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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[May 3, 1883. 



Strssoi rti.— Norbornc, Carroll County, April 23.— This is 

 one of Hi" best, if not the best, resorts tor snipe and general 

 Wildfowl shooting in Northwestern Missouri. Game has 



. l.ul s 



do 



of till 



ioenl buntera 

 i day for the 

 iem<l of was 

 I have Keen 

 <l find tl 



1 

 d mitigated 



not bet M plentiful Hi 



have been averaging 



past three weeks. Tl: 



cloven dozes killed in on< (Jay by I 



trying ..'me Eynopli perfect bras 



anything but perfect. Theypersisl 



after a few allots, and wheucrfanr. 



nuisance, as it takes live minutes to get them into tie gun, 



1 tried a hundred. Am off to California in a few days, 



where I hope to tackle some grizzlies, etc., next winter.— 



F. W. B. 



Baltimore Ducxers. — The Ilarcwood Ducking, ciuii. 

 of Baltimore, Wd., whoso club grounds are at Harewood 

 Oii tlie Gunpowder River, helow the railroad bridge, mini 

 bers twelve members. The club score for the season from 

 Oct. 16, 1882, to April L0.1883, shows a total of 1.968 birds, 

 divided as follows: 81 canvas-backs, 1,892 redheads, 124 

 blackheads, 98 widgeons and baldputes, 306 coots, and 129 

 miscellaneous, including mallards, teal, crowbills, etc. One 

 swan billed weighed eighteen pound: 



and could have shouted like a boy when 1 looked cut upon I time the dealers began bo think thai they were going oiJI 

 tin breaking of as fair a day as one could Wish to see. The ■ the little end of the born. They catch many winch weigh 



roseate fingers of the dawn' were mellowing the 

 the birds were Singing in thai joyful .strain that 

 soften the heart of tile most confirmed niisanlhiop' 



east, nnd 

 ought to 



an auspicious time, an 

 I Was soon c'i'iiibiug (he mountain'' to tin 



I'elocll whi-lle Bounded, 1 was pighi limi- 



'• ■ plain, and, pausing for bJcefllu, took ill 



, than which no lovelier was 



•ill not attt mpt to de- 



Tin. Grajm I'.m.j. was defeated. 



feu and fitter Jf idling. 



To ins",;- prompt attention, communications should bawl- 



dressed to The Funs' and Stream Publishing Co., and not to 

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

 portance arc liable to delay. 



ASCI.IXG RESORTS.— We shall be glad to have for pubU- 

 nation notes of good fishing localities. Will not our -corre- 

 spondents favor ics-wttn notes of desirabli t>"'"' :: tor angling 



aversions,' 



"■Like Bird- for whom the Fouler spreads his net, 

 \n.l traynes lliein In wiltt whistle and a stale: 

 Or Sail whenbayted Uootegold Auglei's set, 



Which bitten, brings them -• >, vm.i their bale. 



So that old Angler Cor uens-tonJes, some lyyanee 

 With sweet t..-,l baytes, and some with suble gynnes." 



—Sir John 8tradting ) li J}ivtitt Poems.'' [}(JS61. 



dred i 



tiie beauti iu! • ■• a 



ever vouchsafed to 



scribe it. thai valley stretching away toward the" Genesee, 



dotted with villages, hamlets and 'sinuous water courses. 



Rut as 1 sfijod on i hat lofty summit all aglow With tny tin 



wonted exercise, the sofl south wind fanning my face. J was 



nappy and thankful to a kind Provtttence for the privilege 



accorded me of living In so l^autiful a world, and having 



health and inciimilmh to enjov its beauties. 



H bile ro-'io-.:. \ was attra< led by a rustU« IB Ihe leaves 

 over the fBhCe in an adjoining wood lot. Peering through 

 the tails I saw two large raccOOns on the gr&tuvi rooting 

 like hogs for last year's acorns, Soialchl weife they upon 

 their foraging that t at one* ifrade lip my mind tijey were 

 ju-t out from hybernation, find although a tn;st.v Derringer 

 (ay in my hip pocket, 1 was ccntani to Wa,li toward them 

 In peaco taud Watch their rriotioris, wetting within aboul 



tweli's-livi feet. I heaved a -mall roek in their midst, and 

 watched them scuHtoJc away pn their plantigrades, *nly to 

 stop w iiliin oaSj gunshot and gaze at me Wdnderin|8'ij 



ads, an occasional 'barren" one" weighing 



i the sl-ad get iip to Hblyobs, 



quite readily. Willi 200 feet of 

 lihC OUt, and a sis pound shad attached t" one end, it is no 



"hoy's play'' in land \ our fish; the water being vory swift 

 and "many boulders iiiit. the chances rather favor the fish. 

