The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-05-03
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half a second? Put up your other arm
and stop hauling and pulling so! Now,
let's-Come here boy, What under
heaven do you mean by racing of like
that with nothing on but your shirt? Now,
/ come here and lei me put the rest of your
duGS on Stand still. I say Put your
leg IN here! Nor that leg There you 90
sGuirming around like an angIe-woTm.
Now, if you dent keep still. young man.
Ill-stoD pulling at that chain. and
here, Mrs. Rudy, you'll have TO dress this
wTiggIing animal yourself. I couldn't do
1t IN ten years Go to your mother, sirl'
Mr. Pinekney ". Smith. of the Treas
ury Department, is enthusiastic on the
subject of fishing. and devours anything
and everything appertaining thereto. Hav-
ing been an interested reader of The Times,
recent utterances on different subjects OF
histology" he stopped work yesterday
long enough TO make q few remarks Said
| Mr. Smith:
1t IS amusing to a veteran when visit
I ing angling resorts TO watch the beautiful
/ way in which the guides seduce the green
/ horns into buying tackle OF outfits from
/ them or from the local stores. There is
always some particular fly or spoon with
/ out which it IS useless to fish, and then
! when il comes to going out to the fishing
/ grounds, woe to the man who has not
been there before, for unless he happens
! to have an unusually conscientious boat
nan, the chances are that he viii be
/ taken over some very convenient ground,
where there are few. If any, fish.
{" They are not biting today OF You
ought to have been here last week etc,
are some of the Cousoling remarks made
| by the guides we have all listened to
4 these remarks time and time again.
1 Anglers on their first trip to the Thou
/ sand Islands suffer from this to q very
great extent; there are so many good
! looking and convenient localities barren
OF fish, while the best and more prolific
waters are at considerable distance from
I the hotels, and require hard work at the
Z oars to reach them In fact, the expert
T ence of spoFtsmen is that the first sea
sen at a new resort. whether for fishing or
! shooting, is usually wasted"
Mr. Nimrod W Bond. of Maryland. was
+ appointed to a messengership in the Gen
eraI Land Office in 1867. and by painstak-
/ ing ard conscientious attention 10 duty
in the course of time rose to position Of
trust and responsibility in this very i'm
portanJ establishment of the Government.
At the outbreak Of the civil war Mr.
+ Bond volunteered his services in defense
/ Of the Stars and Stripes and marched OF
+ to vgar-a mere boy He saw real war,
/ and demonstrated his pluck and deter
I EuIuatIon upon many baILIenelds, among
them Gettysburg, and was at the suTreE-
der at Appematox-
Mr.. Bond is g prominent member Of the
I Grand Army OF the Republic, and chair
man of its local memorial fund He IS
. the s0n OF HT- Robert Bond. wealthy
/ Maryland manufacturer, Mt, Bond says
=,
. the Confederate army. He married 4 Miss
+ Bradley. of Boston. q relative of Judge
I Bradley, OF Washington Mr.. and Mrs.
Bond reside at 436 @ Street northwest,
I where they entertain their friends IN
/ genuine Maryland style
While enjoying a little chat and a good
cigar with Mr.. Bond recently he related a
/ peculiar incident Of prison life during the
( war ana u2sGE-S-t played by a bloodhound
/ vita seeming human intelligence and ap-
/ probation. Said he.
AT AndersenvjlIe the prisoners were
allowed to 90 out IN squads, strongly
/ guarded. to collect fire wood One day 1t
was the hero's turn to go. and for the
/ first tine since MS imprisonment he
/ caught sight Of Colonel Catcbem.' the
! big bloodhound
The Michigander noticed that the dog
Iinped painfully On one of his fore feet
+ but gave the matter no special attention
/ until, after being out Tor half an hour,
+ he sat down to rest near one Of the
+ guards The dog approached the guard
as II to ask some favor, but was re-
( pulsed with an oath and threatened blow.
He then skulked around and came near
/ the prisoner, who saw that he had an
/ old horseshoe nail run into his foot
! With little coaxing he got the dog near
I and finally pulled out the nail. and the
animal ran away, seemingly well pleased.
+ Twelve days after that, one night about
midnight, a tunnel was ready The pTis-
{ oner was a long time getting clear OF
Z the neighborhoOd, and weak and half
/ starved as he was he was not more than
5 two miles from the stoclSade when day
broke and Colonel Catchem' was put on
the track When he heard the dog con-
/ ing he looked for a suitable tree TO
1 climb. but failed to find one Armed with
: club ne took his stand and resolved to
make a fight for Il. The dog recognized
/ the man and began exhibiting every sign
i Of friendIiness- After q few minutes the
Dursuers were heard IN the distance The
/ dog at cnce tTOtted of in that direction,
/ and was shortly baying AID leading them
] over a fictitious trail The prisoner
pushed ahead for half an hour and was
/ then rejoiGed By the dog, who kept either
4 close 10 his heels or Just ahead Of him all
/ day. and lay beside him in the woods at
night This POSITION Of guardian or com
: panion he maintained until toward night
J OF the second day, when he returned 70
/ the stockade. The prisoner was then
{ thirty miles away. but on the fifth
morning he was Tecaptured. When he
I returned the hound met and caTTessed
him From that hour to the close of the
war the dog would not take the trail Of