3S0 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



fN*«v. U9, wm. 



pi, 



lief wine! 

 (evidently 

 mentally i 



n.il u riMi i] DOT pi inted I 

 ever, quilt! pardonable, i 

 freshing in these daya o 

 associations chiefly give 

 pirii displayed by the 

 L'eunsylvaoiti we have 



mure than da 



•eggx and how 



them 'ere rod 



The flgb.1 



trou I 



Till • A «"oci{it iou'-i objects ateset forth in theii constitu- 

 tion- Inil I In work thai we have out .tut for ourselves, as 

 ywu know, laaot an easy one, and it is not strange thai we 

 Jjfij hungry or lhal we desire to become more Closely acquain- 

 ted one with another. No belter way has ever been found 

 for such a purpose than a good "feed," bul Our "feed" is 

 personal and nol of the Association. .T. OJ. 



Piiii.ai>ki.phi.\. Pa.. Nov. iil. 



[Tiro writer of tho above communication has misinterpre- 

 ted the spirit Of the note to which he takes exception; it was 

 sac rauendtt His mistake is, how- 

 mi the spirit displayed equally rfi- 

 so many gime and iish protective 

 , to diniugand winiBg, Fur the 

 Anglers' Association of Eastern 

 the highest respect, find we have 

 uoted'wilh lmicli satisfaction the energetic way in which 

 the society has set ;ihout the accomplishment of its self- 

 imposed task.] 



TROUTINC ON THE BIGOSH. 



H'JTIST T1AT. 



IT will be useless to hunt for the Bigosh on the map, for 

 thai is not tile true name of the river, but only a pet __ 

 name bestowed upon it by a select party, and used to keep < H il. "Ih gosh!" 

 ii >. exact location from the knowledge of certain friends who 

 might perad vent ore get wet feet and take cold if they went 

 browsing around our favorite trouting grounds. This reason 



ana he thought the moment, of parting was near, he held his 

 breath, expecting to sec either rod or line snap, brut when the 

 lip was lowered and Black given until the fish was fairly 

 down again, and the strain gradually brought upon it once 

 he dre-valong breath ami hi- lips formed bis pel 



gh no sound 



lie fell it. 

 nes after passing a dangerous point, nud he 

 a liigher opinion of tlv-rod.- than before, ant! 

 -i.t He. i he bad learned how to enjoy fishing 



ung 1 



fating bow many 



i butter it wuid require to have "onc-of 



tim from New York. 



and the battle wa> won. A huge 



it" side, weak and exhausted, and 



hen L'ncle Ben saw its broad side gleaming in file play of 



sunlight through tin cedars, a more moderate attachof his 



former excitement came on. Dropping his steering paddle 



and waving the landing-net. which be had retained a tirm 



flip on, he jumped up in readiness to land the victim. Alas! 

 _ is excitement made bind forget bis ponderosity, and in try- 

 ing to correct a forward lurch by a backward one, be seated 

 himself overboard. The boat, relieved of the strain, righted, 

 and we saw' Uncle Hen in the form of tin inverted rainbow 

 completely below the surface, lie turned, rose, his head 

 appeared 'above the water, and blowiagthe thiid from his 

 mouth with a lot tjjat 6en( it into the boat, lie spluttered 



r pa 



ding 

 isiys 



taken. 



Iv have pre 

 •al name and 

 1 reason to believe 

 accustomed chan- 

 lOOtS, or disturbed 

 ight to liinl where 



is still ■■' valid one. and although some 01 

 tended :o divulge, "in strict confidence 

 haunt- of ibis famous stream there is g. 

 that its waters still meander alon 

 nei without befog -oiled tiv the 

 by ihe hoatsof those who so stren 

 sfi many large trout were annuall 



I don't mind telling you bow the Bigosh came by iis pres- 

 enl nanie. because if yon should stumble on it and come 

 across good old '•l.'ncle Hen." who has been our guide, phil- 

 osopfcoi and friend, be might casually speak of it as the 

 Higosh. but might he loth to give you the correal derivation 

 of the name through modesty, behaving materially assisted 

 at tin -christening." .Now this was the wavit came about: 

 One of our party has a boy called .lack. 'and to set the 

 matter oi bis paternity at rest, I don't mind telling you 

 further thai when .lack goeato bis father to have a fish-hook 

 cut oul of his thumb, he does not come to me. Now. Jack 

 is fond of fishing, and a couple of years ago. when he had an 

 invitation to spend his vacation with a country cousin, who 

 mentioned "lots ol ti-oiu" among the attractions, hi; went. 

