Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-05-22
Worms vs.. Shad.

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writing from New Hope, Pennsylvania, says
1.-THE fisheries at this place are numerous
Some GOO to SEQ shsd arc caugh! here on Mon
days, and durngth other days ofthe week les
scr number. The natural inquiry made IL: Why
are so many caught on this particular day This
results fcom the fact that on Sunday all the low
or fisheries are supposed to hang their nets, i'll
chance in their winding coureo in search OF
shallow tributaries to depot their spawn. Onco
through Wells Falls they fall an oasy prey to
the senes, which stretch the river here from
bank to bank. Epicureans concede thst sha!
caught here arc far superior to those at Gl3uc1.-
ter, from the fact Of their kabi:s:!aG Clearer
water which renders so'itity to th1 mos. - i
tendency 10 sTeeter taste.
Tae article wbica appeared in tho Record la:
week concerning the existence OF parasitH'
in shsd has alarmed people here, and during tho
past few days this fayorite fish haa been 2 dru%
in the market. determined to ascertain, il pos.
sible, tho origin ofthis worm and whether 1T has
had prior existence To this cad interviewed
one of the oldest fshmen hero. and on reliable
authority find that many years ago, and peri
odically since, inGnitesmal worms, not so largo
as DR.. Liedy asserts, were occasionally found IN
the liver. but never in the roe.
sickness was never known to have existed ir
this region at least, from the eating of shad in
tested with the worm. Many hundred thousands
shad have been eaten and tens OF thousands
dressed and packed right here" said brawny
fisherman and fthese parasites wore occasionally
found they were harmless; otherWlso yon
graveyard on the hill would have been
IN arked b. many tombstone ere this. Here
| is Science vs. Labor continued the fisherman.
These devilsh scientists arc continually expert
menting, first they found something in the hog,
| then the beetle and potato bug, now they tear
shad to pieces to fed something in it-that
which we water dogs found quarter OF can
try t. People fe out o1 sslng
| dollars continued the fisherman, az he gripped
| the line Of his land end Of the seine and paced
| the beaten track along the shore.'
An engagement which will interest the read.
ers of the Graphic in New York as we'll as here
was a1no1uced this week. 1t is that of Miss
Isabel Eugene Chcvallic, niece Of Dir. Frank
Turc-tor some years resident Of this city,
but formerly a EucA esteemed cavalier in New
York's rnc:t fashionable society," Her patcrna!
grandfather wa5 Peter ChevaIlie, the head Of
one of Richnond's mcst Influential famil:ea,
and a connection OF the family OF the exEm-
press of the French. Lieut.. Green, the tortu.
| nate young officer oil the United States army
| who has secured the promise Ct the hand o.
one Of the loveliest Of our young girls IN eIspo-
| stion, as we'll as one possessed OF personal at
fractions, graduated with tho highest honora
in bis class at West Point. Senator Don Came
ron secured for him an appointment to 90 with
the officers sent by tho United States to study
military tactics and engineering during the
Turco Russian war lie is an engineer, and
has 80 distinguished himself as to be specially
honored and decorated by the Grand Duke
| Constantine, with whom he has been closely
associated .hle 10 the ield.-NIs Grundy S
| Washington Letter in NJ 7. Graphic.