Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1874-07-16
For the REPUBLICAN.
A Fishing Party.

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According to previous arrangement,
fishing party was to start early on
the morning of the 4th, for the lake,
wherein abound sunfish. speckled trout,
silverside and many other tribes Of the
pisces.
When the rising su was ushering in the
appointed day with its rosy beams, the
stars were driven one by one from their
accustomed haunts, and all nature was
made vocal with the songs of birds,
this happy band, ten in number, eager
for the pleasures of the day. After
, having arranged the preliminaries in
} such a manner as would best heighten
the joys Of the excursion, We took pass
age by couples in their respective We
hicles, and bounded over hill and dale
drawn by their proud and prancing
steeds. At ten o'clock and fifteen min
utes We all arrived safely at the same
) time, at the lake, as desirous as ever to
, try our luck or science, whichever it
may be- at fishing. Two boats having
been procured, we crowned their beaks
with boquets, Unfurled the sails to the
wind and busily piled the oars. Soon
we past by the piece of woods to the
right and reached the well known shoal,
when, 10. we were led to ask for what
went we out? Certainly not to fish,
for only two hooks were to be found
and they in the same boat, and to our
greater surprise and modification, no
bait was prepared by any one. Now
the beautiful colored fish would dart up
playfully on our right and left showing
their scales decked with a thousand
hues from the MONDAY sun,-knowing
well the jolly fishers had taken the
wrong day to catch them, as they wish
ed to enjoy the Fourth as well as we.
Long we feasted our eyes until we were
compelled to think that it was at the
expense of our patience, if not stom-
aches. We resolved to return TO the
shore and get the necessary bait. Dis
appointed we traced backward our
course to the part from which we estart-
ed. Wearied and hungry we partook
of the refreshments prepared by the
good ladies, thanking them from the
bottom of our hearts for the bountiful
repast. Although spread upon the
ground in the cool shade of a leafy
maple, yet, it could not have tasted bet
ter on the largest table in the richest
dwelling. Never did fowls look better,
even when clothed in the most gaudy
plumage. Never did cakes and pies
taste SO sweet or pickles SO sour. Never
was their such 4 demand for good cool
draughts from the cup that cheers but
does not inebriate. Oh, how refreshing.
More delicious than the Intoxicating
beverage that runs down from more
bottles than Hostetters, and sweeter
than honey or the honey comb 1t was
surprising also, to see the difference in
the countenances of all who in our
merry crowd, tried its cleansing vir-
tues after riding through the clouds of
DUST Those who, when starting from |
home were as white as Myrtle Tablet,
or death could make them, had their |
faces washed until they looked like life. |
Their is no color so beautiful as flesh |
color, in my estimation, at least, though |
l know great minds will differ.
But 1 am digressing. Well, we wash
ed, ate and felt better able to catch fish,
as have said that was the purpose for
which we came, although not ore had
yet been caught.
With the two hooks and bats we took
our leave from the rural table and re-
paired to the waters Of the same lake.
As we journeyed down the little hill
and was nearing to our boats, scream
was heard from one of the ladies, so
heart rending that all the other ladies
caught the same tone in its own key, in
so much that the woods rang with the
deafening cries. We stopped. Asked
the cause Of the alarm. Breathless with
broken accents she tried to tell us, she
saw a dragon-a serpent, terrible
snake! We looked, and true enough,
there it lay-a Shiny. slippery, ugly,
crawling thing. 1t took some time be-
fore all could see it as it was so very
small that no two could look at it at
the same time; but as each got glimpse
at the beast Of such unsightly dinen-
sions, scream upon scream arose until
the very heavens were filled with the
piercing shrieks. The bravery OF lhose
of the masculine gender was equal to
the occasion. and the celebrity with
which they dispatched it can well be
expressed in the language of Cesar
4" Venimus, cidimus, vtcinus' came,
we saw, we con quered,'
When the excitement had partially
subsided We again set sail iu the former
boats in quest of the Ell Dorado of the
lake. But the winds arose; the heay-
ems became black; the waves grew
rough. We were not permitted to cry
eureka, for not a fish again was found.
We put to shore as swiftly as our oars
would take us for the winds being con-
trary, the sails had to be furled.
As it did not rain we thought the
fates were not auspicious, and soon we
left for our homes, thinking fishing was
failure. Yet we comforted ourselves
with the little knowledge we had gain
ed i'm reference to the art and feeling
confident we would better know how
to take the preliminary steps at another
time. B
"Tell It Ano
We have, at last, received a copy of
that most extraordinary work, which
has excited so much interest and atten-
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