Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-05-09

pocket or tomato-cans ana 30 py your
| self to q high bank, cit nat down In tho
mud. plant your heels IN the mire below
YOU 10 prevent sliding, and with three
souirmng worms on the three hooks.
| swing out the iron spike as far as you
can holding the stick OF the other end
between your knees. In this way you
make the announcement Of your presence
10 the sculls Of innocents abroad-and
wait Hundreds go just this way from
Richmond every day, and they catch any
where from minus innnity to seventy~hve
apiece.
COL. J. BELL BIGGER ON FISHING.
Colonel j. Bell Bigger sPys that when
the dogwood is In full bloom then the
nnny tribe are feeding. cannibai-likc. on
those of their kind, and the poor little
mlnnow, twisting and wrigglng about
on Aberdeen and Cincinnati bass hooks.
attracts the southern club, the swift pike,
and the gentle silver perch. And with his
eye sparkling the Colonel continues:
Judges and Jurors. ministers of the Cos
pei postmasters, statesmen, parliament
tarians, and other common folks rig UP
bamboo rods with nickel-plated reels and
plated silk lines. and providing them
selves with sandwiches and an antidote
for snake-bite. of they 20 to the calm
mill-pond or the fast tidewaters OF the
for the arbitration treaty with old John
Bull or any other two-legged quadruped.
and forgetting for time Gomez.and the
Cuban patriots. and feeling perfectly In
different as to the fate of.Sanguilly II he
shall violate his. pledge by going back to
the beleaguered island. what enthusiastic
fisherman Is there who cares what Hanna
thinks of the protective policy of Dingley
& Co. as long as they can't lay an en-
barge on the soul-inspiring bite Of an
eight FOUNDER. and this sport can be in
dulged in in habliments of Demo-
cratic simplicity, and not tor
tured by tight-fitting swallow-tails
rs worn when mixing at the White House,
where Mckinley is surrounded by an
army OF fishermen. fishing for official
favors. This city is good starting point
to fishing grounds. In ante-belum days
there were not so many professional rod
fishermen as now. There were then J.
A. Cowardin, father Of Colonel G. OBJ,
Colonies Thomas b. Bigger. Sam Myers.
and Joe Atkins, and Messrs Daniel True
heart. Joe Allen. Dick Lorton. and other
wel-to-do folks. who would take their
outings-fixed for sport and camp plea
sures. There were many ponds to go to.
Young's, Vandeventers. Gherhearts,
Staples, Wooldridge's, Ryalrs. Bassetts,
forded much sport in latter days. / was
fishing at Ryalls one day. a lone fisher
man. when, 10 and behold, 1 found the
dead body of a man floating on its placid
surface. Who he was. where he came
from. how he got there, and where he
went to / have never been told. The
county authorities buried the mortal re-
mains close by the waters edge.
SOME wELL-KNOWN FISHERMEN.
There are many Covers of fishing in our
city, among them State-Librarian Scott
Weather. orecaster Evans, Colonel John
s. Harwood DR.. Judd Wood, John Base
Ter, Captain Wingfeid, Judge Witt, Moore
brothers. William Wood and son. Harry
Smith, Tom Hulcher, Tom Christian, Dan
Talley Thad. Foster. McThornton. Hay
Thornton Mike Macon. Rev. Messrs. Nash
and Dennis and others. The favorite fish
ing places are Providence Forge. Cohoke.
Garlick's, Lees, Vaiden's. Goddins, ana
other ponds. and in the Chickahominy at
Roxbury. Windsor. and Walkers Avolr-
dupois don't count for much In the art
of fishing. Billy Cullingworth, Of vast
bodily dimensions. pufis and blows to
land a seven pound club. while Ashby
Jones. small I'm stature, don't make much
rnyration at getting in 137-pound tarpon.
Fondness for fishing is not confined to
any special class or avocauon-Judges
Keith and Cardwell. who are expounders
of law and render decisions of their court
with solemn mein, can laugh as loud and
throw judicial dignity as far of when they
are wrestling with six-poupd chuo as
can Joe Jefferson. the noted actor. whose
facial variations and farcical utterances
can set the house in roar. Joe Jelfer-
SON has fished with the late Exceliency.
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acted their parasitic first as the author
and dramatizer had arranged for him, but
the latter himself being the author and
dramatist Of many Of our dramatic mis-
fortunes. Would it not have been better
for the Democracy If Grover had been
asleep on the Catskill mountains for the
mast twenty years, the period that JEFF
ferson in the play of RIP Van Wrinkle"
Sleeps on that promontory?
"The speckled trout are beauties and
our mountain streams abound with them
Salt water fishing is lively. The YORK.
Rappahannock, and Potomac rivers ana
| around Old Point and Ocean View, ana
| In Mobjack Bay, and Its several arms
Won can find all the fun you want; but
| alas for me. / cannot stand a. rocking
| In a canoe or other skiff on the waves
| NV poor. weak, bilious. organic functions
| revolt and l commence to cash up &C.
| counts at once. Have you ever been sea-
| sickq Don't look for any experience on
| that noint. 1t is awful; take my word Tor
| II and let II alone. For sixteen success
Give DAYS and nights did toss and reich
| n,han 7 went across the briny deep 10
| taka a cook at Portugal, Spain, Gioraitar'
| and noted places on the Mediterranean
| Sea. will never do 1t again. ga
| Virginia's quiet waters are good enough
for me. and this, my native ci'y' 10 queen
| Of ALL"
IN ONE HOURS RIDE.
There are as many places as one can
| count on the fingers OF both hanos III an
hours ride from Richmond which are the
| Olympias nearly every DAY III the se"i Va
| stirring piscatorial feats.
| providence Forge, where the JEFFERSON
Fishing Club has its grounds, ana which
| Is freouented by many transients, u.s. per
hans hest known The fish caught here
which afford the greatest sport and are
| most earnestly entreated to bite, are the
| "chub' and crock" and with when the
| pools and deep places of the Chickanominy
at this point and the old canal abound
| The m,ll-pond Is also in a short walk
from the depot, and is much the retreat
| for bodies who like to be pretty sure o,
| getting a string when they go out OF
chub nike. and silver perch, with which
| IL is stocked.
A few miles further down the river is
| windsor Shades, with excellent accom-
modations always at hand. and where
any quantity of fish can always be-
| bought.
Still further on the way Is Walkers, to
which nearly every train carries men and
minnows A clubhouse has recently been
built near the water. and Is managed by
Mr.. Clarke. Here the fishermen come,
and are soon dabbling among the wharves
at and below Cypress Bank, In the coves
| and around the stumps below Rock-a-