FOREST AND STREAM. 
205 
Fur Trade of Manitoba— Winnipeg is 
tlie principal centre of the fur trade of the 
north-west. In the past alargeportion ot the 
Rhiptncnt of fine furs was made by way of 
Norway House, and the majority of the 
robes found a market by way of Benton, 
on the Missouri River, in the United States 
—especially since the buffalo herds have 
been driven by settlement south of the Sas¬ 
katchewan. The tendency of present in¬ 
fluences, however, is to draw the bulk of 
the catch in British territory in this direc¬ 
tion. The Hudson Bay Company, instead 
of forwarding their shipments by way of 
Norway House to England, will in fu¬ 
ture ship mostly by way of steamer down 
Lake Winnipeg, to be transhipped at this 
point via Lake Superior to Montreal, where 
the annual sales are now held; nor will the 
trade in line fur be wholly confined to them, 
as Kew, Stobart & Co., the Northwest Tra¬ 
ding Co., and a few others are displaying 
in their operations that energy and enter¬ 
prise which commands success, having es¬ 
tablished posts in all directions farther 
than any independent traders ever before 
ventured. The trade in buffalo robes, now 
known as the Bow River trade, is, under 
various opportune circumstances, placed 
within our reach at the present time, nota¬ 
bly by the operations of the Dominion tar¬ 
iff, and the fact that our traders have fol¬ 
lowed the buffalo into their last strong¬ 
hold on Bow River, they and the mount¬ 
ed police carrying with them to the Benton 
traders the first news of the existence and 
enterprise of the merchants of the capital 
of Red River. Few have any idea of the 
yastness of this interest and the amount of 
money expended here for furs; but some 
idea may be had from the fact that the en¬ 
tries of fur exports at this port uloue 
amounted for the year ending dune, 1875, 
to $588,958. — Winnipeg ( Manitoba ) Free 
Press. 
MANUAL 
Rifle Practice, 
Including suggestions tor 
practice at long range, 
w'ltli special diiCcLions 
for lhe formation and 
management of Itille 
Aasocialions, and for 
Team Shooting. 
Thu work is the 
standard authority on 
Rr/le Practice , and has 
been adopted by the 
States of New York, 
Massachusetts, and 
Connecticut, and by 
the National Rifle As¬ 
sociation, and is in 
use in the IT. 8. Navy 
as the authorized text 
book on the subject. 
General Inspector of Bide 
Practice, N. G. S. JST. 
V.j Captain American 
Bine Team. Crecdmoor, 
1874; first President of 
the Amateur Bide CIn b, 
aud first Secretary N. 
It. A. 
JUST PUBLISHED, 
Seventh edition, entirely rewritten, and printed from 
new 8tereotvpe plates. 
Over 4,000 Copies Sold. 
ILLUSTRATED WITH 85 WOODCUTS. 
Price $1.50. Sent by mail, postage paid, on receipt 
Of the price. 
W. C. &F. P. CHURCH, Publishers, 
Army arm X,\yy Jouunau, 
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Health Lift Wanted. 
Mann's Improved; secondhand; cheap. Address 
FLANK L. STEPHENS, 
may4 2t Riverton, Conu. 
TpOR SALE—A DEXTER SWGLE 
JL' barreled breech loader, wttli 11 braes shells for 
tbe same, She is 36 inches, 14 bore, an excellent 
shooter, nearly new. and perfect. Cost $30; price 
$20. Apply to M . P. McKoON, 
It_Franklin, Delaware Co„ N, V - 
F or sale—one share in the 
Oquossoc Angling Association, Rangely Lake, 
Maine. Largest Brook Trout cast of Rocky Mottn- 
tains. Apply at Forest and Stream olllce. nplia 4t 
Extra cloth gilt front and back, beveled boards, 413 
pp., large 8vo., with numerous excellent maps, 
plates, and diagrams. 
Curley’s Nebraska, 
• By lhe ' 
Bpecial Commissioner of the London Field. 
“A most excellent work.”—.y. Y. Independent, 
"Executed with evident painstaking sagacity and 
ability ."—Philadelphia tress. 
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the book .”—London Spectator. 
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mot contain. "—Land and Water, 
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Miscellaneous 
Stereoscopic Studies 
Natural History 
FOR OBJECT TBACHING IN SCHOOLS 
PARLOR ENTERTA1NNENT, 
Animals and Birds of North America. 
To these will be added a second series or foreign 
specimens, and various animals and birds in grotesque 
attitudes* never, however, violating their natural in¬ 
stincts. 
