OoTossB 88, 1880.] 



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• ill liis Ijody. Only a week or two ago a similar casiialty took 

 place iu India, when the son of llie Lieiucuant-Govemor of 

 the Nca-th-west Province?. Sir Ashley Eden, lo8t liis life in 

 the same way. Taking' a loiincl (j;un, he atteuipted lo kill a 

 Snake hy hitting tlie replile wiWi The buU-end of his weapon, 

 forgettinii, the dangerous character nf Uic instriujieiit he was 

 naiBg. The gun went off, and tlic result was anotlier pitiful 

 death of a mail. iu the prime ot life throucrh ihe incanlin\iB 

 handling of flre-nrms. Who does not remeinber the deploru- 

 hle accident which put an end to the career of the celebrated 

 Aiiican traveler and explorer, Capt. Speke ? Yet such casu- 

 alties ought not to 0CCIU-, and would not occur if a reasona- 

 ble amount of caution were exercised. .Surely, in view of 

 the Bad waste of valuable life which happens every year 

 through this cause, it is time thai sportsmen and all who take, 

 a gun into their hands should remember that they are Ciu-ry- 

 ing sudden and violent death about with them, lurking somc- 

 wliero between the stock and th(.; birrrel thai they handle so 

 confidently. 



A Hint to rAEJiERS.— In the confessions of Fitz-Boodle, 

 by the late Mr. Thackeray, he outlines a series of remunera- 

 tive professions which maj- be made availatile to strengthen 

 and fortify a slender income. To this end there is a profes- 

 sion open to our farmers of which they have not with any de- 

 gree' of intelligence devoted themselves— the cultivation of 

 quail. 



Many agrieult\irists p'.i.sscss farms of one himdred acres and 

 upward. The laud i,s av:ulable in almost everj- instance to 

 the habitat of thi.s bird. While the average American maj' 

 ignore and defy the ganie-Liw, the law forbidiliuir trespass 

 enjoys iu his eyes a .slight respect. Kow if every farmer, the 

 possessor of hind conforming to the necessary conditions, will 

 encourage the propagation and protection of quail on his ovm 

 premises, he will secure to himself within a brief period a 

 most profitable crop and one winch, leas tbari any oilier, is 

 subject to the vicissitudes of the weather. If he "will erect 

 suitable shelter at difliereut points for tlie quail, where they 

 may be fed and seek refuge during the storms of winter : if 

 he will see to it that nests be not robbed and the incubating 

 birds killed; that hawks, owls and other vermin are driven 

 off — he will iu the autumn find ample rennincralion for his 

 trivial labor. Let him but fnsert iu a city journal an adver- 

 tisement stating that upon his grounds may be found so many 

 quad; that individuals, for whom he will find accommoda- 

 tion for so much, may for so much kill so many birds per 

 day per man, and no more, he will promptly receive a re- 

 munerative return for his efforts. Moreover, if he be a truly 

 good man, and conform outwardly lo the ccmventional forms 

 required hy rural ethics, he may, without loss of reputation, 

 add stall more t<> his revenue by putting the odds in dollars on 

 the quail as against the sportsmen. — in/Jitv/i Fan. ''" -ffwper's 

 Wffkly. 



VmarsiK—Wwirenton, Oct. 20.— This fall will be a good 

 one for the sportsmati. The number of partridges and all 

 kinds of game, thanks to a strict enforcement of the game 

 laws, haslnereased enorniou.slv the last four vears. From 

 ^ all sections of the Stale there eumes the intelligence of good 

 spnrt ahead, and in the upjier part the slaughter of the birds 

 has begun. But the late sununer and intense heat of the 

 Ijresent renders bird shuoling 9a uncomfortable, lliat not imtil 

 the 1st proximo will the real work begin. In all the tide- 

 water counties of Virginia partridge shooting commences on 

 November 1 and closes February 1. In all other sections of 

 the State the open season is from October 1.5 to Jamiary 15. 



