Tri-weekly phoenix. [volume] ([Columbia, S.C.]) 1865-1875, 1875-05-18
"4 & IT. COLUMBIA, C., TUESDAY MORNING. MAY 49, 1876

A Cosy RETREAT.-A raid was re-
dently made on the illicit Gstillers
ih Southwest Virginia, and many
Of them captured. One offender,
With romantic turn of mind, had
discovered n commodious cave,
through which meandered a crystal
Stream of water. Above it was n
lEge hollow tree, with number of
4hbs reaching out from the parent
stem. The enterprising manufac-
t3irer of the ardent had managed
tP convert this tree into chimney,
Though which the smoke from the
distillery passed in indistinct clouds,
being diffnsed in unnoticed quanti-
ties to the limbs and out into the
aiF. He had all the paraphernalia
OF a first class distillery, and was
quietly squeezing the juice from the
cereals, secluded and apart from
the vulgar, prying, meddlesome
outside world, when oficiaus myr-
midons of the law interfered with
hik pastime.
ht seems that the patient silence
of the imperturbable angler has
been just SO much stiffness wasted.
The old notion that you can't catch
a fish unless you keep quiet, must
now go down to oblivion, along
with that other time-worA delusion,
|thh belief that splitting on the bait
makes fish bite better. Seth Green,
who knows great deal about fish,
and has spent much time studying
their habits, thinks they cannot
hear. He once had band of music
to range themselves around tank
of hsh, and Mt n given signal blow
their loudest blast, but not fish
stirred. They are, however, very
sensitive to jars, and a slight tap
on the bottom of tank made the
fish dart off like fash.
The report that Gen. Spinner,
the retired Treasurer, had deter
mined to devote the remainder Of
his life to learning how to write his
name legibly, must have been Gu
nard. He says in a letter to Seth
Green, that he is going to Florida
next winter to fish. The spectacle
of n good old man like our OK
Treasurer passing his declining
years on a shady bank, every now
and then yanking out specimen
of the tinny tribe, and not caring q
cent how much the hook laccrates
their gills, is good enough for a
picture-book.
among the incidents Of yester-
day" says Memphis paper of the
10th, "was m accidental meeting
in the public streets of Mrs. jeff.
Davis and Vice-President Wilson.
Having been acquainted in years
gone by, when Mrs. Davis resided
at Washington, their mutual recog-
milton was Instant and cordial, and
the two clasped hands with friendly
ardor, after which the party went
to an ice cream saloon, to discuss
strawberries and ice and the me-
mories of the past"
NAUTICAL. PRoB1.EM.-Supposc the
good old ship Plymouth Church,
full of passengers, should find her
self i'll u gallo Of wind, off lee
shore, amid breakers, with engines
stopped, masts carried away, half
full Of water and pumps choked-
what would You do to save the lives
OF those Oh board? Answer (very
promptly)-Beecher
Twenty-three carloads of oysters
arrived in San Francisco, the othe,
day, from the East. The oysters
were to be planted i'll San francisco
bay, to supply the citizens with the
luxury. Several Intellectual attempts
have been made to start oyster-beds
there. Most Of the oysters used
come from the Atlantic coast.
8 An Englishman at Passy, France
wished to experience the sensation
of hanging, but seems to have gone
q little too far, and did not recover
Apropos of this experiment., a man
in Paris, sentenced to the guillo.
tine, offers his place to any person
having curiosity to experience
the feeling of decapitation.