The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1890-01-16
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+ho.;,. ;,toros, that great intellects
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sn,-+ Hot only does he reflect with
roo,rr;nr Satisfaction upon the
o,a;,t hits of wisdom which the nab
= of,r.,,;no insnir,d in good Old Isaak
Walton bu; he hears with pleasure
th,t Lord Nelson. the hero Of Trafal-
par was rs ardent i fisherman as ne
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had losf an arm in glorious conflict
Nelson was 50 interchangeable derotee
70 his favori,t sport that he Learned
10 throw very pretty fly with his
loft arm." Sir Walter Scott was not
loss enthusiastically devoted to salmon
and trout fishing, and used to orlng
home To Abhotsford, with chllo-hNe
delight. creelfuls OF the dainty dehl-
zens Of tae woodland streams rounn
about.
In our owa time. Charles Kingsley,
the novelist, and John Bright, the
Quaker statesman, always looked tor
ward amid their literary and po1ltlcal
labors to the time when they Shouio
escape t. the Scottish tlshlng-grouhoS'
nor was there III Britain any iliote
skiIful combatant OF the salmon Ihan
John Bright. That Paley' VINO "rote
the Evidences OF Christianity iei'
keenly al the excitement ana Sen'i-
ment which are 10 De derived lrohi
angling, may be seen from lhe eaie1"'
diary he Kept "l MS eAPlo''s ~
and brook, III WAlch we "H" iii'A' pa,
lOSophMlMg upon tAe llo'eii'eH'' VI t'-'
scaly prey. The PIKE, lie says c~n
be captured even when hoI OH 'i'e
feed, for he reasons thoS: Ho''s"
am not hut@ry HOW, may I've 80 10
morrow, and muSt not lose 80 Ie'il P'
iug bit ~ IHlS "hsci' i "S'Ds''''S ''
fore nc.
Daniel WeIs!er'S happiest hours
were spent in company with his home
" friend. and farmer, john Taylor,
casting the fly in the brooks ABOUT
Narshtieid; While both eX-President
Cleveland and President Harrison
b.vo yho,rr themselves to be ardent
fevotees and successful pracliscrs Of
the peut!e art.
I,,.o~,- o,o h... hoard Of the prowess
or-h-t .t,,riv nct0oeuar;an Gladstone,
r.hn h,v,,,, ,,,sSrd hv ten wears the