The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1904-06-30
FORSYTH, MISSOURI THURSDAY JUNE 50, 1904

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only few of the commodities and non,
OF the luxuries OF life, with maybe thre.
or four houses and one Of them serving
as hotel for travellers, we were surprised
at seeing, in addition TO the above, Z
new livery BARI, with an inscription
which read a. follows: No smoking
aloud here" three large modern gener
al stores, some fifteen new houses-neat
painted, clean looking-a barber shop
drug store, etc.
But by far the most pleasant day wa.
spent in taking the trim on White river
Early one Thursday morn'ng the boats
were loaded on the farm wagon and the
teams headed for the hills. Itonly took
one hour To drive over the mountains
three miles and TO launch our boats in
the stream, the distance TO float back to
Forsyth being about twelve miles.
The air was cool, the sun bright, the
water clear and Cur hearts filled with
mingled wonders and JOY. We did not
go very far until fine bass from his
covert in the rocks sailed forth after
the spoon book, and what an exciting
chase we had. He was Il fine one, and
gave all OF us some anxiety rs 10 wheth-
err we would be able To land him, but by
giving him plenty OF rope" we finally
wore him out and landed him in the bot
tom Of the boat.
As the morning wore away and sever.
al more fine catches were made, and
about noon, the shelving rock into the
waters edge aifording good place for
landing, we clambered up the steep
bank and in u beautifully laid grove
with the prettiest green grass, rustic
seats and club house, we spread out our
feast on table. Cake, pies, ham, hard
boiled eggs. preserves, bread. pickles,
fruit, and in addition the finest fried
fish, made heavy the table and light
our hearts.
Truly it was feast fit for kings, and
having eaten to our satisfaction and
Quenched our thirst at a beautiful spring
of cold water, we took to the boats
again. And the height Of excitement
was reached when u big salmon ran az
ter the fly and took the hook fully into
his mouth.
Imagine our excitement when, infu-
rated, he fairly churned the water In
his desperate efforts to get away. Fair
ly did the water boil. Here, there, up
and down he darted. "a beauty" did
you say Well, should say prettier
than Il picture when he was landed safe
ly in the boat. Other fish, too, were
caught that evening, on one occasion
two giving chase to the same book, one
being caught and the other getting
away.
The next day our trip to The farm that
will make its owner famous some OF
these days took place. Yes, formerly
we had walked over these Identical hills
with our gaze in the tall timber looking
for Mr.. Squirrel. Not knowing, we
failed to realize that we were walking
over gold bearing porphyry.
But il il nevertheless FACT for be.
ing Missourians we had TO be shown
and strange, the yellow metal in fine
specks could be seen in the horn. Some
Of these days when capital becomes con-
vinced Of the fact, that whole country,
instead of being quiet and uninyadcd by
railroad and capital, will be opened up
and teeming populations will swarm
over the eternal hills like ants over a
hilock. And hands laden with the
precious metal will bring TO light new
hopes in hearts asleep, awakened to bet.
ter aspiration and new activities.
J. +. FORSYTH, Crocker, Mo.