﻿LXXXVII 
  

  

  german 
  carp 
  in 
  tennessee. 
  

  

  Nashville, 
  Nov. 
  25, 
  1880. 
  

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  The 
  Carp 
  distributed 
  here 
  last 
  year 
  are 
  all 
  doing 
  re- 
  

   markably 
  well, 
  but 
  those 
  entrusted 
  to 
  Dr. 
  Callender, 
  

   Superintendent 
  of 
  the 
  Insane 
  Asylum, 
  have 
  made 
  phe- 
  

   nomenal 
  progress. 
  When 
  placed 
  in 
  the 
  ponds 
  of 
  the 
  

   Asylum 
  grounds 
  the 
  fry 
  did 
  not 
  exceed 
  one 
  and 
  a-half 
  

   inches 
  in 
  length, 
  and 
  they 
  looked 
  very 
  puny. 
  The 
  other 
  

   day 
  he 
  brought 
  into 
  town 
  five 
  of 
  the 
  smallest 
  he 
  could 
  

   catch 
  in 
  order 
  to 
  show 
  Col. 
  Akers. 
  These 
  would 
  weigh 
  

   one 
  and 
  a-half 
  pounds, 
  and 
  livelier 
  or 
  finer 
  looking 
  fish 
  

   could 
  not 
  be 
  seen. 
  The 
  Doctor 
  could 
  not 
  say 
  definitely 
  

   if 
  any 
  of 
  them 
  had 
  spawned 
  this 
  year, 
  though, 
  judging 
  

   from 
  their 
  present 
  condition, 
  they 
  certainly 
  will 
  next 
  

   spring. 
  Every 
  care 
  has 
  been 
  given, 
  feeding 
  regularly 
  

   and 
  not 
  allowing 
  any 
  one 
  to 
  disturb 
  them. 
  They 
  have 
  

   become 
  so 
  tame 
  as 
  to 
  come 
  at 
  call 
  to 
  be 
  fed. 
  

  

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  * 
  FOREST 
  & 
  STREAM. 
  

  

  J. 
  H. 
  D. 
  

  

  Holly 
  Springs, 
  Miss., 
  Dec. 
  4, 
  1880. 
  

   Dear 
  Sir 
  : 
  — 
  

  

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  One 
  x^ai'ty 
  to 
  whom 
  we 
  gave 
  some 
  

   Carp 
  last 
  February 
  put 
  them 
  in 
  a 
  small 
  highland 
  horse 
  

   pond, 
  and 
  about 
  a 
  month 
  ago 
  took 
  one 
  out, 
  which, 
  he 
  

   says, 
  weighed 
  oyer 
  three 
  pounds. 
  Have 
  not 
  examined 
  

   any 
  other 
  ponds 
  stocked 
  at 
  that 
  time, 
  but 
  will 
  do 
  so 
  next 
  

   spring. 
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  * 
  

  

  Yours 
  truly, 
  AVALLACE 
  & 
  McGOWAN. 
  

  

  ASTOUNDING 
  GROWTH 
  OF 
  CARP. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  a 
  fact, 
  that 
  the 
  Carp 
  has 
  grown 
  faster 
  in 
  America 
  

   than 
  it 
  does 
  in 
  its 
  original 
  home 
  ; 
  but 
  the 
  most 
  wonderful 
  

   story 
  comes 
  from 
  Georgia. 
  A 
  gentleman 
  in 
  Macon 
  sends 
  

   Prof. 
  Baii'd 
  the 
  folloAving 
  slip, 
  from 
  a 
  local 
  paper, 
  and 
  

   vouches 
  for 
  its 
  truth. 
  It 
  says: 
  ''Yesterday 
  afternoon 
  

  

  