Aptjti 5, 1883.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



189 



Mackenzie, 



vent the ex 

 J Ontarit i 

 gant. Dr. M 



amendment was eventually withdrawn, and the motion 

 onrried to the effect given below. 



A warm discussion arose on the question of attempting to 

 he hunting of deer during the open seasou, with 

 the assistance of hounds if desired, but: the question was 

 eventually dropped. The convention then adjourned with 

 the understanding that the commmittee appointed to 

 obtain a Dominion act preventing the exportation of game 

 should meet the next, morning. The following were t lie 

 resolutions adopted by the meeting: 



First, Resolution*— Moved by Judge Jeliett, seconded by Mr, 

 Lett, that the Ontario and Quebec Governments be petitioned 

 to amend the game act as at present in forde fn the Provui 

 si as to prevent spring shdottag entirely, and that the a 



' duelcsofa.ll kinds, geo„e, swans, duck--, etc.. 

 trim January to September 1 in each year in the said Prov- 



*.— Moved by u . p. Lett, seconded by Dr. 

 3 Dominion Government be asked to pre- 

 lil of game of all kinds from the Provinces 

 ■bee, and that Col. Straubensae. Mr. ~WoBf 

 . ^.e. Mr, O'Brien, M. P.. Judge Jellett, Mr. 

 Dill and Mr. Gill be appointed a committee to wait upon the 

 government for that purpose. 



On the following day the committee waited upon Sir 

 Leonard Tilley and "Hou. Mackenzie Bowe.ll. The 

 Ministers were" asked to use their influence with the 

 government so that the necessary steps should be. taken for 

 the protection of game and the exportation of it prohibited. 

 The question wilfbe submitted To the cabinet at its next 

 meeting, 



LAST WORDS ABOUT THE SCREED. 

 'Editor Forest and Stream: 

 I admit that I did intend to ridicule some of "Hessmuk'a" 



ideas and arguments when t wrote "Another Screed," I 

 meant to show, by arguments somewhat similar to those by 

 which he proves that no dog is worth sir,, thai the value of 

 many other tilings usually thought valuable is pun ly imag 

 luary. That is, or was intended to be, the point Of my re- 

 marks. The absurdity consists in attempting to ti\ the 

 value of a class of objects by «. priori reasoning— preferring 

 theory to facts. For the "plain fact is that some dogs are 

 worth a great deal more than $25, and no argument is of any 

 value in opposition to the fact. 



A thing is worth what it will fairly bring: and the Scarcer 

 an article is the higher price it will command. These are 

 elementary principles, and are familiarly illustrated by the 

 eases of pictures, diamonds, choice city lots and gold. 

 'Kessmuk'' himself says that if the civilized world"" has 

 agreed to receive gold at a certain price, neither he nor I 

 can le-erse the decision. Very well. Now, let him apply 

 the same principle to pictures, dogs and horses. The best 

 of them are scarce. They are not tn be had by people of 

 moderate means, bul it does not follow that those who can 

 afford to, and do have them, are to be stigmatized as "for 

 tuuate fools with more money than brains.'' 



It is a little cool in Kessmuk" to charge me with flip. 

 paney in assuming that he would value a painting according 

 to the cost of the property it represents. Probably he has 

 forgotten that he wrote. "Is a counterfeit presentment, then 

 worth more than the original-;" I don't wonder he is op- 

 posed to disown the idea, but I shall certainly not father it, 

 Without his suggestion, it never would have occurred to me. 

 Neither should 1 have thought of including gun -ban: i- n',e 

 work of artisans, not of artists), artificial" flies, or, for that 

 matter, Prang's chromos. in the domain of high art. 



I leave the matter here, not thinking it necessary or worth 

 while to reply to "Nessmuk" in any greater detail" 

 llABOB:S9,iBffl, Picket. 



