New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-04-27
JOHN PAUL GOES A-FISHING.
LIKEWISE CUNNING FOR ALMGAToRS.
WITH VARIED AND rIcrCRrsQUE RESULTS.

r,h.e oqtoul,urists md aulgators When IT nice
aud dry, and the front yards all round looked Ike
,,ssnIy swept and newly sanded floors they kept roar
Ing for rainnOw they've got &C. or late It has rained
most OF tho tmo, and when not raining It has been
,nugSg There glue In the air mucage the face OF
the moor 20 speak Why people never satisfied
Twas gruiubug because Of dry weather and clamorng
for wet that brought about the original dclGge fancy
And They'll have another abol ears II they keep
on want for their crops. indeed! Who does IRE
Io; no crOp-Im chicken if had one I'd lie TN no
hurry To III It with Tis true that joined in the
howl rain this because they said that with
out 1t we'd have fishing .he contrary Is the caSei
fish don't like rain any better than other folks 40 An"
They mover 60 I'm II. While II was dry yon saw 'he'"
iun,,ans all over the lake; the moment IT began to rain
dog they all wcnt-to keep out OF the wet oihas-ahu
now Won couldn't bring the surface with VIII VI
hacs rogpcsc lat alone getting the vericst gndgeoh q"
them all to rise to ny to take spoon or phantom
ininnpw 80
Ia tho latter part Of December. when. Gs wrote II hSu
10, :,,ncl for months and you'd have thought 10 get
uothlY. bat dry Goldfish, I never went ont without
making coodly catch The black bass Of the south tAeFc
~ tho SoUtb they call ii 'front.' WIaclr'F' sup
Dose because it's bass, and has nothing IN common
with c trout aud does at all resemble 10 and tbs
uuuIprc,eut polcrcl were my willing victims. Never
shat, forget the day iroed for them The idea
az tho day wa9 to sco, Blue peters, aquatic fowl
sonethng hc Tccn a duck and hen.-but happening 10
have a sr-ouuce silt bamboo rod along rsGed ny
line with light nuc spoon and put 1t ont IN Strc'ch o
clear water that we Glanced John-Walkcr who was
padding looked Al the apparatus WI" ti'u"9' Ho' "
say disgust
Is srcu lois o gcmmcn como yor wild dose h~ns
A',re" sad lie, bat dey wuzznt no count
what nV'ngs Z" asked
Oh deia rod ana roofs.
We'll the plying accents were ct iiugcriuc on his ripe
M rn vhcp-whil1, A fish had struck and the rool
srau round like hNz-wlec The next moment the fish
allowed himself out OF water four-ponnd pass
hi, dark grccn sides gsioning IN the sun Johh walker
throw back his head swung open ms hheIy chNel'1u
mouth 81; the hinges fairly cracked and just langhcdaud
vhooped tn echoes all round the Basin noarsened IN
their rcpc. "Ua la ha cl1T' to goodness Use so glad
Yer got I'm" Then. when vcnturcd 10 give MI Back
Eas. OF tho South O gentle hint Of the bn and the
1.-The little rod yielding through its entire length oeh'
into an like to that OF an evening rainbow yoh
should have heard the whO0pncS and the guffhwing
kor w, thcrc any leup 60 it til after series OF wild
6.yncs ard ungngs with the landing net John Walker
finally got the fish the boat You should nave seen
that darlcy then. lie executed war-dance that nearly
ecuttled the solid skf and expressed his solemn
c,pyio,ion that the othc. ngcCr the pond were fools
for fishing their trfin hobs. So 1t went on Win
e ch successive fish Aud We got fourteen oil them
BACKSHDING DAEKEY.
Vh. was a4t December in the drest and after months
a. the worry diest weather that ever you saw But one
day la,oly-a day between rains, warm and trihe
cloudy. aud with nice nipple OH tho water from tho
Southwest, hslted over the same klouhu VIII lu' SAN"
spoon Ia the same boat. with the stno paddcr' and
never got strike And had offered to bet on having
nifty pognd of fish "a the boat by nOOn Would you nave
believed II pos,blei Now here comes the rub OF It,
Having hungry duet O ladies the shore and nothing
else there that looked etabe hat frying PAN We had TO
send our darLcys anchor out and sn-Sh with I'VE
bait for our And then John Walker ignoby Went
back on his new tangled love and declared that he never
uid Ike dom sort o. notions noIaw.
what sort of notions 2" | asked.
oh, dem ole rods and roofs.
