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Bait the Devil Likes Best. 
‘What bait do you use?” said a saint to the 
devil, 
‘“When you fish where the souls of men 
abound ?”’ 
‘“‘ Well, for special tastes,” said the King of 
Evil, 
‘¢Goldand fame are the best I’ve found.” 
‘‘ But for general use ?” asked the saint. ‘Ah, 
then,’’ said the demon, 
‘‘T angle for man, not men, 
And a thing I hate 
Is to change my bait, 
So I fish with a woman the whole year round.” 
Munroe A. Green and The N. Y. Fish Commis- 
sion. 
It is with regret that we learn of the removay 
of Munroe A. Green from the position of su- 
perintendent of the N. Y. Hatchery at Cale- 
donia. This action on the part of the fish 
commission removes the last link that con- 
nected fish culture in the state of New York 
with the name of Seth Green, the father of 
practical hatchery work in this country or in 
Europe. We do not understand this action of 
the commission, and can only fall back upon 
the statement of the local paper at Caledonia 
for even a partial solution of the case. This 
journal states: 
The dismissal of Mr. Green, who for about 
ten years, since the death of his brother, Seth 
Green, has had charge of the state hatchery 
here, will be a surprise to most people who 
have not kept a close watch of affairs at the 
hatchery, and his retirement will be deeply 
regretted by almost everybody. He is a 
genial, companionable man, always kind and 
courteous to visitors, and thoroughly posted 
by years of close study, intelligent observation 
and practical experience in every detail of 
fish, frog and eel culture. Probably the man 
does not live who is better informed in 
pisciculture in all its branches, from a stand- 
point of practical experience, than Munroe A. 
Green. From boyhood up he has fished and 
studied fish. But Mr. Green’s good nature 
has been sinned against. We do not know 
positively the cause of his retirement, but we 
Notes and Quertes 
do know that from the day an outsider was 
first allowed to cast a fly on the Caledonia 
state reservation, whether that outsider hap- 
pened to be Governor Flower and his staff 
and family, Commissioner Bowman or any 
other person, from the Emperor of Germany 
down to Samuel Wilder of tall building fame, 
that day marked his fate. If there is anything 
in the iaw creating the Caledonia state hatch- 
ery that sanctions favoritism relative to the 
fishing privilege at the Caledonia state hatch- 
ery, our eyes have failed to discover it. We 
take the position that one citizen of this state 
should have as many rights on these premises 
as another. There have been many com- 
plaints on this score, and we understand that 
it is the intention of the new commission to 
put a stop to the injustice. 
The new superintendent, Mr. Redman, who 
took charge of the hatchery June 1, is thor- 
oughly equipped in knowledge, experience 
and executive ability for the important duties 
and will no doubt give entire satisfaction. 

Fine Fishing Near Cincinnati. 
One day last week Mr. W. H. Diible, man- 
ager Clearing house, and I left here at 8:11 A. 
M., via the Kansas City division of the L.& N. 
R. R., for Kenton station, eighteen miles from 
Cincinnati, arriving there at 9 o'clock. We 
were met by Mr. J. M. Armstrong, who owns 
a large farm three minutes’ walk from the sta- 
tion, on which he has seven lakes, ranging 
from five to two acres each, and within a mile 
radius, stocked from Government ponds some 
four or five years since, and never fished until 
this season. I never had such a great day's 
sport before. We landed black bass and 
strawberry bass until we were tired out, ar- 
riving home at 5:50 p. M., with about thirty 
pounds of as nice fish as was ever caught. 
We received plenty of bait without any trouble 
on the grounds. 
Cincinnati anglers do not know what a treat 
is in store for them until they have addressed 
Mr. J. M. Armstrong, secured the privileges 
and visited his place. J. A. CassELL. 
CINCINNATI, July 1. 
