March iS, 1883.1 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



127 



A NEW SHELL. 



IN .1 recenl issue mentit 

 -lull fur use in shotg 



allowed, we quote frott) I 

 "My invention relates t 

 sliotguus; and Its object i 

 having nil the advantages 

 wiih the defect 

 use w ith In-i-i'i I 

 arc of Hie stands 



made of a newly invented 

 As the patent has since been 

 ■itiealions. 



idi»e shells for breech-loading 



wince n rechargeable shell 



iili paper and metal Bhfellfl 



rhlier. and at tin -nine lime adapted for 



ua shotguns whose barrels and chambers 



alibel 



"My invention CQnwBtB of a cartridge shell for a bree.cU- 

 loadfalg Shotgun, boring an interior cylindrical portion of 

 racial sufficiently thin to I" readllj crimped or compressed, 

 .•mil oi mi internal caliber corresponding; properly to Qiebdri 

 of the gun, with which it. is intended to i»- used, and an ex- 

 terior covering of paper or similar material, tfte exterior cab' 

 lier of which shall bo such thai ii will properly lii the chain 

 ber of the gnn, 



-Sheds made cniirely of paper possesB thc-Ttdvantagesi of 

 lightness, adaptability for crimping, so thai they will securely 

 retain the wad. and Can be mrnlc, without -neritii c or light- 

 ness), sufficiently strong 1 of sueb thicisttess thai they will 



not only fit snugly into the shell chamber of the gun with 

 Which they are to bo used, l.ui thai their bore will coincide 



peifci llv wiih l lie bOTE ol the umi barrel They arc. how- 



ever, neither water-proof nor durable, and they have been 

 found in practice mil to sjflOOl as well as melnl shells. On 

 the other hand. ;i mcial shell, it < . f the proper sige lo lit the 

 shell chamber of the ordinary shotgun, cannot be made to 

 coincide as to its interior bore with l he bore of the gun unless 

 it is made 30 thick as to be fatally cumbersome and heavy, 

 and to be also incapable nf being crimped Or benl to retain 

 the wad. At llie.-ainc time, if il he made thin 90 as W be 

 light and compressible Or capable of being crimped, ii- inter 

 [or bore will not coincide with the gun bore in gnus havimr 

 shell chambers of the ordinary diameter suited lo pa) 



lightly larger than 'lb 

 ir the shooting qu&lilie 

 internal ealib- r to coi 

 used said shell will b 

 these objections ti 



shells, and itE wad will thcref 

 l.iore of Hie gun barrel, so as to impa 

 of the gun, While if a shell of proper 

 respond with the bore of the gun be 

 too small for the < hambcr. To over 



the use of thin metal shells, il has been proposed lo either 

 bush i be chamber of the gnu or to reboro the band; but such 

 ppieiiee i- expensive sswcU us ob jeet ionablc on oilier ac- 

 counts. 



"My invention overcomes these difficulties, secures the 

 qualities of lightness, ductility, imperviousness to iiioisiurc, 

 improved shooting, owing to Ibe u-e of metal, and adapla 

 bilitl io guns bavin g shell chambers and bores whose diam- 

 eters Inn c the ordinary relation suited for the use of paper 



shells " 



'I'lle metal portion of theshell "is made, if desired, of 



shj lei m -i-il. and sufficiently thin to be readily compressed 

 or crimped at Or near its end, so as I ■ • retain the wad and 

 Charge. Us interior diameier is the same or substantially 

 the same as the caliber ol the barrel of the iruu with whicii 

 ii ig intended to he used. Its exterior caliber is less l ban 

 that oi the chamber of the gun with which it is intended lo 

 lie used, Whereas in the oasfe Of the ordinary thin metal 

 shell as lined Ibe exterior caliber should properly correspond 

 wiih the caliber ol the chamber." 



A layer of paper is applied to the exterior ol the metal in 

 ,m\ suitable manner, ami of sufficient thickness to cause the 

 completed shell to properly tit the shell chamber. What is 

 claimed as (he invention is "a cartridge shell for breech 

 loading shotguns, composed of an interior cylintli i of metal 

 Sufficiently thin to he readily crimped or compressed, the 

 interior caliber of which shall properly eorrespoud lo the 

 i ..r, of the barrel of the gun wiih which it. is intended to he 

 Used, and having an exterior paper or similar covering the 

 o.teiioi caliber of which shall be -neb that it will properly 

 fit the chamber of the gun." 



The patentee i* Dr. Henry C. Pitl'ard, of this city. 



