The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-08-21
A WONDERFUL BASS.
Tho Finny Pot Of Groystono. and
Ito Many Tricxn
u Jumps from the water 10 snap Halt
from the Hand ot IT'S owner.
mud Come. Whenever
lie Calls

| 10 AhltA
II is about two years nge that John
| Forson, the headgardencr III Greystone.
the summer home ~ the late samuel !.
! Tilden, accompanied by some friends,
went over O. the Grassy Sprain for q
day's fishing. The Grassy Sprain is
| nlout il mile fron tireystono, md feeds
/ The reservoir which supplies Yonkcrs
and It's suburbs with water 1t was d
hot day The sim shoue straight
down from the sky and seemed TO.
scorch everything.
lyon had better take pail along,
John, said a companion. ''if yuti want
! to get your fish home In gpgi apape,
The only way % earcy them in this sun
Il inn pail ~ water They'll be half
baked before you c9n get them home II
/ you let the sim get az them.
! MIR Ferson thought that good idea,
So when the party started one curried
u two quart tin pail for the fish that
| they expected to catch MIR. Forson
has never ccaised congratulatinR him
self upon that precaution II IL had
not been for that pail the wonder Of
C;rcyslone would have died before no
1 had chance ID exhibit the talents
/ which have made him famous-
The fishing was not good that day.
Perhaps the suu's fierce rays penetrated
| into the slnlyid waters and tnuacd nix
fish 81 feel the same htnRuor thai
makes mankind lnatll 10 stir On very hoi
! days. Perhaps the fishermen felt the
| heat no much that they did not nngie
/ with their usual skill. However that
may be, when the men my down under
/ the trees and ute their noon luncheon
not u single bite had rewarded their
repeated casting under the burning
sun Continued efforts 10 the after
lsnoon met with no better success, and
they were about To unjplnt their poles
and 20 home wlen Mr.. Forson's limo
| striightcned out- The fisherman
hauled Ia black b;isa less than six
inchcslo long but pump md vigorous. The
4 little fellow had been hooked through
the nose, and did not appear 20 be much
hurt
/ MIR Fors0n took him off the hook
very gently Then he filed the pail
with water and put the fish Into H..
He shook himself for moment and
then tlartcd about with gCeat rapidly.
i Having discovered the Boundaries u
II his prison he took things mora easily
and moved about gcntIya Tazily'
'tI'll keep hitst snid Mr. ForsoH
! thougssrt fsd1y. '.and put him with the
carp He ought to get along pretty
wen with them
50 the bass wns carried TO Greystone
and put into [, pool Of clear water. A
lot 81 palms and varied silbtropical
plants grow upon pctriticd logs piled
q In nrtistic confusion over the pool Tho
basin, which Ii Ia one o. the green
houses, Is circular and about six feet
across The water in IL Is usually about
two feet ,lecpand is fed by pipes from
the same reservoir ia which the bass
had lived before his capture. The pet
rifled logs, which came from north
wcstern New York, look like big
chunks II brown pnmice stone. They
have been so arranged that while they
throw deep shadows into the water
they do not prevent free circulation
OF air The water Is hidden by them
la places and only appears IN the shape
4 81 little pools between the logs.
The greenhouse, IN which the bass
found a new home, il the center one O
a number devoted to,tropical and sub
tropical plants Enormous palms, ferns
cactis and strange towering plants III
every available space. The rays Of the
sun, which find their way through dht
glass roof over the basin, are trans
formed into many colors before they
reach the water, for there nrc coloret
, panes II glass at that point On tht
hottest days the greenhouses Is only
warm, aud on the coolest the tempera
! ture ii comfortable, There are no suci
! extremes of heat and cold as the basi
: was accustomed 10 In his former home
hut he has thriyed, nevertheless
When he WINS first dropped into the
basin nc found the water occupied ~
7 three German carp and suniish Ths
carp lasted only nshort time. He mus
have swallowed them whole, for no
! even i bone or tail could be found By
Mr.. Forson when he came toN look fol
J the nnfortunates. The sunfish sur
yivcd His sharp exterior bones hav'
thus far saved him, but the bass lead
him sad life. 3
nor some time after he began hi
I new life the bass was very shy. 4
mere glimpse of his nose, peeping on
, Of the shadows cast by the logs, wa
! all that could be seen. But Mr. Forsol
was patient IIe had once trained som'
goldfish 10 snap worms out a his I'm
gers, and he did not despairof conquer
j ing the bass. The latter showed grea
deal Of intelligence. mixed with spiri
Of mischiovousnoss After his fear o