Endorsing the Maine CosnnssioxEns.— West Medford, 

 Mass.. March 85, 1888.— Miitor Forest, mid Stream: The 



annual meeting for the election of officers of the West Med 

 ford Shooting Club was held on Monday evening, March ;>(>, 

 at West Medford Mass. There was a large attendance, and 

 much interest in sporting matters was shown. The follow- 

 ing: gentlemen were elected: President, C'has, H. Parker; 

 Vice "President. E. F. Kakas; Treasurer, J. E. Ober; Secre- 

 tary, \V. T. Morse; Executive Committee, .1. A. Rock- 

 wood, E. Q-. Morse. F. 0. Brown. The recent indictments 

 In (he Slate of Maine, for the violation of the game laws of 

 that State, was the principal topic of the meeting, and the 

 following resolution, submitted by the secretary, wasunani- 

 mously adopted. It was voted that a copy should be for- 

 warded to the Pish and Game Commissioner's of the State of 

 Maine: " W/arats, The members of the West Medford Shoot- 

 ing Club of West Medford, Mass., are interested in the 

 preservation and protection of the game and fish of the sev- 

 eral States of this country as well as the State of Massachu- 

 setts; and W/Kreas, The fundamental principles upon which 

 this association was organized are for the advancement and 

 diffusion of those principles and practices of game and fish 

 protection, he it hereby Raocced, That the club extend to 

 the honorable Commissioners, of Fish and Game and to the 

 sportsmen of the Slate of Maine a vote of thanks for their 

 successful endeavors in securing an indictment of so many 

 of the law breakers and "pot-hunters" which infest that 

 State, and further hope that a speedy conviction will he fol- 

 lowed by the infliction of the highest penalties the laws of 

 the State allow." 



Guinea Fowl as Game Bikdr,— Stewarts, Hale County, 

 Alabama, — Last fall I was training a young pointer dog, 

 and went into a held where I knew there was a covey of 

 quail, and upon getting into a thicket some distance from where 

 the quail frequented, my dog came to a point. I thought I 

 had a covey of quail there sure, and made ready for some 

 sport, when upon approaching the dog the guinea fowl, 

 some fifteen in number, made flight and scattered as prettily 

 as I ever saw any game bird do. I tried my dog on several 

 and he pointed them as well as he ever has quail, and they 

 keep close until yon scare them up. T was so much pleased 

 that I have made arrangements to turn loose fifty of the 

 birds in my fields. There will be considerable danger of 

 hawks, foxaud wildcat catching them, but they are a very 

 prolific bird, and I belieVa they will raise in our mild clim- 

 ate to perfection. I heard a" gentleman say yesterday he 

 was going to get some and turn loose on his farm, as the 

 negroes will not let the quail alone. By the way, the negro 

 destroys more quail with us than the' regular "hunters do. 

 -G. B. S. 



Suite in New Jersey.— Philadelphia, April 3, 1883.— 

 English suipeareou in Cape May county, X, <L I. Jerrell, at 

 Seaside, killed, the last of the past week, twenty odd on the 

 fresh marshes inland, at that place: the birds were poor.-— 

 Homo. 



Michigan's Manvt Bills.— East Saginaw, Mich.. March 8. 

 —At every session of the Legislature there area number of 

 bills, introduced relative to changing the game laws of this 



Slate, and this 

 proposed efr« 



tection. and for the go 



number of them are of i 



interest of market liunti 



in the fall and staying 

 meuse quant 

 Boston 



r has proved no exceptic 

 s are good and in the intei 



of the 

 oppc 



n the habit of cc 

 all through the 



Of £ 



Some of these 

 est of game pro- 

 die State, but a 

 nd purely in the 

 ho, until the past 

 ugto this Slate 

 .son, killing im- 

 New Vork and 

 lifferent Will 



td shipping it to 



I will name the titles of til 

 BO the public Can see for themselves whether action should 

 or should not be taken to prevent the ] assage of a number 

 of them, House bill No. 25, prohibiting the use of B battery 

 in shooting ducks, has passed the House and will pass the 

 Senate. In the hands of the Commillee on State :\ (Tain, in 

 the House there are no less than fourteen bills, House bill 

 No. 258 proposes- to change the open season for shoolinsr 

 deer to filteen days later at both ends. House bill No. H1J 

 proposes to repeal act No. 151 of session laws 1881, which 

 prohibits shipment of deer, partridges, etc., from the Slate. 

