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TtmuramB Gue Notes.— Nashville, Oct, 37.— Never 



before were quail so abundant it, the. report trom every 

 quarter, yet yoryfew are coining to market, and these few 

 arc rather small and clear, The -weather has been too warm 

 up io date for amateur sportsmen to go out, but "Old Probst 

 bililh : •■" promises a (-old snap hi o tew days, and then Clark 

 Pritchett Ben Allen, .Tor Woodrolk, Burkhol/. and the teg- 

 lers will commence their winter snooting. Thereports Irani 

 Reeli'oot Lake announce more game of all kinds in that won- 

 derful locality than over known before. Several parties have 

 been formed in Nashville to go down there so soon as winter 

 weather comes. 'Possums and 'coons are more plentiful 



than usual. This I .an vouch for ft 

 John Joplin, one of the best fellows 

 me in two sii|ier)) specimens of the 

 They were too fat to run, so "Old. Jop 

 famous hound Reform, Col W. II. 

 Davidson county farm and purchased 



ny own observations. 

 i the States brought 



caught both with Ms 

 oh ison has sold his 



l Sumner. N 



i of his marvelous pack of hounds be 



of Sot. 



we: BurtBri 



-it her day. It 

 k is made of 



Ten 



our lire 



heard in this neighborhood, but the hunt 



have such runs as they never dreamed of before! 



received his new hammerless Daly gun the othi 



perfect]} plain, though beautiful. The stock i; 



magnificent piece of Italian walnut, and serves 



ornament to the superior barrels, Burt will c 



l.Vellooi next month. Andy Menders, the g 



see shooter, is spoken of as flic coming chief of 



pari mi tut, If so the shooters all over the United States will 



h -,-, Ii • dangerous antagonist and the company of one of 



nature'! noblemen.— J. D. il. 



Plucky BHQOTEBB.— With plenty of spunk even a blind 

 man might learn to shoot. Wc have recorded the exploits 

 of armless gunners and legless fox hunters. Here is a story 

 from the other side, about a remarkable target shooter, who 

 recently died in the canton of Geneva, Switzerland, Jean 

 Trottet was born in 1831 without hands or feet. His short 

 arms were pointed, and his legs, such as they were, not being 

 available for walking, he was able to move 'only by twisting 

 his body from side to side. His ease greatly interested the 

 surgeons of the neighborhood, and local Barnums made the 

 ' . well-to do peasants, many tempting offers to turn 

 their child's misfortune to account by exhibiting him about 

 the country. But these offers were invariably declined, and 

 when Jean' was old enough he was sent to school In writ- 

 ing he held his pen at the liendofthi elbow-. As he grew 

 older he took great interest in husbandry, became an active 

 hav-mnker, used the reins with dexterity" and was so good a 

 shot that he often carried off the first prize at the village Urn. 

 He enjoyed, too, some reputation for sagacity, was consulted 

 by his neighbors on mailers of importance,' and has left be- 

 hind him a widow and four Children amply provided for. 

 



A Pleasant Peesosal Mention of Mr. 8. A. Tucker, 

 the traveling man for the Parker gun, appears one week in 

 I tie Sacramento, < 'nt. , Bee. The next week there is some- 

 thing of ibe same kind in the Chicago. III., Tribune. The 

 St. I. -mis, Mo., Globi Demoerat follows suit, and then the 

 New Orleans, La,, /'/ " motrat. The printer's ink of 

 this last note is hardly dr) before the Bangor, Me., II .'•<.</- 

 Oottrkr is out Willi a paragraph of like tenor. While the 

 Toklst and Stiieam exchange, editor is puzzling his brain 

 to determine whether this is all about the same, man or half 



a dozen different men, a card comes in, on which is inscribed 

 the name "6. A. Tucker," He explains that he has been 

 overei ery railroad, turnpike and cowpath of North America, 

 and can in proof show two or three million newspaper notices 



and sportsmen's club invitations and shooting match reports, 

 and a whole carlo, id of medals and sweepstakes. He is here 

 to-day. to morrow he will be in Arizona, and the next day in 

 Louisville, Ky.. to attend the Carvei-Sfubbs shoot. 



