Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1889-12-13
IN THE GARDEN,
FROM CHRIsTOPHER's GHOST.
EAGLES FISH ron TROUT.
They Take Up the Set Lines Placed In Z
Stream by Lumbermen.

curious stoIy comes from CieArnoso
county. Mosquito creek flows through
wooded part Of that county, and the stream
ID as full of trout as the dense forest is alive
With various kinds Of birds The eagles
hnd peaceful home there, and they are
plenty, too. Some time ago, q party Of
lumberinen bethought themselves that Il
would be good scheme to catch the trout
that inhabit Mosquito creek. They could
not spare the time to fish with rod and
line, and Franklin Haverstraw, the inven-
tive genius Of the camp, suggested the
idea Of tying lines to bottles. The next
on them. They had good luck for awhile
until the bottles began to disappear. To
solve the mystery watch was put upon
the fishing tackle, and Haverstraw and
Christ. Moore went on guard. A day
passed, but the bottles were undlsturbed,
and good mess of fish was caught. How.
ever, the two men saw several eagles
perched Hight in the tree tops, looking sus-
piciously into the water below. Then they
would soar around and fly close to the
the tallest tree when they saw the men.
This singular action of the birds set
Haverstraw to thinking, and when he told
his partner that 1t was his belief that the
bottles were carried off by the eagles
Mo re secuted the idea. Haverstraw was
the two men hid themselves among the
leaves. At 8 o'clock in the morning three
Urge birds came in sight. They sat on
tee for an hour. Their, feeling sure
that they were unobserved. they made
descent and each caught bottle
bank. Each line had fine trout on it
which the eagles proceeded to devour.
The men were dumbfounded. For the first
time in their lives they saw an eagle eating
q fish. Haverstraw and Moore remained
IN their hiding place. To their surprise
the birds made another trip to the river.
only one line had fish on it, but
the other two birds carried the bottles and
lines to the Shore Before they could de-
YOUR the one fish Haverstraw and Moore
appeared on the scene and the birds flew
of. Tho grounds were then searched, and
many of the missing bottles and lines were
found. To shoot the eagles was the next
measure adopted, and on the fourth day
two of the birds were killed. The thii d
hew away and was not seen again.
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