Democratic Sentinel, Volume 17, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 February 1893 — How He Knew. [ARTICLE]

How He Knew.

Before the fish commissioners of California decided to stock the streams of the State with that much despised but powerful fish, the German carp, they were greatly concerned as to whether it would live in certain waters. The question was debated at several meetings, and was finally submitted to Professor H , an eminent authority. Samples of the water were obtained and turned over to the professor, who in a short time submitted a favorable report, and the carp were accordingly turned loose in the rivers. The commissioners were greatly impressed by the professor’s knowledge, but one of them had a question to ask. “How could you be sure that carp would live in the water submitted to you?” he inquired. “Why,” answered the professor, with an amused look, “I bought a Carp for ten cents and put it into the water. It lived.”