A DUCK Shoot 

 this report, from 

 of Air. Frank Col 

 to the life-saving 

 duck shooting, W 



nn.,— Saco, Me.. Oct 3fJ. — I send 

 ilcfnnl Timet, of the adventure j 

 .town: "Monday he went down 



jf>a mid giver J$fafting. 



start to retu 

 northwestern 

 dous heavy s 

 alarmed ai tt 

 and tried to d 

 however, he 

 ting into his 

 thwaite, awa 

 donned his rubl. 

 tbe progr 

 Bast Point 



for lit 



Oh hi. —Clear Port. —There will be a good season in this 



"■■> .' rhood. Partridges or grouse are plenty a few miles 



sOuth, in the hills, I was out the other day without^ dog; 



saw two; only ghOt 0110, as they v. ere in quite a thicket. 

 Quail are plenty. A covey lit in my yard the other Sunday, 

 one Hying into the open door of the 'room where my wife 

 was lying sick, frightening her almost as much as if it bad 

 been ii bear. Squirrels plenty in the timber. 1 have made sev- 

 eral very good bags. We have very good fishing south of 

 here, la Clear Omsk, a branch of the Hocking River, and 

 if the nets can be kept Out for a few years if will be still 

 better. I bear of a few wild turkeys -itJ the Clear Creek 

 hills in Hocking county, but they are so wild that it is 

 almost impossible to bring them to bag.— J. T. H. 



Caup on Tin; Wing.— George Steinmetz, wh 

 Norristowaj was gunning for wild ducks along tl: 

 kill oiv day iast week, and when near the engine 

 which the water is pumped from the Schuylkill to 



edt 



;tish fei 



li\ 



housi 

 the re 



! lie bank, fie took aim, fired, and 



cass of ibe aqueous monster was floating on tl 



the water. It was captured with little difficult 

 I. be a German carp. The fish measured 25inc 

 and weighed 7J pounds. — West Chester (Pa.) Lo 



I late 



ngth, 

 , Oat. 



, bio' 



welling 



•clot hi: 



His friends at the 



■ry 



utentii 



Junction of Blue and Ghakd Rivebs.— Colorado, Oct, 

 BO. — Game has not been so plentiful this year, owing to 

 wholesale slaughter by the market hunters. 'Elk ran last 

 month, and it was easy for one man to load a wagon with 

 their meat. The broods of mountain grouse were very 

 small owing to the nests having been let t roved bv rain. 

 Blacktail run in December, when a great many will be sent 

 to market, 1 fear we are all killing the goose that lays the 

 golden egg, and when the game is gone we will rue it. We. 

 had a good season for trout.— KnOT, 



•aker 

 but 



f Mr. Cole's 



at suit and st; 



the boat to set 



lich is nearly 



Struck the boat " i 



the rower got 1 



Cl 



danger and 

 rtedalong the shore 

 how it fared, Befo 

 i half mile from th 

 ,nd some water - 

 er headed again 



so that th. 

 iftet a tai 



; aro 

 rind 



i In 



at Co 



• the 



ake 



|VU 



flu 



h weather, 

 g daunted, 

 i and ,:e. 

 HD.es Gold- 

 3 his duty. 



e reaching 

 station, a 



ras taken 

 all right, 



lev 



point. 



icki 



dki 



dressed very heavily a 

 above water. lie ha 

 ing. two thick woolen 

 pocket, a revolver tl 

 seventy-rive cartridgi 

 and over all he wor 

 mer he struc 



Ji 

 ick the boat 

 ig Cole fully ten fee. 

 ud this impeded hi 



, fifth 



just 



;iny 

 Iinmedt mis 

 rd him and With 



1 he bow out of 

 away. He was 



rubber boots, he 



i0tio 



shirts, vest with 

 :t weighed a pound 



in another pocket, 



an oil suit, But 

 and finally managed to 



a the 



, and 



an ex 



A Wily GkOUSE. -Lake, Pa,— There are pheasants in 

 this country, but they are not plenty, and one particular 

 scamp of the kind has "occasioned me much tramping in my 

 efforts to hag him, por four days in succession 1 have both 

 heard and seen him just once, and then he gets into the 

 hemlock and is safe. Last week 1 saw six very handsome- 

 looking black bass (small tnouth) 'which were taken in 

 Harvey's Lake, on crawfish bait, They each weighed ft 

 little over two pounds. — F. G. 



