FOREST AND STREAM. 



295 



gvan§mm'& Routes. 



Chesapeake & Ohio RE, 



The Route of the Sportsman and Angler 

 to the Best Hunting and Fishing 

 Grounds of Virginia and 

 West Virginia, 

 Comprising those of Centra] and Piedmont Vlrgluia 

 Bine Ridge Mountain ,1a, Alleghany 



Mountains. Greenbrier and Sew Rivers, an1 Kan- 

 awha Valle.v, and including In their varieties of game 

 and fish, deer, bear, wild turkeys, wild duck, grouse, 

 quail, snipe, woodcock, mountain trout, bas«, pike, 

 pickerel, etc., etc. 



The Route of the Tourist 



through the most beatuiful and picturesque scenery 

 or the Virginia Mountains to their most famous 

 watering places and summer resorts. 



The Only Route via White 

 Sulphur Springs. 



.Railroad connections at Cincinnati, with the West, 

 North- est and Southeast; at Gordoneville, with the 

 North imd Northwest; and at Richmond and Char- 

 lottesville with the Mouth. All modern improvements 

 in equipment. 



CONWAY R. HOWARD, 

 Gen Passenger and Ticket Agent, 

 ap Richmond, Va. 



People's Evening Line 



TO ALBANY. 



Leaves Pisa 41, N. R., foot of Canal s rcet, 



dully, Sundays excepted, at 6 p. m. 



Flrst-olnsH fare, 81. Deck, fide. Excursion 



to Albany mid Return, $1 at), ft a e- 



roomg, $1 and $2. 



Making close connections with trains on New 

 York Cen ral Ratlr.iad for the West, and D laware 

 and Hudson Railroad for the Ntrth, and Snsquc- 

 hanna Railroad for tie S ..ntliwest. 



Rooms f'omfortubly Wa uied by Steam. 

 G7-THIS IS THE ONLY NIGHT LINE OF 

 STEAMERS SELLING T1CKETB AND CHECK- 

 ING BAQG GE '10 PLACES ON THE N Y.C.R.R. 



THRiiIGK TICKETS can be had at the 

 •fnce on the pier, ai v ■■■ i egs offices, at all 



hotels and ticket offices in New York, or of oonue t- 

 Ing Railroad and Steamboat Lines. 



8. E. MAYO, Gen'l Passenger Agent. 



Old Dominion Line. 



The steamers of this Luie reach some of the finest 

 waterfowl and upland shootli sections in the coun- 

 try. Connections direct for Chincoteague. Cobb's 

 Island, and poiuts on the Peninsula. City Point, 

 James^ River, Cuivituck, Florida, and the mountain- 

 ens country of Virginia, Tennessee, etc. Norfolk 

 steamers sail Mond ty. Tuesday, Thursday nnd Sat- 

 urday. Lewes, Del., I ■■day at a p. a. 

 Pull information glron at office, »7 Greenwich St., 

 New York. sep2S ly 



St, Louis, Minneapolis 



AND 



ST. PAUL SHORT LINE. 



Through Pullman Palace Sleeping Cars 



between St. Louis, Minneapolis 



and St. Paul. 



Burlington, C. Rapids & N'rth'rn 



QUICKEST, CHEAPEST AND BEST! 



