The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-08-07
HOLIDAY LETTER.
Chatty News From a Hudson
County L~ady-Fishing Ex-
perienee.

part of the summer among the Ihous-
and Islands has written a chatty letter
to The Jersey City News depicting the
pleasures in store for visitors at that
popular summer resort. A copy OF 1t
lfollows:-
Clayton, N. Y, Aug. S, 1895.
The weather. here is cold and rather
dubious looking, though yesterday II
was a perfect day. but very cold. we
sleep under blankets, three of them, and
dress in very warmest clothes.
We arrived here last Thursday morn
ing after a comfortable journey. Clay
ton itself is only a small village at the
head of the st. Lawrence River ana Is
the railroad terminus, but 1t is con-
venient to stop at when you come to go
fishing, n besides you start from mere
to take in all the different trips around
the Thousand Islands.
Some of the scenery here REMINDS me
Of Lake George, but 1T is not quite SO
wild and most of the larger ISLANDS nave
beautiful summer homes. In fact, unere
are myriads of summer cottages. On
some of the islands there are very manu-
some hotels. The SWEETEST hotel Is the
Thousand Island House at Alexandra
Bay. the mainland. But to tell what We
have been doing.
Friday morning we started out in one
of the famous St. Lawrence faVer
skiffs with a guide, to go ~fshing-that
is what everybody does here. Eacn
skiff holds two people besides the sWue'
and there are two comfortable armchairs
with backs and cushioned seats, SO you
can imagine how comfortable it is. The
guide gets the luncheon for US from
the hotel. and what a luncheon 1t is;
but / will tell you of that later. Inc
a,,ida rowed us over between some of
tho islands and Their told us to put out
our rods which we did. He keeps on
holding the oars. Sometimes we lay
nenfactlv quiet and then if We thought
We had a bite he would tell us to pull
and then would push the boat haro'
thereby hooking the fish. caught the
first two and then l caught the next
which was a large one weighing TOUR
no1nds. but didn't he make me pull 10
get him.
YUM! YUM! YUM!
We ished until about Has and then
we landed on the island, uninhabsteo,
and here comes the best part Oh II.
The guide lights a fire ana COOKS the
fish we nave just caught. You DO not
know the taste of fish until you have
eaten them in his manner. The guloe
then makes the coffee, broils chicken
cooks and stews potatoes, makes the
most delicious cream toast, Tor winch
they are famous, sets a table, ana l can
not begin to tell you how delicious every
thing is. Then you look around ana see
the beauty of the scenery it is perfect.
After staying on the island for about
an hour we again embark and go 10
fishing again, but at about 4:5o we
started to go home. we nao
been shing in a little bay, and when
we got into the river, which is very
broad, it was something frightful. II
blew tremendously, and it was as rough
as the ocean. Imagine me in a little
skife not larger than a roWboat on Deal
Lake.! 1 was simply frightened to DEATH
and although the guide told US II was
nerfectly safe, I was terrified. We had
to row to one of the islands and take
tbe home. The wind went
down with the sun, and last night we
| took a trip on a steamer which threw
a strong powerful searchlight on the
| different islands as we passed them. 1t
| was perfectly magnificent. We started
I at $50 and got back at 1880, so you
see we ndQ d OD6 odhs P0S
| would think you were in dreamland
The light would be thrown on all the
large hotels and residences, and they
had fireworks and different colored
lights saluting us.
TRIP ON THE LAKE.
Saturday F. and the guide went bass
| fishing. 1 forgot to tell you that we
| start on these fishing trips at seven
! o'clock in the morning and get back by
six.
Sunday we took a day trip in the
steamer among all the islands. We
wound in and out, in and out, until we
| lost all count of the islands, and were
| inclined to believe there We're ten thou
sand instead of one.
Today, Monday, we will take a trip
on the boat to Kingston. Canada, ana
| this is an all day trip, so we will put
in all our time. Probably Tuesday We
will go fishing again. We start for
home Wednesday evening. and get home
| Thursday.
The soil on most of the islands is
| rocky, and so the grass does not amount
to anything, although there are plenty
! of trees. The only thing to do here
is, of course, to be on the water. 1t
is dreadfully cold here. H. l.. q.