THE LARGE GAME OF MAINE. 



^"^IJE slaughter aiiium; the deer last Season awake; 

 . wide-spread feeling of indignation among almoi 

 classes in ibis State, and resulted in 



ictingthi 



• killed l>\ 



■-I" 



of l 



•ould be 

 ivith the 



numbers 

 any one per.* 

 ,cU. In tile 

 thai I hey cai 

 cr, on accoiiii 

 3 act. If this 

 ciifoiv.-a law like lln-above.' Theslill-hi 

 in :i camp i-onlainiiig a do/eii men. in 

 many instances "bis brolhf 



gaine law. 

 idled to till on 

 the clause ,-c-ti 

 allowable to In 

 two and thre 

 commissioners compl 

 in regard to hounding 

 batching the parties in tu 



sed, would have the 

 game. 1 allude to 

 isc, caribou and deer 

 in a season to one. 

 report for 18H2, our 

 it enforce the law 

 of Ihc difficulty ol 

 ■ true, how can they 

 er common ly. boa rd> 



perhap: his aunt (as 

 each man in the 

 son -a ill be elosi 

 orable commissi 

 noi be enforced 



ok), Ik- 

 and 



afraid thai the elai 



the law aeains' 

 Id water, from lb 

 as utlrrlv wi])ed 

 is Hiver"in a sin 

 •lit which they dcai 

 •all the still-hnntc 

 pon Washington i 



It is -4 



going into our 

 ( needed Eorthe i 



•of last sea.,,, i I 

 • form. 



Mac 

 on 11. e waters of the Mad 

 I hey did nol reap the bent 

 piaiseworiby ai ' ' 

 precipitated the 



over their old htm tine grounds to the hounds, 

 checked till January 1 

 hi-i-n opposed to pail 

 and killinu what deer' 

 bnl the atrocious .sluughh 

 against the 



There was a good deal of dis 

 Si'iiKAM. not longsince, in regard tc 

 t.ion of deer by -till-hunters as agai 

 nol give any figures; now I can. 

 iug) la-i season was/ina IViinell's, 

 of Columbia, was one or two behind, an 

 that, killed in February on the crust a 

 Horace Francis, the Oldlown Indian 

 know of any others get ling a- mam as 

 at two scores with hound-. Thi- I 

 Rocky Pond, up to Christmas day, h 

 and liis gang, at \\ illiam's or Grea 

 d.:i- . 130, There were four separate 



i uti- 



that. I have never 



Woodi in October 



le with hounds. 



has embittered me 



I ill FoUI.SI \MI 



imparative destine- 



and-. Then l could 



-I -core (still-hunt- 



is— 31; Collins. 



id 



..i satisfied i 



lide. 



Lake, and the usual 



Brandy Fond, etc. 1 ha 



many were killed ai Ihcs. 

 success. These figures \ 

 hounding ol di er doi S not cans. 

 for any length of lime, for then 

 nig at both Rocky and Great pi 



rht 

 1 do 



NOW let US I 



'o Jordan boys, 

 I killed 103; Mo 

 Pond, at the s: 



gang.- :il Nickclou 



s at Alligator, Eagle, Ox Head, 

 e no means of knowing just how 



places, bin all had unparalleled 



ove beyond cavil that (lie simple 

 akc the locality 



has be 



ads I,, 



r less hound- 

 renty ye 



But while hounding does nul lake Ihem out of the country. 



killing them most uerraioly does, and that wns precisely 



done lasi year. There were betw*ell 1,500 and 



2 doet killed in the Sialc last season, and four-fifths or 



thi -■ ii is - ile to say were killed hy hounds in flagrant vio- 

 laliun of a plain law . 



Il would he mi edifying spei lacle lo see one of these hunt 

 crs, after killing hi- line:-. for in the water, suddenly pause, 

 when about lo iiumolale his fourth viciiiu. and -luuly pad- 

 dle away, runiinatiing on the glorious efficiency of Ihe game 

 law; or .he caribou hunter, oficr traveling u hundred mil-.-. 

 more or less, and Creeping for hours to get within shooting 

 distance of a. herd, lower hi- Winchester at the second dis- 

 charge and sadly bide In hind a tree till liny hid relrealed to 



a distance -which would render ii -ale to reiiicvc the two 

 which bad fallen. 



Seriously, I am utterly opposed to game laws which haw 

 only a moral force on the rcspectalHC portion of the com- 

 munity, who an- thus compelled to stand aside and sec the 

 game destroyed l>T lawless practices. 