TWO PASSENGER TRAINS EACH WAY DAILY, 

 between B rlington, Albert Lea and Minneapolis, 

 crossing and connecting with all East and West 

 Lines in Iowa, running through some of the finest 

 hunting grounds in t'.i e Geese, Dncks, 



Pinnated and Ruffed Grouse and Q_uaiL Sportsmen 

 and their dogs t^ken good care of. Reduced rates 

 •n parties of ten or more upon application to General 

 Ticket Office, Cedar Rapids. C. J. IVE8, 



E. P. WrNBLOw, Gen. Passenger Agent. 



General Manager. tf 



LONG ISLAND RAILROAD, MAY, 87, 1878.— 

 Ferrybota leave New York from James Slip 

 (dally except Sundays) 30 minutes, and from Thirty- 

 fourth street, East River (daily) ism'nates previous 

 to departure of trains, and Bum South Wall street, 

 Pulon and i atharlre f Tries (dail ) 30 minutes pre- 

 vious to departure of trains f ; ore Depot, corner Flat- 

 bnsh and Atlantic avenue-, Brooklyn. Trains leave 

 Brcok'vn and Long Island I'ity (Hunter's Point) as 

 follows : For Grcenpo t, Sag Harbor, etc..8:80 A.M., 

 i p. «., and on Saturdays at 3:30 p. M. For Patch- 

 ogue, etc., 9:30 a. m., 4:3.i and 6 p. m. For Babylon, 

 etc., at 9:30 a. m, 4, 4:30, S and 6 p. m. For Port 

 Jefferson, e'e, at 10 a. m. and 4:30 p. it. For North- 

 port, etc , at 10 a. it , 3:30, 4 30 and 6:30 p. a. For 

 Locust "Valley, at 8:30 andl0:0OA. M.. 3:8 

 and 6:30 p. m. For Far Ror.-kawnv, e;c, at 9:30 a. m., 

 4, 4:30, 5, <i end 7 p. M. For Garden Cll v and Ilernp- 

 Btead, g:30 and 10 a. m., 3:30, 4:30, 5:30, 0:30 P. M., and 

 12:16 night, and from Long I.daud City only 9:80 a. m., 

 1:80 and 6:30 p. m. SUNDAYS— For P. n Jefferson, 

 Patchcgae, etc., 9 a. h. Babylon, etc., 6 and 7 P. M, 

 Northport and Locust Valley, 9 a. a. and 6:30 p. m„ 

 Garden City and Hempstead ,9 a. m., 2:30 and 6:30 

 p. M., and from Long Is] nd CI y only 9:30 a. m aaid 

 6:30 p. M. Trains for Eoekaway Beach, Flushing, 

 College Polnl .as per time tables. 



Ticket offices in New Yi rk at 261 Broadway, corner 

 Warren street, at James Slip and Thirty-fourth 

 street ferries, at the offices of •' The Long Island 

 Express," 3 Park place, 785 and 942 Broadway and 

 Grand Central Depot ; in Brooklyn, No. 833 Wash- 

 ington street and 79 Fourth street. By purchasing 

 tickets at any of the above offices, baggage can be 

 checked from residence to destination . 



S. SPENCER, Gen'l Sup't. 

 J. Ohittenpen, Gen'l Pass. Agent. Je6 tf 



^porffttmt's Routes. 



TO SPORTSMEN: 



riils PENNSYLVANIA R.R.OO. 



Reaper fully Invite attention to the 



afforded i.y their lines for reaching most of the 

 TROTTING PARKS and RACE COURSES in the 

 Middle Slates. These lines being CONTINUOUS 

 PROM ALL IMPORTANT POINTS, avoid the diffi- 

 culties and dangers > f reshipment, while the excel- 

 lent cars which run over the smooth steel tracks en- 

 ible STOCK TO BE TRANSPORTED without failure 

 >t injury 

 The lines of 



Pennsylrani Railroad Company 



also roach the best lecaltties for 



atfNKINGr AND FIBBIVS 



ai Pennsylvania and New Jersey. EXCUR8ION 

 TICKETS are sold at the offices of the Company in 

 ill the. principle cities tc KA^NE, RENOVA. BED- 

 FORD, CRE-SON, RALSTON, M1NNEQUA, and 

 ather well-known centers for 



From Fishing Wing Nhootlnf. and Still 

 Hunting. 

 Alio. to 

 lUt'KERTON, BEACH HAVEN CAPE MAY. 

 SQlUN.and points oh the NEW JERSEY COAST 

 unowned for SALT WATER SPORT AFTER FIN 

 LNJ3 FEA HER 



L. P. FARMER, Gen'l Pass. Agent. 

 Xuiik Thomson. Ge"'l Manager feblT-t» 



CHICAGO &ALT0H RAILROAD. 



rHE ONLY DIRECT EUI I KG AD from 

 Chicago to St. Louis, a. . Chicago 



to Kansas (Juy 

 WITHOUT CHANOfc OF CARS. 



FIRST- CLASS ACCOMMODATIONS IS 

 EVERYTHING. 



SPORTSMEN will find splendid shooting on the 

 one of this road; prairie chicken, geese, dncks, brant, 

 quail, etc. Connects direct at Kansas City with the 

 Kansas Pacific Railroad for the great Buffalo and An- 

 telope range of Kansas and Colorado. 