Gentlemen sportsmen desiring to htmt will find good cjuar- 

 ters and fine grounds on the bottoms and low grounds of the 

 Kappahannock River. There is no better in Ihe State. 

 Write to George .Myers. WaiTcnton Springs, Fauquier Co., 

 Va., fur iuformalion. For deer hunting, quail and rabbit 

 shooting. aiHily to Capt. ^^'illiaIu Blow, Littleton P. 0., Sus- 

 sex Co. 7 Va. For ducks, geese, brant, Cobb's Island is the 

 best place. (Jobb and Spadv can tell you all you want to 

 know. 



Sportsmen coming into Vu-ginia are all welcome. Every 

 farmer will give iheni full and free permission to hunt upon 

 tlieir lands. It is only the jiot himler that they are down 

 upon. The dies. &, Ohio Railroail chai-ge nothing for one 

 dog, the sectmd and third pay a sjuall price. It is strange 

 Ihrtt the Virginia Midland Road does not follow this liberal 

 example, for by charging a high tariff i>n pointers and .set- 

 ters it kills the goose that lays the golden egg, and keeps 

 many sportsman away. It outrhl lo be their oiijcet to induce 

 the sportsmen lo travel on their ro.Hd, and to liimt all along 

 its rimte : but by taxing his dog Ihey repel thousands of 

 hujitsman annually from' faking The trip. It is a penny wise 

 pound foolish policy, for every dollar made by charging the 

 dog Ihey lose a himdred from theirmaslers, who would cheer- 

 fully pay full price for themselves, but who hate to be im- 

 posed on. 



Later.- The day after writing you the Va. Midland R. R., 

 on my representation, issued an order that dogs should nat 

 be charged, but carried, free. r<„.„„ 



CHASSEtm. 



CofrsECTiotiT Notes — Wi'tuUov Locks, Gonn., Oct. 35. — 

 Partridge shooting has been dull for some time past, though 

 there were a good many birds killed between Sept. 20 and 

 Oct. 1. At Graiiby and East Graiiby quad shooting has been 

 gootl all through the season, which did not open there until 

 the law "weiUoff." Quail are scattered considerably now, 

 and ciinnot tie found in bevis i:if more tUan six or seven, 

 where three weeks ago the flocks hid from twenty to thirty 

 in. This is due more perhaps to boys and amateurs than to 

 sportsmen, for the poor birds have licen actually nearly 

 scared to deatli. Woodcock are very scarce, a single bird 

 being now and then raised. Gray squirrels are plenty, but 

 are not found much in their old haunts, the scarcity of wal- 

 nuts driving them into other quarters. A hunter went out 

 the other morning from Warehoase Point, and came in with 

 eleven grays. Just about here snares are not set, but in 

 Windsor and East Windsor they are said to be plenty. We 

 have a horror of that mode of warfai-e. A re«ent visit into 

 Litchfield C>5imf.y gave us some rare sport in moving and 

 shooting partridges and quail. In two days our p.arty moved 

 over forty liirds. We paid a visit te Green Pond, a lovely 

 but lones'ome sheet of water lying in Sherman, in Fairnield 

 Coimty, and had some fine times there. 'Mr. Charles H. 

 Andriese, a prominent New York sportsman and fisherman, 

 spends much time in summer there, and has a smaller pond 

 and brook inlet nicely stocked with brook trout, and has 

 them protected by Connecticut statutes. Mr. Andriese is an 

 invalid, and finds much relief in that section, 



LowBK Btnoc. 



CnioAao, Oat. 33.— The storm of liisl week slai-ted the 

 ihieka South in larijc numbers, and it is said that mca-e ducks 



have been seen in this vicinity than ever before in so short a 

 space of tim- '"' s;u,„r,i,,y jajt ^ number of our poyiular 

 spoitsmen m Vi.a-iio slejoting urounds, and the 



result of oi:. ;:i\en lii-l.iw : At Calumet, Mr. 



