GEORGE ADAMS in the Journal
In 1954 my grandfather, WILLIAM FRANKLIN MASON, wrote a Journal about his life in northeastern KY from 1872 to 1914.I believe the year here would be about 1898 at Horton's Mill, KY.He and his cousin had tried their hand at using an explosion to kill fish in the river - but had failed to kill a single fish.
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"It may be doubted that we even dared to look at each other while we dressed and shamefacedly made our way home.It was unlawful to kill fish by explosives, but we were not afraid - we had not killed any.We felt pretty bad about this till we heard what hapened to our friends HENRY MCDAVID and GEORGE ADAMS.They tried the same plan - but they had to travel about five miles with their jug and after selecting what was considered one of the best holes in the river (the Sammons Hole)they put down their jug, lighted their fuse and hid - and waited - and waited - with never a sign of explosion - let alone fish - then they dragged themselves home to their waiting families.It may not be exactly Christian but we bore our bad luck with better grace after we heard of theirs."