The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1881-04-07
New Works Fish Exhibition.

variety of other notable specimens in the fish line
Prominent among the exhibitors was Mr. E. s.
Blackford one of the state Fish Commissioners
In three massive tanks he displayed different
specimens of trout, taken chiefly from the ponds
and streams Of Long Island These fish varied
from the intantie trout of three months old to the
full hedgcd specimens Of two years maturity
There were also specimens of eggs, as also ex
ampes of by bridzation sent BY Mr.. Seth Green of
the New York State Matching Association Com
ing down to the adult trout awaiting the hands of
the cook for conversion into the daintiest of ed-
bles, there to be seen mammoth box filled
| with them, their scale weight being about three
| thousand pounds and being the contribution of
the South Side Sportsmens Club of Long Island
The New York Herald says of this exhibition
While our sister island is the principal contrib
utor OF these delicious tinny esculents fish cutur-
lists elsewhere have added their quota to the exhi-
| bltion. There are plentiful samples of Canadian
| trout, Name, Connecticut, Vermont, New Jersey
and Pennsylvania are largely represented and so
| is the interior of New FORK State Remote Cal
| itornia and Alaska, and even England and Eastern
| Asia, have likewise representatives One of the
| California trout Weighs IL pounds Some spec-
mems OF vlvlparous perch attracted good deal of
| attention, and these also came from California
One peculiar feature about them is that they
spawn, but, one of the gentlemen in charge said
throw laelr young allve 1here Is also at MT
| Blacktords stand a plentiful exhibition of white
and yellow perch and black startling and rock
| bass ] not unattractlve feature here are samples
Of the 1000 OF liahes species OF snals, USED Dy
| Mr. McGovern in raising trout In striking con
Irast Win 'hls = "hat IS designated on the ex-
| hblhon card tine enemy OF fish 1t IS brittle
| Ike looking reptile, about an inch and half long
ana Is SAD 10 hasten us claws INTO the neck OF
trout and suck its blood, thus killing it Passing
| over o'Aei interesting specimens OF hsh such as
VIZ Isnon, Sehl lIoll Iort reno II Is worthy the
aitehu0H ~ ne Visl'of 70 inspect collecuon con
| tMOuted by Mf feuarlent OF Old fashioned fish
| books ana hsh dlshes as well as OF the hook and
| line USED IN 4iaska
Mt a W nalIiS mas likewise on MS STAND all
| tnt NdIie'eS "' trout uescfioeu above his exhl
| oltlon OF o'htT ValeteS OF hsh Is however more
| uiFetslhea ne has' lof instance Two oeaulifGl
ePetiht's " ~ leu snapper, caught III 'ie uut
q MeAlc" iAt! a'e each ABOUT Two ana halt
iee' iohS' ana seem 10 DC cross between sheeps
ntau ANU d OaSs nc a'so HAS nuG sPecIlnen Vi
| nefnan GdIPTa So'u uhSeu hsL looking for all
| tle "olIu as enough us ha'Fe element might De
sea 81 Soiu -tHo'het curious sample IS hsh OF
| thIee n"ines ~ Pays oui money ana GU taxes
}uui c4oleG lump HSn, lIHl5V oas ana Jelly Hsh.
served TO MAKE II palalaDle. VI yellow perch
| Frod nomnanos biack bass Honnders frnSt isb on
tom cod, English carp. black fish and sea crabs
/
show Tbay law IVA vary arga tsn na nd
with goldfish an ornamental feature of the show,
| liEe lhelr bouquets ana the other with trout On
-, Of th fta An 1 +o ~ W. 1
stand one has seen everything almost in the trout
me imaglnaoIe or unlnaslnab!e, A striped bass
W pnF.JS DS''s ", tnr pallh ~ PONY
the gaze of visitors to the Paris Exposition still
comes in for share of popular notice They have
| a live lobster which beats this and which on ac-
count OF his UNSURPASSED physical PROPORTIONS has
| been chrstencd the father Of Holsters ne
weighs tweuty-ope bounds and his smelers are
| each nineteen inches long H was caught off
! the Cholera Banks Two monster Goldfish canght
| off Sandy Hook come il, for a share of insnactio4
Mr. William Jones makes A handsome exhihit
| His trout are from Maspeth L. | and from ROCK
/ land county some OF which from the latter Mace
4 weighed as hirh As two pounds each Mr. Jones
| aso had an exhibit AT The Broadway hsh narket
| in Workers where he showed some tna sneo,mans
BEFORE lpa1 mo tho show the ranorter Ioarnod
and the fact NAV be Interesting To- those who think
| their brains need the reinforcement of fsh food
that the price Of brook trout is 81 a pound Of
/ Canada tront fftv cents IA salmon tro,t f,rt,,
cents and nomnnno forty cents
The Republican Senators in caucus Monday
decided to continue their efforts to procure the
passage of the pending resolution for the immedi-
ate election Of Senate officers bv sdberng per-
sistentlv to the policy and programme heretofore
pursued. The vote bv which this determination
was reached is said to have been practically imam.
imous The arguments set forth in tha cancns as
thp reasons for the ,ndaGnita maintenance Nv tbo
ReDnbIicans of ther nresant nos;tion vara IL s,,r
stance AS follows
First that The ,,uestion invoIvad in tho p.mo
cratic opposition to the pending resolution is,
"helher haloIlry OF minority OF the Senate shall
t,ir Ill n Ho", - li'vee! " 'iolce u
mission 10 the minority In matters 81 greater i'm
portance hereafter and that there is no legislative
DuSineea ~ oV udhS@'ITu al inns session anu no
from IaIav IN oontir1ni1,, notira,inrS 70 oioo
already filled that the present is the best time
u 'letl 'e lssGe ao9Fe lndieated ana 10 MAINTAIN
prevail
Second, thaC the election OF the candidates
R Wr ~ 10 ~ Inc iaorl.F llneluung
upon as a means of sustaining and nromoting me
alliance Of the Republicans and Independent Dem
o'i"'S y lfslnla ana othef southern States
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