The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-10-20
MULAT.


Muiat. Oct. 1s.-A short horse rs
soon curTied, and very little news Is
soon told. The fearful rainstorm of
last Sunday night and all day Monday
las put the country roads in such
sloppy condition that travel over them
Is disagreeabIe as well as difficult.
Accordingly there have been few visit
ors to Mulat this week and these visits
were mostly of a business nature.
A small number of Pensacolians
came to Mulat on last Sunday morn
ings train to spend the day fishing
from Off the long trestle which spans
Escambia Bay here 1t Is learned that
the number Of fish caught by this
party was small and those caught not
of a size to warrant boasting 1t may
be that the day was not propitious
for piscatorial sport, or that the Ash
had moral scruples against being an
accessory, in any way, to the desecra-
ton OF the Sabbath. However this is,
this experience is only additional evil
dence that upon some days fish win
bite and upon others they will not.
and nobody upon the green earth can
give satisfactory explanation OF the
phenomenon. 1t is easy to say that
the ebb or flow OF the tide governs
this fish biting business. One fisher
man will tell you that fish bite best
on an ebb tide; another, in the Same
locality, will tell you that fishing is
best when the tides comes in. One
says fish when the moon is on the In
crease; another, when it is on the de-
crease, and another says never FISH
when tho moon is full. This warning
Ia given doubtless upon the SUPPOSE
Sf.v, kIoA ~ -
fisherman viii be that way also, and
consequently in no condition to dis
tinguish between a fish bite and a
mosquito bite.
One wise fisherman says fishing IL
best when the wind is from the west;
another says when the wind is from
| the south; and another says that n
prevailing gentle wind from the north
| makes the best time to catch large
| fish. Everybody agrees that when the
/ wind is from the east II is a bad time
to fish. However, one day about two
months ago one young man from the
trestle here caught several good FISH,
one red fish Weighing twenty pounds.
when the wind all that day blew from
the east. So you cannot hardly ever
always sometimes tell. Two men last
week nshed from off the trestle that
spans the bay. One caught FIVE trou:
and a good sized red fish; the other
caught nothing. not even a catfish,
although they sat all the time within
six feet Of each other. When they re-
| turned the flshless man was asked:
What luck?" He replied, None at
all: the tide was wrong" The tids
was wrong for him, but right for the
| other fellow.
This waiting for the tide and moon
| to go fishing Is the merest nonsense.
| The best way Is go any time and find
| out whether or not the fish will bite.
1t makes no difference whether 1t is
low tide or high tide, or whether tho
moon is full or perfectly sober, 20 and
try them at intervals during the day,
| say two hours on and two off, and
before the sunsets IT is three to one
that your persistency will be rewarded
by a string OF fish or perhaps one
large fish
Pensacola parties coming here fish
ing are advised to bring bait with
them. This is not intended as a hint
that the saloons In Mulat are closed
on Sunday, for there are none here.
II is meant that the party should go
to the fish house and get a good-sized
fresh fish, and strips cut off this Is al
| good bait as he can get unless he can
procure shrimp. Some fishermen here
will tell you you must have crabs, but
| you spend half the day catching crabs
| and half the day keeping your hook
baited. as crab bait comes of so easy.
/ Regarding the bait" carried in TASKS,
| to be on the safe side II is proper to
| state the grass marshes that edge the
bayou and bay here are full Of mecca
sins and rattlessnakes. Verbum sap.
Oranges are rapidly ripening. Mr..
Glendye sold 200 dozen this week. Mrs.
Smith, who has a fine orchard, will
have hers ready for market in another
week Messrs. Otis and Todd both
have fine orange groves, but are wait
ing until later TO gather them for mar
| ket-
Mrs. O'Rourke has sold all her be-
longings here, except her residences
and farm, and with her family will
move to Birmingham next Saturday,
where she goes to Join her husband,
who has q position in the L. e. N.
railway shops there. Her old father,
! Mr.. Hawkins, a Confederate veteran
20 years old and who has been part of
! the family for many years, wishes to
go with his daughter, but he is de-
barred from this pleasure and must
be left behind because II he moves TO
Alabama ne forfeits his Florida pen
sion II a man drawing a pension in
Alabama moves to Florida he forfeits
his Alabama pension, and he cannot
| get one in Florida because he was
not here in 1895. The DEGREES OF these
| Confederate pension bureaus are
monuments OF wisdom, don't think.
Tickling in the throat, hoarsenesa.
loss Of voice, indicate the need Of
| PALLARDS HOREHOUND SYRUP.
| II eases the lungs. quiets the cough
and raS4oras heal tJ7 ip tba h.-..z1