The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-05-20

tlplylnS. ReinCke went down 10 Seneca
river and out to Sodus poiut with his
worms, and caught the largest pickerel
to be found. At Sodus point the soil is
all sandy. and no worms can be found
within radius of three miles. Even In
the summer time common worms sold at
the point for 50 cents per quart, and this
winter Rencke sold his superior home
grown and dollhouse raised might walk
ers" for 81 per quart on a run. 1t was
curious to see the avidity with which a
pickerel would bite on these large worms,
something old fishermen were 10th to be-
lieVe. being of the opinion. gained from
long observation, that pickerel dotted
upon lively minnow, but Reincke took
a fancy to them, and fish after fish was
hauled up through the ice with walk
ers" for bait. Fishermen purchased his
worms and flshed off Canandaigua, Cayu-
ga, Neuka, Oneida, ostego and other
lakes with good results. On IrondeQuoit
bay, near Rochester, picherel refused to
be tempted with anything but Reincke's
choice bait: consequently, the Lyons
worm raiser had all the orders he wanted
to fill. Christmas week Reincke purehas-
ed harmonica for his oldest boy, Karl.
The day after Christmas Kari was In
the incubator watching his farmer remove
the manure from the box, intending to re-
place it 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 OBJ
serve the worms work out of the ground,
their heads sticking out about two inches,
while they swayed their heads to and fro
as il 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. Wheeler saw the story verified.
The lad with his mouth organ seemed to
have the same effect upon the night walk
ers as do the wind instruments handled by
Hindoo snake charmers upon the serpents
that roam undisturbed In 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 party of fishermen who start
ed out for a 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 pertatoes at 25c a bushel-
they are fetchin' DC a bushel now-or in
Soc barley and Sec wheat. l likes to raise
wurrums and handle 'em. Dey likes Karl,
too, cause he plays fer 'em wild his mout
organ"
Reincke says he will 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
great deal the past week, not only by fish
ermen, but by other curious 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 viii give rats,
cats or rabbit cards and spades at multi
plying, and beat them on the showdown.
The "night-walker" arrives at full ma
turity, Mr. Reincke informed your CORE
aunpdput N pdpht weeks and Is then mar
ketable.
Wayne county, which in the past has
achieved quite a notoriety by reason of
being the birthplace Of Spirtualism, 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 oil-pro-
ducing herbs, to say nothing of being the
home and birthplace of Hon. Charles Ter
~ Saxton, at present lieutenant governor
of the empire state and father of ballot
reform IDEAS the home of DR.. M A. Wee
der, whose dissertations upon auroral and
kindred phenomena are accepted as stand
ard by scientists throughout the civilized
world and the home of the venerable Hi
ram c. HotchlSiss known as the Pepper
mint Oil King" now looms up as the only
country on earth where "Wurrums' are
raised in 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 postoffice 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 incubator. Incidentally IL may be
said that little Karl Rencke gathers In a
good many shekels playing his mouth or
gan, which makes the worms come out
and perform. Mr.. Reincke utilizes Karl
and has him play whenever an order for
worms Is received, as the worms volun-
tarily come out and are picked up and put
into pals without the necessity OF digging
for them.