38 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



petunias, periwinkle, coleus and ivy make a good selection. 

 The two main points are not to crowd the basket, and to 

 provide for a succession of flowers. Tlie ivy bestows a 

 gracfe! ulness which nothing else seems to afford, with its 

 tank growth. An occasional watering with liquid manure 

 is an advantage. It is not any too early for mere amateurs 

 to bethink themselves: of next winter's window gardening 

 Slips of Maderia vine, young callas, tradeseentia, helio- 

 tropes, should be potted" so "that when wanted thev will 

 have commenced a vigorous growth. As for propagating 

 by slips, at this time- of year, only two things are°to be 

 eared for, and these are indispensable: plenty of water and 

 complete .-hade. It may not be a rule applicable to all 

 re, but our roses put out this spring; well mulched and 

 not watered at, all, have all grown well, and some have 

 bloomed a second time, They will get a good coat of 

 coarse stable manure this fall, and a trifle of shelter. — 

 Pmi-i<b::ice Journal. 



—There is a pond on Cape Cod which produces pink 

 pond lilies, and it is the only place in the country where 

 such a flower grows. The color is probably caused by 

 some peculiarity of the water or soil, us, when the roots 

 are transplanted toother ponds, white lilies are always pro- 

 duced, 



No fowls will 

 lice abound, 

 carbolic acid 

 Clear out all 



stubble' 



— Vermin increase fast at this season. 

 thrive if kept in close, filthy quarters, win 

 A coat of hot lime-wash," with 'an ounce 

 dissolved in it, will free the roost from lice 

 the droppings, and spread them evenly 

 heap. As the old fowls net fat upon flic 

 the straw yard, they should be sold off or used in the 

 kitchen. A stewed fowl is more wholesome food than fried 

 pork at this season. r Io give, fowls the run of the barn is a 

 wasteful practice. — Gwmantown Tihymph. 



County, New York, are bragging 



w weigh, 1,100 pounds. 



—The papers of Wuyn 

 about a big hog which* n 



—The first cattle introduced into New Hampshire were 

 brought from Denmark in 1681 by Captain John Mason. 

 They were of large size and of a yellow color. The breed 

 remained pure and unmixed in some sections of Maine its 

 late us 1830. 



,: Jill 



IVY POISON. 



EdjTOK Forest >.si> Stbeam:— 



Seeing tlie different remedies for ivy poison. I thought I 

 you my experience. 



My oldest boy poisons very en-ily. Tin: most likely lime 

 is on n close. iniiL'L'.v. or damp iby. Thtai I in- ivy exhales ii? 

 ii is aeld in the atmosphere, bq Una if a person 



tulcs. At this ti I cnu stop the trouble at one,-, bj ma'.dn 



lii.ir.'.ro -.tid the blisters wall caustic. A sum 11 stick, iilioiu half mi inch 

 or an inch, ia sufficient to have, but put all but the end in a quill, as 

 otherwise ii «ill gel on yohi hands and blacken them badly. If ihe pbi* 

 eon has not been taken Eh time if will spread rapidly and increase its 

 IB <i> iv. and will become very painful. 1 always use* wtwji 

 to bathe the inflamed parts, which us, a spoonful of washing soda: in a 

 glass of water. This is very soothing, and neutralizes the acidity of the 

 l>..i-..n When it has coimuc need to run up the linn or lee you must at 

 ..i,..e make a ring around the limb, and above the sines uu inch to two 

 inelies, astlie poison runs under flit- skin, and if Ihe i o-liw- is pat loo 

 i lose yon wi'.i pel bave ; . adedoftthqupisori. Ii oaanptpass flic caustic 

 mark, but lui= its tl^ht oat then and there, making a larger blister, with 

 thicker mailer, but thai is ihe. end of it. I now use Pond's Kxlracl of 

 Hauiemalis very freely, and it is very litalinir. Always keep the parts 



. red with |ini u cioihs. and soaked courinually with tl 



tract, iranyiuot. of tin: body is rubbed by the sore ham 

 made, wbieh will inn anil spread Ihe same as the first. Byfes 

 parts covered this will be avoided. When the poison 

 band, and bits a dry or scaly appearance, tin n the | 

 dusted with oxide of zinc and kepi covered with liir 

 thing 1 do now is to cover tiie parrs with linen Boahed 

 Extract, which generally is sufficient. 



id's Ex- 



it- the 

 ply swells the 

 i ought to be 

 Jim the first 

 vet in Pond's 



AjAX. 



— Where box is used for edging and borders of beds, now 

 is the time For clipping. 



§he gmneL 



TO THE SPORTSMEN OF AMERICA. 



