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This Association now includes about one hundred members 

 from a dozen different States, principally married men with 

 families. It has a large new club-house or hotel, romanti- 

 cally located upon the borders of one of the larger lakes, a 

 boat-house and boats, Indian canoes, etc., croquet lawns and 

 other recreation for the ladies, summer-houses, a natural 

 history and zoological department, with several live speci- 

 mens, bathing-grounds, etc. In short, the "park" is a 

 summer resort of the most classical and high-toned character, 

 combining all the ordinary attractions of watering-places 

 with the mam objects for which the Association was insti- 

 tuted. Members pay the almost nominal sum of $1.25 per 

 day for board, and the whole economy of the park is so con- 

 trived as to secure the greatest amount of gratification and 

 profit at the least possible expense. Cottages may be erected 

 and occupied by those who prefer not to board at the hotel. 



The primary objects of this Association are the importing, 

 acclimating, propagating, and preserving of all game animals, 

 fur-bearing animals, birds, and fishes adapted to the climate ; 

 the affording of facilities for hunting, shooting, fishing and 

 boating to members on their own grounds; the establishment 

 of minkeries, otteries, aviaries, etc. ; the supplying of the spawn 

 of fish, young fish, game animals, or birds, to other associations 

 or to individuals ; the cultivation of forests ; and the selling 

 of timber and surplus game of all kinds ; in a word, to give 

 a fuller development to field, aquatic and turf sports, and to 

 compensate in some degree for the frightful waste which is 

 annually devastating our forests and exterminating our 

 game. 



There is no personal liability on the part of any member 

 or officer of the Association for the debts or liabihties of the 

 Association, but the property of the corporation is liable for 

 its debts, in the same manner as the property of individuals 

 under the laws of the State. The capital stock is $225,000, 

 consisting of 500 shares of $450 per share ; each share con- 

 stituting full membership, with all club privileges, and 



