Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-04-16
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a bog and A. Fish.

= day or two AGO a party eyposi
N people, consisting of Mr.. Arthur
Rendle of New York city, Mes,rs.
ank and Charles Earle, sons OF Mr..
rker Earle, CHIEF OF the horticultural
so 2artmcnt OF the exposition, and Mr..
Il. n Miller made fishing excursion
Davis bayou, about four miles from
Ocean Springs, Miss.
The party was away several days,
and by the united efforts of all the
members thereof they succeeded in
capturing one fish. This was sufficient
to furnish them with material for a
capital fish story, which Mr.. Rendle
told a NcW orleans Times Democrat
reporter in the following words:
While we were waiting one morning
for a fish breakfast that Miller and
Charlie Earle were pledged to supply
us with, Miller noticed a long pole in
Che water some distance up the bayou,
which is about fifty yards wide at this
point 1t hOated down the bayou until
opposite our camp, and then sudden
~ turned and went backwards quite
rapidly. Then we saw that it was a
fshng-rod and that a bio fish must be
at the end of the line All was excite
ment in the camp. Our breakfast was
assured US provided we could capture
that fish How were we to get itP We
had no boat and the bayou was deep,
the water cold, and our lishy friend on
the other side of the bayou, say forty
rods away Somebody suggested max
ing a LOG raft. and Frank Earle eagerly
grasped am AK and was about to make
some young pine trees sick, when
Charlie Earle sang out: why not send
your dog for it, Rendle?"
No sooner said than done. Charlie,
my wator spaniel, magnificent water
dog, who likes nothing better than
swimming and diving, had his atten-
ton directed to the tishing-rod by a
stone thrown i'm its neighborhood He
swan toward it, OWNED lis errand,
grabbed the rod at the thick end, and
proceeded TO swim back with it. ''Our
breakfast at once noticed that some
body else was bossing that rod, and he
began to object very vigorously He
tugged at the line, the dog tugged at
the rod, and for few moments it was
aquestion who would win. Finally, by
q supreme effort, the fish made an inn
mense dash and actually pulled the dog
tWeighing iifty-tWo pounds completely
under water
First round for the fish.
Charlie came up looking half
drowned but still holding the rod in
his mouth He dropped it, however,
and swan to shore looking very puzZ-
led and annoyed. Having taken breath,
he was q second time dispatched to Sc
cure ''our breakfast, which was now
c3reeriug madly up the stream, no
doubt cAUcklng to "hissef as how he
had fooled that dawg
Charlie again swan to the rod,
grabbed The big end, and began haul
ING Us to shore. AL was quiet until
about half way to the shore, when the
fish began give battle. The struggle
was Tremendous, but resulted in q
victory far lhe fish, who again pulled
inc doc under water.
Second round for the fish.
The dog again returned 10 shore,
ant was again sent out after our break
last lc graspcd the rod for n third
time, and with a look of desperation
On Dis handsome doggy face, and a
feeling En- his breast, no doubt, that the
houqr 81 his race was at stake, he
swan toward lhe shore. The fish
rugged and tugoed, but slowly and
surely Charlie reached the shore,
ana at last laid the rod at my feet, and
laen / landed a magnificent reddish. As
z matter of fact, this was the only fish
caught on our fishing and ducking eX-
petition.
Ne found ogs aftcrwa-l hat tie rod
LsI been pulled BY the fish at the end
81 Il from the hands OF farmer )
slaughter who had been fishing near
AeI father he e. We found the own
e. and returned the rod.