The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-06-12

every ono with It's mock craned and head
listening. like tho silly things thought they
were. to tho tunes was piping forth IL Keys
%stn "SS saddsny the big oe
| was getting in splendid shnre and nice range OF
the blind. q great commotion u, aroso among
ing. and rising rs ono bird. swept mp TINT
river like n hurricane Glnring at me us they
making vicious dvos mt me. was 80 thunder;
struck Tint | never, Thought Of my gun until
T sGss" nsSp DOCK Of seess
| to act like TINT before; and lriftcd on toward
blind t5ns to @k What sc nST
saw It ali. and felt like throwing myself in tho
river J rot 70 the blind 81, 49,, , a..
goose exclaimed my friend , Him Bloss. n. mad
hornet snd SAN M ,Rn hook
pceked out and that the geese snw him, :
Il let them think 50: but / know hotter. l
Yhn those EsSsre In WINS
rades; nnI the geese simply drew the line and
Ola Time Fishes that Have sporting Blood
In Them Yet.
1--WE boon thinking for some years past"
said q resident OF Pike county. that fisher
men would show great deal more OF sense
and have q heap moro OF fun II they would
quit slashng along the trout brooks and pre-
tending that there Is no other fish swims but
trout-especally when they are in luck. nova
DAYS. IL they catch dozen during a whole sea-
sons flshing-nnd just wake up and remember
tho fish that used to be good enough for them
to throw q hook in after. in tho good old days
when trout were thicker than flies at that e..
What has come to BIO tho mnttor with the
catfish? As far as l can flnd out. his mouth Is
Just as commodious and his horns are Just as
sharp rs they were forty years ago. And he
can croak and jaw ut you Just as hard as he
ever did in the times you used to haul him out
and shove him on the string. And what has
como over the eel that he hasn't got as much
fun In him as he used to have? AS far US can
learn. no can tie himself into double bow
knot around your log Just as slick as his
great grandparents did. and hasn't for
gotten how to slip UP before your
very eyes and walk or with your bait.
hook. line. and all II you don't watch out. l
don't think there are any cells OF the present
day and generation that are as talented as the
cells my late veracous friend. Jim Hatton OF
Delaware township. used to tell about. but II
there are any such cells they are In Pike coun-
ty. Tho cells Jim told about were in the habit
OF climbing out on shore and going a half mile
or more bnck in the country to capture young
chickens and goslings. OF which they were eX-
tremely fond. Jim said thath he remembered one
Of those cells In particular. He met 1t when
he was boy. His father had Il goose that he
thought as much OF. Jim said as he did OF
Jim. and was very anxious to have n Matching
from her. So one day. when he discovered
that she had made nest down under brush
pile near the creek and had begun business
by laying an egg In 1t. tho old man was SO re-
joiced that he carried the nows to the Ding.
mans tavern and didn't go back home until
night istGhin With him Jim used to say
The day after the Eooses nest and egg
were discovered Jim went down to the brush
Biz one IN and alter ter viewing t awhile from a HH:
Jim picked it up, to give it closer INSPECTION.
and turning t around he discoyered hole E in
one end Of It more than an inch in diameter.
sS9 Safs seES 6os W what ss
head pop put Of the no e and look 'inqniringly
head in again. and jim clappoi his hand ' over 's
H. h9lS and rnn home tp" With tn" egg
there. curled up rs snug and com
Portable Jim said. as u snail in its shell, was
foot nat 81 9s jim
gooso's nest was primarily the capture OF the
goose herself. She being nice and fat. Tho
and then hiding in the empty she'll bv the eel
were simply incidental steps in the plan. The
tho sss nn back to f "sre
| other when he intended TO- capture her and
Ing her of into the nrssk ana Hsyour her
| t? say. an it wasn't tho cells fault that i,
II say don't know whether there nro any
| cells OF tho present day and generation liio
| those d:timcrs Jim Hatton used to remen-
Der; but thcy'rs In Pike county. II anywhere.
And there was the, ,sunflsh. shaped like q
pumpkin seed. and with, more sass In him for
q worm. The snnnsh made the frying, pan
smell pretty, good forty years AGO. What's
club. Tho club was n little prlcEiy round the
nose. that's SO, and his Jaw was /" trihe leath;
nn he e sh sT sh "ss tos so fvs WIND aa
and, how hS used to s,vn You isht thai
p%Esrsi YOU wsre ,iooins With .insiSaa u a
half-pnund cnuh; guoss there Is enougl, OF
whore It is shady at noon time for fellow to
! have fun with him yet I'm not SO sure about
i. though; Since they turnel. things over 70
pretty much every other kind Of ish, out up
could have much fun with the gamy od-tlm"
silver chuh am more or not But he's worth
making the trial on and wonder some one
And then as to the frog, The frog isn't
exactly Ash. out he'll take a bait as lively as
away when he nIs he's HooEed F hsrs 30 ns.d
to Ps more fun 4, i.rPnping hook with piece OF
on sG y. sat IF ST tow
Watching for llies or young ducks. lust which,.
| ever came his way. than anything in the line
| OF fishing that [ can remember. And us for
spraring frogs by the light OF u torch, why.
there was moro excitement In 1t than
there was in hacking i9r deer. Jim Hatton
remembered some remarkable frogs and some
wonderful frog spearers- He said his father
could tell the exact weight Of a frog to the
fraction OF an ounce Just BY tho sound OF its
voice, Jim told q story though, about how his
weight Of q frog. judging i By the volume Of
from one particular bog In the frogging
grounds where he was wont to spear the
voice Of q frog that piped In wheezy and
~" That frog ought to be at home an in bed
Jim's father, said. He hain't hardly got
The wheezy frog finally got to annoying
Jim's, father and he made up his mind he
would spear II and get 1t out Of the way 30 one
night he ran his boat over to the bog where tho
frog wac piping and turned the light Of his
said. his father almost fell out OF the boat, he
was SO startled. for instead Of frog that hadn't
hardly got over bein' q tadpole yit there sat
an old assiqsntsr that ioomed up almost 20 big
said. like OK heart cherries. and the skin Of