Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-10-11
4 Point for Isaak WALTON.

There are many trite sayings all based
on the fact that genius is generally I'M
known to his own generation. A prophet
is not without honor save in his OWL
country. All great inventors or discover.
| ers have been scofied at by the people Of
their time. Thus it Is that the world sees
Keely, of motor fame, ridieuled, and La
noon Druilliard, of Dog Point, fined. The
world may not at this moment of mention
ing the name know who Lanoon is. Mr.
Druilliard lives in Canada and is the in
ventor of new style of fishing. As geese
saved Rome, so also do geese save Mr. Druil-
lizard. He has practically taught these
geese of his-thirty in number-to lay
golden eggs. In other words, he has taught
| them to fish, and the fish he sells for gold
To each of his thirty geese Mr.. Druillard
attaches string and at the end of the
string is a trolling hook. The geese are
let loose on good fishing ground and
they gently paddle along followed by one
of the Druilliard family in canoe or
boat. Thirty glittering spoons flash
under water as the gentle geese pad
die along. As soon as fish snaps at
the whirling bauble and gets hooked,
tiit SpoSC titiiihS SOiIitJiliiS, Caught EGT
leg, and she squawks and hutters around
in the water. DruilIiard paddles up, re-
lieves the hook of the fish and sets the
goose going again. When fish are biting
quickly no man could ask livelier occupa-
ton than attending to a flock of fluttering
geese, any one of which would be liable to
90 into mysteries at a moments notice.
The Canadians have failed to perceive that
the name of Druilliard will yet be coupled
with that of Walton. They have actually
fined the inventor for infringing ON the
fishing laws. Nevertheless. Druilliard has
inaugurated new era in the pastime of
fishing. Doubtless geese with trolling at
tachments will be added to the equipments
of all fishing resorts The man who takes
trip up to the flats will hereafter take his
goose with hun or hire one when he gets
there, Those who want Il quiet DAYS
sport wilAengage two or three geese, while
people who want an exciting time will
90 in for a whole flock The invention is
now only in its infancy. Improvements
are sure to follow. Probably a goose or
two will be trained to pull the canoe,
while the rest of the geese are troll
ing. OF course the jealous rivals
will be writing TO the newspapers
that the invention is nothing new
after all that the osprey and cormorant
were used for catching fish long before the
name of Druilliard was ever known
to fame. On the China Sea birds
are used to catch fish, and each
bird has a ring around its throat so
that it cannot swallow q fish when it
catches one. These facts, however,
will not detract from the future fame of
Lanoon Drnilliard. who viii stand before
the world for all ages to come as the man
who introduced goose fishing in America.
Shakespeare evidently had some inklinc of
this great invention when he said in the
third act of Loves Labor Lost:
Until the goose came out of door,
Staying the odds by adding four.
The goose has now come out of doors,
and will add more than four if the troll
ing line don't break
The duck as a decoy gives valuable aid
to the sportsman in the fall, and now
the goose will be the true and
tried friend Of the fisher. If some one
would only egg on the hen to make
herself useful in the happy hunting grounds
all our domestic fowls would have some
thing to do with the recreation of man.
kind" Fowl Play"-to quote Charles
Reade.
ENGLISH RAIN WATcHERs.-A quarter
of a century ago G. I. Symons instituted
the first general series Of rainfall observa-
tons ever made in England. He has
since then gradually extended his system,
and there are now nearly 5000 observers,
no less than 2,433 stations hav-
ing furnished perfect records of the rain
fall last year. Valuable in many ways rs
this work may be to the English people,
the Observers have not only rendered their
services without compensation but have
also borne most of the expense of making