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Rowing has It's drawbacks. In fact
pull in boat is drawback.
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Doing rushing DEMONSTRATING new
bottoms in old chairs.
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When Absalon slep. with his foretathers
it was five in a bed.
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Rochefort says the American hotels are
the best in the world.
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INSTRUCTIONS

INSTRUCTIONS
TO TAX COLLECTORS-NO. 4.
STATE OF LOUISIANA
Auditors once, 7
New Orleans, June l, 1874
Your attention is called to the fact tina. the
legislative provision contained II act No. 3 of
1874 (Anown as the funding billy, which authorizes
the receipt of warrants in payment OF portion of
delinquent taxes and for penalties expires by It's
own Ii imitation TUESDAY, the thirtieth of June.
From and after the first of July delinquent
taxes and penalties can can be paid II currency
only. and you viii advise the district attorney
or 3 herif il whose hands you have placed tax
bills.
CHARLES CLINTON. Auditor.
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woman who has los. her husband is
completely unnamed.
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STATE OF LOUISIANA,
Parish of Orleans, City of New Orleans.
Sworn to and subscribed before NE this twenty.
sixth day of May, 1874.
EDWARD IVY, Notary Public.
At specia. meeting of the Board of Trustees
held on the twen-y-hfth instaa-, IL was resolved
to pay on demand a second semi.annual interest of
FIVE PER CENT to the thirtieth of April 1874,
making ten per cent per annum or the capital
stock Of the company 100 o00), and cash
dividend of THIRTY PER CENT to stockholders
on the amount (s5lsl55 l2) of their net earned
participating premiums.
HARMON DOAS8 President.
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A drunkard is qualified for all vice.

The fourth Of July will come on Saturday
this wear
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Net profts-

The company has the following assets. to wit:
Cash on hand ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. SAL ID. go
Premiums in course of collection 54.T43 40
Bills receivable for loans on pledge. $50 4l2 IS
Bills receivable at short dates.... go. 25597 Is
Bank and other stoc ks...... .......... 203o4 05
Stocks of city railroads. 12375 90
City and other bonda. ......... ...... 146 SIS 81
Bonds of Masonic Grand Lod sc of Lou
is!ana. Observation-Disclosures. 5000 90
Bonds Of Odd Fellows Hall Association 5000 90
Bonds Of Associ ation for the Relief OF
Jewish Widows and O-phans...... 1000 90
Real estate. Observation-Disclosures. 1920 50
Total. .....................Sl5 SAG 156 80
The foregoing is a true and correct transcript
from the books o. the company.
a. DOANE, President.
ED. A. PALFazY, Secretary.
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WHAT MUST BE SOLD.
OUR ENTIRE STOCK OF GOODS.
STORE FIXTURES, SHOW WINDOWS, ETC.
MEMS, BOYS AND CaILDREN'S CLOTHING,
SHIRTS, UNDERWEAR,
TRCNKS. TRAVELLING BAGS,
UMBRELLAS, HATS, ETC.
These Goods Must Be Sold Within the
Next Ninety Days.
H. B. STEVENS & CO.,
st. Charles street. corner Of Common
ieI2 2p
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BUSINESS CHANGES,

