Maiigh 29, 1883.| 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



171 



NEW MAINE LAWS. 



INSECTIVOROUS BIRDS. 



\ N act bo amend section fourteen of chapter Bfty of the 



A public laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, re- 

 lating to insectivorous bird?. Be it enacted by the Semite 

 and House of KepreseatatiYeS in Legislature assembled, as 

 follows: 



Section fourteen of chapter fifty of the public laws of 

 eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, is hereby amended by 

 adding thereto the -following words, viz: 



"Under a penalty of not less than one dollar nor more than 

 five dollars for each of said birds killed, or in possession ex- 

 cept alive," so that as amended said section will read as fol- 

 lows, viz: 



Sec li. No person shall kill or have in his possession, ex- 

 cept alive, any of the birds commonly kuown as larks, robins, 

 swallows, sparrows or orioles, or other insectivorous birds, 

 CrflWS and hawks excepted, under a penalty of not less than 

 one dollar nor more than live dollars for each of said birds 

 killed, or in possession except alive. 



An act to confer upon sheriffs, deputy sheriffs, police 

 officers and constables, the powers of came wardens and their 

 deputies. Ee it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre- 

 -entatives in Legislature assembled. ,1> follows: 



Sheriffs, deputy- sheriffs, police officers and constables are 

 hereby vested with ail the powers conferred by law upon 

 game' wardens and then- deputies, and shall he allowed for 

 their services the same fees as are now prescribed for sheriffs 

 and their deputies. 



MOOSE, CARIBOU ANT) 1)EEH. 



An act to amend chapter fifty of the public laws of eighteen 

 hundred and seventy-eight relating to the protection of moose, 

 caribou or deer. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of 



s.'.V-,. .',',").' Sectionthree of chapter fifty of the public laws 

 of eighteen hundred and -eventv-eight is hereby amended by 

 insp-rlite- i he word •hunt' d" before word "killed" and bysub- 

 for the word "OetOher," so 



dl or destroy with dogs am 



hi within 'Jus Mate, iinu.-r a penalty of one hundred 



dollars for even moose so hunted, killed or destroyed; and 



aoiv-r~.ii shall between lh- iirsl da\ of January and the first 



rlaj of September in eaeli war. iii a:iv manner hunt, kill or 



. any moose under the same penalty. 



Se.-.''.'. Section four of said chapter fifty is herein amended 



i,v in-eriing the word "hunted" before the word ••killed" and 



ember" for the word '•October," 



a shall read as follows: 



, kill or destroy v-ith dogs any 



ate. under a penalty of forty 



-•aribou so hunted, killed or de- 



et ween the first day of January 



■ in anv manner hunt, kill or 



ader the same penally as above 



wfully kitl any dog found hunt- 



-titutingiho word ' sept 



ihatas am. aided said see 



S . No person shall 



An act for the better preservation of black bass in Penesse- 

 wasses and Hobb's ponds in Norway. 



\n act to regulate the taking of fish in Mouson, Eliottsville, 

 and YVilliauiantie. 



An act relating to fines and penalties recovered for violation 

 of the fish and game laws. iThis act provides that all fines and 

 penalties recovered for violation of the fish and game laws 

 shall be paid one-half to the complainant and one-half to any 

 game and tish protective society or anv other sportsman's as- 



,.',„.,, I'-.anu.-d under the laws of the Slate- and located in 



count v where said lilies were recovered, provided that 

 , spend the same in the propagation and cultivation of 

 it and salmon for the fresh-water ponds and lakes of 

 Maine, to be clone under the direction of the fish eouimissiou- 

 The tish commissioners shall designate to which it shall 

 be paid in case of there being more than one society in the 



'.An act to prohibit the taking of fish from Messabesie Pond 

 and its outlet in the town of Alfred. 



An act to prevent the taking of trout from Bryant's Brook 

 and Beaver Brook in the town of Scarborough. 



An act to prohibit the taking of fish from Bungeaweaut 

 Pond m the towns of Alfred and Lyman. 



