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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[M\y ;-:. 168U 



headquarters or i.i»> Fourth batajtion in Clinton street, Whe-n 

 Bill -was initiated into the service ho became on enthusiastic 

 Bre laddie, Hi- owner urned bis loss, and on on wion 



SOUghl linn Ml II Qginc hoMs.-all I :::i:ri"d him I .nek to the 



bakery, Therehoremi ultor several weeks, but one day 



thet'e nappe i <■ • in- :■ in-.., . ■ , . i :i- i:„ . .i.in .■ wm fchuoder- 



hi] by, the, uxoitemont ■.-■,,..! ,, ,,|. i( .|, for Bill's nerves, He 



laid" 11 }.:-.|jinillllN .-inail :,r,, hi, 1 Ihi- Ivik.M • JOOp and 



plan ., .1. „ /a Harlequin, through the large glass win. low. 



■ rtl glass w,. . |.. ,-,-,|.., 



ftlVlll. 'i be Senator was noleh il DSCd H" 1--111 i. Mi .mi III" 



pavement. :.||..|Uii|... ]■■— «i — f :it til- ,lo.:. sIimiiI ill-; "8fl it, VOU 



ilftttk fire dbb'. and Uon'l vo-iever: bads a-uin 1 " 



About two years after BUI joined the Fire Department he 

 ii.iv.ir, ,i. II,- w,,- .mi i li,. ro it ol' !•. l.-.ii-iiiii.i 



Kujldtog hi ('hern and liin-i'is -lr.,-l>.. I'll,' Ii.vii drove Ml- 

 linemen d,n\ n ami i ,,•!■ Hill !■ il limn Hi- vniii,.. ladder bo the 

 ground floor. Both of behind legs worebroken. Tlre\ were 

 not in .-piini- and I, ■ i. ■■:.■!, i !■. i-...-,,wv. iini a fti-e breaking 

 out in the viehiitj v ■ too much tor the [fluRfrs dog. He 

 limp • I to 11 .mi in- splint? .'mi (hi M manage 1 |., craw i borne, 

 bob he was laid up for man) months afterward. Ho woiltd 



have nolbine to ,i.. with miy iii-i- n save 'Im-i- i,:' his own 



gompauy. Chief Bates bo iJc a gv< at interesl to him,andon 



found Hill .'it ;i !iiv::iui sent hi 

 Udder to She flrsl Moor and 



the rool Jfottun* dd i 



Be .'i - his esua] ad i at the 

 -,,-.-on,l sjkoiy win, !,>,\ ,,; ,,,i, 

 • ,. i. .ii. the engine as il war 

 , ill, -■■!■., — li,. had 



1.1.KI 



ithr 



li would 



:h 



In 



i,l .. 



after Chief Bate 



pnltO: 



. wieai bats 



Mil. ImM !,, 

 Major wa 



iked 



A vi-mir- < : i iv EngineNo. Il wwngdjuf to 



TWsdoj 



fenii Ce were ranked as Majors in '!,■• di 



after Major an 1 burled him in all Iris 



.■! killed 

 •. iii,v 



We* was i ragrel wiih n slash uf collie doy in his compo- 

 sition. He woe (!■,- ol,l timer id Hi.- force. He w . 

 ably intelliui'iii dmr. ;,i,.l p , .*.•-.„., I a hu--,- -li, ,■ of originality. 

 Eu due Mo •.•• in li I and was .-.■■!i,-,i Met, on 

 abbreviation for M, ■:;■., pohlan. offer tl>< *?me of the depart- 

 ment. Hi* died with harness on his back, being ma over by 

 in, in, No. fiatthe Sixth Ward Hotel Bre i ••'•- M-t was 

 : handsomely mounted in i glass cast*, and i-now in 

 Hi, ■]••.■-. •■■-. W Jim Balleutuie, of Engini No 30. t 



McCs pivuliurill, ., ; nalliv I., ill ,,,||, ■,„„■„. 



He would endeavor to eledn his teath en the I- i ,-.:■. 

 ••■•.>|.' that , in,.- in hi:, why. Thi* w„. so wll known thai 

 the Iii,.a,lwa\ squad won hi 'I a wide berthwlien 



they heard Engine Mo. K0 and Met on the warpath Although 

 li" w.mlii .' leknights of the IfiCust, Mat was 



never known to attempt, to molest i an or a ihiid. His 



-|. -:.•-.! •!, n -ht wa- tocarrj off as trophies the coal tailsoi guar- 

 Ot&nsof tnspeace, in the day- of this pioneer r'nr dog it 

 .-. iind ih" lira alarms from the City ll.-d: 

 Although !h" lulls in Trinity and 

 st. Paul's viuY.i'v iniiiai in-sound, Mel was never known 

 t.,, have raiKtaken them onoe. But, (dthougu h had the power 

 Ko distinguish between t.lio alarms fcjr lire in thi^ world and 

 In th" n, '\i. a ii". I- ■■:, d i-a.-h • ,-,|,i, :((i., n hindered. I 



Ctounti 

 t,.,»lliai.li 

 Son's fur 

 i ithedrs 



olODS Hit 



trf th, — n 



bhasbi-oto 



il,. 



■ 



do 



nth, 



> t< 



i crowded ■ : ,.u i'ii •- expn ssed so much 

 ■!i,.'i'.] i. I'd! the i.i.i'-i- dog, that Hi" (ii-.- 

 in.n w.m" ,,l!u. ii to i-arry luni down. 