BUSINESS CHANGES,
NOTICE. - HAVING RETIRED FROM THE
~ retail business, and having sold our Branch
Store corner OF Canal and Camp streets TO orr
former salesman J. ". NORICH we beg our
friends and the public il general to give him the
same patronage which was extended 70 us
JOSEPH MACEECA / co.
New Orleans June s, 1874.
Referring to the above. beg to inform nv
lrie1ds aad the PUBIC IN general that am ready
to fill al, orders il the fruit trade at wholesale
and retail J. NJ NOPICH
View orIeans, JIGe ,, 1874 jeS st
DISSOLUTION OF CONFERENCE.-THE
~ the nrn OF SAMUEL SMITH & co. is this
NJ. CHAkLsS kILSHAW, at No. I56 Canal street
Will attend to the Liquidation of our unsettled
BUSINESS SAMUEL SMITH.
A. VI. SMITH.
CHARLES KILSHAW
New Orleans, May 10, 1874 my20 I'm pam 6r
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Trustees.
MOSES GREENWOOD, JOHN ADAMS
W. A. JOHNSON, ISAAC SCHERCK
JOHN l. NOBLE. R. NJ. WALMSLEY,
JOHN CHAFFE, WILLIAM MORRISON,
RICHARD MILLIKEN JOSEPH W CARROLL
SAMUEL E. MOORE, A. BRITTIS
J. I. WARREN AHMAY
Z. T. BUCKSER, S. q. SNOWDEN,
SAMUEL FRIEDLANDER, T. LYTT LYON
q. FRELLSEN WILLIAM c. RAYMOND
W. S. PIKE, JAMES S. PRESTIDGE,
A. a. YATES, SAMUEL Il. BOYD,
JOSEPH MCELROY. my23lm
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fNEUTONIA INSURANCE COMPANY
NEW ORLEANS
Office No. Ill Gravier Street.
CRE FIRE, MARINE AND RIVER RISKS AT
LOWEST RATES.
Assets...." .........'......S59S 6I
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RAILROADS.
OCISVlLLE, NASHVILLE AND
GREAT SOUTHERN RAILROAD,

Take this Route if you wish to save time and
transfers. With double daily trains from New
Orleans to New York, and but one change.
J. q. SMITH
General Southern Passenger Agent,
apps Pm corner Camp and Common stree.s
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GREAT JACKSON ROUTE,
Trains depart and arrive as follows from depot
head OF Elysian Fields street:
DEPART ARRIVE.
Pullman Palace Sleeping Cars through to St.
Louis, Chicago and Louisville.
Only one change of sleeping cars to Eastern
cities.
Tickets for sale and information given at No. q
Camp street, corner OF Common.
a. D. SHELDON Agent
JAZZ 1y &. D. FROST General Manager
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THE MOBILE LINE.
On and after May 81, trains Will leave deoot
foot of Canal street, as follows:
express anc mail daly. ;............. 500 A. NJ.
Coast accommodation, daily Except
Sunday. .............:............ 3:15P. II.
Ihrousht night express daily........ 4:OOP. n.
Arrive
Coast accommodation. daily Except
:, sunday ...:;....;................. $50 A. NJ.
E1press anu mail, daily :........... LOO 2. N.
lnTousn n 3ht express daily. .......1 900 P. NJ.
re r. n express Irain VIII stop only AT regu-
lar telegraph stations between this city and Ocean
Springs
This is the only line running through Pullman
Palace Cars to Louisville, Charlotte and Virginia
Springs.
City Hote-
E. P. SHuTE
General Passenger Agent
S. H. SCRANTON
mylo General superintendent
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The above statement Is Just true and correct
transcript from the books of the company.
PAUL FOURCHY, President
q. W. NoTr. Secretary.
STATE OF LOUISIANA
Parish Of orleans, city of New Orleans.
Sworn to and subscribed before me the ninth day
of June, 1873. P CHARLES CUvELLIER
Notary Public.
At meeting Of the Board Of Directors he'd On
the ninth day of June 1879 it was resolved 20 d..
clare CASH DIVIDEND OF FIFTEEN PRR CEN?
on the net earned participating premiums for the
year ending May 81, 1873, payable On third Msaday
in July next.
Also to pay to the stockholders, on demand
terest at the rate Of ten per cent per alaun
their stock.
DIRECTORS:
P. Maspero, David McCoard,
,. z. Relf, L. P. Geaeres.
d. PUG, P. Fourehy,
P. 8. Wiltz, J. J, Fernandez
D. A. Chshraix, J. 4. Alien,
Charles Laftte. iei7Iv
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A. Elmer BADRR, President.
CH. ENGSTFELD, Vice President.
GEORGE STROMEYER, Secretary.
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MERCHANTS MUTUAL
INSURANCE COMPANY
NEW ORLEANS
OD1ee No. 1O4 Canal street.
NINETEENTH ANNUAL STATEMEsT.
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We assume that these railroad compa-
MES know the positive and prospective
value of this trade. 1t is'plain that their
credit is adequate to the work Of putting
on the steam lines if they choose to do so.
For all the diplomatic or treaty policy re-
quired to obviate commercial distractions
with the continental States, and for the
necessary government aid by way of pos
tai subventions, these two thousand miles
Of road represent more than one hundred
members Of Congress, and certainly one
third Of the States in the Senate. In
drawing the distinction between the Eu-
ropean and American continental coun-
tries, we contend that there is Western
congressional influence which divides
upon the latitudinal routes to Europe, but
is united upon the longitudinal lines to
the Spanish American and continental
markets.
II, then, the railroad and city interests
which we have indicated will combine to
put on steam lines as common trunk of
their several lines to the tropical ports OF
this continent, we are confident they can
effect these purposes as readily as if either
of these lines should wish to put on line
OF steamers from any point on the Mis-
sissippi river to any other point on the
same river, or from any point on tie lakes
to any commercial point across the lakes.
Let our friends in St. Louis, who have
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-06-14
THE CHILD WAIF.