 "Whops," oralewiyes, are cheap, selling for about ten cents 

 per dozen : they are used for dressing for land when they are 

 much cheaper. Flick K i.u a. 



Hartford. Conn., April •-.>». 



THE SUNDAY FISHING LAW. 



PIKE FISHING IN FOX RIVER. 



[N a river of some breadth and unequal depth, even 

 "fishers behind the ml" .-core good hick sometimeB 

 Though I am laic with this sketch, several others having 

 preceded me on the subject ot wall-eyed pike in response to 

 your invitation for contributions, yet ] mav have the .0,0.1 

 fortune to be admitted to your royally generous columns, 



Fi-hei in. n are usually practical men, and 1 havenotieed 

 that the articles on this subject have not been of a theoret- 

 ical or scientific character, but have had their birth in actual 

 experience, The fish under discussjon I have had the sport 

 of catching and the pleasure of eating. The Fox Itiver illl | 

 wall-eyed pike are «s plentiful as black bass, and though 

 no! quite BO gam} on the hook, they are. to my taste, more 

 sweet and Luscious on the plate, [recall one morning in 

 the summer ol fiSOwhen three friends drove up to my 

 house in Batavia, with the shout, "Ail aboard for South 

 Elgin fishing grounds!" Being too fond of the sport to 

 allow SUCh an opportunity to pass ley unimproved. 1 aban- 

 doned my projects for the day, -Jumped into my fishingregi- 

 mentals, seized my fly-book and rod. and joined the merry 

 company, who had so kindly reserved .1 seat for me in their 

 carriage. The morning was beautiful and the drive of 

 eleven miles up the river delightful We stabled ihe horses 

 at South Elgin about ten o'clock, and then tried Cor bass, 

 fir*! with the II v and then with the SpOOn, until noon, with 

 poor success. Neither would lure them. After lunch we 

 took out our net and oaughtsomc minnows. With these 

 for bait the fun commenced. One after another we landed 

 them. This moment it was a bass and the next a pike— a 

 genuine wall-eyed. Sometimes three or four would be 

 taken in one spot in quick .succession, several of the heaviest 

 weighing four pounds each. It was easy to distinguish 

 between iln-bit.- of a ba?sand that of a pike; the basswould 

 take the bait quickly and move off rapidly, while the pike 

 was more deliberate, but when we "struck" and the fish 

 felt the hook, he would at first resist and struggle with a 

 violence equal to the bass, but tire out and yield sooner, 

 seeming to lack the power of endurance that 'the bass pos- 

 sesses. 



We enjoyed three hours of exquisite sport, and at four 

 o'clock reeled up our lines and unjoin'cd our rods with a 

 feeling of reluctance, lor the lish were still biting nicely. 

 However, each of us had about as many as we could conve- 

 niently carryback to the village where the carriage i 

 (we leni fished a mile down stream), and we had a drive 

 eleven miles before Us. It is hard, though, lor a real lo 

 of the sport to Stop fishing While the f&h seem unwilling 

 that you should. Bui then any humane man, out of eharilv 

 for the lish. .oi.l consideration for his fellow men who may 

 fish after hii.i, will slop when be has enough, and not stay 

 to kill jus: for hi- own Belf-gratifi cation. 



Apropos "Does the maskalonge leap?" Yes. I've seen 

 'em; no mistake. Kiv. 



P.vriaisoN, N. J., April 34, 1883. 



