Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 137, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 June 1913 — MIGHT MAKE USE OF EELS [ARTICLE]

MIGHT MAKE USE OF EELS

Some Suggestions Worthy of Consideration by Citizens of Towns Just Now Borely Afflicted. ' The towns of Red Hook. Tivoli and Madelln are.having a plague of eels. They are ail near Poughkeepsie, and are dependent ui>on a single lighting plant which has Intake pipes run out Into the BawkiU The screening of these intakes has

eels out. A large run of them Indicates that the Sawklll eel, at least, has a passion for machinery, or a morbid disposition. It insists on getting into the pipes and then into the works. It goes In such numbers that it clogs the machinery, and then the plant has to be shut down. While eels are being picked out of intricate Junctions, the people of Red Red Hook, Tivoli and Madalin have to eat in the dark or light up their lamps Pending the perfection of screen- . 'Vv.Vi. ■ „< V .

ing for the intake pipes, and providing that the eels are not exterminated, a pickling plant might be Introduced as a side line with the manufacture of light. Again, if this Bcheme Is not feasible or worthy, why not cross the Sawkill eel with the electric eel of the old world Then, perhaps. Red Hook. Tivoli and Madalin would not be distressed. 1 , 7'“' ' J " r " 1 If misery loves company, marriage Is apt to make good after aIL