New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-03-22
FISH TRYING TO BE CAUGHT.
JOHN PAUHs DISCOVERIES ON INDIAN
RIVER.
ACCOMMODATING FIsH-TIN SHOPS AND PEorhoNo'
TARIys-A MICROSCOPIC FIEND.

TARIHs-A MICROSCOPIC FiENp.
INDIAN RIVER, Florida, March 3.-This.lndIan
River Country is OF strangenesses and surprises LUG
what and the calculated Oh c"Do'
though generally backward EContrary to the rue else
whore an st II the pleasant one here and er"'e'
tn grazing JOINTS The catfish OF the river are schooner
riegei and carry gaf-toIsas And II Is not river u.
all bat an arm Of the sea- with inletS Tor eioo" "
shoulder joints The is salt tut there Is no ude'
Here YOU have the embarrassment OF riches IN how
form. Instance In psnt, you see the GOOD Doe'"'
over there by the hsn-houso, vigorously wieidihs
But he IL not cleaning up Lind on no;
he IL cleaning a nsh channel bass weighing some
twent y-sx pouuds). OF three that were taken io
Oh the Get lines this morning before breakfast brea
fast Ia not yet; not even on Nor VIII u ITO INV"
that MISUNDERSTANDING fish DO ready. Tor Do "'s
place at table--a place thrust upon him, rs IL WE'RE
much agaIust his wishes" they wond say were ITO
going into politics instead OF into the pan The call mas
been unanimous in any event and the hopeis sincere on
all he will NIL his elevated positon-ahd us
credahIy Scarce ten min Iter ago he was com ortaoy
loafng round possibly with fms In his pockets I'D .e
water; I'm ten more he will be sizzling in hot tat N"'
quicker and much moro striking IL the tranH''o"
from private life into office. But think OF country
where they scale nsh with hoe! In not this Do"
departure In piscioulture IL caught with rake AZ Wo
AMI served With hoe-cake, It would seem that 'ho
eternal fitness OF things" we're adequately Ircser'eo.
And on second thought 1t does not seem at all Out OF
drawing tnaL our BTuU Shoui w h0ss'" ~ Wv
grubbing hoe.
THE ACROBATIC MULLEr.
Al for fish, We have bit step into the front or BACK
ward whenever wish It's cold day indeed when
,nuet not DO had Before us Is the Indian RIVER;
behind US the Banana And scarce two hundred yafas
from one to the otherl The fish most plentiful, most
relied upon-oue that can almost always he caught-is
the ,pet already referred tothe silver mnct OF the
books II not OF our daddie Scarcely more plentiful are
silver dollars In the Treasury vaults than are these silver
roullet In the Indian and Banana rivers. NO uOuo''
though about getting the silver mulet INTO crcuhtoh
Aerbss Of the dcepOr rather OF the shallows-thy o
ALWAYS juping what for one knows Tor so Tar RON
feeding on flies they even refuse TO take artificial ones;
instead they browse and grasses which grow
nm tho bottom and seemingly could be gotten at without
any ground lofty nmong II may be that IN these
somersaus aud hand springs they ouiy rehearse tDo
part necessary to play when the Larger ush get a'er
tbcm-praotse a sor Of danger drill Or IL may be thh
their Fourth July general election comes every
day In the year. he most delicious fish all the same
aud the stape both for bait and food along the river
30 confident he Of his goodness and ~ an sous 10
be caught and that II you cannot eSpcry use INC
cast net" "a contrivance which II requires much
practice and good set OF teeth TO throw he ~iJump
into your boat IL you go out Of evening with Hight
and row round In the shadows. This story beiug
doubted PARTY not long since TO put u To the
test Que hundred and thirty caught Ia this way
one umJ thu pocket OF the Thohs oil The e1per
meuters lie being awyer-a philadelphia Que AT th't
1t is possbe that tho unfortunate -h Thought thrr-
WIS No nae In attempting TO avoid the utipaie dr.tin
ton of all thugs. Now " hear after my return Nprtn
that tho mnet are jampug mo pans act on the shore
,caSv sorg with 6ts of bcon tickel ia their mouths
aud their ready skewerrd III not raise AN incrcdi-
ans az erpw f,r fnare 1. no telling what heights al
moral grandeur aud self sacrifice such co,ulA nt nsl
may not rise. Nor u there any telling IA what al
ar,re alton Of Iayness on the part OF those i've
along The river the good naturei mulle eventually
be eonI,led tr1~kle. Very many wh" uislcrtaAc o
take in the travelling p1blic never put h.h the
"A all told. Yet hsh may 10 Hii IN tue
greatest abundance. wihou. money hud without price
for mere catching. These waters fairly thiong
FISHING Win FIRE.
