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FOREST AND STREAM 
an immense harvest. As the days grow cooler and the 
air more bracing, the pleasure of the sport becomes 
greater. Those who have deferred their “ week 011'’ to 
the present, will be amply rewarded by the increased en¬ 
joyment of the fall shooting. Perhaps no other kind of 
gunning for small game affords such abundant evidence 
of success as western pinnated grouse shooting. The bag 
is there denoted by numbers which would in Eastern States 
and with other game mark the gunner as an inordinate 
pot hunter. _ 
Diving Decoys. —In reply to the inquiries of corre¬ 
spondents we append the following description of this 
device, which is very simple 
The apparatus consists of a canvas bag that will hold 
ten pounds of sand (to be put in on the shooting ground), 
a cord thirty yards long and a pulley-block. The pulley- 
block is attached to the bag at Its mouth, the cord is run 
through the pulley-block, and by means of a Bcrew eye 
is attached under the breast of the decoy. The hag is 
filled with sand or stones, and dropped wherever one 
wants to shoot. The end of the cord is then taken to 
the blind, and when ducks are approaching on the 
wing or alight on the water oat of gun shot, the cord 
is pulled and the decoy dives in perfect resemblance 
of a living bird. The ducks seeing it diving as if feed¬ 
ing, suspect no danger, and come in without hesitation. 
On a calm day, when the water is unruffled, the diving 
decoy is especially effective, as it agitates the water and 
can be seen diving and rising from a long distance. 
Courtesies Acknowledged.— The Ausable River Gam 
and Fish Protection Society, which is located at Ausable 
Forks, N. Y.. has very courteously made the Editor of 
this paper, Mr. Chas. Hallock, an honorary member of 
its body, for which we beg to tender due acknowledg¬ 
ments, and wish the Club every Buccess in its laudable 
undertakings. Its officers are : George Chahoon, Presi¬ 
dent ; John B. Chase, Vice-President ; W, J, Gillespie, 
Secretary, and Rich. L. Trumbull, Counsel, 
A Fool with a Gun . — New Haven, Sept. 1 7th .—Who 
says that game is not plenty in Connecticut V A man 
hearing a rustling in leaves takes it for granted that some 
wild animal is there. Panthers, wild cats and bears re¬ 
sort to the grape-vines on the verandah in huge flocks, 
and on leaving the house one must shoot eight or ten be¬ 
fore looking around. Here is a case in point from the 
newspapers : — 
Adistressing and probably fatal accident occurred at 
Hew Preston last Friday at Edward Beeman’s house. A 
city boarder of hunting proclivities started out with his 
gun. In passing through the garden he heard a rustling 
in the grape arbor. He at once ftred, and wounded 
Eddie, an eight-years-old son of Mi-. Beernan, sending a 
bullet into one side and out at the back. R. T. M. 
Canada— Saint Martins, Sept, 5th.—A sad accident 
which occurred here on Thursday, the 4th inst., has cast 
a gloom over the whole community, as the deceased was 
a general favorite with every person who knew him, and 
especially with every spoilsman in this part of the 
country. 
On Sept. 4tli James L. Flewelling, of this place, was ac¬ 
cidentally killed by the bursting of a gun. The follow¬ 
ing are the particulars of the attair: Being well acquaint¬ 
ed with the woods he went out with William Power, and 
as it is now the season for grouse he took his gun with 
him. They sat down to rest some t wo miles or more 
from home, when a hawk came sailing along, and Mr. 
