The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1903-10-02

lit was tedious and cold and wet and
lonely, but saved our fish and it paid. !"
l would not have told Mr. Blakeslee
that I had lost them after all the work
and expense, for the sake of a few
hours sleep and little discomfort"
After depositing the Twenty-Five
male and female fish in one Of the four
ponds. last fall, Mr. Beeman followed
them with a consignment of minnows
and frogs, for while during the cold
weather the fish lie dormant and do
not eat, they demand early spring del
icacieS and the supply was at their
door.
Feeding the fry was one of the prob
lens to be solved. Even with CONSTANT
ly running water from the lake into
the fish ponds it was not believed that
the cruStacea upon which they feed,
would be sufficient for the great num-
Der of fry Matched.
Mr. Beeman therefore goes fishing fol-
crustacea and comes home with daily
supplies. :,
of rOiley water, but if small quantity
over dark background, the eyesight
is very keen and the Imagination Wv
| id, he thinks he sees little white specs
darting through the water, and these
are what nature has provided for baby
| fish SO early deserted by father and
mother and left to shirk for them.
selves.
Some of the fry have attained a
growth of two inches in six weeks,
others show less sturdiness and rapid
ity of growth and measure from an
inch TO an inch and three-quarters.
The average growth of fish in a year
| uo ROC in 6iff0ront cno1ioc
Mr. Beeman thought that the growth
of small mouth bass was not more
than two or three inches each year,
but did not consider that the age of a
fish could be determined by its size any
more than persons; the former, as
in the latter, depending more on the
natural vigor than on time for fast anC
slow development.
A GREAT THING TO SUCCEED.
The new fish hatchery is success
and it is great thing to succeed where
others have failed, even in the eStab
fishing of a fishery, for into this one
has gone months Of reading, months
of work, months of planning. To M
Beeman these tiny, squirming fish
hardly worthy yet to be called by sc
large name, represent far more thar
an onloOker can realize; they represent
what first book does to an author
the first picture to.'an artist, the frs
anything to the mind and heart O
the originator, for it is the first, save
one, successful small mouth bass fish.
cry in the country, and out of his owl
head Mr. Beemen planned and brOugh
to completion the venture.
By the indisposition of Leon Dinner
the latter part Of last week, Claud
Beeman, a former helper, was callet
into r. H. Armstrong; market to us
, the saw, knife and cleaver, till Mr. Oh
men is ready for duty again.
Stephen L. Wright passed the latte
part of last week in Winsted.
The people were pleased to see GU
f former friends and neighborS, Mr. an
. Mrs William l.. Birkins, now Of Ne1
' Milford, in this vicinity last Sun
day, as Mrs Birkins felt able to visi
her daughter, Mrs E. L. Camp, las
= week, and attend church on Ne
= Preston Hill, last Sunday. She n
turned to her home with her huSban
n on Sunday afternoon.
2 E. B. HOlcOmb went on Monday At
: ernoon of this week to Bridgepor
4 to enter the service Of E. N. Clark
- Co., dealers in fine furniture, durir
4 the coming winter. Mr. Holcomb
y parents will remain here with his wi
q and children.