, 1874-05-06
tathering Of the Friends Of the
Finny Tribe.
Visit to a Largo Establishment Near
Elgin.
Address by Or. Pratt on The Subject Of
Fish-Cufture.
: Organization Of q S0cfety--Adop-
tion or Constitution.
Miscellaneous Business Transacted,

Miscellaneous Business Transacted,
Special Df.paech to 7ae Chicago Tribune.
ELo1N, ILL.,, May demonstrating what NUM-
ber and variety Of associations have boon organ
lied from time to titne In this State, haying for
their ob1ecs-to speak il hguratlyoly--tho maxi
ing Of two bladon Of grass grow whore one grow
b. ,ore, Or literally, tho material well-boing Of
mn and woman, il has frequently bocn remarked
=. singular circumstance that illinois, alone
anoona the States OF tho East and West, SHOULD
hnvs M vor boaBtod Of society for tho cutiva-
Zion, nro uagation and protection Of fah. There
are farnn, 81 associations Of ali sorts, there aro
dairymen's 'ssociations, ohcose and butter mons
associations, fruit-Rrowers' associations, = all
kinds Of aetio ultural, horticultural. and other
societies. too n 'trnerous to glance at And yet,
strange to say. aA b has boon ontiroly neglected
un to tho present 'no, although it ID q we'll u.s.
co:taIned fact TINT tho wators Of Illinois aro aa
vel, adapted for the 'reeding Of food-ash Of all
varoties as any Of hor sister States. Ourssrehns
in daye OF old teemea' With fBhos and thore
scemB to bo no reason to doubt that they can DO
11ado to teen, again, pro per laws wero enacted
for their protection. Not AMY have there boon
no pscatoria1 associations llere, but until quite
recently, tncle has been no attention paid to the
cultivation OF fish.
ELorw.
Here, however, aB In 40 many other cases Of
cqupl importance to mankind, El2ln comes to
tie rescue to redeem the State from impending
disgrace. It may bo quite supertluo1s to re-
mind people that Elgn is an energetic, buatling,
thriving, porsoyerlng little town: It lag started,
haps, than any town Of It's sizo. It has a watch
factory, oheoeo factory, wooleu factorioB; IT haa
an InBano aBylnm, some miIlionaires, QUO BUM
NOR, and q fire hend. And now it has hsh
uopds, aud yesterday tt formally inaugurnted
ard o1ganizod fish culturiata' association.
THE GATHERING.
Tho thing waa done in tho Town Hall in an OF
hand, almost informal manner, MS It it were \
nblo suburb to project aud perfect enterprises
for tho benefit uf tho human race. A call had
been saued to all who took an interest in the
breeding Of ash to meet there and organize
number Of gentlemen ,rc presenting some Of the
most important counties in tho State. Among
those who carne wero Col: 4. K. Jonos,, of
Quincy, ILL.,; Nathan 2. Dallou, Of Do Kalb
IIolsman. Rockford: NJ. j., B. HawkiDB,
Kankakce; D. &; Bonn, Kankakee; 8. y. Ray
moud, Ottawa; David H.. Denny, Kankakee;
dall County; joseph jackson, Millingto9; In
saIle County; DR.. fo Baron, the State Ento-
mplogist; Homer Wattlos. McHonry County;
Charles H. Atkins, Chicago David s. Ham,
M1au G1oa eM19 T. e.,
'@lo' "AA 0'' m rpsrT
who WAS mainl- instrumental in bringing to-
HI. f4o' ,nor1;r1 rnT St ot H." Tir;n dannt with
sl''' r,a nn33 sovora1 burn;oa ~ nm.
nor NA1 t,,arn n''a ~ hia gaSfssferro xhcro
they coula enjoy themselves by first watching,
then catching, and then eating somo Of tho
cnocess spee;ens u otDSk S;s soons peioso
anPf, sseuPf i,n,'re ~ do,;.htf,, Isv n prstt,a
iarm is situated on q 6ieh ridee. about two
.rias 1,or} -. ~ TN limits Irnrs hn has f1avotcd
i;.aaatf ~ fo,'r yanra or ~ - tha ertsciai
,.rors i'm NJ tron, sn1 enlnor Tha crnunda
aot e. hsuo hoon nntnro1in odor,ed ~ auc, -
noun W A"so ,o"ooad n;i s;Ia s1on;p nx>
on;s t,'1o,,ai, ,asntfi
too ~ a,,os ;Is hraai. rant ;nnr,,ar Torr,;n1
e'tsa ~ aaaoaIaa nsot o,,a;iaS
t,,naoif ~ +haao na.mrn1 ,dvan+oana hv rnn-
.t,a9i.,1 n1,n,1ar ~ ar4;s,;"I 6,.1|ka 'thoro
lussng an1o - - thnr anct Ht1;n, = c,,ito
.apa a1 ~ tavnr;,a a1 ha 1,,,u;t ~
hos aovo+ed q ,,opt;om ~ hs Yarn IN tho s.me
mas aoVoteu poltlo!! ~ ua 1a1l0 " tne enn1e
PURPOSE, anu these, II appears; arc tno onlY IN
portant places devoted to this brauch Of culture
rha ystors t wore eptbusjasie mn over tho SIGHT
~ tMo % trnnt in tbeao nonds TbeTc wnro cuT M nnt
very many varieties bnt thore wero large num-
oers Of them. ana oaen pond contained speel-
1s 9i 9 il @ @gFasaS sr eaoqa o fGa o s aad s@p sSqn
to % yesrs q old. i'd &'''''' - A 'Ao4' wv 'p""'' ~
Fran thu converaation henrd around tf,e pond
9monS thG gcntlemoh, u Was inferred tilat ~
Pratt bad been succeeslm 10 domonstfating SOW
eral important facts in relation to the breeding
Of trout IN Illinois waters. and in exploding moi
a few fal]ncios. He has slown. for iugtance.
thnt hroo1r tromt ceu Ia cr,t;r,tn{ ir I,a vi
nar Tooh H. ft e@n G ~ at ~. ~ "u H.,
as "elt ~ III holt, a1iu tnat ,ueS ehu ~ Mso n!lo
nour!hh n temperature hlghor tAan 10 ana as
high Az so degreca.
A FISH DINNER.
Aftor wandering among tho ponds and eeeiue
I'm tyout fod. and sjmjrnc tha scann and h1ots.
inc Mr. prstt for tie nriyilepe Of lettine them
see sueh sleht' . Wncn was worm inc Journey.
said tho man from Gulnoy, the company pro-
coded to tho Doctors house, Whero they we're
hospitably entertained by his mother and s,ste,
at au excellent tlsh dinner. This waH dainty
way OF preparing @ men Tor an sttctnoon session.
,s,. o,,oai H e. II,
Town Hall, and. without muoh formality, the
meeting was called to order by Dr.. Pratt whe
@A'.No sA9 @NN' ''o ~"AANA NF~1A sAo S""sAa'esA*