Flewelling, who was an excellent shot, asked Mr. Power 
for his gun to have a shot at the hawk, but the bird not 
coming near enough he still held the gun in his hands, 
when a woodpecker lighting on a stub some distance off, 
he aimed at it and fired. The breech end of the barrel 
burst and blew all to pieces as far up as the barrel, which 
is turned down to less than a one-sixteenth part of an 
inch in thickness, is screwed into an eighth square piece 
of apparently nothing but malleable cast iron. A piece 
the whole length of this block, some three inches or 
more, and about half the circumferauce of the barrel, 
was driven iiuo bis brain just behind the right temple, 
carrying a portion of the skull in with it, and Mr. Power, 
who was sitting some five or six feet from him, was 
knocked senseless by the concussion, but with the excep¬ 
tion of a few.graius of powder in his face, was not much 
hurt. He immediately started to the village for help, hut 
Mr. Flewelling died beforelhey could get him home. The 
gun was a single barrel breech-loader, 14-gauge and SU- 
inch barrel, and upon examination of the fragments I 
find it is one of the cheapest Stevens guns, and made of 
poor material. 
We have again and again cautioned our readers against 
the employment of cheap guns. They are dangerous. It 
requires good material and good wor km a n ship to make a 
safe gun. Good material and good workmanship both 
cost money. Safe guns, therefore, are not cheap guns. 
Montreal, Sept, lath —Early Monday morning, Septem¬ 
ber 1st, friend Beatty of H. M. Mail Service, and the 
writer, had our decoys out up Dead Creek near Highgate 
Springs, Vermont, but to little purpose, as we had only 
half a dozen shots all told. During mid-day we beat up 
the sloughs and small creeks through hundreds of acres 
of wild oats, hut no ducks. Pot hunters with then- dogs 
were there before us early in August. Since that date I 
have beat over a large.territory in the province of Que¬ 
bec, and have not seen one woodcock, ruffed grouse, or 
duck, where I found dozens last year. My dog caught a 
young woodcock but a few days out of the shell, while 
we were taking dinner near the mouth of Dead Greek, 
September 1st. Plover have made their appearance near 
this city ; a few good hags have been made. 
Stanstead. 
New York— Hornellmille, Sept. 22d.—l have read con¬ 
siderable about Master Bogardus’ and Schaeffer’s shoot¬ 
ing. We have also a smart boy with the gun here. His 
score at ruffed grouse since September 1st, up to Saturday 
night was forty-six. The best shots here have not bagged 
one quarter as many. He sboots an eighteen guage muz¬ 
zle-loader, modified choke, two draehmB powder, seven- 
eights ounce shot. John. 
Massachusetts — Plymouth Co,, Sept. 20th. — Coot 
shooting has now fairly commenced and some fair bags 
have been made this week, although the heavy flight is 
yet to come. Plover shooting has been good, and the 
regular flight went south this week. Woodcook are now 
quite plenty for this section, but partridges are as yet to 
be beard from. S. K. Jr. 
Good Ground, L. J., Sept. 17th -.—We are having good 
shooting now and have bad for two weeks past. On Sun¬ 
day was the biggest flight of the season, and on Monday, 
the 15lh inst., Mr. Vanderbilt, a guest, with my sons, 
Will and George, killed 150 bay birds besides some few 
teal. The birds seem to fly after every storm. 1 wish 
you could have been here last Monday, as you would 
liave had all the shooting that you could liave wished. 
Wm, Lane. 
— Bird shooting among the reeds along the marshy 
shores of the Delaware is perilous to the hunters, in con¬ 
sequence of careless marksmanship. The Philadelphia 
Times says that a. Philadelphian accidently put a few shot 
into the arm of a Jerseyman a few days ago. The angry 
Jerseyman, seeing a wreath of smoke rising out of the 
marsh, returned the fire. Without getting any nearer to 
eacli other the two gunners paddled out into a small clear¬ 
ing, where the reeds did not obstruct the view. Then 
they quarrelled, and finally the Jerseyman put up his gun 
to tire again. His opponent followed suit and they both 
pulled triggers at the same moment. The duellists were 
then about forty yards apart, a distance at which a great 
deal of pain could be inflicted, with no danger of fatal 
results. They fired away until both were extensively 
punctured, when they stopped by mutual consent. They 
at once stripped off'their cloth i ng. They were dotted 
with blood and little purple-black spots, where the shot 
had entered. 
