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tliau five-cent pieces — how do 3'ou like tins for post- 

 age ? ' I pulled out a handful of the silver three-cent 

 pieces and as he surveyed them carefully he replied, 

 good-naturedly, 'I'll give up, you have conquered.' 

 He voted for the bill. I afterwards got the three-cent 

 pieces authorized by the Government." 



It was in 1853 that Mr. Potter became first interested 

 in the artificial breeding of fish. The successful exper- 

 iments were made by Dr. Theodatus Garlick and Mr. 

 Potter, and from that time to his death he devoted his 

 leisure to the stud}^ and work of this interesting subject. 



In 1S57 he was appointed Judge of the Federal 

 Court of Utah, but declined the honor. In 1859 he 

 was appointed Collector of Customs for the Toledo dis- 

 trict, serving until 1861. He was elected as Senator 

 to the Ohio Legislature in 1873, serving until 1875. 

 It was during this term that Mr. Potter founded the 

 law providing, at the expense of the state, for the pro- 

 pagation of fish in Ohio. To his personal attention 

 and good management the successful introduction and 

 establishment of that policy b}- the state was largely 

 due. He was a member of the Ohio State Fish Com- 

 mission for as many 3^ears as he thought he could be 

 of service to the state and people. No man took 

 greater delight in personally watching the many 

 changing conditions of the millions of eggs hatched 

 out in the different hatcheries of Ohio, or greater inter- 

 est in distributing small fish in the inland streams and 

 rivers. 



In addition to the national offices held by him he 

 was at various times a member of the Common Coun- 

 cil, City Solicitor, member of the Board of Education 

 of the city of Toledo, and there was not a fishing or 

 hunting club organized in Toledo but what he was 

 asked to hold some office, and was President of one 

 association for over twenty-five years. Such part of 

 his time as was not occupied b}- his business was 



