Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-11-11

III WOulu please you 10 see bWO OF
three literary giants ont after bait on
days when the trout does not rise to
the fly, but keeps his seat at the bottom
of the pool.
Yesterday was grand sort OF dav,
with low mutterings OF thunder, just
such day es the true sport loves 30 &c
forth, rod in hand, 70 preseAt bis argu.
ments for the confederation OF has
speckled constituents Twas perfect
day for late sum ner fishing in the
North Carolina mountains. | caught
2s7 trout and the ssst OF my second
best pantse
Kersbrook was 50 named bT Mr..
Cushing and rises in the broad brow OF
CraRgy mountain. II isa succession OF
silyery cataracts, shadoWsd by huge
tulip trees and giant powders OF mica
ceous granite upholstered with silksn
moss of pallid green. Below the melc-
dious cataract, where me frothy pool
eddies and whirls abont. bearing the
empty bur Of the chestnut, or the red
fruit Of the cucumber tree, 10 a shady
corner OF the cool water, lies the alert
little boy trout, hungry, but conserya-
tive, gamy, fierce and venturesome, but
wary Of the educated foe.
We are using to-day the grub OF the
unmatched hornet for bait. / never
tried that before, but IT works well.
You slide up 10 largo gray hornets
nest, ana while the family are az tea I'm
the rear Of their residence you plug up
the front entrance and drown the in
mates by plunzing the whole nest int
the creek. Opening the beautiful
structure, you discover several combs
like those of the houeybee, only filed
with the white or pale sulphur colored
grub of the yellow jacket, or Little
Mammoth Surprise Package Of the Blue
Ridge.
gathered one OF these hornets nests
once ia an unguardsd moment watching
my chance 10 plug MP the front door
lust as no one was coming In. But tho
last one out suddenly thought OF some
thing that he wantod 10 tell his wiio
and came back while I was there. An
moved evidently at something / had
said perhaps IN a spirit OF banter, he
backed ND against the brisEs OF my
nose aud closed one OF my eyes 10
comparatively short space OF time.
dropped my glasses and decided 70
abandon the undertaking, bat forgot
to fully complete my plugging arrange.
ments before going. Several Of the
Mamma Touch menots, who had been
on the nest, followed me and tsrracsd
the top OF my head 80 we logged along
together toward Mobile.
We get the boys here TO procure our
hornets nests now, as there 10 a popu-
lar feeling engsndersd among the hor-
nets against us. do not mind seeing
bear. because ! am so agile that / caA
throw an ordinary grizzly bear with
such force as 10 crush his skull. but ths
impatient little typhoid jabbsr with the
oyerheated prong is so swift In bis
movements that the average thought
seems TO be standing still as be passes
by.
Mr.. Fox IL very active man both
mentally and physically, and yet his
efforts in capturing the yellow jacket
souao have Leeu attesded with .oaly
moderate success and a tuner on ths
brow, which indicates an Ovsrdsvelop-
ment Of spirituality.
We gave out word at the schoolhouse
on our way up the branch that we
vouId Gay p cents aplscs for hornets
nests ia good staes Of preservation,
and that evening We had one rad Of
the porch foil OF baby hernsts for ths
morrow
Icarried a comb foil OF smbroYs kof-
pets all day ia my hip pocket, bot To-
ward evening the warmth OF ny psrBss
had taken the place Of skS mamma her
nets TO such an eItent that II full sizad
pup hornets emerged frsn tksts lifvss
shells and stung ne moss blttsriy. /
did not tell the other Fsstlsnsa about
II. but they noticsu that ] vas sac. aAd
that even the broilsd trout &c sVsRtids
and the low plunkY PUNK Of the ba1js
az the cabin aid not give ne joy. They
also noticed that I carried large Dil.
low around With me ana sat On il 10
keep from taking cold on the dsWy
earth.
This morning eight boys came to
where we were fishing. an Of them
bad large, beautiful WsltI oyeF the eye.
ana they sold that they wsrs = eem-
u/ttee sent 70 demand an advances On
The price OF bait. ! told them thai shSrs
was nothing to arbitrate, bst Mr.. FeE
thought best 20 secsde 10 tks demand
OF the com nittos. 50 vs are payiar 40
cents now. but require Toe strikers y
10 furnish their own soda and anneai4
Mr. Fox arose early this noyniHg "A
20 TO the summit Of Craggy aseuniaiA
His desire Was % see tbs gicFicus q {,
arise far Ger yon mountaln gray, q
as be mounted I'D the sk7s The dark |ss