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FOREST ANT) STREAM. 



Pomptnio. 

 Snapper. 

 Grouper, 



Kocklish. 



a nuisance Foxes and sltuflfcs are the worst enemies of 

 ruffed grouse mul quail, and to protect game there should 

 be a bounty paid to* them. A - H.Wood. 



Kansas— Delp&os, Jmwaty 11W.— In your issue ot De- 

 muln-r 34tll yon beaded my item from Lawrence, when it 

 should have been TJelphns. 1 think ?:mit will not sillier 



tHoro (Lawrence), as it is nearly 200 miles easl ol here, and 



much more food for game. Tills error may cause doubts 

 ol' hiv veracity. Since my lirsl note, we have, luid the 

 worst lile-killingstortn lover saw -merenry twenty-four 

 below mid wind on the tornado order. Found several ot 

 mv pet quail frozen at the stacks. Is there a taxidermist 

 known to you in Kansas or Missouri. EmT „ 



liKoue.K N. BlLWNOtS. j |)yi 



.feBftD G. GORner, I ate of Cincinnati, Ohio, has bought 

 and tine 1 the Ton Qranee Bouse, Indian River, Honda, 

 and wilt keep a first rate hotel for sportsmen. 



-l',i, if. il. ica are unusually numerous below Fort Griffin, 

 Texas, ami are rCCUiviug the attention of hunters. 



-The following Meats are now (January Stli) at the 

 Ocean House, New Smyrna :-H. J. Hope Kd wards and L. 

 Hope Edwards, of Kngland; Mr. Allen, wife, and child, t m 

 Falmouth, Mass.; 11 Lawrence, C. A. Smith }V. Mann, 

 Ernest Staples, F. Ue Harry and servant, of New^ork; 

 W. IS. Watson and James H. Jones, of Florida. 



—The Tilusville Hotel, at Tilusville, Dr. J . J. Harris, 

 proprietor, is one of the besl houses on the coast, and the 

 'lector is ever on the lookout for the welfare of the guests. 

 John Siinmouson has two of the best boats on the river, 

 and ia ever ill readiness to eai ry spoilsman i In any pOlDt 

 Ihey may desire lo Visit. Gol Henry 1 . 1UUS has pro- 

 pcied and has slock lo the amount of $25,000 subscribed 

 lo build the la,l-:e Henry and Tilusville Kadroad. distance 

 siMeen miles. A steamer Will connect with hnlei pusu 

 daily. Sirup rails will be used at present. 



— At the second annual meeting Of the Amateur Sliool- 

 •„,.• Club of Detroit, Michigan, the following olhcers were 

 chosen for the ensuing yean-Prcsidcut, F. J Simmons; ,,,,,.<,„, 

 Vice President, & M. Baker; Secretary, E, L. Greene; 

 Treasure)' 0. b. Elrtrtdget Hoard Managers— George B. 



Mather, /•hairmt.n, ,T. It! V. Norvcll, and Max Lema.re. 

 Plans of future action were introduced which will tend to 

 advance the interest of the club. 



—The Chicago Gun Club held its animal meeting at Chi- 

 cago on the Pith, and elected the following officers :-Presi- 

 dem, S. H. Turrell; Vice President, J. J. Gillespie; Secre- 

 tary, E. T. Marliu; Treasurer, Charles Morns; board of 

 Mnnntrers—F C Waller, li Kenny, H. J. iV.wanR 



Boaid of Lppeais-Greon smith, IL E. Pickett, R. W. 



SEEL Mr ■ • i .■.!,, -ndered the club medal, which 

 had hU successfully held by »im for seven mouths, and 



on motion the medal was presented, to Mr, Edwards as his 



permanent property. Theobjeel ol lliisclllli is pioncicncy 

 in wing and trap shooting, the preservation ot game, ana 

 l.Ue enforcement of the game laws. The rules governing 



trap shooting were amended by abolishing the boundary , 

 and allowing three minutes to gather a bird and six mm- 

 SS for double birds, in case both are challenged A com- 

 plete set ot rules for ground trap shod. ,,g, similar to the 

 Fn'lish rules were adopted, and $100 .subscribed lo pur- 

 CluXea medal lo be shot, for four times a year, ten single 

 birds, from live ground traps. 