Abtibuc. — Mr. H. P. Chubb, of Cleveland, O., is a taxi- 

 dermis! who does some, excellent, work in mounting game 

 and other birds. A pair of quail prepared by Mr. Chubb have 

 hung in this office for the past two years and have attracted 

 much favorable attention among our visitors. 









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notes 

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<c glad to hate fm pi Mi 



es, Will nut imr eorre 



irable potnti for an 



To 



nsvrc prompt attention, communication ■■ v (■ ■■■< 



■d In iltr Forest and Stream !;•>,!, ,,/,,„,, | 



ndividuals, in wltose absence from the office mutter* at im- 

 portance are Halite- to delay. 



OPEN SEASONS. 



The'diffeat of ojieu seasons, printed in our issQe of Aug. Hi, lei 



beon published in convenient pamphlet form, end m ill b< 



address, postpaid, en receipt of 10 cents. 



boat, which had upset, and reaching in got hold of the een- 

 terboard box. Another heavy sea came dashing in at this 

 moment and washed him away a few feet. He again sv. am 

 and regained his hold on tbe boat. Capt. Goldthwaite was 

 now on the shore watching him and had signalled to the sta- 

 tion that something was wrong. He shouted to Cole to hold 

 on to the boat and the latter now thinks he heard him and 

 that this must have encouraged him. A few seconds after 

 he had regained the boat for the second time a huge wave, 

 the biggest that had yet struck him, came and washed over 

 him. For a short time nothing could be seen on shore 

 of either man or boat. Cole had seen the wave 

 coming and taking a firm grip had ducked his head and 

 gone under. The wave just struck the top of his head, 

 taking off his hat with the same force as if it had been 

 dealt a heavy blow with a club. A third wave took him 

 ashore on the ledge and carried him out again. The fourth 

 took him into water about breast high, and he let go his grip 

 upon the boat and managed to get ashore. The next wave 

 brought the boat near shore, and Cole, with Captain Gold- 

 fhwaite's assistance, drew it up out of the water. A breech- 

 loading shotgun valued at $00 was lost overboard when the 

 boat upset. Cole was taken lo the life-saving station where 

 he was rubbed tlown and provided with dry clothes. Capt. 

 Goldthwaite and his men did all in their power io make him 

 comfortable and are deserving of all credit. Mr. Dole has 

 been accustomed to the water since a mere child, and is an 

 adept at handling boats. 'When I struck upon m | 

 rise- water after being thrown our of my boat,' said he lo the 

 Timet reporter, T thought that was the last of me.' He 

 has every reason to be thankful for his providential BS( ape," 

 The gun lost by Cole was a Parker, loaded Willi brass shells, 



and 'it was recovered Saturday, Oct. 8?, after bein| 



water three days. The shells "were removed from the bar- 

 ds, the gun taken apait and thoroughly cleaned and oiled, 

 iter the gun was put together the shells were placed in the 

 barrels, and they fired as well as though they had never been 

 wet. The inside of the barrels are in as good condition as 

 before, while the outside is but very little rust eaten. The 

 stock was so little swelled as to hardly be noticed. With the 

 exception of the barrel being bright where the rust was 



ndpapered off the outside, the gun is as good as w ten 

 — W. F. C, 



TnosE Outlawed Gcns — In reply to "Hunter's" ques- 

 tion in the Forest and Stiieam of October 18, I would in- 

 form iiim that I have au outlawed breechloader that, I will 

 sell. It isa No. 3-bore, 40-incb barrels, weight 2-1 pounds, and 

 will lake a Montana buckwheat cake for a wad Will make 

 the price very low, as the kind of game it was used for is 

 cleaned out here, and the sooner it" can be doue about, his 

 ntry the better. "Hunter" should not organize a game 

 protective club till he gets this jewel for a while.— A Vet- 

 eran K.1LLEH. 



