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FOREST AND STREAM. 



DITTTO POWDER CO., 



Office 55 Kilby street, 



BOSTON. 



CHAS. L. ANDREWS, 



President. 



OHAS. J. WH1TMORE, 

 Treasurer. 



HAVE I- OR SALE 



Ditt.ni ar'* ilimpo wder 



For . & ho* Guns and Rifles. 

 Secured by Letters Patent. 



FIXED AMMUNITION FOR ALL VARIETIES OF 

 RIFLES AND SHOT GUNS FUR- 

 NISHED AT SHORT NOTICE. 



The new patent Sporting Powder does not soil the 

 gun; cleans it. when you use one charge of it,. alter 

 many with black powder; no smoke— little recoil— no 

 loudreport— high velocity. The best ever made in 

 this line; not to be confounded with Schultz 1 or En- 

 glish Wood Powder, or Sawdust Powder, asit is su- 

 perior to each. 



W. & C. SCOTT & SONS 



.SPORTING, HUNTING AND TARGET 



ALSO 



Single Barreled Shot Guns, 



AND 



Gun and Rifle Combined. 



Revolvb'gj Repeating, 

 Derringer and Vest 



Genuine Breech Loaders. 



WINNERS OP TUB GUN TRIAL OF 1873. 



Report of Gun Trial sent on application. 



AGENTS: 



1 3 Faneuil Hall Sq. , Boston. 



Also ail other makes:— Greener, Westley Richards, 

 Webley, Remington. Moore, &c. 



A genuine Scott Muzzle Loading Gun, $25 np. 



Maynard, Ballard, Remington and Sharp's Rifles. 



"Ballard's breech loading Sporting Rifles $181!" 



Bussey's Gyro Trap, for shooting practice. 



Eine Fishing Hods and Tackle. 



Fine Bronze Yacht Guns on mahogany carriages, 

 Complete, as furnished the New York and Boston 

 Yacht Sauadrons. - SEND FOR CIRCULARS. 



"Ihayana lottery. 



IMPORTANT NOTICE. 



' For the coming drawings, commencing January 5th, 

 we have reduced the prices of tickets as follows: 



Whole, $20; i, $10; h U', 145, $^ 

 l-l-G, $*; 1-20 $1. 



Drawings take place every seventeen Days. 

 We ate prepared to 1111 all orders. Circulars sent 

 upon application. Highest price paid for Spanish Bank 

 bills, Governments, &c. 



TAYLOR & CO., Bankers, 

 P. O. Box 4,448. 11 Wall St.. New York. 



Shares in Wall street 

 jLv/5 iptfxfj fiw often leads to fortune. 

 Send for a copy of the Wall Street Review and 

 Pamphlet, showing the various methods of opera- 

 tine J HICKL1NG & CO., Bankers and Brokers, 

 72 Broadway, N. Y. Dec 23 



MUZZLE LOADERS 

 CONVERTED INTO BREECH LOADERS* 



ON THE MOST APPROVED PRINCIPLE, 

 and all kinds of BREECH LOADING work effected. 



Mortimer & Kirkwood, 



•24 ELM Street. Boston', Mass 



Pocket Pistols. 



CARTRIDGES, 



SEND 

 For Treatise 



ON 



Rifle Shooting, 



Illixstrnt'ci Catalogue' 



E. REMINGTON & SONS' 



281 and 283 Broadway. 



P. O. Box 3994. 



BRANCH, 237 State street, Chicago, 111- 



WESTERN 



Armory and Manufactory, 



IHOIV, HERKIMER CO., N. Y. 



JOS.C.GRUBB&CO 



712 Market street, Philadelphia, 



AGENTS FOB THE SALE OF THE 



Celebrated Breech Loading Shot Guns--Unoqualled in Fine Work manship and Material. 



Made l>y James Pnrdey, 



314 1 -2 Oxford street, London, England. 



Have now in store an extensive assortment of Breech Loading Shot Guns, made by JAMES PUPDEY, IS. 

 M. REILLY& CO., WESTLEY RICHARDS, W. & C. SCOTT & SON, P. WEBLEY & SON, W. W. 

 GREENER, and a large variety of cheaper grades. AIsobkeech loading, central mke, double rifles, 

 and rifle and shot guns of superior quality. Implements, ammunition, and all other articles appertaining 

 to Breech or Muzzle Loading Fire-arms generally. Illustrated Circular sent by mail when requested. 



Letter A, showing solid head; b b showing nickel anvils for Berdan Primer, Ely's central fire or Union Me- 

 tallic Company's caps. 



Hart's Sportsman's Favorite Metallic Shells. 



Endorsed by the leading sportsmen in the United States, and pronounced. superior to anything now offered 

 to the public. A full description of Shells and Patent Loaders with prices, may be obtained from any of the 

 leadiny sportsmen's depots throughout the country. Manufacturers of Aluminum. Celluloid, and German li- 

 ver Reels for Trout, Salmon, and Bast; fishing. GEO. E. HART «fe CO., Newark, N. .1. 



