Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1903-09-10

there for the larger part OF his life, Mr..
Noyes at one time was clerk in Burling-
ton and was also resident of Hyde Park
and for a time was associated with the
late Russell S. Page in trade.
| "Mr. Noyes' active business life in
Morrisville extended over a period OF
between 40 and 50 years. During this
/ time he was for one term postmaster,
keeping the office in the Brick house on
the Corner, where he was born, after
wards in the hardware and tin trade.
His membership in the Masonic order
began when he was young man.
Mr.. Noyes was first married to Maria
Antoinette, daughter OF Calvin Burnett
Of MorrIsyille, whose death occurred
after nearly five years of welded life.
Later he married Abbie NJ, daughter OF
Samuel and Hannah Merriam, for many
years resident of johnson and Waterbury.
Their married life covered a period of
forty-two years and Mr.. Noyes' death
occurred on the very anniversary Of her
death, six years since.
Five children were born to them during
this period. Two of them, Charles and
Clark, lived to be and years old. OF
the other three, Joseph died in 1890 at
the age OF %; Will, IN Arizona, where he
had gone from Cleveland for his health,
in 1898, at the age of So; and Mary, wife
OF Geo. NJ. Clark OF Morrisville, in 1891,
at the age of 81. Mrs. Hardy, wife OF
I V. Nj. Hardy, ID. D., formerly Of Morris
vile and Randolph, now of Foxcroft,
Me-, is his only remaining child, being
the daughter OF his first marriage. Mrs.
| Hardy with her husband had been with
him most Of the time since the last of
1 July, and was with him at the time of
his death. Mr.. Noyes had been in infrm
health for several years and had required
the watch and care which only devoted
love and patient service could render,
and the measures in which they were
I bestowed were ever equal TO the need.
/ He was borne to his last resting place in
the new cemetery, which overlooks the
very spot where he was born eighty-two
and half years ago by Mr.. Munson,
Mr.. Eaton, Mr.. Knight and Mr.. Hardy
Trout Fishing in Spain.
Agar f. Carleton, now United States
consular agent at Almeria, Spain, gives
this account of the act of angling as pur-
sued by the Spanlards, who ought TO be
able to give the comparatively unimagina-
tive Yankees points, not only on methods,
but also on the proper way to rehearse the
tale OF their exploits after the fishing
trip
II imagine that the Randolph Izaak
| Waltons think they understand the alpha
and omega of trout fishing and perhaps
l they do, but / know a Spaniard who told
me that angling with a fly was Anticipated;
that the use OF the hook and worm was
also Anticipated.
Now this spaniard lives in the town
of Trevelez, which is nearly 6000 feet above
/ the level Of the sea, and at the base of
I Mulahacen in the Sierra Nevada range
! This mountain peak is nearly 1900 feet
high. In July last | was a member Of a
| party which stayed four nights on Mula-
hacen, and our road. or better mule path,
/ Ip1 fhrpugh his ~ I'rauafag bap
we stayed the night before our actual as
cent. The river Trevelez flows at the foot
/ Of this town and almost parallel with the
Sierra. II was late in the afternoon as we
came to the stream and il appeared to be a
splendid time to have try at this river so
justly famous for trout.
at was here that my chance acquaint
ance began with the only man in Trevelez
who ever fishes; in fact ii is his trade, his
profession. ! showed him my reel and
| several flies that had had sent me from
Randolph on purpose for this excursion,
but his opinion was not gratifying nor
pleasant.
II informed him that / was going to
show him how trout were caught in Amer
lea. He gave me one of those shrugs
of the shoulders which mean unaccount-
able things, and replied 'veamosle' (let
us see it,.
"Well, to make long story short
lily HN lulD HAItdlu
even at the first attempt to land speckled
beauty, but my expectations did not ma
terialize, and although / threw time and
time again in places where by the law of
trout streams there should have been sew
eral half-pounders, not sight nor a sign
of a trout did / see. / remarked to my
friend that it was clearly evident that the
spanish trout were not used to this sort of
a thing and his reply was, My little
friend, you do not understand how to fish,
your method is antiquated; now propose
to show you the very latest thing.
"Thereupon my obliging instructor led
me up the stream for a quarter Of a mile
where we could easily leap across it. He
then proceeded. just below a small pool, to
divide the brook into halves, as II were,
and close up one half, forming sort of a
corral or basin. The next move was to
stir up the waters above. The trout COM
ing down the stream went into this corral,
or most Of them, at least, and when he
had all there was to be had at this point
my friend simply put in his hand and
tished them out. That day he corralled
three pounds, but this was rather an I'M
usual catch, as a pound appears to be
about the average.
''This, then, is the very, very modern
method used in Treyelez, and / must con-
fess that felt rather discouraged and APP
prehensive as to the future OF the fly and
reel. The three pounds were bought by
one party and the sum of 20 cents was
paid for the lot, while on top of Mulahac-
en- for five days we had Trevelez trout four
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