The anal disposition OF the little WALL Mary
Ellen Mccormack or Mary Ellen wilson, seems as
Tar of now as ever. and judge Lawrence will.
doubtless, be puzzled how to correctly answer the
last eqai cOnundrum proponnded In the case.
Yesterday morning Messrs. Elstldge T. Gerry and
Ambrose Mcneil, who have had the entire charge
OF the legal proceedings instituted on behalf o!
the child, again appeared before Judge Lawrence
and submitted an aflldavit which had been maze
BY John Conner, who claims to be q
nephew OF the putative grandfather OF "Mary
Ellen In his AFFIDAVIT CoLnor states that Mary
Nicholas Hle! in this city and was married to
hotel In 1853 Or 1854; t!at she had one cnild girl
VIII Gu sac called Mary Ellen. alter her mother and
sister. her mo- hers name being Mary Common ana
her sisters name Ellen tOnnof, now Fitzgerald;
that this child was put out 70 nurse by Fanny Will
son That he had asccrLaihsu that Fanny wilson
had married agatn. but Gnaly died IN September,
1872 OH Wards Island: that he had received
number OF letters from his relatives In London
asking ABOUT Fanny Wilson and her child, but TINT
he mad been unable 10 ind any trace OF the child
until he saw an account OF these proceedings in
the papers, and that when he last saw IaHnv Wit
son he a ked after fhe child and was iniorMed
that the woman who had taken The child to nurse
said 1t was dead. Judge Lawrence minated tnat
the case became more and more eDtangled every
day, and took the papers submitted. promising TO
dispose OF the matter as soon as possible.
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SPECIAL SED SONS.

