Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1888-06-08
FISHING IN GEORGIA.
ono Go After u Trout with a Gun and
= Others NarcotiZe the Fish.

Somo Go After u Trout with Gun and
= Others Narcotize the Fish.
Mr. Hatcher says: whenever felt
rs if / wanted trout for dinner
would stroll over to tho pond and bring
one down or up rather with my rifle.
Between eleven and twelve o'clock
at midday are the hours when they can
be shot, rs for some unexplained rea-
son they come up near the surface. |
always aim for the head. No, the ball
never penctratcs the head or any por-
ton of the fish. It's seldom that even
scale is disturbed. The rifle ball
never touches them. They are killed
apparent y by conclusion. Tho water,
think, flattens tho ball. Immedi-
ately upon being shot they rise to tho
surface, floating upon their backs. l
never take the trouble to fish with a
hook, preferring my rifle" Mr.. Nc
Clclland recently noticed that the fish
were dying by hundreds and rising to
the surface. He had pond dragged
and brought out from it fully five hun
dred dead trout or black bass. Atleast
one hundred of them would weigh
eight pounds or over They were
thrown upon the bank and the buzz
yards fepsted upon them. 1t is sus-
pectcd that persons to whom the owner
of the pond had refused the right to fish
from il had poisoned its water and with
it the finny life with which it teemed.
A lazy but unlawful method of OBJ
tanning fish from the ponds was once
quite common among negroes and
others. This was stupefying or drug
| ging the fish by means of some mar
cotic plants. The favorite growth for
this purpose was the devils shoe-string,
u small plant with extremely long.
tough and slender roots. This queer
plant, withits uncanny name was much
used by the Indians as n medicine, and
is SAID TO be the basis for several blood
purifiers with long and alliterativc
names. A plentiful supply of the plant
being obtained the negro finds q log
which projects well out into the water,
and getting astride of it dips it in and
alternately beats it with n stick oil
paddle. After every good beating it is
shaken about in the water and the sup
ply replenishcd, and this continued un
ill the pond is thoroughly impregnatet
with the singular properties of the
weed, The fish soon commence rising
to the surface and gasping as if fol
breath. A few faint struggles follow
and then the fish lie helpless and iner
upon the surface only TO be gathered il
and served as meal. 1t is said tha
the meat is not at all affected by tn
treatment the fish have undergone, bu
il is with considerable squeamishnes
and trepidat!on that person for tn
first time dimes upon poisoned or mar
cotized fish - atlanta Constitution
Speaking OF absinthe the New
York Graphic says; "On general prin
ciples it may be said that the averag
1 absintho tippler in this country ha
never tasted the genuine absinthe il
4 his life. Its effects are frightul an
z unmistakable, and very few of ii
, devotees are ever restored to entir
health" Blue vitriol is one of the In
O gradients of the article in common use
i though the unadulteratcd compound
bad enough.
o OF the 1876 convicts accredited
l. the State penitentiary of North Car'
n lima only 1928 are in the prison prope
n There are 1850 on the penitentiar
1t farms and the rest are distribute
o on the different railroads. OF IL
% whole number about nine-tenths al
A., | colorad