II is revelation to 90 nfe-hshing Given stll and
dark ngtthe stiller soi darker the bcte-yon.hndle
a DIRE OF aIighiwood" dat pine In iron basket pre-
pared for the purI and suspended IA the bow OF the
boat and pole along the rocker shores. What nu
aquarium! Blinded AMI eonfuscd 10y tho light. whioh
like civil service Investigation pcnetrate, into the pro-
foi.siest and secret plaOes-sou'aip's bl'sdng
In muddelncnt Of fear. Mullei peedlsi.h and h"s,s
m Lesser Try. sting big barrel beads slis over
the sands safe Ia Of tld loug whip Ike al
which has a barb at the end Of by way of snaIlsr
They are easier gotten the spear than OLA 'hrc"d
prod with AN oar Is the OF grief visited upon them
the boat be- unprovided with q plain pike. But the
sheepshead zebras OF the water betrayed by The baes
AMI while Stripes Of their scaly siIe- inert more ofuri
tieit ~ not their ~ TIE, to Jump no Tue oaat' nhI
And big channel hasa thirty -n'n ponn
pat Tie DOW bi tiie
gratnct Hart he undoubtedly thinks H. mat felov
can't step Tuund The 10 sre VINO has been setnS
the river on hie wlshnnt having aSs,s piece oi on
poked through bis ribs hut lls l. an lnieresuI sni
selfish point ~ view plainly All must eat kni Nneh
no ca ,e ruuni the corurr Just he wtping hls
mouth after nullot but enpngh s ar good A. ieisL
supply the neighb,rnooi well - our own table, and
were po,.ibc M the boat and yet NJ aeei betles
Hat We drJsa,tels, la this ciinaie ish are not
fragrant very nn the ne day aud We nave no Wish
endIre what We cannot cure 20 home ws POI, ~
uI yi,tg ltlukkrFI
uvi.lhe tues. and only gue-sng gulies us tr'ici
yon @ nG E%1 at nS s .ror I, anu
undonhtedly. AMI II nsh viii not blte.hsrsaTay
sheepshcaI will not take tho honkthey must Oe hdd IA
some way. Or how are We 10 keep Lent
TIE CoNvKNIENCEs or LIFE.
lido not know whether not an ornpgc grove DO
profitable But you cinn this part OF Florida az least
-.Inake money In one way: by wearing ont your ola
clothes II difficult 10 be out OF the fashion here. unless
YOU dress up Even the swell Of Beaconst. shows ny
uncoucernedy on the second day OF his stay tho river
in n suit that has already season's wear; tho
chance, arc that on the third be out In blue
flannel shirt and trouser And tho bobolink that gay
dandy Northern meadows when he winters here puts
OF all hi. summer nncry nud training round IN rusty
brown or snuny black. all at the elbows calls himself
rice bird There Ia need OF your old clothes for where
would you go for new ones tillorl As well ask
for an archbishop. And shoemakers Wanting patch
put hunting boot Inquired for one They told me
there the river The residents wear Their
shoes long ~ they eau ana turh tirO" h"y
anG buy nov Ones IL unable themselves 10 mend them
so with carpenters and other arthccrs. II nan
wants house buit lie, uno times In ten. builds II bn
self This tue In the earlier days than NJ
present Luxury creeps In AT no yerT distant
day slOp Jars will perhaps como nto general use Anu
bureaus In the not remote future Al present
yon lucky ~ permitted TO put shelf: As Tor
warurobes, nail the wall Is all you look for
lucky you II Jon hnd that But there Is no telling
what yations may creep In along with schools and
railroads. We may even have Prothonotary " on
this island In tno just have only tin shop.
when q legal friend sent papers for me u sign.
instrucng that Commissioner Tor the state of New
York IT nj hand. might possibly make shiit
with u Prothoaotary went over to the TIL -shop AZ
once and asked for Neighbour Allen said they hid
had onea secondhand one. lie thought-lyne round on
the shelves for quite awhile. but there had no call
for it. and he rater guessed they had finally ,hucked