 On his return, the stories he told, accompanied with vouch- 

 ers in the shape of large trout, made his father feel sadly in 

 ueed of a vacation also; but as it is written that it is not 

 good for man to be alone, be invited the party now known 

 as "we three," and we went also. 



Allow me to introduce Uncle Ben; farmer, obese, jolly, 

 tefat 50, fond of fishing and owner of a small boat. The con- 

 ventional 'guide" is not known on the Bigosh because ii has 

 not been visited hv those whose demand creates the slpplv, 

 and l'ncle Ben volunteered his services and the use of his 

 boat, partly from love of fishing, partly from a surplus tlow 

 of the lacteal fluid of human kindness, and partly from 

 euriosit\ to ''see you fellers ketch them ere big trout with 

 them limit- whip" stocks:" L'ncle Ben's "pole'' would never 

 be mistaken for a whip-stock, for. as he said, and we believed 



him. "jest let ■ of them all-tired big trout git n good hold 



on the ho»k and he's got to come, by goshl" This latter ex- 

 pletive was a favorite one with him, and usually appeared 

 somewhere in a sent. -nee either as an introduction, au inter- 

 polation, or a final exclamation, lis constant USO bad leit 

 Its impression On his great wondering, honest face, so that a 

 look of surprise from him left his, open mouth in the shape 

 of forming the words, and the laughing-wrinkle on his fat 

 cheeks seemed alw ays ready to pucKel in readiness to assist 

 at its, utterance 



■AVe three" never included Jack, who always accompanied 

 US as aii appendix, and a voluminous one at that, for he was 

 only a boy. full of enthusiasm, curiosity and chat; therefore 

 there we're live persons in the little boat. Of course you 

 will sav that I here were too many, and we will grant you 

 this without argument, We bad rigged our casts under the 

 wondering Scrutiny of I note Ben. and the frequent repetition 

 of his favorite word. Ail ei a lew easts Jack took a -mall 

 Irout. and l'ncle Ben, in his excitement, lost an 08J as he 

 yelled, " Vou got him! Look out thai ere switch don't 

 break! liy gosh, 1 wouldn't believed il ; but wail lill one of 

 them big ones biles on thou feathers, and then, by gosh, 

 look out!" 



Drifting down slowly we occasionally picked up a small 

 troul but nothing which seemed to alarm Uncle Hen for the 

 safety of "them ere whip-stocks:" he was already satisfied 

 thai a three or four-ounce trout could be captured with them, 

 ami waited, with -more or less patience, to see what be was 

 pleased to term "an old lunker'' hook ou lo a light rod. 

 After passing the sandy point, where the big pines' stand, 

 we came to a bend of the river where a dee]) pool wa- partly 

 Shaded by inclining hemlocks, and here the old man pi came 

 nervous in anticipation of broken rods, and an opportunity 

 to display the staunchness of his trusty "pole.'' 



"Right in there, chuck yer ily over there by that dead 

 cedar limb if vou want to get bold of a lunkei," shoulid 

 Oncfe Bfcn, "that's where tne' and my boy took them -five 

 trout last year thai weighed twculy-one pounds, plump, no 

 ounces more nor less." In- continued. A few casts and one 



erf -we three" bad a rise that Indicated considerable avoirdu- 

 pois on the part of the riser, and the vigorous singing of 

 tie reel continued the indications. A tight followed which 

 did not differ sufficiently from the regulation struggle with 

 a four pounder to warrant a description of the details of 

 how line was jfjveii and taken; how there was danger of 

 entanglement with sunken cedar limbs aud of sawing the 

 line ofi under the boat. We all know how that is, and how 

 hearts beat quicker aud pulses throb as the chances of vic- 

 tory or deieat incline toward the angler or the trout. This 

 has been written so often thai I am as glad of a chance to 

 skip it as you are i hat I have (lone so. Mere 1 think I have 

 an advantage over the reader in having placed him under 

 ■ui obligation, and hope that the -paring of a threatened 

 iutliclioti will be appreciated. 