 (This bid has saved more deer in the past two years than all 

 the legislation on the subject heretofore.) House bill No. 

 475 removes the protection from cherry birds (a good thing, 

 but it should include robins and English sparrows. \ House 

 bill 387 prohibits hounding of deer: House bill 311 changes 

 the open season for deer to one 

 ends; also prohibits hounding. (T; 

 with House bill 331, and the market 

 glorious time of it for two or three y 

 deer would be cleaned out of Michig: 

 343 proposes to extend the open 



outh later at both 

 ke this in connection 

 hunter would have a 

 ars. by which time the 



n forever. ) House bill 

 deer fifteen days: 



House hill 329 shortens the season for deer killing m tin 

 Upper Peninsula, a!.j prohibits shipments of game there- 

 from : House bill 340 prohibits the killing of quail for three 

 years throughout the State; House bill 2(17 prohibits hound- 

 ing of deer," House bill 423 prohibits the killing of prairie 

 chicken fof three years in Livingston county; House bill 237 

 prohibits the use of ferrets in huuting rabbits; House bill 

 ui4S protects ducks in the spring (Proposed by the Michi- 

 gan Sportsmen's Association.) "House bill 560, "making the 

 amount of fine from $10 to $50, at the discretion of ihn jus- 

 tice. (This is also a Michigan Sportsmen's Association 

 bill.) House bill 561 makes the possession of game out of 

 Season illegal, unless the accused proves that it came into his 

 possession lawfully. (M. S. A.) There are also a number 

 of bills in the hands of the Senate Committee, but as yet no 

 action has been taken. One of them provides for the ap 

 pointment of a State game and fish warden, whose duty it 

 shall be to sec that the game laws are enforced. This is the 

 most important bill of the entire lot, and certainly should be 

 passed. — We B. Mekshok, Secretary Michigan Sports- 

 men's Association. 



Hkstockiku tile QaMh Ghounds.— Philadelphia. March 

 St. — There have been some snipe on the meadows about 



Philadelphia, notwithstanding the wintry weather of the 

 past week. From Delaware and Maryland the poulterers 

 are receiving quite a number of birds. The Pittsburgh 

 Spoilsmen's' Club have liberated a number of Tennsessec 

 quail in Green county, Pa. This, with other work this en- 

 terprising society is doing, will he felt in Northern Penn- 

 sylvania. The New.) crsey Game and Fish Protective So- 

 ciety, not to be behind its sister association, have ordered a 

 large number of birds from the West for stocking the lower 

 counties of their State. The first lot of nearly four hundred, 

 which came from Indian Territory, will soon be planted. — 

 Homo. 



CaptPBINO GnoiiSK Ai. 

 your edition for March 29, 1 

 turing a grouse alive. Las 

 with a friend after hawk' 



hich flew only a short dis 



-Troy, N. Y., April l.-In 

 ;d "Falcon's" article on cap- 

 ering while out in the woods 

 Cgs, I flushed a ruffed grouse 

 lit on a stump. As I ap- 



proached, it jumped to the ground behind the stump. I 

 expected to see it rise when 1 got near enough, and I kept on 

 straight ahead; but no grouse rose, and I thought I would 

 Investigate. The stump was hollow, and underneath it 

 there was a hole into which I thrust ray arm and drew oul 

 a full-sized uninjured male grouse Yielding to the en- 

 treaties of my companion I let it go. — TAxiDEninsT. 



It is pretty well settled now that the very early bird doesn't 

 come after the worm; he comes before it. And' by reason of 

 this very previousness, he gets left right along year by year. 