.'i.be Klinem: ■ .: nuks, his bnnher Henrv 136, and 



Mr. Heisler ^ili>.-:i Un : s;iiue day, fit f;iiiiisii Lake. Abncc 

 Price litiL^^cd no and .John Liillesi^^ie 4o : :Vf Tolleston Lake, 

 F. A. Howe. Lsq., President of T-'IK-m,,,-, fhili. brought 

 down ill ducks anil a l'Oosc : til ilic ,M:,!:, : • Iu ■ tub mar.shes, 



Mr. Roll. B. Organ brought to l.ii.' '• I, .Ml of the 



above were products of -.ne day'.=. -1" ■ ' ' : mmiherless 

 others that I have no record of." At F....: L;il:i llie shouting; 

 has been equally good. Tliis evening a p.irly cunsiatiiig of 

 the followinir well-known ireiulciucnsttul North lor ii deer 

 hunt : Charles H. Mears. '.Milton ()liver, .Inhn ( , ,v, ii-,,. Leiu. 

 Brown, .louathiui Slade and Henrv S|. 1:111. I': i-i . 



the 5 r. m. train, via C. * N. W.'iL !:.. ' .. 



thence abdiit si.xly miles up the riv<r uit' :;, "i , ni 



they go into camp for a two week.s^ iium,. A ujnrt- juu v 

 party caimoi be ima.gined. and with a ■•stand-pipe'' in ihe 

 party, tlie rhMr--< ar(> liable to lie brought to Ihe aiks, and no 

 doubt they will be delicious morsels to llie anxious sports- 

 men. Success attend them 1 Jlr. < !eo. B. ]\Iansfield. of Con- 

 necticut, cidled this morning, fresh from a tour among the 

 mountains of Colorado. He reports excellent sport among 

 the deer since the first fall of snow. J. 



Ili,isois — Biida, Oct. 18. — I see many repoits fi'om differ- 

 ent sections of the United States as to "the prospect for the 

 fall shooting, and will tell how the game is in this section, 

 118 miles southwest of Chicago. We have the benelit of 

 two guod dtickiug grounds, one being a large swamp lying 

 northwest of here, Imd the other quite an e.\teusive lake,' 

 some fifteen miles .southeast. Since the cold snap and high 

 wind of the last few days the shooting has been nio.st excel- 

 lent, mallard being in the majority. 'No geese or branl have 

 come in yet. Quail are abundant': jacksnipe and plover are 

 plenty, and prairie chickens .seem to get thinned out very 

 slowly. Farmers are opposed to ihe gunners shooting on 

 the'u-"farms, for tlie average city huniei mver cluses a gale cir 

 puts up a rail after he has passed through, and in many eases 

 fences are kicked down regardless of the slock and crops of 

 the honest farmer. " JF. E. C. 



MicniGAN DroK-SfloOTiNO. — Grarul Rapids, Oct. 31. — 

 Ducks aje very plentiful on Indian River in the northern 

 part of this State. One day last week three gentlemen 

 bagged Ifil as the result of a day's sport. Tliis river is a con- 

 necting link between Biul, and Mullclt Lakes, and which, 

 with the B. V. and C. L. Ry., Crook(!d Lake. Crooked River 

 and Cheboj'gau River, form' what is known as the "Inland 

 Route." Tlie distance from Petoskey (northern terminus of 

 the Grand Rapids & Indiana R. R.) to Cheboygan, via this 

 route, is about fifty miles. If the reader will refer to a late 

 map lie find them shown as follows : Crooked Lake, Crooked 

 River, Burt Luke, Indian River, :\Iullett Lake and Cheljoy- 

 can River. Near where the Indian River empties into Mul- 

 iett Lake, probably a row of half an horn-, is the Ltdxc View 

 House, wliere sp'.irtfimen will find good aecummodalioiis 

 within easy reach of good sjiort. The editor of the Petoskey 

 Rewrd, in passing tlirough Crooked River a fc'W days since, 

 saw four handsome deer from tlie steamer, 'i'lic rcgicm can- 

 not be too liighly eommendeil to the tmirist and sportsman, 

 being easy of access, with ver\' low round txip rates from 

 June 1 to Oct. 31, which are offered by the G. R. & I. R. R. 

