FW 8, 1883.1 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



31 



tapifily moving train and especially whan standing and n..t 

 expecting ic- Will, .-i second of tunt retarding motion like 

 something holding you stronglj back while y'ourwholeim- 

 pvrlsc i- to continue going forward al the vim- old rate, .mil 

 men we came to a sudden stop with the water roaring up 

 over ill- stem, ft, keeled off tto seal on top of lie catfish. 

 while the Doctor barely saved himself from going over the 

 now after bis bat which preceded, him, and there not fifty 

 feel away was that Really old jog bobbing and. plunging 

 about as if :i larpum had the hook instead m k snag of some 

 sort on the bar where we were hard aground, Wo were 

 just faai and solid in thai mud and sand with barely els 

 tOchcs of water, and for all we could tell fepm fbe rauddj 

 water, the same depth to either shore several hundred 

 yards each way from us, and aside from rh< boatandthc 

 jug, the water Mowed on us quietly and smoothly aa if il 

 -. • !• ten ;<■• i deep. 



Pushing and rocking were both without avail, aud after 

 a few moments' deliberation, we one by one peeled oil our 



nether gaiinents and -* * v " '"'•• : " , - ; ' ' rK; ' 



lightened the] ■ 



we worked ii> '. 



time the sun bad sel an 

 and we had w.i several 

 out. curing to overtak 

 light, wc pushed on 

 which wo reached shori 

 ,liii\ angler, thorongh.1 

 Muddy had no further 



the 

 ishing an 



be bar an 



I.'II1CA(IH, 111. 



Side into it. Tli 

 i wafflflfi alongside 

 dgot iu. By this 

 fcness was fast approachiug, 

 togd to reach the city. With- 

 jther jugs, long passed out of 

 jridlj as we could for home, 

 ■r <i';i iu. with at least one tired, 



lied that fugging on the big 

 sforhim. 



( 'Al'T. Doesax FntN 



FISH PROTECTION IN OHIO. 



r pliK following blUs were introduced iuto the Ohio Li e.i.-- 

 1 laiurc By Mr, Highlands: 



To amend Section fi, 9(58 of the Revised Statutes of Ohio. 

 -i.i nil.--, l Be ii enacted by the General Assembly of the 

 State of Ohio, Thai sectlou 6,068 of the Revised Statutes be 

 mi amended as to read as follows 



Seeii,,i] il.'.ills. Whoever, for the plttpOSC of Ir.illii, in 

 .my of the waters of any creek, river, canal, lake. pond, or 

 ivC,Tv,,ir, ni in any BodyoU wain-, whether artificial or natu- 

 ral, lyW within the Stale- of Ohio, except the waters 

 of Lake Erie, Mercer cpuinty reservoir, and Laramie reser- 

 voir, in Shelby county, injures, kills, or catches, any li.-h 

 in i.r connected with any of ihi waters in the State 

 of Ohio, e.vepl the waul- of Lake Erie, .Mercer county 

 reservoir, and Laramie reservoir, in Shelby county, 

 or whoever in any way. malic-iou-lv disturbs any 

 fish iu any private n-h ' pond, shaTJ be lined for each 

 offense, not more than fifty dollar-, nor teas than ten dollars. 

 or imprisoned not mure than, sixty, nor less than len days: 

 and it shall be unlawful to catch or destroy any fish, in any 

 manner, except with hook aud line, during the spawning 

 season; ajccepl in reservoirs containing one thousand acres 

 or more, from the first day of April to the fifteenth day of 

 June, with the same penalties for a violation of this provis- 

 ion, as herein prescribed in oilier e ises, 



Sec. 2. That ?aid original section 0,968 ho and bhi same 

 is hereby repealed. 



Sec. 3. This act shall take effect aud be i" Eprce from 

 aud after its pitas 



\Ir. O'Hagan introduced the following; 



To endOurage and protect 'he artificial propagation, and 

 the raising and increase of brook trout and other fish 

 in certain Btr> tinia and waters oi Ohio. 

