Mexico weekly ledger., 1912-01-11

Jacksonville. Fa-, jan !.
&c The Editous of me Ledger.
xexico. no
vtsisniay being q warzn and sun
shiny day. about two hundred ofus
Northera tourists went down the ST
Johns River to the 0cean. and stop
pei At NaypoEt Some stayed to
fish; others went on to Pablor Beach
those who wenk on the Beach wen
IN bathing. and time and again you
could see the iadies jumping the
white caps until they got into deep
water; having rubber hoods on
their herds prevented the saM wa.
tea from getttng into their ears or
on their hair. Then they faced the
white caps some three feet high
and swan among some Of the
large fish. ! mentioned last year
they would jump out of the water
and look as large as q horse.
My relatives and l stopped at
Msyport al The mouth OF the 81.
Johns River end fished IN the edge
Of the Ocean. We went out in a
motor boat. and / told the Captain
20 bait me a hook as l intended to
catch the first fish. He handed m
a long pole and line and I cast II
into the water, and before the rest
had their lines thrown out. / hauled
In a fine trout. We fished from
Twelve until four but they Did not
bite very freely. We shifted three
times, with no better resuifs; then.
at four o'clock we struck a school
Of trout and black bass. We fished
IN bands Of 9: the third one would
stand In the boat. cut bait and take
fish off from hooks, but could not
take them off fast enough. Some
times two fish would hit his face ai
the same time; 1t was like Milies
Morris wrote from California He
said they would bite so fast they
Jumped out OF the water 10 meet the
bait. We had but half an hour t.
fish before time to board the boa
for nome, but after adj we caught 8
wash tub of bass and trout ant
broarht home to our nieces My
brother said some time ago near Fl
Wayne, Ind, he and his brotherin
law went fishing one day and spear
ed a siulgeon fish that was z feet
loDg and weighed $50 pounds. Thel
followed him two miles after ths
first spear was in him and befors
{ he was captured they had thres
large spears in him- / shall sooE
go to Tampa or down the EasI
Coast, to st. Augustine, Pain
Beach. Miami end then to The Ever
' glades. l win also pass and take no
r tice OF the Indian River country
have been asked time and agair
from home why I don't take a large
ship and SAIL around the Easi
Ecoass ! viii tell them why. \
they will go back with me a few
years. My parents lived IN Indiana
some years ago in the chick woods
anlong the Indians, but they were
friendly. They would come and bee
everything TO eat Mother would give
whatever she could spare. sometime'
they would give her squirrels. wild
f. geese or deer. One day the Chief
tod her 4 at anytime she shopl9 en-
counter a ~ferocious wild beast &c
catch their evae ana look steadfastl
inho then and never wink or move;
lbs 80 doing she would e1bdue them.
I and she never forgot the Indian
story.
Some years ago my parents NOV
cd to washington Terrilory, on tbs
banks OF the Columbia River. They
Lived at the edge o the big fir tim
Der about eight miles from vancon'
yer. Years ago my wife and myself
J went to visit the old folks Ira Hail,
OF Mexico. tyou all know him) ac-
companhed as 50 when we got to
San Francisco county. Cali, VIC
were told not to eat any fruit before
} going aboard the large vessel which
would take Us to Portland, Oregon