The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-08-02
DEATH OF A sAoAC1ouy TROUT
Killed in tho Close Season In the Interests
OF Science and Art.

Killed in tho Close Season In the Interests
OF science and Art
CANApESsIA. Aug. IA story. telling OF the
remarkable sagacity OF big trout that lived
near huge boulder In that pnrt OF Monroe
county where tho waters OF Brondhend Creek
and Spruce Cabin Run meet. was printed In
The SuN year ago. 1t was related then how
many ardent and nbls anglers strove day nfler
day with oil tho art they knew to land the no.
tle fish. The pool Wherein he lived was about
six feet deep. and the water was so clear that
his magnificent outlines could DO plninly seen
BY oil who stro,s 10 catch him. In spite. how
ever. OF tho most perfect flies and ab.est casting
IN spite. also. OF the struggling minnow and
the wriCgling worm. and II nll sorts OF plots
and schemes. lie remained o fixture In the
pool and paid no attention to tho tempting
morsels save when they were fliclsd too near
him. anil then he would twitch his tall and
move away q space. IL was generally con-
ceded that this particular trout was up to all
tho tricks and lodges that the mind Il an
angler could conceive. and that his Intelligence
was 80 VI eat hs to approach the diabolicaL
There were few. mostly bRckwoodsmen.
who stubbornly insisted that he was more OF
q devil than q fish, and 1t will bo seen by this
that this particular trout was credited with
tremendous amount Of brain power. besides
tho possession OF informal pecullarities. But
this trout was caught on July l6 b. 14yenr-
Old farmers boy with hare feet freckled face.
and no scat in his trouser-. The impl lamont
Hsod was the ,aperinx limb q slestput sres
Grasshoppers had been used .iors by very
rods. aud 1t was. ,aereioro not tho manner OF
his taking. bnt the day On which hs was
had vast deaf more OF ntss nee sa" sven than
he WAS C edited with. 10 make this clear 1t
must be sta, cd that in pennsylyania the oreL
trout hai, always Eoen coninsI within this
him had either lost track Of lilo da's. or, he
was deli' erateIy a poacher. He says that
Masn he of "F5yS y tho noticed Ss On s sns
seiiviiy. lie was splashine VIGOROUSLY around
Gts 81 d hs una e.n lie
sunbeams; Tho boy also satd that he saw the
81 o snd
rus activity q the ,ron. wa. 50 strange in
the open season that the boy was greatly sur
prissd But 10 drSp"ed hs =; int
bs ssT II and tes hook
wiukinR. The hoy says that the way the trou!
fought was awf and that no kieksd a up mud "a
finally dparsed OUT on the Ssn i Where he lay
s inehes il snssh
and weighed 81, pounds.
Tho news Of the big hsh's capture sprea!
like wildlre. and men came tom mics around
TO see II. Among them was the village CON
stable. who WIS evidently struggling with a
strong inclination oarrest the boy ior fishing
mind TO- "yanE Hun up More the squire" but
a New Yorker said no couldn't do this beca uee
the front had been caught solely for ecientthc
aud artistic PURPOSES.
'Wot's them ?" asked the constable.
Why. It's legal TO catch fish any timo for
those purposes" roplied the New Yorker.
" Tn. scientific purpose Is proyon by the
clearly demon strnted fact that the fish knew
ts e sraus has reasonna pawsls Which
hav. heretofore BEEN denied. The artistic
purpose ia shown by ill., lack OF any artistic
method in catcl ing him.
Them facts" said the constable. lis puff
fecily clear"