The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1879-08-14
hugging IL as though he bad inst met

hugging il as though he bad inst met
an old and much loved friend. bis eyes
gazing 20 heaven IS 10 thanksgiving.
and his legs shaking a. though his
emotions # Joy had nearly overcome
him. saii why don't you crcs.?"
"Oh," said be, Il don't ,tiuk / care
about going any farther tonight I'll
just fish back again and you can go
on" | saw how It vas and consented
10 let him 60. for knew if he arrived
within rod Of trout hole he would
be liable 10 tumble in ana spoil the
fishing.
II is also evident that 81 AID did
not recollect the proverb Of Sshcho
Panza in such cases made and provid-
ed. "He who would catch trout must
needs wet his brooches or they would
not have become entangled 10 the dark
and noisome thicket. i is far safer
and easier to swim in an open channel,
than 10 wade and tear through q miry
jungle.
also infer that VI in his meditatlons
and soliloquies referred 10 used either
the English or Chinook language, both
Of which ! am positive the Trout Of this
river understand You know the ad-
age swear not a. all or you will catch
no fish," but 20 men Of some tenpera-
ments forcible meditations are an alb
solute necessity, yet IL matters but ut
tie to the mediator in what language
they are conducted. Ia my own case.
| always solilo9uize in Spanish while
fishing in thu. Territory, aud find it to
have an excellent effect. both in re-
lieving my mind. and in attracting the
trout. for while they fail 20 understand
Q word they are attracted by the music
Of the language If n. and perhaps j.
had used this method of soliloquizing.
their success would have been much
better.
To all contemplating . days recrea-
tion in fishing on this river, l would
take the liberty of giving few practi-
cal suggestions in addition to the fore
going, founded upon and proved by ex.
perience. that they may not add their
testimony to the long list of failures al
ready passed into history.
lst Learn, If You DO not already
know, some good tune Of sacred music,
Old Hundred, Coronation or Arlington.
for instance, so you can sing or whistle
it. and when you arrive at the fishing
ground give the trout the full benefit
Of it. The reasons are, your mind and
voice will be so occupied that the forci-
BILE calculations above referred to will
find no place in your contented mind /;
as the said proverb is true. and swear
ing scsres the fish. singing sacred
music attracts them. This is a peculiar
reason to many perhaps. but there is
no doubt Of the truth of it. and as it is
now brought TO the notice of the public,
some icthyologist may be able to dis
cover why it is SO.
I'd. Never allow any Seattle benztne
to DO carried by any one of your party.
The bottle might be broken, aud the
contents spilled in the river, and it
would be an unending source Of ser-
row to anyone, but the possesSor Of an
adamantine conscience, to realize that
he had been instrumental in running
the trout fishing on Cedar river. a
party of which l was member once
went fishing on q fork of Ten Mile
river. California. and one of the num-
Der had with him q bottle of d. B.
whisky. I'd. B. stands for Daniel
Boone, you know We caught three
hundred and eighty-tive trout, and
were doing finely still, when our bottle
bearer slipped upon stone in rifle,
fell upon and broke the bottle, the con-
tents oozing into the stream our
hopes were gone We caught no more
trout. and two weeks from that time
| not fish could be found for six miles
| up and down the stream from the fata!
spot. and within one month the ocean
threw upon the beach carloads of dead
fish within two miles of the mouth of
the river The stream was still there,
| but its beauties were gone, perhaps
! forever. From a fisherman's paradise,
it was changed by one unlucky acci-
dent, one act of indiscretion, to pisca-
torial desert. Some cynic may doubt
that the spilling of the whisky was the
cause Of the phenomena that followed 4;
but let the scoffers mock no,o that
the breaking of the bottle was the
cause OF our catching no more fish,.
Sd. No moro than two lawyers and
three copies of the INrELLlGENcER
should ever DO allowed in one party.
The roasons Well. ahem you know
concentrated L. chemically uniting
the fat of the fish and the water of the
river might make SOAP aud then your
anticipations would end in froth.
think the numbers above mentioned
the absolute limit that would be safe
in the amount Of water running in this
stream.
4th. Pay strict attention to the fore
going suggestions. study and observe
them well. provide yourselves with
plenty of hackcls, flies. &c. light rod,
a good lunch. take the morning train
alight at Renton. fish industriously un-
til dark. and If you don't catch a fine
string Of trout-well, if you don't, just
console yourself with the though, that
you have had the experience. (sOme one
else may have the trouV ana that you
have been following directions of JUS,
about Is much practical utility as are
the ajority of such article, in the ag-
ricultural, piscatorial aud culinary COL
nuns Of the papers Of the day.
PIsCAToRIUM ANGUS.
THE SKAGIT MINES.