The sun., 1903-10-18
FISHING AND FISHING.
They Who Fish by Main Strength and They
Who Fish With Human Intelligence.

From the Rochester Post Express.
There Ia fishing and fishing man may
ENTER into the pastlme with all the enthusiasm
Of old Izaak Walton. or he may haul the
tinny viatims from their native element
at the end OF a thick handline. Either In
the popular parlance is called fishing. Also.
dynamiting. netting. spearing and snarng
are equally included under the same cate
gorical head. And in this confusion OF
methods under one designation is found
obvious reason for that difference Of opinion
which Pudd 'nhead Wilson observed was
necessary in hOrseraces.
The artist In. the. sport looks askance at
the hauler of the handline. and he in turn
sneers with contempt at the delicate instru-
ments OF the others preference. The one
seeks sport. not fish; and the other fish. not
sport Last Sunday pedestrian who was
ENJOYING the peaceful p beauty o. h.tnd,n tne Dug,
puzzlng. picture OF piscatorial oppositss.
At one bend In Irondequoit Creek stood
with hn pne ana e1a
responded dehcately to the pressure OF
finger. and the sllksn line, ended n an in
vssS visible snsh .an Of nay y ms ssSe1 &. ds tReyy tRny
when an occasional rock bass, struck. the
struggle whipped the graceful shaft into
fish which the. sportsman landed meant iive
minutes of skilfui play, and their number
was not .spectacylarly y great. nor their size
Half mile UP the stream the whndeTer
strolled. and there he saw another 81 ght.
1t was picture Of peaceful p5epose, set TN n
lows mournful bonghs sat an ancient and
ruminstive man. A corncob pipe, was be,
tween his lips and ever and anon he pulled
in a gentle and contemplative cloud. From
behind, one would have thought him asleep,
but ii, would have been a mistake He did
not sleep. nearer approach discovered
a seat upon the soft turf of the bank eaui;
distant from four bamboo poles arranged
like the guns OF seaconst battery and
trained upon the ripping current OF the
creek. The ancient man sat with two poles
on each side Of him. and within reach Of
ready wrist, From the outer ends OF the the
poles bObbed and swung four corks. The
pedestrian stood in silence and watched.
Quick as a flash the piscatorial patriarch
reached for the proper pole and heaved. L.
struggling upon the grass, a lfapinG victim
Of his successful lure. With quiet move the
hook was rewormed and the bobber bobbed
under at once and the agile ancient whisked
his catch upon the bank, one, pole in each
hand. Between times he sat in awful still
rusrded ' bfoasRt R Ris his head around @ Upon pn his
& a a a ee he ho nSa 9efn hns hnyns snd pdT'R Rs
strained at a string apchored beneath him
on the bank, In this he wns like :he mcst
fastidous Hycnster that ever struck trout
with a, tiny glitter Of gold and red. He
sho wed his catch Will conscious pride. The
pedestrian counted eight mnllets. five rock
bass. three so called Oswego bass. n five
pound pickerel and innumerable synfsh;
year," asked the pedestrian Wall" said
the manager of the pole quartet. not per-
tickler ben' soft" He was thereupon asked
what he did with EN- Take EN- home 20
show 10 the old woman and then. il the neigh
bors don't want them. thrun am away. The
ole woman is powerful fond of lookin' at my
ketch."
Now the artist with the fyrod was fish
ing and the patriarch with the four bamboo
poles was fishing. The question is: Who
was the fisherman?