You should have seen Uncle Ben! bometiiues he stood 

 erect in the boai, his 190 lbs. making it unsafe at auy dis- 

 tance above the gunwale, and again he sat down with a 

 thump when admonished that an erect positiou was uot the 

 safest one iu a boat. Ilia face was a. study. Sometimes his 

 white teeth gleamed with satisfaction, andanouhis puckered 

 lips hid them from view. Once, when the trout leaped high, 



Thus w -is the river named. At Aral we only i-al 



led 111. 



pool where the big trout was taken, aud where Dn 



•le Ben 



moistened his clothing from hat to boots, the Bigo 



ah, bul 



gradoalTj w<: extended the nana- to tbewbolo river 



and il 



has become a household word, adopted even by Cm 



lc Ben 



when speakine: or writing to us, andeach vearweloi 



k for 



Ward to a week of trouting on the Bigosh, Of com 



■e .luck 



laughed at seeing I'lide Hen make a hole in the w: 



ter, 00 



need to tell that. The trout ! Oh, the splash gavt 



him a 



scare and strength to breakaway. I-'ki-.p M \ i 





[TO UK CPNTixrED.] 





. -■ erititn b= placed reposition at all four of the ways 

 for sine io sl.lo. It would seem a pity to lose the full benefit 

 of this work for the lack of so inexpensive an addition. II. 

 Orwk«o, Soy., tssa. 



IN MAINE.— At the I'cnohs 



SALMON 



HHEEDINt 



station lin- 



work of solu- 



stock of sal 



tion impoutuU 



During the 



summer ISSo 



:hespawnix 



gacasoh, 301 



percentage 



if females. 1 



Ai GrandL 



ike St at ion 1. 



tween Oct. 



iu and Nov. Si 



these prove 



1 gravid, and 



1,461 eggs ti 



liecc. The w 



i-. mtort, 



and doubtless 



fish mature 



1 earlier than 



been covere 



d wit Ii snow 



The :■ 



avornbie 

 .loth tin 

 ...I has 



ov. 13, the smaller lake- are 

 entirely covered with ice. and enough ice has formed in the 

 oarrower parts of Grand and PoonmpUs lakes to interrupt 

 navigation. — C G. A. 



X-ht Mennel. 



Tq insure prom&t attention eornm^ineaUons should bpod 

 dressed to the Forest n,i>l Stream Publishing Co., and not to 

 individual.*, in whose absence Irani the dfliee matters of tm- 

 oortenee are liable to delay. 





FIXTURES. 





December ID. 80 



B.RNCH SHOWst 



net -..'1.- >.-,.«-, Irletias IVneli Sl„, 



. btitrii-s close 



.Ian. a.8,«,l«K. 





ncli Stem . Men 



April-; 1884.—' 



i'l'-s l.ia,-.,hi?.sii|^i'i.'. 



lotion's Fj d 



M. Munlla.1l, Site 



Pennsylvania Fish Notes..— For years back their 

 taries of Pine Creek, which is a goodly sized stream running 

 into the Susquehanna two oi threemiles above Jersey Shore, 

 Pennsylvania, have been among the best troul waters of 

 our Slate, owing to their being difficult ol access, and many 

 fihe fs«h could be taken from their waters. Last season the 

 new railroad, "Pine Creek, Jersey Shore and Buffalo,'" 

 which was connected with the Beading Railroad, opened up 

 this inaccessible region, and took tourists by'the score to 

 the fishing grounds, and the consequence wiis that thous- 

 ands Upon thousands of trout, large and small alike, weo- 

 brought out. I listened to the lamentations of two gentle- 

 men from Jersey Shore to-day. and th<\ say the new rail- 

 road w ill in another season ruin what was their only reliable 

 grounds, judging from whal they noticed this spring aud 

 summer, ' They tell me black bass throug the Susquehanna 

 at Jersey Shore, aud that an astonishing number are taken 

 every season on layout lines. This summer it was discovered 

 that the bass were'wormv, and the report being circulated, 

 no one could be induced" to eat the ti.sh. The consequence 

 was the out-line fishermen ceased their work. Weirs and 

 lisli dams, I am told, are numerous in the sane- section. My 

 uformants state positively thai they have seen Ihe genuine 

 salmon (not the wall-eyed pike that is sometimes called 

 salmon in the Susquehanna) taken near Jersey Shore on the 

 Susquehanna River. Can this be SO?" — Homo. 



