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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Oct. 25, 1883. 



Merit? 



MuxluuM 



from his 

 25, 1888: 



Go slow ' i 

 the speckled! 



if the Rainbow Trout. — Major Gustavus F. 

 itiveof Looiiet Grove, Lewis county, N y.,writt 

 ■ape vineyard lionn; in Apex, California, Sept. 

 1 boc that your Eastern people are tryiugto in- 

 Oaliforiiin trout into your lakes and streams. 

 lnr:il beauty with 

 I eating and not half so gamy 



OD tue hook. They bite, stupid as a dace. I have caught 

 them from sis long as your finger up to fourteen indies — a 

 two and :i half pounder— and therefore speak as one with 

 authority. Stick to your old trout; the bestin the world. 

 Thflre is only one troul stream in Cerro Gordo county, and 

 that is 25 miles from my home, II is in the loveliest canon 

 possible to imagine. walls 800 to 800 feel perpendicular, 

 from which hung maiden hair ferns, blue bells and many 

 other of nature's divine gifts. The stream for « mile qj 

 move is a constant succession, of 'trpul holes.' avei 1 , around 

 and under boulders. Ai the head of the canon is a fiOO-foot 

 perpendicular waterfall, and the entire canon is in perfect 

 V I, water i- cold, the air is always delightful and 

 refreshing, even in our hottest clays. This pi'ctute may 

 seem ideal and fanciful, but it is a 'reality, and its mystic 

 sped sinks into our hearts and softens our natures. Yet, 1 

 WOlild gladly exchange it all for (he dearly loved and often 

 remembered Adirondack streams and lakes. Again. 1 say, 

 stick to your speckled trout." — Utiea Ihrald. 



JlOMOSASSA 1K 



.'.-■.,... 

 In en burned, and 



Ashbb;— Jacket 



Hie, Oct. 18.— Mita 



:iy Mr. A. P. Jones lias 

 the orange frees near. 

 man's paradise" — the 

 i"t wnicn t nr>t Drougnt to f!..e notice of lovi 

 of the g' idle art. is no more. Naught but ashes mark the 

 spot frlii i- ' Mother Jones" dispensed l3»e good things of this 

 world. Our good friend. Dr.' Forbes, and hosts of other 

 kindred spoils, will mourn the loss of their winter resort, 

 and will be forced to seek pastures new. — Al Fkksco. 



he habits of laketish. the methods of fishing and other matters 



The following resolution was adopted: 

 Resolved, As the sense of the meeting that the various States 

 snaet laws regulating the size of fish that can be marketed. 



Delta. 

 Detroit, Mien.. Oct., iO. 



THE GOLDFISH.* 



Ml!. M 1" J. ERTT has published a neat octavo of [08 pages 

 which not. nnh treats oi tin- culture of the goldfish and 

 OS m.'inv interesting facts ia its history but will also he of 

 ue to those who wish to breed tlie carp, a Gah of similar 

 future and habits. .Mr. Mulertt has devoted Dimoh atten- 

 1 to the breed)!!}; of ornamental lish. and wa know i.lial he 

 i imported s 



Ihe fennel. 



'':'. 



/.,,. |o ■•,■ at 



i.. and aof /o 



,■■■.■.,. o) inn 



known to si 



public a r„i 

 in this hsh ' 



Th 



den, ' '■■: 



8 sold as different s 



"laiitail." etc., which are both curious am. 

 artificial as fancy pigeons and some pet c 

 never survive without man's protecting 

 does not think that the decrease of fishes in 

 as much to the use of small-meshed nets as 

 demand from a gi owing population, and i 

 bit of forest in which erow a few chestnut 

 then few villa) 



e be 



whe 



d condition, tin 



E chestnuts, but now, 

 ow n or city, the few 

 the same admiration. 



FIXTURES. 

 Bl Nill snows. 

 ind Koveniber i. :. ioui iville Bench Show. Kntrie-a 

 Cfms. Lfneoln, Superintendent. \\ tv,|.i 



Mile. Kv. 



I yicndcii fv.u! ■ n: ['■ I at ,Meri 



..urn Shine. Sccrruirc. ?.!.., ■. I-;,. Conn. 



April— . 1S81.— fin rtlevelami Bench 8h 



Bench siiov.-. CliarlUS L.n. coin. Hni.. in, i, nrj.-ic. V, M. Miiiin.iil 

 refill, i'h-o fin :. ' 



I- • 1 11.1 • TliiAl.H. 



Not bet 19. .:'■:!. -f'.Ktrrn Field Trials Willi. Fifth Annual TrialK. 



it High Polr 8 Ct. Entries mr the Derby bloat July I Eo 

 Mem :-• lb ■■ it: fa) .'■'•• . r I, Vfc A. 