-The Kcnnicott Club, of Chicago, at its annual meeting 



last, week, elected the following officers-President, Joel 



' A Kinn-V; Vice President, J. H. Whitman; Secretary, 



T" W Wilmarlb; Treasurer, I >. C Alston; Hoard ol Man- 



ttnR evs— J. .1. Kleiumnn, A. A. Sample, C. S. Scpners. 



—The National Rifle Association, at its third annual 

 meeting, held in IhcAstor House last week, elected the 

 following directors in place of those whose terms had 



^Colonel William C, Church, General M. T, Mcttalion, 

 ii. mfy Fulton, E. H. Saudfbrd and General E. U Mob- 

 ncux— the hMtcr to till a vacancy caused by the resignation 

 of General L. Benson. The treasurers report showed Hint 

 |V -;.-,-:, : i ;J the assoctall r. ::i:"e last, l«:t::itry vyl: •:, I: : 

 assumed office, were s/. lb, lit 7; H,« expenditures, tjU; v .in 

 leaving a balance of *l.iy(i. which, with the properly ol 

 the association ami the amount due, showed the assets to 

 i io above all liabilities. 



Vi I lie request of the. Amateur Itille Association, a com- 

 mittee of live from the association was appointed It) co- 

 r.neratc ill Ihc fortlicuning international match ^ftt Duhl.n 

 as follows: ,lames Gordon Hcnncft (len .1. H. A\ nod waul, 

 Genera! M. T. McMnhoii, General E. I. Mohueux, and Air. 

 D. N. Judd. . . 



—The directors ol" the American Itifle Association^ ot 

 Mount Vcrmm, have decided to hold a prize meeting on 

 the 22d of February next. 



—A goodly gathering of the lovers of the ''trap" met at 

 Dexle/a last Friday. The opening match was between 

 Waller Mcl''ttll. of Klalbush, and J. P. Robertson, ol 

 Brooklyn, for a purse of $'-'00; 21 yards rise; 1} o/„ sho . 

 Havinitied on . ',■ occasions each killing 18 bin s .he alair 

 was postponed to a luiure day, when the stakes Will D6 

 doubled.' Then came sweepstakes of twenty-five birds 

 each, *35 entrance, 35 yards rise, } o/ sho. Engh h 



rules io govern, there being twelve contestants. Ihc Makes 

 amounted to §300. Mr. Semitic Hint, ol Trenton, *, ., 

 Won first money, killing ^ out ot 2o; Mr. Wood, of Pl.,1- 

 adelpbia, secured second money, cutting down .1 ; a t d 

 Messrs. Klcinz, of Phiheielplua, and Ire and, ol H , , k lyn 

 divided third and fourth premiums each seoi ng .0 out of 

 2D. Of the oi hers Mr. '•Reigen" lulled 19 and Aides John- 

 son the same number. _ 



Lose LiiiANen, N. .t.. .lanaar)- IT, 1816, 



UniTOii Fnnei'T and Stokam:— ... „ ... 



X , ke the liberty of sea.liau" you « few scores of ihe Lpng Branch, N. 



J., Anuiteur Kitle ami Gyro Club match .lauuory lo. 187f, five birds, 81 



varus, i at. of shot. . , ,, , , 1 



ifc:.:::;;;1llU!fcr:;:;;J'?Ui 



Sec-owl KatEb— 21 yar'.s, six birds. 



L. li ..- ■- I 1 1 I I 



Thii-I Malch-IIimdiciif. live lards. 



SJi^^^:::?f?S||>WWfc;:::tSJM 



], B— 21 yiuds 1 I '• b 1 1 



Pourtli Mineli- i i Bl ylirda, five OiWS. 



|„B ,.,t llllil 1 110-7 



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/,w;o. 



Denveii.CoI., Jimnaryll, 1B76. 

