The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1872-11-02
LETTER FROM OHIO.
AsHTABuLA, Ohio,
Oct. oSth. 1872

Oct. 2sth, 1872.
1t was perfect October day, and that in
my estimation is saying all that can be said
for the day. Clara and INDUCED IN a
! brisk walk just out of town, just far enough
to set us longing for day in the' woods
AS we walked more leisurely homeward-
planning a nutting party not far in the
future, the bells began to ring; the church
bells, the schools bells, all the bells.
They rang violently as if they were in
earnest to arouse every one on the instant
Clang, clang, clang, clang, how sharply
they rang out on the still air of that calm
October morning.
! What was the matter! There was no
fire, and no second taking Of Richmond;
but there was wild excitement all through
the village.
| Shops and stores were deserted, offices
closed and all with one impulse rushed into
the streets. The public schools were dis
missed and teachers and children joined
the rushing crowds. All the livery teams
and many private ones, were soon in quick
motion, eager in pursuit of what? What
was the cause of such wild commotion in
this quiet, sleepy borough? Miss -, a
beautiful young lady of eighteen, teacher
in one of the public schools had myster-
iously disappeared. Leaving her home for
school, at the usual hour, she had been
accompanied part of the way by young
friend who left her on Main street, and
there, all trace of her was lost.
| Had she been abducted? A suspicious
looking young man, lit had not occurred
to any one before that he was suspicious
looking) had paid his hotel bill at an early
hour, and taken livery conveyance to-.
Was the girl unhappy, or not in her right
mind? There was the creek close at hand,
and the lake farther on.
Could she be concealed in some house
in town? All the churches and many pri-
vate houses had already been searched.
Parties were quickly organized to search
thoroughly the town and neighborhood;
and it was decided that when she was
found the bells should again be rung.
How anxiously we waited for the prom
Used signal, one, two, three, four hours
and then it came, the wild glad clamor Of
the bells; glad, for it seemed that any find
ing were better than that fearful uncertain
ty. Found found, F" found, found"
was all the bells told us at first; but soon
we learned that she was alive, and later
this simple story.
In a fit of insanity the girl instead of
going to school and resuming her irksome
duties, wandered away to the woods and
strolled about in wild, beautiful region,
known as "The Gulf" 1t was lovely
morning and the woods were gorgeous
with bright foliage, no wonder that her
tired. weary brain should prefer the atmos-
phere of the woods to the noise and clatter
of the schoel-room. And yet the doctors
called her insane. MAUDE.
SALMON IN THE SUsQUEHANNA.-Am meet
ing of the Fish Culturists Association and
the Commissioners of the several States and
the United States was held in New York
on the 10th inst. The most important sub
,ject of the meeting was the disposition of
the ova of the salmon recently procured
from California by the United States Gov
ernment, and now on their way to New
York, at the disposal of the United States
Commissioner, Hon. Spencer +. Baird
The experiment of procuring ova being
entirely new in California. and the place
of procuring being beyond the bounds of
civilization, no white settlement existing
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small number of the ova were Obtained
10, 600 being the highest estimate of the
hoped for number. The subject of Gispo-
sition was fully discussed, when it was
finally agreed that the experiment be made
in the Susquehanna. The Harrisburg State
Journal, in referring to the matter, says:
1--WE may expect, then. that in less than
month we shall have California salmon
ova, to the amount of frop, ten to fifteen
thousand, placed in a sta tie of incubation
in the Matching establ. shments of Silver
Spring, Cumberland unity, a tributary to
the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. they will make
their way to the Sus'Iuehanna and thence
by the Chesapeake bay to the Ocean, to
return in due time to their place of birth.
Let the vile tis,h-baskets of Lancaster
county and Maryland be torn away and in
a few years We, shall have as fine a fish as
swimS IN tho ocean-a fish that reaches
twenty-four pounds. avoirdupois. in size,
at our very doors We beg of the Lancas-
ter and Nor cumberland county sheriff's to
do their duty in this regard. We beg of
Maryland to do all she can to clear the
river of these piratical inventions. These
salmon need no ladders beyond the naviga-
ton sluice-ways. They are nothing like
as timid as shad, and there is no obstacle
in our rivers that will prevent them reach
ing to the mountains on the West Branch,
and to the York State Line on the North
Branch, except the wretched fish-baskets
that catch and kill them in their infancy,
before they reach the sea. In year we
| shall have a large present of European sal
mon from the &c rman, Dutch and Belgian
governments-ttese will be equally divided
amongst all our Northern rvers-and the
time will come when they will team with
these magnificent products of the ocean,
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