Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1858-01-02
NJ | s c L L L A n Y .
TROUTING IN NEW HAMPSHIRE.

Every body has his avn idea uf fishing. Ii is
sport aud recreation for every class and every
age, from the utcln with his pn-houk, upward
to him with costl ly tackle who throws his fly with
conSummate art, and safely lands the wary trout
or salmon. whatever the amount OF fatigue. hun
ger, mosqui'ocs &c. Comparatively few, how
ever, have euoy.d the exciting pleasure OF kill
ing fnry or fifty pounds day of the -peckled
mnnarchs OF the northern streams. A clever cor
respondent of the Knckerbocker gives in the
foNowing extr icts, some amusing "reminiscences
OF a trip among the mountains and streams of the
Graann!ttc Siiale: .".,. ... .... ,.~..y. ---. d.
Lttleton by rail road and hired wagon and
guide for the rugged interval TO the trout streams
have often heard of people catching trout
las fast As they could haul 'em out | had =
ten been assured OF The plsu,bllity of such a
fact but | had nv doubts knew had ishcd
for trout AMI never "haulel 'ern out" at all, and
20 was >keptic as 10 any such proceedings as
enthusiastic anglers from the north Of the Grane
Stale had repeatedly affirmed to have been with
in their daily experience. Taking all things in
10 consideration, therefore, determined to try
for myself.
Litleton is a large and fourshine communi-
~, composed chiefly OF cphemeral stage-drvers,
black legs, and acute landlords, who play poker
with unsuspecting travellers over night, t whom
they lend money in the morning 10 pay their
tavern bills We did not abide in Lttleion,-
" e procured wagon and two horses, or rather,
about one aud half, and set forth about 3 7. NJ.
As soon AS We reached the highway, and were
clear of the surrounding houses, | obtained my
first view of New Hampshire scenery.
Back of us lay the lofty submits of the White
Mountains--W ashinGron, Lafayette, and Adams,
towering above the Test, as those llustrious
names among mankind. As, at the distance of
90 or 80 miles their well defined outline rose
against the sky in solemn, gloomy grandeur, their
immense presence seemed TO annllhilate the space
that INTERVIEWED
have been in the habit OF thinking that my
own native West in the most beautiful country
upon earth. and, indeed, in richness of foliage
and verdure, in brliancy Of color, know of
none that surpass it, Nature presents no love-
lier sight than meets the eye and gladlens the
heart of the dwelcr in the Buckeye State.
Sllll such scenery CONVEYS no impression of
the vast or grand, for the horizon is limited in
its view. But among the moutains of the East
ern State, the landscape stretches away before
you for miles upon miles, with lakes, streams
and rivers, villages and farms, spread out in one
great picture
The second days ride brought us to Colcbrook,
where tue re- IN of pork begins. And here let
me say a word Of this staple commodity of the
''rural districts"
After you get up into this country you see
nothing bur p,rk. Not fresh pork, but salt pork,
that has been pi krd, brined. and put away IN a
barrel. They chiefly fry II, when it resolves it.
selfinto compound ofliqud gre .se and tough
subsan e, resembling under-'lone sole leather,
nulrive bnt not attractive. They fry pork for
breakfast, they do the saure for Inner, and are
NJ" original on the point of supper. They ir, it
th,tn ..nsn IL a
skillet; believe they use it in their tea. For
twn mortal weeks we had nothing but pork, un.
M we got among the trout. anil then we had
trout aud pork, and pork and trout, aid trout
WIN or without pork. Snd pork with or without
trout, according TO the taste and fancy of the
person, porkiDg or lroutlng, either Or both re.
spertvely.
AT C"lcbrook, as | said we hegan on pork
1t was the first had experienced, and thought
it considerably great. Subsequent events, how
ever. succeeded IN graduating that notion from
my BOSOM.
Leaving Coebrook, we started for Dixville
Notch. We inquired the state of the route be-
fore starting, and were informed that '.in some
places it wasn't as good as Others which was
about the extent of the information TO be OBJ
tanned, The people OF New Hampshire are re-
markably cautious in their statements, and not
at all prone to exaggeraiion, and when we learn
ell that our route was "in some places a little
rough" we thought we had a comparatively easy
time Of il. People surrounded by the comforts
OF civilized lite can have no idea Of what roads
are, or rather, what road can be, il il only has
mind to. In the first place, II Is like going up
anu DOWN the side of a house, In going down a
steep pitch, bottle was jolted out OF the rear of
the wagon, and fell over the horses heads -
ihai'sa iaci have the anidavi;s. In addition,
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