\u act to repeal Chapter 19:.' of the Public Law s of 1874, and 

 of Section 17 of Chapter 50 of the Public Lows of 18T8, re- 

 lating to taxidermists, and all laws authorizing their ap- 

 pointments. ... , ,, 3 



-Vu act making Sunday a close time tor game and birds of 

 all kinds. * Sampson. 



$en and §iver fishing. 



wwmsmeaMajw should be u.d- 

 Publishi-ng Co., and not to 



wii the Offiof) matters of im- 



by substituting the 



-o that asamenucd.-aid - 

 Sec i. No person shal 

 deer or caribou within t! 

 dollars for every sncli del 

 strayed; and no person s! 

 and the first dav of Septf 

 destroy any deer or earib 

 provided. Am person:- 



See, 4. Section five of said chapter lift v is hereby amended 

 by substituting the word "September" torthe word "October." 

 so that as amended said section shall read as follows: 



Sec. 5. If any person has in his possession the carcass or 

 hide, or any part thereof, of any sueli animal, between the 

 first day of January and the first day of September, he shall 

 be deemed to have" hunted and killed the same, contrary to 

 law, and be liable, to the penalties aforesaid: but lie shall not 

 be precluded from producing proof in defense. In case of his 

 conviction, such carcass or hide, or any part thereof, so found 

 in his possession, shall be. decreed by the court forfeited to 

 the use of 1 he person prosecuting. And the warden, or either 

 of his deputies as named in section sixteen of this chapter, 

 shall have power to search for such carcass or hide, or any 

 part thereof, subject to the provisions of sections twelve, 

 thirteen and fourteen of chapter one hundred and thirty -two, 

 but the warrant may be issued on complaint, of said warden 

 or either of his deputies. 



MOOSE, CAJUMOU AND DEER. 



An act for the protection of moose, caribou and deer. Be it 

 enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in Leg- 

 islature assembled, as follows: 



Section 1. No person shall kill, destroy, or have in posses- 

 sion from the first day of September to the first day of Janu- 

 ary in each year, mofe than one moose, two caribou or three 

 deer, under a penalty one hundred doDars for every moose 

 and forty dollars for'every caribou or deer killed, destroyed 

 or in possession in excess of the said number, aud in case of 

 conviction all such moose, caribou or deer or the carcasses er 

 parts thereof shall be. decreed by the court forfeited to the use 

 of the party prosecuting. Any person having in possession 

 more than the aforesaid number of moose, caribou or deer, or 

 the carcasses or parts thereof, aha 11 be deemed to have killed 

 or destroyed them in violation of this act. 



Sec, ~. Any person owning or having in possession dogs 

 for the purpose of hunting moose, caribou or deer, or that 

 are used for such hunting', shall be liable to a peualty of not 

 less than twenty nor more than one hundred dollars. 



Sec. 3. The penalties prescribed in this act may bo recov- 

 ered in the manner provided by section twenty-five of chapter 

 fifty of t he public laws of eighteen hundred and seventy- 

 eight. 



SALMON AND TROUT. 



. of salmon, land-locked salmon 

 the Senate and House of Kepre- 

 r-mbled. as follows: 

 1 fish for, take, catch, kill or de- 

 !. except tide waters, with any 

 penalty of fifty dollars for 



dressed to the ForeM and Sin 

 individuals, in who* absenei 

 poricmce are UoMe to delay. 



ANGLING RESORTS.— We-skati be glad to ham for publi- 

 cation tiotesof good fishing ioealities. Wilt not our oorre- 

 ,.,„,„. /.,./> inrn,- US With (tores- of desirable points for angling 

 excursions? 



BROOK TROUT. 

 I In, i.si, is iii season "ii .Mail 'si. as follows: California, Connec- 

 ticut, fow4, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New Mexico. 

 Neu York. North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Virginia, 

 Washington Tesrjtory, and Wisconsin. 



If tbou vouchsafe to tetta tins treatise, it shall .seem no otherwise 

 to t lire I lam the way of an ordinary traveler— sometimes fair, some- 

 rimes foul: here champaign, there enclosed; barren in one place. 

 better s.n le in another; by woods, groves, hills, dales, plains, I shall 

 I, ...,l ii Burton's Anatomy Of Melancholy. 



