Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1894-11-23
AN EXPERIMENT.

rive or SIX DONS WHO Callcu lnclhSNlN'1
the "Caroway Penctrators" and who all
lived around the western slope of Caroway
mountain used to meet once or twice y
week at Taylor's store. When they wcrc
small they hunted frogs along the crcel,
or climbed der trees" Crows being the
natural enemy Of the farmer, the destruc
tiOn of a crows nest was an especial
achievement almost equal to the discovery
of bee tree, though hardly so rich in in
cidcnt.
rs he Ponetrators grew older this sort
of diversion became stale An old negro
named Catfish Jones was often the victim
oi trick. This uncommon title was not
bapusmAl, it is fair to state, The name
bis parents gave him, being mere guess
work, was probably lnislit, and he nat
urally grew into one which had moro
character attached to it. Once when atliX-
ing his mark to a legal document the Cd
man had written Catfish p. JONES' hut
it is more than likely this was for sono
rous effect rather than Il concession to the
buried past
He lived alone at the mouth of stony
creek and what lee knew about catching
fish approached the dignity of a science.
II was the result Of lifelong observation.
His lines were odds and ends of strn'r
+be infant and rurnoso Of which ,yu.rld
n,vstfrc a oro,v,tu man and If was no
,,on1n, tbnt thc nrdinnry rIu,nsv rontiuu
eff q catfish mr. thc GINNING Of a stink
TOM awaited nothing against such con
tIivances When he suspended II big
piece Of meat 20 near the top of the wat or
that it seemed To be- floating, it would de-
Ceive the oldest and biggest fish in Yad-
kin river The Old negro smiled back as
his honl,s rncb NH win its nose NJ thn
elIrf,tc of iLr water
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