The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1882-02-21
Liza WEEKLY BAZOO. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 81 1882


and the woods rang with the entranc.
ing melody of our voices while afar
off We heard the boot of the owl, and
once in a while the scream of a wild
cat, but We were not at all alarmed.
Ishould not omit to relate one of
my troubles, and that was in the way
of nv boots. A kind friend at Han
over lent me a fine pair of fishing boots
that came almost up to my
ears, and had great big legs to them.
/ first fshed with them in the Dia-
mond river. / endeavored to ma
neuvre SO as not to 60 in over boOt-top,
but pretty soon / tumbled in, and
when l got up my boots were full of
water, and weighed about two tons
apiece; so / waded ashore for the
purpose of eliminating the element /
laid down on my back. and raised my
heels up in the air, and the ultimate
consequences were. that the whole
quantity of fluid found its way out at
the back of my neck, just below the
left ear. During our whole trip. the
great occasion of the day was getting
my boots of. Many of you know
what wet boots are. he'd them in
perfection. Our guide was first-rate
boot jack otherwise l should be wearing
the articles at the present day. |
laid down on the floor, N would
take hold of nv shoulders, the guide
and H hold of my boots, and we
would work. and twist, and accomplish
the feat, or rather feet, i'm about a
halfhour. Item, when fishing, wear
shoes.
Boots off, and otherwise happy, we
lay in the tent. smoked and employed
ourselves in the charms of converse
ton. Our guide had gone off into
the woods some distance, and soon we
heard a cracking and swapping, as
though the world was about to con-
Hagrate. We rushed out of the tent,
and saw, off in the forest, large tree
all on fire from turret to foundation
stone. 1t flashed. and blazed, and
roared, and 1 thought the whole
was going. so l seized a few arti-
cles of value, and was about taking to
the water for safety. but was restrained
by N who said it was some of the
guides work, which it proved to be.
Birch trees are covered with a light
back, which every year peels of
to about the thickness of sheet
of paper; this dies, and drying,
becomes like finder, and is
used as such; and if you touch a
match to the root of a tree, the blaze
flashes up in a moment over every
limb, and makes as fine . specimen of
indigenous fire works as may be de-
sired. The night was very dark. and
there the tree stood, every limb and
branch all in a blaze, and lighting
up the forest like day. The wild
birds started from their roests, flying
heller, skelter deer and other vermin
were scampering in promiscuous con-
fusion, and altogether it was pleas
ant. Soon another tree started and
then another, and soon half q dozen in
all directions, and to us, who were
novices, the spectacle was beautiful.
Our guide soon came back he had
been providing around in his stocking
feet-and we all went to bed. The
next morning we all went to fishing,
and fshed to our hearts content in
fact, We became satiated and disgust
ed. They bit so fast, and We caught
80 many. that we lost all relish for it.
We filled our boat almost full. Any
thing less than half pound in weight,
we threw back into the water; and
after we all got sick of it, We agreed
to take down our poles, and not put
them up again in that part of the
country. About eighty pounds Of
the largest we concluded to take
home with us; so our guide made q
species of box out of elm-bark in which
we sailed Down our fish to pack on
our backs.
/ have thus given al outline of one
days occurrences, and the others were
ike unto it. We had just as much
trout-ishing as We wanted. We ate
so many that we almost killed our
selves; and finally came to the con-
clusion, that trout were not what they
were cracked up to be after all.