We offer these views, not as pictures only, but as 
studies from nature. One of too ereac moving ele¬ 
ments in our modern system of education ta object 
teaching. The unerring fidelity of ihe stereoscope 
fmnal'era the animala and birds from their natural 
habitat to the rooms of the student and the fireside 
of our homes, where they cannot fail to have a last¬ 
ing impression of the form, color, habits, and local¬ 
ity of each specimen. 
An experience of more than twenty-five years as 
Taxidermist of the New York State Cabinet of Nat¬ 
ural History, and in gathering bis large collection of 
native aud foreign specimens, enables Mr. Hurst to 
combine in every view the locality of the specimen, 
with its appropriate rocks, woods, or water, and col¬ 
oring from the originals. 
CORNKLL UNIVKKSITY, ) 
Ithaca, March 14th. 187D. f 
I mnBt congratulate you upon your great success in 
this new educational enterprise. If wc cau arrange 
our umueernenis so as to make them Impart instruc¬ 
tion to the mind, it will be a step in advance in edu¬ 
cation. EZRA CORNELL. 
Frteea: By the Dozen.00 
By the Set of 5 Dozen, in Elegant Cnee, iti DO 
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It records all true progress in agriculture, and the 
latest results of scientific research. Chemistry, bot- 
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AMONG ITS CONTRIBUTORS ARE: 
President W. S. Clark, of the Massachusetts Agri¬ 
cultural College, who has few equals as a writer on 
scientific matters. 
Prof. C. A. Goessmami, who is acknowledged to be 
tbe first agricultural chemist of America. 
E. Lewis Sturtevant, author of the “Ayrshire Cow,” 
the “National Ayrshire Herd Book,” &c. 
A. S Packard, Jr., editor of the “American Natu¬ 
ralist,” and Stale Kntomologist of Musaachusetts. 
Prof. N. Cresey, who is one of the foremost, of our 
veterinarians, and is State Veterinary Surgeon of Con¬ 
necticut. 
Prof. Levi Stockbridge, whose experiments in crop- 
rslslng, by special fertilizers, havo created astonishing 
public interest. 
ij os. N. Sturtevant, Esq., South Framingham. 
Kichard Goodman, Esq., Lenox. 
Prof. J. Wilkinson, Baltimore. 
Prof. H. W. Parker, Massachusetts Agricultural 
College. 
Prof. S. T. Maynard, Massachusetts Agricultural 
College. 
t T. N. Bagg, Member of State Board of Agriculture. 
U, P. Pennallow, S. B., Amherst. 
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HAVANA LOTTERY. 
IMPORTANT NOTICE. 
For the coming drawings, commencing January 5th, 
we have reduced the prices of tickets as follows: 
Whole, h $10; i, $5; 1-5, $4; 
1 - 10 , $ 2 ; 1-20 $ 1 . 
Drawings take place every seventeen Days. 
We are prepared to fill all orders. Circulars sent 
nnon application. Highest price paid for Spanish Bank 
hills, Governments, Jbc. TAYLOR dr CO..Bankers 
P O. Bov 4.4441. 11 Wall fc., Vn.k. 
Established in 1843. 
R. H. ALLEN & CO. 
For 
Agricultural Implements,Machines 
Seeds and Fertilizers, 
! above at 1S9 and 191 Water 
P. O. Box 370, 
NEW-YORK CITY. 
CELEBRATED 
American Dogs. 
Fine Engravings on card board8» ready for framing, 
of the following celebrated dogs:— 
Pure Laverack Setter Pride of the Border. 
Pure Laverack Setter Fairy. 
Imported Red Irish Setters Dash and Bess, 
Rea Irish Setter Dick. 
Celebrated Dogs Peg, Don, and George, after paint? 
■ 1 . - i’iuuii 
Black Pointer Whisky. 
Liver and White Pointer Ranger. 
Black Pointer Pete. 
Price 25 cents each, postage paid. Address 
FOREST AND STREAM PUB. CO., 
17 Chatham Stkket, N. Y. 
§//e gennel 
P OINTERS—A MALE AND FEMALE; 
Price $50 for the pair; 18 months old, well bred, 
very handsome, partly trained; color liver and white. 
A photograph can be seen, and addreso of owner ob¬ 
tained, at office of Forest and Stream. may! 4L 
yjl OARD FOR DOGS AND HORSES. 
Firal-claaa accommodation; plenty of spring water; 
terras low. Add rent HENRY B. HURST, Rock 
Farm, Glen Cove, L. I., or 71 Green Ave., Brooklyn. 