 Section 1. Beit enacted by the (Sfaeneral Assembly of the 

 Stale, of Ohio. Thai any person who shall trespass upon the 

 lands, or rights in lands, belonging to any person, firth or 

 corporation, and located in the State of Ohio, in. or border- 

 ing upon any pond, brook or stream, into which havi been 

 introduced brook trout lor speckled trout, so-called), land- 

 locked salmon. California salmon. German carp, or any 

 other fish, by the means known as artitieial propagation, or 

 by actual importation from other waters, for the purpose of 

 fishing for. o'i catching, OI killing fish, shall he guide of a 

 misdemeanor, ftnd -hail be punishable therefor as herein 



after provided. 



Snc. 8, Any person who shall buj or receive au\ brook 

 trout, land locked -almou, California salmon. German carp. 

 or any other fish, caughi or taken contrary to the provisions 

 ,.i i!i,' foregoing section, knowing the same to have been so 

 caught or taken, shall be eftfiltN of a misdemeanor, and 



Shall he punished therefor as hereinafter provided. 



Si:i.;t. Any person who shall set or draw any net or 

 -cine, or other device, save thai ol angling, ra auyrivcr, 



hay or arm of alike, within twenty rods from ill, 'mouth 



of'.-ui-h siream or iiiook as is designated in section one of 

 this hill, or ahaU insert or piacein such brook or stream 



any device for I In ■purpose ol Obstructing 1 he free passage 



of' li-h along -inli stream or brook, or between sue!) 



siream or brook, and I lie walcf- into which il Mow-, or 

 shall set, or draw, or use any net or -cine in such Slrcarfl or 

 brook, for Ihe purpose of catching or killing fish, shall be 

 guilty of a misdemeanor, and he punished therefor a- here- 

 matter provided; provided, however, tjial nothing in this 

 section shall be so construed as to prevent theownors of 

 land-, or rights inland-, in. or bordering upon anv pond, 

 or brook, or si ream, as designated in the first section, using 



the iic\ i.e.- lor procuring spawn for artificial propagation, 



nor to prevent such owners using the necessary devices for 

 taking suckers out of -uch .-n-i am or waters, when the same 

 arc destructive to the spawn of fish, designated bathe first 



section of this bill. 



SbO. I. Any person who kills, or exposes for sale, or has 

 in his or her possession any brook trout. landlocked salniQn, 

 or California salmon> at any time between the first day of 

 September and the following lirsi day of March, exclusive, 

 except the same shall have been brought into this State 

 from such other State. Province or Territory, without the 

 '•orders i hereof, as permits the, killing of BUOh li-h a! tie- 

 time of -neb importation, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, 

 and be punished therefor as hereinafter provided. 



Sw . 5, A.uy person offending against any of the provis- 

 ions of this lull shall he punished, upon conviction of the 

 first offtjnse, by fine in anv Mini not loss than live, nor more 

 than twenty-fiye dollars; aud for each subsequent offense, 

 in addition o, -:■■ |t fini by imprisonment iu the eountj 

 jail, for a period not exceeding thirty days; and if any per- 

 son, complained of before a justice or the peace, plead 

 guilty to such complaint, such' just i ice of the peace '.-hall 

 have lull authority in -i.c-h ( ass io impose the punishment 

 .'.,•■ , described. 



Sec. 0. This act is to take effect aud be In force from 

 and after its passage. 



BmsfvtB in Lakk Cuami'I.ai.v— A correspondent of the 

 'Troy Tiimx write- i The lake nl Burlington ha- just clo-ed 

 in, ami Ihc smell tislurs have moved their lini,- Inn- on 

 runners out to the accustomed grounds, Modern improve- 

 ment- ha\ e niadi I his -port one of hi,, most luxurious ini- 

 aginahle. instead of kneeling in the cold wind beside « 

 constantlj freezing hole in the ice, the fisherman now -ii- at 



hiseiiM' in hi- ileal liUlc luovahle lioii-i , warnied In a -love, 



and keeps watch of two or three lines left down through 

 boh-- in the floor and corresponding holes in the ice He 

 -moke- mid reflects, or talks with a companion, and i-. as 

 comfortable as the millionaire before his grate of glowing 

 -ea-coal. Besides being a lazy amusement, smell fishings 

 a pretty profitable employment, as the fish are exceedingly 



An attentive and per-isicnt ii<liennan will make about a- 



much out of hi* day .--port a- a laborer, Wiio comes liomt 

 .-on- and stiff at afght With bis hard-earned pittance'. The 

 genius who .-it- on his lunch and manipulates the little lines 

 i.- usually a jollv, hospitable sort of a fellow , and i- perfeol 

 lv vt LUing iliat the blue-nosed Jkatet sliould seek refuge oc 

 casionally in his cozy little house, and even permits him to 

 handle one of the lines for a while, n he shoultl chance p.. 