WHAT A DAY BROUGHT FORTH. 



hit that spring would 



over my tackle carefully, 

 packed 



IT did seem to my impatieni 

 never come. I had looked 

 found inv faithful rod all right, packed my fly-hook, red 

 and bait boa carefully in my creel, had my old clo' looked 

 over, and was in every scuse ready for the' first of April and 

 i dant troutitig joys. But imagine my disappointment 



When that day opened a veritable "AllFools" Day"— sour and 

 wet, with patches of snow visible on the neighboring hill- 

 tops, telling of snow water in the streams and generafbleak- 

 ness. So what could I do but nurse my impatience and 

 wait for better weather. In a few days it came, and two or 

 three pleasaut days made me resolve that "Providence and 

 the weather permitting," the morning of April 10 would 

 find me working oil the accumulated biliousness of the 



winter, 1 trying, at least, to initiate that happiest time ot 



all the year to "me— the trout season 



Thanks to our new baby, who, like others of his kind, is 

 an early riser, I was up betimes on the morning iu question, 



Leaving the 



" Coons" lo 1 



hel'.ls 



and in half an 



lour 



Was lies 





has yielded spt 



cklt 



1 lvil.nl. 





purling hioOK, 

 through tlf si 



up noblv. des| 



!"'."' 



t bj ■.;'.. 11 



sh to 



Ite 1 



s man i ft 



Id ha 



With lremb 





ngers 1 



Id ills 



good fat worn 



lo. 



bait (don t ta 



made mv first 



east 



and di- 



■w :\ 



stream I I'oiini 



mi 



ri. or les 



lee < 



alter repeated 



easts 



will: n. 



riVu 



thai I was loo 



eil- 



v. vi: 





time in regrets 



sfau 



ten ior 1 



he w: 



I :, , 



.. thai fi 



I. It is 



brisk 



Mil. 



Edtini' Fwestand 6 



■ nl act ol jiie Legislature, whi. 



letter-law inukimr it a cpum to e.o fishine,' oil Suudav. I 

 consider such act to be pernicious in its effects and 

 reprehensible m its character, and 1 very much question 

 w liether any adion Of the Legislature for many years 1 Oltld 

 be more so. 



While it mUS' aiwaYs be ! one, d- ,', I iial i-<-li irif >li and the 

 keeping t)f the Sabohlh 01 part of ruligion) is entitled to the 

 Otmos' i&vcftnO veneration, it should be likewise obseived 

 that hOthitlgcan be more hurtful to both than even the. ap- 

 pearance ot hypocrisy in such mailers. It WO'lld 1}C flifo 

 cull to ibid any amusement?, pleasure, br n- '.cation more 

 innocent and harmless h, p- ,.(r.- i; <.-.. han tisiuhg. Thousantls 

 are infatuated jwftn tlie r,sl. aBsehce of care; Eb^itttd& 

 pci-i iv ttnei ..'Aii lenient of btlpe and tear !'•:.'' :■ ■ 

 't'l'.e\ leave it with ve..nvt.ie. i'V,e |.,'.i \ :, r d lo its 



coming in the Bprinfe. WttBy of our ablest, most promineut 

 and best f»i tneS, including mauy of the el 

 might be mentioned, have become stci 

 pleasures and influences, and have spoken 



most eloqu.ni i.riv,, 01 its healthful and 



!'py. 



and 





land 



mi".' friend, tl 



■ kindly allows me \h<- privileg 

 received He- cheering (1) intelligence thai the w 

 high, ami to ii-h would he foih. Severiheless 

 the bank-full creek, and was 'soon bu-y east; 

 there, but nothing rewarded my efforts. All 1 

 knew -0 well were totally obscured by the fas] 

 Arriving at an abrupt turn In the stream, win 

 ihe besl pool f 



pplng 

 the .- 



..)' tish 



tny ca-t. thinking mi 



the same place in t 



delightful shock tied 





laneewood, and 5 n an 



the bant; with a m 



first ttoui of the sens 



prize a moment, then 



Encouraged by mv 



rigor, and bedim of 



ties, tin- [argesi fully 



would do for the firsl 



foui'-mtle walk as haj 



phenomenal instead 1 



day ouf.' Wasn't I s 



communion with nati 



nice hreakfasi for the 



■d, 1 mechanical 



sport 1 had en, 



speckled trout c 

 bowed the 



n.E, 1 

 ■.erv 

 d for 



an eight-i 

 and tm 

 ■d the be: 

 to my 



her lay i 

 uidible "tl 

 ulies of 11 



sket. 