West Virginia — Roneeverte, Sept, 16th .—1 came back 
a short time since from an expedition to the woods after 
trout. The waters were so low that 1 made a smaller bas¬ 
ket than ever before; some streams were almost dried 
up and contained no trout, where last year I caught hun¬ 
dreds. However, I had a pleasant trip. 1 lined some 
bees and found a bee-tree, which we cut the morning I 
left for home. When I got hack to the cabin, after tak¬ 
ing out the bees it was only 10 o’clock, so I suggested 
that we should kill a turkey before dinner. I took my 
Winchester and Franz Ills call. We came back- to din¬ 
ner with two turkeys and two pheasants. I mounted 
my horse at 3 p. m.;' stopped an Dour for tea and horse 
feed ; rode steadily aLl mglit with no other stoppages, 
and reached here at 7.30 a. m. Now, would that sort 
of ride suit some of our city friends? 
When I got here I found my old bear dog ailing, and 
two days afterwards he died. He was a noble dog. 
When in his prime he would handle a two-year-old bear 
by himself. I stand six feet, and the old dog thought 
nothing of standing on his hind legs, with his paws on 
my shoulders, and his nose in my face. I miss that old 
fellow, but console myself with “ Stoop” and " Blaze,” 
two fine setters sent me by Captain Clay, of Wilcox, Fa. 
Cecil Clay. 
Along the Carolina Coast.— Elizabeth River, N. C\, 
Sept. Mh .—Three of us left Norfolk, Va., Monday morn¬ 
ing, after puchasing a boat suited for our purpose, and 
loading baggage and provisions. The first stage of our 
journey was up the river into the Chesapeake and Albe¬ 
marle Canal, through that into the Currituck Bay. The 
weather was line and it was pleasant to row along be¬ 
neath the great Cyprus and pine trees which overshadow¬ 
ed the canal. Vast swamps of these trees extend each 
way from the canal for nides, until they merge into the 
Great Dismal on one side, and reach the pine-lands of 
Queen Anne County on the other, After we entered Cur¬ 
rituck Bay wc saw now and then a few ducks, mostly buffl- 
hcads, with now and then a pair of wood ducks. But 
we were too early in the season to see. the great quantity 
of water fowl which throng Currituck during fate fall 
and winter. We could well see the reason of their con¬ 
gregating here. Such line feeding grounds for wild fowl 
are nard to be found elsewhere, 1 think. We called in 
at Currituck Court House, an exposed, isolated place. 
After leaving Currituck Bay, we entered another part 
of the canal, which cut the long points of land stretching 
down into the Hound. This part of the canal is short, 
about live miles out from the bay to Broad river. We ran 
down Broad river into the sound before a stiff wind, 
rounded the point and entered Elizabeth river. We rowed 
up to Elizabeth City as the wind was unfavorable to sail¬ 
ing, made a short stay and returned down the river, upon 
the banks of which we are at the present writing. We 
shall next run for the mouth of the Roanoke river. 
Our boat is 16 feet long, with 41 feet team. She rode 
some pretty wild waves on the sound, and rode them 
well, though she is quite heavily loaded. 
The days are still quite hot here, but the nights are 
so cool that insects have ceased to be troublesome. ^ 
Bird Notes from the South.— Savannah, Tenn., 
Sept, I0t/i.—Dr. W. C. Avery, a keen sportsman and an 
enthusiastic, ornithologist, of Greensboro, Ala., has writ- 
tea to me recently an account of the capture of a mallard 
on the Black Warrior River on the 3d of Sept, The duck 
was one that had been wounded in the wing some tune 
last winter, and was thus prevented from making its ac¬ 
customed migration. When killed it was in line condi¬ 
tion, and its stomach yielded on examination a quaulity 
of grass seed and the seed of some species of Polygonum. 
The Doctor captured on the same excursion a fine speci¬ 
men of the red start, S. ruticella, the first of its species 
he has ever observed in that locality. Will. 
Florida— Titusville, