Makoh 82, 188Sv| 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



161 



(•enp£Cl*d teVUlit, -was born iu Enfield. N. .7.. October 4, 

 lfj01, H'- worked ou a farm until lie cam* to Lawrence in 

 lSlo, when he went ro work on the 'dam, ami drove team, 

 until lie established himself as n fisherman at his present 

 location, paying the Esses company/as higli lis two hundred 

 lolif.ras y d'f"ri)iepi'ivil: r ; hi hi,], t:,. balweei: tllC tells 

 bridge ana. the dam. He followed Ihe business here for 

 ni:.n\ years, employing about eight nieu'through the season, 

 mil I il 'was not. unusual to see thirty to forty teams call at Jiis 

 market daily to purchase fish. He has sold as many as 

 3,000 it Is in a Single load to Lowell parties, for two cents a 

 piece. He lias been fish warden for twelve years, and is paid 

 \\y the city -forty-five dollars annually. Fishing within 400 

 \ards nt the (lamis not allowed. Beyond these limits fish 

 < :i,i he lataSfl with hook aud line at all times, and with net 

 and seine only three da\s of eaeli week from March to June; 

 a line of titty' dollars is imposed ou each fish taken inside the 

 prohibiten^ limit, but this high reward does not stimulate 

 Mr. Noyeslo make unnecessary arrests. Thirty years this 

 March.' he resolved to live iu solitude dUriUg the year.fi. al- 

 lotted him. iu a one-room cottage beside the Essex Com- 

 pany's dam. The entrance to his retreat is from No. 3 

 South Broadway. From tin's barren ledge he has reclaimed 

 about nne eighth of an acre for his vineyard, yielding about 

 fifty gallons en" wine annually, for which he finds a ready 

 market, at four dollars per gallon. This little cot. and vine- 

 yard he has had free from the Essex Company for many 

 \ ears. Inn to retain the title' of the property the company 

 ,,!- obliged to charge a nominal rentage, do lias been 

 Ma-Tried twice, and has been u widower over forty years. 

 He had one child, who died iu infancy, and has no living 

 relatives, lie is the only survivor, of a family of so\ en sou, 

 ami six daughters. He has voted the Democratic ticket 

 from Jackson to Hancock, with one exception, when he 

 voted for Abraham Lincoln. Pot 8 man of eighty-two 



and used in two series of troughs, numbering ten altogether, 

 out of doors, making it practically a three-story hatchery, 



EVohi the door of tin buiioing :. st.„ .Hi !>e thrown into salt 



Water at high tide, Tie.- state,,, iio- been supplied -with eggs 

 this year by Trot. Baird. I ■ mniissioncr, from the 



flitfe'rent stations a.~ follows-; :-;.",n,oi :',,,,,!,-, ,,i ilmun from 

 Mr. II. II. Buck. t'.,vk-p.,rt. Me. :' inu.11011 land locked salmon 

 from Mr, Charles C Atkins, Brand Lake Stream, Me.; ISO,- 

 OOObUOOk trout and 1.000,000 whitetish from Mr. Frank N. 

 Clark, Northville, Mich.-. SD-300 German brook trout have 

 been received from Heir von Behr, preside m 1 ' ■•"; - '■•'■ J- 1- ■- 

 erei Verein, Berlin. The salmon and trout are all in the usual 

 wooden troughs, and were nearly all Hatched. The whitefish 

 were iu the McDonald glass jars, and in the glass aquaria 

 into which they flow. On the table were tars f the golden 



ide and carp, three to live inehes tong, and some eggs of the 

 toiiieo,!. the firs) salt water lish attempted »t ibis station. 



Prof. Kiee aeeompanied the party and with the microscopes 

 of .Messrs. Black fortl end Mather dewed the visitors the Cir- 

 culation of the blood and the formation of The embryo -almon. 

 T'rot. Kiee, it will be remembered, experimented with the 

 hstchingof oysters at Fulton Market last season, and intends to 

 try it at Cold Spring Harbor again this year. The New York 

 Ttmea of March IS gave the longest and best report of the 

 formal opening of this station, and we make the following ex- 



to follow will, doubtless, i le extremely interesting. Striped 

 '" be experimented on, and 



1011 -ense, being all that, is neoSssar: 

 rlapted for tins special work. Some 

 ave a regular trained corps of 'fish 1 



station 



icli'-ry, 

 1 Coiii- 



1 would be well 



days we may 



, his appearance, physically, is very good. Iti- 

 imd hearing are well preserved'; he reads without 

 eles, aud (iocs his own house-keeping. .-,. ■! rig 

 and mending, tie smokes and uses tobacco in othe 

 and is not averse to the use of liquor. He has. not I 

 nor had H doctor in twenty-live years. 



