The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1877-11-16
a rRyP ~ rwE MIDDLE EvRE
or ROCRCasrLEy RIVER.
DR. D T. BoHoS, IN .roRRrsr AMI STREAM
AND Rop'Asp ors.

When mention was made that "
should need some one to catch min
nows for us, one Of the harvester
volunteered the information that b
hadn't cut any hay before that morn
ing for two years, and was about use'
up, which declaration was prompt.
classified with Bens, about the pin
which he intended to get, and tina
weary scythe-sliuger with spprova
of his employer. had soon bolted
hasty dinner. shouldered the seine, an6
started briskly for a neighbor a mile
away, to handle one ofthe slaves. AT
ter bssty dinner. we leisurely rugged
our rods while enjoying a post-prandial
cigar under the old shade trees in
front Of the house, and discussed the
programme.
We left home prepared to purchase
a canoe, and 6sh back to the depot;
but we're forced TO abandon the cruise,
from the fact that all the vessels which
navigated those waters had been
wrenched from their pawpaw and
and hickory-bark moorings and CARR
ed oH by icebergs, on a rhe last spring;
consequently, Ben was engaged to
have his wagon at the Judges at a
certain hour, as we knew that nothing
ornamented with springs lighter than
a peddlers wagon could stand the
racket of the rad we had Travelled.
Through necessity we agreed to
make the Judges headquarters. and
content ourselves to put in the tint
bank.fishing, principally.
Our host accompanied us to the riv'
er, about three hundred yards from
the house, and we seated ourselves in
the shade-beside a little spring
whose waters needed no ice to make
the teeth ache-to await the coming
of the bait-catchers. They soon ar
rived with an ample supply of choic'
minnows, and we cheerfully followed
our guide half a mile up stream to I
celebrated hole. We passed many
where the temptation to make cas-
was almost irresistible. but plodded OF
till the favorite was reached; and soor
halfa-dozen reel poles were set out a
different points. and the entire part'
seated in a shade awaiting the an
nouncement Of a bite by the clicks o
our "Meeks.'
1t was scarcely three P. NJ, and w
were IN the sunny side. The hea
was almost intolerable at the margiI
of the water, and the first half hou
without a nibble was most agreeabl,
passed under a beech tree, in enjoy
inent of the Judges narration of nu
merous sporting incidents connectet
with his thirty-nine years residence
upon that aqua incognita to fishermen
who Use a reel. We discovered tina
nearly every pool, ford and shoal o
the river has received name from
some individual or incident connected
with its local history, and that the'
are not only as readily recognized b.
the residents by names, as are tn,
streets of city BY its police, but .
Familiarity mentioned BY name as ar
their neighbors. H,zau
The one at which We wegs locates
is the Parish Hole. named for an ole
pioneer angler who long years ag'
sprang from his favorits seat upon I
huge rock. a distance Of Ten feet. int
the water and captured with his hand
a twenty-five pound salmon which
broke his line after he had succeeded
in leading him almost ashore. Thu
music of a click brought us all sud
denly to q perpendicular and Macl
rushed TO his rod tofind that the gam,
had let go, and his minnow was dead
That symptom was amazingly in
spring, and Hig pimbly, waded to thu
opposite bank, whilst I pulled up ant
moved to a point below, where l kneu
there must be sport in store, leaving
Mack aud the Judge in statu quo.
Isaac jackson Tussey. nine year,
old, black-eyed, hatless native lad
whose features resembled fox's. anC
whose suit Of coarse black hair, close
ly shorn and admirably stair stepped
cut by mother, is certainly the
thickest growth l ever saw upon 4
human head, accompanied me. carry
ing my minnow bucket in one hand
and his short pawpaw pole and home
spun line in the other.
As we proceeded, Isaac's tongue be
gan its first wagging after our meet
ing, and bis first remarks were Il
the effect that he was the best fisher
man for boy in all that country. ii,
declared that he had never missed q
fish in his life, and had always wanted
zone Of them there things,' referring
to my reels, and knowed that he could
catch plenty Of big fish II he had one.
II Isaac meant that he would CRATE.
fully accept one rs a present the hint
s....t.