Fort Wrangel news., 1898-09-21
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 ~Nel. lndecd." nrplird tae eommis- sioner. While yearz ago the French Were commonly known as 'frog eaters ta. NcX.Yorksrl to=sllty should mes properly be called -frnx eating people rather than the farislans. seldom found the dish on the menus Ia the res- aunnts of 1arlS while Ia New York you ean gct them at noarly every hrst- 'lass hotel and restaurant This dish Is nod common in London. and only a lew of the hlgh-grade restaurants there prepare lL-
 According to Commissioner Black lords figures, fully = per cent Of the frogs for the New York market unr shipped from the Ontario district In Canada. The remaining 25 per cent come from the Adirondacks and the State of Maine. Frogs arr very plentl- tul h all Of these districts and they multiply 50 rapidly that there ls DO danger of Il decrease fin the supply for years to come. About six of the saddles Jt these frogs weigh pound. and retail lt 75 cents.
 The largest frogs in the world come from the state of Missouri but they are scarce and do not figure largely in New York's market Three of these saddles win make n pound Great quantities of frogs are 10 he found ln the New Jersey meadows but they are So small that a pound of dressed legs cannot he obtained from less than two or three dozen frogs Occasionally Il farmers boy will bring forty or fifty of these frogs to market. but the pay Is so small compared with the amount of work required n the hunt that no one makes a regular business of searching the adjacent meadows.
 The froC-taking season begins about June l and continues steadily until Sept l. Throughout Canada there are many men who make regular busi- ness of frog-catch.ng. while in the Ad- lrondacks the work Is done by the guides during their spare hours. The animals are caught with hook halted wi+h red flannel and suspended from a rod about ten feet In length. There Is a afN that the ordinary croaker cannot resist. The moment 1t Is dangled within few inches of h!s nose he makes wild leap at 1t. with jaws wide open and Is promptly hooked. He Is released and placed in big basket carried on the back of the frog hunter.
 Sometimes the frog Is found to be sleeping. Then the hook is placed un- der him. and a quick jerk lands him. When the basket is filled the frogs are carried to a pen in one corner of the pond near the huts of the hunters. and are kept there until there is n demand for them from New York. They are then scooped out of the pen with net and killed and dressed.
 This operation Is very simple. The frog Is stunned with a blow on the head and immediately the head Is sever ed Then the skin Is loosened at the top and in a jiffy It comes off like. a glove The saddle is separated from the body with one blow. and the legs are fol6ed together as one would fold his arms. They are packed In boxes of chopped Ice and are ready for ship ment.
 During the summer months the New York market receives from S,00O to 10000 pounds of dressed saddles daily The retail price then reaches the lowest notch of Q cents a pound. As it Is lm- possible to take the frog during the winter, immense quantities of the sad dies are frozen during the early autumn and stored In lee boxes. The meat re tains it's full flavor, and Is as good as If 1t had been killed the day previous.
 A great many attempts have been made toward the artificial propa gation of frogs from the eggs. but none has ever succeeded. Seth Green. one of the most successful fish culturists in the country. made many tests several years ago but met with failure. During the past summer Commissioner Blackford received several orders from France for live bullfroes. which were to be used In stocking the ponds In that country. as the supply was found to be fallins below the demand.-New Yorh Herald.
 VANDAl HANDS ARE STAYED,