature Of Wisconsin
would never have made such law il they had
known the difficulty Of catching the trout and
morally the whole party esteem themselves
suiltlsss. 1--we are each tried for this infrac-
ton ofthe laws Of our puissant sister state, We
shall insist on having our twelve breakfast com.
panions ~ jurors, Deacon Clinton az Foreman !!
II November Elacf;nr On No,,A.w ,n~t