The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-07-01
FISHING WITH A LOOKING GLASS.
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1t Won't.


1t Won't.
There are many devices for ensnaring
the gullible fish. William R. Lamb, of
East Greenwich, R. l., has invented and
patented a new one.
The principle of Mr.. Lambs invention
is to cause the fish to see himself in a
mirror behind the bait, whereupon i'm
agining that the bait is to be snapped
up by another fish hastens to secure it
himself, and the hook at the same time
AT present there is no testimony as to
the Value OF Mr.. Lambs invention in
practice.
! THE MIRROR FISHING APPARATUS.
Inc invention, according to the letters
patent, comprises a mirror preferably of
q circular or oval form attached to a
nsh line by means of a ring fast to the
frame of the mirror. A horizontal arm
extends short distance in front of the
mirror, and has at its outer end a ring
/ TO receive branch line, the upper end of
which is made fast to the main line. A
hook is made fast to the end of the
branch line, so as to come about Oppo-
site the centre of the mirror, which acts
as a Sinker, until its lower edges touch
the bottom
/ In this position the fish, when approach
! ing the bait, will see the reflection of
himself in the mirror. He will imagine
another hungry fish after the same bait,
and will be made holder by the supposed
companionship and more eager to take
g
/ at least this is the theory of the inven-
tor. The fish will lose his caution and
take the bait with d decklessness that
greatly increases the chances of his being
caught on the hook.
The reflection of light from the mirror
in the. water will have, in some degree,
the effect that the light torch has in
some well-known kinds of fishing, of at
tracing fish to the bait, and the light re-
fected by the mirror upon the bait will
make it more conspicuous.
The mirror may be made in two parts
and secured together at an angle, the one
to the other, so as to have the effect of
making two or more reflections of the
same fish, and 1t may be made double,
so as to reflect on two sides. 1t may also
be made in the form of a triangle or
square, with a mirror on each side and
an arm with the hook and bait gefore
each rejecting surface, and in the form
of a cross, which would produce a multi
plicity of reflections.
All this is the allegation of the in
ventor.
To make raspberry, blackberry, whor-
tleberry or gooSeberry preserves pick the
berries carefully, rejecting soft and i'm
perfect ones. Weigh the fruit and sugar;
put the latter in a porcelain-lined pre-
serve kettle with water to dissolve; boil
until thick; add the fruit; let cook very
slowly until clear. Take up carefully, put
in small glass jars and cover If the
seeds of the berries are not liked, the
juice may be strained, measured and
boiled with the sugar untll nrm, When a
seedless jam will be the result. All sum-
mer berries make excellent jams.
! A pretty way to serve blackberries with
cream is to pick fresh, ripe berries over
carefully; heap them in a glass bowl and
set on ice; serve on saucers, with little
bowls of sugar and pitchers of cream, al
lowing each person at the table to sugar
the fruit to suit taste: Blackberrles may
be served with meringue as follows
Place a quart of ripe blackberries in a
bowl; sprinkle with powdered sugar; beat
the whites of three eggs with half a cur
of sugar, and spread over the berries; sci
on ice until very cold. Blackberry fun
merry is made by placing pint of ripe
blackbeTries in a saucepan with a pint OF
water; let boil slowly without stirring fol
ten minutes; moisten two tablespoonfuls
of corn starch with cold water; stir into
the berries; let thlcken; take from the
fire and add half a teacup of sugar; wher
cool serve with sugar and cream