The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1868-02-12
Angling, for Dogs,


ry necesslty-it was better fishing
through the farms where the trout had
been preserved, than in the open lots
where all could fish.
1t was carly morning. We had risen
ut 8, ridden ten miles, and struck the
creek as the trout were ready for break.
last. Looking carefully for sheltered
place to hitch our horses, we slyly crept
on behind fences, ect., till we reached
Tic part OF The stream not generally
lshed. n farm house stood quarter Of
mile away. We saw the morning
smoke curling lightly from II stovcpipc
saw q man and two boys come out to
do chores-saw two women busy about
the door, aud a ferocious bulldog wan
dcrinS about tho yard.
III ever we fshcd close, it was then.
Not whisper 10 disturb the birds, or
the owner Of the land We crawlcd
through the grass-dodged behind
clnmps of elders, and lifting large spcck.
led beauties out OF The water Till our
basket was full
'Ih'i was thc time TO have gone; out
the trout was SO largo and bit so rcad-
~, that we could not withstand the
strong temptation 81 we decided to
string and hide what we had, and take
another baSkctfull So at il we went.
No sooner would the hook touch Tie
water than we had trout. We fornot
the house, tho man, tho boys and the
dogl
Suddenly there was a rushing through
an oat field. as if g mad bull was com
ing, Wo looked toward the house, and
saw The farmer and his two boys on Il
i"nce, the women IN the door, and the
oh'l-dog bounding toward us. We saw
1T alive had been discovcrcd The
wr!itralncd dog had been sent TO hunt
us out, and, as the matter appeared, it
was sale to bet he was doing that thing
night lively.
TO oulrun Tie dog was not to be
thought Of. There was no time to lose.
lie cleared the fence, came for us lust
as We reached front scat on a limb
above lis reach.
Here was precious gol A vicious
bnll-dog under tree, and farmer and
TWO hIS boys ready to move down up;
on ON works. 1t was fight, foot race
or ianms
The farmer yelled to his dog -"WatcE
him Tigr !"
Tl"c proposed to 10 tha. little thing,
and keeping his eyes on us, seated him
sell under the tree.
Then spoke this ugly farmer man
"Ju,t hold on thar, stranger, till we pe,
breakfast; then wen come and see you.
II yon are in a hurry, however, you can
60 now Watch hun, Tigc ~
We surmiscG 'rnublc--quitc much:
Tor twice had tha, bold man Of bulldogs
and agriculture elegantly wollopcd
innocent tourists for hcing seen on his
suburban premises. Ills reputation as
u peace man was not good and there
arose large heart toward our throat
Tim" is the essence Of contracts, and
the saving ordinance for those in trou-
bic. We had stout line in our coat
pocket and Il large hook intended for
rock bass, if wc failed to take trout
And, rs good luck would have it, we
had Il very nice sandwich and piece
OF boiled corn beef in cur other pocket.
We called the dog pct names, but he
wasn't OH it! Then we tried to move
down when he'd move up At last
we treblcd our bass inc, fastened the
great limerick to it, baitcd it with the
corncd beef, tied the end Of the line to
limb, and angled for dog!
Tigc was in appetite. He smclt Of
the beef; IL was very nice. Ho swal-
lowed it, and sat still with his eyes on
us for more. but with no friendly look
bcaming from his countcnancc. Not
any.
When We pulled gently on the line
it was fast Tiec yankcd and pull.
cd, but twas no go The attention of
the canine was diverted from us-his
business was beng done by another
line
We quickly slid Gown the tree
coming near blsering our backs doing
the basket and pole, and |
straight went thence somewhat i've,
~
We found our string of fish, and
reached tho buggy and commanding
spot i'll the road, in time to see the stur.
dy ycoman move forth.
We saw him and his cohorts, male
'nd female, move slowly, as if in no
haste. We saw them look up the tree.
We saw an anxious group Engaged |
about the dog. We came quickly |
home, and kindly left the bass limo and !
hook to the farmer.
How TO MAKE AN OID MERINo
NEw. There may be some among our
tair readers who will be interested in
knowing that an old mcrino dress may
be made to look as good as new by |
first ripping to pieces tho skirt, and
afterwards washing each breadth scpa-
rately, in warm suds, being careful to
rinse only in cloan warm water or
suds. Cold water after warm watar
will shrink any kind Of woolon goods.
Iron, while quite damp, on tho wrong
side. Afterwards fold once double on
the right side, placing over it clean
(don't use a Radical shcot)
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