light 



Finn ami Fi.owKKs. — That there is a vein of poetry in 

 the rough fishermen of the coast is shown by the following 

 testimony taken by Prof, Baird, from a fisherman of Narra- 

 gansett Pier, and 'published in the Professoi 's report. It 

 shows that under a rough exterior there was uo| only been 

 observation and memory of the sequence of events but also 

 a poetic feeling that is charming:' Question. — "Did they 

 [the Squeteague] Come much earlier than usual to Point 

 Judith Ibis yen-.'" Answer. -'About the same. They ex- 

 pected them' in February and got the seines ready. They 

 had them in the water in March. 1 always judge by the 

 dandelions : when I see the first dandelion the soup conic iu. 

 I watch the buds, and when the buds are swollen full then 

 our trap- go in. When 1he dandelion goes out of bloom and 

 lin e, , I the scrip arc gone That is true one year with 

 another, though they vary every season, f am glutted by 

 rlie blossoms of other kinds, of plants for other fish. When 

 high blackberries are in bloom we catch striped lias, that 

 weigh from twelve to tweuly pounds; when the blue violets 

 are in blossom— they come early you can catch Ihe small 

 scoor-liass. 'flail has a I, cay - been my rule. That has been 



handed down by my forefaihers." 



B0M1. 



Lakj..:.— Castlctou, Vt., March fti.- At last 

 Vermont has awakened to the necessity of preserving the 

 food fish in her waters. For several years we, have had a 

 law protect imj trout. Last fall a law was enacted for the 

 preservation of fish in the hikes of the State, and a special 

 law for Lake Bomoscen in Ibis place, the largest body of 

 water in the State. The fish have been caught by nets aud 

 -pear in the gnawing season, so that it was impossible to 

 lake theln wiih hook aud line. This will be stopped. 

 Legitimate angliug will now be fine. The lake is some nine 

 miles in length, anil from one-half to three miles wide; 

 , le,,r. deep and cold water with bold slab- ..bores and fine 

 feeding grounds. It is stocked with rock bass, pickerel ami 

 Oswego bass thai weigh as high as eight pounds. The 

 pickerel attain twenty-eight pounds. A beautiful island is in 

 the lake w hose shores are dotted with resorts. The village, 

 three miles from the lake, is a handsome place, with a tine 

 hotel, well kept. The angler will find it a lovely resort. 

 now thai the lish are 10 be ]ire,,ervcd for him to take with 

 hook and line.— Amu, t:u. 



BiiTUAoAitA Wood kou Hops. — The following letter gives 

 a new feature in bethabara wood, which we do not remem- 

 ber to have seen: "Chicaho, March 15,— Messrs, A. B. 

 Shipley & Sons: Noticing your letter in FOBESI! a-.d 

 Stream about the color of bethabara wood, there is another 

 feature in the wood thai is somewhat unique and singular; 

 I mean its cleansing and softening qualities. I have noticed 

 when 1 has'e been rod milknm — amateur rod-making — and 

 I have sometime had dirty and oily hands, if I lake lite dust 

 aud scraping from the bethabara wood and nib into the 

 hands thoroughly with tins soap, h removed, over) panicle of 

 oil mark, making the bauds aofl and clean, the finger-naite 

 especially so This struck me as very singular, inn thought 

 it was possibli that anyone working this wood all the time 

 might gel used to it and not have the same effect, — W, 

 Dai iu Tomi.iv 



^tsljatlture. 



THE COLD SPRINC HARBOR HATCHERY. 



(\_V Wednesday, the 14th. a party of about two dozen gen- 

 ) tlernen and four ladies visited (lie new liai chime station 



Long Island, by 



Mr. John 

 lion lotii 

 A special 

 Long lsla 

 about 1 1 1 

 ent. Mr l- 



1- Joni 



id Had 

 v M.. w 

 red M 



plies pai I 

 Hats wbe 



.. ..1 hi. 







and the C 



The wa 





1 of All. 

 The pa 



at Cold Spring Hat 



,,,.. 



cold ponds I >cl 

 to salt water up to the 

 nil which lies almost 

 ingout into tie- Sound. 



the uppcl llo, 



the lower floor where ther. 



