The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-08-11

seemed 10 come fyom behind him While ,
rs "as peerlng through the hu-he~ the
NOISE increased - volume until = seemed
70 eoEnc from the bo~els 81 the earth IN
DER a.. ieet. a A. told j; himself. In
hls frenzy DC jumped INTO TIE river and
e1cla med III b id r the ,eyll amt
got NE this time. He swan across the
TlFer and came on to town NTH rs
cloths. dipping water AM out 81 brath.
People tod him that the noise he heard
Was possibly a bull snake. but the old
man died q few years ago carrying with
hla to hls last day the impression tina;
the devil was after HIM for ashing on
sunday and he never tried his luck again
on the Sabbath.
In ~ day and time Mr.. Richard Brown.
the father OF George, Charley. John and
Emmett Brown. who are all printers and
working at their trade IN this city. W.
the acknowledged leader OF the sport in
this ecton On one occasion Mr. Med.
Pate. Z prominent citizen OF Greene coun
y, came TO visit Mr.. Brown and a. they
would not have an opportunity 10 20
fishing during the week they pulled out
Tor the river on Sunday. They sat down
on the bank and baited their hooks and
set Their poles with the ends sticking ID
the bank, as l. the usual custom when
fishing n the river. They had a half
dozen poles set when suddenly every pole
pulled loose from the bank with terrific
force and shot out into the middle OF the
river. This was too much for Mr.. Pate.
who turned to Mr.. Brown and said
Dick, you can stay here If you want to.
but I'll be ID If | amt going to leave
They both ran all the way to town.
Here are some opinions OF our citizens.
MR.. ARNOLD BORDEN, Of this city
Il consider the black bass, yellow breast
perch, blue brem perch. river robin,
chlnquapln perch, and SWarInOuth perch
the best fish to be found anywhere. All
the varieties named are to be found IN
fresh water streams OF Eastern North
Carolina"
Mr.. ]. ". ISLER, of the firm Of J. ".
IsIer & Co, says: when | want to catch
fish go where the fish are and I know
of no better place than Morehead City.
You can talk about your Florida fishing,
but I do not believe there is a place on the
face OF the earth than can beat Morehead
City, either in the quantity or the quality
of fish. The finest varieties to be found
there are the Spanish Mackerel and Blue
Fish, the Sheepshead and Grey Trout, all
of which can be caught with nook and
line. The Mackerel and Blue Fish are
caught While trolling, which ~ fine sport,
and the Sheepshead and Trout are caught
still fishing, as they call it. On one Of
my trips last summer | caught 400 Trout
in four and a half hours. If | had wanted
to l could have sold the lot for Sl5, from
which you can see that fishing is both
q profit and a pleasure. The last time
went to Morehead caught four boxes
of fish in four days, which would have paid
my expenses and left a neat little balance
if l had wished to dispose of them. I
boxed them up IN ice and sent them home
and to my friends"
CAPT. J.. w. LAMB, of this city IS OF
the opinion that the river Robin IS the
finest fish that sWlms. He says: Next
comes the Blue Brem AMI the Chlnquapln
Perch and the White Club, which is called
Trout in some sections of the State. There
are any quantities of these varieties IN
Rock Fish creek and Northeast river. /
go down there about twice a year and
bring back all | want for myself and my
friends. Messrs. w. F. English and j
A. Westbrook, of Mt. Olive, and l went
to Northeast river about two years ago
and caught over three hundred perch one
afternoon. It is the greatest sport or
earth to catch those large perch and they
are the earnest fish that swim
Major Larry Bass IS authority on local
fish and fishing. He can tell you the time
Of the moon to 90 fishing as well as what
kind of bait to use and how the wind
should blow. The Major said: Il nike
the River Robin better than ali others.
bu. the White Club runs him a close sec
end. 1 know of no better place 10 catch
these Robbins than IN Falling Creek.
generally so and spend two days and
come home with more fish than I can
make way with
w. r. PHILLIPS.
Goldsboro, n. c., Aug. 8.