The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1896-07-21
A Grand Fishing Trip.
INIGAIEA

On Tuesday, July iith, Vim; Lovetco
Morris Ogiotvc, VIM. Mouslcy, VIM.
kcllun, Harry Phillips aud Harry Auder-
| son went on II fishing trip. A boat was
hired at Holly Oak, and th,y left that
noted creek at i3) IL. NJ, for Salem canal.
| When all was ready toaSeart the captain
| said the mast was wrong; they got all
] didn't know what he was talking about
| Scqucl-Did the captain get his nap outs
Things were all ready and they started
probably singing, ''rhe girl loft behind
me" Just before they arrived aG their
destination the steamer Republic overlook
them, and in passing CAUSED such u roll of
waves that two of the most fearful wanted
to know If their boat would sink. No
doubt they said their prayers, tha only
one they knew, Now i lay me down to
sleep"
Tho party, however, arrived safe and
sound at the canal, about 10 O'clock The
first thing they nll decided to take u bath
One of the number didn't know how to
swim, so tho others very willingly at
tempted to teach him, but being like the
lrishman's mule, he wouldn't learn, but
he managed to make a stroke, and became
like the boy who got his first boots yell.
ing, Il got in one strokc,' and then
thought ho knew all about it, but ho
didn't. They went up the canal to tho
third bridge and started to fishing. Tho
lines were thrown out, and soon 10 and
behold, Harry Phillips got u bite, and was
heard calling for holp, sayin; i've got
himl I've got him! He will pull mo
in"
The heavyweight went to his assistance,
thinking that lie had hooked IL shark or u
porpoise; so with the main strength Of
the two they managed to get the monster
out, which measured considerably less
than five fcut long and weighed many
pounds less than five hundred After fish
Ing for an hour they caught three fish and
an eel, which was less than three feet long
and weighed less than three pounds. Soon
they SAW that they had done ono good
thing, however, and that was they didn't
charter freight car to BIZ on the siding at
Holly Oak when they came back to carry
tho fish they caught to Wilmington to
distribute to their friends among the
most noted of whom are Judge Ball
Walter Hayes, Sam Wilson and John
Anderson, the butcher.
The latter with many others were sorely
disappointed, while the boys We're also in
tho same boat, rs they would have bought
n lot of fish to supply their wants, but the
times being hard and money scarce, and
no one had any fish to soil, so it Just suit
ed them. Aftcr trying fishing they con.
cludcd to go to lIalls'0wn to get some ics
cream, and on their way afOot, everybody
they met they asked how far it was there
Some said ten miles, some four and some
two, but after walking for about three
miles they came to n signboard, which
said three-quarters of milc]to Hallstown.
They soon got there, and won't into the
house and asked woman il they could
get some ice cream to cool their fevcrish
brows. She throw up her hands and said,
"Oh, mercy: DO, thera Is nothing here, but
Il house, stable and pump So they
gave up getting the ice cream, and started
back to the boat. On their way back, two
of the poor fellows, probably the two who
had the struggle in landing that big fish,
which made them very weak, and they |
hadn't got over it, 50 they laid down to
rest, while tho rest went on to the boat, |
and when the latter got there, dog had
got into the lunch basket, and made !
mess of it's contents, and what he didn't |
eat, he made the rest not fit to eat though |
they had left u man in charge to watch the |
big fishes and food.
So they didn't give him nothing, as he |
had not done his duty. About a half an |
hour after they had reached the boat,
tho two poor wanderers like the Prodgal |
son returned. Att O'Clock they got the |
three fish and tho little eel aboard. which
they could have carried in ono of their |
pants pockets.
So they started out Of the canal, every
thing went well and soon they got |
out into the bay and they anchored to
wait the change of tide. While there tho
was attacked by host of
Jersey mosquitoes aud in swinging his
hands toward them off he fell overheard
The rest soon acted the good Samaritan
and soon got him on deck again; but one
fortunate thing, no barrel was needed to
roll him on, as he did his own rolling, and
soon came out all right Soon tho anchor
was hauled up and they started home
ward and in coming up they got lost, and
one Of them got ratified, and the rest be-
camo ratified too. Some thought they were
opposite Salem; others, New Castle Della
ware City and Wilmington. So to settle
it they concluded to row ashore to see II
it was mud or sand, Delaware or New
Jersey.
So when they got to the shore they
found they were at Gordon Heights with
n two miles of home They started out
,galn for Holly Oak, and by this time the
asst midnight train had gone down, and
the boys had to walk home, some having
o go as far as Wilmington. When they
got home the boys were tired enough, and
Harry Anderson when seen several days
wanted to sit down, as he
seemed to be too tired to stand. The
writer thinks the trip was incomprchensi-
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