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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[NOTEMBBE 25,1880. 



and otliers living in the country near New York should join 

 ■us. The expense will be only 85 a year. 



We ho|-ie you will send your nanie and address to any of 

 Hie following gentlemeu: H. H. Thompson. Treas., oiflce 

 N. Y. L. E. & W. K. K. H. W. Fuller, K Y.. L, E. & W. 

 BR W liolberton, with Convoy Ei':=.-t t AMleson, 65 

 i'uUon St K Y Gustare Waltei 47 :\I n i u I m. N Y 



Respectfully, & P b :\ Y V 



Maine Ga^£e yioTES—Lamoine, Hmvcfxfk Co , Jfov 17 — 

 For the most pait game has not hcui moie plenty for ^eai^ 

 thdil It IS now Yesterday two cliii ^^ n sJiot "ipl rlif 

 miles from heie, and within a few iiiv Ilmclu id nf iv 

 eial dtcr tiUen m thi«! riciilit\ I lu r it ( n the m > t tiusi 

 \M)it\ II I ' I il .ss n. f fly used lltu s< mis to b. 



iinMh Sfijhvdl m<\ =Mnith md it 11 r v irt 



' pill I'll 11 iitiiiosl 7C(1 aid rii i_^ soon 



thin- I I K RuITmI t, , , r^ nfiHlff, i lU 



quite pl(Ut> aul [imt AVi ii "11 M z/n m\s 

 about tlun u it ti,nnr/ m In i,i(nnl\ iv n. i mi, 

 here, <h n.j m mi i m li m i m ] nr '' lln<! 

 Stale 1 I III I 



.dogs I I I 



ter II I I 



Ot Wlll_ 11 I I 111 I I 111 -.. 1 11) 1 1 I 



plem\ m 1 1 



to hhOiH I 



by takini is, 



down upon tlu 



moderiK', siK 



model 111 use tor i fiou Cannot innie ef youi i 



gest a goo I plan that is not expensive ? Rablnts 



nUTneious but seldom hunted Black duck's iic n' ► pU nt 



as yet Brow n (. m i 



but IK viiT\ mil haul 



II lotinj: ue piittieed — nnp i^ 



II getting to wmdwird «iilins 



ill II bL is hv sculling float whicli is 



ssful but thcic does not seem to be a good 



ifloit C annot II mie ef youi leadeis sua- 



(linntitii4 f 



. I 1 11 ii m 



M 1 uifi MLbijm, 



ill Ii I Ohm New ^oik, 



mil -Midiurui quid fioi 



sitting in the rain in a Avet boat for two dnvs Irinldn" fr.r 



ducks. Kot seeing any sport in this I left. 



are there j'et and I'm of j'our opinion that tin 



sir," sliouldering the gun again, " I'm jvist iii . ' . : , , 



— Detroit Free Press!' 



Anothki' On^p — Tbe\ ait all hnvmg then hits at the un- 

 fortunate amattur'; Hcieisone fioni thi Cintmnati Oa 

 <lk Aj;foilston ■* told of a riituin t lI! known _cntlc- 

 m n of this cii\ i t krk m thf ofboL of 'M E In.'dlh piesi 

 dcntofthi Indnii iioli Ti i Ii-tI He ob, imed i short lci\e 

 ol i' =enci li |i(iid on i bimtni i \( irsion m oouihein 

 Tiidi 11 111 iir. IS 1 s] t I I ji -n to ibout equal to that 

 01 tilt iv< I t.' Ill dm- 11 1 lit ] tniiudtoint city •nitliout 

 Is i(Li|iniiiV Vttd gpftii e bitk to thccit^ 

 Infills ipihitnotf tbml iii£, linn h>i hiscoui 

 1 U lus incpniifL I f till iirrmpunn^ jnc' 

 till lesnK 111 'iisehort-. lliudms; thi'note to 

 , hiin It the sunc time i Vj note he rf 

 11 to iniidi c 1 coU[ik ot do/m tiunl oi 

 111 111. 1 It them to Ml Ingilis wuh bis 

 I ho IS a ?ealous fell jt m what 



( dmq m linding tithei quid or 

 money intmo r-ns ot o>ste!<; 

 in 1 it whnh he f iilbhilU dclivcied 

 All ln_ ill 1 ti nisliiuriit •'t it^Ltr n ^ Ihi 

 n 1 ill .oil Ti.^U fr.iii tbt buutuu 

 (11 beiini^inrd The turke> waa lU 

 right, even tlic drisbiQ^ mitht be iccoimted foi, but the 

 oysterb '" 



