The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-06-12
A FISH NURSERY.

He's watching, o my babies, to welcome you aud me
A FISH NURSERY.
The Facts and Figures of Seven Acre
Fish Pond" Family of Thirty Thou
sand Children "-Three Bushels of Fish
Per Day, and the Fronts ON the Same
Special Correspondence Atlanta Herald.
MONTGOMERY. ALA May, 1875.
rAcKLINa THE SUBJECT.
Being brought to Montgomery, or
business, a friend, whose festive pro-
clivities might appear riotous. if were
to put them into print. persuaded me
into running over to Penn Yonge's. u
went. and here I am with as wonderful
story at the end of my pencil as the
respect for a sensible fish. Your diIa-
tory nibbler" despise. Your crafty
scoundrel who hangs around your
baited hook, and beguiles you with
false promises until your extremities
are widowed, until the grass has grown
rank between your patient legs, and
the ensts have frescoed every inch of
your face, is n fish thst deserves the
contempt of all anglers. The sneaking
thief that with dexterous lips steals
your bait, and leaves you in the
ridiculous position of appealing with a
hare hook TO the intelligence of the
river. is q scaly fellow, who has my
hatred while he compels my admiration
But your trne, blind hero, that darts at
the bait, the moment it touches the
water. swallows il frankly, and leaps
shudderv. but prompt. from bis element
to YOURS. is NV DELIGHT. Col. Yonpe's
fish are positively the most gentle
manly fish that I ever saw. For ten
minutes. I stood like a wild man fling.
ing the splendid fellows to grass at the
rate of five a minute, while a nimble
slave impaled for me the wnggling bait,
and spst the luck giving spittle upon
my hook.
SEVEN ACRE FISH POND.
Col. Yonre has (near Opelika Ala =,
the finest and most extensive f;ab nond
in the sontb or possible in tba Trn;tad
States He has over savan ..ras ~
reliable water averaoino noss;bIv
reyen feet in depth. re- IL fed bv EIGHT
or ten large and bold springs. that Weld
a perfectly clear water. Al LARGE creek
flows around the pond. Col. Yonoe
having preferred to trust to his Syringe
rather than the creek: which is hence
rather unceremoniously sent to the left
flank bv a deem ditch.
c1ear and env ono r;d;.- ~ ore - ~,
sail bo.ts ~, tba IoLa 90, so rn;sds
of fish SWIMMING IaziIv nav DOM in
the Empid deptbs
cot a world Of information from,
CoI Yonoe on tba anb;act ~ tbo hraod-
ina of The fish The nond ia stockad With
front red horse and brean, The
Dream. when sbe goes In anavn scoons
ont hollow place in the sand
MAKEs NEST IrxrA annNs ur,s
Tn this nest sbe deros;ta bar e,os nur,.
bering probably forty thousand. The
trout makes a larger nest something like
q Roose's. and lays thirty Thousand eggs.
The mother "sets" over the eggs for
twelve DAYS. She does not touch them.
as the warmth of her BODY ia not neces-
sary to hatch them, but she hangs
stationary over them, keeping q perpet-
nal motion of the waves above the nest
by wagging her tail. This is done to
keep the mud or sand from settling over
the eggs and DESTROYING them. The
red-horse do not have nests, but spawn
in colonies. Each female Laws about
sixtv Thousand eoos and tbev snaun
close together in unite a neiphborly
way. The male (poor devilsl of This
fecund COLONY. give their time TO fan
ming the sand off the eggs, and wag their
obedient tails with an admirable per-
sisfepcv.
It ia very interesting tn watch the
growth of the tinv fab atoms The
first thing that ia seen is a thick coat of
white spread over the neat This Is the
lining of eeps. inst as thew coma from
the mother. They are NOT then imnreo-
mated. but are dead and dnII The male
then passes over the nest and onickens
the eocr- Az he does hi.
.~.v..o,,..-,
AN'' III" 1AAHs fhAch'
.im In e.In one on 'ne eggs hltnefto per-
This :. tha 1;fa 49, u"o1 r spos sppe sa
Ie.res tha rast 81 a. IL n,Aio snsn
a. S.To "e1s, anu sne mcene. eunrus
r,t;..5 X. 49, s'A ueys ~ WI oe
Iii hao;n - - ,;I ous'1 ei VI Eye
So, az 80 ~ i''1 TIE me 1 ny vapor
esther The '1 motbe- 19. ieep .h wen To-
sSSne,. sno motueL "htcn1nS tnem Gay
auer DAY, as they hoas upward, and by
c1rchng around them. holding them in
~ Az -.t.r AZ. 1;stI. iSI o IP
water GETS densar end th;cLa. =. a.
little atoms beoin n tnr,hIe and w;,n1o
and NAV sbonf A. Last II, IL .Ir ~ss s
conoa 1900 80 $3.50 nv is y. .I utSs 10
81 .t.oSSa. @ LII. - ts l. as 'ne Doiuer
Their gsmS"Is a. az xauet s~eeps u
guards them very ciose1v and and Is e1.
treneiv f;erce ihont ~ 1 fou-ts.ett
or fifteenth day this cloud contracts
and expands irregularly; finally
breaks Is scattered as if by some
submarine sunbeam. and then yonr
pond has about forty Thousand more
ns M ~ ~ ,Iau Formerly.
.,t.nd tba;r 1nnn ara at tne thea aI h ao ho'
come old e1ouob 70 scsttcy I nv 10
t,o-t v;n sw;n sronnd ~ w.I IT, - a.
har 0A'
r.,v or v o.
M. VI n, raoosASD ohl
solr1~lng ner IKE young partrlp
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