The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-08-18
OLD POINT COMFORT.

LIFE AT TIE HYGEIA-A DISSERTATION on
FISHING WHY SOME PEOPLE ARE NOT Sue
CESsFUL ANGLERS.
Correspondence Of the Richmond Dispatch.1
know YOU are always glad to hear from
Old Point. And You ought to be. because
Old Point is always glad TO hear from you.
The visitors here are ever eager TO get the
Dispatch. or course newSy letter is not
expected from this place, and il expected
the expectation will meet with deserved
disappointment.
The number OF guests is not so large as
in June and July. Many OF them have
gone to the White sulphur. Gone from
Phpbus TO Apollo. And so Phebus don't
care. He gets their money from their right
pocket down here and from their left up
there. And he deserves all he gets. He
gives his guests valuable consideration
He knows Just how 10 do il. Nature fit
ted him for hotel-keeper by endowlne
him with energy, politeness, and great
common sense. Still the company keeps
up very we'll at the Hygeia-better than
ever before at this season OF the year
Every one that departs goes with regret al
leaving so charming a place-the cool and
invigOrating breeZes, the ever-changina
scene which the bay aud Roads present
the luxurieS Of the table, the comforts
the chamber, the enchantment OF I'll
dance. the health-giying bath.
The fishing this summer has been GOO,
The writer OF this letter has fished fro
Portland bay to Charleston harbOr-at Be
ton bay, NantaSket. BuZZard's bay, Se' :
port, Fire Island, The kinS, Barnegat b;
Thoms river, Piney Point, Cobb's Island
Cape Fear river. and Charleston harbor-
and he does not hesitate to say that for the
variety and quantity Of fish to be caught
and the certainty of success in the sport
old Point is the place. But one must
know how, when. and where to 90
You must have the right bait. You
can't catch sheepshead with worms
nor hogiish with mauanOSe, nor spots
with fiddlerS, nor trout with clans
Even with right bait you can't catch fish al
the wrong tide, and with right bait and
right state OF the tide you can't catch them
at the wrong place. Some people go fish
ing here, catch nothing, and 90 away
swearing there are no fish here. They
have the silly idea that fish bite for the
amusement OF fishermen. That's 4 great
mistake. They, like human beings, bite to
get something to eat. They have their
time and place for feeding, and you must
90 then and there.
Time and tide wait for no man-and YET
fishing-party is made up in the evening
for the next morning. The bOatman tells
them the hour when the tide will be right
The next morning the boat and boatman
are ready. and the hour at hand. The
leader Of the party hurries up the others,
but sister Mary has to change her dress.
John has TO finish letter he is writing
Cousin Lucy has not returned from hel
morning walk around the fort with hel
beau, Mr.. Alphonzo Dude has TO get shaved,
and so an hom or more is lost. The tide
has changed the fish have had their break
fast and gone on, and the fishing-party
comes back sunburned, fishesS. and dis
gusted. They deserve tits their fault
They say down here that the king fisher.
man OF Richmond has been beaten by
lady from Richmond. Mrs. g.; but think
that report comes from the AnaniaS Fish
ing Club. SCRIBE.