Connecticut western news., 1882-04-12

WdGcI pl6uee, "A1SA "OAS %OoA~ " ~~ covered with fresh water shrimp and small water.snails.
 "What price is realized for troutt3"
 cone dollar pound, as rule; never less than seventy five cents. Trout fed on fish are, in my opinion. much more delicate in flavor than those fed or chopped livers."
 This trout farm requires the services of 8 watchman, keeper and four dogs to protect it from intrusive and bur glariously inclined individuals. In tho course of conversation the proprietor mentioned that trout has many enemies 'I made an important discovery few years ago." he said, although at frs I was puzzled to account for the fact For the purpose of observation I ha6 placed some trout in 8 spring we'll, where the clear water afforded me 6 good opportunity to watch the growth, habits and movements of the speckled beauties. To my surprise I found. every now and then, that some of the fish were missing. I looked at once to the screens, but found them perfect. l then placed six eighteen.months- old fish in the spring and found one missing the following morning. At { p. m. on the same day, two more were missing, and the next night another disappeared. ] became somewhat alarmed at this rapid depletion and began to fear that the fish were playing cannibal."
 "Had some fish-loving person bur. glarized the spring? ?" asked the reporter.
 '.It was fish-lover, indeed, but not a person. noted that the fish disap- peared between 10 a. m. and 4 p, m., and I began to watch between those hours. About 8 o'clock noticed some thing crawl from under bunch oi wstercresses which grew on the edge oi the spring, and I supposed, at first, that it was mouse. When 1t reached the water it dove down and was up again like flash. I saw at once that 1t had something attached to it, and quickly captured the intruder, which turned out to be alarge bug, something like good. sized locust, in whose claws found one of my fish. placed the bug and fish in a jar of clear water, and closely ob served the two. saw that the bug wal torturing the fish by means of tubular prong which it cast from its tail ani fastened on the fish. In second tn, bug became inflated to double It's size I poured the water from the jar, ant and the next morning both fish ant bug were dead. I sent them both, few days ago, on the steamer Celtic t, the Scottish Fish Exhibition in Scot land"
 "What was the name of this destruc tive bug?"
 "I called it bear-bug, for 1t gave tn poor fish bears hug, but scientifi gentlemen decided that it was the Be lostoma grandis."
 "What other enemy has the trout ?
 "I have found @ worm that prove fatal to the fish. Some time ago, as was feeding the large trout, Isaw on of them suddenly spring out of tn water, wriggle little and then kee over. I wondered greatly at this, an' taking it in my hand I began to searcl for the cause of death. At first though it had choked itself, but found that wa not the fact. proceeded to open tn fish, and coiled up near the heart found @ red wolm about four inche long. I took and wrapped piece C paper about the fish, intending. to in vestigate the matter later in the day Some friends happened to come her and took out the fish to show ther the worm. But the worm was nc there, and I searched all through tn intestines, but could not find it. Jus as was about to relinquish the scare I noticed small rise in the skin of tn fish near the ventral fin. The proje, tion was about as large as @ small pc, I out it open and there was the worl nicely curled up. have seen this sam variety of worm crawl out and then di appear in the body of the fish in half minute"
 >Is there great demand for golt fish ?"
 "Yes; the demand is greater than can, at present, supply"
 The only species of fish which M MoGovern raises are the carp, trol and goldfish. He describes the carp { s'lazy fellow" and not at all like tf : lively trout.