Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1890-07-26
GERMAN CARP.

A Little Lake on Private Grounds
near This City Where Carp Are
Abundant and Aldermanic In Size
Their Frollcsome Spirit and Fond
ness for lining - Another Private
Carp Pond In This CitY-Carp In the
shelton Water Company Reservoir.
The lake on the Davis homestead in Ham
den. about half a mils above the covered
bridge. and not far from the Hartford turn
pike, abounds with fine German carp. The
lake was stocked with these fish by the Davis
brothers years ago and is now teeming with
them. The carp are very tame and amiable.
and come readily at call to be fed, and will
take food from the hand. They come in
schools to be fed and crowd over one another
In their eagerness to get the best places for
e:erub.n They often seize hold of the fingers
in their hurry to get good morsel. When
there is not time to pet and play with these
finny friends, half bushel of bread is
DUMPED into the lake and the fish
have merry times in darting and jumping
at the pieces as they float about. Many Of
the carp have grown fat and large, and not
carp need little or no attention beyond being
provided with food. The lake water is kept
completely fresh and pure by fresh water
running into it and by the waste way. The
Messrs. Dak his have become much attached to
these finny pets. Occasionally one is caught
| to satisfy the wishes of some invalid friend
who Graves bit of carp for dinner, but the
large colony is seldom interfered with in
this way and fourishes in peace and con-
tentment.
On the beautiful grounds at the residence
of Mrs. Clark, widow of the late Massena
Clark on Whitney avenue, there is pond
stocked with carp. Many of these fish have
attained good size and some are of alder
manic proportions. The pond is on the
lower ground between the residence and Can
ner street and is fed by fresh water. Anoth'
er pond near the house, which is enclosed by
a pretty setting or coping of granite and in
the center of which ia an arbor and summer
seat, is stocked with goldfish which dart
about after flies in summer time and respond
quite readily to invitations to dine in the
shape of bread crumbs tossed upon the sur
face of the water.
The Derby Transcript says: "The uppe
reservoir of the Shelton Water company
swarms with fine handsome carp that hav,
bee propagated from the small fish deposited
in the pond several years ago by D. w
Plumb. The carp are fine eating, but tn
difficulty is to catch them in sufficient mum
bers to make it an object. In German
these fish are very plentiful, the waters
that country being largely stocked with them
Many of the Germans in this locality VIII
have in the fatherland enjoyed the sport O
catching these fah are possessed Q
the secret of enticing them to thei
hooks by some kind of bait whic
they refuse to divulge the natur
Of They have in consequence nearly tn
entire monopoly of the catch at the reservoi
here Many attempts have been made, an
much experimenting done, to discover
possible the particular bait that will attrat
) these dainty fab to the hooks of the sports
men, but so far it has not proved success
, A party of three succeeded in taking about
: half dozen on Saturday, but of the myriad
known to inhabit the pond the number car
Z tured seemed small"