. 1 weal to work wiih 



I angling had by noon ten beai 



iches in length. Thinking th 



reeled up and started on m 



little family? And, best of all, hadn't 

 1 got rid of that consuming trout fever that had been -o per- 

 sistently chaSng me for a month, and all in a legitimate 

 way, 160V Yes, indeed. Now I could go about my daily 

 duties, for a time at least, without being harassed by visions 

 of angling thai could not he realized. 



The time is coming when troul fishermen must learn to be 

 content with small baskets and large enjoyments. The sue 

 Cess with rod and reel must be made- secondary to the delights 

 growing out of the outing. The guild must lit "hooks in 

 the running brooks" supply the place of trout. Then, and 

 not till then, wjU the full delights of angling be ours to enjoy-; 

 and 1 have written the above little sketch of a day beside 

 semi-troutlcss waters to show what a soul "conanioic" with 

 nai ore can find to enjov when schooled in the art of trout 

 Babing where troul are" scarce. H. W. D. L. 



SHAD. 

 "% \ 7 h tuyyc several times expressed ,1 personal preference 



It for the shad as a table tish above any tish that We 

 know. This, 01 course, is to be modified by certain condi- 

 tions, as: the tish musi be a large one of six pouucls or over, 

 fresh run, and properly cooked. A small shad is always 

 dry ami flavorless. The following poem by George Alfred 

 Towuseud (Gath). written from New STork to the Cincinnati 

 h'lu/'tinr, we think worth repealing: 



>liad are now caught here. In an old country shad 

 would come in with a fete day. The world has not. their 



iqual for fineness, indescribable freshness like a 



and delicacy, vet withsatMi 



iug potency. One shad is il.e 



measure of the representatl 



c family, The father's par- 



ti.diiv is shown where he i 



i-ives most of the roe. From 



birth to hones the sh id's ' pi 



: is like a Mlvcr spirit— nuise- 



less, translucent, unresisting, 



like 1 In- passage of the moon 



through till- rivers and the se; 



. Migratory, but with child- 



hood memories ol locality; 



1 mill ul i-ehgiouslv, and even 



iu the dream of voting child 



ren and large gentle families, 



lhe\ seem like the spring la; 



ib«of ihe water, grazing the 



infinite fields of sheen. Wha 



t dangers thev pass through 



going and returning, the ini 



oeenls iu the lime of Ilerod 



never had. Provided With 1 



othing to make battle, with 



tiny ie. ih and miniature 'Ins. 



they course the ocean like the 



silver galleons of old day.-, bi 



set by pirates hut protected by 



id poor 



the saints. Although the royal guest at feast 



men's tables. Ihey are, like all enduring nobility. 1 

 born. The martyred menhaden is their cousin ; the I 

 is their step-brother. To see them caught is like seeing 

 augefe fall— so peacefully, so flushingly, and in the butcher's 

 shamble they carry upoii their delicate armor the light of 

 skies. This is my only poem on spring this year." 



With four feet of snow at Connecticut Lake, and the Con- 

 necticut River being fed UJ ihis lake, the water is so cold 

 shad are slow incoming, [n conversation with a promiuent 

 dealer, who handles abuul 50,000 each year, he says ihe 

 shad increase in size every year. Iu 1855 they were very 

 small, and decreased in size for a few years, and for a 



rotarics of ins 

 the highest and 

 u ttcial tenden- 

 cies upon body and mind, as the result of theopcH aiv exer- 

 cise and the seclusion it offers for study* thought and re- 

 lleelion. Ii would be pedantic to cite thenr. 



II any pleasure or pastime i- permissible iJn Sunday, it 

 seems to me this should, la D lias notaing akin lo "woil;'' 

 or "labor." I' i- ; 'rest' 'in its clearest sense, carrying wiih 

 it full opportunity for the admiration of nature' and de.-p 

 reflection upon ihe goodness of the Author 



and prevent 



claims, a 



.-hall Ilea 



The n: 



that is U$ 



why pen 



! ■ 



produc, 



■al Whi. h seem: 



to do what do 



-. if., s direc 



tlii 



rliai 



!Cdon voluntarv actio. 



lit public e.vell:'-.i,,.|s. , 



• iug. inula host of olln. 