We publish the following letter from a well known wri- 

 ter on sporting matters, a member of the National Canine 

 Society of England, and otic of the judges at the coming 

 Nottingham dog show. We are glad to see that so distin- 

 guished a writer offers the same advice to Mr. Raymond 

 concerning his keunel as we gave in our issue of July 23d, 

 which lias been copied and credited to us by some of our 

 leading English coteniporuries : 

 J-Jiutok FoKES-t axu Stiieam:— 



Uthcjjigh some three thousand miles separate us, allow me to shake 

 bands with you through the medium Of Koukst anuStkkam. Though 

 1 do not know yon i eixirailly .1 hope I may), yet 1 believe the name of 

 ••Old Cubibur" n= piclty familial io you; at least .he eoitoi of Forest 

 and .sthka.m assures me sj. Weil, so much the better. Sportsmen, 

 somehow or other, always manage to get acquainted with one another 

 and '/pah-out.'; I trust I maywiih you. and I am 6U1 



Vou ha 



' Mr. J.,n 



world— the 



iing fror 



,-eil, and 



"Ttayninud-Luvera 



sidedelo.-eio-aeholhei .Many a lime ami oft. have f gone int 



kennel v/iili him, and a/lnnred "Pride of the Border.' .Vr. Kaymc 



lucky in possessing such an animal. Let him guard the blood 



would:. 1 .' rad not'be templed to "let the blood h 



by crossing. He has now Ihe meant of brecdi 



own kennel. Mr. I.avelaok has of i-.,nr-.- o.i.l 



it he bos rial I am sure he will. Mr. Raymond must not be tempted to 



pari With bis yonnu' sloek nil be has enough lo fall back on for bcei din:.' 



[inruosos- When tlui breed is established, then lie miij weed bis kouuet, 



1 shall ,-hortly, wiih peiiui.-ioii of the edibn ,.r FofiEST ami stiu.am. 



writi ;i popi i oi I i m - i and fceOiSg ■■! doss, with other matters 



perhaps, he intemsting. In the Ebuaritime, if any of \on warn. 



other ttporrJng dogs, let mi l.uow {ihe editor will give you 



mi i I thvin for ■-.•■: mid the -ij/i/m,,-;. p.ti not buy 



tui - from Hlfeiioi' keiieele llial ate HOI north lle-irp.- 



i , , ■ itoyori v. ii -a yon ... u 



i, tit, and then you will ■nwiUI UirotUlb," The produce Of these dug.-, if 



. . in. |y I '!. will, in i. . i hori fun pi 



' i u ffd '" IgUfl 



scribe myself your friend and brother sportsman, "Old Cai 

 P S.-Forthe infornmrior. of Mr. Shlpman, of Iowa. Ims 



tot with Mr. Price ornUcdon*. The totter ii a' si Bemiui 



r had 1 



lid, Mr. 



e world. Mr. Price, l 

 . know likely to do so a 



used of all his dogs and retired 

 in sure, will nor accept, and the 

 ; Mr. Llewtllin and Mr. Whito- 



JUDGINC ON THE SHOW BENCH.— NO. 8. 



THi: CULL TEHItlElt. 



THE head should be long, running flat off the nose; 

 ears erect; eyes inclined to be small, and black or 

 brown in color; jaw long and powerful; cheeks flat; nose 

 black; neck long; the shoulders sloping well back; chest 

 deep, with a proportioned thickness; legs straight, and mus- 

 cular, with a nice round catlike foot; back short, well 

 ribbed up; hindquarters full and muscular; stern fine, but 

 not too long, and carried pretty straight; coat smooth and 

 close; colors preferred are white, ami while with brindlc 

 patch. 



points o« .irjiai.s'G. 



Head SajLoins -M\ 



Net* lOLegs 



Shoulders Ill) Feet n 



Chesl ia Stern 10— too 



THE FOX-HOUND. 



Head expressive, muscular; ears pendant; head a little 

 'nkledin chap; face rather long, with strong jaw; neck 



ge-d mul giver #s//%. 



FISH IN SEASONItTsEPTEMBER. 



Laliil-loivl.-rd Saliiri '. '• •■■' M.-/.'..,', 

 ril.n-kBlMS. ,-,:„;,:„!: , 



Btrlpca Bass, Bocata final « 



Blucfish, UmnoOxm sallator. 



Tnmtingis permitted in Ma 

 mon tisiiing with fly is permiltc 



Laud-locked salmon and , 



nomy 



ots 



tied to be long, set 

 of great deplh ar 

 fine and close at 



ito slu 



hon 



bound, but "rather 

 hound should men; 

 one to thirty-two i 

 and neither bowed out nor pres 

 to conlinue straight to the fi 

 great substance, foil of fflu&Ma 

 niusl not turn out, but appear s 

 back ought to be straight, widi 

 flogs considered not so pleasa 

 well Joined up, not short of r 

 body an average depth; hind rji 

 powerful; thighs full of muse' 



udders strongly; the shoul- 

 ngth, sloping back well, but 

 mi of shoulder blades as: a grey- 

 cijuired so much as; in the grey 

 nice. A model of a stud fox- 

 und behind his shoulders thirty 

 ihe elbows should be straight, 



e.l into the chest; foreleg 

 ot, as if one bone, but of 



from the pasterns the foot 

 might and round like; the 



all through; rigid-backed 

 it to the eye; it should be 

 bs, but short in the flank; 

 arlers, where set into loin, 

 tied well up, but 



a squirrel's, not feathered; coat thick and smooth. 

