The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1912-07-16
Aquatic Notes.

Harry |. Cooper has purchased an Old
Town canoe. 1t arrived on Saturday and
will be stored at Hacks boat house.
The second annual outing of the old
mans outing camp of the Lakanoo Boat
Club. of Burlington, will be held next
Saturday and Sunday at Florence Heights
Quite a number of women were includ-
ed in the list of those persons who got
drenched by the heavy shower on Sunday
afternoon while boating on the upper
creek.
On Thursday Harley Shemeley caught
two large pike in the lower creek. He
went to Lumberton on Friday and return
ed with three pike of size that attract
ed attention.
While up the creek with his family on
Thursday afternoon and evening, Oliver
G. Billings landed four catfish, one club,
one calico bass, bull frog and turtle.
He also lost catfish and pike.
A boy came near losing his life while
bathing at the mill dam Saturday after
noon. He got into deep hole near the
wheel pit. The little fellow went I'M
der the second time before his condition
was noticed, when he was rescued by two
men.
Prominent citizens of New Egypt have
begun plans for the production of the an.
nual carnival at that place which has been
an attractive feature on Oakford Lake
for several seasons, excepting last year
when 1t was impossible to hold the event
on account of low water
Messrs. Herbert, Stevens and Quigley
enjoyed fishing trip last week to Budd's
reservoir in the pines. They landed IS
pike before o'clock in the morning. Her
bert r. Smith and some friends went to
the same place few days later and came
home with string of 26 pike.
Returning from a recent fishing trip,
Harry Warrick, of Medford, had luck of
kind which he did not expect. On re-
turning home he placed his rod against a
tree, leaving the line dangling with a
worm on the hook. This proved tempt
ing bait for the fowls confined in the yard.
The worm was gobbled by hen, who
fiuttered at great rate until Harry ran
out of the house and removed the hook
from the mouth of the frightened chick
en-.
Earl Copper and George Green, of Flor
ence, while fishing at Anglesea. last week,
sent word to Charles Gray that they had
shipped him barrel of fish, which he could
get at the Burlington express Office on
Friday morning So Dory Doyle and Gray
went down to that city at the appointed
time, only to find that one OF Charles pre-
vious jokes on the fishermen had been re-
| turned. The barrel was there all right,
but it was only three inches In length and
about the same in diameter. 1t contained
two tiny blue fish, crab and three oys-
tiers.
The Ankokas Canoe Club, notwithstand
ing the rain, enjoyed its annual trip to
Pemberton on Sunday, where the party
took dinner at Hartman's Hotel. On ar
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irving at Oakdale the canoeists stopped
and spent a very pleasant hour. They
were photographed before proceeding OIL
their journey. The trip up stream wai
difficult portion of the way owing tC
the dam being out at Birmingham, which
makes low water, a strong current anC
several rapids, but these drawbacks wer,
safely passed. The journey was pleas
ant one with this single exception. TIL,
party reached its destination in time fo
an appetising dinner. The heavy rain IL
the afternoon swelled the creek, and tn,
strong current sent the frail boats dow
the creek with the speed of the wind
enabling the paddlers to cover the dis
lance of about fifteen miles in two hour
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