 Co. To the sportsman or plea.sure-seeker the trip through 

 the "Inland route" is one to be "marked with a white stone,'' 

 forever after. A beautifully illustrated guide will be pub- 

 lished next .sea.son fully describing Ibis and kinchx'd attrac- 

 tions of Northern Michigan, which can be obtained free by 

 addressing the General Passenger Agent at Grand Rapids, 

 Jlieh. ■ F. J. M. 



Game in the ADTnoNn.^CKS. — It is singidar that almost all 

 our sportsmen who go to the North Woods do so at a si^asim 

 when game is scarcest. According to rim- Northern exchan.ges 

 now is the finest time of the year to lie there. Iluuting up 

 in the Adirondacks is unusually good at present. The deer are 

 plentier than they have been^hetore in many years; the 

 woods are fairly alive with partridges, and the pcinds and lakes 

 in remote regions offer wonderful atttactions to the duck 

 shooter. A letter just received from Jloose Lake, abeut forty 

 miles from North Creek, .says the hunting there was never 

 belter. Elijah Camp, the noted Indiiui guide, while out on 

 a long tramp last week, discovered three large ponds within 

 four "miles of his shanty at iloose Lake that had probably 

 never before been visited by white men; in all Ids joumey- 

 ings tln-ough the wilderness in that region he had never he- 

 fore caught a glimpse of them, noi- to his kjiowledge had any 

 other guide- or trapper seen them. Camp was sVirprised a't 

 the number and docility- of the deer he found aroimd each 

 pond, which, liesays, exceeded anything that hehad previous- 

 ly noted in all his experiences in the North Woods. — Jtham, 

 Journal. 



No DcTT ON WiiD B.io^.—Hwrwood. Oct. %).— Editor 



FfireM mid Strram : One of the irreatest drawbacks to the 

 sale of my wild rice in the United States lias betii the duty 

 of two cents per ])Ouud. which I now find has been unjustly 

 levied upon it. Last fail I was informed that two cents 

 per pound was the duty, and I advertised the fact, feeling 

 some doubts upon the subject. I secured the services of a 

 friend, and he, making some inciuiries at the Cnsloui House, 

 received as answer a note, of which the inclosed is a true 

 copy. Please publish this and the inclosed letter iu justice 

 to your readers and myself. ('has. Gti.cHnisT, 



Fishery Inspector. 

 " Custom House. Rochester, N. Y.,"i 

 October 15, 1880. i 

 '■ S. C. Burton, Collector of Cmtoms: 



■' Dear Sir — Referring to the duty on 'wild rice,' I am 

 instructed by Mr. Galusha to say that there is no duty on tie 

 same. Very truly, W. L. Wallace, 



" Deputy Collector. " 



Tesitessee (yhy[K.—NagKmVe, Tenn., Oct. 19— The quail 

 season is now fairly opened, and our sportsmen are having a 

 good time. Birds are very abimdant and the weather all tliat 

 could be desired, Buckholz has a trio of beautiful dogs— 

 "Prince," a pure Laverack: "Jeff," a red Irish setter; 

 "Belle" and a white puppy. The latter is a prodigy worth 

 mention, as he stood and le'trievcd the first bird he ever saw. 

 U. C. Pritchett, Esq., is out very often, and being one of the 

 crack shots of ovir town, never fails to bring home a full bag. 