 There are different colors, the pie, black and tan, tan and 

 white, and blue grizzles. 



Head.. 

 Neck . . 

 Lega. 



,l\a; 



la Shoulders 15 



5 Bail; in 



in Loin Ill 



15 I lie :i -ii i;.: It r- I.") 



SI. in 5-100 



Dogs on i it ! . Show JSkncii.— The Queens County Agri- 

 cultural Society, situated at Mineoln, L, I., and adjoining 

 the late purchase of Mr. A. T. Stewart at (Janlen City, will 

 hold their annual exhibition of horses, Cattle, Ate, mi Oc- 

 tober 7lh, Sth, and 9th. There are also, we understand, 

 several premiums to be awarded for sportsmen's dogs, such 

 :ts the pointer, setter, cocker, and oilier breeds. This is 

 the tir.st sociery to take upwiihihis new and interesting 

 feature, and indicates, as we have repeatedly stated in this 

 journal, that before many years have elapsed, Ihe showing 

 Of sportsmen's dogs on the bench or in Ihe kennel, and the 

 running of pointers and setters at field l rials, will draw 

 together an assembly of Held sportsmen that will astonish 

 the inauguralor. 



— The new apparatus for drowning dogs was tried at the 

 Pound last week With success. It consists of an iron cage, 

 large enough to hold thirty dogs, and is lowered into the 

 water by a large crane attached to a derrick. 



— A gentleman from Pittsburg, Pcnn., f.sks us the fol- 

 lowing questions : 



What are the requisite, colors of the pure Gordon setters ! 

 Are they ever red ? What dogs were they bred from origi- 

 nally '< ■ 



Answer: The general opinion is the Gordon setter owes 

 its origin to Irish blood, which in a measure is substantiated 

 by the fact thaf red pups often make their appearance, even 

 wdien bred from the most reliable strains, and there is no 

 doubt that setters in general were originally manufactured 

 from the spaniel; but whether the color of the Gordon is 

 derived from the black spaniel or the Scotch colley, is a 

 query that cannot now be easily answered. The curl in 

 his coat could not have resulted from his taking the water. 

 A curly coal is a great fault in the setter of any breed, anr 1 , 

 Id be dead against one on the show bench. 



Auocs.-A, <;.i . August |9 . 



£ni 



i havi 



eyespots-s 



marks of a er. 

 I have a little 

 :hocolate brown 



id Stream:— 



much gratiiicatior 

 deb came lately i 

 e, and desire i 

 eested bv ihe 



from slray uuiubri of your en- 



my way, that 1 feel impelled to 



to suy something on a tew rnnriers 



per, I see some mention made of 



spaniels, and one correspondent writes of "a very flue 



pup asniall. liveieolor.il lillle .hup. nitb Ian feet and 



iroughbred undoubtedly." in another place a springer 



■a splendid retriever for dock.' Now, what are the 



on the bead, back and stem: mottled like a thrush on 

 the shoulders ar.d flank-. With bright tan spot- over the eye.-, and feet of 

 slighter tab; long, silky cars, end a tall feathered like a setter: fond of 

 water and retrieves well, though altogether untrained. Brora the de- 

 scription can you say mint kind of a dog tbieis! Von refer also to otter 

 hounds. Are there any in thus country? Tviioni;. 



The "cocker" is considerably smaller than Ihe springer, 

 and is a light working, active dog, showing far more live- 

 liness in his actions, lie carries his tail low and works it 

 more quickly than the "springer." They are generally of 

 a rich liver color. From a description of 'your dog we 

 should say she was a Norfolk sptuiiel springer, but do not 

 understand the tan mark i, tin .1. ■■ . SOfPe of her ancestors 

 were Gordons, dwarf fox lioimil or beagl There are 

 UO otter home!-' : - \ i. ',!■.,.-, tjr lieard of. 



1 Canada until October first, Sal- 

 w Bronswli k until September IS, 



n -.-'i-iiri till September 13th, 



—With the 1st day of September, the angling season for 

 trout practically ends. Common sense admits it: the in- 

 terests of anglers demand it; and the domcsui 

 of the lish require it. We Shall therefore strikg 

 from our bulletin of fish in season. There are some locali- 

 ties, however, in which trout spawn late, and in Muiiie and 

 Canada fishing is permitted by law until 1st of October. 

