Norwich bulletin., 1920-09-13
EWETCT

In the several ponds and lakes round about the town. fishermen have always been able to satisfy their love for the sport with both large and small-moutn bass. Never, however. has there been bass known to be living in Tadpole pond, situated a mile above the town F Some years ago at the time when P B II Driscoll and Archie sMcNicol were alive ther existed wide-awake and energetic F Fish and Game club in Jewett City T. Every year the members took the nec- essary steps with the state fisheries com
 mission, so that from ten to thirty cans
 of trout and lingering bass were receIv- ed each year and systematically planted
 in the local ponds and streams. Twenty seven years ago, the club decided to l stock the ponds with some new sorts | consequently 10000 wall-eyed pike were | | secured and placed at carefully selected . spots in the Aspinook. With the ex- ception or one, caught two years after | near Butts bridge, by Canterbury fish l erman, none were ever heard of At 1 | this time an expert visited town. Mir | | McNicol and MT. Driscoll were anxious l that land-locked salmon should be tried and that Tadpole pond should be given l 5000 small-mouth bass Tadpole pond | always was and is now alive with pick | ereL The expert said it would be use | less in so small water area to waste l lingering bass for pickereI bait Now it l has remained for bass to be discovered in l Tadpole pond. and that, too. by little | Polish boy, who was After his fathers
 COW. a few evenings ago. The boy was | so small that he could walk under the ccW and he had a crooked sticll and
 the conventional line and bent pin bf the | storled small boy fisherman. As the COW | srazed along the state road, the boy
 caught grasshopper, one of the agile
 yellow winged sort. hooked him on and
 threw in among the lily pals What
 actually took place never will be known
 but party of Jewett City people pass
 ing down the road discovered a general
 mlx-up taking place at the waters brim.
 partly in and partly out. There were
 rolled up pantaloons in it. an occasional pash of wet, golden scales. and a
 tumble of non-understandable Polish
 terms, doubtless adjectives The men rushed to the rescue. The great bass the boy had caught was but few inch
 es shorter than he, and weighed four pounds and a half a borough scale
 Last week there were thirty caught near i the spot One Jewett City man caught nine in one day The pond is virtually lined with fishermen. The question
 among local anglers is this How did , bass get into Tadpole? They are there ! and being caught every day It is a spring pond the only inlet being Havey' g brook in the northern end The outlet f the south is at the old Burleson mill
 where it falls over a 2O-foot dam. IL was never stocked and never produced a I bass until few days ago
 l. David Hale Tanning sent to friends in Jewett City invitations to the exhibition s in the public schools of Worcester. Sep. : tember 10 and II. of rome industries in. ,, cluding gardening. cooking, sewing and handicraft The schools of the city have D been in spirited competition for the Da,
 | Vid Tanning prizes. The prize money | six hundred dollars. has been given to b. T. used for the permanent decoration of tn,
 school buildings or rooms and each pui l. chase is inscribed, Tanning Prize 1920 e Douglas circle of the Kings Daugh II ters meets Tuesday evening at i.30 a the home of the leader, Miss Nj A. Bur a dick.
 The chairman of the recent republican z caucus was Jahn Potts, not Georg h Clark
 Two silver cups, one won at the coun le ty fair. and the other at the Bremen is convention in Hartford. have bee
 brought to Jewett City. Prentice Chas is was awarded silver sup for the Ash iii land tug-ofwar team, which he train I ed for the contest at the New Londo
 County Fair. Norwich. The men on tn n- team were Peter Rondeau. Austin Har i'd ris. John MacLean, Ross Hanson an Ie Fred Bliven. The cup has been on eH all hibition in Carey's window. Forema es Thomas Wakeley was sent as a delegat m from A. A. Young, Jr., Hose and Lad he der O., No. l, to the state cenventio
 held in Hartford last week. Tuesday wa
 prize day at the Colt Park dancing ps
 viiion and three sets of prize danc,
 were held. The cups were awarded ft
 old-fash,<1ed waltzes. One hundred an ct fifty-seven couples entered the conte as and the first prize was awarded Forema n Nakely and his partner. Mrs. Nett " Merba. of Hartford. It is the first tin a that the prize has come to Eastern Coi nd necticut. The cup will be on exhibitic lis in William Johnston's window
 he Sunday morning John Cruel of Lisbo
 accompanied by another man, was dri a- ing down the hill just above the Jey we ett City railroad crossing. The hold bat as broke, frightening the horse. which bol ng ed. One of the reins broke and u ,e- horse, which is blind, turned into Frar -n- Rays yard, knocking down one of Il nd big fence posts and part of the fenc he There the animal stopped, without furt
 CT damage.
 ed Miss Annie Fitzgerald has return, ely from weeks stay in Pawtucket ng
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