Daily Republican., 1881-08-06
Summer In vest VirR inia.
BIG CREEK COTTAGE,
SUMMERS COUNTY, WEST VA.

| august hI, 1904.
Special Correspondence Of tbs REPUBLICAN.
DO you know what a "raise" is? If
you don't viii tell Won. Whenever
We have a frc,het tie natives say the
river las riz. Well, We Lad another
yester cen in the Greenbrier. | was
warned Of it the day before, as the
creeks must raise before the river eau
have riz, then standing at the foot of
| the mountain where the road crosse
Big Crerk,.l watched its oyrrttpw,rs
waters, dyed deeply yello" by he hill!
clay they were carrying away with them
in their haste. The rain was over but
suIlcn clouds hung about th" scOwling
sky like sour-eycd marauhers who We're
dissatisfied with the amount of misery
they Gaa already i3tiictcd and longri
to do more ere they departed Go.Ig
up the mountain | found the little
streams that in clear weather mr,rlnUr-
ed mu.icaily down the slopes under a
canopy Of nodding roses and fragrant
swtctbriarS now were tUrtid torrents
that brawled like churls drunken "ilh
mach wine, and tore out with SavAgr
wantonness their messy banks matted
with the roots Of the blue violet and the
white t1owercd puccoon Nov about
the fresh The river rose 50 uuprcce
emily fast thai before knew Of the c!l.
croarhment found my river sid,
spring house submerged to the depth oI
four feet or more, and my batter in Il
wooden vessel on trip down the river
the milk was watered to beat the hes;
mix vender lever knew. Wading out
TO my canoe | hastily slipped my cable
(smail rope), and with lusty strokes 0!
my paddle overlook the fugitive buttel
pail just before i. entered the rapids.
On my return found the bass sporting
in the water Of my spring house, hut
having 10 door to close them in they
were permitted to fin it down the stream
In less than all hour the water had ri SCI
seven feet.
Speaking Of bass, q three pound baSs
is not snch rarity as you might sup
pose. | fsh for them with ordinary
hook and line, using Il small mnlnow fol
bait hooking him through the tail, A
lass swallows the fish, | give him the
butt Of the rod, that is, push quickly
thebutt toward him with the right hand
and with the left bling the rod III
; Frightening the line and ! have him
hooked Now the fun begins, finding
he is hooked he darts fifteen or tweilt y
feet to the left like a flash, then some
thirty feet to the right. Finding he j,
:, still fast he does what few if any othel
fish does leaps about two feet ont of tie
water trembling lik" an asnen leaf, aud
then pitching headforemost into the
water he makes auO,h her dart and tries
another leap until after fruitless effort
to free himself from the hook [ haul
him alongside and bring him up with
my landing not. In u year or two just
here will '~ one Of the best places fol
bass fishing III the country.
This season planted some Tennessee
prolific CON in an acre ofgrouAd to test
it. 1t is GAINED that this corn will
yield so'n, ten or dozen ears 70 the
stock-goinG to the patch this morning
find 1t will average three ears to the
S1alE-Solae stalks are bearing eight,
some six, some four and quitca numher
with only two on Had the season been
more favorable have 40 doubt that 1t
would prove to be all that was claimed
In conc ndilg this lrtter | would call
your afttntio" to the fact that during
the reign Of the last George there cou!d
not be found an Englishman who could
not sing and pray"GOh save the King. :"
Let MS hope there are few if any but
who can send w the prayer God save
the President Yours in Republican,
ism, always. W. b. W.