TOT'S TROUT. 



BY MBS. FllED MATHER, 



BEAUTIFUL trout with the crimson dot; 

 My grasshopper waits for you; 

 I know that you're hiding below that root, 



And to reach you I'll wet my shoe. 

 I've borrowed a line from brother Ben, 



A ho. 



i Tru 



An act for the proteetic 

 and trout. Be it enacted b; 

 sentatives in Legislature aE 



Section 1. No person sh; 

 stroy any fish iu any wate 

 net, seine, weir or trap, t 



each salm 



iid-loeked 







the offense and ten dollars fi 

 salmon, and one dollar for eac 

 caught, killed or destroyed. 



See. :;■. No person shall kill or destroy any land-locked 

 salmon less than nine inches in length, or any trout less than 

 five inches in length, under a penalty of five dollars for the 

 offense and fifty cents for each and every land-locked salmon 

 or trout so killed or destroyed. Any person having in posses- 

 sion any land-locked salmon or trout of less than the above 

 dimensions shall be deemed to have killed or destroyed them 

 in violation of the provisions of this section. 



Sec. S. No person shall take, catch, kill or have in posses- 

 sion at any one time for the purpose of transportation more 



than tiftv'pouiuis iu weight of lau.l-ioek -aliuon or trout. 



or of both together, nor shall any such be transported except 

 in the possession of the owner thereof, under a penalty of fifty 

 dollars for the offense and five dollars for each aud every 

 pound of land-locked salmon or trout, or both together, so 

 taken, caught, killed, in possession or hcing transported in 

 excess of fifty pounds in weight : and all such lish transported 

 in violation of the provisions of this section shall be liable to 

 seizure, on complaint, and shall be decreed by fie oi it fot 

 feited to the use of the party prosecuting. Any person hav- 

 ing in possession more than fifty pounds in weight of the fish 

 aforesaid, shall be deemed to have taken them in violation of 

 this section. 



Sec. 4. All penalties imposed by any of the sections of this 

 act maybe recovered in the manner provided b\ 

 i wenty-six, chapter seventy-five of the public laws of lsvs, 



OTHER LAWS. 



The following a"ls *\ ere also passed and have become laws: 

 An act to prevent the taking of trout from Tuft's Pond aud 



Grindstone Bond iu the' town of Kingueld. for the. term of three 



years. 



n my kitten and doll, 



And I've hurried a 

 To pay a visit to you. 



1 saw you yesterday under the boat 



With the polka. dots on jour side. 

 Tour olive green mantle shaded with black, 



And your Hns spread out so wide. 

 You were real mean to go way so soon 



When I just put in my hands; 

 I only wanted to smooth your back, 



■iml tell you about the land. 



We've got the loveliest violets here. 



l'ansies and jacobins, 

 Scarlet runners all trimmed with white, 



That will exactly match your fins; 

 And just the dearest, golden hugs, 



Some of them dusted with blue: 

 So, now, little troutic, just bite my hook, 



Ami then I'll show them to yon. 

 I'll show you the nest that the wren has nank- 

 in a hole in the lindeD tree. 

 With two of the euunuigest little eggs, 



And nobody knows it but me. 

 I'll show you my dolly and all of her clothes, 



My kitten aud Beimic's big dog, 

 The place where the bumble bees go in the barn, 



And the moss ou the old hollow log. 

 Come, beautiful trout with the pearly side, 



ijy grasshopper's getting all wet, 

 Bennie is calling and I must go home, 



Or dolly will worry and fret. 

 Now. come, little troutie— no, not so hard: 



You are pulling me into the stream : 

 And you've taken the grasshopper off from my book: 



I just think you are real mean. 



BOYHOOD REM1NISCENCES-II. 



THE SWAMT TKOUT— BAOGINC+ SUCKERS. 



OLD Hunter had two places, perhaps more, where he was 

 wont to go in a secret manner, from which he brought 

 home large trout. He was a shrewd character, and pro- 

 duced only a lew tit a time, just enough to till an order for 

 a trout breakfast or to dispose of without attracting too 

 much attention. 