A- fat' as tfnriliou arc concerned, no protective law-, an- 

 irjBcessary; tliev cannot be made to take water with dogs; 



they cannot lie killed in deep SHOWS, on sni.wshoes: lh< v 

 cannol even be ^lill hiinled from a fixed camp will, the least 

 demce of certainly, for II is nothing unusual Pprtbemto 

 lake a nin ol twenty mile- when disturbed by Ihe r, pun ol 

 a gun, or even the scent of the hunter; and above all, their 

 iiiiL'ratory hahils arc such thai I hey are liable to leave I he 

 Stale al anv linn Prior to the war l,s|."i ibev swarmed in 

 the Penobscot Vallej almosl down lolide water. In Feb 

 ruary of that year lliev all migrated, going lo the l.epi.au 

 barrens in New Ibuusw ick, and never returned. In IStill 



there were none .-ouili of Grand Lake. be east branch: 



bul ihev were quite plentiful al Chamberlain Lake, in Ihe 

 extreme northern part of the State, and as ihey increased 



Ihev have gradually worked down to wiihiu twenty miles 

 of their former habilal. bul have not worked south anv 

 apparently for the |a-i i,n years, If a law were passed 

 allow in.ir uiireslricled huiiling of Ihem till February 1 if 

 would be the best preservation of our deer that could be 

 devised, as ii would serve to give vent to the restlessness 

 of a certain Class of gunners wdio inusl needs luinl some- 

 thing. The limit mentioned would not be necessary on 

 account Of the caribou, but of the moose which might he killed 

 alter that time, under cover of caribou Hunting, I under- 

 stand that a law has been passed providing thai if any- 

 one keeps dogs thai are "supposed." to be used for deer 

 hunting they may he lawfully killed, finder this law the 

 most valuable dbg mighl be killed, and tin slayer could 

 coolly look the owner in the lace and -a\ : 'Why. I sup- 

 posed he was .: deer ,lue. '" A law ha- al-u hecn passed 



taxing dogs $1.30 each. Whether the tax is to be coll wiled 

 before or after the doe jj killed. I have nol learned, and 

 as I have nol owned one for len years il doesn't affect 

 me anyway. The amendments to the trout law are ex- 

 (•client' in every respect. Now let them be enforced. 



Pknoiiscot. 



LARGE GAME AND SMALL SHOT. 



\X7"E have read a good deal of late in the Foukst and 



>> Sun \M on Ibis subject. Deer and oilier larire animals 



have been hurried oil to tllC happy hunting .'Mounds bv a 



well directed charge of line shot. In the issue of March I. 



"J. G. R ." lelalc-h.iw a 1 - ar lli.il had the Inunjis of curiosity 



largely developed, wishing to ascertain whether he carried a 

 cylinder or a chokebora shooting-iron, approached Suffi 

 cientlv close lo settle the question, and after looking into the 

 muzzle of bi> gun. was just turning to go awav.' when he 

 received a dose ul No. li shol in Ihe car. and' expired in 

 thirty minutes afiei w:u-d from powder on the brain, while 

 the slayer of the Eeroc-ious bea«l Jtands Over the prostrate 

 form with watch in hand, lo place on record just how long 

 il requires an animal treated in Ibis manner to shuttle of the 

 mortal coil. Twculv-nine minutes and fifty seconds Of pain 



might have I i Spared poor biuin. had --.J. tl. R." treated 



both ears alike. Rut then this scientific information would 

 have b.cn losi iu ihe world, and like anv other "specimen 

 of natural history." p was necessary that the brule should 

 suffer for the sake o| Bcience(?). We don't know yet how 

 long a mustang: would survive after being doeiored in this 

 manner, hut we arc daily expecting ihe important infonna 

 tion. 



The point would have bee n scllled already, w-civ it not 

 that in some natures hOggiSUncss is even more predoininanl 

 thau inhumanity, altjwngll ihev usually go hand in hand. 

 While 1 have nothing- to contribute on ibis subject, it recalls 

 I., mind an incident thai occurred one day last fall, when 



my friend M. and 1 were hunting woodcock in the covers 



lying williin a lew mile- of the cilv. 