Rbfbrences: 
Robert Francis, 47 Broad street. 
Thos. E. Smith. 428 Canal. 
William A. Badly, 96 Wall. 
T. Britton, 22 Burling. 
Forest and Stream, 17 Chatham.ap!27.3m 
UPIIOROUGHBRED SCOTCH DEER, or 
-L Stag Hounds, from Gen . Custer’s and the late 
Hon. K. C. Barker’s stock. I havo four dog whelps 
of November 12th, and a three year old bitch dne to 
whelp in June. Will deliver the whelps to the ex¬ 
press cilice, boxed, for $30 each, and the bitch at $50. 
OAKLEIGH THORNE. 
ap!27 4t_ Millbrook, Dnlchess Co , N. V. 
SPRATT’S 
Patent Meat Fibrine Dog Cakes. 
They contain meat and that anti-scorbutic fruit, the 
date (the only substitute for fresh vegetable*), ami 
the exclusive use of which in tbe manufacture of dog 
food is seenred to us by patent; they will keep dogs in 
perfect condition without other food, aud obviate 
worms. Every cake is stamped “Sprat t’a Patent. 11 
8 to observe this. For sule by F. O. de LIFZE, 
t-h UttlUum AT V in r,rw,.,g Qf J CW [. 
DOGS, an<l_SH00TLNG. 
THE AMERICAN KIC.VYKL 
Y.YD SPORTING FIELD. 
By Aexoi.d Burges, iato editor American Sportsman. 
Giving full practical instructions for Breeding, 
Breaking, and Iieunel Management; and Stud List of 
Pedigrees of 800 Imported audNative Dogs in the U. S 
Square 8vo. Illustrated. Clo,, $4. 
FIELD, COYER, A AD TRAP SHOOTING. Bv 
Cart. A. U. Booardus, “Champion Wing-Shot” of 
America. Illustrated. Prico $2. 
***To be had through any Boqokseller, or will he 
mailed, post-paid, on receipt of price, by J. B. FORD, 
& CO..N, Y. _ nielli6 13t 
TpOJi BALE—GORDON SETTER PUPS, 
-L' three months old, Rom pure blood. Full pedi¬ 
gree given. Color, bluck ana lau. Both Jin and 
Tom are very eood on quail and Gronse. 
apl-20 11, B, VONDKRSMITII, Lancas ter, I’a. 
E nglish stud setter from 
Thos. Staiter’a Kennel. Imported Field Trial 
Setter Dog BELTON will be allowed to serve bitches 
at $40 each. For pedigree and performance, address 
HENRY C. KNOX, 
rnr.hu 3in _ Boon, Penn. 
QTUD ENGLISH SETTERS, FROM 
kJ Liewel'in’s Kennel. Imported Field Trial Set¬ 
ters LEICESTER and PARIS. These celebrated 
prize winners will he allowed to serve bitches, eilher 
native or blue blood, at $50 each, gold. Fur pedigree, 
e|C., address L. H. SMITH, 
Strathroy, Ontario, Cautida. 
N. B.—Bitches not proving in whelp will he served 
aguiu free of charge. reb24 8m 
Dogs trained. 
S etters and pointers taught 
to Retrieve. Point, Hqut, Charge, To-Ileel, Hie- 
on, To-lio, and controlled by hand nod whistle, for$5t>. 
Extra field practice, $50. Tricks i might. Doge hoarded 
for $6 per luouih. FRANKLIN SUMNER, 
Brush ilill Road, Milton, Mass. 
P. O. Address, Blue Hill, Mass. 
Reference: Wm. R. Schaerer, gnnmaker, 61 Elm 
street. Boston. nov!8 6m 
U 6IMO <;\l< OVER, M D., 11AS CONSTANT- 
LY on hand and for sale, medicines adapted to 
the cure of all diseases. Dealer iu sporting dogs of 
every variety. Dogs trained for reasonable compen- 
satlon. No. Ill South Fifth ave,■ N. Y. Clct. 32 
fob sale, ok xo let. 
The elegant country residence, WILLOW LAKE, 
at Loca-t Valley, near Glen Cove, Long Island. 
Suitable lor Summer Boarding-House. 
Tlie house is 24 s’oriee, frame, 40 reet front and 32 
feet deep, with w ide piazza front, rear, and on somh 
end. On first floor are parlors, Bitting-room, and 
dining-room; wide hall through tho centre. Up stairs 
are 9 bed-rooms, all large aud airy; kitchen well- 
arranged and convenient; collar large aud dry. 
