NORWALK GAZETTE WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 11 1889.
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IA QUIET LITTLE OLD MAN.
HOW HE EARNED A PASS TO UTICA
AND RODE IN A PARLOR CAR.
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iWhat His Busy Left Hand Was Doing in
His Coat Pocket—One Conductor \Vho
Knew a “Spotter” When He Saw Him.
Got His Traveling Expenses and a Tcnner.
A small, slender man, with iron gray hair
and a. closely trimmed mustache, was a pas-
senger on the limited Chicago express that
left the Grand Central depot at 9:50 o’clock
of the New York Central railroad. He was
a very slight man, and could not have weighed
over 100 pounds. He was modestly dressed
in blue serge, and‘wore a turn down collar, 3
black grenadine silk tie and a. soft hat. There
was an air of confidence about him that be-
though his features were naturally severe,
they frequently relaxed into pleasant smiles
as his reveries turned to pleasing subjects.
The 9:50 train is made up entirely of Wag-
ner drawing room cars, and is about as com-
plete a train as even the most luxurious
could desire. As there is an extra charge for
tickets on this train, only the ”Wealthier trav-
elers indulge in them. Among these aristo-
crats the little man looked quite at home,
and none among them appeared more dis-
tinguished and accustomed to the luxurious
surroundings than be. As the train puffed
out of the depot he drew from the depths of
a satchel by his side a small black silk skull
cap. With great deliberation he removed
his hat and put it on a bracket. Then he
pulled the cap down on his forehead, took a
newspaper from an inside pocket of his coat,
and settled down in the depths of his chair to
read.
The gray haired man leaned back in his
chair with closed eyes, and remained in that
attitude for some time after the train had
emerged from the tunnel into the sunshine.
The first stop was made at Albany. During
the interim he had alternately dozed, read
the paper and chatted with the banker.
then the conductor came around and
punched the tickets he was dozing so heavily,
apparently, that the conductor had to shake
him quite heavily to arouse him. The old
ladies were quite indignant at the conductor.
and vowed that he was really unnecessarily
rough with the nice old gentleman, and
thought that he ought to be reported for his
rudeness.
It certainly did seem as though the con-
ductor rather overdid his duty in this regard.
it was also odd to observe the way the con-
old man.
yet, after the first glance of startled recog-
ever seen him before except acold look of
way he jostled him. As for the old man, he
seemed to pay no attention to the conduct-
or's action, except that he was unusually
earnest in the way he studied his newspaper
after the conductor had left him.
To the close observer there were three matr
ters worthy of notice. In the first place, the
old man was traveling on a pass issued from
the main office of the company. The conduct-
or studied it closely each time that he came
around to examine the tickets, and appeared
to take a malevolent pleasure in making the
old man wait, but the latter did not seem to
be at all disturbed by that. Secondly, the
old man always looked at his watch in a
guarded way after the conductor had passed
out of the car; and, thirdly, his left hand
seemed to be busily moving in the lower left
hand pocket of his sack coat for some min-
utes after he had thus observed the time.
Whenever the conductor was in the car the
old man was entirely occupied, to all appear-
ances, in reading, dozing or deep conversa-
tion with the banker. The latter, who was
entirely oblivious, as were the other passen-
gers, of the byplay between the conductor
and the old man, was frequently startled by
the abrupt manner in which the latter
launched out into some discourse on Wall
street. When the conductor was not in the
gaged in studying its interior. He traveled
as far as Utica, and during this time the con-
ductor must have entered the car a dozen
abstraction. After each of these little exer-
cises he resumed his seat and his paper, but
his eyes were not on the latter, and his left
hand was busy in the mysterious pocket.
When he got out of the train the conductor
watched him enter the waiting room of the
Utica depot and nodded derizzivel y to one of
the brakemen.