 The beautiful moonlight uighia we are now having induce 

 our lovers of fox chasing to be on the qui ti/ce, and often the 

 delightfiU music of a pock iu full cry can be enjoyed by the 



less fortunate kthabitants of the city. Col. Johnson's pack 

 is as fine as any in the State, and a rmi after them is a joy 

 not soon forgotten. Game is Ijcghiiiiiig lo be brnugJu infroin 

 Reelfoot Liike. This is undouhiedly triebesthunti'ng undfish- 

 ing grounds iu the South. " ,L U. H. 



Whbeb to Go for Larse GA!,iE—8t. Elmo, Chaffee Co., 

 Culo., Oct. 14.— Deej, elk, bear, moimtain lion and smaller 

 game tue very plenty in tho mountains between Canon City, 

 iu I'l-emoiit Co.. and the South Arkausa-s, in Chaflee Co., 

 Colorado. Most of the deer (black tail; have left the Conti- 

 nental Divide, crossed the Arkansas River and entered the 

 mountains between the river and the Soutli Park. For good 

 sport amotig all kinds of large game ;ind williin easy 

 iiccess liv railroad it is hard to find any that will l.'eat Texas 

 ' I , ' I !-;i-^anrValleyiuidBadgerCreekalonn- the line of tho 

 • ! K'io Grande R. R., from thirty to si-xty miles from 



' UN ' II,. If any Eastern sportsman wains to try his fa- 

 voriic rule on elk, black tail deer, mountain sheep, ante- 

 lope, cinnamon and black bear, moimtain lion and smaller 

 game, why all he has got to do is to get a camping 

 outfit anil good blankets and come to one of the above-men- 

 tioned points aad he will find plenty of game. ' H. H. H. 



LoNR Ibt.an-t) Spoetsmen's Associatiox.— The Executive 

 Commilleeof Ibis Assnciiitiou will meet in the Royal Arca- 

 num Room, iu .'\Iusic ll;dl, at junction of Fulton and Flatbush 



avenues, Brooklyn. 

 8 o'clock. At that t: 

 Convention will be [ 

 scribers, and the SnI 

 delivcrv. Prize C 



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Keporis from. 



illees on ground and traps will be ' expected. The 



'\^aslungton Gun Club Quartet le are invited lo be present to 



sing sportsmen's songs. Every member of the association is 



cordially invited to attend. Abel Croojc, 



Secretary L. I. S. A. 



SAnnATil MAHAtnijiiis- 2\"ew Ydrl,; Oct. \ir>. — Er/itor Fongl 

 and Strmin: For the last three Simdavs p:u-lies have 

 been going to Pascack, N. J., and openly vidlatinu' the same 

 laws, not only by ^hoofin^ on that flay, biu 1)V killinijquail 

 and other hirtls pi-otccied" hy On- laws. If ibrv lia'd lieeu 

 an-ested last Sunday it wuul'd li;ive cost Ihe pari r .SITS for 

 fines, yet no one interfered. 1 i.irocured the service's of a con- 

 stable and searched every train Smiday evening and this 

 (Monday) morning. We found one party, but I'bev had no 

 buxls and were badly frightened. I also got a Justice of J.he 

 Peace to notify them at Pascack that if they shot that day he 

 would arrest them, so probably they will now give it up : but 

 it shows how little our game law is" enforced. 



W. Hol.BBBTON. 



T?ji,rmB;s—PhimelpM.(t.~Edl.tMr Forest Mid Stream: Have 

 just read "St. Clair" on gun trials. 1 thmk he must have 

 run into an extraordinarily tine lot of guns or his 40 yards 

 must have lieen very .short measure. I do not doubt but what 

 once in a very great A\'hile guns can be found to put 3(il shot 

 in a 30 inch circle with U oz. 8 shot, but I am sure if you 

 .go 10 buy an ordinary B. L. gun with the expectation of tret- 

 ting one to make the aliove jiuttern at, 40 yiu'ds wiliriii 

 oz. shot, full choked, ',10 times out of 100 vou will go 

 home with the impression that yiair gun is inferior to many, 

 I think. The above pattern would be e.vlraordinnry with li 

 oz., and I am sme that yom- readers con convince themselves 

 by testing their tine shooting gmis in public. J. R. 