Before Judges Wanden. Kasmire and Morgan.
The usual number OF ciothesne lehts aid two
penny r0bberies were disposed OF by the Court
yeste -day morning Mr.. Bergh found time TO for
get his dogs and appear Tor fines in horse and cat
cases. Several teamsters whose style OF drivln.
Mr. Bcrgi did not admire were arralgned and some
OF them discharged ana Others fined. case in
watch cat was the object OF cruelty occu.
p p =, co ,s, attention. MT. hergh got
villany and crime which the Court is used TO:
Luz as soon as he got TO "May 1t please the Court,
the Court declared most Elm phatCaily that ut aid
not please TO. y and requested him TO sit down and
talk when his tims caule. The case then went on.
and the testimony developed the iact that a young
man, who did not know that cat had nine lives.
tried to xiii one. and when he thought 1t was
finished put 1t INTO a box ana placed it in the
have been the postnortem dong Of this cat,
would I'll column. The Court listened patiently
TO the prosecutor, but II appearing that the cat
was sun alive the prisoner vas discharged.
BeIligercnt Editors.
Mr.. Albert Gotche charged Mr.. Carl vollman
with assault and battery. They are respectively
city and managing editors OF German newspaper
In this city. Several witnesses were examined,
among others Oswald Ottendorier, and the weight
OF testimony was to the effect that the gentlemen
IN question had had several BEERS Goichel was
positive as to the number or times he had been
hi. lie counted the blows, and they amounted TO
nineteen IL appears that Mr.. GCGcGel was sitting
at lis desk in rne cry department OF the i7esse
office, Waen the manager (yo!lman, came IN and
OTucT.u nun OUT, ~ luc same IllHe 10
assist him. MI ottendcrier testified to the peace.
able character OF the prisoner. the Court fined
Voiiman S25, which he paid and left court.
Gallant Officer.
officer O'Conror of the Nineteenth precinct,
made charge OF assault and Battery against Ed
ward Gallagher lie said that Gallagher had u.s.
saulted him In Jones' Wood last week and stolen
his badge. 1t was claimed, however that tho
oncer was intoxicated when the badge was taken
and that Gallagher was working in his shop The
prisoner was discharged.
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THE COURTS.
Mary Ellen, the Little Wait,
Again in Court.
BUSINESS IN THE OTHER COURTS

william Becker was examined yesterday. before
Commissioner Shields on charge or having
Struggled into this port quantity OF brier-root
and mecrschaum pipes. The evidence offered by
the government Jailed 10 establish the fact that
the goods had been Struggled, and the Commits.
sioner at once ordered the defendant to be dis
charged.
William Rand was charged yesterday, before
Commissioner Shields, with deserving from the
American ship swallow. lie was held III 500 bail
Tor examination.
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FIRST DISTRICT COURT.
Leasing tor Unlawful Pur-
poses Cannot Enforce Payment Of

Before Judge Quinn.
The executors Of the Deraismes estate leased
No. ii Reade street 10 Que Charles Smith. and
Smith leased strip or the rear yard TO the Messrs.
Hurglns, propretors OF the Cosmo.
poiItan Hotel corner OF Chambers street
aud West Broadway, who builr upon 1t
one story b Lding, which they used
as storeroonl. The Deratsnes instituted pro-
ceedings in tlis court TO dispossess Smith aud
those holding under min, or alleged ncn-paYment
OF rent by Smitn. The Messis. Iuggins claimed
that the proceedings were he result Of a conspir
acy between the Deraisnes and smith 10 remove
them, because they haa cauaed the at'er TO be In
dcted Tor keeping that place as a house oil pr0sti-
tuition. II having been shown on the trial that the
house had been OF disrerutacle character or many
years; that john A. DeraiSl. SAID he lea cd IL TO
those parties knowing what II was 10 be used for
ami because he could get more rent tor II Tor that
purpose, Judge QUINN held that no rent could
accrue out OF an illegal contract, and gave judg.
ment Tor the tenants
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ESSEX MARKET.
Will tho Streets Bo Sprinkled :
Before Judge Kasmtre.

Before Judge Kasmire.
The police of the Tenth and Thirteenth precincts
have OF late been arrest!ng number of men
charged with violating o corporation ordinance in
sprinkhng streets with salt water. The Board of
Health have gwen the owners OF the carts u cer-
tiGcate saying TO the eject that it is rot
nuisance or detrimental TO human health.
The ordinance under Which the police made the
arrests is to DC iou0d IN chapter as section g.
Laws OF State OF New YCrk-"That no person
shall deposit OF throw any iqui into the street"
THIS chapter refers entirely to nUisances.
Judge kasmire, under the cirCumsta RANGES de-
cided TO discharge Frederick Palo, against whom
four charges hal bcen made OF sprinkling the
streets With salt water.
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FIrYY-sEvENTa STREET POLICE COURT.
Poverty and Crime.