Two weeks thereafter the old man returned
to New York on an afternoon train. There
was a difi‘erent conductor this time, one who
certainly did not recognize the passenger,
but the latter conducted himself in the same
peculiar manner as before. When he left the
I train he carried his gripsack in his left hand,
and from other indications it was apparent
that be was a left handed man. After he had
walke ‘ out into Forty-second street he di-
rec his steps to Vanderbilt avenue, and
not long thereafter entered one of the oflices
of the company. He was shown into an in-
ner room, where one of the officials was busy
writing.
“Ah, I see you have returned, Dobson,”
said the official, pleasantly.
“Yes, sir, and here is my report.”
pocket a. small pad of paper and a number of
leaves, which had evidently been torn from
it. The leaves were covered with writing
and so was a part of the top leaf of the pad.
The writing consisted of paragraphs like
these:
2%; P. ilk—Chicago limited going to New York
from Utica. Train in good condition. Conductor
businesslike and attentive. No fares were col-
lected, all the passengers being provided with
tickets.
4%, P. M.——Two passengers got on at Albany
and insisted that a pass made out for man and
wife should cover both their fares. Conductor
refused to accept this and collected fare for one.
Gave slip and punched it properly.
9%, A. 11., July —.—Chicago limited to Utica
from New York. No remarks, except that con-
ductor recognized writer and took occasion to
show it. No money collected.
“So spotted you did he?” asked the
official, smiling.
“Yes, and made things rather unpleasant,
too,” observed Dobson, with a grimace.
“How do you manage to write out your
report so clearly in your pocket?” asked the
official, studying the tiny leaves before him.
have made me expert,” said Dobson. “I have
a. stub pencil with soft lead, and I can feel
my way easily. I know I can write just so
many lines to a page, and I can feel when I
get near the edge.”
The official glanced over the report care-
fully and put it aside.
“Come in again When you want to make
another trip,” he said. “You can have a pass
at any time.”
later he entered the office of the Pinkerton
agency in Temple court.
“Have a pleasant time?” he was asked by
one of the men there. .
“Yes, and a. cheap one, too. My traveling
expenses cost nothing, and I got a tenner into
the trains. That’s 1: a way to take a. vaca-
tion—New York Sun.
one morning some weeks since over the tracks -
tokened the experienced traveler, and al-'
disdain and an evide t satisfactio in th .
n n e i raw meat, liver, heart and waste that have
i been chopped very fine.
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THEY CANNOT BE RAISED FAST
ENOUGH FOR THE DEMAND.
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i Di‘fn-cultics in the Way of Frog Culture.
Insects Their Only Natural Food—A
French Delicacy That Is Now Very Much
in Demand—A Fish Commissioner Talks.
It is fair to assume that the frog, with all
the force of whatever intellect he may pos-
sess, revolts at the public attention that is
from time to time directed toward him.
Brebek-kek-koax is naturally of a shy and
retiring disposition, actively seekiu g seclusion
on all occasions Where men desire to gratify
their fondness for him, and it is safe to say
that he loves men far less than men love him.
This is natural, for the fondness men have
for the queer little amphibian is solely due to
the promptings of the palate and stomach,
and man’s love is “death to the frogs.” N at-
urally, he objects and shrinks modestly from
observation when the hunter pursues him.
Nevertheless the pursuit is kept up, and from
year to year almost countless numbers of the
batrachians are slain.
Mr. Frog begins life as a tadpole, and tad-
poles are easily hatched and reared. The
fertile American commercial instinct from.
time to time seizes on the notion that noth-
ing is much easier than to procure a suitable
marsh, stock it with tadpoles, furnish cheap
food, which is all that is assumed to be neces-
sary, and wait for the tadpoles to become
frogs and multiply. Then, argue many san-
guine persons, it will be easy to supply the
market with frogs’ legs at thirty or forty or
fifty cents a pound. One proposition which
goes to support the theory of this scheme is
indisputable. There is a constant demand in
all the great markets of this country for more
frogs’ legs than are ever supplied, and the
price seldom falls very low.