11 aid. in.- 1 able and jar-.. V 



.1- where 

 ad led to 

 McDonald 

 a gathered 



ets fri 



1 it: 



up 



•Th,- position of Cold Spring is admirably adapted for the 

 irpose of Itsli-liatehint;, -possessing a number of natural ad- 

 „i. v ,-s, and in the experience of "those havingsome a.ccpiain- 



st iii tin- country. In the first place, water can be ,,, |, ,1 



■ b ,UiSg up With water derived' from natural source:-. Then, 

 .-.■.in. the water is at just such a height as to givethe necessary 

 U, so that no pumping is reituired. while its close proximity 

 tie salt wilier of the Sound will permit of the hatching and 

 ariun of sea nsfa, and last, though not least, through the lib- 

 ■«lit v of.lol.n D. Jones, Esq,, a lease of 111 years has been 

 Ncn. w itlioiit any cost, of a piece of land of at least'.') acres 



lotted tot'old Spring, flus year, so far. no special appropria- 

 tion lias been mode 01 1 ',.1.1 Spring, but, seeing the import- 

 ance d Ihe work and t lie excellent begining made, ii is quite 

 desirable that an additional sum shall be granted for Cold 

 Sprine • ces-iiieii-orrlKit a la, e..rp,,rri,,„,.f (be appropria- 

 tion than was ,,llo„ed if best year shall be placed at the, disposal 

 of Mr. E. Or. Blackford, who has devoted a great deal of time 



"The reasons why there should be'mo.v than ,,-,',- sstute 

 hatchery are quite obvious. Though ih,- v. ,, i. , ;, ,. 

 donifthashreu excellent, persons hvhlg in 1 In- southeastern 



to procure lish from a distant point. Not counting risk of 

 loss, there wa- always a large item of expense. When trout 

 had to lie haw arded' from < '.-dedouia to points near New York 

 city the iish had to be sent under the charge of an experi- 

 enced peraon, whose Jar? and time had to be paid it was 

 hardly just that one portion of the State should receive the 

 larger part of the fish, while another could derive lmt few. 

 But the nii-.^i.'i-- ol l.c vine a fidi hatchery m .. ,: IftTgB 



City like New York than in ttie interior. Bui the strongest 

 reason Why a location le-'o a eil\ like Mew York is of great 

 advaniage'for a hateheci is that material of alt kinds, even 

 the eggs themselves. , -a., be more readily obtained, and (he 



fish, when produced, c&u be more readilv and safely dis- 

 tributed. The opponents Of I old Spring have advanced the 

 idea I hat the State had no business to make anv experiments. 

 Now . it is quite well known 1 hat there is no plat e in the whole 

 country where Trout can be reared as advaulae.eon.sly or with 

 as-little expense as on Long Island. Whether it be owing to 

 the unfailing supply or quality of the water or to the abun- 

 dance of food that, trout are more plentiful among Long 

 island troiiM-ai-ers than elsewhere can not, be stated; but it 

 is quit.- certain ihat the trout establishments of the South 

 Side Club do produce more fish and market, the largest 



who is oV-hou- ..f experimenting with the sole desire of in 



Il is all well enough to stock particular 



■is. tint poor people di t have time to 



,,1 d trout w-hich is sent t.. UJU rl-r,-t 



mot afford. In fact, trout is food for the 



SALMON IN NEW HAMPSHIRE. 

 Etlih\r fortSl mill Sl,m,l,: 



I inclose you a, letter which 1 have just written for the Man- 

 chester Mirror, which you may find of interest. 



I have just, l'efu rued [ri mi a visit, to the State hatelung house. 

 at, Plymouth, which is in excellent condition and order under 

 the careful management of Superintendent E. B. Hodge, who 

 proves to be the "riidit man in the right plac " 



He has now in the, t 

 (100 of which were tak 

 went up the Men-in 



vs 4oo.li 

 tthe 



nth 



Uy rao 



t eggs, and SI 



latter also presented by Prof. Baird. 



These are all in priine order, and M 



an improvement over previous pra 



block of ice at the head of each troug 



uion eggs, 125.- 

 . salmon which 

 emaitider came 

 Massachusetts, 

 '-, Pish Colu- 

 mn land-locked 

 itetish eggs, the. 



so that the trout a 

 This will keep the 

 in the brooks an 

 then,. 

 Mr. Hodge ab-o 



r&titeewateraud 



that the Pemitreu 

 fry Of the last tw 

 All the breeding 



Mid retarding 

 1 all back tall 



the 



•ant space s 

 S, which ai 



."but wefe 

 traded. dr< 

 ontinu 



The 



laid 



to be five feet 



Hodge has introduced 



practice by placing ,.. large 

 ouch, thereby cooling down 

 lornifd leiuperature of the 

 the hatching fulh a month, 

 g to come out of the shell, 

 nto May, when the waters 

 uitable condition to receive 



any sahuoi found suitable 



kiha well, anil 

 and there is a 



another lot, of 



good last, sea- 

 from the lone 

 itumn, and the 



1 the woods around 



Plymouth, and we hope it wilt go olT gently, for a sudden 



thaw and break up of the heavy ice would do incalculable 



damage to the roads and bridges all the way down the river. 



'SAM'r. Webber. 



