Evening star., 1886-08-14

0o0d Advice % Tired AGea who Want
Recreation and Health.

| From the American Field
| Our advice to everybody is to 60 fishing.
Every child who has q spark of healthy AMI
| nation In Its little soul takes to fishing as
| spontaneously as a duck does TO water No one
mas described 80 we'll this early proneuess of the
| human heart % this the earliest of pas
umes as Professor Wilson in His Sporting
jacket We can make room for only O
single one Of his. .inimitable pictures on the
| subject:
There the new-breeched urchin stands on
the low bridge Of the little bit burnie; and with
crooked pin baited with one unwrithing ring OF
MS, MS roo OF the mere willow or hazel wand-there
o.t VII ne ssand during all his play hours as for
gespi @ o. his primer as If the weary art Of prnt
ing I, nao never been invented day after day,
week after week, month after month in mute,
oeep. earnest, passionate, heart-mind.and-soul
ing minnow or Seardie, suSre Or e1nsI aua! WITH
you could count ten. he has at last strength, in
at the monster. And there he lies in his beauty
among the gowans and the greensward; for he
na. nus whopPed him right over his head and far
aWSy-a nsn, Q quarter of an ounce in weight,
and at the very least two inches Iong!'
.,sr pisninE IN some shape is within the reach OF
angler ,1a s Sna1s Sns can sab
suits. ~ f
But to one and all who indulge in the sport
not to be measured BY the number Of captures
tney make, but by the health-giving and health.
which no other In the whole catalogue OF human
enlOy ments afords such variety.
In , ane nrst place 1t takes one out Of the house,
an item OF no small moment, as so many OF the
Rastlmes at the present day confine to indoor
NE, ana are only to be enjoyed in the dust and
snohe ana stir Of great cities or towns. In the
next place 1t takes one out of ones SELF out OF
the cramped atmosphere OF ones own thoughts,
ness life.
II ls on the bosom of the sea or of the great
Iakes' or along their shores, Or by the breezy
ftver, i've or Wlilowskirted stream or noisy brook,
that the angler finds his natura, rest and occu.
patton, far enough removed from the busy
haunts OF bis fellows to get rid of the foul al
mosphere too often engendered morally and
physically, by their herding together.
Every genuine angler ought TO drop all care
and concern of the things OF this Life the mo.
inent ne drops his line into the water. He
ought to and does learn to live in a different
element, In which he sees, in Imagination at
least' swarms of other inhabitants ready to
scize ms bait, and grappe with him in the fierce
contest lor victory. 1t is this glow or allusiOn
OF the Imagination which lends to fishing much
angler much of his reputation tor drawing the
long bow, for he is always ready to swear that
The nsn he lost was the biggest of the brook;
in ~, ms minds eye, this big fellow swimming
with thousands Of others nearly as large, way
down In the liquid depths
Then again the true angler walks walks
miles perhaps. Often he wades in mid-strea IN,
with water up to his waist; and il a trout-fisher
he travels miles and miles in search OF his
wary prey, with no more thought OF cold, wet,
fatigue or other exposure than the hound,
with the inspiring scent OF fox or stag tickling
nis nostrils, and urging him on to new trials OF
speed or strength.
Here, after all, is the anglers true benison.
Gut OF this cup of days or weeks a
monLns fatigue (the longer the better) he
quaifs refreshing cordial. Out of that
thistle, danger, he plucks the rose, safety. No
Detter friend has any man in this world than
labor and trial-especially the labor and trial
met In pure atmosphere, and consorted with
such pastime as fishing.
IT Is not harsh and Grabbed as dull tools suppose
But sweet As is ApollOs lutte"
Try 1t, every one who can. Forget that money
Is 70 De earned, or. If you can, that earning
money is the chief duty Of man. Seek out some
favored locality with rod and line, and spend IA
DAY or a week there. Ii the day or q week thus
spent Is Judiciously repeated u few times a year.
we VIII promise, even II a confirmed Invalid, q
new lease of life, larger return in good health
1or The outlay in time that can be got through
any OF the various modes and processes by
which health Is sought to be restored, except
through the kindred practice of hunting