New-York tribune., 1900-03-15
THE PASSING THRONG.

Il never saw but one place where the stories OF
catching large numbers of speckled trout and
doing IL easily. borne out by
A SPECKLED the facts" said Joseph Robinson.
TROUT traveller for West Broadway
STORY. wholesale grocery house at the
Asror House yesterday. II long
had an idea that all fishermen were liars but some
CT them are not continued Mr. Robinson Three
years ago this spring was in Binghamton in this
State. and fell In with there who had just
got back from fishing trip in Delaware County
He had about thirty pounds of speckied trout. and
they were the finest 1 saw. running from
three-fourhs of a pound a pound and three quar-
ters- One year ago went 10 the place where they
poor fsherman-T caught ali the trout / wanted.
The spot is Sand Pond about six miles back Of the
station of Lordvile, the Erie Railroad | do
not hesitate 10 say that any one going there at the
he wants. The pond is fed by springs and the only
time trout can be caught at all freely is in the
The week the ice breaks up the trout frequent the
shores and bite with astonishing freedom That )
THE trout n sand Pond my in the eariy spring bite
Just like bullheads. and crack fisherman there
IN your Iins, and it soon sinks out of sight in the
slightly roily water. You feel moderately sharp
tug on your line, and then you land your fish The
small small ones don't bite None OF them weigh less
as the wind blows cold across the pond, and there
Will be none of the keen enjoyment good fly fish
you'll get the fish. II you are inclined TO be at all
hoggish, you hire some of the natives TO fish
who can throw in line catch the trout. The
quality is unsurpassed. One week after the has
broken up and melted the trout seek the deep
water In the middle of the pond. and the seasons
fishing is over"
ITS funny thing the way you run across peo-
pie in this town you expected to see again -
said Hugh Ford. of the four-masted
QUEER MEET British ship Lord shaftesbury
ING OF OLD which has been lying Pier No
FRIENDS 49, East River. II think il must
have been six years ago that
shipped with a man named Judge on the Glasgow
bark Edinburgh, from London to Melbourne 1t
was long voyage, and became good friends
oelore we reached port. When we left Melbourne
we went without Judge, for he had shipped on an
other vessel Judge and had a farewell celebra-
ton the night before he sailed that was way urp-
out thatS another story. Well, I didn't think I'd
ever see MIN again, but the other night when was
come rolling in the door and saw lust as natural
t1eIo- tOrd old man, how you2' When I saw
II was Judge we pretty made rough house
or that car. He had been around the world twice
many ports that I hadn't touched at myself and
theIe We ran INTO each other a miserable canal
boat OF an elevated train in New-York
But the StrangeSt of I that vuhar u-a
mad been right across the pier from me The Lord
SnaItesbury was lying side of Pier No 40
ana Judges boat, a two masted trading schooner
called the George Edwin. tied up to the other
SIDE There we'd been for a week and hadn't run
INTO each other. We spent the rest of the dav on
the schooner swapping stories and talking over
tnat farewell game in Me bOurne-that night was
the limit, mistake. It's funny about that schoon-
er, by the way. Her forecastIe and galley are all
one below decks up under the forecastle head Did
you ever near or Such crazy idea