. Down the eastern and up the Black . Road Plot Showing Hawley6 Mill. [ 136. o COPES DAM, Take my bait, O Sturgeon, Nahm;i,Come up from below the water,Let us see which is the stronger;And he dropped his line of cedarThrough the clear, transparent vainly for an answer,Long sat waiting for an answer,And repeating loud and louder,Take my bait, O King of Fishes. Longfellow— Hiawatha. OPES DAM ! Could one believe but atithe of the round, well varnished talesof well known fishermen, the big fishthat makes this dam its habitat, anddaily takes its bait in courses, must longs
. Down the eastern and up the Black . Road Plot Showing Hawley6 Mill. [ 136. o COPES DAM, Take my bait, O Sturgeon, Nahm;i,Come up from below the water,Let us see which is the stronger;And he dropped his line of cedarThrough the clear, transparent vainly for an answer,Long sat waiting for an answer,And repeating loud and louder,Take my bait, O King of Fishes. Longfellow— Hiawatha. OPES DAM ! Could one believe but atithe of the round, well varnished talesof well known fishermen, the big fishthat makes this dam its habitat, anddaily takes its bait in courses, must longsince have had its mouth adorned withall varieties of hooks. When I was at Copes dam, hasbeen for years a common prelude to a successful breach of theNinth Commandment; then follows an exhibition of a warpedpole and broken line, or at least a badly strained and batteredreel. To use judicial language, he rests his case on these exhibits. And yet, when one considers it, what more convincing proofcould a fisherman produce? Lines and poles and reels are allthe equipments that any fisherm
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