Coster, Seen ' Flatbusli L one fclaiid. B. Y. 



>Y.i.-m' ' - ■ ■ ■ ■■ lr-- - I . . j ' ' : . . .,, , .■ , I 1 V „ !■' 



Trials :< : !• re- I ftj . 



'■-,-, J. - • ..'■'.< ?, i,i Mats rich. Firs i ■• - '• 



Trials near Stti -n-iiiciiii., C'ul. J,M II Lti ire'tary.sr ..i,,.i/l 



Decembers, 1883.— National American Kennel L'lab, Fifth Annual 



T: [:■ ' ' .! r, in I III 1 !. V, uipllis, 



i abev :;.— i.JHi-.jT Bod bad i-nn Chi!.'; Thil I -' tmi FtjeldTrials 



i ,• ■ , - _■■-■■■.■ ■ ' .1 : l i ■ i ■ . . . ! riaono, Oregon aiul 



Nevada'. Knir--. i ■• ■ ■■ -..■.,,-,•! ry SilrO 



l>...-.-iU,.-r I, - , 1i I. ■ i", „ ... ,|, s Kil-lil 



. n - - close Hec !). .f. K. Ken ami, Secre- 



tion ot furnish 



FtNKRT Black B\ss Stream in the World.— Cumber- 

 land. Mil, Oct. 21. — 1 see in your "Sea and River Fishing" 

 you ask for information as to "where to go fishing." The 

 south branch of the Potomac River, in Hardy county, W. 

 V.i,, near the towns of Jloorcucld and Petersburg, is the fin- 

 es] black bass stream in the. world. This is a "big state- 

 ment," but nevertheless true. There is a good hotel iu each 

 place, reasonable charges, and are situated near the river. 

 Any quantity of quail and deer around both Moorclield and 

 Petersburg.— A. 31. W". 



Black Bass it St. Claib Flats.— Detroit, Mich., Oct. 

 20 — This week A. C. McGraw. Esq.. who is oyer TO years 

 old, and another Detroit gentleman, in two days' fishing at 

 Johnson's Olianiisl, St. Clair Flats, caught over'eighty black 

 bass that would average nearly three pounds each. Mr. 

 McGraw toughs it iu a small cabin on his sailboat when ou 

 such trips,— Delta. . 



A Bit, Masoaaohob Oka Teout Rod.— Detroit, Mich., 

 Oct. 20. — Jerome (Jroiil. F.sq., caught, a beautiful mascalpnge 

 yestt rday, at Johnson's Channel, taking him with a B-ounce 

 trout rod. The fish measured three feet four inches in 

 length, and weighed lourleen pounds, and was broicihl to 

 a fight of twenty minutes. — Delta. 



tgisli culture. 



CONFERENCE OF FISH COMMISSIONERS. 



A N informal conference of Fish Commissioners f roin Bevel -al 

 J\_ St 3-- •:- boi'd i ire Ujion the Great Lakes was held in De- 

 no!i Oct 17. The following were present: Philo Dunning 

 1 . f nt. and James Kevin Superintendent of the Wisconsin 

 i' - ; i ..i imiss-on; Robert O. Sweeney, Pri sklent -of the Minne- 

 sota rish i mmission: CJharteS \\'.' Bond. Henry Don i- 

 superin; ' i-ut a si D.Y.Howell Of Ohio; J. F. Antisdel of 

 \Vis C oc--i '■':•.■! '.U-: Clark of i le- United Slates Fish Commis- 

 si i . ..I, J l.t. J. C. Pai-kei-, A. J. Kellogg and J. H. Bissell of 

 the Michigan Commission. The. obicet was to considt 

 resasd to iiniform ies-islation to regulate the capture of fish 

 the l treat Lakes bythe States bordering upon them. The fol- 



i-i.l : 



: Stiii dav night to 12 Honda' 

 iiclcUc" fee should be prohii 



• shall not be ova- eighty rods 

 ; from headlands, and no nets 

 e 111 Ue out from headland to 

 any Lavoi 

 aheadla 



3 shall be allowed to be I 



the lake, to be 

 jaeeitou reefs 01' 



• depletion 01 food ■:-_.->■ of theCre; 



roted mi he ciilt.ui'c and propagation i 

 turned to such waters, 

 iandard for seine and gill nets shall be 



and pound nets shall be licensed by Hit 

 lie fathom of lead above twenty-fivi 



The; 



rees are not looked i 



enough to go Touiid. 

 re interesting eha prci 

 itnona the'.at l.er we 

 ind the muskrat. We ha 

 oave watched them, but 

 stomachs, arid thei efore have a _. 

 doubt. While it is likely that both take an occasional fish, 

 have never been able to prove it. 



