The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-12-29
(Sandy Griswold in Omaha wor,s
Heraldl

j told you about a coupIe re waa,-.
ago. 1t is with the hunter. and who is
there to say him nay? They kin tn
satisIy tnelr munger n l wot YOU
AL lake a commensurate joy in the
killing. 1t is just such rare n;ct,ras
that fall alone to the eyes OF the lar
ter. when in the haunts OF the formar
They love the thrills OF the chase h.
bird and animal as we'll as by them
selves. and they are stories they nsvar
grow tired Of hearing told.
u as 1 mentioned in my story OF
las. sunday, while fond Of them AL,
and a firm believer in them all the
Samut Of athletic pastimes. ( think II
is the u and rod after all. that pro-
duce the fines type OF men. The Wv
tues or these pursuits are more akin
to mastery Of self, and the close rela
ton OF man to nature. They beget the
larger and the broader man. But they
require Dotn time and money, and
there are many who would indulge in
them who cannot on hat account.
The field sports are expensive. am
forced 10 admit, yet it will surprise
the novice to know how meaere and
trlning Is the actual necessary expen-
diture of money required for his mod
crate n reasonable participation in
the pleasures of the stream field.
In these days of project appliances.
SAASeP BUNS, SItSdD dill
munition and cheap camp equipments.
a man OF very limited means may en-
JOY a fair proportion of his favorite
sports without too great a sacrifice.
One decided advantage field sports
have over other forms of exercise and
recreation is that the taste acquired
for them in early life is likely to be
permanent. Their charms and entice-
ments and tests and rewards do not
grow stale as the young man merges
into maturity and acquires the ripe
ness of age The man who in boy
hoods days took pleasure in shooting
and fishing has found in those pur-
suits a lifelong heritage Of opportunity
for health upbuilding. and brain re-
freshing n spirit mending. such as
his less fortunate brothers can never
know Compared with these outdoor
TecreatiOnS of abiding virtue all others
are passing "a and violent crazes-
violent n passing not only in the life
of the individual. but in the favor and
participation Of the public. One form
Of popular amusement succeeds an
other, is followed madly for the mo-
ment and then is forgotten in the
next craze. But the interest in shoot
ing and fishing is, with it votaries. as
fresh and vigorous as the very lake
marsh and woodland itself, which,
though it may seem to be dead in the
bleakness Of winter, is but sleeping
Q%uiescent, to put forth new life
through all it's myriads Of sturdy
trunks and outstretching arms in the
spring time, but to fade again in the
glorious season Of the autumn time;
and the love Of fishing, born in the
barefoot boy on the old home farm
endures with him into old AM
persists SO long as the heart beats
quicken at the sound OF the gurgllne
oo,-%;r1 %-oorn 0r Ian IF lonely lake
n the senses are pleased Dy the
grateful scent Of the soggy mold anc
the glinting Of the sunlight over tn
waves. If these sports are manly ant
make our boys manly, are they no al
so youthful sports. and do they no
make the aging man, for the nour. a
least, young again? If such be tn
rare and potent virtue attached to tn
following Of the forest, field an(
stream-thousands will testify that
am right-the youngster who. IN M
school days. cultivates a taste LOT tn
rod and gun, will be but laying ul
store for his regeneration In aIte
years, and something OF the giadnes
OF his youth.
But talking about shooting. tn
season is now all but over YET W
wish to observe that II WIN ,ms ON
provement Of fowling pieces n am
munition. the acute senses OF on
game birds increase. it an also y
said that the greed of the sportsmel
decreases. that is to the sportsnia
to whom it is not all sno0Iins az
fishing to shoot and fish. Inere !
hardly a passing week during tn
whole year that we do not give es,
dence in this column of the proof Q
this assertion-do not tell OF som
sportsman who brought in MS one =
two dozen birds when he could nav
doubled the number. but forebore De
cause he had already had a falr sn s,
of sport and as many birds as he conl
j~udiciously dispose of. In our uhpis Is.
and thaf Isl 10 record the natur
studies. the travelling and hunting an
fishing experiences, the ooserxa' ~
suggestion, wit and wisdom OF "a
sportsman's fraternity. Nothing seLs.
better to bring out the ciaro-oscu..
the irredescent lights and we've.
shades of lust such pictures as al