Y, 11- ( X ^iM.ij liii ^-Thf f i|in 11 ^ I , 1111 



J\ --h ill 1 II llit I i\ IS t 'il li\ I ^ 



_ nllrniui \liniii Im il ii . "\ i i i i 



cvin iniiii 



b. WK-tl 'I. 



tls^ mdlt- 

 ijc of a;iaiL 

 thr poitcr t 

 qi fiJtfd th 

 pi lllR ibu 1 



fompliment 

 evil he undi 

 prime chic 



md 1 d L'-si 



witii 111 ii 



no VI 1 pi I 



hclds or Innnn i iii' 



id ^iv-ir 



111 



TtiF "vi vi I rniLN ii< nov 

 game of ill lsn u is tbi In I 

 rioridi TcM- Ohio Pmns^ ^ 

 den md rutf, fl .i iusl fmm ] 1 

 PenusdMnii Missouri Illiii 



riiiidi Tcsis Olu) Xi \ ^oil Piinis\l\mu 'Missou 1 

 'Wist^ng-nu ^lrglnll iSoith and Vxilh Caiclmi IIliioi 

 ducks fioin i loniU Nt_« lork West 'S irginia ind Plinoi 

 woodi ock ind stiuiircls fioii New loik and ribhi's li mi 

 Ilbiiuis Bilhrd Punch iS. Co hi\i on exhibition it I\o 

 113 Broad stieet, a white opossum wlm h w i^ sent to tbem 

 from Qumcj, Floiida It is qui cjouii_ ind pi ifti th v.]ni( 

 They are \ery tare this being tht only oik ilut his hi en seen 

 in a lone: while Thej also received trom Toulai, III a rut- 

 fod giouse whicJi weighed three pounds, winch is> tlie largest 

 we evei s,iw 



Rsow Shoes— 7(-«//?;f?? Om/ii/ C'Minti/ CAoindo mn^ 7 

 —Out in this boreal coiintn 1 000 feet ibove the ocean, we 

 have h>ts ol snow foi si\ oi se\en months ot the \fai and 

 a good snow shoe is a desideratum that can b iidl} b( ovir 

 valued The conmion long straight stick nt light scisoiied 

 sptuce, three to four inches wide md ten to twePe feet 

 long, lb about the most tedious thmg imaginable to < liinb i 

 mnuutain with There are two oi' thiec models ot snow 

 shoes that aie highh spoken ot bv tlio'e who have used 

 tbem, but I n(\er siw in\ of tbem hi ' il'iiis woul 



foi It but w uit t ) i\ 111 niNsilt of tJi id in^e 



nnitvof lliiisi whii li ivc _ivon thi n i udj I 



liavo liiirl the ' VI isk i inui-'i ju i Hit "St 



Reals' and tlic " Caiiadi m Club 'ihoc Cr M L 



Pennsylvania — PitUburg, Not. 16, — Game around this 

 vicinity is pretty plenty just now, though some distance from 

 the city squirrels are plenty, but very wilei, even scampering 

 off when they see you at 100 yards distance. Rabbits are 

 also very wild, but at the same time thick in numbers and it 

 the hunter is quick, as every hunter should be, he will be re- 

 warded by a large bag. Bob Whites and pheasants are on 

 tlie Increase (thanks to the sportsmen's clubs) and are in a 

 fair way to remain so, if the coming winter is not too severe. 

 Ton shall hear from here again. C. A. R. 



