AMED A TROUT.

Northland Age, Volume 2, Issue 44, 12 June 1906, Page 7

AMED A TROUT.

I CONNECTICUT MAN FATTENS : THE FISH BY GIVING IT A DIET \OF WORMS. —~+* — George Banks, of Redding, deputy game warden, has a pet the like of I which there is probably not in the : State or country. The pet is a big trout which Mr. Banks placed in a j spring near his home some time ago. | The trout has been waxing fat since I it began its residence in the spring ; and appears to be perfectly content- ! ed in the exchange of the brook for the placid spring. | The fish is fed with luscious worms every day by Mr. Banks, and it shows that it recognizes him as readily as a dog recognises its master. It 1 comes to the edge of the spring every , time Mr. Banks appears and waits j for the expected worms. Not only ! will the fish approach as near the edge as it can swim, but it will take j worms from Mr. Banks’s hand whoa | he holds them within an inch of the ' surface of the water. This trick of I the fish has been exhibited to many visitors at Mr. Banks’s home, ami it is surprising in view of the shyness I and waryiness of the trout variety. FOUND IN THEATRES. “Ah, that’s true ; I do find all manner of things when I'm cleaning,’’ said a woman employed as “sweeper’’ at one of the London theatres. “Of course, somebody usually, goes round at night after the audience has i gone, to see if anything has been left on the seats, especially in the ■ best parts of the house ; consequently what I find is mostly on the floor or in some corner out of the w r av. I “J find more gloves than anything else, and, by the way, they are mostly odd ones too ; it’s very seldom I come across a pair. Veils, tippets, lace and other shawls are often found and scarcely a day passes but what I sweep up an handkerchief or tw r o. Opera glasses, too, are occasionally left behind, and on three occasions I have discovered an overcoat under the scat. “Oh. yes, we often find stray coins, but they are seldom above a shiilling in value, and more often than not they are pennies. I did find a sovereign once in the stalls, but I didn’t make much out of that, for the gent —a pretty gent, too ! —came in next day to see if it had been found, and lie only tipped me threepence. | “Everything we find with the ex- , ccption of bronze coins, is at once taken to the manager. Each article is then labelled ; the date and part of the house in which it was found being written down. “The most valuable thing I haw : ever swept up was an earring ha’vwig j a large .diamond in the centre ; this ! was valued at twenty-five pounds. J Speaking about jewels, a diamond : broach and pendant, worth over a thousand pounds, was found only recently in a private box of another London theatre. '’ I discover one or two purses every week ; but nine times out of ten they are empty. How do J account for that ? Why. they are dropped by pickpockets. Some of them, no doubt, carry on their work among the audience, others visit a theatre to get out of the way after having succeeded in robbing someone ; and while apparently watching the play they take the opportunity to drop the purse, so that in the event of capture nothing which can be iden- , itfied will be found on them.”