The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1894-09-20
CAN TROUT cHANe.!Ts sPors7

W"aaersas pssGfo3-spay on Derrriseyi a,y
n veraeiosis Adirondack Guide.
Pose a trout was about the first
sssnS TO take 8 picture" said an old
lsiasrss.s,s, lyon di.'n'. know that a
ir2'7s cyali take q p.cture, dii YEP
WaH, s52g cap, Yoa sac tror. is
ale to cssarge tee ccio~ CT his skin
t.J-ou l2r;sss shay dot,T have scalcsl -
y stch s;.e cce,r cs vha.e-cr ne IS mn
Ger W oy,r> IA he kin DO Is pretty
qnsos, to- II you 6on't believe it
soEaS; t.1a w,sen ,S,iI ara fishing down
bs.o-w e,e si.fn ins* scare s-ont out OF
Aels rn:cr ts,e bank where it rs dai4e
sra 7ya1cn nhn ae ne goas.into the shef-
ie. ss'ster, wasre sac bottom Ks wlrfba
SSa sssa san eS,Efea. SouM sap hin sos
Nassn rx.auS-, looking "a hsaak ae q
scszta goat Sot bu&StS HEX gv,lse worry
GAR 'sss Gerk colo. VII all Sc geso and
hssl loSAS just tlA coNpr of she water.
Mos keep a7;ceag3 hal&-s7xss back 70
his Old haS%,-1rosS straight back, foy
.aey' re- a.. sLy IS q bird on i,sr sscst-
IN: scun yon'.l 49, biz: - nD stream
a:ai slowly :a!! bp:ls - his old place
rylsser too bp'nss. hes Il cuil<aing old
h2ler and Don't :vss.,t you to know
%Asy@ his home s. Y>u c.r,'t sec She
goi,:..n vellpH ot MS sitles when nc fast
s4l..4e thera, hus han SOM be 80 dark
that you'll haze ter huyc sharp eyes if
you Keep watcs. .: MIN long.
Now, jest sit down there ana wait
ill "a. sur git so it VIII shiao down
there where re Is. perhaps it will
shine through SON. leaves, an1 some
OF hi.n VIII be In the sunshine and some
in the shade, and il you drop hook
down there With a little piec,: Of worm
on the pint most likely you'll git him.
II yop 40. rep him on tho head with q
stick Hni lay h.in aTay to dry and
You'll Iilli She co!o-' IS set, aid where
L., WIS la the sha,e he is black. and
nhcrc tile SEN sh0nc on him no IS
kght.'
did you over see anything pictured
Sal them that looked DetIrai:"
80 yes, lots ~ times. Only the Other
sa7 was dressing some fish, anil see
-
loas oa ais side nni back fou have to
a.&c thesn out and let them dry to pre-
pcrve the 2icturos / didn't ever sec a
Gceurc on a trout that wasn't dried in
fnt ouvo, and that WIS Il good while
ago
"You Ea,y TINT cd waterin' trough
ealt back the shed down to the house,
dilnt sc. Well, yea,s ego we had a
t-o,lt in there Ny brother Sara pat
hit, IN there when lie was p youngster,
Ana he'd grown till he 'y;s' big ore
,sa.. Weigh rs much as five or SIX pounds.
IguoAS. Mother used TO feed him, and
had come when she called him, ana we
an thought a Sight OH him.
"2Iv jim was little sAave- then,
aad he ,lsed to sail boats IN the old
txouyh. He had little one that |
sa.sdc ...n, all riggel oat with mass
md sails, ana one afternoon he'd been
playin' with Il Till 1t began to rain, and
his ms. made bin coma in the ho!s'a,
and ~. Left his boats out therc.
--yysll by-sna-by The heaviest pslt OF
ere .t,.,vrcr yxens cvcr ns,1 tho su'
ee,nc out In tie lvcst and shono onto
thc In7lkpaN piles! up boside the shoe
door ,.,ld was reflected down into the
water. .!ast t...i;, came an awful flash
as,d clap of thasd,r and the wimen
Polk. thought tney were killed. ran
out to SOS what It had done and found
things pretty mach upset The light
Rihg had struck the big tree and run
down until it hit the shed and then
struck the trough. 1t hadn't hurt the
teough much. but there on eop Of the
msto4 was She big trout, an dead as q
herring, md on his side WAS the perfect
picture OF ship with the soils all set. y
-CNi1c 90 TErslS