St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1870-08-05
fngFing Jor 0 Dog.

We were travelling on ground we ha.
no right on. The only excuse was THAI
i; WAS far better fishing through tn,
farm, where The trout had been preserved
than in open lois where all could ii-h.
1t was early IN the morning. W. hu,
risen at three, ri t,lcn ten miles and struck
,hc creek H. tn trout were ready for
breakfast Looking carefully TO! a shelf
cred place to hitch cur horses. We ,lyIy
kept on behind fences. etc. till we reach
ed the part OF the stream not generally
ti-hrd \ farm house stood not "a quar-.
ter Of mic away. We saw the morn
IN. smoke curiIn. lightly from Il SOY,
pipe; SAW a man and TWO boys com,
out to do chores: saw Il wom.,u busy
about the door, and irrociou- buIl-I -
wandering about the ward.
|. ever we fi>hcl close. it was them
Not u whisper To disturb the birds or TIA,
OWNERS OF the land. We crawiyI thruug.
the grass and dod.rd behind cIumps u
aldrr>, lifting large ~prchItd beauties our
oi the water until our baskets were tulI
L MS W - lllt AlIilt ~ ll.NNt 4tllt lll
the trout were - large and hit 30 rrall,
,hat we could not withstand the tcmpta-
ton, 50 We decided to striug and htI,
what we had, and take another basket
tul - at it we went. No sooner
would he hook touch the water tia,
we had :. trout. We forgot the ho:>c
the man, the boys and the do- sad
denly there was Il rushing through III
uat field rs II Il mad bull WAS coming
We loukcd toward the house and ~lw
the farmer and hi> two boy, u fence
the WON III i'll tla door, and the de-.
bounding towards us. We SAW it all
we had been discovered The wei
trained dog lad been sent TO hunt u
out, and "a the matter appeared, il WA
safe to bet that lie was doing that tn II.
right lively,
To outrm Il dog was not to b. though
of. There WAS no time to lose, II
cleared Il fence and came for u~ lust Il
we reached a tree, and 10y great aciivit,
took Il front scat ON limb above hi
reach. Here WAS prccou, 20. :
vicious bull dog under the tree, and tn
farmer and two hi. boys ready to mov
down upon our works. 1t was Il ti.ht
loot race or tamg-.
The farmer yelled to his dog, ''Watc
him Tige.."
Tige proposed to do that little thing
and keeping his eye upon us, seated him
self under the Tree.
Then spoke this ugly farmer man
just hold on thar. stranger, Til we %
breakfast then we will come and =,
you, If you are in Il hurry, however
you can 90 now, Watch hun TIge,,"
We surmiScl trouble; quite too niue!
for thrice had that bold man OF buIl-iu.
and agriculture walloped innocent touI
/, lists for being seen on his suburban prem
ses. His reputation as. Il peace ma
was not good, and there arose lar
herrt towards our throat
Iu2 is the essence of contracts. an
We had Il stout line in our pocket, an
Il large hook intended for rock bass,
We 'tIlcd to take trout. And ao zoo
luck would have it, we had got Il III,
sandwich and 4 piece of boiled cornc
: beef IN our other pocket.
We called the dog pet names, but |
t was not On it Then we'd tried t
l move down, when he'd move up, \
e last we trebled our bass line fastened ii
| great limerick to it, bai,ed it with ii
l corned beef, tied the end of the line to
d limp, and angled for a dog.
1ige was IN appetite. He smelt Of ii
: beef 1t was very nice. He swaIlowt
: it, and sat with his eyes on US for more
t but with no friendly look bcaming fro
y his cOuntenance.
d Then we pulled gently on the line
was fast. Tige yanked and pulled, b
o twas of no use
y We quickly slid down the tree-almo
II bllstering our back doing it-seized OF
; pole, and straightway went thence som
Il what lively.
i We found our string of fish, and reac
Il cd the buggy and a commanding spot
/ :he road, i'll time to see the sturdy ye
Il man move forth.
l. We saw him and his cohorts, ma
'i and female move slowly, as If in no hast
a We saw them look up the tree. v