The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-04-24
spo~t a,d Patriotism on Rorypoiiv Kun
The Remarkable Flight OF ~ Rocket.

| sPort AID Patriotism on norypoilv Nan
The Remarkable Fiirht OF Rocket.
1rAMMoSDsronr Anril 22-"Some folks sa,
that woodcock don't fly in focks and that
wild geese don't travel q minute after sunset
Allermaa Baker OF Pultcney said at an I'M
nromptu gathering Of the Flirchild House Cir.
Gle tho other evening. Perhaps that's SO.
don't intend to dispute 1t, but speaking o.
wookcock puts mo In mind OF a funny expert
ence had one summer down In Potter county
party OF MS were camrod nloaE the
1:ollypoliy Run trying the trout. We
wcrc to DO in camp over tho Fourth
of July. and we had gone there
prepared to mingle patriotism with snort. and
had taken n nice lot OF fireworks along will,
us to celebrate tho glorious and never. to. be.
forgotten anniversary Of tho day TINT Freedom
IRON her mountain height unfurled hsr han
nor to tho air. We met with grcat luck ut the
stream. although tho trout III lio!lypolly Run
arc amazingly smart. I'll give you AN Instance
or two OF how smart those trout are:
"Ono dav an old sockdolag"r 81 a trout
mAio mistake md took my artificial fly Tor a
natural one MS well he might. for nude the
fly myself; md I'm nothing II MT natural The
pig rock Tho instant be grabbed tho lily hSS
then. for the hook TIL. fly carried with it ImI
business with thu trouts UPPER jaw aud stayed
p Tsnsd ~ att TN wou III" h %; Ind got 'wH n
my, basket in time II the trout Of itol!y-
l"lly Fun wrr" not =" smart. Not
nut he wasn't the only tron! in Il liollyrnib.
I'm" aEo "n "" h 'f n"oke is saw how "Hiihh nngs
were ,situnted with his rnmradr ami lie
rushed !" hls MD. III" first that knew OF His
water like n shot He didn't lust come up "ut
II IL mi \, water; nut If h ran" wax M t - IT,
irndcr bctwecn his trrth ana ninpcd It
of, ~ It had been d2nT %'l r!ir .; stiS.
conrad" free. which he couli jus, ~ well
ma, done by cutting bin loose at hi- jaw. nut
and my whole. string Of !lir-.
Although was 4, mud ns tho DICKENS ovcr
losing my 'ackl": hnI t" admir-" tho trouts
further admiration when IN IL pool some dis
tnncr fellow. saw, Tint trout angling Tor min.
them VI to him aud the conrad" he had saved
= =, good n.ll faster than they r""ld have lain
trout Of old R"yi"Ily i;un nrcn'nnzing Smart t
But. MS was saying. VT, had very good
luck IN thu l;ua;; and We lc,t god the night
Tor Liberty by shooting of s.mc fireworks.
soon inter .dnri; we went at It, Everything
not single nie.c Of our T'i ryrotrhn":,i sum MI
nlies missed ire. Wo had a lot o, sKyrorkrts
ard Roman candles. but W.. had made up our 1ir
thought. though. That it would he a good
,dch to SGT of lust IN" Ky rocket. as
a sort OF good night display. aud. thnt being
agreed 10. lifted ono up at II pretty srrrpnngie
and touched her oil. She went beautiful she
lit up those rock iDhcd hills like house ailrr.
.'h" Eot up u huntlr" yards nr so. and then we
saw that sh" had run against something Sho
kind q SHE'D and wobb"dd little. hut went on.
Just rs she busted In mir and the stick, turn"i
TO c%mY down with II. frey trail behind it.
kerrlunk! came something on the ground.
right in front of the cabin. won't and picked
it up. 1t WIS IL big wild goose. with its
feathers all singcl of as neat and
clean as your WHO could have picked en-.
Tho Goos" was what tho rocket mad struck.
hut hat rocket was out in honrr OF tho great
American eagle. and it didn't intend t" let any
wild goose stop its career SO it had kept right
on, That was u surnri.in. thing of course.
and we wcro all full of talk about it when ono
1T our rnrty VIII" was at tn" spring. n hundred
ytidS from tn" cab n. alter some water when
the rocket went up. came ill.,. II" had tho
rocket sticS. which had II unkc'i down right by
h" side of him ut he spring He had picked
it up strung on II. one after another. were
six OF the fitt"st toodcork evr- saw.
some folks say that woodcuck don't fly in
ilocks. nnd that wild gees. nr" nover out after
night. Now. II that is so. how DO you account
for the rocket killing that wild goose that
mig ut. and for the stringing OF those six wood
cock on the stick "a l: came down."
ED MORT.