FROG CULTURE STILL YOUNG.
It was with a. view to learning the facts
about these frog farms, how they are con-
ducted, where they are, and what the meas-
ure of their success has been, that a writer
applied to Fish Commissioner Eugene G.
Blackford.
“Frog culture,” said the commissioner, “is
still in its tadpole state. The facts are very
few and simple. Frogs breed just like fish.
Itis easy to get the spawn and to hatch it
out. As you are probably aware, the hatch-
ings are tadpoles, a minute, globular mass,
with a. vibrating tail. These little fellows at
first are half transparent, but rapidly darken
in color and increase in size. After a few
ductor started when he first laid eyes on the I weeks the tail shrivels, the legs make an ap-
Ho seemedto recognize him, and :
pearance, the head separates from the body,
and the tadpole has become a frog. He is a
nition, there was no indication that he had J very active and VWaCIOuS young person at
this time, and eats all kinds of animal food.
“Frog culturists at this stage feed him with
He grows rapidly
, until he is six months old, and then invari-
7 ably falls sick, and in a majority of cases
dies. The reason appears to lie in the diet.
So far as we know, a frog lives on insects.
: He prefers them alive, but when hungry eats
them when they are dead. In these cases,
when frogs have been fed on flies, they have
always prospered.
“As it is a practical impossibility to get
enough flies and other insects to feed a regi-
ment of these batrachians the frog farmer
is compelled to use meat instead. The result
is the sickness and mortality I have describ-
ed. It is so great as to make all frog culture
a. financial failure. Out of a hundred frogs,
anywhere from sixty to ninety-five die when
they are six months old.
"Even as it stands, a great deal of work is
being done.‘ Frogs are, if not raised, at least
fed and fattened for the market in New
York, New Jersey, and especially in Ontario
(Canada), Tennessee and many of the western
states. There is a. wonderful variety in the
sizes attained. Those around this part of the
country are seldom large.
“A dozen pair of hind legs from New York
and New Jersey weigh a pound on an aver-
, age; the same number from Ontario will run
car the old man seemed to be dreamily en— .
times. Several times the old man, as though 1 trated by the price llSt'
weary of sitting still, left his chair and wan- ‘
dered through the train with an air of great ;
three or four pounds, while from Tennessee
and Missouri they go as high as five and even
six pounds. The consumer naturally prefers
a large to a small lecr. This is well illus-
IVhen the New
York and New Jersey frogs have a monopoly
of the market—cold weather keeping Cana—
dian and high freights western articles out
of the city, because they cannot be caught in
cold weather—they bring from 30 to 50 cents
-1 a. pound. When, later on in the year, the
‘ no change in my recollection.
Ontario legs are received, the domestic
article falls to 20 cents and the Ontario and
”westerns bring from 40 to 60 cents a. pound.
“In Ontario the frog business is conducted
on a large scale. The French Canadians in-
herit their talent in this field from their an-
cestors and are more skillful than any of
their competitors.
“The demand for frogs’ legs increases much
more rapidly than the supply. In 1860
scarcely twenty pounds a. day were sold in
Fulton market, while now it is no uncom-
mon thing to dispose of 2,000 and even 3,000
pounds in a. morning. At first the demand
Was confined to French and Italians Amer-
icans shared that curious British prejudice,
engendered no doubt by the long wars be-
tween England and France, which regarded
beef as the only food for a man, frogs, the
favorite delicacy of Paris, as a. pitiful sub-
stitute for meat, and in consequence called
every Frenchman a ‘frog eater.’ By degrees
As he spoke he took from the mysterious I the Germans and then the Americans began
to call for frogs until finally every first class
hotel and restaurant in the land had them
upon their bill of fare. The difference be-
tween the demand and supply is well illus-
trated by the price. Twenty years ago it
was only about one-half of what it is now,
and it has increased steadily during that
period. Itisevident to any one who gives
the matter thought that unless frogs are
raised in captivity for the great city mar-
kets, before many years have gone by the
price will be so high as to make the delicacy
a luxury as costly as the finest terrapin.
