The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1898-05-16
LOUIS MANN,
81 West Centre Sire ct,
Robbins Block.
lNDlANA's THOUSAND LAKES.
An Extraordinary Group In "a Corner of
the state and the Big Bass In Them.

An Extraordinary Group In Corner of
the State and the Big lass In Them.
"A person might look on the map until
he was blind, said w. l.. Mott of Rich
mond, Ind, without discovering the Gu
riuus fact that huddlcd together in tho
northeastern corner of Indiana are more
than 1000 natural lakes, ranging in size
from ] q To 400 acres. They are all within
the boundaries of Stcubcn, DE Kalb, La
grange, Noble and kosciusko counties
BIZ of thom being i'm Noble county. such
is the isolation of this extraordinary group
of lakes that the average Indiana citizen
outside the small area in which the system
is situated, is unaware of its existence. 1t
is entirely separate from the river system
of the state and corresponds in character
with that famous group Of lakes in Orange
and Sullivan counties in New York, and
Pike and Wayne counties in Pennsylvania
literally great openings of crystal water
with bottoms of the whitest sand. The
wild charm of mountain environment that
is characteristic Of their eastern counter
parts is lacking, however in the Indiana
lakes, although they occupy the highest
situation in the state but one.
nowhere else i'm Indiana is there a lake
of any size whatever. These sheets of wa
ter are the natural homes of the small
mouth black bass and ex-Fish Commits
sioner Dennis asserts that the small mouth
black bass that inhabit the various waters
of this country come originally from that
group of Indiana lakes. Nowhere else on
the continent, except in a small lake near
Glens Falls, n. Y, have these fish been
caught equal in size to those taken from
these Indiana waters. The largest small
mouth black bass on record was caught by
A. y. Cheney Of Glens Falls in the lake
mentioned. 1t weighed ten pounds. But
that fish was an exception to the ordinary
run of bass in that lake, while seven, eight
and nine pound bass are not uncommon
in the Indiana lakes. Sidney smith of
Rome City, Ind, caught a small mouth
bass in Sylvan lake that weighed 9l3
pounds, and DR. Meyer of Kendallvillo
killed one that weighed nine pounds in
the same lake. Sylvan lake is the largest
of these Indiana big springs, its natural
size having been enlarged by damming to
make it a reservoir in the days Of canal
navigation 1t is five miles long and ii
. mile wide. Now York sun.
Books That Have Helped Mark Twain
The Critic says that Mark Twain has
reached the terrible frankncss of maturity
'''' A'A'''N' fAl'A NNli0 ttlltS llht i1lsllurCk,
regardless whom he hits, so long as the
blow is deserved" " The example given is
this Pudd nhead Wilson sentence at the
beginning Of a chapter in his latest book:
'She was not what you would call refined;
she was not what you would call unrefn-
ed she was the kind of woman who
keeps parrot
That is indeed m illuminating instance
of the working of Marks mind A pri
vato letter from Mr.. Clemens to friend
In New York who is interested in statistics
affords an analogous example of candor in
this passage:
The books which have most Influenced
my lifcf With pleasure. This is the list:
The InnOcents Abroad 'Roughing It.
Tramp Abroad, Prince and Pauper,'
'Huckleberry Finn tom Sawyer, Yam
kee at the Court of Prince Arthur Per
sonal "reminiscences of Joan of Arc,
Pudd nhead Wilson, Following the
Equator and the publications of the late
firm OF Charles L. Webster q Co "
Yes, and that vcracious story book,
1.-THE Jumping Frog, the predecessor Of
all the works named, and possibly the
most influential of the lot - Harper's
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