536 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



c* 



SEND FOR CATALOGUE. 



N A. NICHOLS, 



SOLE MAKER OF 



«§& Lefever Grui 



SYRACUSE, 



FILE BINDER. 



A FILE WHICH, WHEV COMPLETED, MAKES 

 a permanent binding. For sale at tixis office. 

 Price, T5 cents. 



LITE WESTERN QUAIL— Per piir, Sl.W ; per 

 doz., 16. Address CHAS. FK&DEBICK8, 73 

 Jlaujer St., Williamsburg, N. Y. jan23 U 



Wanted. 



Gun Clubs Take Notice. 



Yon will be interested in sending name of your 

 Gun C ub, also officers and P. o. address to 



C. V. BOUGHTON, 

 Titusville, Pa. 

 3an23 4t 



SPORTSMAN'S NOTICE-WANTED— An experi- 

 enced man understanding the practical use of 

 all sporting weapons, the use of Ashing gear of all 

 kinds, training aud huntint of dogs, sailing and row- 

 ing ; also, the habits of all game birds, anima's and 

 fish, and where to find them in the United States, 

 •would like to engage with some sportsman's club in 

 charge or property of the same, or with some in- 

 dividual, to hunt or lake charge of his place, or with 

 some dealer to sell or travel. Referencei furnished. 

 Address PRACTICAL SPOHTS IAN, Forest and 

 Stream. janl6« 



Shelton's Auxiliary Rifle 



■ ~«.,.~ -,_„. a -™ AND 



COMBINATION SIGHT AND BREECH-LOADING SHOT-GUNS. 



^mn§tmmt&. 



Gir.nlOIlE'S GARDEN. 

 SKATING on the BINK of ARTIFICIAL IDE. 

 A new sheet as clear as a mirror. 

 MUSIC Li GILJK OBI SERENADE BAND. 

 OPSN FROM 10 A. M. TO 10 P. M. 

 Admission, 60 cents ; children, half-price conpo d 

 tickets at lower rates. jan.30 " 



TESTIMONIALS from all ports of the country bear evidence to the 

 fact that the SHELTON AUXILIARY RIFLE BARREL, combined 

 with the Breech-Loading Shot Qnn, makes the best hunting arm in 

 the country, a men a weapon to meet any emergency 



that may arise in the field, from the smallest game bird to the grizzly. 

 Not cumbersome, quickly adjusted, and equal to any ride for accuracy 

 and penetration. No wear or Iniary to shot-gun or rifle barrel. Cali- 

 bres .32, .38, .44, Winchester model, 1S7S; also .45 U. S. Government 

 10 gra. powder, 405 grs. lead. Send stamp for Circular and Pries List 



AUXILIARY RIFLE BARREL CO., 



P. O. BOX 715. NEW HAVEN, CONN. 



FOSS BROS. & CO. 



(Successors to F. J. ABBEY & CO), 



MANUFACTURERS AND DEALERS IN 



Guns, Rifles, Pistols and Fishing Tackle, 

 43 SOUTH CLARK STREET, 



CHICAGO. 



NAPOLEOl'S CABINET 

 CHA$!PAGft!E. 



BOUCHE FILS & CO., 



3T BEATER STREET N. Y. 



WATERS' 



SQUVSNIR 



ORGANS. 



These beautiful organs 

 are remarkable alike for 

 purity of tone and perfect 

 mechanism. Their cases 

 are all richly finished in 

 Solid Black Walnut. We 

 sell a better Instrument at 

 a lower price than any 

 orner house in the United 

 States. 



Waters'Pianos 



Grand, Square and Up- 

 g right, are the BEST 

 SHADE, the Tone, Touch. 

 — ' Workmanship and Dura- 

 bility unsurpassed. Warranied for SIX YEARS. 

 Extremely Low for Cash or on Installments. A 

 liberal discount to Teachers, Ministers, Churches, 

 etc. AGENTS WANTED. Catalogues Mailed. 

 Second-hand Pianos arid Organs at GREAT BAR- 

 GAINS. HORACE WATERS >fc SONS, manu- 

 facturers and dealers, 40 East Fourteenth Street, 

 New York. 



Taxidermy Extraordinary. 



