Show CHICAGO FISH ESCAPE HOOKS I BCCO Black Bass In Lincoln Park to Be UnmolestedBIson Foretell Hard Winter Chicago Shade of Izaak Walton and piscatorial enthusiasts hear ye this 0000 black bass havo been planted In the ponds of Lincoln park but there Isnt any fishing yet This announcement is mado by Cy Do Vry who looks after tho weal of animal kind and the birds and fishes In ho great pleasure ground In former years thu custom has been to permit fall fishing In the ponds but this year there will bo none of that because it Is the Intention of the park authorities to encourage tho bass venture ven-ture this on the word and authority of Cy Do Vry Yes sir wo aro going to have the finest black bass In these ponds to bo found any where ho said I got tho Idea some time ago that tho ponds could got along very well without bullheads bull-heads goldfish and tho like and tho result is that tho commissioners got busy and we procured several thousand thou-sand bass from tho Illinois fish commission com-mission We emptied 3000 in tho north pond and tho balance went into the south pond Having disposed of the subject offish of-fish the head animal keeper turned to the more weighty one of mammals In the zoo Seo the buffalo tho elk and tho moose ho said They aro taking on tholr fur much earlier this year and that means we are in for a long and a cold winter I havo been watching those animals and the bears and tho rest of tho furry trlbo for several weeks and their hides present every I Indication of an early winter I see this too In tho behavior of the beavers The little fellows are becoming more restive and I rather Imagine they would prefer tho Job of building their bark houses up In the northern country thr4i posing hero In Lincoln park for tho amusomont and Instruction of tho public Lot tho coal men cheer up for as I have said here will be a long winter and a big cap of Ice |