The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1886-09-22
SENATORIAL rinuEn,.mN.
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SENATORIAL FiSIIERNNN.
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| Correspondence o! ii he plilal l,Ipn.n lims..,
POINT OF ROCKS, Md, September 1G.
Along the Potomac near this little
mountain station is one of the finest
fishing places in the South. 1t is only
thirty miles from Washington and has
long been the favoritc resort OF lcgiSa-
tors who have Il pcnchant for the rod.
Three rocks juttinG up from The stream
arc known us the ''SCnu;orial Rocks
and one further down as the "Prcsidcn-
tlal Rock The people OF the village
are ever eager to tell of thc famous fish
ing excursion here three years AGO, when
President Arthur and Senators iiamp-
ton and Vest sat on those rocks through
four long hot days and caught nearly
four hundred fish. Nearly every week
during this summer one or moro SjCna-
tors have been seen pcrchcd on the rocks
angling for the sportivc swimmers. Ac-
corun8 to the testimony of the villagers,
Senators Wade Hampton, Vest and
kcnra arc the most persistent and sue
cessful anglers, with Edmunds, Frye and
Gorman as good seconds.
UamOton was hrrr f,,,r t;n,na J,,;o,,
the spring and early summer, and
stoDDcd over for ,wn do,. oItnr f,nns
grcss adjourned. lie is thc most silrmt
of all the Senatorial fsbcrmr,y WIiIr
his negro body servant kccps tho hooks
baited and n nlystcrious dorI, nnsr, ryn,
at his masters hand, the Senator i. con-
stantly bent forward. with cyrs intnnt nv,
Tie sparkling, cxccpt whom 'thc nnee;nn
fish bites. Then. unlike most Snratur;ni
fishermen, he docs moi oct cycitcI anI
give the line a tremendous icr)l wbirI
throws the fish hiph into thr mir ond
back again into the wafer. As il orroiI
of hurting the swimmer, he rlcvatcs fine
pole gcntlv until il is above .hc surr,cn
draws it in slowly, lets the NEGRO dctach
it; then in moment the limo is omen
more sinking in the water ond thn soma
tor is bending forward ms if his EIr d.
pended on catchinp every motion OF no
String. 1t is snid that nc has never lngt
a fish in getting it out of the woi.,. ori
that no man who has eyer npprarnd ON
these iishinp grounds hns brcg, ,,orr. enc
ccssful than be. A catch of sixty fish IN
one morning is credited TO l,m, From
those caught, he selects il dozen or so
for dinner and gives the rest to any one
who will take them.
There are some oucur Stories aiioaL
here about his servant GOING into thc
village three timc, Iov fo rn1,Inmi,h NM
mysterious dark flask, but no tyc-witnyss
of the occurrence could be folmd. Be-
sides it was time when Senators Ecsl
and Blackburn, of kentucky, occupied
the adjoining rocks, SO if thcro be Quilt
Hampton should not bear it ali.
Vest is hardly inferior 10 tie South
Carolina Senator in handling the rod.
Occasionally he gives way TO Il little cy-
element when there is Il particularly
sharp nagging ut his line, but, generally
speaking he is calm and scientific fish
crman. He was the teacher OF President
Arthur in the science and this accounts,
for the warm friendship which exist, he.
tween the two. Just before Congress
adjourned Mr.. Arthur wrote to the Sen
ator, saying that us soon rs his health
permitted he would like to have another
week at Point of Rocks. Senator Vest
is not so Silcnt He intcrSpcrscs his
catches with stories about his fish sue
ccsscs i'll Missouri and ont ut Yellow
stone Park, but all the time keeps close
watch ON ms me lie has, perhaps, the
!ihcS1 llSAil8 tackle thAt has been seen
~! ~ thSsc parts; Inc RODS are OF pGcu-
i;, lnr cilcrTy ,I coiored recC and his reels are
SiisEr' s1sE Inc SCI COST ID Is sad, about
9'2o, T wv
hGilil.;, .i,n, oi NtSt Virginia VINO was out
on, on '''G nc river Yesterday has the rePuta-
Won Wnn. VI v;S pcinS inc champion angler OF
mesV 'tI8lnin. GhhKG every otIcr il'h-
ciilinh, oGIato[i"l or otiGrWisc, he car
ricS u rGti pGlt n0ttlc' Inns may he ac-
counted counted M ior ny thc i"ct that ne IS TEN
PW;I; Pyrlncc man MANN IN private ME. IIc West
nm8iiil' ,oclI't'r goes ABOUT hSiIih$ IN
icH'h.r pach""o1S S'yle', Dressed IN
JI%,l Jhn. @ trousers u. tt'chca @ III pootS II bIi'c
Inni Ilnli. "it. I;t Il sor' rusty 1ip"Ea coat ne
i",fS, Ioohs llNG tiiS lyllc"l 4wciief on thc
,"i. p"nNS oi Ill2 lotoiii"c' lic ai8S ms own
n"v'; ,''io.nS miatli'" 70 ms own HOOKS ana
hn hi"l1 '''"1teS ms citciicS "ltll MS own