The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-08-17

| ALI ABOUT FISHING EXCURSION
Last week party of about six persons
left this city for a few days sport in the
famous region of Fish Greek. The trip
had been the theme of conversation for
some time, and, it may be supposed,
everything would have been gotten up
in fine style. Some one of the party
conceived the idea that it would be
"gayn to take skiff, leave here at mid
night, and Aoat to the place agreed upon
for 2, the camp ground, and by his
eloquence in painting ''life on the
ocean. wave" before dayito his compan-
ions, finally gained the consent of the
party to go in that way. This agreed
upon, skifs was secured on Monday,
aud on the evening of that day prepa-
rations were commenced for the trip.
At the eleventh hour a supply ofprovis-
ions was purchased. and the crowd re-
tired to the Office of one of the party to
enjoy few hours sleep before "foat-
ing" About one o'clock on Tuesday
morning the float man was up, soon
aroused the party, and the march to
the Ohio waszsiStaken up. Upon
getting into the skiff one of the men
asked if supply of fishing tackle,
hooks, &C., had been obtained, when 1t
was ascertained that nothing of the
kind had beer thought of. However
that was a small matter. 1t was true
fishing tackle, &C., would have come
handy on such an occasion, but it was
now too late in the night, or early in
the morning to make purchases, and,
leaving one of the party to take the
steamer Science, the crew were soon
aaoat. The fog was dense last
Tuesday morning. 1t was as dark as
seven black cats, and the atmosphere
was excessively cold. Two of the men,
more to warm up than anything else,
pulled away lively. Soon one of the
party cried out, "Hold! see that light !!
we will collide with boat and be
drowned if we don't look sharp" The
oars were dropped and all sat in terror,
none had insured,-they feared the bar,
"a boat or something. They run
aground, out jumped a man to find that
after an hours hard work, they have
reached Centre Wheeling, and are now
in trent of the city gas lamp near the
old Touring mills. "The clock in the
steeple strikes three" all are soon
aboard, and, after some time spent in
faithful and manful labor, the boat is
again aground, the party leap ashore,
wandering around, they know not
where, but conclude they will tie up
uatil daylight. The city clock strikes
four; they know they are not far
from home, although they have been
out for near three hours. Daylight
dawHs, and the expedition is again
afloat. Tie sun becomes scorching hot,
and the exercise of rowing brings the
thermometer up to 1909, at least the
fishermen think 80. Their tender hands
begin to blister, it is near eight o'clock
and no breakfast has been partaken of.
The heat and blisters compel landing
a hasty lunch is partaken of at point
near Moundsville-that town where are
incarcerated many transgressors of the
law. Lunch over, all aboard, and few
hours of heated work brings them to the
mouth of Fish Creek, where in less than
half an hour, lands the steamer Science
with the man and the fishing tackle.
Here several days are spent, and a
steamboat (not skifD ride brings them
to our wharf and they are soon safely
housed at home.