The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-09-01
YELLOWSTONE PARK
THE WONDERS OF THAT COUNTRY
Trout Catching and tho pseulI.rlti.s of some o
the Fish-The Genial Companions Of the
Party-An IudustriOu. EdItor-Ths
"Park improvement Company"


Correspondence q lhe IRteltgetef.
LIVINGSTON, MONTANA, August 15.-My
last letter left our Associated Press party il
camp at the falls and great canyon of thu
Yellowstone in the National Park. I have
attempted to describe the wonderful sight
to be seen there, and hope have giyer
your readers at least some approximate
idea Of them. Perhaps at some early day
they will have an opportunity Of seeing
Mr.. Arthur Browns sketches Of them.
have spoken Of his presence with our party
at this point. He has already, as soon al
it was known that he was coming, beer
pressed by the London Illustrated NeWs and
the London Graphic for the privilege o.
publishing his sketches, as he is an artist o.
high repute in England.
After we had all seen the upper and
lower falls and the canyon to our satisiac
ton, portion Of our party betook them
selves to trout fishing in good earnest. We
had with us Major Bickham, OF the Dayton
o., Journal, who had a. great weakness fol
the rod aud the fly, but somehow his flies
did not tempt the Yellowstone trout to the
extent that he expected, and he did moi
therefore turn out 10 be the "high hook" oI
our expedition. There was a little fellow
from Indianapolis, representing the Sentinel
named Mccullough, who mad the luck and
skill, or both, par excellence, and he came
into camp late in-the evening well loaded
down with speckled beauties. AS some oi
the boys deserted him coming with his
fine fat string, they appointed committee
to go out and meet him and escort him
into camp with triumphal honors.
REGULARITY OF THE TROUT.
There is something peculiar about Yel-
lowstone trout, and something you have to
look out for. Many Of those caught above
the falls are apt to be wormy. They have
a ganglon Of worms in them and are not
fit to eat. 0utwardly they look all right,
except as to q certain pale red about the
gils and under the belly, but inwardly
they are no good. We had agenius among
US, DR.. Brayton, OF the Indianapolis Jour
nal, who was an expert in detecting the
wormy kind, and he amused himself and
interested and inf lrmed US all by number
OF scientific disseciions. The Doctor is a
naturalist OF no mean attainments, and is
the author OF the article on Mammology,
in the last Ohio report. l had frequent
occasions to admire the fulness and variety
OF his information in regard to flora and
fauna as We rode along together on horse.
back through the Park. There was not a
flower that he could not name, and when
we were at Beaver Lake he gave me the
best outline as to the instincts habits and
peculiarities OF the beaver that ever re-
member to have heard or read in so short
a compass.
| would like to speak in detail OF several
OF the pleasant and intelligent gentlemen
who were connected with the.expedition.
There was, for instance, Mr. NJ. J. Russell
OF the Chicago Times, an old acquaintance
and army comrade OF Judge Melvin OF
Wheeling "a man, by the way, not unlike
tho Judge, not only Us TO his physical
avoirdupois but as 10 his genial characters.
tics. When We were all wearied with much
ami fast travel, and were resting at noon in
the shade, he produced from his pocket the
wordy and stilted report OF Supt. Conger OF
the National Park TO the Secretary Of the
Interior, and to the great amusement Of
the cayalcade he read It in sty lie that any
professional caricaturist might envy-mak-
ing it seem twice as ludicrous as it really