Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1882-08-05
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other people in town are sweltering be-
tween brick walls and on sun-baked pave
ments, | determined to send youa "cool-
err" in the shape Of an account of q Fish
ing Camp now in progress Oh KNOTS
Island.
Through the kindness Of Col. VIM. A.
! Morgan, the enthusiastic fisherman and
| lover of out door sports, your correspon-
! dent accompanied himselfand family con-
sisting of Mrs Morgan, Misses Bette and
| Anna Morgan and his three sons, Willie,
| Dannie and Archie; Mr.. Jacob Tyson,
wife and two children. Miss Bette Tyson
and Mr.. Dorsey Tyson, of Frederick city,
| Nd, and Mr.. Frank Grove of Maryland,
| to the point selected, a cool and grassy
spot, buried in the shade of some dozen
| huge NAPLES, and pitched our camp, con-
| sisting of two large tents between which
was spread an ample Fly to do duty as 4
dining room, (Which it did admirably,
there being All abundance of ''room" and
plenty of ''dining,") when all hands fell
! to work and in few hours we had as
snug and coy a camp as you can imagine.
A more lovely spot for the purpose could
not be found and was selected by the Col.
who has the true sportsman's eye for the
, beautiful. Everything being in 'ship
shape" in Camp Morgan, the next
thing in order is to secure bait wherewith
! to tempt the wiley bass, which was soon
accomplished by Mr.. d. Tyson, Mr. Grove
and Mr.. Tom McKevitt, hauling 30 foot
minnow seine through some ponds OH the
! Maryland side of the river. This done
the boats are manned and of we start, each
boat having some ladies aboard, all eager
to haul in Il grand old Give FOUNDER"
and although we did not reach that figure,
we were soon hauling them in from one
to three pounds in weight, and to tell the
truth three pound Black Bass can give
us Iiue "play" as any one could desire,
| excepting possibly an old Salmon fisher
( man. The first day saw some 20 fine bass
! in -ur olive box" awaiting the frying
! pan, and at night those who were fond OF
! the slipping rascal put out eel lines and
! the next morning were rewarded with a
| dozen fine fellows.
! Floating qNietly on the bosom of old !.
! Potomac, all nature hushed to quiet that
would be oppressive were it not for the
| thousand and one memories that this Els
| torical old river calls up, a few hours ago
and we were jogging over the same road
that StOnewall jackson chased Mcclellan
! to and across the Potomac, passing at ev-
cry step spots rich in historic love, which
! events were wildly revived by the de-
scription of the route given us by the Col.
who with his regiment of Virginia Caval-
nv took an active part in the pursuit. And
! now floating in sight Of Antietam, which
| stream witnessed one Of the most impor-
tant events Of our history, and which
empties into the river just above me, when
! only few miles below is Harper's Ferry,
| which in itself recalls enough memories
of the same period TO fill volume. But
! bark, call 10 dinner, away with reverie;
! ant | hurriedly pull to shore to partake OF
/ our MONDAY meal, consisting of fried bass,
turtle soup and everything else that the
/ ladies could invent To tempt the already
/ enormous appetites begOtten Of out door
| sports. pure air, &C., that one always en-
/ joys along the water, and you can mag
! inc that with such superb housekeepers as
! Mrs. Morgan, Mrs. Jocob Tyson and Miss
! Bette Tyson, assisted by a professional
| cook from Frederick, our dinners were
/ truly artistic and enjoyable affairs.
J Dinner over we soon scatter in all dl-
Yections along shore, ii. the boats and
some wading waist deep. all cage: to
tempt the wary lass again, the ladies of
our party being the most enthusiastic
anglers | ever met. The water just OF
the Island is excellent for bass fishing, be-
! ing alternate stretches of slow deep water
| broken at long intervals by shallow rifles
/ lust below which are the points TO angle
( in the early morning and late in the at
/ teruoon, wheroe If ''Sol's" rays are not
/ too anetratingj We follow the scaly ras-
! cal who loves his ease in the cool shadows
/ Of the deep still water during the middle
! of the day.
have been fishing here for three sea-
sons and have been surprised at the scar
city OF city men that resort to this vicini-
I ~ :. u
"spin" for bass than Shepherdstown,
board good and cheap, clever people,
plenty of boats. beautiful scenery, the
best and coolest water in the world, with
plenty of enthusiastic anglers ready and
willing to show strangers to the best ii sh-
ing grounds, transportation from WASH
ingtOn or Georgetown for boats, tackle,
&C., via G.. q y. Canal, 4 mere song, ana
with the S. V. Il. r. running through the
town, with connection at llagerstown,
Nd, with the W. NJ. X. r., makes this
point one of the most accessible for parties
from the Northern cities, and | predict
that before many years this will be one OF
the most popular fishing resorts on the
Potomac above tide water.
On returning to camp | find our cOmpa-
ny augmented by The presence of the jol-
lY Capt. Lee II. Moler, Mrs. Nolcr, Mr..
VIM. RiTChart, and party OF ladies' from
the vicinity of Moler's y Roads. Mrs.
Matilda Batter, OF ShepherdstowG, and
some dozen others from all over the Coun-
ty who naturally grayitate TO our genial
friend the Col. and his surroundings. My
letter being already too long and the sun
almost hidden behind the hills Of Anlie-
tam, warns me- that | must bid yon fare
well and HE me away 10 plunge my weary
body under the lmpid waters of old 20
tOmac. Dun.
OK THE WAH PArr.-News from
Arizona Territory, reports two or three
hundred Indians on the W ar path in the
vicinity of Pleasant Valley and Wild
Rye county.
A dispatch from Phoenix, dated
Saturday, says later reports from Forta
Basin confirm the news of the recent
Indian depredations. In the fight at
Sysby's place four Indians were killed
and at the Tewksburys six Indians
were killed Mr.. Church WAS killed.
Mr.. Medley aud his man, who went IN
search of cattle are missing. The reports
state that from sixty to eighty Indians
are camped on Coon Creek and are
evidently bound down Salt River.
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