 Euitoh Fobh9t sua Stueaii:— 



On Saou'duv, 7th iiu-e, a pigeon laatcti or.r.arml Fit Ivpiv.-i-, Col., I,,-. 

 hveeil momherKor oiicclllb.fll >ards rise, SO yuids la.inalary. 1 1 <•■'.. 

 sh,.|,!HMrdseaeh, Heaver Shooting Club rules. The following is the 



I'^'ne. ...I 1 I I 1 CI 1 I 1-8 ; Shaeklernrd,..' 1 tBH] ]-■' 



(Jartison ,1 I 1 l ; o n 1 -7 Cooke ,0 n i a I n l 1-t 



GOT™"/,. V., (JO I'llll 1-6 Kiusey due, I 0.1 lWlda 



Beinrose o I 10 11 1-5 



AN OWER TRUE TALE. 



Fort Sua.. Indian Territory, .lanuary 8; 1R?5. 



i.liiiu fo„reoM-vsof QnailwitWa ■'■ ri 9Uteiil - Bl eacn Wier. 



,, ught. «ot nit of them, and 1 did it »s follows, Willi great, success: 



I llret scattered a lot of gr.on mi tlm Kfoaiid rorinc I hv an angle hi 

 fence, then 8pm ail a quail ft«l from on.; ettge of tilt) fence to the ot 



-\t a Blgnsl WO hotti llrcd liol.lt harrc's, and ito- 



Wtill, Mr. Edltorywe juet eleun killed forly- 



Hirtcen, anil I believe only one. bird got, awny, 



Now, lot- .i pie ie of v ri&emUfiJy apdrt&tiliCMtifoip, 



and organ work, the tin poll 

 .-..civc i he live front, which I 



down to the pebbly edge of the sire; 

 filled with water, betngplaced near by t. 



was expected would be quickly tranffe i-i„» uj W bi«i»cmi»^™v.™.~ , 

 Tile HiLnatioo appeared hafe, and as I be fish were slow at biting, ihe au- 

 dience became uneasy, and very soon withdrew, my wife having 

 first charged Ed to "standby the pail." Abonl bait an boat IntetJlB 

 ler Ed was borne, pale and dripping, "P the bank to the house, where, 

 Mi ;i bolus ri'ilv stripped, rubbed, put. to hed. and dosed willi "something 

 hut," he was interrogated as to why this was thus, and reminded Hist he 

 was told to "stand by the pall." His reply was satisfactory, and to the 

 point. "Whv, mother." he said, "1 did stand by the pail '/■.,-.. 

 ii'hni'fr I weal." The maternal iujuneiion hart omitted to .slate that the 

 pail whs not to be moved. T. W . -\. 



\ Davjtnpout, lown, .lanuary I, 11875, 



Editor Fouest ant> Steeam:— 



sportsmen generally relish a humorous story, either written or related 

 verbally, ut least if it is connected with rod or gun. An article in a fur 

 mcr number of your paper headed "Trout Pishing under riilluuiieV 



.■ala- 



lia 



citnlingly I inquired or Ihe landlord at 

 the town who was an enthusiastic Iron 

 eral is the man for yon." OH I s 



" he said, "ticn- 

 terafsoulce, not 



Well, 



nd and l I 



> kill that pooruufortu- 



I have, no doubt is so, while the 



beginning to end. If it was trm 

 whipping: yet as a detr stalker, 

 manlike as the hoi rible details, 



liate deer. 



I can assure you of one thing: If your aluskokian contributor comes 

 to this section and perpetrates any such butchery m the name of spoil, 

 we will be one of a parly It, use him as an auchorfor our fishing punt. 



gen and §iver Jf£s/i%r 



FISH IN SEASON IN JANUARY. 



Trout (black bass). Sheepshead 



Tlrunl (two species). '1 iiilorlisb. 



Kiugtlsli. feeaJLiUHs. 

 Striped Bass. 



