Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1858-01-02

trout s the daintesi ,mosl delicate fish that swms?
You pitch at him a bait as bg as your fist, and |
he'll turn up his Lo'e in disgust; but just cover
the point Of your hook with the smallest possible
piece Of worm, or take the smallest fly, and he'll |
30 at it Ike a shark Now. do you SEE that dark |
object of yonder, lying by the silr ui that stnne
that's about pound and half; we'll have
him. Pitch in your lv and skip it over the wa
ter lively not that way that's down tie stream;
cast your fly up. If you had any sense which |
YOU hayen't-you'n know that trout always lie |
with their heads upstream and if ym cast
down stream, in the first place, they'll fe you, |
and won't bite and if they do, you'll pull the |
hook right out Of their mouths but if yon throw
upstream, they bite faster, and YOU haw a bet |
ter chance Of striking your barb through their
gills. There Your fly touches the watr see |
those fellows jump at it but those are lille fc-
lows, and don't weigh more than n quarter of
pound Follow Ms suggestion, aud iut up
a notice on the bank :-"Small trout are request.
ed not to bite l'
Now hcave again. See there that vas
pretty jump he made, but he missed Tr him
once more and you'll strike. Now he. on
let your reel rnn; there he goes up slrem.-
How nicely he springs uut of the water; he's
got frightened and don't knoS what's iherum-
p'us. Reel him in a little dou't pull 100 hard or
you'll break you pole you see s bent dn'le
already. Just hold him tight enough TO guide
him, and he'll tire timsei out in few Minutes;
he can't stand it long, dash'ng about al this rate.
Don't get too much excited or he'll fool y'u yet
When you strike a fish you must be cool ind col
lected You see they are Of an excit9ole tenn
permanent. and when they get the balb into their
mouths they become acitated, ther are also
gamy, and make good fight, and consequently,
l.
in too soon, ten to one you'll hreai your line -
Now you see the rascal has starteddown stream
for the river, and thinks # he yes into deep
water ell be out of the way. let him slide
let your reel 60 out its full length Nnw he's
still he don't feel you pull, and thinks he's safe.
Begin and reel him up Now he's walked up
again worse than ever. Don't he 20 pretty p
Just hold him steady up the stream, and as his
mouth is wide open, he'll drown soon because
II YOU drown a trout, he thereby becomes dad
and when dead, he is in perfectly pas'i itate.
See his struggles are becoming 'ecblcr and eeb-
Ter; you'll have him soon BE patient now
he's still pull him up 10 the side Of the 1oat,
and take hold of HIM Just behind the eills There.
isn't he a beauty? Don thuse bright spot, and
silver stripes GO 10 your heart Don't you wish
YOU were as good-lonklng as trout? Wouldn't
you caplvate your friends?
WHAT THE GUIDE DID.
While we were fishing, our guide was pitch
ing onr tent Our guide was grca, institution :;
he was a complete backwood-man. With an
axe he could do or make ANYTHING in the world
believe he could make a watch with that axe.
lie could chop down 4 tree IN ho tin e, and in
the tree he'd find coon, or a nest of squirrels.
a a whole hive full of wild honey whereupon
he'd have food and raimcn, for month He
hal great skill and mechanical ingenuity and
NOUS and his cndnfance eternal lie could row
a boat all day without stopping. He could climb
over rocks and mountains for week with a pack
on his back. that | couldn't ltt with a pair Of
horses. He'd he in the water for twelve hours
without Inconvenience. lie was modest good.
natured. always ready 10 do anything. and was
amazingly ticklcd to hear u, talk aud Joke He
confined himself principally 10 gin. In the few
DAYS he was With us, h, became very fond OF US
and when we parted. he rieged sail nut ni my
shawl with which We rowcd comfortably against
head wind for seven miles
lie was fond of woods spott When we had
finished fishing and il grew dark we went ashore
to where we had rugged our tent. He had cut
a quantity of small hemlock houghs, with which
he covered the floor OF the tent about six inches
deep, over which he spread his amp-bankets,
and made couch softer than downy pillows are.
He had also huge log fire, aud we made prep
arations to cook supper. lmprms, a skillet is
in the woods. II is convertible to
many uses aud purposes YOU can tai boat
with ii splcndidly wash your face with it boil
water, and make tea, and wash the dishes bake
bread; fry potatoes. pork aud trout, and feed
the dogs with it after supper,
So we got out the skillet cleaned lot OF
trout, cut the slices of pork 1--WE had brought a
piece of PORK, and bag containing bread and
doughnus to be sure they had been in the bot
tom of the boat. and all got soaked, but Il at
made no diiiercnce.) and the pork hissed and
we turned the trout with wooien spoon and
put salt on them aud then the front hlssed once
in while one would drop into the fire, and if
the dog wasn't watching, and you were quick,
you could get it again. But had big fight
over one great fellow that tumbled out of the
pan got him by the head and the dog got HIM
by the tail, and it was nip and tuck. pull Dick,
pull devil the dog little ahead, for the fish broke
in two and he got MORN half; but he subsequent
ly choked on the backbone, at which was re-
ioiced, We rang the bell for tea. The guide
made some torches of birch bark, and stuck
them up around and we had an Illuminated ban
qnet hall.
HOW THEY ATE AND WASHED DISHES.
We spread our viands on another piece of
birch bark each fellow took fnrked stick, and
then and there we fed. We then cleared away
the table a d washed the Ill hes, by throwing
the birch bark into the fire and leaving the skill
lei 10 the dog.
IMPORTANCE OF BOOTS.
| should not omit 10 relate one of my troubles.
and that was in the way of boots. A kind friend
at Hanover lent me a fine uair of fshno boots