Uncle Dick and Lisa's Old Time Animal Tales

At New Haven, yesterday morning, from 1,000,000 to 1,500,000 white fish, as nearly as could be estimated, were hauled ashore by Mr. Davidson & Russell’s seine, on the west side of the harbor. These fish weigh about three quarters of a pound each, and are used for manure by the farmers of adjacent towns, who pay from 50 to 75 cents a thousand. The haul of yesterday was worth from $500 to $750. The weight of the fish was from 375 to 500 tons, sufficient to freight a large ship. Of course they could not be drawn out of the water en masse, but being hauled in at high tide, and the net made fast to a windlass, the receding tide left them high and dry. Seen at a distance, thus exposed on the shore, they looked like a snow bank, or an extensive deposit of salt.-Journal of Com.