' lii ihe early pari of ihe forenoon a binl was winged, and 

 iu ordei to end il- Bufferings With all possible ha-l.. and at 

 the same time keeping ihe plqmaee in shape. I adopted the 

 modus opi r.nni, practiced by taxidermist-. 1 hive seen large 



birds, -u. h a* seagulls, thai had been wounded, instanth 



killed hv running u -harp pointed whe into the base of the 

 skull. pi-uei,aiiu- the in-aiii Btil to my great surprise in 

 thiB instance it did not hava the dedn-d effect, M. then 

 crushed the head wiUi his teeth, and dropping the bird into 

 his pocket, the mailer passed onl of our minds. 



We hunted all the restof Ihe day; and now euine.-ihe 

 strangest part of my story. When we were about starting 

 for home quite late in the afternoon, on looking over our 

 birds, we found Ibis one still living, and the blank astonish 

 menl depicted, as we looked into each Other's faces, can be 

 more readily imagiiu d Iban expressed. The littlething was 

 not in itrtirtiln mortis either, bul full of animal ion. 



Such occurrences may hi- common, but I have hunted 

 ever -ince 1 was old enough to handle a gnu. and a similar 

 ease never came under my observation before. Can such a 

 thing be accounted for (I have the papers) and if so, will 

 some one rise lo explain? 



Our friends who are nul of ibe 'cral I ." sonielime wonder 

 w hat pleasure we can find in tramping the woods all day tea 



empty pocket-. Rut, ah! how little these poor unfortunates, 

 who have never aspired la Ihe dignity of a sportsman, know 

 about it. Such is life It is not all of huuting to hunt, hy 

 any means. With what delight we take iluwn the old gun 

 in the early morning mid steal off for a day now- and again 

 when the autumnal tints bedeck the woods with beauty. 

 As we wend our way acrnss the stubble fields, Ihe chirp of 

 Ihe cricket is music'in our ears. A wonderful stillness per- 

 vades the air. and nature appears quietly reposing after 

 performing her labuis of riptuung the golden grain and re- 

 joicing the farmer's lican with a bountiful harvest. We 

 tramp through the silent woods on such days as these, from 



early inoiniiu; till dark, drinking iu the pari and exhilarat- 

 ing country air. and when we lie down al night tired, but 

 not weary, it is to sweet and refreshing slumbers, due day 

 of such i iijoymciit. now and again, is worth more than all 

 the pleasures dame fashion has to offer, the opinion of her 

 devotees to the contrary notwithstanding, 



And what cii.jOMiicnf we have derived these long, cold 

 winter OvcningS, enSC.OllWld ill our easy chair before Ihe 



bright, open lire, perusing the interesting and instructive 

 page!) of the Forest \m> sikhim. The checrj 

 winds wbi-tle around the house and lash the boughs of the 

 large evergreens aei os- the si reel ; the wheels of Ihe passing 

 vehicles creek over the fro/en .siiow, and we congrptulatc 

 ourselves that we do not have to go out to find enjoyment. 

 These "Winter Talks on Summer Pastimes" have been 

 csp-cially inleie-iiiig. We paUse for n moment as the 

 thought comes lo us thai Ihc writer of these arlicles, from 

 which WB. have derived -o much pleasure, has passed awaj . 



we feci as if we bad lost a friend, although we. of the 

 humble class of sportsmen, have never been privileged with 

 his acquaintance. Yd it is a gratification to us to know 



thai g.nllemcn olsuch aliilily and culture as he and his as- 

 social cs. found lime to devote to these glorious pastimes. 

 The laic (ieo. Dawson has left a name thai will be reniem- 



his companions who shall gather in the years to conic, around 

 ihe camp lire where he was wont to meet them in the days 

 that are passed, Piim.ouku Mimui." 



WwiHKsTF.ii. .Mas-.. Mar.li ;, 



ANOTHER SCREED. 



/:,/,/,„ /■:, n ..i „,.,/ .sv,,„„, ; 



"Nessmuk" is "well right' enough, lint he does col go 

 far enough Permit -i •■ ' • • d^yclope his philosophy a 

 little. 



There never was 

 teaches I hat you can bir 

 horse ur you have any b 

 some rich men like Van 

 for one— -A fool and his 



There never was a g ur j 

 "Nessmuk" had better ■ " 



and bin a Zulu gun for $,j. . . tin i.d I .. ., 



for bait thai amount. Either will kill game enough to 

 satisfy him, and last during the balance of his lib M hi 

 does 'not follow this advice we shall all think SOmetbinit 

 about "a fool and bis money." 



