The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1868-11-05

tack, aud the waves breaking over
her, that one of the party, George
High, in very excited state Of mind
approached the captain aud very nor-
ously asked; r
How much is this boat worth9"
twenty-five hundred dollars, "an.
swered the captain.
Then run her ashore"
No; I'll not do that, but will try
to make the pier"
"What ! and risk the lives Of all
on board p
1t looks rataer dangerous, but I'd
rather send her to Davy Jones lock
er in making for port, then be dash.
ed to pieces against these rocks"
The dock, much to the delight of
all aboard, was safely made, aud then
commeeed a descrtion of the ship,
aud hasty retreat for distant barn,
which was only reached after numer.
Gus tumbles oxer old stumps.
High, to this day is frequently
quizzed about the value Of that
schooner, though he stoutly AYERS
that he was not so much alarmed, as
he was anxious to once more tread
terra frmd.
Some one who was passenger on
the Philo Parsons when she was cap.
tured by the rebels on the lake dur.
ing the war, told some very interest
ing events concerning il. How the
baggage of a certain editors wife,
who happened to be among the pas.
sougers, was saved; how the captain
of the rebel crew succeeded in procu.
ring himself a nice ovorcoat and
gold chrouometer from the passeu-
gers, and how he, the relator, was
very ficrcely ordered below for sharp
denial relNtive to his having no arms
upon his person.
And so the evening passed, each
contributing some narrative Of interest
until the party broke up and went in
search Of Morpheus, that somnolent
god, ...
The long loOked.for morning at
last came, aud early there was hur.
ryiug to and FRI Of many fishermen.
The placid aud serene West, the
boniface of the hotel, was early at
his desk, and as each of those who
were to make raid on the 6nuy
tribe descended the stairs, he saluted
them with the glad tidings, Break
fact is ready"
They must first have look at the
weather, and the Bass, which is at.
tached to the weather vane, and find.
ing those all right, they then hastily
tested the merits of an early break.
fast.
My companion for the day, Pisca-
tor, was punctual to time, and /
believe we had the first breakfast and
''nBbt nBbteil A. and fSf %roSodmaSasslt tueu IouOw.
cd. After them came Morse and
ROipc, then Captain Kyle and broth
er, aud ater, Col, Hays and banker
from Dayton, and one or two other
r.-.:.-, ..."Lius quito neUJ. We
concluded to try Ballast Island, and
had it all alone VS. we thought, but on
nearing the place we discovered Jay
Cooke aud his party earnestly at il
pulling in the bass with their dipsies
at lively rate.
The fish are biting we'll this
morning." says Cooke, as We ncared
them.
"Glad to hear it," answers Pisca-
tor. iF-'. .ft
At this, up comes the dipsy, oi
"traveling trout line" as Captain
Kyle has dubbed it, with two Cue
bass attached to it, ".
"That's the way to bring them in,
comes from the victor.
Yes, one way" says Piscatol
sotto poee, "but not the way the true
angler desires" )"
How many have you caught ?
goes forth from our boat,
" Thirty. 6ve, aud we'll make it
hundred before dinner" comes tn
reply. s-H...
His boat now passed out Of hear
ing, for Que fishing with dipsy ha
to keep the boat gently on the move
A dipsey, we will here explain, is
piece Of whalebone bent at right an
giles, at each end of which is place
a "leader" with several hooks. A
the end where the triangle starts tn
line 10 attached to three strings ths
come together some five or six inehe
from the whalebone; Immediately IN
der these strings aud beneath th
whalebone, hangs the fisherman,
plummet Of lead weighing about
pound.
This bait is kept moving alon
when fishing, the holder soundin
the bottom every now aud then. Th
fish perceive the bait as il floats will
in few inches of them, and whe
they bite at it the plummet or FISH
erman says "no you don't, and pull
, as they pull, hooking them more Sc
eurely, aud oftener than can the mo
: accomplished angler, | speak by Il
, card, for both Pisostor and myse
t gave them fair trial during OF
= stay at the Island, thanks to NJ
Cooke, who presented US with
! couple. They are, indeed, a regul
I "traveling trout. line" if not equal
, a "pouud." We voted the use
e them unsportsman-like, not ey'
equaling the respectability of h
! "pot hunters trolling spoon al
a line. Those who 60 fishing simp
Q for quantity, and not sport, shou
h by, all means, take to the dipsy.
: During our morning fishing
IS caught thirty Eve fine bass, and tn
went to Ballast Island to partake
7 lunch. Hero We feasted like epicur
a for besides the nice cold lunch,
II here obtained fine watermelons, ca