The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-12-20
HE HAD THE CROW STUFFED.
Il was to CoMmemorate . Lively Exper1eu
He Had On the 9cloto River.

Il was to Commemorate Lively Exper1e.ee
He Had On the scioto River.
A large crow. artistically mounted In saucy
attitude. its black plumage as glossy Is in
life. adorns the studio OF q New York artist.
II got possession Of that crow in q very
singular manner" the birds owner delights
In telling any one who will listen. He was
spending the summer where was. out In
Ohio. ON the lower scloto River. The crows
out there put in most OF their time along tho
edge Of the river picking up mussels. crawfish.
and the big shore sinners that abound They
are not 80 wild and shy as crows are In the
East. and will come quite close to you while
hunting their prey In the water. They will
wade out In the stream until half their body Is
submerged. and thrust their heads down into
the water like q duck to Lift mussel or o
crawflsh out.
"The best game fish in the scioto Is the
,rappie. o bass not unlike our small-mouth
black bass. There Is q peculiarly active strong
and tough minrow In the river that. next to
the shedder crawflsh. is the most killing bait
for crappie. These fsh lie in the deep water
In the summer time. and until soma one dis
covered o popularity about this minnow
speak OF 1t was difficult to get line out In
artistic shape to some Of the choice crappie
haunts. The minnow usually keeps close
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made the discovery that as soon as they were
put on the hook they would lose their heads
and rush irantically for the deep water. taking
the hook just where Il was wanted. 10 enable
hs & a. lan n w Is
q hook not much larger than o trout fly hook.
I've ysry much taken EN- With craEs FISH
MIN and he had rasRssd IL stgssE one
nss hs ssYp ~ss sths e ss sp e
sssPSls e sYyIss shs cray bsit ass: Eusss
2 minute: and gave q scientific twist
e hass %s & w eomo rsSs u S~ao oSs
a a, the wator. while the reel kept on whizzing.
thsf s S Y saw crow just Sntnss ON
the limb q : tree, about forty. feel, down the
VII Ins from ts mouth
ins sitnation "a, an Instant: M minnow
made IT'S way sS back 70 shore again. COMING Ia
o SfS wesii o4e haf an s
e t. sRRS %s Il has
h5o sfe III inssasSn .. saving ss much Q,
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course he would. followed the pu! OF tho line
and iitw toward me. s4uaWking In the most
to slack tie crow III on the GROUND and Kept
up It's peculiar sQuawkinR and In less than
minute other crows came flying up and down
the river; each one answering the cries Of my
crow In the most frantic manner ! took up
Ss the one sla my Eosf
and made vicious dives at me. until heartily
wished the Internal crow that had hooked IL.
self would rise, up break the line, and take
itself and its yelling. companions. on.
1.-The d book ia as dtsSSysred aits5wsrd wss
Prd Sad SSSnd that tSStspsa HE pa f tRS
Therefore. pc. followed the line as rseled. In.
stead Of holding out against 1t. and the up.
SrSTS o. Crows which kept inOroas-
Slssk s as gisSp. .n sst xhBp
crow dew straight ct me. evidently frantic with
paip, The bird struck me plump In the breast
around me. and dropped my. pole |
near. I ana; ik;sspIng my hold on tfe
IhSss p them over. tho ress 81 them took %
neighboring trees. whore they croaked aud |
sanawked and yelled at me In the most ter |
rihc fashion. and kept It up until had stran- |
gled my crow TO death. and II no longer .eI-
ilSed ne tSs others by It's o aSppng and oking
hear them cawlng their Indignation long after
hoy we're put OF my sight
thought the exciting and unusual adven-
Eure was worth being commemorated, and 30
msd sas ssSy SO strangely eaptHrsd stuffed
wouldn't take a small farm for him