The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1864-06-22
Fishing.

! Is called the acme Of pistatorial glory 4,
] we confess to powerful weakness"
] it.; but at the same time we claim that ri
D er fishing is one Of the finest sports ev
: INDUCED in by mortal. Rough on the fis
but SO excitingly pleasant to the angler
} About these days the little boys and Il
big boys have no trouble to catch all the
can carry through the streets, and they a,
Of the best quality known to the seal
world. Striped bass, black bass, calico {
spotted bass, rock bass "a sort of squar
built, thick, large mouthed sun-fsb) STRIP
ed perch, sun.fish, pickerel or muscalongt
salmon or pike and wall.eyed pike compos
the qualities which our Waltons try
select; all Of them being game to the back
bone and all Of them except the sun. fisl
biting voraciously at minnow bait In ad
dition to these varieties of Mississippi fisI
there are catfish Of one to one hundre,
pounds, easily caught and excellent j
properly dressed and cooked, red-horse
and the hundred other styles of the mule
tribe, including buffalo, suckers, &C., &c.
sturgeon (not usually caught with hook
herring or skipjacks mot good,) sheep
heads, (tough cusses, but fine game) an oc
casional eel, gars (bad fellows-the shark.
of the river and shovel or bill. fish. With
this assortment for the display of hook
spear or seine, We don't see why the resi-
dents on this little stream have not show
to enjoy themselves in sport and at the
same time wear out famine, provided beei
and pork advance beyond the capacity Of
ordinary purses. Let our city acquaint.
ance on the Lake and farther east come
out here during the heated term and honor
themselves by dropping line to the Great
River that connects British America with
the Gulf. $500: ...
Fishing is a creditable employment
Sentimental, kind hearted men are usually
fond Of fishing. Most of them are credu-
lons and believe in signs innocent them
selves Of any wrong intention, they place
confidence in others; hence the hooks of
steel with which they tied to the Saviour.
No ether class Of men listened to him un.
til the fishermen were won by bis majestic
simplicity, truthfulness and sympathy with
their humble labors. The world with it's
cold business eye, inappreciative of that
sublime confidence which induces true
Waltonian to drop his seine or his line
into the dark, deep waters, patiently wait
ing the food Providence duck they call it)
may send him, how could it measure in its
adamantine heart the charming simplicity
Of His teachings! If we were disposed to
moralize we could easily show that to this
day, even these who are regarded as the
slowest in business and the most UMPIRE
tending in social life compose by far the
larger portion Of His followers. The rich
md the educated, the sharp, as they wish to
be called. are VIGOROUSLY neglectful Of the
1uties enjoined upon them by the Saviour.
Some Of the latter class "go in" for church
IS, but they must be of Marble, Brussels
stained windows and 5000 dol
ar actor called clergyman but you will
zee few of them on their knees in an hum.
lie Blouse of God." and fewer still dis
,ensing aims unless the widest notoriety
IAN be given to the action. g..
But this little fishing article is growing
INTO sermon and as we have never taken
orders" we leave preaching to those who
are devoted to that department of reform.
An Explanation.
flames" handed us severe article aim
ed at Rev. Mr.. Nagle. We told him the
TINES could not be the medium to settle
personal grievances, and had we known
the intent Of his former article it would
not have been published; VIC had previously
told Father Maggie the same when he called
our attention to the first orticle signed
James" James wanted to insert as an
Ad.; we told him this paper aoould not cul.
tivate personal dif6cultios no matter who
might request it. "James" regretted it.
In an hour afterwards young friend of
James called and expressed fears that
james" would be injured unless something
was said to remove a prejudice which was
raising against him. lie handed US an ar
ticle headed "Clergy os Politics" which as
a palliative, we agreed to print if it suited
james" James saw it and approved
it. Subsequently James, handed US !.
note headed "The Reason" In this note
he states that "the TINES being absolutely
closed against me on the subject" that Mr..
Tenney had agreed to publish his article in
the Neos, to which paper he directed the
eyes Of his friends. We agreed to publish
'The Reason" but this notice of it gives
It the same publicity. The Neus of yester
day contains James in full; prefaced by
a note, written to leave the impression that
the TINES had shaped itself to invite Mr..
Nagle to criticize him with greater severity.
This insinua,ion by "James" is mistake.
Mr.. Nagle has too much respect for US to
attempt to influence our columns and he
also knows such an attempt would be
ruthless. We told him, as we did "James"
hat the paper was not the place to dis.
cuss questions after they had passed from
public interest to private piqus. Now, IS
james" has made his defence through the
Neos, with predatory explanation not
quite fair toward US, We decline inserting