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an angler's kit. And now, at his home in Florida, although 

 he long ago passed the alloted life of man, the same habits 

 remain with him and the same pleasures come to him from 

 these cherished pastimes of his earlier years. He would, per- 

 haps, all the same have illustrated in his life the virtues of 

 an honest man if Providence had not, in addition to a vigor- 

 ous constitution, given him the temperament and taste of an 

 angler, but the fact that he is an angler we may be sure 

 abstracts nothing from the high qualities which enter into 

 the mental and moral structure of an honest man. May he 

 yet live many years to fish with leaders as tough as his con- 

 stitution, and with rods as elastic as his humor and as stable 

 as his fame. 



Judge Edmunds, the distinguished Senal or from Vermont, 

 has been for many years a regular visitor to salmon 

 waters. He has fished many of the best rivers of the Prov- 

 inces, and is as expert as he is enthusiastic in the practice of 

 the art. Of late years his daughters have accompanied him 

 and shared with him the great pleasure to be derived from 

 these annual visits to the quiet places where salmon and sea- 

 trout gather in their season for the delectation of the angler. 

 One of his daughters was long an invalid, and although she 

 was temporarily benefited by these summer sojourns in the 

 silent woods, she recently "entered into rest." Hereafter 

 the pleasure the honored statesman may derive from his 

 angling excursions will be hallowed by the memory of the 

 heart-gladdening companionship of the ' 'loved and lost. " 



Judge Folger, the present Secretary of the Treasury, is 

 also fond of the angle. A coterie of genial gentlemen have 

 lodges on the banks of Geneva Lake. The Judge is chief 

 among them in skill and enthusiasm. He has been hoping 

 for years to accompany Judge Hadley, his near neighbor 

 and intimate friend, in his annual raid upon the king of 

 fishes ; but he has always had the misfortune to be so tied 

 down by the galling withes of public responsibilities (hat 

 ho has never been able to pass beyond the metes and bounds 

 of his official parish for the length of time needful to make 

 the trip and enjoy the longed-for luxury. A seat will be 



