Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1897-01-15
THE FAIR PORTER'S LAKE
Her Beauties, Glories and Kospi-
tality Glowingly Desorib ed.


ing vividly DescrIbed-A sportsman's
Entertaining Account of his
Pleasures-Notes of the Events.
Especial Correspondence to the PREss.)
On Friday last, about O'Clock a.
m, party of three left Dingmans
with the intention of spending a few
days pickerel fishing at Porters
Lake.
The journey was accomplished
without event and in good time,
considering the condition of the
road. On arrival there was found
to be no less than a dozen would-be-
fishermen already in possession,
among them being a party of seven
from Bushkill, who has arrived the
day previous.
Most of the good places " were
of course occupied, but, not to be
discouraged by such trifles, our tilts
were set out and fishing commenced
in dead earnest until we heard that
a shooting match was to be held
that afternoon and that prize of
plump turkey was offered to the
man making the best shot. Then, of
course, all interest in fishing ceased
for the time being, and the atten-
ton of the entire party was occupied
in borrowing guns and cartridges.
One of our friends from Dingmans
happened to be lucky enough to
capture the feathered prize. The
next thing in the programme was
dance which was to be held that
evening at the hotel. One of the
party remarked: Why where are
all the people coming from ?''
Well, if yoi. ,er want to attend
dance where t ore is lots of people
and lots of N, Porter's Lake is
just the place & go to. 1t was really
surprising whCre all the people
came from considering how sparcely
the country is settled in that vicin-
| ity, but it matters not where they
are from, they were there Just
the same, and a jolly good
crowd they were. Between twenty
and twenty-fiveladies, more than
twice as many gentlemen, consti-
tuted the party
As most of the participants lived
at a considerable distance, and did
not arrive until rather late, the
dancing did not commence until
about o'clock, but when the vio-
linist took his seat and began to
play, there was a general rush for
the ball room.
The only scarce articles about the
place were shoes, and they were so
scarce that some of the party were
compelled to dance in their rubbe r
boots, Notwithstanding the fact that
several gentlemen who did not
dance, where kind enough to loan
their shoes to those who did.
Everything moved along nicely,
the ball room was continually
crowded, and everybody seemed to
be enjoying themselves. At 12
O'Clock an oyster supper was served
to the entire party by our genial
host, Frank Van Why, after which
the dancing was again resumed, and
continued until the /" wee sma {"
hours.
The next morning there seemed to
be general indisposition to early
rising. Strange ! but there is a
rumor afoat that on the evening
previous, some of the party had at
tended a dance in the vicinity of
Dingmans, so had had very little
sleep for two days and were there
fore, naturally tired.
Saturday was a fine day fol-
fishing, and the luck seemed to be
with us. The Dingmans party
bagged "a of the finest pickerel that
were ever caught through the ice
They averaged over two pounds each
among them was one that tipped the
scales at exactly five pounds.
In the afternoon, two of the party
thought they would walk to Brain s
mill dam, and try their luck there
so they gathered together a few
tits, some bats and an axe, and
started through the woods to make
a short cut for the road. After
walking around through the brusl
for more than an hour, they began
to think that the road was farther
from the lake than they had antici
pated, when suddenly they came t.
an open space and discovered tha-
they were at the upper end of tn,
lake, less than a quarter of a mil,
from where they had started. Thl
man who piloted that expedition, i
open for all engagements as guide, t,
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