The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-05-18


They were speedily Informed of the way
their plans had gone wrong, and the board
stepped gingerly upon the ice and began
making remarks.
May" said Mr.. Wharton, this is your
fault You should have told us the fish
would swim up stream"
How did l know what your Omaha
wildcat and Dutch croppies would do?"
'growled Lew May, the state fish commits
sioner. An / can say, is that if 1t had
been down at the state fisheries they
wouldn't have acted that way. My fish
are better trained and have better sense"
Then it must have been Adams fault"
and Mr. Turkey glared at the inoffensive
park superintendent who at that moment
cline Siding down the bank with scoop
net in his hand. Here, Adams, this is
pretty kettle of fish you've got us into.
WHAT do you mean by such doings?'
The park superintendent dipped his net
in the pool and twisted it around few
times before replying, but the only result
was the 'rling" of the water and the
bringing to the surface of a mad turtle.
Then he looked across the pavilion, then
took survey of the tree tops of the park
and at last, finding no.other way out of st,
replied; aa, ,.,aoxa 7 ,srst ,,s.g,.,e.,..-
How under the sun would IIknow that
the measly ice would cave in this way?"
Please, SIR" said the landscape garden
err approaching and touching his hat, 'df
you will excuse me for taking the liberty
of asking, what do you wish me to do with
the Gsh?' etee
I'VE were going to give them to the hos
pitfalls, weren't we?" queried MIR. Wharton
of the other members of the board Each
man nodded an assent. No one cared to
talk much then. ys.
Then, sir" replied Mr.. Wharton, ad-
dressing the landscarR gardener, go to
the corner drug store*and telephone the
hospitals of the city to come and get their
fish"
A park helper came along Just then with
an ak, and began cutting away a hole in
the ice. The ice wasn't as tough as cord
wood, and I'm few seconds he had several
yards of lake bottom exposed to sight The
board gathered around the hole and peered
into it. There were half ton Of bass and
carp frozen fast in the ice and mud
It's a regular Klondlke," came from the
lips of every one present, and with one ac-
cord they began turning over cakes of ice
along the edge and picking up the fish ly-
ing beneath.
There is one" said Lew May, picking
up ten-pound German carp, that PUT
in this lake myself three years ago rec
ognize it by that spot on It's left shout
der. And when l brought 1t here ID was
not more than an inch long. How the
children must have fed these fish during
the summer"
The carp was handled fondly by each
member Of the board. but as all could NOT
have ii, they decided TO make present or
Ii to the reporter MIR. Wharton offered to
carry it as far as the car, but when they
got to the edge of the lake decided that he
had TO go another way, and laid IL down
The reporter then tried IL awhile, but he
didn't seem to be very anxious about fish
just then, and as a last resort a small boy
was given a nickel to carry ii up TO the
car for the crowd
There is about an acre of ground out IN
that lake which Is covered with fish. and
the fish covered with ice The fish are n
fine state of preservation. owing to hav-
ing frozen solid, end the park hoard gives
this notice to the public that all poor peo
pie OF Omaha who want a mess Of fish can
have them by going with an ak and dig
ging them up. Attendants will be on hand
to see that no one carries away more than
enough for one family. The desire is 10
have the FISH distributed among those who
need them. A man can secure any num-
Der in few minutes, as all he will have
to do will be 10 cut a chunk OF ice and
pick up the fish @tt