There never was a diamond Worth $1011 Ofwhal use 

 arc ihev, any way. except to QntglaSS, and lo adorn the vain 

 and frivolous? Of course I here are people who pay thou 

 sands of dollars for Ihem, bnl I will bel. my choicest 

 euyoudle I can get imitations of their lincsl. siones for.*;.) 

 apiece, and noi one man in ten can tell the difference, 



But when you come to talk about pictures, language is 

 inadequate. "Why. often a picture will be sold for hum! reds. 

 perhaps thousands, of dollars, and all il represents is a little 

 bil of land. not. half an acre, up on a mountain, where land 

 is dear at a dollar an acre; or, some old hulk good for noth- 

 ing but firewood, and not worth much 1'Oirtbat. "Nessmuk'' 

 may well ask, therefore. "Is a counterfeit presentment, 

 then, worth more than the original 1 ?" But, query, if an oil 

 painting of a $500 house is woiib $50, as perhaps il may he. 

 what is a painting representing a $100,000 house and lot 

 worth? Or is there any such house? 



Land is another thing that people are great fools about. 

 1 own a lol on which you could raise as much garden stuff 

 or build as fine a house as on a lol of the same size on Fifth 

 not my lol just, as valuable? The fact, is 

 eily lot really worth more than— say !?a() 

 I people that pay more are fools, 

 r another thing. A tyrannical government 

 manufacture of coin. But for this, we 

 that would look just like gold, and nol 

 could lell the difference. Wherein is it- 

 value.-.' I answer, il is produced solely by Ihe arbitrary ad 

 of the government: and thai. too. in a so-called tree country, 

 to our great disgrace. 



Of course thescare. hut a few of the applications of the 

 Ncssmukian philosophy. When 1 am appointed professoi 



av 



nue \\ 



'hy is 



tin 



re never 



was a 



a. f 



•onl fool 



'I'll 



1 



.ouk al l 



old fo 



mo 



aupolize 

 Id maki 



s Ihe 



onj 



man in 



ten c 



of politics,] and social - 

 will work il all out and give the world the f 

 nol accept such a position during Ihe lifeti: 

 unless it has been ii i-st offered to and decli 



Nkh Y..I-.U. March '.i. l-s:l. 



:-sity. I 

 I shall 

 muk." 



NOTES FROM FLORIDA. 



HATING made our sixth annual flight to "(ho land of 

 perpetual summer. '' we are in camp al Roekledge with 

 a party of twelve gentlemen, consisting of live members of 

 the Fagati Piscatorial Club, of Nurtblield. Mas-., ft potty of 

 tie, hum Worcester, Mass.. ainluneur twofrom Chicago, III. 

 Wi are camped on the high, dry, rocky shore'; of Indian 

 River and enjoying the luxuries Of venison, ducks, tisi,. 

 oranges, bananas, limes, lemons, etc.. silting in our rustic 

 eliaii. made of natural I rook -uava wood and canvas back, 

 reading lb" last aumbcr of the Foire.s-r ami Sti:f..\.m, while 

 a large circle are listening tu the first chapter of Dr. Sen 



sball's irip lo Florida last year, containing an account of 

 the plcasanl Sabbath on which We enjoy, i| hi. , umpany in 



ihis very camp. 



The members of our part) from Chicago and Worcester 

 met ai Sanfeid and went- mlo camp, purchased suitable 

 sailboats, ami with a Canvas canoe lo pick up game we 

 penetrated the intricate windings of Puz/ie Lake and the 

 upper St. Johns as far as Lake Ponselt. which is three miles 

 from this place. 



Wc were sunn joined by lie. party troiu .Nurlhfield, and. 

 after laying in provisions, we sent out pariio in three din C- 

 lions wiih sonic remaining to keep camp. 



On. party cniiniicd still further up the SI, .lobns on a 

 hunt, and 'returned yeslcrday alter killing six deer, o-.a- 

 turkey, a sandhill crane, 'galors, and had -ill Ihe iioiil fish 

 ing they wanted 



Another party hired a boa! and went down Indian River 

 to Pelican Island and found thousands of birds, with eggs 

 and young birds; they visited the oc-an beach forshcHe, 

 beans, etc.; Iiad' some' fine fishing al St. Sebastian, takiUts 

 several channel bass weighing from eight lo tiflewi pounds. 



Cur waters have b-eii visliti d ibis winler by two Steam 



craft— a small propeller from Glasgow, Scotland, and a 



small .-in,- ,\ heel -leauiei. the Ibis, of .Jacksonville, with a 

 party of pleasure-seekers, among which was N. R Wood, 

 iaxiderniisl of Ward's Museum, of Rochester. \ Y. lb- 

 has just gone North with a large collection of bird skius. 