Wi 



fishing? '('ei-iamiv none but the 

 whom MacauleyBpeaksas mot'n 

 iniil-baiiing, not by ihe pain to tl 

 to the pleasure of the spectators, 



Let the-e men who talk about 

 answer the ipieslioii, What are men to do on 

 toil from early morn to dark during lie enl'u 

 pcilcd to do so for wives and children? To tin 

 llu bright spot of their existence. For lb- ■■. H 

 to give I hem n right CO be protected in the eir 

 against the Oppression of Urn wealthy and pc 



but for Ihe high mandate, would give lln-m no 

 alion. Are they to foilow the footsteps of tl 

 leisure? 



It affords all 



• leas. I ...-.- 

 einptalions 

 Yet with 

 villi the cu- 

 ll Im to do, 



of whal he 

 LCt9 that It 

 Sunday. 



Ilium- it 

 -ie- knows full well thai 



Ot Compulsory: besides. 

 n gardens. Sunday eon 



alters, each onfeeTwkM 

 hirigl Bo* cbmes ii 



i.-iihouse keepers actively 



ities allowed, on Ihesa 



if i:\o.li.:s KX. 



*"of men, worn 



to call these 



ontrailistinguished from 

 jot, and the characters ot 

 1 in their opposition to 

 bull, but as antagonistic 



: :- lion -; '■: 



.Sund.iv w h'o 



re week, cm, 



cm Sunday ii 



fras designed; 



iovment of it, 



rftil. who, 



it or recie- 



ich Babba. 



tarians who have six days of virtual leisure? This igthc logic 

 of i' 



Such laws are evil in their effects. They engender a 

 hatred to their authors ami a determination lo despise and 



oppressive. We 



s "an old foi 

 Iplca of that c 



defy a relig 



nouuee himself a 



based on the princ 



this country beeaii 



and whose descend 



adopt their crude, 



and never can be, 



obey them. The f 



despotic, and deti 



cient to carry them out, and then 



dis 



legislator an- 



tf' advocating such a law, 



lass of I'm ii -.ns who came to 



irsecuted I'd' being religions. 



Ltemptiug 1 3 compel others to 



Such law, never hav. been, 



ed. The multitude will not 



iched look upon the thing as 



-I the despot. No country has force suffl- 



uiore 



ed 



pr. - 

 r"fi 



"if you thi 

 old cow, go 

 of starvatioi 

 by taking »\ 

 sweet solace 

 They cannc 

 long-faced, 

 pleasures ar 

 who revel in 

 threatening 

 unwilliie;ti 

 the Sabbath 

 No one w: 

 tions to the 

 one of t 



ilh 



:.h I 



allegiance. 

 "Well. 



s not out 

 ii applied 



She was 

 and was 



■ said she, 



; my poor 

 tit I die 



e religion 

 • Their 



.1 take 



ik to crush the rebellion bystarvin 

 ihcad. When that dies. I'll ' light ye 

 myself." So we say: If you can ma 

 ay the happiness of the poor, go ahei 

 of recreation is a necessity aud charity to them. 

 and will not follow the train of mournful, 

 ihaiisaieal teachers, to whom many innocent 

 , ins and laughter and bright smiles offensive; 

 seh-castigalion. sackcloth and ashes, and come 

 ,vitti their '".'1 Influence those who arc otherwise 

 bow to their notions of what the true design of 



II dispute that necessity and charity arc excep- 

 ytosaic law. The courts have so decided. In 

 cases of prominence the judge distinctly 

 says: "The object of the law is not the enforcement of the 

 conscience, but the protection of those who desire aud are 

 entitled to the day." Is this only the rich? "It is a law of 

 n tun " ays the judge, "thai one day in seven should be 

 observedasa. time of relaxation and refreshment, if no! for 

 public worship." We would like to know where this relax- 

 ation and refreshment is to come in to the slave of the week, 

 il'siiel, pleasures as fishing are to be prohibited as crimes. 

 r venture to assert that wherever and whenever law-shave 

 K xisted prohibiting innocent pleasure? on Sunday, other than 

 ft s dead letters, co-eval with them have existed compulsory 