 Liberal arrangements for transport of Dogs for 



JAMES CHARLTON, 



Genera] PaBseucer Agent, 

 Chicago. U i 



FOR FLORIDA 



FOR THROUGH TICKETS TO FERNANDTNA 

 JACKSONVILLE, ST. AUGUSTINE SAN 

 FORD, ENTERPRISE, and Intermediate IandlngB 

 on ST. JOHN'S RIVER and Interior points in 

 PLORIDA, by Bteamship to SAVANNAH, and thence 

 by railroad or steamboat, apply to WE L. JAMES, 

 General Agent. 



Philadelphia and Southern Mail S. 8. Cto., 

 Pier 82 South Delaware Aven ue, Phils 



FOR 



New Haven, Hartford, Spring 

 field and the North. 



The new and elegant steamer C. H. NOETHAM 

 leaves Pier No. 25, Ea»t River, daily (Sundays ex- 

 cepted), at 3 r. M. Passengers go North and East at 



" MIGHT LINE.— The Continental leaves New Tork 

 at 11 p. «., arriving in New Haven in time for the 

 early morning trains. 



.Merchandise forwarded by daily Express Freight 

 train from New Haven through to Massachusetts, 

 Vermont, Western New Hampshire, Northern New 

 York and Canada. Apply at Office on Pier or to 

 RICHARD PECK, General Agents. 



TROUT FISHING! 



The Wisconsin Central Railroad 



THROUGH TO 



LAKE SUPERIOR. 



EXCURSION TICKETS from Chicago to Ashland 

 and return for $20 are sold at 63 Clark street, or the 

 C. M. and St. Paul, Mai I Isi not, Chicago ; 



also at low rates from Milwaukee. Dogs, guns and 

 camp equipage taken free. 



The points of attraction to sportsmen on this 

 " Forest and Stream " route are Menasha and Green 

 Bay for bass fishing ; Butternut Creek and take for 

 muscalonge; 'he many branches and lakes of the 

 Flambeau and Uiipp wu. which teem with bass, pike 

 and pickerel, never till last season Ashed by sports- 

 men. Between >ilv r Creek and Ashland all are 

 trout streams, and many others can be easily reached 

 along the shore from Ashland or Bayfield, while 

 rock fishing for speckled trout and trolling in the 

 Bay affords excellent SBOit. 



The Chequamegon hctel at Ashland, built last 

 year, has been enlarged, and s supplied with a 

 steam-yacht, sail and rowboafs and excellent guides. 



The atmosphere at Ashland is a sure preventive of 

 hav fever. 



Steamers from Ashland to all Lake Ports, 



Send for Guide Book. 



HENRY PRATT, G. T. A. 



my9 6m Milwaukee, Wis. 



Cromwell Steamship Line. 



NEW YORK, HALIFAX, N. S. AND ST. 

 JOHNS, K. F. 



THE FIRST-CLASS STEAMSHIPS 

 CORTES, Capt. Bennett, and 



ALHAMBRA, Capt. Mcllhinney, 

 form a regular line between above ports, Raving 

 Pier in North River, New Tork, three times a 

 month. Person* visiting Nova Sa 

 or the Lower St. Lawrence will and this the cheapest 

 and most direct route, avoiding changes and deten- 

 tion. Time between New 1 oik and Halifax about 

 aixi j hours, one half of trip through Long Island and 

 Vineyard Sounds, In smooth water. 



Cabin passage, including stateroom and meals, 

 New Tork and Halifax, $15 gold ; New York and St. 

 Johns, $30, gold, f at reduced 



rateB. For schedul. ;iier particu- 



lars apply to 



CLARK & SEAMAN, 



86 West street, N. Y. 

 AGENTS— WOOD 4 CO., Halifax, N. S., HARVEY 

 * CO., St. John's, N. F. je*Mm 



^portfnietf's §eutqs. 



THE SPORTSMAN'S ROUTE. 



Chicago & Northwestern RR. 



