Outing . scattered through the work which form faint propheciesof the sporting glories of to-day, and these are foundin the chance mention now and then of the ease withwhich these men were able to improve the evening billof fare. As the line of settlements spread northward and west-ward, and as villages developed into towns, and townsgrew into cities, wealth began to be accumulated in aregion which but a few decades before had been givenup to the deer and bear. With this came the cares andfatigues of business, and men began to long for the restand recreation to be derived from fishing and shoo
Outing . scattered through the work which form faint propheciesof the sporting glories of to-day, and these are foundin the chance mention now and then of the ease withwhich these men were able to improve the evening billof fare. As the line of settlements spread northward and west-ward, and as villages developed into towns, and townsgrew into cities, wealth began to be accumulated in aregion which but a few decades before had been givenup to the deer and bear. With this came the cares andfatigues of business, and men began to long for the restand recreation to be derived from fishing and they awoke to the fact that at their very doorsalmost lay the region of small lakes which makes Northern Minnesota so beautiful,and they found in those cold, clear waters the black bass, the pike, the pickerel and themuscallonge. There was sport enough to be had with these—health-giving sport Copyright, i8go, by the Outing Publishing Company, Limited. All rights reserved. 404 OUTING FOR FROM ANGLE ROCK. that put strength into tired limbs andbraced up the overworked nerves. In thewoods which bordered the lakes therewere partridges without number, and deerwere just common enough to make thekilling of one or two in a days huntreasonably certain, and sufficiently scarceto make that killing something for a manto be proud of. There were bear, also,if one wanted rather more dangerous work,and now and then a wolfs grizzly headwas added to the list of trophies. It was after Duluth began to rear hermassive buildings on the shore of LakeSuperior, and the St. Paul and DuluthRailroad was pushed through this countryof the small lakes, that these great hunt-ing and fishing grounds became easilyavailable to sportsmen. It was not longbefore the fame of the White Bear Lake,the Chisago chain, Rush and Goose lakesbegan to resound through the land. Menwho went there came back wdth glowingtales of great catches of black bass sevenand eight pounds in weight, of pickerelthree and a
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