Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1896-12-17


a : elsewhere. the size. weight, length and
number Of fish caught on any one fishing ex-
cursIon depend on the conscience of the
fisherman and the limit Of his capacity for
lying Bait is a mere matter II taste. that
is to the FISH Of course but should you fish
from the wharves as most people do here
and which you Will find most easy Of access
on your wheels. the BATHS a matter Of small
moment. as It will only be deyoured by the
slow attrition of the waves. Perhaps the
easiest fish caught here is the clam. though
tie oyster and the turtle. Of which latter
you say you are very fciid are compara-
lively easy run down ana caplured still il
Is probable you viii NOT ike the sound oys-
ter as its taste is very dissimilar 20 those ia
the east. But you might capture few IN
that locality and put them ia rotten hollow
stump filed with soap suds ia which the
family washing has been done. feed them a
few weeks on the refuse from the pig trough
then try them and II you relish them you
mi ght possibly IN time cultivate a taste for
these. You say YOU are also very fond of
frogs. They also are very plentiful here
and possess musical talenIof a high order
being especially noticeable In its volume.
You say you are fond Of hunting and inquire
as to the game you can most easily reach on
YOUR wheels or bv boat You can easily
reach our largest game in either way as it
is very plentiful and is easy to approach,
especially By strangers, As many VINO have
casually visited our city can inform you
: tin nv advice would be for you To not
wear your g. A. 4. suit while hunting Il, as
IL Is for some reason Shy of anything that
Savors Of police uniform. This game ire
uuentlv affords some fine and exciting
shooting. 1t is called draw poker. You in
auire as to ducks geese brants. etc" Per
haps no other people get so many ducks as
he residents of Seattle Many of our
wharves and some OF the principal bridges
IN the city are not protected by ratings. and
a man who is carefully feeling his way home
in the wee small hours" not infrequently
gets as many as a dozen ducks before
reaching there. Geese and brants remain
here through the winter-the numbers de-
pending on those that get caught here when
the rainy season sets in as It is then SO foggv
that they can't see 10 get away. At this
time they are easy of approach as they can
neither see or be seen Yes we have sQuir-
rels in large numbers and assorted sizes:
red squirrels, gray squirrels. ehipmunks.
etc The largest Of these are the gray SPUR
rels which are about the size OF the eastern
chipnunks. The rabbits are the cotton
tails. jack-rabbits and Welsh rabbits. the
last being the easiest captured As to cli-
mate we keep such an assortment on hand
mat We are enabled to slpply the most fas-
ttdions tastes. the temperature varying
from that of the volcanic fires in the base of
Mt. Rainier to that of the perpetual snow
and ice on It's summit. We have but two
seasons the rainy season" and August. No
~. nave no cases OF sun-stroke. In fact. we
know but little about the sun here as It's
Mace OF abode is over 93000000 of miles
from here and tits very seldom seen in these
parts In, the rainy season when 1t does nor
rain ii Is foggy and In August the smoke
from the forest fires hangs the heavens In
HACK like funeral pail through which the
ann il seldom visible. though the fires
s,,nettmes wane as we can family discern
a when 1t looks like the sad and mangled
remains oil a bed-bug Oh black board We
hay,. nd violent storms, as the rain falls AZ
easily and gently as the dews from heaven
though far more copiously and with Les 5
frequent intermissions. The snow here is
not so much 10 be depended upon for regu-
lartty as in Wisconsin where more than half
a century Of my youthful years was spent
though we can discount that state when oc-
casion requires it. For instance, in the
winter of y2-S, the snow fell for fifteen con
seeutlve days. aud covered the tops OF our
highest mountains We can dish up wind in
any desired quantity, from the mild and
gentle zephyrs that tan the brows Of the
residents of Seattle 10 the fierce gales that
,weepover Euensburg, causing them 70 COW
er their chickens with tar To keep their
feathers from being blown oil By the way.
speaking 81 tar reminds me that as you
have been $50 long 4 resident OF North Caro-
lima YOU may doubtless have embarked in
the tar business as geographerS tell US il is
one 81 the principal industries Of the state.
would suggest that should you conclude 10
emsrate q this state it win Inot be neces-
sary for you 10 bring any tar With YOU Tor
seed. a. tits said prime article can be
made from the many varities of pine 50
plentiful here. This is not much of an ag-
ricultural country west of the Cascade
mountains, Here the Indians live by the
chase chasing down the friSkv clam. the
fleet oyster and the elusive snail and grass
hopper and never raised ANYTHING except
numerous pappooses. an occasional scalp
and a good deal al Hades. and their White
successors are principally engaged IN rails
ing assessments ana umbrellas. In the
Sound country we have no yenomous rep
tiles hut east of the mountains Is the para
disc of The ratticsnake. They are said TO be
I hickest i'm the region Of the Moses Coulee,
where their average thickness il said g be
about three inches while IN the vicinity of
t.caveuvorth Their average is about two
inches and halls hat This affords much
more room that there is a corresponding I'M
crease la thc number PEA acre, Fer beauty