The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1884-09-11
A Point For Isaak Walton.

There are many trite sayings all bas-
eG on the fact that a genius is general
ly unknown to his own generation. A
prophet is not without honor save in
bis own country. All great inventors
or discoverers have been scoffed at by
the people of their time. Thus it is
Shat the world sees Keely, of moter
fame, ridiculed. and Lanoon Drui.-
Hard, of Dog Point, fined. The world
may not at this moment of mentioning
the name know who Laneon is. Mr.
Druillisrd lives in Canada and is the
inventor of a new style of fishing. As
geese saved Rome, so also do geese
save Mr.. Druilliard. He has practical
ly taught these geese of his-thirty in
number--to lay golden eggs. In other
words he has taught them to fish. and
the fish ne sells for gold. To each of
his thirty geese Mr.. Druilliard 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
ole along. AS soon rs a fish snaps at
the whirling bauble and gets hooked,
the goose thinks something has caught
her leg. and she squawks and futters
around in the water. Druilliard pad
dies up, relieves the hook of the fish
and sets the goose going again. When
fish are biting quickly no man could
ask livelier occupation than attending
to flock of tiuttering geese, any one
of which would be liable to 90 into
mysteries at q moments notice. The
Canadians have failed to perceive that
the name of Druillard will yet be coup
led with that of Walton. They have ac-
tually fined the inventor for infringing
on the fishing laws. Nevertheless,
Druillard has inaugurated new era
in the pastime of fishing. Doubtless
geese with trolling attachments will b.
added to the equipments of all fishing
resorts. The man who takes trip up
to the flats will hereafter take his goose
with him or hire one when he gets
up there. Those who want a quiet
days sport will engage two or three
geese, while people who want an ex-
citing time will 60 in for whole flock.
The invention is now only in its infan-
cy. Improvements are sure to follow.
Probably goose or two will be trained
to pull the canoe, while the rest of the
geese are trolling. OF course jealous
rivals will be writing to the newspa-
pers that the invention is nothing new
after all; that the osprey and cormor-
ant were used for catching fish long be-
fore the name of Druilliard was ever
known to fame. On the China Sea
birds are used to catch fish, and each
bird has Il ring around its throat so
that it cannot swallow fish when it
catches one. These facts, however,
will not detract from the future fame
of Lanoon Druilliard, who will stand
before the world for all ages to come
as the man who introduced goose fish
ing in America. Shakespeare evident
ly had some inhling of this great in
vention when he said in the third act
of Love- Labor Lost:
Until the goose came out of door.
Staying the odds by adding four.
The ( Nose has now come out of doors
and will add more than four if the troll
ling line don't break.
The duck as q 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 il the happy hunting
grounds all our domestic fowls would
have something to do with the recrea-
ton of mankind-"Fowl Play''-to
quote Charles Reade.