Rtttfed Ghouse SnooTisc; — Bmjtfori]. Fn,, ]S'r,i\ 1.^.— 

 In my note on ruffed grouse, iieiiiiips 'l liari licttiir iiiodifyit to 

 read, or should have done so, ''six out of cii-Utr-eM,'' m rine-ilnrd 

 of the shots, instead of " si.x out ot twenty." Wi? usually 

 find more good shots on paper than out. I havti sliot in coiii- 

 pany with as good as the country afford.-^, and they don't bag 

 one-half of their shots. I have myself, when everythins Tvas 

 favorable, killed five and .si.x straight, but. the follmvinL^ da>' 

 perhaps would fire six or eight shots and not Imi n l.ini, uuil 

 80 it is with the best of them. Hull _AIi z/i.e. 



A DrcK-i.vc; Score— Cln'Hnnd, 0.. 3',.i\ 18.— Our sensou 

 closed the day before yesterday. The club killed 7,tiii0 dvirks, 

 a few over, quite a number of canvas-backs lieinfi: of the nuiu- 

 ber, I have shot during the .season sixteen davs and have 

 bagged GOO ducks— an average of 43i [>er day. 'Pretty good 

 for a ground so easy of access. C^iir clubs owns or loase.s 

 abonl 10,000 acres of mansh, including land and water. We 

 protect it, as you will see by reading "the by-laws. Our shoot- 

 ing has increased steadily since we have protected the marsh. 



R. W. 



iNnrASA. — VincenneD. Nov. 18. — Quail are not plenty this 

 season tliroughout the State, nor in fact in either Illinois nor 

 Missouri, north of the snow line. Winter before last the 

 snows destroyed the bevies on the prairies and in the bot- 

 toms, those only escaping that wintered in the corn-cribs and 

 outhouses. Wild turkeys are more abundant than usual. 

 Snipe have been shot in large numbers, and the wet weather 

 has brought a few woodcock, which are found on the i.slands, 

 in the marshes, or in wet cornfields. 



Louisiana— iV. O., Nov. 11. — ^Wildgeeseand duck abound 

 in and around Ship Island, Cat Island and Dog Keys. Last 

 week a hunter killed fourteen wild gense at Cat Island on a 

 single shot. This may seem Jlauncliausen, hut it is a f,act. 

 The quantity ot wild geese at Cat Island might have been 

 nieasured by the acre. Tlie proini.se of game this season is 

 unusually good. These islands are ten miles out in Missis- 

 sippi Sound, are easy to reach and Afford excellent shooting 

 in.c the winter. Tiiere'are also fine oysters and fish at all 

 seasons. ' Everglade. 



WuERB He Was From. — A disgusted looking man with a 

 double-barrelled shotgun catne wearilynp Woodward avenue. 

 " Well Jones," said a friend, "just in from the Plats?" 

 "Yes," said Jones, dropping the butt of the gun heavily on 

 the pavement. "I'm in from the Flats. Sis of us have been 



ii 



Iiii\(it\ wieii 1 1 itii' md he liied at It 



It fell uid lu will Ml III Us tund After in 



exmiinilion Mi Pi' i i a not i single shot h.d 



trenched the dcti In making Ihc turn when he tied, it fell 

 and "WaS so stunned by the fall tiiat it was unable to get up " 