 It is one of those lusv.s nai unv in which the bird loses his na- 

 ture and nature in return loses a bird. Amid the rough and 

 tumble of the February and .March tumult there appears now 

 and then each year a soft and balmy day. Its sky is gentle, 

 the. faintest of sweet odors are in the air, and the 'south wind 

 that brings them whispers through the. leafless trees the 

 promise of the coming summer. It is 

 •h a day man wishes he had a 



in^ it, he goes 

 eratlv of pneumonia, 

 without warning, the 

 under the sun for him 

 digestible. 



sound. In 

 ■ereoat. Not, hav- 

 t any and comes home to die — gen- 

 On such a day, all of a sudden and 

 rly bird appears. There is nothing 

 eat. The crust of the earth is not 

 world is frozen in or under it, and 

 there's not a worm to be seen except such worthless ones as 

 we. It is a peculiar situation for a bird to find himself in. 

 Indeed, in boarding-house parlance, he can't ''find himself," 

 sad so he is generally lost. The appearance of the early bird 

 is a signal, as infallible as any that the Government hangs 

 out. It is a, direct notification that we. are about to have a 

 tremendous change of weather, and that it is to come off cold, 

 with snow and sleet, and the aeneral devastation of misplaced 

 winter. The bird disappear... " anetime his dead body is 

 found in the snow; but oftener the funeral is private— as in 

 the case of nearly all wild animals except cats. Few objects 

 ire in" nature, than dead creatures. In some, mys- 

 mer they all get out of the way, all except cats, 



lly die in the middle of the highway, and fie there 



until they have imparted the most of their strength to the 

 road-bed and the passer-by. So it is that the early bird meets 

 its fate. Where he comes from is as little known as where ho 

 goes to. He is the bright part of the. bright but unseasonable 

 day that he comes with, and with it he passes away into the 

 lost past. The moral aspects of his career are clear enough 

 without elaboration. His error lay in being ahead of his 

 time. Itwas fatal. Italwavs is.— From theEaztfojrd (Conn.) 

 Con rant, March 20. 



There is a gentleman in this city who has been i raining an 

 inteliigeut dog to pick up money and coin when dropped. 

 The animal took very kindly to the trick and proved very 

 cute in retrieving bank notes, etc. Monday the dog disap- 

 peared much to the annoyance of his owner, and nothing 

 could be learned of his whereabouts. At the end of twenty- 

 four hours he reappeared with two one-dollar bills in his 

 mouth. The question now is, "Where did he. get the money?" 

 —Norwich (Conn.) Bulletin. 



terious r 



\m mid $iver <gtehinfr 



To insure prompt attention, cammnnientions shim Id be ad- 

 dressed to the Forest and Stream I'liblixliina Co.. and not to 

 individuals, in whose absence from the office matters of im- 

 portance are liable to delay. 



A MOLING RESORTS.- 11 V shall be glad to have for publi- 

 cation notes of good fishina localities. Will not. ov.r oarre- 

 spoitdcntsfaeor us with notes of desirable points for omjlinri 

 excursions? 



When the lawyer is swallowed up w ith business, and the statesman 

 is DreventinK or contriving plots, then we sit on Cowalip Hanks, hear 

 the birds sing, and possess ourselves in OS much quietness as these 

 silent silver streams ive BOW see glide so quietly by us.— Izanl 

 Walton. 



THE BOY ANGLER. 

 TTNDEfi the bridge that spans tha stream, 

 *- Stream that gurgles and prattles away, 

 stream that flashes with many a. gleam. 



The boy would pass the holiday, 

 T wonder if ever in all the earth 



A happier heart, warm'd human breast; 

 It ever sueh perfect, such rapturous mirth. 



Was known as in that Eden blest! 

 I wonder If ever a gorgeous king, 



In midst of all his jewcll'd court, 

 Royal with sceptre and crown and ring. 



Had ever sueh rich, ecstatic sport. 



The bridge was ancient with log and beam. 



And over it droop'd the willow trees. 

 Dipping their catkins in the stream. 



Asylum for fluttering birds and lees: 

 And here in his dim, secluded cave, 



The 



ildc 



He mused, for he lov'd all beauteous sights. 