MaSCHESI'mr. N. 11.. March 15,18*). 



Mr, Webber's letter to the Mirror Is as follows; E&Mon 

 Minn,-; You asked me a few days since ''Why the salmon 

 did not; come up the Merrimack E'ive.r more freelv, after all 



n done 

 ■r, but -i 



fimHital 



At best j 



always!. 



streams 



catch ili 

 111 -hai 



rich and 



md stall longer 



yet with man. a 

 levelopment th 

 Now we kno 

 which the salmi 

 -if spawn, in pr 

 species of fish, c 

 ration that the 

 q.iproaehing nit 



' I think 1 v 



I that I w 

 I at least. 



to the disgust 

 New Hampshi 



1 apparatus and a better a 

 ultnre derived from expt 

 ; eggs, of shad eggs, and t 



-d'ole diltieiiltjcs. It WOf 



the sheepshead. 

 lintauce with the 

 enting. the fertil- 

 >ariugof the fish 

 a- wise, then, on 

 ring batching house in 

 ere can |„. Huh. doubt 

 •d with those lish which 



that, iu time the Sound can be : 



•The experiment will Iu tried with the whiteli.-h of placing 

 some of them m the lm-cr fed, -water lakes Of Long Island. 



ieal distribuiion, it is not impossible that it might adapt itself 

 In its new surroundings. 



"With the fall of water, which was right h described by 

 those who prospected Cold Soring 'as inexhaustible,' advan- 



ponds would he very 'slight, 'if stii-h iuelosures were built, 

 1 !...■. - of the cod. 'obtained by Ihe million at Fulton Market 

 slip, could be feVtilizfcd, hatched, and carried out into the 

 Sound. Should any sole be sent in the future, instead of 



rilling cost, While the actual routine work of Cold 



as going ou without interruption. 



(-en! out his pleasant visit, to many of whom tish- 



t-as a noveltv. exnre.ssed themselves delighted with 

 ng. and the work done by Mr. 

 d Mather was highly praised. 

 Aft.ei 1, couple of hours .spent in inspecting the hatchery the 

 Whole partly partook ol a luncheon at the house of Townseud 

 • b.ies. Idp, a brother ol the. gentleman to whose liberality, 

 in great pa it. the haidu rv at. Cold Spring is due." 



The New York Herald.'ot .March 15, said: "Both Commis- 

 sioner Blackford and Mr. Mather were ver\ proud 01 the 

 batches, and ha , ■ ;.i ,• :,t hop.s. oi ii. particularly because of 

 the salt water facilities. They intend iu a short time to have 

 nst. mi supply .a -.-., water, and the experiments that are 



US, "Because ii Is not yet 

 lain such a. short answer 

 -understood fact 1 hat the 

 animals of all kinds are the 

 1 1 kir.c ,,(' no reason whv 

 ,s w.-U a,t« beasts. 

 prolific and arrive at ma 

 ith the dog and The sheep, 

 ic horse, and much longer 

 ith the slower growth and 



that the trout family, in 

 5 a iinieli smaller quantity 

 ize. than any other known 

 m i\.|! -ati.stied hy.obser- 

 tiiennial spawuer. therein 

 Unary habit of the human 



igo, when 

 it. Lowell 

 spent, con- 



nlier, mid 



■d 11 ta.-t 

 ;- that it fc 



- country 



the (',,„. 

 of salmon 

 id 1879. in 

 r the Con- 

 st, greatly 

 isetts anil 

 objected to 





bears most direotlv 

 s from four to live. 3 

 aud return to fresh 

 the Brst ]<laut of At 



the hatching boxes". 





Th- observations m 



ule iu 



tJuited States assistant 



tlshcon 



marked Bah which he 1 



as recap 



salmon taken at Ply'ino 



uth las 



seven to ten years old. 



md. us 



earlier plantings, previ 



0U3to 1 



I saw in the Mirror 



ome tii 



a Haverhill paper, in 1 



•ladf 



vest. 

 hich is the one 

 md that is, that, 

 1 to attain ma- 

 lts species. 

 It- by the present 

 of anv of those 



lagcd W8S,aad 



nber every year, 

 mer, 33 salmon, 

 ;en at thehafch- 

 ,- developing in 



. f. G. Atldn.s, 

 o show that the 



in weight about, 

 ear. so that the 



pparently from 



are all from the 



acted from the labors of the 

 '!:•• -cue '.rib game" which 



ct point to be looked at is the 

 Spawned in November, they 

 11 our mountain streams until 

 tain a It ogfchof from three to 

 ip upper watcr.s of the tribu- 

 v full of these young salmon, 

 he fish commissioners. The 

 re precise) v similar to those of 

 a somewhat 



7 to the 



ide 



I s.jli 



