The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-08-01
lfSTIR IN CANADENSIS.
,royER KARREsTUF a COUPLE
or TROUT FIsHERMEN.
r,e Trcspass and Tria, Described. With
ZEN Pictures ola fishermsn's Hotel
and Their Queer Ways.

go, 20 Canadcnsis Pa. In the Pocono
....ntains. three and half hours from
81, York. lot OF trout fishermen from
,o York. Brooklyn. S Scranton, and
f...tln were assembled at Spruce Cabii.
House % get the cream Of the trout
...re that is strangely excellent there
+, Site Of She ne-rncss TO New York;
~ was last week. TWO Of the hsnec-
~,r were arrested for ucpass. but TO
'.Itstand how great an excitement was
..I by the arrest the reader mus
..a how snail "a place Canace"S'S To-
re is the hotel I'm question ana ""o'"0'
~ 49,. and a store and three or lour
cscs and some rui1s. u $500. 49,,
long one side Of Broad ,aI , - 49,
q haulicst OF the siN h..'Dn'. re - tbcSs
40 hold The trout Tho runs are mo,
| the big tanuCry tt '|s 800 o..
o,tner. III Two of the houses are
ones in which Jay Gould once hVed
I in which his father died.
is "a paradise Tor painters, and
I rnv f. neckci with The gay colOrs
diets. ilacS fruit blossoms, and dam
MS Later q Will turn into a great
rr..u ~ lhoaoendrons that bloom all
~. .rrcst for trepass in an open stream
. . fry place ike Can&dei Sis Is sure
Il d. topic that will last all summer.
.. rule the C6nedeEsis folks are friend
q. the city fishermen, understanding
.A much money they spend there, but
a s.re must b. grodty and Jealous folk
4 ..r-fNhcre among those who sec their
l0rs prosper beyond their own sue
..s CanadensiS is as human and as
r.lIy as other places. The fishermen
SSH. were arrested were Messrs. +. W
s,rt and william c. Price, OF P1t'ston,
f.,ar and druggist respectively. They
a --. whipping Rroldhead's Greek TO The
q ....-.rard OF the Spruce Cabin House.
a., ley got 20 whore the creek splashes
Is Through the little Tatch Of
l.ra IS the puiblsr brothers. Mr.. Price
Il ST.. tns down, rec .lns and looking at
I" o.. f.r0ls and NnyAsh"~s and n aTtins
al @-r overhead and smelling the per-
81 ~. Cd spring lower- ~ the crisp. dry
81 Ir-..Ia air. AIR. Stark, the lawyer,
II Etching q professor fly In among
~. bubble r brothers rocks.
.r.--. Won. get of my land said
r. the DuiDlers, advancing toward
fl not know It was your land"
fre druggist. "Sit down and let's
! f $40 not see any notice up any
s. Ny friendN be along N min
and Ven get right of your property,
r.er another Duibler came up with
another order 70 the intruder 10 get
az bis land and Mr.. Stark came up. rod
d. hand. with his rubber waders wet TO
o.. Knees and his basket empty for ne
f1 got no fish at that time ~
..,f..h way shall we 80 off your land?'
tr. lawyer asked.
.Ihat way" said the brothers, pointing
-...rf the far mountain. SO tnat way
t. IittstOn men went without dnOthcr
p.rL That was at night. tdry tHe
...t NOR ling one of the Duiblers ana Il
constable came TO the spruce topih
-o ana served a warrant on the l"o
o. .rmen for trespass. There Wes
ItIc scrap between one or the zee
a- thsrs Of the hotel and Mr.. bul'ier
ID. HN.H A. Ina r. a
WAS right la coming % the HouSr' 3.b
.t.t Dulbler had no right 10 come Wl'h
fr After breakfast the men VINO were
stei went 20 a village c"Heu "g''
o.. Home, near by, 10 appear BEFORE
Justice Dunbar. an Esquire OF the VALLEY
Justice Dunbar Is an old gentleman OF
f.nusylyania Dutch extraction appaI,
.rIy of terminable good nature anu
.r6 a Willingness to DO all that he can
q. accommodate his neighbors when they
f.I out at law. He heard the Dulu-
l-rs and the prisoners ana theA al
1.lnced that he had heard or a Pr
v.te law" that covered the case ana
-4le the prisoners liable. MT STARK
ne lawyer prisoner, was I!ui5H c.it;
u But the Esquire said he had not eot
)t about him. and he would adjourn the
\ ease three days. The Duiblers talked a
great deal about having consulted the
Hon. John b. storm, the great lawyer
cf that region. whose mere name Us q
power greater than q New lCrker would
l-heye possible. The prisoners were held
I'D the bond vi Price Of the Spruce Cab
Vow It happened that NIr Storm had
been counsel for the father Of the broth
,rs who keep the Spruce Cabin House,
ana for them also, and so they wrote 70
him 20 come ana help their bOarders. In
tte mean time Esquire Lewis, another
Justice. was consulted by everybody who
slW him, and ne said that BrOadhead's
Creek was "a public highway so far as its
tltcrs were. concerned. The water ana
tc hsh in u were public property The
stream was public for rafting also, and
always had been. and no ownership, even
Na both sides Of the stream. carried any
uri-. except 20 the soil under the wa
f.r Therefore. in his opinion, any man
could fish IN the Duibler part Of the
.r-.k provided he hshed from a balloon
y nom boat. but he must not anchor
-te boat there, because the minute il
Hs1 me bottom OF me creek tres.
-"His ilI not believe that anybody could |
.fttent hshiug. when IL came right down
fo tle law IN any stream in that coun-
ly lie ala not believe that the sporting |
4fs0ciauOns that have bought great |
uHats Of land with brooks running |
through thcm could maintain their Ow- |
f.rahip against a fisherman except for |
respass. and that carries only nominal |
damages six or seven cents and costs. |
marhe; the costs being somewhere |
.round four dollars.
Then the Price boys got letter from |
.te Hon. John j.. Stem lie was sorry |
la was too busy TO attend the trial. he |
no, but he laid down the law that the |
i.tston men had only been guilty Of |
pass. and the procedure in that case |
Id DE by summons, and not by war |
ftt The case was q civil case, he |
wrote, and no warrant could be issued |
rI I In a criminal case, such as where |
rshed with nets or out Of season |
%. .te1 O1ninOus words Ike these. The |
ire should not have issued a war
'i tie should not break the law or he
I De- guilty Of trespass himself" That |
'i was read AZ night I'm the smoking |
. vt the Spruce Cabin House. and |
"a b0mbshen.
tac reader ever happen TO see the |
s OF trout hsheTman's hotel |
.t IN the trout Season? II is pic |
% decree and as strange TO
a who Is not familiar with il as !
-- boo palace Of an African king |
men and girls and young boys
"a supper. They all have rods and
.~"el5 and 20 out In the bruilinQ a,ln
".en no trout win Stir even # YOU cram
AT Gown his throat and thev stand
'lph me banks of the creek and FISH Iva |
pam slSht or the trout that win MOI
DHite they can see q human being
owing around Under those Conditions
re women and girls. faultlessly dresse5
Win big sleeves and wasp-like waists
<mtter all day IN front Of the hotel hv
between them alone that is too voune
" know enough 10 stay I'm out of dan
for-a little three-inch fish, perhaps. The
is wallOp about also. clambering over
rocks and filling the nearby trees
pa expensive flies and streaners Of
I line Evening comes. and all these
pie sup and retire 10 the parlOr TO