*The Goklnsh and its Systematic Culture with a View to Profit: 

 practical treatise on the fish.es prsiss i's. ,- ■..-. '- 

 care of the flsh iu captiritv. Together with hints on tci 

 of ponds, etc. Bylliiisi Mulertt, propagator ol ornament tl icii i 

 aquniic plants. Illustrated with eolored frontisuieee uad nineti 

 woodcuts. di-a\ra G'om nai 



BENCH SHOWS AND JUDGING. 



Eft 



... lo me Col. Stuart Tavior's remarks on dogs tail 

 have not received the attention fhev deserve from your nu- 

 merous co-respondents, so I '■■ to aupply the defi- 

 ciency, in part at least, though fearful of uot doing justice 

 to the subject. 



Iu his carder diatribes on the subject Col. Taylor professed 

 to si ■ great want of style, if not evidence of bad breeding, in 



innate O.. L83S. [Price $1.00], 



THE SUNFISH AGAIN. 

 Editor Forest and Stream: 



During my absence, I find some of my friends have "been 



f tin. 



:-:t'-i 



I am glad to see them, and will 

 to their exceptions. "B " thinks my plaa ra 

 Mather's would soon make Hsh of all kinds a ra 

 I simply reply, that my pbui has been In. use f « 

 sands of years with quite satisfactory resu 

 kinds" are not to-day a rarity, though son. 

 to become so under the operation of pla 

 kind. 



"R." thinks my view of the case is based on 

 t.irelv.'" Well, no, not entirely; but to some 

 I should feel rather ashamed of myself if it: w 

 moment, my good friend, and let us take a gl 

 ter of sentiment, which, is br< .ught in upon so 

 to take the place of argument. It is ilin 

 divided emotion or feelingj called sentiment, 

 many of the purest and sweet stjoi oi . . 

 easfin- its sentiment, and what dues the llv 

 Doublless "PC" has been "a-tishing" many a ti 

 it, but I do wonder if iu all his life he ever v, 

 that he shoidd thus, talk about sentiment, C( 

 sentiment about fishing, as all tuue anglers wi 

 mit, but something besides sentiment was c 

 protest against the indiscriminate destructioi 



"K.' : and the comparatively few who thin 

 that the simtish is worthless and has no vali 

 with them on this point. I suppose their met 

 the simtish has no value as foo/L Ir - : ■■ . I 

 sands as an article of food, and is about the o 

 many families ever get. I make this statemeii 

 knowledge. I know, too, that a great many 

 as a food, and I am hot ashamed to rank un 

 number. ' Besides, it is no uncommon sigh . 

 stands of our fish markets. It is not, correct, tl 

 that this fish has no value. It doubtless 

 than the trout, with which, remember, I a 



•ciilv briefly 



'•'i.inHr. 



To this 



itlvthat he I 

 are. V\ e ku 



shis tail is at 

 i irii 



Igbt to trifle w 



m have at leas 

 habits of dogs 

 •what flexible 



o i , that he I 



'i ruths u cold ',i-i gain 



the 



ned 



Uy ad- 



ifish.' 



x till 



ithhii 



I take issue 

 ig to be, that 

 iver.bythoii- 

 tish foodthat 

 mv personal 

 ■ein it highly 

 f among the 



es, upon the 



■fore, to say 

 lore people 



• 'sional 



a itroight 



,i- list |g tO lii'ii, 



1 1 1 i i,,, i . . , i 

 .i to tae that I 

 pouing the 



i :r:: 



nati 'i 

 o 

 tlval uTefeilt 

 i - Jural i 



..-.,, or pu 



.'I 



icsi even dog lot 



... erects 



, 6hi si tuo it. The 



i|stor\ wo i 



,w objection i 



ir, i, i , i m 

 or Org ill. Neither 

 ah to be i i 



1 ubu.ll, ii'n- 



•-- 1 1 . 



Picket. 



stage to, 



at | L- si. 



he presumes I i 



iipare it. 



tin 



iks the country w 

 were no simtish 

 k thai, the million 

 Pray, what i 



Hid In 



lit ot the fc 



shall take the place of tl 



ea.p. for most people JO 



1 do not wish to take- 

 would like to add a few 



suiiiish destroys the eg; 

 put in such a way as to 

 hsh does it, All lish pno 



f sunfish, but that df 



liiiflio 



nots 



of dollars better 

 die I. on the coir 

 ■ si , ., the Viene- 

 hiititispropoool 



ithcr lis! 



