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A Carp's Tenacity Of Life

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Parent Issue
Day
30
Month
January
Year
1891
Copyright
Public Domain
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Mr. H. Yost, Jr., of this city, tells a fish story that is worthj to rank with the classics, only that there are any number of witnesses to prove its truth, and the fish still lives. "Friday morning," says Mr. Yost, "] bought a nuinber of fish, among them a handsorne Germán carp, the first of the Mnd I had seen this season. I placee them all on a marble slab and covered them with ice to keep them cold anc moist. Later on I hung up the carp, as he was on a split or string such as fishermen usually use in bunching fish. While handling him I noticed a slight convulsión pass through his body and a movement of his tail. "I was naturally surprised, for I knew that carp had been caught at least fortyeiglit hours before, but on a closer examination I noticed unmistakable signs of life, and I placed him in fresh water. In about two hours he began to breathe, and then I transferred him to a large tub, where he has continued to improve so rapidly that now he swims about as stout as any carp in the Potomac river."

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Subjects
Fishing
Old News
Ann Arbor Argus