JIi I I I l-f I ' II —Duck ud quill 



sh (Il I I I II inn \ ti-n dn iji 



'^Ir ^' 1 I II nil due' sfliili t\ cntN 



Hum sli r II 1 111 111 iilmty but 50 percent ot 



till ni 111 lilt hill _i iwn i lii\c liien _ettin, nne lid s To 

 d 1 Ikiliid n\i out ol i.,in., .[ SIX with >ut mis in, a shot 

 permitting the 1 isf rne to _ j tioni shi cr w nt it b ig room to 

 cairj it homi Tlic-\ ire ^er\ f I md luig the coin ht Ids 

 closdi R 



ACtoodRi iPitxtMiMr The best lust pi eventne that 

 Iliave cti tiiiil mdlliivi to i it tned them ill is obtained 

 by earcti'U tunm oiil th i d ot wild dnck» I km t know 

 but tint diiriiislio duclvs III _reeae would be ecju tll> as good, 

 b It h i\ ( not lued it Chicken and turkey oil is goo^l, but 

 not is gnod i^i dutk Heiiaiul 



Ohio Noiis— 7 ; ,/i/ ,;; ^, 10 — i t. w diu k- ji n e the 

 Wltirsottbetiii it'\li mil - iiiliiiil iiidli il Ounl m iii.oited 

 pientN in till w tun ]iiif ot this e ouul\ 1 wo put hunter 

 midc I bi^ •sesitul 1-^ ot 311) qual in eight hoius Theie ine 

 plent\ ot 1 lints Si\ inclieg ot sno\y, 10 degiee« In low 

 zero list lu^lu 3 lore anon C V M 



OoNNFOTion — Nfw Haven, Nov I'l — Superintendent 

 Charles S. Davidson, of the Consolidated Road, and George 

 W. Dory, of Hartford, hunted on Anson O. Williams' farm 

 in Andover, on Wedntisday, and brought bomei tliirty-thtee 

 gray squirrel?. 



WEtanTs OF RfFFEo GiaiisE— /.'.-' '.".—Please 



record among the weiglil.s of iirir.ii ■rnv. 15 I 



shot one weighing one pound eleven i' i , i ili ounces. 



He was in fine feather and 1 have him siull..dd. C. II. 0. 



V York 



Jl 



B HE aljuVIJ 111 



ted. 





1 



111 to 18 eiitr 



es ; 



25 





i.ire noted. 









;-., in li.il]s 



each 



. 3 





!ug will bfcgii 



a at 



10 



!• 



riday and q^uarter 



to 



fife Qmnel, 



— Hop Bitters give good digestion, rich blood and health}- action 

 of all the org.ans. 



FIXTURES. 



Eastern Field Tiialg Club s Socoud imnial Trials, Itobins Island 

 PiA,omcBay, L L, Not 29 Jacob Peiitz, bscretarv, New Yoik 



■R estern Pemi i Poultry Association Bonch Show, Januarv 17, 

 ISand 19, at Pittsburgh, Pa Chailo= Lincoln, Supt 



GENERAL HANCOCK'S 'TURK ' 



TIRK has 1 veiT intPTC«ting hi';tor^ He i-, owned b\ 

 til net d Hmeo 1 to wLom hi wisgi\pu h^ CJeneral 

 Lilih " buulli 11(1 1 jenuim Si Bcin tut m istift and 

 wi'i born It thf Ijuioiia ^Ii 1 istcrv o^ Sf Piiuiidintho 

 xUps mountains on the hue between It ih md hu t/erlmd 

 When a mere puppv he WIS bi ought to Vineii i mis Id lo 

 Gencial "Pildv ' ''mdh who ittti luiun, liim s vi i d 

 ^en _ I ( I ir , Hic di._ is m w di ul 



One of M.^st Letteks. — Camden, N. J., 1880.^— Yoivr 

 elegant weekly is ever a joy to me, for in my busy life I only 

 gel two weeks or so to breathe the country air, and try the 

 "angle wormr' 



thi 1 



spu 



it 



SHOOTING IvaA^TCHES. 



SIX DAY'S TOUBNAMKNl'. 



The three day's pigeon tonrnament given by the Mc\^- York Ctun 

 Club inll begin on Thanksgiving Day, on the ground of the Clnli 

 at Bercen Point. Tbn core petit ions will le participated id by the 



111 tinba-, c! the LoiiK Brunch, 3h'.ry]iini.l, Phhitelphia, Biverton, 

 xai--f,-aui-,eit. Orai.-r. Slat-ni irlfia.i uirI Xew York Gim Cluba 

 ami Ihe Wojtmnu.ttr lieuuel Ciub. Ike piuyrammo for the the 

 tliree days -ia as ioUowB : 



Thcksday— Match, 10 birds each, 5 ground ti-aps, Iiandicap rise, 

 SO yards boundary. 



