The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1870-09-15
PRICE TWO CENTS
ACRES ON ACRES OF FISH.
TIE DRYING UP or THE PONDS
IN SULLIVAN COVNTY.

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Tho Stoppaae Of Nnvisatiou on tho Deia.
ware and Hudson CanaI-Pickorci-Fish-
ing with Corn Baskets and Iron scoops
Fan Found In n F-.rfai Drought.
For the second time In its History the Delaware
and Hudson Canal has been forced 10 suspend navt
cation owing 70 a lack OF wstor, and the conse-
quepces arc that nearly one thousand boats which
are used in the transportation of coal from Homes
dale Pa, to Rondout. N. Y, arc forced 10 lie idle
aud several thousand men src thrown out oil
employment This has been the condition Of
things now two weeks, and along the line OF tho
csnal both loaded and light boats may be seon tied
up 10 sa..ss ss..s nosis Nhiio the ownors. In NAM
casos having exhausted their means. havo gone V
their homes, by permission Of the company. on
condition Of their leaving their boats iu charge al
Trustworthy persons. Unable to obtain sneitcr tv,,
their horses they have been forced to tic them 70
trees, and for rrovender forage on the farmers
The whole length Of the canal is hundred and
eight miles. From Honesdale. Pa, for o. miles,
Is supplied with water from the Lscka Waxen river,
and after crossing the Delaware river is supplied bJ
that stream. Tie Delaware river also supplies the
twelve mile level which. about half wav, Port
Jcrvs is situated Seven miles west OF Fort Jorvis
tho Neversink LOCKS, connected by short levels
about two miles in leugth altogether. After this the
Summit" level seventeen mic: long, Is rp'choi.
This level supplies tire short loves, both cat aod
west, with water, and is itself supplied by imu erss
resero!s or p6hds, both natural AMI ARTIFICIAL rlr
These reservoirs are in sullivan county AMI are
seven 10 number. Tho largest known, as Yankee
Pond, covers an area OF rcventccn hundred ceres
and the Others from 400 to so) acres and are from
twenty TO twenty-five feet deep. Yon6ee Pond II
drawn out until II contains less than two feet OF
water. These ponds have always been n flvorlts
resort of hshermcD. and nunbcrless are thc oss
stories which they have furnished. Pickcrel, cat
nsh, and cells were here found In abundance. and IL
was poor fisherman indeed Who went away with
out a well nilcd baskotUt pcknre
Daring tho pas, month, as the wator kept grad,:,
large numbers Of pickercl aud other hsh LEFT the
ponds aud found their way 10 to scyenteeu:ms
level Lately, owing to the continued drain OF the
ponds, the outlets have been almost chokcd, 6guras
lively speaking with the nsh attempting to escape
THIS being the case tho farmers and canal men
supply and not only were the nsbcs gathered IN
cora baskets. but thousands wore thrown on ths
A witness of toe draining Of Farchild's Poud. In
Sullivan cou.ty, says i made lively times amons the
pckero bullisada, eels, sunlsh, OlOodsuckers and
frogs. The mud was literally alive with helpless.
| squirming, and writhing ponulaon. Large cells
viciousy, who tho sun0sh gave a gasp their sun
went down. Many persons piscstorialy inchned re-
paired TO the pond, and made much merrlmcnt In
their adventures amer cells and catfish Ia the mud
| One Alexander Buchanan had an exciting chase
4 his hand. Another enthusiastic individual. wbs
went In barefcoted, In an effort TO secure three.
which locerated his feet most painfully. Auo,hes
chap ran Lc1dlong In q mud bank.
drew them ont by wagon loads, and mSoured their
| land with them. Hundreds Of acres q lard Il
| Sullivan county. II Is believed, have been thus
The drought has been 80 severe In some plices in !
sulivan county that farmers have to 90 from two 70
four miles in search Of water for domestic purposes.
| Atosether tho prospect is decidedly blue Tor tbs
poor boatmen.
The drought has also seriously affected the corn ant
buckwhent crops. II will take full Q weeks rain u