Poverty and Crime.
Before Judge Sherwood.
An unusually bright little fellow, twelve years Of
age, named James BIRD, was charged with stealing
revolver from his employer, Dennis Leahy, No.
the boy and asked him what induced him to steal
the pistol His sobs almost choKel his utterance,
and 1t was with difficulty lie replied that
he did not take the pistol with the In
lentlOn OF keeping II. He took IL to raise
money with which to get something to eat Tor
Ills pal ent5 and three smaller children, who had
been Tor nearly three days without food. The
pom, from q jewellers clerk on FIRST avenue, lie
gave to hts mother 20 buy bread with; but ne in.
tended TO redeem the pistol yesterday afternoon
out OF his IS when Mr.. Leahy paid him, and he
was then to return il to It's place.
Tho Court alter hearing the boys story, took
lenient view OF his offence, and said he would
discharge him II his story about his parents
proved true and the pistol was recovered. Mr..
Leahy also said he did not wish 10 prosecute.
the parents were not IN court not knowing that
their boy mad been arrested.
Judge Bixby as n Horse Protector.
Judge Bixby appeared as complainant against q
horse beater named James BLY,, who was charged
with striking his own horse several times with
whip The offence was not @ very serious one,
would have been. probably, dne OF auout SIS; but
BLY, was held Tor trial.
Alleged Larceny by an Expressman.
Mile. Camille Delaney, Of No. 10 Gramercy
place. caused the arrest OF an expressman named
Hugh cunningham, on charge OF stealing from
trunk wearing apparel valued at s35. Cunning
ham was held Tor trial and the police are search.
Ing for his coniedeI ate IN the theft.
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THE TOMBs POLICE COURT,
Before judge FIammer

Before Judge Hammer.
MIR. Alfred ". Spooncr was brought here yester.
day on q charge OF obtaining money under false
preteRces In the name of Mr.. Gculding. the Direc-
tony man. Messrs. Fisher and FrOthng CHAM, two
OF his victims, appeared against him, and the
Judge held him Tor trial.
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SUPREME CoURT-spEoIAL TERM.
Iyeci.ton,
SUPERIOR OoURT-sPEOIAL TERM.

b. Judge Donohuc.
Mechanics and Traders Bank vs. Dakin.-Sce
opinion.
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Decisions.
BY Judge Sper
Peter Nj. De NOs vs. Jane DE Vos.-RcporL OF
referee confirmed and decree OF divorce gran ted
TO paIntlf.
BY Judge Curtis.
Lloyd et al. vs.. BHrns.-Case as settled ordered
on file,
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COMMON PLEAs-spECIAL TERM
MARINE OOURT-PART l.
Action for Assault and Battery.
BE .0re Judge AcAdam.

Before Judge hcAdam.
Andrew Schmidt W.. Adam I3aley.-Plaintin IL
tailor, and resides as No. 2oS seventh street. He
alleges that on the 18th OF December. 1873, as ne
was standing in front OF the defendants lager beer
saloon In Seventh street, the defendant came out
with sungshot, and, without any cause or pro-
vocation, struck him . severe blow on the leg,
knocking him down into the gutter. and
then dragged him into the middle OF the
street aud struck him again, and that he
was ca ried home by two friends and
was unable 10 attend to his business Tor
about i've months Tho defendant says that
Schmidt came 10 his place In company with MIR.
Greggor, who said he was looking lot Il MIR. Specht,
who had broken one OF his windows; defendant
sold him that Spccht was not In the house, but he
could come In aud look II he chose TO do SO;
scnmidt then said. go In and look under
mrs. Ba;ey's bed;v Mrs. Bailey, who was pres
emf, said, II wonld not allow any man TO look
nnder my bcd;' Schmidt then called her bad
1amcs ana she gave him slap in the face;
schmidt was going to take hold or her when de-
icndant inter;cred, showed HIM away and he fell
down, put 81. up Immediately and said. You are
dead man, fney ciincAcd aud oe le ndant threw
MIN down again, but no did not have any slung-
snot or anything else IN his hands. The jury
kendercd verdict for the defendant
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COURT CALENDAR,

BUFFALO, N. Y, June 13, 1874.
The day calendar OF the Fourth judicial depart.
mcnt corrected for Monday, June Is, ia as fol-
lows:-Nos 81, 65h, ~, "A, Is, 50, u.s. so, 81, 81,
IS, 80, 90, 95.
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PROPERTY OUT OF TILE CITY FOR
6ALk OR TO RENT.

