Show midi made a fortune in flags frogs lg logs 0 boston oslon globe about twenty five years ago baij id an old at attendant in the big washington market several men made fortnaa fort unea at catching frogs and sending bending them to market the hind legs were cut off skinned w washed and after being madly salted were sent away in barrels prices used to range from fifty to seventy five cents for a dozen pairs of legs and anti as sales were quick there was a pile of money in the tile occupation ono one old fellow a blacksmith by the name of weld down i in greenbush me supplied all of new england for years he ile lived by the side of very ev swamps that were filled with wig alers and cattails coattails cat tails the former furnished food for tho the frogs while the latter gave them shade I 1 ha baye ve seen bullfrog legs that were nearly aa as big as 03 the legi legs of a chicken old man weld used to hire boys to kill the frogs for him giving them five or six cents a dozen the frogs were so plenty plent that many of the children earned I 1 good wages even at that small price weld dressed the frogs corned them and shipped them to boston in barrels like herrings ho ile k kept t I 1 up 1 p the business for years and anti ellough though 1 he slew hundred thousands every year the supply did not diminish at all 11 by and by the price went away d down and rod aa as the old man had cleared about out of the scheme he retired built himself a fine mansion and lived at bis his ease ho ile is is the only roan man I 1 know of who got rich by catching frogs but I 1 have heard of several others other 0 I 1 I 1 aa il |