 bring a young lady companion with him, the ancient fisher- 

 man betonic- a fflodttl of gallantry "c lay- his black pipe 

 under tin- -love n-ieii- hi.-- warm -eat lo the lair one, ami 

 places all his piscatorial resources at her command. Il is 

 pleasant to note the immense .satisfaction with which he re 

 signs lo her the line upon which he has just detected a timid 

 nibble, and when, following his dire, .lions, she hooks the 

 liuhappv lish and draws it up Ihroneh the ice with a little 

 scream id' mingled lerror and deliirbt. his eve- shine With 

 approbation and pleasure, and he feel- as proud as did the 

 Canadian woodsman who initialed the Princess Louise into 

 the mysteries Of salmon fishing, But when he removes the 

 struggling victim and biles oui its eye with his teeth for a 

 fresh bait, the situation becomes embarrassing in the ex- 

 treme, and the cozj hut no longer possesses any attraction 

 for the young skaters. 



I'm i.i iion of SnaiAsni.- A manufacturing company 

 owning lafld on the West River, in Rhode Island, filed a bill 

 for an injunction against another manufacturing company 

 who operated an upper mill, to restrain it trom' polluting 

 the si ream wilh dycstnlT.-. chemicals, elc. and the Supreme 

 Court of Rhode Island, in this c.oe (Silver Spring Bleach- 

 ing and Dyeing Company*. Wunkuck Company) granted 

 1he injunction. .lodge Potter in the opinion said: "Every 

 owner of land has the right to have the water which passes 

 his laud come to it in its pure, natural state. The offending 

 company here contends that while this might be very good 

 law iu former days for an agricultural people who used the 

 water for washing, drinking and watering animals, there 

 has been a complete change of circumstance-; that we are 

 largely interested in manufactures: aud the wealth of ibe 

 State depends mainly on their prosperity, and that the more 

 valuable use should prevail. The right of the riparian 

 owner, farmer or mill-owiiH- to have the water pass his land 

 in its natural stale and to a use of it to any extent which 

 shall not injure it for the use of others, isasinuch his prop- 

 erty aa 'tho land itself. This court cannot alter the law 

 neither can the Legislature itself take this right away an 

 ., il can lake its land. If needed for the public usi' 

 the State can lake this right on making compensation, b"l 

 it can not, b' taken from" ouu mau and given to another, 

 e\, n if In. pays for it . thai linis^ be left to private agree- 

 ment." — Paper Trarti iToWrnaX. 



