The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-05-24
TIMES CHANGES.
Bill Wye, in New York Mercury. !

d ing on the only original kinniokinnick river last week. It was kind of Rip Van Wrinkle picnic and farewell moon light excursion home. believe that Rip Van Wrinkle, however, confined himself to hunting mostly with an old musket that was on the retired list when Rip took his sleepy drink on the Calskills. If he
 could have gone fishing with me las,
 week over the old trail, digging angle
 worms al the same old place where ieit
 me spade sticking in the grim soil twenty
 years ago fl we could have waded down
 the kinnickinniCk together with high
 rubber boots on, and got nibolcs ana
 bites at the same places. and found ihe
 same old farmers with nearly a quarter
 of century added to their lives and
 glistening in their hair, we would have
 ii i'd fun no doubt on that day, and
 headache on the day follow ng This
 affords me an opportunity to say that
 trout may be caught successfully with
 eofkscrew. have tried t. I've about
 decided that the main reason why so
 many large lies are told about the nun
 Der of trout caught all over the country IS that at the momenithe sportsman pulls
 his game out of the water, he lzbors under
 some kind of an optical illusion by Iel-
 son of which he sees about nine ,fou,
 where he ought to see only one.
 wish had as many dollars as have soaked deceased angiel worms in ,ha, same beautiful kinnicklnnick. There was little stream made into l, tha, we called TIdd's creek. l. Is still there This stream runs across Tidd's farm. and
 fidd twenty years ago wouldn't allow anybody 10 fish Tn the creek can stl. remember how his large hand used ,o feel as he caugh, me by the nape of the neck and threw me over the fcnce with my amateur hshing tackle and a willow stringer with eleven dried, stiff trou: on It. Last week thought would try Tldd's creek again. l. was always d good place 10 fish. and felt the same old excitement, with jus, enough vague forebodlngs in il 10 make t pieasan, Stli, had grown foot or 50 since used to fish there, and perhaps could return the compliment by throwing the old gentleman over his own fence and then hiss in his ear "R-r-r-e-v-e-n-g-e,,.,.."
 had got pretty well aeeross the ," lower forty" and had abou, decided that Tidd had been gathered to hl. fathers when l saw him coming with his head up like steer in the corn. Tidd | is blacksmith by trade, and he has an arm with hair on ii that looks like Ium- ! bo's hind leg. felt the same old desire l 10 climb the fence and be alone didn | | know exactly how to work It. Then l remembered how people had remarked that had changed very much in twenty years. and that for homely boy had | grown to be a rem arkaoly picturesque looking man. trusted to Tidd's fAl.ine eyesight and said:
 How are you:'
 He said: How are you:. That did | not answer my question, but didn't 1 mind little thing like that.
 Then he said: "l s,posed that every pesky fool in this country knew l don't ! allow fishing on my land"
 That may be-" says 1. but ain't fishing on your land. l always fish in damp place if can. Moreover, how do l know this IS your land: Carrying the 1 still further, and admitting that every pesky fool knows that you didn't fishing here, am no, gsing to be called a pesky fool with impuni,y, unless you do i, over my dead body" He stopped about ten rods away and became more fearless. !" don't know who you are,'f said l, as took of my coa, and yes. ard piled them up on my hsh basket, eager for the fray. You claim 10 own this farm but il is my opinion that you are the hired man, puffed up with little au- thori,y. You can't order me oil this i ground ill you show me duly certified abstract of title and then identify your self What protection does gentleman | have If he is to be kicked and outfed | about by Tom, Dick and Harry claiming they own the whole state. Get out, 1 Avaunt. If you don't avaunt pretty i quick. I'll kidnap you and sell you to a medical college"
 He stood iu dumb amazemcnt a mo- ment, then he said he would go and get his deed and his shotgun. said shot . guns suited me exactly. and told him to bring two of them loaded with giant pow der and barbed wiie. would not live alway. asked not ,o stay. When he got behind the cora crib climbed the fence and fed with my ill-go,ten gains.
 The blacksmith in his prime may lick the small boy, bu, twenty years changes their relative positions. Possibly Tidd i could tear up the. ground with me now. but in ten more years, if improve as fas, as he fails, shall fish in the same old ! stream again.