Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-10-27

the one coughtup to the edge of the boat.
All the fish we caught We gave to the
people in and around the station and
TO our landlord We returned to our
hotel at p. m.
Thursday. September 10. we were up
before sunrise, which was a bright and
beautiful morning After breakfast We
held consultation and decided we had
enough of sport in angling and con
eluded to take the afternoon train for
Sharbot Lake, distance seven miles.
/ We packed up our baggage and settled
our hotel bill. to be in readiness for the
/ train. Before leaving our landlord.
Mr.. tombstone Brown showed US
around his farm He owns quite a
large tract of mountainous land, COW
cred with granite rocks of huge dimen-
sions. The pasture for his cattle and
sheep is of excellent .uality The
finest mutton and beef ! ever ate was
raised on his farm. Fried frogs were
IN abundance. You could have them at
every meal If you so desired. | never
sat down to more delicious meals than
we had here. Mrs. Brown attended 10
the cooking department herhelf They
had II milk COWS We were shown
through her milk house; the pans and
crooks were the very picture of clean
/ illness. We saw 65 head of cattle which
he had, besides his milk COWS. We
also witnessed them digging their
mountain potatoes The yield was
good and of superior quality. His
corn was also good. He had cut about
100 tons of the finest quality of hay
which he intended for his cattle He
had growing in his garden two stalks
OF Egyptian corn. The grain resem-
bled that of wheat. He gave Mr.. OFT
few seeds which he will preserve and
have planted on his farm in Old Vir-
ginia.
must not forget to tell an incident
which happened while we were there.
Master Stewart Mr. Browns youngest
son. about ten years old. and a neigh
boring boy he called Eva both fire.
quented the lake during school vaca-
ton. One day when they were out in
their boat trolling. Stewart had the
line wound around his leg and was
rowing, when all at once he said some
thing took hold of his troll and cont
menced to jerk his leg. He said he
screamed for Eva who was sitting in
the stern of the boat to come and help
him. They both held on TO the line
until it broke. He said If Eva hadn't
been there. he would have been in the
lake. "as the line ! couldn't get un
wound from my leg" He said he
would never put the line around his
leg again. 1t was large salmon. lie
lamented over losing his troll While
speaking to Stewart one day about
mosquitoes, as we had noticed several
buzzing around, he said they hadn't
all left. They were waiting for the
lakes to freeze over, so that they could
go home on skates.
Here is a list of lakes around Parham
Station, where we were stopping. and
all within a radius of seven miles.
Eagle Lake, Bobbs Lake, Buck Lake
and Green Bay, also Mud Lake is
part of Bobbs Lake, Crow Lake, Dun
can Lake, Elbow Lake, also lake
which had no name and which | named
the OFT Lake and is so recorded in the
county records; Miller Lake Long
Lake. Potash Lake, Legged Lake, Bar
ton Lake, St Andrews Lake, Coal
Lake. st. Georges Lake, Sucker Lake,
Victoria Lake and Sharbot Lake. This
latter lake and Eagle lake has large
teeming with bass and pickerel. In
Canada they have very strict law in
regard to netting bass You are not
allowed to sell them if caught in nets.
We can recommend these lakes to all
tourists and anglers as a first class
place for fishing and health resort. The
middle of August is the best time to go.
At that time you get the largest fish.
I'M 10. ut.al,
the fishing grounds. where we were,
Parham Station, take boat at Cleve-
land to Buffalo, from Buffalo take
either the steam cars or the electric
road to Lewiston, distance Is miles
from Buffalo On your way to Lewis
ton you pass the Niagara Falls, and
from Lewiston take a boat across the
lake to Toronto. which is about two
and one-half hours ride. There are
three daily boats from Lewiston TO
Toronto. and from Toronto take
steamer to Kingston. Kingston is at
the head of the Thousand Islands.
There is a line OF steamers running
from Toronto to Montreal, which they
stop at Kingston. After arriving at
Kingston. take the Kingston and Pam
broke railroad to Parham station. dis-
lance AZ miles. You are now at the
fishing grounds, and can have all the
fishing to your hearts content And
as for pure atmosphere. there is none
better. BY writing Mr.. tombstone
Brown. proprietor of the hotel few
DAYS in advance he will engage you a
punter and also bait His address is
Ticbborne Postoffice, Ontario, Canada.
The postoffice is close by the station.
The agent. Mr. John A. SHIRLEY at the
station will also assist you In what
ever YOU may want. The route de-
scribed makes beautiful trip, and is
not an expensive one.
An incident is told about the health
in and around Parham. Several neigh
bors bought a piece of land for burial
purposes. After they had kept 1t for
a number of years there were no inter
ment. and it looked as If nobody would
die to start the burying ground. At
last they concocted scheme with two
doctors who were attending patient.
They say that they gave him the
wrong medicine, which caused his
death. This was the first victim
buried in this ground Persons simply
dry up and blow away, on account of