The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1892-09-29
A WONDERFUL BASS.
The F1nny Pet Of Greystone and
It's Many Tricks.
Il Sumps from the wator to Snap Bait
from the Hand OF Its Owner,
and Comes whenever
He Calls

ouu NOIucb w nenevef
He Calls.
1t is about two years ago that John
Forson, the head gardener at Greystone,
the summer home of the late Samuel j.
Tilden, accompanied by some friends,
went over to the Grassy Sprain for a
days fishing. The Grassy Sprain is
about mile from Greystone, and feeds
the reservoir which supplies Yonkers
and It's suburbs with water. It was a
hot day. The sun shone straight
down from the sky and seemed to
scorch everything.
you had better talee a pail along,
john" said a companion, III you want
to get your fish home in good shape.
The only way to carry them in this sun
Is In ? pail Of water. They'll be half
baked before you can get them home If
you let the sun get at them"
Mr., Forson thought that q good idea,
% whom the party started one carried
two quart tin pail for the fish that
they expected to catch. Mr.. Forson
has never ceased congratulating HIM
eef upon that precaution- II It had
not been for that pail the wonder of
Greystone would have died before he
had q chance to exhibit the talents
which have made him famous.
The fishing was not good that dey.
Perhaps the SUMS fierce rays penetrated
into the limpid waters and caused tho
4sh to feel the same languor that
makes mankind loath to stir on very hot
dayA Perhaps the fishermen felt the
heat 70 much that they did not angle
With their usual skill However that
} may be. when the men lay down under
che trees and ate their noon luncheon
fOot : single bite had rewarded their
repeated casting under the burning
sun. Continued efforts In the after
noon met with no better success, and
they were about to unjoint their poles
and 90 home when Mr.. Forson's line
straightened out The fisherman
hauled In black bass less than six
Inches long but plump and vigorous. The
little fellow had been hooked through
the nose, and did not appear to be much
hurt.
Mr.. Forson took him a the hook
very gently. Then he flied the pail
with water and put TIE Ash into it.
He shook himself 6r moment and
then darted about With great rapidity.
Having discovered the boundaries of
his prison he took things more easily
end moved about gently and lazily.
It'll keep HIM = sid M. Forson,
thoughtfully, ''apd put him with the
carp. He ought TO ct along pretty
well with them
So the bass ~ caz-sd so odseyssone
end put into q r6A o4 GlsAr wSter. A
lot OF palms ia takied subtropical
plants grow petrthsd lpfs piled
In artistic cdpfuS IA VA ossE s,s tlS rSol The
basin. which z ~ a. III he green
houses. Is circull q sp6 atbsonf six feet
:ss.: :~e t.. sss deep "a III y s. assss sse%
che same reservoir In which the bass
had lived before his capture The pet
rided logs, which came from north
western New York. look Hike big
chunks Of brown pumice stone. They
have been SO arranged that while they
throw deep shadows into the water
they DO not prevent FREQ circulation
o& air. The water is hidden by them
IN places and only appears in the shape
OF Little pools between the logs
The greenhouse, IN which the bass
found new home, is The center oneSbf
Q number devoted to tropical and sub
tropical plants Enormous palms, ferns,
cactis and strange Towering plants fill
every available space. The rays of the
sun, which find their way through the
glass roof over the basin, are trans
formed into many colors before they
oh hn
panes Of glass at that point On tho
hottest days the greenhouse is only
warm, and on the coldest the tempera-
ture Is comfortable. There are no such
extremes of heat and cold a. the bass
was accustomed to in his former home,
but be has thrived. nevertheless
!, When he was first dropped into the
hasin he found the water occupied by
three German carp and sunfsh. The
carp lasted only short time He must
heve swallowed them whole, for not
even bone or tail could be found by
M Eorson when he came to look for
the unfortunatea The sunfish sur
vtved His sharp exterior bones have
thqs &ar saved him. but the bass leads
him 8 sad lie.
M some Nme after he began his
nsN he the beas wss very shy. A
mere giimpse of Rls nose, peeping out
lof The shadow csst by the logs. was
al that could b seeo- But M. Norson
wee Petient he had onee trained some
RoAdAeh - snap wogms cu4 of his IN
esrh end he did not qSepoir a eououer-
lnS ~ '6eia Tho 49, sbowsd : 1900
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