Tub Dakter. — Waterford, Mich.. Jan. ;>?. — 1 send you 

 by to-day's mail, a small tin case containing a peculiar aud 

 beautiful marked specimen of the tinny tribe for name and 

 classification, It is supposed to he a male, and is about 

 the average size of tho larger of a number taken in a min- 

 now net by a voung fisherman, from a small, swift running 

 brook, two miles from hen- A few of ihem have been 

 kept alivein a large e.-uidv jar filled with pure waler. bv a 

 voung merchanl. Mr. Jones, of this place Those thoughi 

 to be females of this si range lish are somCwha't smaller, and 

 marked with very liditaiid dark shades of gray, with none 

 of the deep indigo blue, golden and crimson 'hue- of tiic 

 males, which, in a live state, in its native element appears 

 exceeding!) georgeous, Hdne-of the fishermen about here 

 can identify them. They seem to do well in the jar on a little 

 oatmeal, with change of water once daily.— J.W, [The fish 



is one ol the "darters," a taiuih of li-hes which live on the 

 bollom. and move by jciks. The family. SUimtom/ttl'da, 

 contain? many genera and species. Your fish is the rough 

 saud darter. PJeuTVtepd) ntpreffvs, Jordan, It is a gorgeously 



colored lish at limes. | 



M isi i.mnrs I'u l,.i;i!i:l.. — In Dakota, le-ai where luenl 

 lasi fall for geese, there i- a small lake that, piv\ ion- to il, 

 spring of 18S1, contained no lish. Since that lime ii hi 

 teemed wiih pickerel, and this last Summer large (pianlitii 

 have been taken wilh the rudest kind of tackle, by Hi 

 farmers for miles around. .My informant— an old frieu 

 wilh whom I stopped, and whom I know to be reliable 

 had a barrel lull. Salted down, all weighing about tin, 

 pounds each, and he -aid that all taken during (hi season 



were of this size, and would noi vary iii wdghl a ipiarter of 



- did the-ehsh'eome lionr.' Mv friends 



country-all being overflowed in <he 



ifiqtienl nnon the inciting of the great 



covered tin- ground, in some way the 



lUS Hiver (,-ome miles distant) Mowed 



ried the pickerel along. If this is so, 



•aue-ht ol tin- -ame size and specie- 7 

 uffalo. cat, and 1 think black ha--, and 

 d perch.— IIakhy Hwjter. 



Asking vCh.w.i-: in Fish Laws. — Long Branch, N.J.. 

 Feb. :t. -A petition, signed by neariv 900 fishermen of 

 Monmouth and Middlesex couiilies. has been sent to the 

 Legislature asking for the repeal of the law regarding .seine- 

 haulding, passed March IT, 1883. The fishermen sav that 

 the law was passed for the benefit of a few persons living in 

 Middletown township who wished to iise tin- rivers for their 

 own pleasUreand profit, and for- the pleasure of sportsmen 

 and uou-ie-ideii!- ,,f the s; ; ,ie. The fishermen declare thai 

 the law has failed to accomplish its object, as the prohibi- 

 tion of seine-hauling in the tide rivers along the const has 

 tended to increase the number of eels-ami catfish. The lai 



fishes. The fishermen add that the Cnited Slates FishCom- 

 mis.-ioiii ■!•.- la-t -uiniiiei hauled for yearly three weeks to gel- 

 striped bass to stock the waters of California aud did not get 

 500 fish. 



Tvxl'i.nn.VTinN ok l'YonihA AVaikhs.— The yacht II. art- 

 ease, which left 2\~ew York last fall for Florida, ha-atiivid 



iheiv. The ITi.ii. I{. I!. Roosevelt and Mr Beth Hie,,,, boil, 

 of the New York Fifth ( onniii-ion, aic on board, and pi ,,i,i 

 ise lo search Ihc waters of that Stat,- lo leal a I be habits o| 

 the fishes which come froni Ibeie o, our iiorihern Rhorvfl in 

 summer. Mr. Oreen was granted leave of absence for this 

 purpo-e. and will nporllo the hoard on his return. \\ , 

 -hall look anxiously lor ihi- i-epoii. Qui Correspondent, 

 " Al Fn-i ii," -end- u- ibe follow iin-i- Iroiu a local paper. 

 ••lion. H. B. Koosevcli and Mr. Seth Grmm, the Visitiajs 

 fish commissioner.-, enierlai ncd Ol ard ihcir -harpie yi - 



ierda_\ ii parly of friends, consisting; of General F. Ii. Spin- 

 ner C. Kill-. MonrOC, ESQ Oi Harper- l'ublis|,iiie- I lonse, 

 and 1)1. and Ml'-. C .1. Ken w oil b \ . " II. Ulili- : ■ ■ A- you 



will see by the accompanying slip from Florida Daily twin •■ 

 Mr. Roosevelt, Beth Green. Mr-. Fnrtesquc and Mi— 

 Brooks, bf Uew York, are here in yacht Hcartstjasi To 

 night Iheyare lo he euievlained by Al Fn -c' and hi- >'.if." 



Ai.r.w nt> in Lam. Omauio.-- New York. .leu. '.':i.- 

 The article in lasi week's paper on ' Alewivc- it, Lake 

 intario" reminds me thai I bave -ecu thousands of them 

 taught m the drag nets during the spring at Niagara Out 

 '.u: they weri called by the fishermen •'young sLad." They 

 vere from eight to ten inclu - in length, Colin, dark green 



00 hack, wilh siiverv sides, very brillia nl when fresh C.'lllgllt. 

 They had a saw-like row of scales on ln-lly.- Xiao u ,a. 