On the premises, and aL a convenient distance from 
the house, are a stable and carriage house, chicken- 
liouse, shed, coal, tool, and ice houses. The grouudR 
are well laid ont and tastefully planted with orna¬ 
mental trees and shrubbery. Tne avenue leading 
from tbe road to tbe house skirts a beautiful lake, on 
the border of which the house stands. A Paper Mill 
at the north end of the lake will he sold w ith the 
above, subject to a lease. The lake and land embrace 
about 27 acres. As a place of residence it is elegant 
and healthy; for manufacturers it Is convenient; for 
the propagation of trout, for pleasure or profit, there 
is no better place in the State, Apply to 
It. FRANCIS, 
mch2 6in_47 Broad street, New York. 
Board during Centennial 
IN PHILADELPHIA. 
A FEW SELEOT TRANSIENT AND PERMA- 
nent parties can be accommodated by a private 
family, strictly first-class, with reasonable chargee. 
Rooms can be engaged for the whole or any portion of 
Exhibition term. The house is situated within 12 
minutes of the Centennial Grounds, and 20 ruinates 
from the business centre of Philadelphia. 
Buy ticket ($2.65', via Pennsylvania Railroad, for 
Germantown Junction Station, which is distant only 
200 yards from tbe bouse. Address 
L, GARVfiR, 2908 N. 16th 8t„ Philadelphia. 
Reference; Wm. C, Harris, PoreBt and Stream, 
New York Ctty, _apl20 tf 
T he blooming grove park club 
Hout'o will be opened for members and their 
families on JUNE let, 1376. Board for the eeaeon at 
the usual moderate prices. Permits, with fishing and 
shooting privileges, will be issued to parties desiring 
to visit tlie Park. Office, 37 Park Row, Room 23. 
M. VUCAS80V10H, 
apl27 4t 8npt. at Club House, 
F)oteh and gc^otfs f[or§>gort§men. 
’J'HE “FISHING LINE,” 
THE 
Brook Trout and 
Grayling Fisheries 
OF 
INoi-tlioi-n Michigan, 
VIA THE 
Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad. 
(Mackinaw, Grand Rapids & Cincinnati Short Line.) 
The waters of the Gram! Traverse Region ami 
lhe Michigan North Woods are unsurpassed, if 
equalled, m tlie great abundance and variety of fish 
contained. 
Brook Trout abound In tho streams, and the fa¬ 
mous American Grayling is found only in thoHti 
waters. 
Brook Trout (season open* May 1st. 
Grayling Reason opens June 1st. 
Black Bass, Pike, Pickerel, on<l Museolouge aro 
also fmtnd in large numbers In the many lakes and 
lakelets of this territory. The sportsman can readily 
send trophies of hi skill to his friends or “Olub" at 
home, as ice For packing link can be had at many 
points. 
Take your family with you. The Fcenery of the 
North Woods and lakes is very bcantiful. The air is 
mire, dry, and bracing, and the climate peculiarly 
beneficial to those suffering with hay fever and 
asthma, 
The Hotel Accommodations, while plain, are, tw 
a rule, far surpassing the average in countries new 
enough to afford the finest of fishing. 
On and after .Time 1st, Round Trip B.vcurslon 
Ticket sold to Poinls in Grand Traverse Region, 
and attractive train facilities offered jo tourists ami 
sportsmen; algo on and after July 1st Mackinaw 
and Lake Superior Excursion Ticket* 
Bogs, GtiuM, and Fishing TacliJc Gar rind Free 
at owner’H risk 
Camp Cara for Fishing Parties and Families at; 
low rates. 
It is our aim to make sportsmen feel “at home” on 
this route. For Tourist’s Guide, containing full In¬ 
formation as to Hotels, Boata, Guidos, &c., iindaccu¬ 
rate maps of the Fishing Grounds, Send to Forest anil 
Stream office, or address 
J. H. Page. C. P. & F. A., 
_maj44m GRAND RAPIDS, MICH , 
'HE SPORTSMEN'S ROUTE. 
T 
Chicago & Northwestern Railway. 