 All sounds delicious that charm'd the place; 



The insects gay, small water sprites, 

 That skimm'd and circled in mazy niee; 



The water oe /.el Miuiii,; there, 

 The blue kingfisher, perc 



Then dropping quick fro 



SI, rills 





i leafy lair, 

 ?iz'd his prey. 



\ml here the poor, barefooted boy. 



With latter',:! jerkin and hat of straw. 

 Rnjoy'd the bliss, the speechless joy. 



The angler's rapture, without a flaw. 

 He watch'd the minnow's quivering tin, 



And silvery perch go swimming by, 

 The sunflsh darting out and in, 



The pickerel snap at the gaudy fly. 

 The little sbiner, like diamond spark, 

 Shoot through the waters deep and dark, 

 And the trout, like glancing Indian shaft, 

 Defying even his cunning craft. 



It was a pleasure 



o note the frog 



That sat open-mo 



ith'd on weedy log ; 



To note the turtle 



3, all speckled o>r, 



Bask on the slippery rocks of the shore. 



The musUrats paddling in sluggish play, 



And miDk and the 



otter on their way. 



It was pleasant w 



leu hot, midsummer days 



Scoreh'd earth 01 



d air with fervid blaze. 



When ihe very at 



nesphere seenS'd to swoou 



With the. drowsy i 



nfluence of the noon. 



To sit in bis henn 



t cell and share 



The voices of nati 



re in the air: 



The chirp of the o 



rieket in the grass. 



1 he snap of the grasshoppers as they pass, 



The anthems of so 



ng birds in the hedge, 



The whistle of snipe across the sedge. 



And all the entrai 



eing symphonies 



Of breeze and of , 



'ave, of birds and bees — 



All paintings of u 



itures matchless art, 



All music of aatut 



e that tin-ills the heart! 





Isaac McL 



BASS ISLANDS OF LAKE ERIE. 



IN reply to your inquiry for angling: resorts, I mention 

 the bass islands of Lake Erie, near Sandusky, O. There 

 are three or four stated headquarters, viz., Ballast Island. 

 Put-in Bay, Kelley Island, etc., each one within a few- 

 miles from the others, near the shores of which are usually 

 to he found good bass fishing in the season. And then for 

 very fine sport, large and gamy fish, to be had in catches of 

 twenty-five to one hundred for a clay's sport, are well-known 

 reefs and other small and uuinhahited islands. These are 

 easily accessible by small rowboats, sailboats, or steam 

 yachts, for a day's fish, starting from some headquarters in 

 the morning and returning in good time for a social evening 

 at home. 



Ballast Island, one of the most beautiful of the group, a 

 small islet of about fifteen acres and situated about the 

 center of all the principal fishing grounds, is owned by a 

 few Cleveland gentlemen, fitted up with fine accommoda- 

 tions in the way of cottages, dining hall, etc., and though a 

 private club, is" kept on the "open order." and any party of 

 gentlemen, or with ladies, will be. welcomed and finely cared 

 for during the bass seasons by the superintendent Jno. C. 

 Brick, whose P. O. address is Ballast Island, O., via San- 

 dusky, O. At Put-in Bay and Kelley Islands are fine hotels, 

 whose landlords know how to provide for the "inner man," 

 especially if he be a fisherman. 



These islands can he reached from Sandusky. Toledo, or 

 Cleveland, O., by steamers; those from Sandusky running 

 daily from early spring till late in fall, and requiring a run 

 of from one to two hours ouly. 



The seasons begin usually about May 10 in spring and 

 September 10 in fall, lasting about a month. Expenses are 

 fiom $1.50 to $2.00 per day, or $10.00 to $13.00 per week, 

 for board, and about $2-,00 per day for boats, oarsmen and 

 minnows, per mau Where steam yachts or sailboats are 

 chartered for a fish at some of the more distant grounds, by 

 parties, usually costs about $1.00 each per day for that in 

 addition. 



The bass are always gamy, and range in weight from 2 

 to 5 pounds— generally an average of 'M pounds — and there 

 is no better bass sport to be found than in the waters of 

 Lake Erie and among thc*e islands. G. 



OtirVELAMD, O., MOO I 



