Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-07-03
ExcELsroR CfrY. MINN.
June 27Sh. 1857.

FISHING AFFAIRS. /
ExcELsroR CrY. MIMI,
June 27th, 1851.
At last we are we'll in front and the ense |
my in view that is to say when we find
him. We came up iato this wild romantic,
lake, timber and pickerel country last
Tuesday behind spanking psis Of gays
with party Of ~, and fousd supper
nearly ready and pleasy Of sharp appstites
for the emergency.
ExcRLsaoR CITY
10 little town in Heonspin county, prioci.
pally covered with lakes. lakslsts. ponds.
sloughs and stare timber. The city itse.f
contains several inhabitants, plenty Of ish,
two stores, and any number Of places for
the accommodation Of man and beast. The
principal uanufacture is flour barrels, hoop
poles aud baked pike. Il is. also abundant
" supplied With many Of the minor co,n-
forts Of life including bull frogs, mosquitoes
and wood <ticks. II 10 said. aud you can do
- you like about believing it, that away
back, ~ the novel writer's ssy-in the
gloomy past some years after the invention
Of summer drinks and winter punches, that
q certain man who lived somewhere in
some State, finding that his professional
practice, which was mostly confined TO the
bar. found the increasing duties thereof
Weighing too heavily upon hm, made up
his mind TO turn over his business to some
more needy hands and make his exit into
country where bars had not been set op,
and see what could be doss 10 playing herr
nit. So with his worldly effects, family
and other convsnisncss Of life he came
away up here aad made himself master Of .
section Of lsnd-more or less-upon the
ussyin Of this noble lake. romantically
called Blinnetonka-an Indian name Tot
fishing>tackls, probably, y,-and here Get up
his family altar. laid ouI town. and went
10 selling town lots 70 the highest bidders.
One Of the terms of the sale was that be
should be we'll paid therefor, and another
that no bar or saloon should ever be crested
upon the prsmises-thenseiorth and forever
Thus WAS Excelsior founded, and our story
is told With the slight exception Of adding
that the founder Of the city reserves the
right Of whisky selling 10 himself, . We
hare been cre1lbly informed-<hus making
the temperance clause in his instruments Of
convey ancs remarkable saving one. II
these things are mot 20 let him blame. his
neishbofA
FISHING ON
the lake is q favorits business here. Every
body goes fishing, and everybody tells
abont catching their bundled, two hundred
and five hundred pounds Of pike, pickerel
bass, and bull>pouts, per diem. That is
right. We heard the glad report before
We got here-heard it after We got here,
and after devouring a.good supper and
good deal cf il, - aforesaid, we-that is
Smith, Mcneil, oil three got into the gay
little boat Abe Lincoln, with two inches Of
'ohV WOtOt AI soC OVttOuly - imSu WIN SoVai iC
appropriate for still fishing" Who should
row, The subscriber undertook that duty
with our accustomed grace and activity
never having done an hours work Of the
kind before in our lives. But Dan. Hart
we'll had ." s. 900 accident y on our life.
and who careds
sun rIsHIaG
was our design and We were soon on the
banks where most they do congregate. Out
vent the lines. Anticipation wss on tip
toe. Who's the lucky man. Hurrsh
there's bite, aud in Topped big sun iish.
on Macs hook. Item: First blood for Mac!
And so was the::second and the third and
then came in; NJ. Smith. and 90 the game
went, and when the blasiag sun sunk be-
hind the cloudy drsped west, and We had
reelsd up our lines, our individual hook was
As free Of sls lighter % when first We hopes
fully cast it beneath the lovely lakes lim>
pid water.
TROLLING
was the next thing in order, after glorious
nights rest, and in the morning ~ previ-
ously requested by our friend VIM. McMan-
Us, Of Davenport, we went into Christmas
Lake with ous boats to troll for the splendid
pike said to be therein contained. First
blood for Smiths splendid Oh pike, next
for Mac-a smaller ole. In our other boat
WAS DR.. Van Harrington. a fine old gentleman
from Lebanon. Ohio, and ourself We we're
in luck in that boat, and hauled in our quo>
= Of basssod pike just - easy as II we had
been An educated fisherman. On counting
up at noon we led the whole party by few
fish. Good for Us.
RAIN. RAIN, RAIN
10 the rule, and dry weather the exception.
It rains 90 easy here-snd 70 often too. Il
rains week days and Sunday ys-mornine,
noon and night, without the slightest prov.
ocation. There are rainbo~s ct night and
We oil take delight, - is recouusmded in
the old rhyme; ssS then thers comes
rainbow in the morning. and ve all take
warning. When Il don't rain the wind
9svss 20 thas " can't get abous. = as yss
ws have nothing else 70 do but eat cad grow
fat-which We are oil doing TO the bsse ,ol
our ability.
But We are net dicsousased. There ~
fish here and We ere after Them. so aaad
in your orders and wait till they ere iillsd.
DICK.
HonsH RAILBoAD.-Ous readers will rec>
elect that jest 90 yeAr ago To-day. sws
presented fos their consideration the pro-
ject for horse railroad. % Brady street
from Locust to Front street, which parties
hac, the evening previous, presented to the
City Council 10 the shape Of petitions fse
charter. At that time We bad 1 few words