One of these places was discovered by that famous wood- 

 cliuck shooter aud pickerel fisher, Scott,"who while skittering 

 for his favorite fish, discovered Old Hunter in a boat out in 

 the middle of the reservoir, where he. knew the water was al 

 least, ten fathoms deep. .Now, he reasoned, the old man 

 would not be there for his kind of fish, for pickerel don't lie 

 in deep water, but nearer shore where there is feed. He 

 tried to gel nearer to find out what he was after, but the 

 old fe&ow immediately rowed away. The next daj Bpotl 

 heard thai Judge Mason had bought two trout of Old 

 Hunter of nearly two pounds a piece in weight. 



Now, this reservoir was built, to supply water through 

 feeders to the Chenango Canal. There were two of these 

 reservoirs, ami Dfl high j round, letting water into the .sum- 

 mit of the canal. They wc-tc made from springs and brooks 

 that passed through them We ail knew there wefts trout in 

 the brooks, both above and below the reservoirs, fox we had 



ea tight many a one, but none over a pound. And we knew . 

 too, that there were cold, terribly cold springs hi the middle 

 of fhebigwalers.for we had swam across tltcni aucl been chilled 

 to our very bones. In fact one of the most promising young 

 men— a student al the university— lost Ids life, having been 

 seized with cramps while in bathing there. He was an CS 

 eel lent swimmer, but the extreme cold on a warm summer's 

 day doubled him up, and ln-fore assistance could reach him 

 he' sank. Yes. we knew about the cold springs, but none 

 of us dreamed of their being full of tremendous bio- trout. 



Scott was on hand the next day. ami he was a very for 

 lunate fisherman on big trout for some time. How we boys 

 got hold of it T have forgotten, but Old Hunter was dis- 

 ;usted. 



Thesecond secret of his I discovered. I was picking straw- 

 berries ou a side hill that sloped dowti toward a dense 

 swamp, some two miles out from the village. T saw Old 

 Hunter with his tin pail on his arm; his red tippet betraying 

 him a quarter of a mile away, for be always wore it in sum- 

 mer as in winter. Old Hunter I now discovered stealing 

 into the swamp. What is he after there, I wonder. "Tarns," 

 1 suppose. For the old fellow had more or less knowledge 

 of Ihc healing powers of certain plants, at least he had the 

 credit of this"; and was often commissioned to gather certain 

 kinds from time to time. "Yarbs." I guess. But why does 

 he sneak in that careful way, ami look around as if he didn't 

 want it known that it was he and he Ihere? 1 guess 1 will 

 investigate. 



1 crawled on my hands and knees down to the few e, 

 across the road, and through another fence, and was in the 

 swamp ahead of him when the old man went iu. It was 

 a wet. and boggy place fed by springs from the hills on both 

 sides, and from which ran a small brook. Tradition said 

 there used to be trout iu the brook, but there were none, or 

 but a few little ones, in our day. By careful dodging I did 

 not betray myself, but kept within "seeing distance of my 

 object. "When near the middle of the swamp he slopped 

 and laid down his pail. With his harchel lie cut open a pine 

 log or stump, and thence took out live white grubs. Then 

 from some inner pocket he brought out a fish line, and 

 baited the hook with one of the grubs. Well. I had to 

 laugh quietly to myself: going to fish in some hollow stump 

 or hole for a woodchuck. I guess— when, behold' The. 

 ground where lie stood was boggy and lumpy, with here 

 and thee small spaces of water, none of the surfaces of 

 water being larger than a good-sized felt bat brim, the 

 whole surface trembling for yards away when walked upon. 

