The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-08

Lyons worm-raser had all the orders he
wanted to fill. Christmas week Reincke
purchased a harmonica for his Oldest boy,
Karl.
The day after Christmas, Karl was in
the incubator watching his farmer remove
the manure from the box, intending to
replace IL with fresh. This work was
called feeding the crawlers." Karl
played on his harmoniCa, making quite
a noise. and was surprised as was his
father, TO observe the worms work up out
of the ground, their heads sticking out
about two inches, while thew swayed their
heads to and fro as If tickled nearly TO
death to hear the music. When the boy
ceased playing the worms slipped back
into their warm beds. This story was
told in Lyons, and was doubted until your
representative. with DR.. NJ. A. Needer
saw the story verified. The lad with his
mouth-organ seemed TO have the same
effect upon the night walkers as do the
wind Instruments handled by HindoO
snake charmers upon the. serpents that
roam undisturbed I'm the orient Your
correspondent saw Mr. Reincke dig up
eight quarts of worms and put them in
pals to take to Lyons, they having been
ordered by a party of fishermen who
started out for q weeks fishing trip on
Seneca river. When asked about the
profits in the BUSINESS Mr.. Reincke said
Wal there is more money In wurrum
raising than In raising pertaters at 25c. a
bushel; they are fetchin' sc a bushel now
or in Soc barley and Soc wheat / likes
70 raise wurrums and handle EN-. Dey
hkes harl too, cause he plays fer 'em
VIII devote more time to raising worms
the coming year than TO raising chickens.
He says thieves won't steal wurrums to
eat EN-, and the wurrums won't ketch
collery." Mr.. Reinckes incubator has
been visited a great deal the past week,
not only by fishermen, but by other Gu
rious people who have heard stories about
this peculiar worm ranch, and about the
manner in which the crawlers are raised.
The worms grow rapidly and will give
rats, cats or rabbits cards and spades at
mnltinlVipQr and heat fhaun o1f al
down. The 'night-walker" arrives at full
maturity, Mr.. Rencke informed your
correspondent, in eight weeks, and is then
marketable.
Wayne county. which in the past has
achieved quite a notoriety by reason of
being the birthplace of spiritualsm, the
place where Joseph Smith discovered the
mysterious golden plates from which the
Book of Mormon was printed; the
center OF peppermint and other essential
oll-prOduc1ng herbs so say nothing of be-
ing the home and birthplace of the Hon.
Charles Terry SaXton, at present lieuten-
ant governor of the Empire State, and
father of ballot refarm ideas; the home
of Dr. NJ. A. Veeder, whose dissertations
upon auroral and kindred phenomena are
accepted as standard by scientists
throughout the civilized world, and the
home of the venerable Hiram @. Hotch-
kiss, known as the Peppermint Oil
King" now looms up as the only country
on earth whore "wurrums" are raised I'm
an incubator and disposed of at fancy
prices the year around. Mr. Reincke' s
daily mail is a large one, and daily he
receives more letters than does the postof-
fee at South Sodus. 1t is well worth the
while of any person who is at all curious
to stop off a day at Lyons and drive out
to the Gardner farm to see the worm in
cubator. Incidentally, Ii may be said that
little Karl Reincke gathers in good
many shekes playing his mouth organ,
which makes the worms come out and
perform. Mr.. Rencke utllizes Karl and
has him play whenever an order for worms
is received. as the worms voluntarily
come out and are picked up and put into
pals without the necessity Of digging for
them