The Newtown bee., 1896-03-27
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ROXBURY

MORE LAW BREAKING IN RONRUIN-TIIE i FIRST TiUE FISH STORY OF THE SEA-
 SUN CAN YOU BEAT IT?
 . It iS extreme reluctance that your cor rr,punden5 feels it his duty t. point out another breach of the law in our village. For some years the principal cause tor complaint from the law abiding citzens has been chicken stealing, With garnish of potNtors, pork, beet~, cfc., which has certainly lessencd to certain extent our expenses for the support Of some of the town poor. Bur, as one 0t the losers by this method of self support stated recent y, This is the fourth time | have been called on and I'd rather the assessments were more evenly distributed" But to come to our latest complaint. IL is onIy IitJje one, perhaps, but it causes many fault finders. Our trout brooks have been well stocked with small fry from rbe government hatchcries and our loca fishermen have tO laudable extent 0b- served the laws relating to seasons and
 
 their hriug q man in tue state who ha~ eyer handlcd rod and reel who is ror thoroughly cOnversant with tue laws re- lating to the subj ct. No person has q right to lake any ii h from a stream stocked by the government (minnows, ! etc., cxceptcd) during the closed season, l which opens in this state April I. o. Thursday, the l9Lh of the present month | Mir B. and Mir C. At Roxbury and Mir A. | one of Washington's leading fishermen, were guilty Of taking fish from FenD brook within a stones throw of the Cen ter Many large fl f>h have been taken from this brook, especially from the bend | in the C. meadow. At this point one of . these premature fishermen took out one that weighed five pounds and seven . ounces and within 20 rods of that spot he gathered over l2 pounds of fish within one-halt hour. These fish were gotten by Mir B., who lives close by the brook in question. In some uuaccOuntabe way the news immediately reached the store, where the pOstoftice used to be. IL made Mir E., our most persistent game warden, hopping mad and he at once made tracks to the grand juror, who accepted his com- plant with extreme reluctance, as there was not enough snow to trace up a good case on. The grand juror called upon Mir B. at once but before making known the object of his visit he detected a decided odor of cooking fish about the premises, Fn his errand. At first Mir B. received the charge in 8 very supercilliOus manner. Said he rented the land on which the fl h were taken and guessed he had a right to do aDout as he pleased on it but when he was told the consequences and that con- a denial, he gave the facts as stated above and implicated MT c. and MT A. Mir A. has repeatedly visited this town and talk en a goodly number of fish home with him out of season. There are plenty of witnesses who will swear to this. MrB. said that he had noticed large number of trout in the brook during the winter said that probably the largest fish had run up from the Shepaug river during the last rise and that the water had receded so rapidly that it could not get back. When he saw it it seemed to be eutangled in some roots and bushes. It did not bite and as he saw there was no chance for it to escape he took it out of the brook with his hands. It acted sluggish, as if half frozen. He weighed it and is willing to swear it weighed five pounds and seven ( ounces. It seems evident that school of huge fish must have run up from the : river for at the lower end of the meadow where Mir B. got the big one he found where an old whopper had got caught in the barbed wire fence which crosses the brook but had succeeded in tearing itself oUse and perhaps going on up stream, eaving three pounds of it's tail attached 70 the wires. This may sound fishy but 2 your correspondent will swear to the 2oxbury's most reputable citizens. Lessrs B c. and A. have yet to settle, Il md it will In all probabilities cost two of he parties little money. The heaviest rain storm of the season ,isited this section on Thursday last, and 3 he e-traveling public can testify to the | ruth of this by the condition of the ' oads, which have been cleared of dirt a nd lsft bed of stones. ?
 a Frank TyrreH has been under the care <. f Dr Pons for the past several days, ty- 4 hold fever being the cause. He is re- a orred slightly on tue gain. N Tie measles still continues to keep up lGs