“In catching frogs there has been little or
The favorite
method is a hook and line, with a small piece
of red flannel asa. bait. This is employed
more than all other methods combined. Iii
l Ontario they have a practice which has been
“Ten years of experience as a detective ,
‘ toward it.
‘ eye and so betrays them to the catcher.
Dobson nodded and withdrew. An hour .
used in France and Belgium for centuries.
they shoot their prey with a crossbow Ol‘
arblast. The bolt ti'ansfixes the little rcp-
tile and makes so little noise as not to fright
on its friends and neighbors. Some sports-
men usearifle ora Flobert air gun. The
latter is preferable, as the discharge makes
almost no sound. Spearing frogs in the night
time isa custom derived from the Indians.
A flat boat, a powerful lantern, a spear and
two men are all that is required. The frogs
are attracted by the light and always face
The light is reflected by their
If
the boat is moved noiselessly by the man in
the stern, the spearman, who occupies the
bow either beneath or behind the lantern,
:an approach the frog to within a few inches
' and then impale him Without difficulty.”—
the bargain for re orting the condition of .
New York Mail and Express.
M" Weii Put.
Flattery merely consists of having one’s
secret opinion of one’s self expressed in the
language of others-Troy Times.
MEADOW SWEET.
The meadow sweet was uplifting
Its plumelets of delicate hue,
The clouds were all dreamily drifting
Above the blue,
On the day when I broke from my tether
And fled from square and from street—
The day we went walking together
In the meadow, sweet.
The meadow sweet with its clover
And bright with its buttercups lay;
The swallows kept eddying over.
All flashing and gay.
I remember a fairylike feather
Sailed down your coming to greet,
The day we went walking together
In the meadow. sweet.
Alli the meadow, sweet! and the singing
Of birds in the boughs overhead!
And your soft little hand to mine clinging,
And the words that you said
When—bold in the beautiful weather—
I laid my love at your feet,
The day we went walking together
In the meadow, sweet.
—Fi‘ancis Wynne in Longman‘s Magazine.
Points About Advertising.
The wisest business men and the most suc-
cessful ones are those who keep their names
prominently before the public when trade is
good as well as when it is poor. “Then trade
is driving is the time to make one’s business
so Well known that when the dull season
comes there will still be customers to keep
the manufacturer busy. Said a business
man:
“I must advertise if I would get good re
sults from my men on the road. Before I
advertised, my travelers entering an office
would be told ‘wc are not acquainted with
your house,’ and in many cases found that
they could not secure an order, which. per-
chance, would be given to a. competitor be~
fore their eyes. As soon as I began to ad-
vertise, I had a different experience. My
men found that it was equivalent to a. letter
of introduction from a mutual friend. ‘Oh,
yes, we have noticed your advertisement,
and we feel acquainted with your house.’ In
this influence alone our advertising pays.”
This is no unusual experience. Men will
deal with those whom they know, or of whom
they have heard so much that they feel ac-
quainted. A constant and continual adver-I
tisement in a reputable journal, which is con-
stantly seen, is like the dripping water which
is wearing away the flinty rock, slowly it
may be, but surely. Circulars are thrown in
the waste basket. Catalogues may find lodg-
ment on a shelf, but the frequent arrival of
a. reputable journal is a. constant and sure re-
minder whicli sooner or later must bear fruit.
When everybody is rushed, it is no trick to
secure custom; it is when his neighbors are
idle that the man who has kept his name and
goods before the public finds himself so well
known that he gets his full share of what pa-
tronage is to be had—Cloak and Suit Review.
Some Author’s Full Names.
