Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1906-04-26
A DAY IN THE COUNTRY.
A Pleasant Outing Among the
Birds and Wild Flowers,
Away from the Busy
Cares of City
Life.


Cares of City
Life.
For more than a year our good
friend, and priAce of good fellows,
the genial and jovIal Maj. l.. B.
Bass, the recognizfd champion
angler of Goldsboro -that Is before
he was 90 unfortunately stricken
with rheumatism-had promised, as
Don as he recovered sufficiently to
successfully risk a hore e-fish pulling
him in the river, to take us with
him fishing and learn Is the art of
''stringlng 'em in the eyes"
: So not having teen phys cally able
to 90 but once in about two years,
and being run in That time by rain,
yester ay being SO propltlous, and
the ARGUS reminding hum daily of
his favorite sport, he phoned to as to
come to his store at once, that he
could resist the temptation no longer.
| When we arrived on the scene
everything was in waiting. A hack
in which was carefully arranged
fishing poles galore, the Majors easy
chair and a pair of c%rutches, a half
gallon OF crawish, and possibly some
Of Jim HOiiOWeIis t'bitters" and
We Were Don off on u journey,and
the Major hal forgotten all about
: his rheumatlcs and appeared as hap
Ply as a school by at the close Of
school,
We did not know where we we're
going and cared less, since we were
going ti,hing-a weakness which
we came honestly by. But the
Major had laid We'll ms plans, as we
were not long in fiuding out. He
had phoned ahead to his good friend
MI. William Howell that we were
coming and 10 prepare dinner for us.
At 1880 we arrived at Mr..
'HoWelI's beautiful Country home,
and after resting awhile and breath
ing the pure cou.try air, blended
with the fragran Z Of wild and
sweeetscented Hoscrs, we were in.
. vited into the spsc .,a diuing room,
and a pleasing sig t Inde ID me- ou1
eyes. Tue table VS. heavily Laden
with everything 4 ,oi to eat, til fJI
"a king, such as oni. county people
! who live at home ani ooari at the
same pla e can pref.tre;5pring chick.
On, country sau-aa", both boiled aud
tried, n. q. ham, raLisile5, pixies,
deserts Of ali klnis-iu tact, Very
thing that Was god, characteristic
of country life, all of which W: 5 en-
, ,yed to the fullest extent.
a, Mrs. VIM. Howell, assisted by
Mrs. Dallas Howell, OF this city, Wht
also Went out 10 go II ,hIng, prepared
, the meal aud it is needless to say i
was we'll done, and best of all W.
, were & Ct armingiy entertained
Mr.. and Mrs. Howell dideverythinf
+ possible for our comfort, and GU
+ short stay a one If unusual pleas
ure, for they made US feel perfectly
= at ease and at nome. We took aions
with us Uncle Mathew Guess, al
told faithful servant AID he, as wei
as his horse, were Well cared for anC
well fed, and Matthew said the tabI,
reminded him of Christmas. Oul
wife says, when we c-.mp.ain of be
l ing sick, that sac is not alarmed
APPETITE holds out IS we'll as it has
2 and if she could have see US today
= she would have buen OF the same
opinion still.
From here We W.ro driven to the
river ard fished faithful and hare
until too dark to see our poe and, tt
tell the truth, neither Of us caught {
iscale, and both of us sneaked back
home after dark and brushed the
mud off our clothes and went to bed
for neither Will Want anything to cal
for three days, in fact, it will take
several days to again get accustomed
to our every day diet.
But, nevertheless, the day was
we'll spent and one Of UNUSUAL pleas
ure to US both. 1t is indeed a rare
treat, at this season of the year, to
get away from the busy cares of city
life ami spend a day quietly and
! peacefully out in the country and
breath the pure fresh air, and hear
the merry birds as they sing SO
sweetly, and pluck the beautiful wild
flowers all covered with the dew
drops of heaven, and view the
natural surroundings reminding US
so forcibjy at this season of the We. r
of the handiwork of God, where we
are lost for at least a day to the busy
tumult of town life and forget for a
while our troubles and cares, and
wish, as many of us frequently do,
that we could live a quiet country
life for ali time.
When we began this article we
thought we would withhold the joke
on Major Bass, but it is too good to
keep: When we started out of town
yesterday the Major met a fellow
I with q nice hunch of noroh which he