IL'llt - 



; the 



nd he 



o toll 



little, 1 Kim. to ,f" .,,■„ « - ----- .- 



He said: "Across the river, in >li,.nesota, Ibete ,s a t.routhrook cat e,l 

 Pine Creak, and I am acquainted with a farmer whose land ts on tin. 

 creek. I rook my wire in my bugs* ^ ">"«aht I *oM SO over atnl 

 spend a part of tha day trout fishing. Whet, I reached my fanner 

 friend's house he made me welcome to fish along bis part, of the stream, 

 but be. said that on Ihe fartn above bis the fishing was much better, but 



the owner would allow li , one to fish on his territory I s h a i . |, 



•Would two or Ihree dollars procure the permission?' Beuaid, 'No; yon 

 could not fish for trout there for love or money.' At some, places, the 

 road lay near (lie creek, and I said to my wife, ■ A e w ill drive up and see 

 how things look.' We did so, and the stream looked tempting. 1 8xe3 

 on mv rod and Hies, and told my wife to sit in the buggy, and I would 

 take a few throws; soar it 1 went, and In five minutes secured a title 

 trout. When going to the water I perceived two men at work .in a field 

 some distance off, and scarcely had I commenced to throw my line, when 

 , hay came hurrying up to where 1 was. Before Ihev reached ,ne 1 a tossed 

 the creek, hut on their way towards me they Woald stop < m ■> »«P« l * 

 ona ci ai out, ■Get out of there.' Of course 1 did not bear them, — "■"-;» 

 they reached the bank opposite to me I was Wo nun n engroi ., o .. ii ,i 

 landing another trout to hear them bawhm;, Gol Otttol inw tv*C, '. 

 creek bcim'ovcr a rod wide. Ai last the younger man -a el c r.e y.i.i . . 

 'The old fellow is deaf.' (I mentally ihanke.l liim for the remark.) ^ 

 then -accidentally— cast my eye- En the direction where Jj^^V^j^J 



, ., ,„., saw ihey were gesturing turloiis > , te-wei a.-s.i e. '"J .^^ ^ 



to begone. I put my hand l "' h " 1 ' 1 '."i,,,,'!,','^ ,^{ ,.^'i"m-,. s t luariicd 1 



Fish i\ Maukkt.— Owing to ihc extreme cold, fish of all 

 kinds arc very scarce, Ihc oodlishing oil Sandy Hook being 

 practically impossible. Halibut very name at 35 cents ; 

 Smells limited, super at 20 cents; black bass ebmmg in 

 from Virginia, sell for IS cents; striped bass are caught in 

 small t.iiantitiesup the Hudson, and arc eagerly sought 

 after at 25 cents per pound. One noble specimen weigh- 

 ing 47 pounds, was caught last Friday off Pcckskill. Scol- 

 lops, hlucfish, salmon, Spanish mackerel, fresh mackerel, 

 and salmon trout, (kept since last fall in refrigerators) make 

 p the assortment to be found at "Blacliford's" stalls, 

 Fulton market. Count terrapin very scarce at $15 per 

 dozen. Soft crabs (rock crabs variety) are in season, and. 



can be l.adaf To cents per do/.en. 



. _The rimed States Menhaden Oil anil Guano ' Associa, 

 Hon met last Thursday in the I uited SUles Hotel, Luther 

 Maddock of Booth Bay Maine in Ihc .-hair. Merabei- Qf 

 the Association from Mamc, Massa.-husel !.- on, .,1,1, 

 and this vicinity were prcs.uit. 1 he ( oiniuiitce . i S . I s- 

 li cs reported thai I,i7l,t,:;s barrels ol Sail were c^ungiaiaiH 

 v«ar an increase of 285,534 over Kbewtch of 1873,50,976 

 Siof e^no wen' made, and :i lil-.Si, gallons of uil nian- 

 ufactured-1,158,037 more gallons than in L87-3. I 



nuantitv of Oil nOW Oil hafid, including thai in process ol 

 ,;•,•■,„•,■-.' New Bedford, is (US.Oilll gallons; the nutn- 

 ilu" ,t asiHinn-n ,-mploycd, 1,567? men emplOyed^aUhc 



28*! number of steamers 20: number ^if factories, ti'l; 

 amount of capital invesied, $3',500,.00a 



-The Fish Weir til Ynrmonlh, Mass., paid a dividend 

 il,enust vear of lilt V- live percent., which IS considerably 



Kr that, he previous year. The shunts, which origin- 

 any COSt $10, have been sold Ihe past season as high as 



—During Hie month of December there were shipped 

 from , Nh ..tucket, by steamer Island Home, 1,4 barrels of 

 clams for Ihe use of fishermen from different polls. 



