Show shada SHAD 1 in bear lake and no mistake mr alley ailey has baa caught pounds at one haul rest bead hla his letter below meteors C H alley joseph joeeph dark clark and joseph C rich testify that hat they are in bear lake in great sum numbers bers and in good shape by the mouths of three witnesses this fact Is established beyond a peradventure these shad were planted in the spring ot of 1891 the eggs were brought from philadelphia tend and hatched batched out at montpelier from there we carted them twenty two miles milea to the lake over a very rough road sod and during a severe storm now it wey bey have lived thrived and multiplied during these six years as a certified who will even intimate that the plant will not be a prodigious success la in all of the large cities of the east best and on the tables of their best hotels shad la Is the most moet toothsome fish of the season every year tons tone of imported shad are sold in our markets for fifteen or twenty cents per pound very soon I 1 firmly believe these will be supe superseded eded by fresh shad from bear lake biake at a greatly reduced price so mote it bel be A MILT MILTON ausam LAKE TOWN rich county J january ambary 22 1897 A M musser esq dear sir sin your letter of the just at hand bands asking information la in regard to shad in reply I 1 will say my I 1 have seen shad all along the shore of the lake at south eden eded shoals of thousands they rome come in to spawn sawn with the suckers about the lot of a june us they spawn in the rooks rocks and gravel they are increasing very fast the first fint I 1 saw of them was waa two years ago aeo they were very small email and ran through my selo sale but bat last lait year I 1 caught as ae many as ae four hundred at one ha hauland tiland all of the be wall ones rao ran through my sein eio there are all sizes elzea of them I 1 am very careful and turn them all back in the lake for 1 J I am very much late rested to in the if you will come up here in june when the fish are spawn will meet you at montpelier Moot peller and take you around the lake to see the lah I 1 catch any now BOW but will send abod you dome doi an a they come la in yours youn truly CHARLES H ALLEY |