, 1870-09-20
ACRES on ACRES Of FIST
'Ilsc Drying Up Of The 9orts in mt.
3ayslat County. Wy.

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FYgs7l the Sf,c I-oyt Spn. Stp.r,
For flls eeSond time in its 1istorv II, III, .
tsa1e and HUDSON Canal las beca f.r,:;.r
snercnd navigation, owing TO a lask ot ~. ! !
std the ronscque1ees are that ma, :, , ,
fEvEsapt! boats which are n:el !. :. :
transportation OF coal from Hea=sJtt. !, !
TO Nontont- n L., axe forced t. h. y,
ard several thousand men are tl1ro7ur III ;,
employment. Tlia has beer. the coa;i; ;,,s
ihitg~ Eow two weeks, and along tie H.. u
the ca.sl both loaded aud hight ooa.- m,rt.
seen tied up to snubbinS posts, pb;lp =,
oTrc1s, in many cases, having e1b1u.ta1 fs:7
meaEs, Eave gone to their isos,es. IL ~ -
mission OF tue company, or ecrii:i,a 4: H.
leaving their boats in cha.sa at tr1.sx,--h.-
PERSONS. Unable to oblSsn heller f,r s tts;y
horses, tl,ry Lave beeu fercea 10 liz HAM n
t.ees, ard for rrovenler forge oa H.
faye1crs.
The whole length Of the rau,! i. les mia.
Fsnm Hone-taae. Pa, for twenty -hye ME.
1s supriied viii, water from the Lieka4s..-
is supplied By that stream. The ue,.sz-
River also supplies the twelve mile Ie,sl =
Which, ano,st l1aif way. Tort Jervis i. si;a.:.s
Seven miles west Of Port Jtryis arc tie Ss,-::
sil:k iocls, connected by rhort leyes. ~
t,Yu miles III lcr;;.L altogether Ate. u
"Srmm,t. " i level seventeen EiIes le.:.
rcaried. This level supplies the slsr. i..:k
both east and west, WITH water. anil i IL.
sur piled by immense reservoirs u porl,. t.s
natural and artificial.
These reservoirs are in Sullivan cs...;
and arc seven il, number. Thc largest. hi:
as Yankee. Pond. covers an area Ct IT.
acres. and the others from 4UD to so ~.
and are from twenty to Twenty-Five feet d.,
Yu,lee Pond is drawn out tlutil it cca;.:s
les9 than two feet OF water. TJs.e IT,!
have always been .ayor!te resort OF a:is,
nee, ard numberiess arc the d-h s:.s;i=
fish. ard eels were hero foaui il .'uulr:.,
away without 4 well-fillcd basket oi p!..t:ls:
Daring The past month, IL f.. E3si;:: t.:
gradually lowering to eup;fs .:le ;em.aa I
the canal, large numbers Of !.icksrel :. Z! IL ssr-
fiah Left tue ponds and found tleir III: s,::a
Hcyentecn-milo level. La:aly. owln: 10 &.
continued drain of the ponds. r!.c u1.eIs 5.'.
been amos. che ked. 1igu: :a:iyt]v ...stE-::
will, tha fish trying to e=c1;c.
This being the ca>:, the fs---.iar: .,i IL!
men have svaiiad themselves o: t:,a eFI2..:, Pr,
rity to lay IN 4 supply, a.1 t3t uu's VT. Z!
fishes gathered in corl-i'askets Int ::o-:1::s
! were thrown on til. shore hy S:oa ss.o,.
4 vitEess of tbs 1raiHn:, Of F.!!:::al III
Pond. in Sullivan County aav. i; nili. Ia.
| times AIMING tho picse1s1. n:::.iasai:. u.
suuf-h, t.1ooslsucktrs, ana fclss. TIE =.
ras literally sliye With d hslp!sss s.l7!--lG::
and writi,in; population. 1..r&" G u 5s,2s =:
around. overErowr catfisl, Iais (. t!aa, H..
y;ciorsly, while tho s7al,l:s:..' gave az.
il,t r. scl went down. Many ra.>cas f:+st;
/ ,iniIy Inclined repaired TO thu ln'nt!, N! q:
| much 1nerrio,ent iu their adse:tur:s st:a:ss
and catfish in the mud.
I One Alexander Buchanan E.t en- AXE.
chase nfteT a large eel, aud ri E
ct his spear through hts hand Ano:ae. Z
thCaiastic individual. who went in t-.::etN;e
in OIL elliott to secu1c t!sEec.paaal v.S::.l
ran on bed OF catfish. the ha..s {. ~
lecerated his feet Eose painfully. A--asss
chap ran 1eaf7lorS il 1cud tasE. .
So plentiful wcre the aah. tst.t 5a-s
mers drew tber out l,y ra;.a |cals. 4:
nured their land Nth them. Hi.af-':
actes OF lard in Sullivan County. i: !. e.l.e'
Asvc been thus manfred.
| Tho drought has been 60 severe u :!
places in Sullivan Comfy that farmers sa''
20 from two to four miles IN search q a
for domestic purposes. Altogether Tue p
| pect ie decidedly blue for the poor taas@::
Th5 drought has also se1tously 1!e::ea
corn and b1lckWheat crops. 1t F':.tsa ):
weeks rain to fill the Reservoirs sAt1c'e--.!; :!
warrant the RESUMPTION OF navigation: >.
the c12al f.1Me.s s7d owacrs - IT.,
chards complain ct the GepreSa:i'.4, Of =
men, who boldly walk into ors,ta'!s II :
day snd till their bags and bacsess WI