The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1877-09-01
Fishing at Ashland.
ASHLAND. Annnst 2ad. la1

and Hector McRae, and Harry G5d-
dard, and Gid. Vaillancourt, and
Ole Binghamson, and others ought
to come up here. left Milwaukee
last week, where William f. Smith,
Ole Binghamson, and Horace
Rublee, through their friends, had
become fishermen of men,-to catch
trout here. | find Ashland all that
it advertises. Trout are in album
dance, and everybody fishes. The
town board of supervisors recently
adopted a town seal which was
shown to me to-day by Colby House
Davis. The profile of speckled
trout is in the center. 1t is en-
circled with a wreath of fish poles
and fish lines. Underneath the fish
is engraved the words in Roman
letters "Fish or cut bait" Ex
Senator Fifield and Ex-Assembly-
man Vaughn of the court house
building committee, had a row the
other day as to whether the new
court house just commenced should
be of the shape of brook trout or
of lake white fish. Vaughn, the
more conservative of the two. ia
vored the old settler of the Lake
Superior country, the white fish,
while the other and more festive
Sam. insisted upon the new build
ing being of the shape and form of
the more recent and greater source
of revenue, the sportive brook trout.
Tom. Bardon suggested compro-
mise, and one was finally effected
by the proprietors of the new hotel
consenting to get new piano,
which they now have, Of the shape
of a pollywog or cuttle-fish. The
Circuit Judge, who recently held a
term of court here, fined all absent
jurors who were sick or dead, or
were away on other business than
that of fishing. But he held that as
the normal condition of the average
Ashlander was that of fishing, or
showing someone how or where to
fish, absence from court or church,
or weddings, or elections, or sheep
washing, because of braiding fish
lines, digging bait, bailing out of
boats, cutting fish poles, plotting, or
actual fishing, was excusable, and
no violation Of statute law, or of
morals or good manners.
Sam. Fiield told Jack Turner,
Senator Burrows and myself yes
terday that on recent trip up the
Saint Fish river, nice plump pick
erel took his troller, and he pulled
the pickerel up within dozen feet
OF the boat, when an old fifty pound
muskalonge came rushing through
the water and swallowed the pick
erel on his hook, and he hauled
them both in. He verified the story
by producing some of the scales
taken from each fish. He says this
Is a common and ordinary occur
ance "here and hereabouts."
But the sons and daughters of
Ashland are of no mean blood. They
are generous, hospitable, cultivated,
and intelligent beyond the inbabi-
tants ef many places. Joking aside,
uo such brook trout grounds or
brook trout waters exist in the north
west. This is the haven and the
heaven of the angler. And when
You come, everybody, citizens, land
lords, and Wisconsin Central rail
readers will do all they can to make
you happy, without reaching for
your last half dollar, as at most wa
tering places. The Chequamegon
Hotel is first class house. "Take
the advice of an old man, George,
and come up. Yours truly, b.
Twelve hundred out of two thou
sand of our readers, will know the
above rich letter was written by
Judge Barron. The publisher"
was present at term of court few
weeks ago at Ashland, where the
Judge presided. Among the de-
linquent jurymen was Mr.. "Buck-
shot" who will be pleasantly remem.
bered as a constituent of Senator
kifeld, and who made such ring
ing speech during the latter honor
able gentleman's grand reception
and ovation here two years ago. He
was found absent, but no sooner had
his name been called than Sam. FL
fields rotund form was seen moving
majestically through the thronged
court room to point among the
lawyers, jurymen and witnesses.
He put one hand on his abdomen
and with graceful wave of the
other asked to be heard. He spread
his mouth and appealed in the soul
stirring language of an orator. He
invoked divine intercession if the
| rights of man to fish were disputed
He depicted in pathetic sentences
the beauty and glory of a fisher
mans life. and interceded that the
Judge might deal lightly with the
{h)erring one. Sam. pleaded in a
most glowing strain for his abseut
friend in the pursuit of one Of ma
lures most noble sports, never miss
ing & note but putting in all the pis-
] catorial variations At the close