Year: 1870




ton, and so act as tamping.


No full survey of surroundings
have yet been made, but it is believ-
ed that the explosion has been en-.
tirely successful


A FIsherman's StOry-Angling for a


Dog.


We were travelling on ground we
had no right on. The only excuse
was like that Of a military necessity
it was far. better fishing through
the farms where the trout had been
preserved, than in open lots where
all could fish.


1t was early in the morning. We
had risen at three, ridden ten miles
and struck the creek as the trout
were ready for breakfast. Looking
carefully Cor a sheltered place tobitc6
our horses, we slyly crept on behind
fences, ETC., till we reached the part
OF the stream not generally fshed.
A farm house stood not a quarter of
a mile away. we saw the morning
smoke curling lightly from a stove
pipe; saw a man and two bows come
out to do chores; saw woman busy
about the door, and a ferocious bull.
dog wandering about the yard.


IT ever we tished close it ws.s thAn.
Not a whisper to disturb the birds
or the owners of the land. We
crawled through the grass and dod.
ged behind aldeEs, lifting large
speekled beauties out of the water
until our baskets were full.


This was the time to have cr.ne
but the front were so large Ind hit
so readily that we decide;I 70 str strino no.
and hide what he be, and take an
other basketfUl. So at tive went
No sooner would the hook touch the
water than it had trout. We for
got the house, the man, the boysand
the dog. Suddenly there was a rush
ing through the oat-feld as if a mad
bull was coming. We looked to-
ward the house, and saw the farmer
and his two boys on the fence. the
woman in the door, and the dog
bounding toward US. We saw it 81
we had been discovered! The
well-trained dog had been sent to
hunt us out and, as the matter an
peared, it was safe to bet that he
was doing that thing right lively.


To outrun the dog was not to be
thought Of, There was no time to
lose, He cleared a fence and came
just % we reached a tree. and bv
activity took a front seat on a limb
above his reach. Here was a prec-
ious 60! A vicious bulldog under
the tree, and the farmer and two
big boys ready to move down upop
our works. 1t was fight, foot-raee,
or fags,


The farmer yelled to his dog.
Watch him, Tigem


8 Tige proposed to do that little
thing, and keeping his eyes upon
us, seated himself under the tree.


Then spoke this ugly farmer man /.
"Just hold on thar, stranger, till we
get breakfast; then we viii come and
see you. If you are in a hurry,
however, you can go now! Watch
him, Tige!"


We surmised trouble; quite too
much, for thrice had that bold man
of bulldogs and agriculture elegant
ly wallOped innocent tourists for be-
ing seen on his suburban premises.
His reputation as a peace man was
not good and there arose a large
heart toward our throat,


Time is the essence Of contracts.
and the saving Of trouble. We had
a stout line in our pocket, if We fail
ed to take trout. And as good luck
would have it We got nice sand
WED and a piece Of corn beef in our
other pocket.


We called the dog pet names, but
he wasn't On it! Then we tried to
move down, when he moved upn At
last we trebled our bass line, fastened
the limerick to it, baited it with the
corn beef, tied the end of the line
to limb, and angled for dogl


Tige was in appetite. He swallow
ed it, and sat with his eyes oD US for
more; but with no friegdlv look
beamihg from his couDsenance. Not
any,


Then he pulled gently on the fne
it was fastl Tige yanked and pull
ed, but twas Of no usel We quick
ly slid down the tree-almost blister
ing our back doing it-seized our
pole, and straightway went thence
somewhat lively.


We found our string of fish, and
reached the buggy and a command
ing spot in the road in time to see
the sturdy yeoman move forth.


We saw him and his cohorts, male
and female, move slowly, as if in no
IAste. We saw them look I'D the
tree. We saw an anxious crowd en-
gagged about the dog. We came
quickly home and kindly left the
bass line and hook to the farmer.