Embraces under one mauagtment the Great Trunk 

 Kallwair Line f of the West and Northwest, and.with 

 its numerous branches and connections, form the 

 si oites- and q icliesi route beiween t hlcagoand all 

 points In Illinois, Wisconsin, Northern Michigan, 

 Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska, California, aid the 

 Westrn Territories. Its OMAHA AND CALI- 

 FORNIA LIN1 i nud best ronte for all 

 poms in Northern Illinois, Iowa, D kola, Nebraska, 

 Wyoming, Colorado, Ltah, Nevada, California, Ore- 

 gon, china, Japan and Australia Its CHICAGO, 

 ST. PAUL AMI MINNEAPOLIS LINE 18 the Short 

 line lor Nor. hern Wisconsin and Minnesota, and for 

 Jti'iwn, St. raul, Minneapolis, Duluthaiid all points 

 1 1 tne Great Northwest. Its WINONA AND ST. 



ETER LINE is the only route to, Winona, Roches- 

 ter, Owatonna, Mankato, St. Peter, New Ulra and 

 all points In Southern ami Central Minnesota. Its 

 GREEN B - Y AND MA1.Q.UETIE LINE Is the only 

 line fir .lanesville, Watertown, Fond du Lac, Os- 

 kosh. Aopleton. Green Bay, Eseanaba, Negaunee, 

 Marqu-.lte, Hoi icS and the Lake Supe- 



rior conniry. Its FRE.tl ORT AND HUBUQUE 

 LINE is the only route for Elgin, Pockford, Free- 

 port and all points v j a Freeport. Its CHICAGO 

 AND M1LWA KEE LINE Is the old Lake Shore 

 route, and is the only one passing through EvanstO;!, 

 Lake Forest, Highland Park, wankegan Kaclne, 

 Ke; osha to Milwaukee. PULLMAN HOTEL CARS 

 are now running regularly between Chicago and 

 Council Bluffs, on the Ca'ifnrnla Exprei-S Train of 

 the OHfCAGO & NORTHWESTERN RAILWAY. 

 WVst b und, they leave CliLiago Oallv, except Sun- 

 day (and on every third Sunday), from the Wells 

 Strtet Depot, at 10:30 a. m., and arrive at Council 

 Bluffs m xt morning. 



East-bound t ey leave Council 81 ffs at 6:30 p. h., 



daily, except Saturday (and on every third Saturday), 



next afternoon. 



tB~ No other roads west of Chicago rnnsPullman 

 or any othe.- form of Hotel cars. 



TO Si OoTSMEN. 



This line presents peculiar advantages. For 

 Prairie Chickens, Ducks, Geese and Branf shooting, 

 our Iowa line to-dav offers more favorable points 

 than any other road in the countrv, while for Deer 

 and Bear hunting, and foi Brook Trout, Lake 

 Salmon, Pike, Picket el and Bass fishing, a hundred 

 points on the Northern and Nuithwesicrn lines of 

 this company will be found un surpassed by anything 

 in the We.-t. 



New York office, No. jib Broadway ; Boston office, 

 No. 5 State street. 



For rates or information not attainable from your 

 home ticket agents, a j ply to 



MARVIN HUGHIrT, 

 W. U . Stkknktt, Gen. Manager, Chicago. 



Gen. Pass. Airent. Chicago. je«> if 



§ofqts and§csort$ for gpottxmen. 



Sherman House, 



(CLA! K AND RANEOLPH), 

 CHICAGO. 



Rates reduced to $1 per dav for all rooms above 

 the parlor floor, without baths. 

 Rooms with baths, $3.60, $4, and $4 60 per day. 



ALVIN HULBERT, Prop'r. 



We challenge any Hotel In the World to show as 

 large and as e egantlv furnrhed rooms as those of 

 the SHs.RMAN. JeSOt.f 



Rossmore House, Speonk, L I. 



Situated on the Great South Itav, between Moriches 

 and westhamDton, within a mi e and a half oi the 

 oceau. Excellent a< comiuodatlon for summer 

 boarders. Surf and still wa'er bathing. Good boat- 

 ing. Ashing, and gunning. House open throughout 

 the year for Ashing and shooting parties. Boats, 

 boatn.cn, stabling, errutges, and every convenience 

 for spoTt men. Accessible b.y Long Island Ralr oad. 

 Terms moderate. S. P. CONEL N, Prop'r. 



augw tf 



A Pleasant Winter Resort for 

 Invalids. 



8ce " The Visitor's Guide to Bermuda," forwardel 

 pest free on receipt of one dollar. J. MATTHEW 

 JONES, Halifax, N. S. octlf It 



Wild Fowl Shooting. 