 Among otlierdogsin foe Fire Department ii Major, a large, 



-..-vi-im v ],oi'.:,.| coach dog, A1 EflgUie Hon-,- No i;. in North 

 William s..ii it.. ••Miii,'"" is ton lai to run to lii.-s now. and be 



ha- 1-,-in-. ■; ii'.ia all itutivti service exeepl tho working df a 

 free-lunch ronto and, fit ! going to a 



neighboring hakerj for rolls. No ■ name of a 



half poinlvr and h.-ill ",.a -ii do. a. Truck lions,.: No. I. She 



guards the ph ,i,ui do anol nnitofiies This oomnany had 



time ago that would jtuu$ upon n," driver'seeat 



when tin ".on.. -Hud. ■•! .,■ ■ Ires. I Ihlef Reeves, 



at Bngina No. 80, in Sprin >aii"k. owns a re 



innrkably inl'.<lli^ent trick dog. Aud tl is u Bdj Ore d ig .,• 



l-ar.-in, House N... •'.in East Broadway. In 160T, when Engiha 

 No to was located in Stone street, the boys ■■ ■■ n, d n goat that 

 used to eo with tht'in to (Ires, and Boat No, 13 now owns a 

 N.iwi'.-itin lluml do^ of groat intelligence.— New York //, rai-i. 



THE BLACK SETTER. 



u.i^TiiNHIlt'Ni.K- in Ins "IJogS of Hi" 

 i ' sen I, mi.' th" English "l!"i', sa\ s : 

 lvalue ii." points) is not tttuoh iii~:^t"d on 

 arii i . I,, in-, admitte i. T 

 ,la-..|.,-. followsin ., ' 

 with large iplashi -. 

 known as I.in • beltOIU 



IK Wa. 

 ire or less marked with 

 ■angn white, freckled; ki 



"!-". nor do I k:,,,. 

 Hill, and Hi. iv i--. 

 t never understooi 

 w i;i,im, - m..- 

 Iia- ;*imi found, ar 

 ; • !■■ bring up a 



Say h" i- Miiinlorni 



in;- why he did n,,i 



Face tin ■ nnu 

 would be ton 

 have "om v,- 

 is ceitainlv =i 

 I do kn ,w ih 



OUt it I. "Wis 



riel to show i 

 she was thro 



i. -Mi- ho i li 



don't know. , 



were runnini 



Tinvfoiirn," 



ft Lewis, or anybody 

 ,n , ;■ itntiou of vouuir 

 whole lot ,,f doisrhat 



STAKDARD.— Thi 



length, 



nral appearance, 1(J; head, 15 

 ! and .shoulders, la; body, 15 

 iat, it); tail, 5; total. Kill. ' 



-'.Tand \i;;i.. -Mr. ii. Malcolm, 



Oxford, Me., April Bfi. 



io up ray 

 ild circle, 

 t once the 



i and cjuite a different dog i 



A (JONNKCTia-T KD1TUH has been fox huuth 



>, it's rare spurt - for a greenhorn. 



!•]„ 



sell" 



nt.-. 



:,d I 



sbl 



. blacks 



past I" 1 1 ■ ■ 1 1 shows, nlthongh 



I his handsome si 



order the in Igo gives, fe: 



Ik it be 



!.. I.l.i.l; s: tier is u ,,,-■ Id" ■■■ as a lie 



il is necdlee 

 shape of a sic 



Whetheron thi VV ste 

 wi liave found ihi-m 

 anlilnl. 

 The first field trial it 



''''," 



uri" or in tin 

 -am" tru". 



i loiaiei th mi swamps, 

 honest, sta,iinch and 



by Mi. II. C I'riKii"! 

 Ekcnesl M . 











winMi, 











the class- ■< 











more, oi th - : |U; 



l,„,k ,1. yet they all 

 upon them. The jndg< 

 graoe because of their 

 luindivd point i, aooor 

 von that, although y 

 pes of the 1 

 authority, are first-cli 



s in t 



"olia 

 liui; 





in the laid 



sam sti i" : o£ bein ■ black 



ist hava banished thi ■:• in dis- 



s,-tt.. ■!•:; an- very handsome, 

 ter, according to she hi heat 

 igB, in short, h., v.- I 



. but Brat 

 i my traps 



TiiK PEICE OF DOQS-— Editor Forest and Stream: •'l'x'' 

 ,. for saying "the best dogs are not to be had by 



i.-Pkjket (New York. 



OLD D( 

 188S.— Ed* 

 ofthelnti 



BRUTES.— Philadelphia, April -iti.-Twu 



KENNEL MANAGEMENT. 



THE KiELD OF HONOR.— Palrr 



. ii favor v.hi"h ha- loin-, been v. it hhrhl. niiduhi"hj 

 i,,,, ,,.,;.„ .... more fully than th" blues En'ghah setter. 



Wood Fdwdee. 



kpj' j] •»!. WSg- 



lewis as a TBAlDffiR.— HttstmrBh, \piii ., 1883 

 ■ ■'.. or I ' > i ! Sir aw I hftye ad Co). Stuart 



■ : remarks on Lewis in .yours of SSth, 1 have uo I 



. jninpiiiL-. siiiiiij; up, ate.j ii'.nv In will try (o stand up o 