Fr.iD.vr— The Barron Ciiiy, oiieii ■ 

 Gim Club only; 10 birds ouch ; (..ther 



S,iTCRDAY— Tho chailljoaia-'llli 'Ml' 



birds each, 30 yards n 



On Thursday and Fi : 

 traps, 21 yards rise, Ki'ii i..!, - ;-.... 

 A. M. on Thursday, haU-pabt iiiiie .4. 

 eleven A. m. on Saturday. 



FousTMN' Gun Club— i'i-ooi'.y.i, Z. I.. j.V()r. 16.— Tht 8e._-oiid 

 practice shoot, under Nesv York State ndes, will be held at the club 

 grounds November 25 i'Thanksgiviiig Day), eoratnencing at nine 

 o'clock A. M. and elosiny ut h -. :■[. Three ■, .iliiali].' prizi':, ivill be 

 coiiii.etedfor, allof tht.ii a..!:alea ee.- M:l-er;|ir;.-„, ir,,-_,, nr ii,l..'!-s 

 ot the club. The objeet ol the -ih'H,.i ie i ..i aild bj lie, linking I uml 

 to aid in defray ing cifpense,, for the neit Stat-e Tournameot, which 

 will be held at Coney bslaiid, on or about ,7ime, 1831. The shoot- 

 ing will be at Beven bii-d* each, and the" members will be handi- 

 capped, being placei in three e-la^gea according to their shooting 

 record. Members may purcha.se one or more tickets, and those 

 not desiring to .shoot may transfer their tickets to other members 

 to shoot for them. 



'Iwdltri 

 tlic General 



"Turk is not foi sal 

 iSnitliCaiohn i' i1 



"Wli-ew- 

 worth more tl 



fsnei lui' 

 h bi 



. p. mud Hi IS 



II d the Cteupial oiys thut 



mj money Rec( iitly bi tialoi 



saw tht animal and wanted tu 



f'lill) for thit dog," said the Senaloi to 



I would not trade lilin for your 

 t eneral's replj 

 t, "my ijlantation is 



1 r on Governor s Inlind 

 -u} u ilul m nimx lespiet No hu 

 m 111 ilant is is this mli 11 ,( nt nu inbi i o( tin 



cami I imodelwatchd _ Ii h 1 unm In 



IS IS 11 II 1 I 1 itt n but It mi,dil 

 leiocnus ns I ti^ii Wni be b i 

 upon the isl ind uiidei the covii 



keen sight, scent and heuungwill de r i i i 



tnc( 



\ little over a jeai ago two men rowed over to Ihe Island 

 tiiiin Puid hii ill small boat foi the purpose of sttalim? a 

 ipi 1 lid brass that was piled np near the doi k, 



n I need to loael llicn boat with plunder, 



\v,U I d till n piesenci, md mide such a vigoi- 



uub 1 - I hem tint tin A' win trhd to pimp mt > 

 till u uimi and 1 w i\ i\ i hi d i, s \ n i itt i tin m md 

 thiv-neieoblu d to In it bim f i Ihi In id with IliPir nus to 

 priient bun i iiiibinjr into tin bo it V si nlmi 1 who lu iid 

 the baikiu.. of the dog lau to the shoie lie tned his musKel, 

 which idrictcdthc itttntion of a policeman on the I{rot.,klyn 

 slioie ojipospe, and the men wcic tikcn into custody is they 

 landed ii u M irtin s Stores Poor Turk was so leriibh 

 beaten In iln i isi als that his head was hViolltu to almo«t 

 twice i*s 11 iliii il si/e 



On iiolbii lilt ision a sokUd belon^int? on thi Iil md 

 hivin-i.bliniiil i k im ot ibsenee icniHiiud m liiiokhn 



111 lili It null! Ibiii hi hu 

 Ihi I hiidm ibi.it It w is li! 

 iw i> ] II r 1 tlun Ihc piiscriiied 

 mil I I into his ((uartms with nt 

 b i"e snei i eilrd admirably in e u 

 been loi Tmk Tht truant ■^old 

 v\as dt the, door of his quart crs \ 

 him, and catching lum by the 



to t ikt hm 

 mtinliiin >• In hid bun 

 nil to slip past the gund 

 II iiij; I SI iMd Hi would 

 in I lit his planh id it not 



I mil i\ nil d tin ^n ird md 



II n the dun- luslipd upon 

 throat, tbre 



ground and held him tliere until the corporal came and took 

 him in charge. 