No disappointments in getting yout Bros and 

 AnlmaU pieserved TRUE TO LIFE, by 



A. YEOMAN, 



BS Smo3 W Bow 



TATHARS'S 



PROVED CHILLED SHOT, 



(R ED LAbb L. 



Gives greater penetration and better pattern than ordinary shot. Equally well adapted to 

 choke-bores, modified chokes and cylinders. 



Our chilled shot will be found free from shrinkage, more spherical, more uniform In size 

 harder, heavier and of brighter and cleaner finish than any other. SEND FOR CIRCULAR. 



TATHAS¥I Sl BROS., 82 Beekman St., 



ctsct Toaa. 



DUNN & WILBUR. 



Came, Poultry, Eggs. Butter. 



CONSIGNMENTS SOLICITED. 

 PROMPT CASH RETURNS. 



192 DUANE STREET, N. Y. 



novltf 



A.MEYER,, 



IMTCRTBH OF AND DEAXBR IN 



California, Rhine, 



Hungarian Wines, 



AMERICAN CHAMPAGNES. 



392, BOWERY, 392, 



Near Fourth avenue, NEW YORK, 



BOWLING AND BILLIARD HALL. 



The longest Rifle Range in the city. For Sharj- 



ehooters only. 



^iscellanqott: 



NEW ENC 



MUTU-l 



Life Insurance Con^ . . 



Post Office Square, Boston, Mam. 

 Total cash assets, as per Insurance Com- 



ralasioner'a report $14,466,920 63 



Total surplus as per Insurance Commis- 

 sioner's report 1,621,078 83 



Benjamin F. Stevens, President. 



J. M. Gibbens, Secretary 



GENERAL AGBSTS. 



KENNY & RATCLIFFE New York Otty. 



V. O. TAKBOX Portland. M«. 



E. F. EMERSON Nashua, N. H. 



■:■! .V WAIiEUN.... Philadelphia. 

 HALL & WORTHINCTTON..Bnl,ia,ore, JId. 



VERNOR BROTHERB Detroit, Mlcb. 



O, L'RONKHITE Chicago, 111. 



,/. J. WATSON St. Paul, Minn. 



W. B. DAVIS St. l.oulx, Mo, 



M.C.RANDALL New Orleans, La. 



W. EVERSON San Francisco, C«J 



E. THOMAS, JR., 



GUNS, PISTOLS, SPORTING GOODS, 



198J4 South Clark Street, Chicago, Hi, 



publication^. 



HALLOCK S 

 Sportsman's Gazetteer 



MOST COMPREHENSIVE AND ACCURATE 

 CYCLOPEDIA OF AMERICAN SPORT, 



RECOCNiZED STANDARD AUTHORITY. 



PRICK S3, POSTAGE PAID. 



4,000 COPIES SOLD. 



For sale at office of Forest and Stream. Ill Ful- 

 ton street, New Yr.rK. Dialers suppded by Orange 

 Judd Company, M5 Broadway, New York. 



* —1879— 

 Vermor's Almanac, 



1879 and 1879. 



Weather Recordfor 1878 



UNPRECEDENTED SUCCESS IN WEATHER 

 PREDICTION*. 



THE WEATHER FOR CANADA AND THE U. 8J 

 FOR THS NEXT SIX MONTHS. 



Old Mother Shipton'a Prophecy— Record of Stonna 

 of past year— The '• Heated Term " of 1878— How 

 forecasts are formed. 



CANADIAN PHOSPHATE OF LIME. 



Circulation la Canada 30,000, and increasing. 



TRAUE AGESTX: 



DAWSON BROTHERS, 



MONTREAL. 



PHIOK 20 CENTS. 



"ON THE EB B." 



C. F. HOTCHKISS. 



This is great little book, portraying the adven- 

 tures of an old sporting man, as well as describing 

 the best fishing and tmnfi oni rj and around 



the southern portion of Connecticut. Every one 

 should have one. Price 15 cents by mall postpaid. 

 REGISTER PUBLISHING CO. 



ianSO 3t 



New Haven, Conn. 



J. Cvpress, Jr.'s, Works. 



TWO VOLUMES. 

 PRICE go BY MAUL. 



CAN BE HAD THROUGH THI8 OFFICE. 



"THE SETTER," 



BY LAVERACK . 

 For sale at this office. Price S3. 