l-H-.l.li TKl ELS-. 

 National Muerleau Kennel rinh, l-'lltn Annual 

 etkm, Tcuu. D. l-ryi-en, SeeirUi-y. Mi niplils. 



December 3.— GilK 



^isffctilture. 



FISHWAYS IN THE OSWEGO RIVER. 



OOME three years ago an appropriation was made b 

 kJ Legislature to cover the necessary expense of bni 

 ll.-hwaysin the Oswego Biver, over such dam- as ne.-ded i 

 in the belief thai this stream, once the favorite resort ol 

 kintd\ salmon and still the home ol that prince among I 

 water iish. lie- small mouth black bass, might agahaofler 

 inducements to the finny tribes generally as to re.-nlt i 

 recovery of its ancient fame. This anprooriation was 

 expended hv I he Superintendent of Public Works of tit s 

 under direction of the l-'ish i 'onimissionere. Because of 

 delay, unaccountable at the p 

 appropriation was available hi 



built. 



id appropiiatii 



tiled of the Go 



id lake 



he Legislature of 1989, but 

 e, and it was uot until the 

 „• recommendation of the. 

 ion the pari of the State 

 in. This happy eoncatenii- 

 phiee during (he post sum - 



Ont 



- mih - 



from the t 



were constructed and u 



as follows: One at the 1 

 than one mile from t 

 •'high dam," a mile abc 

 aud a half further ur 



-ipt 



k began, In thirty-one days 



the first timber four ways 



j condition. These are placed 



■er dam, a distance of a little more 



rivers mouth: the second at the 



; a third at the Jlinctto dam, a mile 



' the fourth at the Battle 



outh. The 



rst dam 

 1 ii feel. 

 50 feet 



n.eth by ' 



Island dam about ,-inht miles I 



is 10 feet in height, the lishwav l'.' ; to 



broad; the second dam rises lo 12 feet, and 



long by ti broad : the third and fourth dam 



8 ttethigh.arid the ways about ill feet 



breadth. 



The rule of the way is o feet of length i o ,-i er\ I of height. 

 Tie- figures given show that this was increased to 1 to I, mak- 

 ing the incline much more gradual. 



The form of way is that adopted by I he L'. S. 

 mission, known as the latest McDonald, being 

 of Col. McDonald, of Virginia, aud each was put in under the 

 personal supervision of Dr. J. V. Simmons, the superintendent 

 appointed h.\ < 'ol. McDonald. '' 



mediate supervision was P. 

 tractor, whose experience 



vho-e 



Under hts instructions and im- 

 M. Cunningham, E^q., the con- 

 l oiher dock, pier and marine 

 xeellemh- tor this service, ana 

 o make a success of the Osw 



With such assistants, then, the State authorities had but. 

 little doubt of the result of their work, and the rapid and 

 thorough executiop of the same was a foregone conclusion. 



Our ways are in, the first McDonald wavs- north of Mason 

 aud Dixon line, but for the sake of all gentle fishermen, we 

 hope not the last. Each way is protected by "ice-breakers.' 

 heavy beams which deflect the floating ico, and each is so 

 placed that the fish can easily find it, and so far as we have 

 yet been able to judge, but one thing remains to be done to 

 render these as perfect as fish ways maybe. I refer to the 

 need of gates above to regulate the flow of water. At all times 

 there is enough, and at certain seasons, especially in the 

 spring, too" much water. The way becomes flooded. To 

 remedy this, simple gates could be constructed at the head of 

 the chute aud raised or lowered as occasion might demand. 



December . . 