F. S. HARRISON, Agent. may 13-ly 



From Captain Bogardns, Champion Wing: Shot of America. 



Messrs. George E. Hart & Co., 



Gentlemen- -The fifty shells I received from you to-day suit me better than any I have ever used. They 

 are stronger and better in every.respect, and I shall use them in all my shootingihereafter. Yours truly. 



A. H. BOGARDUS. 



HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT. 



. MOEE YIOTOEIES! 



See Official Reports. 



SHARPS vs. REMINGTONS. 



JUNE 26, 1876. 

 Inter-State Match between Co. E, First California Infantry, Using SHARPS Rifles, and Co. D 

 Twelfth New York Regiment, Using Remington Rifles. Victory for SHARPS, 511 against 488 points, 



JULY 7, 1875. 

 Contest at Belfast, Ireland, for the Mayor's and Citizen's Cup, Won by Col. H. A. Gildersleeve with 

 a SHARPS CREEDMOOR RIFLE over 24 competitors, including the best shots of both Irish and 

 American Teams. 



JULY 24, 1875. 

 Contest at Creedmoor Range for the REMINGTON DIAMOND BADGE. Wonby Mr. H. S. Jewell, 

 of Brooklyn, N. Y., with a SHARPS CREEDMOOR RIFLE, Scoring 96 out of a possible 105. 

 HIGHEST AVERAOE AJJC DOLLYMOUNT, IRELAND. 

 &9JtJLAJbCJb*id average, 16Q points. Remingtons average, 161 points, 



iSENDlX>K ILLUSTRATED PRl&E LIST.; 



SCHUYLER. HARTLEY & GRAHAM, 



19 Maiden Lane, 20 & 23 John street, RL Y 



BREECH LOADING GUNS 



A SPECIALTY. 



AGJ-ENTS 



for the following celebrated makers • 

 W. & C. SCOTT & SONS (winners at the Interna- 

 tional Gun Trial of 1873); J. P. CLABROUGH & 

 BRO.; P. WEBLEY & SONS, and WESTLEY 

 RICHARDS. 



HOLABIRDS Shooting SUITS, 



DIXONS & HAWKSLEY'S SHOOTING TACKLE 



STURTEVANT BRASS SHOT SHELLS, 

 BUSSEY'S PATENT GYRO PIGEON AND TRAP 

 WITH CASE. AND 100 BIRDS. 



Black's Patent Cartridge Vest. 



This Vest affords the best ar- 

 rangement yet invented for carry- 

 ing cartridges. The weight is 

 [so evenly distributed that it is 

 scarcely felt. Cartridges can be 

 carried with the heads down in 

 this vest", which is of great impor- 

 tance when brass shells are used, 

 as when carrying them with the 

 head up the weight of the shot of- 

 ten forces the wad forward, when 

 bad shooting is the result. In 

 me inurement around the chest. 

 PRICE $7.50. 

 AGENTS FOR THE 



Union Metallic Cartridge Com- 

 pany's Ammunition, 



WARRANTED THE BEST IN THE MARKET. 

 SEND FOR CIRCULAR. 



JOHN R1GBY & CO. 



Manufacturers of Fine Guns and Rifles. 



ordering send 



5 



Pattern made by 



our Close-Shoot- 

 ing 12 Bore, 



1 1-8 No. 6, 40 

 yards. 



HIGHEST PEIV 

 ETRATION 



AT 



FIELD TRIAL 

 1875. 



Express Rifles, Double and Single, 



.360* .400 and .450 Bore. 

 ISTOBY'S Celebrated 



MUZZLE-LOADING MATCH RIFLE. 



PRICE LISTS, &c., ON APPLICATION TO 

 24 SUFFOLK STREET, DUBLIN, or 

 72 ST. JAMBS STREET, L'ONDON. 



Fishing Pants, 



Leggings and Boots, 



RUBBER CAMP BLANKETS* 



COMPLETE 

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-AND- 



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Havana Lottery 



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1 Prize of 500,000 



1 Prize of 100,000 



1 Prize of 50,000 



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Circulars with full information sent free. Tickets 

 for sale and prizes cashed by P. C. DEVLIN, Star 

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<&1H irk <fl»1 AAA Invested in Stocks and 

 «pXV IU ^ljVUU Gold pays 200 per cent 

 a month. Pamphlet free. Tumhridge & Co.. Bank- 

 ers,2 Wall street. N. V, 



The Goss Revolving CartridgeHoIder 



CARRIES PAPER OR METALLIC 

 \J SHELLS, either end up, revolves on centre 

 slides, weighs but l£ pounds, and is only 1$ menes 

 wide. Holders flare at top so as to quickly receive 

 the shells, and, being elastic, securely clasp the same. 



For ease of action and rapid shooting it, excels any- 

 thing of the kind invented. 



PRICE, C. O. D.,$6.50. 



In ordering, give the size of shells and a loose meas- 

 urement outside of vest. 



jy22-ly N. s. GOSS. Neosho Falls, Eam _ 



R. J. WALSHE, 



DRAPER and TAILOR, 



MoVICKER'S THEATRE BUILDING, 



