AN OREGON FISH STORY.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2516, 4 February 1887, Page 2

AN OREGON FISH STORY.

There are several ■ v -S!|: i«< the'vicinity of Bilverton,;®l H. '§>>■ s£* :<Jpilij, who edii«'and;piibfijfes ■tl&^li:..;■ appeal tbdre, has % Like all who writo fisbi; some df 'hia almost incredible, as sample will show ago, a: farhieron a fish pond, and atwkedit *%& Hog carp. Tha) winter# riv'ef flowed the']p?bd, stod ] 'all ! ; fesf pßcapedrahd; havo''siHee'^tijuine^ )&'■ , :/ $i therivor. Not Wife adrift ■\i' 4 who -had,tf:'field j'igf 1 fifeC gr% :: ; M neahtbe river, : 'V% ■had been wallowing . ■'s Wr'e no. tracks of •■t* long, irregular,: loading - ; v ; up from tho river'.' farmer,: curious to know ■ i * Tr '* new "roller pblted conveniently at hand, and in the bright moonlight stood a watchful sentinel- : over his field. He had not long.;? to wait before his vigil w«g rewarded ' by the appearance of a long train of objects that came waddling up from ,;' ' the river into tho .grain. Waiting; uutil the intruders had flapped; over :£■''/ considerable .space of : grounds f#";'-' / mer made a rush towards 'Sp^BJ&yi ¥ : ' : \ was almost paralysed to find th^thl? 1 " ■:' f i viidtorß were carp, who were"' feodinjp" ' like swine upon his wheat. Procuring t a club he killed a dozen of the largest andiook tljeurhome, The Sbli dig:; i played awkward agility-' ji in eaaaping to the river. That farmer" ■ -! will have fresh-'fish all the winter;-l] Carp are known to be very fond, of • wheat, and itisa fact that ■ i they can sustain life o'lit'pt their native .J. olduieht for several bourt at a timpS { .'■ "'" ■■■ •%->:•'•