AFivk-Vkmis'Tkoi -r LAW - Dunbartou. \. II.. Feb. -.- 

 This town recently voted toprohibit all trout li-hiie. toi Ave 

 vears. Most of the neighboring towns have done 



1 ibiuk ii would help the trout more to prohibit drouths, w 

 last summer nearly every brook in town dried n 

 lound (while after woodcock in Augn-li trout which 

 would weigh hall a pound, lying dead iu stagnant pool- of 

 quite large brook-. —< . M. 8. 



apound, Now. i 



he 



theory was. that 



111 



spring of 1881, 





,ppi,,:ie-„f.-nnw 



lb: 



waters of the Hij. 



- S 



into this lake am 



ca 



why are all the 



ish 



The Sioux contai 





no doubt snntish 



net 



I 1 



4§i8lfcultwe. 



CARP-CULTURE AND FOOD QUALITIES. 



tents — the 

 :ail o£ my 



■ -it i i 



As I have been v 

 iish received from 

 experience, pro h„ 

 titm. My intontio 

 Stream, bnt 

 decided to include, 1: 

 and weekly— in the. State, and 1 desired to benefit others, as 



My oxperiouce in cnrpculture Is rather limited as to time, 

 yet m the propagation of other speei-s ni' :i-h it his extended 



inclined to believe that the cause of these failures- in part at 

 least— was owing to the presence, of turtles and watqi snakes, 

 end referred to bv C &.. Jr., and possiiih -ii ■• ... i:iiejfi-h«rs; 



to say nothing of the drought, following several n.oni lis ,'alei- 

 Turtles are both vicious and predatory in habit: i!,.y .-ire 

 known to be destructive to the young of ducks and geese 

 when frequenting pond.-, and from personal observation I am 

 satisfied they feed on both the -pawn and very vouug fish. 

 Before using the explosive shells to destroy them.' we caught 

 a large one by its flipper in a steel Hap set in the water: \vh n 

 examined, the head and neck were eaten eniireh oil', no doubt 

 by one of its own species, and ae indicated bj it- surround- 

 ings, 



Mv first lish pond was construct 

 best location sonic thirty-live war 

 native fall fish. Sniwlil.iis Wmf/u- 

 reach. It was. in.w ever. M Jailu 



but I I 

 The w 

 and is 



and el 



Id. 



tie 



Stream from tin- 

 as au introduction 

 mure extended, fo 

 Thousands are 



lalsoforthe uiuskrai.s. I have suggested 

 h. already copied into ih<- i-'oiikst Attn 

 herican, andto which this was inr.-inl.-.l 

 hough subsequently written, and rather 



"UKKST AND Sl'liKVH, 



.w. and probably ivnsoi thousandw ol 



•sted and engage in earpeiiltnre in a lew 



ki 



nl,. 





leathei 

 Rul 



speak 

 heard 

 ami ot 



eulireh 

 K. S. " 



er. with 

 i i.refer- 

 rtl a geu- 

 him that 



liieliton.- 



iea turtle. 



r l.el'o 



himt- 

 o all these I would 

 sav. ,/,,.,e„ it son govt; but none ol these delicate morsels so 

 praised are to my taste, i..- allot them I know- will feed on 



It is difficult to account for tastes in civilized or savage life, 

 in iii-.-s or food. Some, years ago T visited the plain-, the 

 Rocky Mountains and California, uud witnessed much displav 

 of taste. While the train stopped at a station— Colfax. I 

 think— for fuel and water, we were visited by a tribe of 

 Digger Indians, the Bret I had seen, and. by the way, profese- 



the' ladies appeared ouite'satisfied to display I hemse lv,-.- in 

 old blankets of maliv color-, or east ott' -pull back?" or "hoop 

 skirts" about the dimensions of ho id equallv 



a.-inueh taste in i„...l-i,, fea-t on roots, reptiles, bugs, ants, 

 and grasshoppers. Some came to the ear windows begging 

 for aims, while their si.-leis near bv were studying craniology, 

 or something else, over their children's heads This was 

 savage taste, but I considered thoin the filthiest, most de- 

 graded and most disgusting specimens of humanity, and as 

 indolent as disgusting. E. S.. 



Sandy Spbino, Md. 