A New IIi,ntin-g Gkound— Oir,,r, Suund, On.1.. Oct. 18,— 

 'I'bink .some of -lOur readers would like to know a new hmit- 

 ing aaound for deer, brar and other laru'e iaine. Tr, -et to it 

 .start from Gwen Sound in a rig_ travel aliout IS miles to 

 Oxenden.northeasi ; there shool for a few davs. then continue 

 up the Peni^isula about forty miles lo Lion's "Head. Go back 

 from five to fifteen miles from this place and deer, bear, etc., 

 are to be found in dozens, not pi speak of fish of almost eveiy 

 variety. The whole country is co\'ered with small deep lakes. 

 Or take the boat from tiwen Sound to Lion's Head direct. 

 There is a boat twice ;i week. Hound. 



New York. —/Tfti^i'^ Cirriwr, Smtcn (:,... Od. 19— In Rom- 

 ulus and Ovid game is now i[uite scarce; quail havino- 

 been killed off s > close last year there are but few to be found 

 anywhere in Seneca County. Partridge arc .scarce; a few 

 plover have l.ieeu seen though none brouctht to bag to nty 

 knowledge, Sunday sln.ioiing^I am pleased To stale, has grad- 

 ually diminished ; there are a few yet who will get out of 

 sight of more sensiijlc and civilized men, and bang'Iiway with 

 old muskets etc.. ruucii to Ihe disgrace of theVimtiiuuity 

 wherein they reside. l, E. N. 



Fui-EST AND Stkeam Ge.\eral Passbnsee Reooiid.— 

 Ea^t S'lf/inam, Midi.. Oct. 15.— The following is a list of hunt- 

 ers that went "up into the woods " via tlie F. it P. M. R. 

 R., for the week ending Oct. 15 :— Air. Dye and partv of 41 

 from Dayton and Columbus. 0., lo Iteed Cit'}' ; p:ij-iy of'fl from 

 Union, Ind.; to Ogcmaw; party of 9 from" Golmnlais, (Ji., to 

 Ro.seommon; party of 13 fro'm Diiyton, O.. to H:nri.son; 

 party of 37 from Toledo and nortbern'Ohio to Gravlin", Manl 

 ton .and vicinity, making a total of tOo iu si.\ days." 



FisiiER Boy • 



Chicago, III., Oct. 20.— En-roiHe to the himtimr grnuiids of 

 Michigan, via the Ch. & N, W. Ry., are : W. C. Girard and 

 paity of twelve from Lebanon, Ind., going to Qumnesec, 

 Mich.: G. L. Barnes and party of four, from EquLnunk, 

 Pa., .going to Florence, Wis. W IT S 



Ghu-affo,lll, Oct. 32.— The following party is nulroiile to- 

 day to the hunting grounds on the Chicago & Northwestern 

 R. R.: J. Gregory and party of ten, from Zainsville, O., 

 going to Quinnesec, Mich. ^\r. u. g 



Iotiasa— Ffr«:^r.nM, Oct. 19.— Quail are not as plenty this 

 year as usual, in fact, there are not half the number in the 

 lower part of the State as there were last year. The weather 

 is fine, but the marshes are very dry. H. S. 



C.4.XADA— PertA; Ontario, Oct. 10.— I am off to-mon-ow 

 for a hunt, fifty miles North, and on my return will probably 

 drop a line to Fokest and Stkeam' on deer hunn'ne iin 

 Canada, A. C. B. . 



CuKRiiuoK.— A party of spof tsmen passed through tliis city 

 last Tuesday i>n, rrmte for Currituck. Anionir them were 

 Slessrs. W. A. Cfoydeu. A. H. Copeland and jT C. Bales, of 

 Ma.ssacliu$ett8. They hud their dogs with them aud were 

 equipped for an extejisive campaign. As they are all good 

 shots we shall look for reports of a big bag. 