TROUT1NG, BY A TYRO. 



Editor Forest and Strkam:- 



We were spending t!,e Hummer at llv 

 family were domiciled tit tvtpiietmn a e- 



House where I was only able to join them weeklv, tinning at, noon oi 

 Sftl ,,'rday, when the old' S ta K e creaked up to the door and Mqi^ 



letn ,...:, - n.i.l lev, „,o t the pure.,,, ; ,u. ^^ 



, ., „„„„iul,,« 'I'i.e urn unit ims incden; lo aalch .-,,, rromullllgs M i re 



I, I ;". 1 ™""; ^ n ; ( ; ,,'iL* it U, , maoalvdul ll,e"me.>rol.cs»do„ 

 uCn^iUmcntsof the ang.e, , and m-secd to investigate the c^pabitities 



talk trout, ami were daily delving to. tin. u'l ■ '- ■ ■ 1 . . hopeful 



which lo tempt sutmo fmdinfdi*. Aneme oi heis, m., . •' .-. ■ \^ 

 Ed., had be-iui to develop ade^rat^ |yoa^i '^"^-^ ^.^^ debar . 

 red''from mo'rae h-roMnclependem ac'lttm "in this rc-.pect. Upon a cer- 

 tain day he Had been Acted out with appropriate tackle and eu, rj n„ a 

 tin pail, started down the road for trout to nhiee m he ««^J?S 

 whu-h was loc-.tedrn front of the house, and used us a v. atcrmg piace 

 f-im learns There wee se, eral youngsters hi the party, and 

 h eir nrrrun-V teas e-an-f.illv watched by ausious mothers and adm ring 

 ; em,] is "the-e latter seating themselves upon a log undue, from 

 | wS^KrtW W "'^ lu - WWff' Ed, ramped ttoldly 



;r ,::fi ur;;.;r imdwme; io;; t0 , ny frlcna v .,.,■». i Mke4 



r,,' ion but nof-iv.irs would thee »i»,,l :. but failing to make tliein- 

 s dvcsT, tcUi"iWe to me, the farmer says to his man, 'Hang the old deaf 

 cuss lsthtmgo:' I IMned down to my friend's farm, c.uiglit some Hue 



S^aSol lid Z Se X^ce^S °SL*Z« In '.' 



§achting and Routing. 



ill r.wun'imcn/imis from Secreianee and I rituals should be. mailed > 

 lakr ih.an Monday in each, tl/ eek. 



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Far {'arid and Stream. 

 -UMTS ABOUT BOAT BUYING FOR 

 AMATEURS. 



TS buying a boal, like bnyin K a horse, a person needs | 

 1 keen his eyes pretty wide open or else run Ihe risk of 



beiu" unmercifully cheated, for like horses, bonis have 

 heifgood and bad points, which are not always, not.ecd by 



Experienced eye, so it is unwise to be in a hurry when 



P "n SaTpolicy to buy a boal on the beach without ever 

 soelM her in the water. She may look court y and grace- 

 ful out of water and yet have a, great many faults, which 

 m only be discovered by sailing labor, and seeing bow 

 s le works If a man who has a boat for sale is not willing 

 io let a patty try her, the chances are that there is some 

 thing; wrong! and the buyer has at any rate to take "a M 



1,1 some 3 amateurs, when looking for a boat, are anxious lo 

 get a very fast one, caring little about sea going qual. Ues. 

 U s best'in this case to go and have a boat, built, as there 

 nre'fewof the champions in the water, and they can only 

 be bought at a high price. Many get an idea that whe 

 boat is put up for sale the owner rnusi let her go at a-fittl 

 argi n These people are generally appointed i they 

 cannot b..v at an exlremely low figure. Now, thongt 

 theie are some good bargains in boats, .hey are by ne 

 ^ as manv as' some folks think. The barguin ,!,.,., e 

 is liable to -ct" caught, as in his anxiety to save a lew ,lol 

 lars he often neglects to examine bis purchase closely, g 

 course our wish is to drive as good a Imdc as possible bu 

 you must not expect to ,g,t, a boat lor half what, it . 



worth, ' 