 Trials at Canton. Miss. Entries elo.-e 1(60.0. X K. RenaUit, Secre 



New Orleans, ],n 



A NOVEMBER RUM. 



that no lover of the chi 

 celebration. It was calm, 

 from the chimneys quietly- b 



ity.go by without improvement. Ai early sum 

 mysa.hlie and oil' lo the lields Fourteen Byron 



• of those cbarnii'ug mornings 



oehl ft ■.,.- without proper 

 y and clear, with the smoki- 

 ng to I-'ne north — the pe.il'ee. 

 opporbun- 



-ed 



•ight 



xt. Poi 

 • puppi 



•ch- 



ute hunting grot 

 el-.ly joined in. tin 



el. whe 



I was In 



.1111. Is fol- 



tned, and 

 nthsold i 



■it - 



one, the ch 



but litttle u 

 ened by tin 

 however. 1. 

 self and tin 

 imperative 



The 



tactics, bui ii 

 hounds. It was a >--i; 

 with pine tops of 50ve*B 

 patches of thick uodergn 

 tended to break a view by 

 to secure him a .est for eve 

 this vast old held, repeated 

 fox test the value of every 

 invented. The eight Byroi 

 the track, covering it all 

 leaving the flanking to-thai 

 increased I le-ir eagerness u 

 ring just one hour from its 



tlASTDN, X. 0, 



ox'a 



ting 



and repeat thi- 

 adapted to such 

 e in favor of the 

 I. well covered 

 with occasional 



tlii'l-: I 



mtry 



ndy 



sight doshei 



* t.'g.t.' 



thinii 

 any c 



lets h 



to age and reason to tradition, so the realities 

 lecome I he myths or the present. While the 

 is relegated ti. the domain of pure fiction, 

 ,g her,, remains a fixed quantity. 

 he dog. loan's constant friend, !i:ik been the 



etoi-lans and writers of every age! ttor is bj 



ntellert I hat 



■ I lie poor bl-lian. nhes- iiaoil i In,, el 



Se,- (,j,i iii el Is and h«ars luta in the wiml:'' 



tlmilis that 



■1 I'SHSpOj O-.l Ii, I H.L' ll-li. -I- sl.V 



BiS mill. inl dog -liall bear biW eoiii|.aiiy.'' 

 IliiiK.- \\as a -ell.er ot ancient lineage, and WOOlO .-e.o.-eh 



ale-- -ml to notice a cur of low degree, but upon meeting 



ould trot bv with cose and tail al an elevation 



.i-iii filed .. ' 



and v 





iclii 



•il,:, 



ich attached to me and when Ire bad 

 I home would start oil topaA iuea 



Lness - three miles distant; bui 



a gei picked 



eld 



and \ 



about eightei 

 complete recognition 

 old relation Svibset 

 cocker spaniel pup, \ 

 little brute, and as sot 

 alliance offensive and 

 the preu 



induce 



• kind 



•mot.-. 



find a 

 led his 

 tan a 



when a 



Id or 



I lie. I 



in! if 



both 



Dinks, but Vinegar, though not hall' hii 

 to attack hiiu whenever aud wherwei 

 Pussy where on hand, poor Dinks had to stand 

 front and rear. 



The Pussy anU Vinegar combination wa.-, lina 

 and Dinks was so completely subdued that he 

 thrust his head from under the house, where 

 refuge, even to get food. Affairs remained in 

 1 1 ui , I a subsequent visit 1 madt two yeairs arbei 

 recognized me, followed mi ■■*< i -y where, and t 

 arrival issued a declaration oi :': iving miic 



gal 1 a good thrashing, though it afterward transpired he onlj 

 awaited mv departure to re-establish the. tormer condition 

 Dinks monopolized my entile time during my stay, sloepiug 

 at mv door at night, and if Vinegar came near him he won Id 

 look in my face to assure himself of support and give a growl 

 at the coeke'-. who seemed fully to realize ihe significance of 

 the situation and march off slowly under ev.dent mental 

 protest. 



The day after I left Vine; 



•l-.sllll. 



ly dare 



"taken 







r resumed his u = 'ial authority. 



