The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-04-05

va .'3friI . fE'1f,rt - -, way t'1H
anglers and really wrote the BOOB
which we know was printed ii 8l4et
She couldn't spell Dame Julia4s
couldn't, but she did know how TO fsa
In her tTreatysse on Fysshynser she
tells about the habits OF various GSh
the kinds Of bait that tempt them
! the weather that Is good for fisher
men, aid offers much advice about b4k
Ing rods, coloring lines, constructing
floats and the like. As she quotes from
older books, now lost, TO prove her Con
tentions. It may be that In angling as
in the rest Of the life on this sphere
there is nothing new under the SYN.
al The Theory Of Cleveland.
Dame Juliana declares that 1t is best
to fish in the morning from four 10
eight and in the afternoon frOm,fouf to
eight, resting at noontime. To fhis
all anglers will now agree. In Jour
own time we have Grover Cleyel ind
who writes of fishing and statecPaft
and prefers fishing. He said: I1iere
can be no doubt thar the promi& Of
Industrial peace. Of contented labor
and OF heaithfal moderation lnI the
pursuit Of wealth in this democratic
country Of ours would be infinitely i'm.
proved II o large share Of the kimc
which has been devoted TO the con.
coction OF trust and business comblna.
tons had been spent In fishing" 1t
was this same Mr.. Cleveland who de.
Tended The anglers from unklnd attacks
and demonstrated that a fisherman's
word was always as good as gold,
even when concerning the fish that
got away Just before he was landed.
The Ethics Of Il.
Angling is true sport. Dame Bern
ers said It was the best Of all "dis.
ports" and, like other true sports, It
has code Of ethics. A true angler
will not be wanton in destruction OF
fish. We Will not heedlessTy destroy
young fish. and he will not descend
to the level Of Staying for the sake Of
slaughter. Thus when he angles for
black bass and he catches three or
four rock bass he is put out. He isn't
fishing for number of fish, but for
the pleasure of the fight with the kind
OF game fish. If he can catch blacl,
bass, The more the merrier. This IS
a code which binds only the grown,
ups and veterans, Of course, for every
boy is an angler and to him n fish a
a fish. and all are good 10 add 10 "thc
string"
Some Of the Great Ones.
George Washington was an ea,ha.
,siastic angler. 1T Is of record" sail
Sunset Cox, that when the Pilgrims
went 10 King James for their charter
they said they desired 10 go to the
New World 10 worship God and catch
fish, Daniel Webster composed his
greatest GRAFTON kneedeep IN a TROUT
stream, Henry Van Dyke finds !nspir'
alton in a-rut-aidiire. Or: Ge7}A;,.:
Bethune was our American V ton.
These Americans come down IN de.
scent from an iiiustrious line of Eng.
lish anglers-shakespeare. Sam John.
son. spenser. Lamb. Pope. Scott.
Burke, Davy and many more.
But the greatest OF them al is
Father isaak Walton, and next to him,
his son.!nAnslins. Charles Corb.i.
From the modest Introduction ending
with u shall stay him no longer than
to wish him a rainy evening 10 read
this following discourse. and thAt (ifI
lie be an honest angler the east wind
may never blow when he goes kGsh.
Ing" until the close Of the book, Where
the blessing Is Invoked Upon a that
are lovers of virtue and dare lust in
Providence and be quiet and a.an.
Cling" there Is goohnef Is and sweet.
ness AMI pure delight III the bVssings
OF nature for the readet of the Com.
plete Angler" I'll sent ' Washing OH Irv.
Ing 10 The woods mad AXIOM Quixoie.
no man can read It M |off the
creek. 80,
Born, Not M
Rnt there be good en- who
have never heard of Isaas ton, and
there he lovers of Walton wN, Ncannot
catch fish From Dame JulieHa down
to Grover Cleveland The angling writ.
ers have al agreed that the true, fish.
erman is like a poet, born and not
made. Possibly they are right. Pos.
siife one must be born TO the art. But
there is a time Of gear whTn It isn't
so. 1t is April now, and Everybody
wants TO so a.fshing. Let be perch
or bass or lowly catfish, Or d mere tiny
s,mfsh-there is ample rewafd In one
fish for days tramp. "Noture hath
apllnrp til.