This great corporation now owns aud operates over 
two Lhonsntid miles of road, radiating from Chicago, 
Like the fingers in a man's hand, its lines reach in all 
directions, anl cover about all the country north, 
northwest, aud west of Chicago, With one branch it 
reaches Ilaclno, Kenosha, Milwaukee, and the coun¬ 
try north thereof; with another line it, pushes through 
Janesville, Wutcrtowa, Oshkosh, Fond du Luc, Green 
Bay, Escamiha, to Nagaunoo and Marquette; wittitm- 
otber Hue it passes throng)I Madison, Elroy, and for 
Kt. Paul and Minneapolis; branching westward from 
Klroy, it runs to and through Winona, Owatonna, til. 
Pel or, Mankato, New Ulin, and stops not until Lake 
Kameska, Dakota, is reached; another Hue Blurts from 
Chicago and runs through Elgin and,Hock ford to Free¬ 
port, and. via the Illinois L’cmral, reaches Warren, 
Galma and Dubuque, and the country beyond. Still 
another line runs almost due westward, and passes 
11)rough Dixon, Sterling, Pulton, Clinton (Iowa), Cedar 
Iinpids, Marshalltown. Grand Junction, to Connell 
Waifs and Ornaha. This last named is lhe “GREAT 
TRANS-CONTINENTAL ROUTE,” and the pioneer 
overland line for Nebraska, Colorado, Utah, Idaho, 
Montana, Nevada, California, and the Pacific Const. 
It runs t hrough the Garden of Illinois aud Iowa, and 
is the safest, shortest, and bent route to Omaha, Lin¬ 
coln, and other points in Nebraska, and for Cheyenne, 
Denver, Salt Lake City, Virginia City. Carson, Sac¬ 
ramento. son Francisco, and all other points west of 
the Missouri River. 
TO SPORTSMEN : 
TTirs LING PRESENTS PECULIAR ADVAN¬ 
TAGES—FOR PRAIRIE CHICKEN, DUCK, 
GEE 1 - E, AND liKAN'J' SHOOTING. T1IB 
IOWA LINE TO-DAY OFFERS MORE 
FAVORABLE POINTS 
than any other road ill the country, while for Deer and 
Bear Hunting, and for Brook Trout* Lake Salmon, 
l Ike, Pickerel, and Bass Fishing a Imndred point* oo 
the Northern and Northwestern linos of this company 1 
will be found uuaurpasseed by any in the West. 
MARVIN HUGH1TT, W. II. STENNETT, 
Gen. Supt., Chicago. Gen. Paas. Age., Chicago, 
aplfi 
TO SPORTSMEN: 
THE PENNSYLVANIA R. R. COMP’Y 
Respectfully invite attention to the 
Supcrioi'Facllities 
all'ordea by thetc lints for teaohtns most of theTROT- 
lNfj PARKS and RACE COURSES In the Midcflo 
States. TUeselines belnu CONTINUOUS FROM ALL 
IMPORTANT POINTS, avoid tlie difficulties and aan- 
gois of rcshipmenl, wbde ihe excellent ears run over 
the smooth steel trucks enable STOCK TO BE TRANS- 
PORTED without failure or injury. 
The lines of 
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company 
sIho reach the best localities for 
GUNNING AN1) FISHING 
in Pennsylvania and Now Jersey. EXCURSION 
TICKETS are sold at the maces of the Company in 
alt the principal cities to KANE, RENOVA, BED¬ 
FORD, CRKSSQN, RALSTON, MlNNEtf.UA, and 
other well-known centers for 
Trout Fishing, Wing Shooting, and Still Hunting. 
Also, lo 
TUOKERTON, BEECH HAVEN, CAPE MAT, 
StJUAN, and points on tbe NEW JERSEY COAST 
renowned for SALT WATER SPORT AFTER FIN 
AND FEATH ER. 
D. M. BOYD, Jr , Gen’I Pass. Agent, 
Frank Thompson, Qcn'l Muitaner. febl7 tf 
BELMONT HOTEL, 
<123 mill 625 Washington Street, Boston, Maas., 
(Opposite Globe TUontre.) 
Located in the centre of the city, and easily readied 
bystreut cars and stages. Elevators, steam, and alt 
modem improvements. Rooms (European plan), $1 
per day upward. A first-class Restaurant, and Private 
Dining-Rooms, if preferred, at moderate rales, Tho 
most convenient location, a qniet and comfortable 
home, aud first-class accommodations at prices adapt¬ 
ed to the stringency of the times, arc the special ad¬ 
vantages afforded at the "BELMONT.” 
mebSO 6m HARDY & CO., Proprietors. 
Rossin House, Toronto, Canada, 
SHIiAKS tfe SON, Proprietors. 
This houseis a favorite resort tor gentlomon sports¬ 
men from all parte of the United States and Canada, 