By a practical gunner and an old baymau. Has 

 always on hand the best of boais, batteries, etc, 

 with the largest rig of trained wild-geese decoys on 

 the coast. The best ground in the vicinity of New 

 York for bay snipe shooting of all varieties. Special 

 uttentlon given by himself to hli< guests, and satis- 

 faction guaranteed. Address WI N. LANE, Good 

 Ground, L. I. Nov8 tf 



BRAM/EV HOUSE To Sportsmen, 10 to 30 

 shots at partridge per day guaranteed. Rabbits 

 and squirrels, red. gray urn! black, in great numbers. 

 T.rms per week, for parties of fur nnd upwards, 

 including boari,rooDi = . I ii I i m station, $10 

 perman. J. M. BRADLEY, Eidred, Sullivan County, 

 N. Y oets tf. 



New York Mailing Agency. 



with latest improved Newspaper Folding anil 

 Mulling Machines. 13 Spructa St. , 4th door from 

 Tribune Buildings. JAMES BRADY, Manager and 

 Proprietor. Open day and night 



Spoi[tsnim'8 §oods. 



BOSTON SHOOTING SUITS. 



The reputation of these 

 goods is now established 

 throughout the country. 



They are the Best. 



PRICE PER SUIT, $13. 



For circulars, rules for 

 measurement and particu- 

 lars, address 



G. W. SIMMONS & SON, 

 Boston, Mass. 



septl2 «m 



STONE'S 



Sporting; Emporium, 



"Jo. 213 South Fifth Street, Philadelphia. 



'ARTICULAR ATTENTION PAID TO 

 LOADING SHELLS. 



Taxidermy in all Its branches. Repairing of 

 auns, Elfle, Pistols and Fishing Tackle a specialty. 



Eaton's Rust Preventer. 



For Guns, Cotlery and Surgical Instmmenta. 

 Safe to handle, WILL NOT GUM, and will keep In 

 any climate. imen srywhere in the United 



States pronounce it the best gun oil in the market 

 Judge Holmes, of Bay City, Mich., writes: "a hi 

 the best preparation I have found In thlrty-nve 

 years of active and frequent use of guns." 



The trade supplied by sole manufacturer, GEO 

 B. EATON, 5fo Pavonia Avenue, Jersey City 



tt Id by principal New York dealers, and by VYm, 

 Rean & Sons. Boston, Mass.; B. Kitiredge A Co. 

 Cincinnati, Ohio; E E. Eaton. Chicago, 111.; Brown 

 A Hlld, . St. Louis, Mo. Titos. W Parr, Cleveland. 

 Ohio. Trimble i Kleibaektr, Baltimore, Md. S 

 Cropley & Son=, Georgetown, D. C. Jos. C. Grubb 

 A Co., Philadelphia. 



CANNOT BE SENT BY MAIL. 



Ronan's Metal Shell Cleaner. 



Cleans fifty shells In ten minutes. No water used. 

 Kr Ives el. stic, self adjusting, prevent the slipping 

 of wads. Is unequalled as a breech wiper by cover- 

 ing with on oiled cloth. For sale by all gnn dealers, 

 or sample sent, free by mail on receipt of price, 

 SI.S0; lOand IS bore. J. F. P.ONAN, box 31 Roxbury 

 Station, Boston, Mass. Liberal discount to the 

 trade. Septi»3 fcn 



TRY 



j$. jQooditixn's 



New American Chemically Prepared 



FELT 



OXTBT W ADS. 



EQUAL TO E1A>3, AT LESS PRICE 



For sale by all dealeis. Manufactured by B. 



GOODMAN, Ansonla, Conn., and 7 White street. 

 New York. octlf 3ra 



C. * B. ZETTLEK, 



GUNSMITHS AND RIFLE GALLERY, 



07 Bowery, New Tor? 



Now Ready in Water Colors. 



ZIMMERMAN^ two celebrated picture-, "Tlxht 

 Shell " and " Trying for a Double." Price per pair, 

 $3.60 and 25c. for postage. Address 



ZIMMERMAN BROS., 



angl tf St. Pan', Minn. 



Trap-Shooter's Ammunition 

 Case. 



A handy and compact Leather Box for carrying 

 shellB. 100 rounds, J-i.nO; 70 rcunde, ft. Sent by 

 express ou recent of price, or C. o. D. everywhere. 

 THOMSON <& SONS, 



P. O. Box 1,018. 801 Broadway, New Tork . 