What Is a Gopher''— I suppose that was told as a good 

 story in yours of the 11th. Well, perhaps il is, but the de- 

 cision was not correct Goodrich says: "The Camas rat is 

 called galore by the French, hence" gopher by the Ameri- 

 cans, a term also applied to several ol her species. It derives 

 Us name for its fondness for the Quamash, or Camas plant 

 UScilUt \culaia)." This dqes not apply to turtles or snakes. 

 Which do you go for, Goodrich or Webster?— B. 



ONE TABLE TURNED. 



Editor Forest oral Stream : 



Probably every one who "likes to go a-lishing" has repeat 

 edly heard the ancient, story of the city chap who. decked 

 out' in a complete fishing suit, armed anil equipped with an 

 elegant and ornamental out lit. returns home with a "water 

 haul," while the barefoot, lagged country boy, armed with 

 the historical bean-pole and" cotton Hue, capttu 

 string, simply because he is acquainted with the habits of 

 the fish. 



1 had taken considerable slock in this antiquated romance 

 at onetime: but I unloaded a very large share of il years 

 ago, and a little circumstance WOICD happened a few days 

 ago strengthened my convictions of the propriety of unload 

 ing more. I was fishing in Grand River, near the village nf 

 Lowell in this county, and had gone ashore to straighten out 

 and rest, up a trifle, when a short distance from the bank I 

 (Spied as perfect a specimen of the above-mentioned boy as 

 ever existed, with this exception: his hat was sound,' his 

 feet were bare, except two toes, which were cum opei 

 rags. Patchwork might convey some idea of be, clotH , 

 fait would not answer" for a description; his mail was large 

 il Buttered obtrusively in the stiff breeze; on his shouldei 

 he carried about ten feci, of the bull end of What had once 

 been an eighteen or twenty foot cane polo, and attach* I o 

 one end of this stub of a pole were abuitt six feet Of the hi 

 toric cotton string. 

 I asked him if he had any bait, and the only answer WAS 



shy, reserved look. Thinking he did not mute::, 



I asked, "Got any minnow-.-.'" "No." 1 suggested worms, 

 and a shake of the head was the only response, lii 



Another shake. " 'Hoppers';" "All dead," "Well." 1 r< - 

 marked, "how do you manage to catch these large fish here'.' 

 What kind of bait do you use?" The lad turned on nie with 

 a curious, quizzical sort of an expression, and asked, "Live 

 here?" "Wo.' "Where do you live'." 'Grand Hapids." 



Won't you tell if J show you?" I assured ln'i | 



would not. Then in a hesitating, doubting sort of a way lie 

 stepped to my aide, threw basis one side of his coal and dis- 

 played ft bran ee-w Caledonia minnow of the Inrgi it ■ ■■. 



and' as lie held il Up to m ivei ten H h : 



structure was a- tan , , i. i". ,■;''■'■ ,',U ;m. ! . 



them. His blight eyes sparkled with joy, his clu h ided 



to the uttermost limi so ,,-, ■■!■. r for a v , uid smiles 



of joy and saii:-; '■,, Son clallced over his face, as with tl hop 

 and a skip he hastened to the water's edge. 1 watched him 

 attach the glittering bait to tin- string, throw il into the 

 river, stick the end of his pole into the bank, propping if up 

 and loading it down with a couple of stones, pull 

 turnip from his pocket, and sit down with joyous expect- 

 ancy. 



Ili about, an hour afterward 1 rowed past the -pot, and. 



judging i the .-in Tai c indications, a change had come 



'over the Spirit Of his dream. He sat in a liuipy. lolling sort 



i a pi : , there was a hungry, longing look on his healthy 

 (ace i, id as 1 glanced along 'the few feel of cotton string 

 and saw plainly the shining bail lying motionless in about 

 two led "f water. I came to I he eonciu-ion that there would 

 be one sadly disappointed boy in town that night, one aching 

 heart and a' void "in one breast that no glittering Caledonia 

 minnow could either allay or satisfy. W. 