The dog has a ^eat dislike for oats. He will nottoleialc 

 a member of theYeliiie tribe} in his domains. Several of the 

 olliccrs' families who reside on Governor's Island have at- 

 tempted to keep cm.s as piis, but Turk would either kill or 

 drive the Toms and Tabbies away. This is the only ignoble 

 trait in Turk's cliai.-iclcr. 



The reporter was informed thnt Turk was fond of music. 

 There is an excellent military liru.s.< Iwnd attached to tbr 



post. 

 near i 



Turk 

 ever ; 



the tl 

 prcsci 

 riblc I 

 The 

 Island, 1 



(111: 



will take his plac 

 cfit of the 



id BO 



iliiit e 



Whenever this band plays t. 



ri lines among them the animal notices 

 ., : . : ::.' dog nifiiiifesi.s bis displeasure at the 

 :c oi the new comer by fiiving voice to a series of tcr- 

 11 be beard above the niusic of IhC band. 

 stand at the ferry landing on Governor's 

 ire an enterprising young man does a thriving 

 business in scliing the iS'tor and" other papers. Every morn- 

 ing Turk W'il I come to the news .stand after the papers for 

 General llimcock. lie \vill not carry the papers in his 

 mouth, and so they ;ni- lied in ii little bundle about his neck, 

 and then be liols oif to the (^Jeneral's house. If the CJeneral 

 has left the hou.se and gone to the lieadeiuarters building, 

 'Rastus, Ihc old colored man at the door, will say: "Turk, 

 your iimstcr is at the office." The dog* does not 'need to be 

 iold a second time. lie trots off to the office with the papcr.s, 

 wagging his tail in evident' delight because he can be of 

 service. 



During the political campaign which has just closed, 

 Ihousands of people have visited General llanook, and, as 

 Turk was always at the dock when the boat landed, there 

 were very few of the visitors who did not observe and ailinire 

 the noble animal. Thus the dog has a wide circie of trieml- 

 rcsidins in many parts of the United States. 



This chsipier about Oeneral Hancock's dog would be iU- 

 complele without some account of Turk's ancestry. Turk 

 beiougs to a royal taniily of canines. The St. Bernard dogs 

 have iieen world-renowned for the past '.i-50 years. Aw'ii>- up 

 in the Alps Mountains is the famous jMonasteiy of St. Ber- 

 nard. Here a liaiid of pious monks have lived since the 

 beginning of the fifteenth century. These faithful disciples 

 of Christianity believe in doing all the good they can. In 

 the winter the roads over the Alps arc frequently rendered 

 almost impas.iable by ice and snow. Fi-cqucn1ly travelers, 

 while crei.e.sing the Alps, are overcome liy cold' and woulel 

 perish in the snow we'e it not for the ili.iimlitfnlnes.s of the 

 good monks of St. Bernard. These monks keep a large 

 number of dogs that are trained to go out and search for 

 travelerg wdio have fallen in the road. To each aninial'.s 

 neck is tied a casket containing food and a flask of wine. 

 Many a life has been saved by the. dogs of St. Bernard, of 

 which General Hancock's Tm'k is a noble representative.— 

 Slar. ■ 



Mb. Pchee's "Rex" — Springfield, Mmvi.. Not. 20. — Edi- 

 tor Forest and Stream : In your issue of Nov. 11 "Ruffed 

 Grousp." makes a very (jueer gtatemcnt conceminj; the pup 