•.Schuylkill, 



11 the Stales bor- 

 jiinet to the work 



nmend that such 

 r proper statistics 



srs that the work 



other 

 ut thesuntish and 

 long very v.-d lo- 

 ir Delaware, and 

 ,-ate,i- as Rye Lake 

 mtdtipiv, notwithstaniliug the 

 , it, and the multitudes of sun- 

 i fishing for bass 1 am often an- 

 ts not blind me to their useful- 



pond (several of them, for that mat- 

 aud had all the trout 1 wanted with- 

 ut ItUling the simtish. A man who 

 s to propagate a particular breed of 

 to remove" other hsh from it: hut 1 am 

 : wholesale destruction of what 1 

 eem a valuable fish. Petka. 



AMERICAN" CAKE TROUT IN FRANCE. -Paris. Oct. 4, 

 1888.— Frof. Speneer C Baird: Duab Bir— You will learn, 



doubtless with \ 



you have had tl 



io.es ..-,,: ill' : 





iresh 

 afforded to 



the p 



SHOOTING RUFFED GROUSE OVER COCKERS. 



Editor Fnrcat and Stream: 



It was 1 he last of October. The leaves were ell gdtie, AUd 



th" frost', moi-uiugsaud bright sunnv days proved too i • 



,;-,. foralovi oftli lot ang .■. a to retr* it ■ i-doors raking 

 .,. !,.■ i, , , quite eo. He teUsme 



logsaregood 



•et a bird cow cud Uc-n. ' , i, ■■ o . 



lo,- a> llu-.her.-. I.e -loo : "Wisf,' 111] I 



.•stopped a l 11. an ' Hushed t.i " thfl 



,'. I ,0 .. - i . i : j • i 

 -■ ItllO 



s .. . :ari ,; »iu ; ■ ■ 



Tl _,,...,,, SO Ol ■ .• 1 . lilt 



i, , oo - si I ,...:- ' i. I '[I' .iioici' pos- 



,.. •. . ', ,i. ,. . i i. I . 



dges, and pre! I rha i c 



■ ■„■,! s. 1 1 ...,.,, ... . Is il. ," 



.,, .mv ci.-i li'. ■ i s .,.. i,..|..ri.., hut lie would 

 .. _ ' .. , ■, rhcn birds. 



: , . .. 1 ■■ s • ''■ ■■. • ■ i i" - ■' 



,..,.. , : . . ,.,,.. I I ■ ■ . . : 

 . . . ring; i 



, : i ■• ■ i. ■ i i li, ■ 

 ' i .... . :...: . . OS... . li 



igs ai . . .... 



im in. As i \ ■ .. . !■•.■' : " o ■ ■ is still at 



,,,.,, : . i , r . i . , .. , i . ■, 



mccic as I throw it from me 



, ,. ,.-:... ■ . '• 



i . it; , is- old Is: ' ''in . ; •!■ best to 

 I: 



; . , . ,,,.., ,. 

 Y ; : igdrop so i i i. | oung 



...... ,0!... " I - i 



, ., ,.:-,..,- .;. 



Pan tells mo t | a asadi 



a t . . ... ... i , •. - ... i , . i tl . Id ' 



-,;., . - , . , - 1 1. ...... i ' m 



all around us. out 



', I : I .,. . .oi s i . il.-- ' . 



.,--;.- do - 'i' ; ■' - nil'.-, ,i .... . 



. , . in h i I.e . . 'i c 



" j'cfouini and 



, , i . . .. 



Permit me to reiterate here nil the thankso!' toe 



dear 



•etai'y. 



resiieetfully 



He 



Withasiimcient loi 



A curious instar 

 'or certain object; 

 etriever Voltaire 



. . n , Mr. Phillips d« 

 i hen sitting on fcwelvi 

 gi 1 1, ii is I iv the lien, n 

 Kennel ijai/'W, 



n - j o lordinary affection dogs take, 

 lati d to he concerning the well-known 

 refused to let am one go near his ken 

 ildingtofind outthi 



o, - d been laid 



Iff as hi.ilhlo..' :n "'.s '. I'. •■: I 



Rowdy, vmi Will do; H o ,,,i 



... ill . Oil.- -- SIS'.- ''. ' ' , I 



, . that seventeen is ti.- mi 



The next inornmg finds dogs anil no. 

 ..... , from. sunrise to sunset. 1 



rccu'ou. where I could and old o 



I, ...-. 



-- | i visited ■. ■ ' • d ad ffieda tew birds in the rareiic 



lure, i-.A\EKbT , v o ^ Hea»rflnd>?oo,.l s.piiit, bui as nightis cob • 



":", C'C -,'i'.' .■' ...s, a ream, 'f In- old farmer 



. qui i . • i 



, .i . 

 barned ii you hain't "ot a lot ol 



ir,,, ,. ( . r -i/oi....-" Mo-' i '. ■ ■ :'•" - '. ■ 



iSay.'CuL them'ili the ivagon. they lod bij ' i had 



rather hay., t's-n, ■•■: - y will flush a bit 



.... i ,,,., r-res! Doe* 