Ias It not been written that there IS nothing cue
q IS!td rs success I
II WAS GATOR"
Gut the browning adventure or ms"dyenture OF inc
aag came when Paul well as myself. was IN the
bo.t-she too trolling had in the early morning i'll
tm.od to John Walker wish to show that lady an ALL
e,sr-hnd hat ght Winchester rifle along for The
nur,.e II lay handy to reach In the how and was on
a front scat All OF q sudden John walker took his pad
die out Of the water and leaning forward began 10 mum
be ia a mush ike way 90 Mrs. Paul
Keep padding" shouted you'll have our lines on
the hcttol' Hero tho mush got thinner. and out Of 1t
no,od something that sounded Ike gator" 1t resolved
Itself into = deep brcathed WHISPER or Cor m-hly'
Miss Paui, dar's-dar's gator"
"Whars a gator. you chucic-hcadcd idiot from
Urin 7" shIeked.
"nsr dar and he pointed with lis paddle to the weeds
sone shore where big alligator having 0'unicred
from the bank where had lain asleep just settling
down 10 OF my eyes no more forever Inc WIN
chester my shoulder as he disappeared nut u WAS
no ,seone cant grind with the aliigators that have
passed under water Yet there no had lain not fifty feet
sway brosdsdc on And has been the ambition of my
Ifs 10 shoot an alligator 10 other end hal lusged
lilies and ammunition boxes around the country I0H
know me for an old time bOonist too In those worry
columns have chanted and in no fccblo voice eanS
a. pIaiA dOeility the fidelity the intelligence o'
Tho black And now
John walker" 1 hOwlel " why Why ia the naIno
o. the great Munbo Jumbo did you mumbng about =
gator to MIS- Paul, instead OF showing him To mo g.
way sah car TO de LOr. sab, fought yer lowed yer
wanted do lady to SET "a gator
fOhn Walker. Ike Daniel Webster, SUI AVeS; o"l ho
paddle, tuo more.
BARRAEIC FISHING.
tak0 Ie!nnona lies about half way between Thomas
Vile ard Tallahassee: q beautiful drive; and beautiful
sheet OF water Il is!n spots. say IN spots becauSo Ike
a to Florida lakes about here, there's good deal or
souch ard arsh 10 II. and rushe weeds and lily pads
60 stud and cover It that its only and again tina,
yoa get = ciupsc OF clear water stretch extended
ENOUGH t. hsh in / Gay fsh ia AdyiSedly and ~iia
Incu,ins. The misguided nat!yc,-negrO ~ well IA
whtc-dOnt iis,. They yeult Given long sim rods ana
q few yards ~ cod line they anchor among the weeds
and oil is hsh that TO their huge hooks -speced
ptrch nd giI Dream sucker, bass cat hsh, eel Sleeps
head nothing comes an,ss and nothing could get away
unless Il was a whale. with tackle like This an alligator
might 10 landed
Now those gigantic rods possibly the thing for
perch for think remember 10 have read in the crith
motto Of NY boyish DAYS that I've and half yards make
ono porch rod pole: but for fish Ike the bass
surely Cnre delicate truss might Nc used. Alas ana
Alas though the spirit oi the sportsman is not stirring IN
til, part OF the soutl-eycn among tho negroes Quail
ere Trapped IN quantities Il chance az beHy on Inc
ground "a held ne blessed boon and the ming Ol Il
bugy with birds boat with tsh II, except III rare IN
stances, a that 10 cared Tor. Georgia makes some pre-
teLc. to protection but Florida has Gloss time at all
neither for ioh. for bird, DOr FOR beast, ana IL
view or the mOcaSing slaughter Wnuh Is gong on
through t,l tho length ard breadth or the land quc--
ton whether tho beginning OF another century Will find
within her borders any game other t freeze out poker
Sbd CfJCE loo!
PREPARING 10 sLAUGHTXE sAURIANS
10, 60 return TO mutton rather shcepshcad