The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1881-08-10

trolls and ten to the old fashioned hook
aud line of "yours truly" l am too
lazy to fish with a troll, and besides
| fish for the fun of having big trout
take my cork under the water, with a
whiz and q wbirr and d great turmoil
of the water! There Is an aesthetic
pleasure in catching a trout that no
other sport can give. Tho prepare
ton ; the expectation the eager watch
upon the cork bobbing up and down
i'll the deep, black water; tho sudden
disappearance of the cork; the thrill OF
the nerves as your line tightens, and
then the contest with your MANN I'll,
trout as he darts here and there while
yonr bamboo pole bends to the water
and the final landing of his majesty on
the bank ! There is sport for yon! ]
Gsh for sport not for meat.
SOME REFLECTIONS.
When fishing is bad and "biteso are
few and far between, the disciple of old
lZaak has time to mOralize, and it has
occurred to me at such times that there
are some points of similarity between a
trout and woman. One must angle
for both. The minnow that tempts the
trout, takes the place of another kind
of bait when you fish for a woman
Some hooks are baited with love, some
with wealth, some with the gee-gaws
of fashion. The fisherman who under
stands his business, knows what sort
OF a bait to use in either case. They
are alike too, in that you never can
count your trophy until You have 1t
safely landed and well secured. AS
there is 'smany slip betwixt the cup
and the lip" so there are MANY fair
fish hooked that are not carried home
in fish basket. They are alike, too
in that to c:.t h the big ones you must
fish in deep water and very warily.
The little ones stay near the top and
are easily caught, but the big ones are
slow to bite. They never nibble and
when they have made up their minds,
they seize the bait and run away with
it. they are unlike in q great many
respects, but can't stop to trace these
lines of divergence.
WHAT WE DO.
The principal business of ones life
ont here is, of course, the drinking of
the sulphur water, which Is as fine at
this place as is to be found anywhere
in the world. We get up and drink
sulphur water! Eat breakfast and drink
sulphur water! Fish and drink sulphur
water! Take nap and drink sulphur
water! We vary every motion, inter-
lord our conversation, work every
change of place, time or circumstance
with drink of sulphur water Kit
Ransdell moves his headquarters after
breakfast to the spring and drinks sew
EN- gallons before dinner. The Judge
hasn't said Sheer" once since we have
been here, and "Chap'' found out to
his sorrow that toddy made with sui
phur water is productive of all manner
OF evils. The Doctor has had expert
ence enough to know how to mix
"his'n.' Peter took "near cut" home
from the creek yesterday, and after
walking eight miles he finally got to
the Springs with valuable experience
as to "ncarf cuts" The principal thing
we try to do is to learn how satisfacto-
rily "to do nothing" and don't know
better place for absolute rest and free
dom from thought and care than this.
If "Nobody" can find no other way of
escaping from the Alexandria beef
steaks, she can come out here after we
get away and. live or fish, mutton,
and buttermik. There is not
room enough in this "pent up Utica"
for two such brilliant intellects as hers
and mine at the same time, but if she
will come then mine host of We cold
kentuck Home" will give her change
from those "beef steaks rough, beef
steaks tough" about which she wrote
you so feelingly last week.
Faithfully yours,
TOBIAS