HOE SALE OR To LET-FURNIsHED, AT GREAT
- Neck, H. l.. brick House, <2xso; IL acres; shore
'front.', enc hour by steamboat railroad. Apply tow j.
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E,OR sALR-To CLOSE AN ESTATE, ONE OF THE
celebrated Virginia Springs. the most medicinal,
upon terms when WIN insure It's purchase BY any enc
i CO, 60 Wail street.
L'OR SALE CHEAP-AT WOODSIDE, L. l., SIX
minutes ride by Flushing Railroad, nice cosy ana
convenlen House For call OIL or address r.
TOWART, blndery Bible House, Ninth street, ~ y.
E,OR SALE OR RENT-A NEW HOUSE AT FAIR
Haven N j., con aiming ~ rooms, furnished or un.
Furnished ou'euerss garden yard Sf cn Somp ses
ing and fishing bathing Ac convenient e Eea b9nk
Long BRANCH VI Senbrisht Address Il. y DhNSiS' FaH
Haven, N. j.
L,OK SALE OR TO LRT-BEAUTIYUL. GARDEN
Farm q acres; miles from New porE; oiofE IS.
from Woodbridge Station, HackcnsAck kalirDA0 IN
quire Of KRAUsE, proprietor, n Washington @ssse DO
bOkeu
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MARINE COURT-CHAMBERs.
Decisions.

BY Judge McAdam.
vanderpocl vs.. smith, Judgment opened con.
ditlonally.
Bernard ". Lee.-Motion granted.
Bannigan W.. Fuchs-MotiOn granted.
Kelly w. ClarMont.-Motion granted condition
Ally.
0tiOnnlly.
F, WON Va. HaAgc.-MOt!on granted.
NcQuativ vs. Carson. -ieicrence ordered.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-03-17
FISH RAISING.

THE BUSINESS IN THIS SrATE-SOME INTER
ESTlNG PARTICULARS FROM THE FOUNTAIN
STOCK FARM.
Fish breeding in this state, though not
very extensively carried on as yet, is receiv
ing some attention which has met with con-
siderable success. Secretary Heron has just
received aletter from Mr.. E. Close, of Alamo,
Montgomery county, concerning his expert
ence in fish raising. This gentleman is pro-
prietor of Fountain stock farm, and has
fish pond which is about ten rods long and
three rods wide, fed by springs. The'great
difficulty he has had TO contend with is Sc
we're winters, as the ice must be removed in
order to give the fish air, an item which had
hitherto been neglected, thus reducing the
stock to a considerable extent. This, how
ever, has been guarded against. Last spring
Mr.. Close cleaned out his pond and put air
pipes through the embankments which
were thrown around it, and afour-inch tile
about one hundred feet in length from the
branch to the pond, thus having
means of backing the water
through the tile into the pond.
The reservoirs were also enlarged and the
pipes which were sunk into the banks or
levees were given an angling position with
the lower ends extending into the water, the
opposite ends being protected by embank-
ments of earth. Mr.. Close says that he has
been watching the growth aud habits of the
stock of fish he has collected in his pond,
and finds about the same difference in their
growth as there Is in the domestic animals.
Some of them will reach their natural size
at an earlier age than others, the larger FAM
lilies requiring more time than the smaller
ones to come to maturity. The cat fish ac-
cording to his observations, do not seem to
smother as quick as the other kinds. Like
most other animals it takes from four to
rience is similar to that Of a neighbor, who
has also given the subject some attention.