GbjSd Rapids, Mich., Oct. SS. 



Sam Domingo, West Indies.— There is scarcely any shoot- 

 ing on the Island, except wild pigeons which are not now in 

 season. At Monte Christo you may find eiiyuiau. flamingo 

 and cranes, but no fresh wc.ter or accommodations of any 

 kind. The scenery, however, is magnificent throughout the. 

 Island.— Hoopla, 



The STATE of Arkansas is fast becoming a resort .tor 

 !: ii i , i in i fishermen. In order to encourage this travel the 

 Si bonis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway announces 

 th til ill issue special tickets, at special rates, for hunting 

 parties of three, or more. Xo charge is made for dogs or 

 «»»• 



A WffiiTK Crow.— Beacon Palls, Cone, Ool. S3, 1882.— 

 Editor Forest and stream: There is a white crow around 

 here. Po you know of any one that would like it, and 

 would give 'enough to pay for the trouble of hunting him? 

 I will try and get it.— Conrad F. Grvibeil 



Slilivan CofNTT, N. Y.— Mr. John Todd, of the Moun- 

 tain Farm, Woodbotirne, in Sullivan counlv, reports under 

 date of Oct. 25: "Partridges are very plenty. A man who 

 took his dog out to train the other day brought in eight ruffed 

 grouse." " 



New Jersey. — Messrs. H. and S. Edwards killed in the 

 vicinity of Summit. N. J., October 18, twelve woodcock 

 The birds were in fine condition. Summit is on the L>. L 

 & AV. Railroad, twenty-two miles from New York. 



SUBTERRANEAN TROUT. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



A few days ago, while wandering along the railroad 

 track about a mile west Of this city, along with a friend, we 



, ■■■■ ed what we thought to he a wonderful freak of 

 nature, Tim was a spring of cool, Clearwater, gu h i 

 from the foot of a hill and having a tall Ol about sis t'COl 

 in about eighty rods to where it. emptied into a small creek. 

 The water 'flows from a cayitv which extends into the hill 

 about, ten feet, and large enough to admit the body ofa man. 

 While straining our eyes, lying perfectly Still, Wfi were gur 



prised fo see numberless little rlshes swim om 



bowels of the earth, and upon a slight movement of Hie bead 

 disappear in an instant into the bill. After [1 great deal of 

 trouble we secured a specimen, which proved to be a hrool, 

 trout 



Now I he most curious part remains to be told A,-' 

 there a ie no creeks or bodies of water Within <i 

 this one being at least six feet lower than the spi 

 plain to see that thev cannot teach it, toni below A tew 

 days after the discovery, we again cisi I pring, and 



after waiting a long while, we were disappointed n not 



seeing our finny acquaintae. i a m B shad 



of one in the outlet. We wandered over to thei prn 

 about one mile due north. This spring was perfet lyolivi 

 with the same kind of fish as were seen n spring Ni 

 After watching them awhile, they also disappeared into the 

 ground, and this explains the mysterj us to how they get 

 into the first spring. 



Wc both agree that there is an underground Stream flow 

 ing from one to the other, and the tish iiud means Of egics.s 

 through this passage, A few years ago a large number of 

 young trout were placed in this river, and nothing has sine, 

 "been Tieard of them until this summer, when a few fine 

 specimens were secured, they being caught out of tht 

 tributary to the river. The water "of the latter being too 

 stagnant, they were supposed tokavedied, but repent dia 

 coveries disclose the fact that they have nm into > : r-oc 

 Water of the smaller streams, and we may hop,- to ! 

 some rare sport ere long. 



This has been a poor vear for lovers of the rod here, 

 though at the beginning of the season v- I 

 to hope i ll one. But the heavy rains have 



washed into the streams a Luge quantity of food, and the 