 Generally, the sport has been abundant and well enjnyed, 

 although the season was late and rainy in northern New 

 York and the Kastern States, and the streams much swollen. 

 Reports agree that tt-otit are increasing in size and number 

 "throughout the country, and not diminishing^ Some very 

 large fish have been taken, though we have not heard (if 

 any weight sufficiently heavy to be regarded as fictitious hy 

 those who question the extreme limit to which the SfUrno 

 fonUnalig attains. We also note with satisfaction less dis- 

 position on fh.0 part of anglers lo gunge 1 heir success by 

 numbers instead of size, and attribute the fact partly to 

 the education anglers are acquiring through journals like 

 the FoTtF.sT ant) Stuk.ut, and to the growing dislavor with 

 which the capture of fingcrlings is regarded. In a word, 

 the tendency is everywhere conservative, and the increas- 

 ing interest wliich IB felt in the maintenance of our ang- 

 ling streams is evidenced by the constant organization of 

 now clubs for their protect ion. 



After the loth of September, the salmon-beguiler must 

 put aside his rod. Indeed, indulgence is given to this date 

 in the Province or Xew Brunswick only, fishing being for- 

 bidden in ihe rest of the Dominion after the 1st prox. 

 Consequently, we chalk salmon from our bulletin. 



Thereports ol bur salmon fisheries from all localities 

 where full protection is afforded is most gratifying, the rim 

 of fish being larger tend more abundant. Famous catches 

 have been made in Canada, especially in the rivers Resti- 

 gouche and Miramichi, and Oil Ihe Gftspe peninsula, in 

 the York, Grand, Dartmouth, Si. John, and Cascapediac 

 rivers. American rods have been quite numerous at their 

 several pools, and the Canadians seem to have no feeling 

 toward American lessees except that of good fellowship 

 and amity. We would consider it a great favor if our 

 friends wiio have lately returned would tarnish us with 

 their scores. Their publication would interest those who 

 are curious to compare notes, as well as the rest of the iiiig- 

 ling fraternity. 



As to our own waters, we are looking to them Willi re- 

 newed hope, and doubtless shall have encouraging reports 

 to offer at the end of next season. Land locked salmon 

 have been abundant in the Maine waters, both at Sebec and 

 the Schoodics. The fishing for these will conlinue until 

 September loth. 



—Messrs. C. A. Robertson and W. F. Bunting, of St. 

 John, with two friends from the Stales, had very fair suc- 

 cess this season on ihe southwest branch of the Miramichi 

 River, in New Brunswick. They made their first camp at 

 Burnt Hill Brook on June 36th. Three of the parly left 

 on the 13th of July, but 3Ir, Bunting remained with his 

 two guides until the 27th. Up to the time of his com- 

 rades' departure all had very fair success, Mr. Robertson 

 killing five salmon in the afternoon, the largest of which 

 weighed twenty-five pounds. It measured forty inches in 

 lengfli, and the guides asserted that it was the largest sal- 

 mon that had evei been killed with the fly in that brnneh 

 of the Miramichi. The first grilse was taken July 10th. 

 After the 13th the run of fish improved, and Mr. Bunting 

 had the sport all to himself, his score at the end of his visit 

 footing up sixty-two salmon, weighing To!) pounds, and 

 eighteen grilse, weighing fifty four pounds. This is said 

 to be about as good a result as was ever shown by one (jjfji- 

 erinan within Ihe same space of time on thai river. The 



southwest has been well preserved 'lie last two or three 



years, and although there is still much poaching it is rap- 

 idly becoming a splendid salmon stream, and the record uf 

 this year's sport is very fine. It is it noble river, as full of 

 beautiful spots lo the artist's eye as Of poolsfor the fjshiii!- 

 man's rod. 



By the way, tie gi tltl man who sends us these facts, and 

 who was one of the parly, thinks the Canadian Government 

 might afford the river even a much more thorough protec- 

 tion than it now does, although admitting the gratifying 

 improvement in that respect over past years. Since the 

 year 1S70 the river has been leased to several gentlemen, 

 who take great interest in its preservation, and who have 

 expended their time and means in staying the work of de- 

 struction. The presence of these lessees and their friends 

 on the river during ihe fishing season, since the commence- 

 ment of the time of the lease, has doubtless had a benefi- 

 cial and salutary effect. If is impossible, however, for 

 these genilemen to prevcnl spearing and netting alto- 

 gether, and tlifl Government ought not to relinquish (heir 



owti guardianship, which ils own overseers are in duly 

 hound to exercise. A letter in the Si. John Glolm, upon 

 this very subject, - 



notnridi - thai una r . ■ ' i btt officials nnluwfnl acts 



lite r;i/ii."l a rjrtinlt) fl irrtxl Itnm ill I .- 



byl imet flugl '•;.,,', ,,, LMr . 