 The old man stepped on a bog and dropped his baited hook 

 over into what 1 supposed was water not more than a few 

 inches deep, but to my utter amazement the line ran under 

 and off at one side at least ten or twelve feet. A satvterru 

 nean region of unknown proportions was there. It was not 

 a minute before out came a trout of hot less limn a pound 

 and a half; then another, until he had five not less than 

 seven pounds, of the very best, the most superlative best 

 fish iu lite world, for no country nor clime can or docs furnish 

 anything so good as a wild speckled trout out of a cold 

 spring. These were placed in bis pail aud carefully covered 

 up with leaves, and the cover securely tied down; and ihen 

 the old fraud stole out on the other side of the swamp, to go 

 away around the village, two miles or more, and come in 

 from a different direction. Oh, he was a cunning 'coon : 



It was not long before I had a fish-liuc ami a grub, and I 

 caught six splendid fellows. How black they were, how 

 fat, how short, and broad across the back, but genuine 

 speckled trout. How cold and hard and, ye gods, how de- 

 licious. How the folks opened their eyes when I brought 

 them home: and what a breakfast— words cannot do it jus- 

 tice. The memory of Ihcir sweetness, their plumpness and 

 flavor takes me back nearly forty years. Alas! the swamp 

 is long gone, cleared off and drained, making way for the 

 farmer's grass. 1 wonder how many of those magnificent 

 beauties perished thus, of no benefit' to anybody. I don't 

 think we caught them all, for they grew shy; and sometime 

 wouldn't bite at all— but they were there. 



Old nuuter found the ground trodden down (he was very 

 careful himself in that respect) and he knew his secret was 

 in somebody else's keeping. He caught me I here one day, 

 and his wrath was vehement. I had as much right as he. 

 But he said T was a fool and idiot to give it away, first by 

 catching so many aud by not being more cautious' in my ap- 

 proaches, etc. Well, he was right, but I was a boy. 



Bob L'pham was Hie famous trouter of that region in later 

 years, and is, I am told, even yet. He used to have some 

 sacred spots to which he would slip off and bring home big 

 strings, but be never had the Bona ma Jon li mill's (how is that 

 for early classics'.') 1 had for awhile. 



Talking about Bob. U. reminds me of another favorite way 

 of fishing. Did you ever hook suckers through the ice? 

 Ah ! that was fun. The canal and the different feeders fur- 

 nished good feeding grounds for certain kinds of fish of the 

 coarser varieties, especially suckers; and suckers in the 

 winter were not bad eating, especially when you were so 

 far from the coast, with no railroad near. Fresh fish, in- 

 stead of salt cod or mackerel, were al a premium. 



The way we caught suckers, and sometime pickerel and 

 perch, was to go about live together, three to hook, and two 

 to drive aud change about. Our implements were three 

 large hooks, fastened together in triangular shape; or belter. 

 a tool in the shape of a hay rake, only that the teeth were 

 parallel with the rake's tail. Having cut three holes in the 

 ice, thrown in a few white beans or some corn to light up 

 the surroundings, we lay down over the hole, our~hooks 

 near the bottom, the handle or rake's tail grasped firmly iu 

 our hand, the teeth sharp, of course, and pointing upward. 

 The others of Ihc party having gone above some ways on 

 shore, then approached us on the ice with big clubs' or a 

 big chain, thumping the i«e between them, thus driving 

 the tish by us. Aud they eainc in schools, sometime big 

 ones. As they passed over our hooks we jerked up. 

 landing them "on the ice, then thrust, the hook into the 

 hole with celerity to repeat the operation until the 

 school were all by, when we would up and run 

 some distance ahead* and cut fresh holes aud then again 

 others, until we thought we had Millicicnl of the tislf for 

 the day. On our way' back we picked up our spoils at the 

 various holes. Generally, we had a large hand-Sleigh to 

 draw them home on the ice Sometime when we strtu 

 big school, two expert hookers — for it was no siow business, 

 1 tell you — would 'land on the ice from one to two bushel- 

 atone' drive-, this to he repealed in loss quantity uttlfl the 

 school is used up. 



One of our biggest times. 1 remember, was a bitUr cold 

 day: but the excilemcut kept us warm. We drove tin 

 Lebanon feeder for several miles. V _. figging 



suckers, think of itlisisteeu bushels, a one-horse lutDbef 

 Wagon lnSfl, There were five of us, and we had suckers 