Seeing Bret Harte’s name on the title page
of his latest book the other day recalled tqme
how general had become the habit with au~
thors of dropping one of their surnames. HOW
odd Francis Bret Harte sounds, for example,
yet such is the author’s baptismal name.
Bayard Taylor’s first name was James; only
a few others than IVilkie Collins’ intimate
friends, I imagine, know that his name is
really W’illiain IVilkie Collins, and so is the
case with many others. Austin Dobson was
Henry Austin Dobson before he took up lit-
erature, and Edmund \Villiam Gosse is today
known only to the world by his first and last
names. “Henry R. Haggard” sounds strange
to thousands of ears who know “Rider Hag-
gard.” Brander Matthews was christened
James Brander Matthews, and Duflield Os-
borne is in reality Samuel Duflield Osborne.
Laurence Hutton is a contraction of James
Laurence Hutton, and Howard Seeley is Ed-
ward How ard Seeley, Jr. Frank Stockton is
really Francis Richard Stockton, while J oa-
quin Miller is a corruption of Cincinnatus
Hiner Miller. The principal reason for this
contraction of names, I imagine, is that one
surname is undoubtedly more striking and
easier remembered by the public than two.—
Bok’s Literary Leaves.
A Letter for Ruskin.
A letter intended for Ruskin has just ended
some remarkable travels. It was posted in
Leith on Nov. 21, 1887, with this address:
“The Learned Mr. Ruskin, the Famous Au-
thor, England.” Then from Edinburgh it
was forwarded to Kendal, and there Mr.
Ruskin had never been heard of. The Ken-
dal postmaster tried London, and there it
was thought that Mr. Ruskin lived at Rye
lane, Peckliam. From office to ofilce the let-
ter went in the southeast and south districts
of London, but all to no purpose, and it then
occurred to the postolfie that Ruskin might
be a neighbor of Joseph Chamberlain, but
from Birmingham it went to Carlisle. From
there it was again sent to Edinburgh, and
this time a happy thought occurred. The
Edinburgh postmaster wrote on it: “Christ
Church college, Oxford,” and the postal au-
thorities there knew the correct address to be
Brantwood.—Chicago Herald.
An Iceland Pony. .
A prominent resident of Richmond, Ind.,
has a pony which, besides feeding as horses
usually do, will satisfy carnivorous tastes if
he gets a. chance. He has been known to de-
vour very young chickens straying within
his reach, and the sudden disappearance from
the stable of a litter of kittens, while their
unsuspecting mother had just gone away for
a few moments’ change and rest from paren-
tal duties, has been, on good grounds, charged
to him. There is no dog or other animal on
the premises to share the blame. This pony
was brought from Iceland, Where all horses
are of his size; is a well shaped animal, with
a pretty dun coat, light colored mane and
tail, and is very good for driving or riding.
He was imported by an American gentleman
who has traveled extensively ‘in Iceland,
knows the language, and is learned about thoI
sagas of that country—Chicago Herald.
Arsenic in Indian Muslins.
What may prove to be a very serious blow
has been administered to the reputation of
Indian niuslins by Dr. McClure in the columns
of The London Lancet. A patient of his
suffered from arsenic poisoning, and all
attempts to trace how the poison entered her
system failed, until it was found that for
nearly two years shghad been working among
Indian muslins, tearing them up and making
them into covers for sofa cushions, curtains
and many kinds of home draperies. The
muslins were examined and found to contain
arsenic. The patient was removed from her
muslins, and rapidly recovered—New York
Home Journal.
That Was Her “Amen."
This story 2. told of a. well known lady by
her husband: ‘
The couple had moved into a. new house,
and she had been bored all day with the tele-
phone, notifying the grocer, the butcher and
her friends that she had moved and in order-
ing out supplies and equipments for the new
house. Late at night, perfectly exhausted,
she fell on her knees to say her prayers. After
a brief wrestle with the spirit she closed with
this exclamation: “1,217 of l”—Atlanta Con-
stitution.
Norwalk Chronicler