The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1881-05-10

Editor South Kentackian:
Several gentlemen, the mention OF
whose names scatters terror amongst
the finny tribe, had been meditating a
trip 10 Pond River, bent on destroying
those things that live in water, from
tadpoles up to whales. 4 Eldall. G.
Cave, aud son lynn, ELL. Hopper.
Ciarencc Andcrson, j. r. Pyle, and
the writer, constituted tho party, each
OF whom OH Wednesday. April 9th,
might have been seen, tackle In hand,
vending his way TO the depot en-
quirmg for . pilot and looking al his
watch, calculating the time between
the arrival of the train at the depot
aud his own arrival there. Elder
Cave struck on Bill Rogus, at the fur.
niturc store OF A. W. Pyle, aud en-
gagged him 10 conduc, the party to the
most available places Tor fishing. Ii
was evidently Monster Rogus, though
both Of the gentlemen think different
ly, who informed Mr.. Cave of the ex-
istcnce OF Thompson's Branch. Won-
derful was the lucidity Of of its imagi-
nary waters, and numbcrless as the
sands Of the soa shore were tho sport
ing minnows that gamboled therin.
The party, including Rogus, who has
recently engaged in the coffin aud
furniture business in Hopkinsyille,
arrived at tho depot fifteen minutes
before the train arrived. a crowd
had preceded us and was there IN
waiting to see us of. Some unfortu-
nete individuals, who arc misIn.
fosmed. Sthink that the people had
thefe assembled on Yarious Kinds of
business, others think q bridal party
bound for Evansville was tho attrac-
tion, but those who, like some lump
ing gentlemen, know what IL what,
are unanimously OF opinion that the
fishermon were tho magnets. This
conclusion at least, was general among
the fishermolL though their modesty
bsde them express itipa jocular man
ner. While waiting for the tram Bill
Rogus said that as each man would
claim to have caught the biggest fish
We had better carry scales .o,settlc
such disputes. when oneof the party
answered that all Of The scales they
would cross on the trip might be
tbose, carried from the ely An old
man yelledNoat TO q deaf gian, 81 say,
Jake isf dead Whereupon Nogus,
with an eye 10. business, Wondered
who furnished the coffin. Some gen.
tlep,an said that he had never heard
ofJake's death md did not think The
report true. aud another intent on
peace said the whole disagreement
was aldcadissue ;'5ut this was jesting
on grave subject which shouldrnever
be tolerated.
Mr.. Anderson had q. false minnow
with his tackle but iid not use 1t,
realizing the iaot that such bait might
eniice a trout in some stream running
through fhickly settled country like
England, but out liere where its nov
city was It's only Attraction, the fish
would mot bite at 1t because they
would not know what II was. This
suggests 10 us the necessity Of educa-
tion and the unfortunate condition
Of those who aroignorant of the COM
trivancesof modern civilization. The
flshin Pond River missed a fine sell
by being behind-tho time. The train
neared Kelly's Station, and, out OF the
window could DO seen the remains OF
an old arbor where the ".Muse of the
many twinkling feet' had reigned In
times gone by. Bill Rogus caught q
glimpse OF the place and made q re-.
mark, all of which was lost. OH ac-
CONT of the rumbling Of the train,
except the word "saw dust" Upon
the hearing OF whicha matter-of.fact
individual glanced at the damp earth
and said, "I--lncver saw dust ~ and
Biltmuttered something 10 the effect
that 1t covered the ground anyway
and relapsed into silence; from which,
he was aroused by the appearance ol
some pink blossoms, atsight of which
be said In an undertone: " t''i e fli
"The beautiful red buds gladden. tho eyo
Ofthc nshorman swiftlypasslng by"
The above poem was revised and
corrected the next day while we were
going to the river in wagon. The
revised edition omitted the word
swiftly in the last line and inserted
In lieu thereof the word SLOWLY" Ye
tuneftil tupe' were III constant atten.
dance on William during the journey
be courted them assiduously and they
rewarded him with numerous ,inspi.
rations. Lightning flashes from the
storm cloud ofhis Imagination dazzled
the senses OF the disciples Of Walton
and provoked wonderment even du.
ring their moss sleepy moments on
the river bank. gssslg
We changed cars at Nortonsville fol
White Plains, and upon our arrival
there found Mr.. Frank Stuart, the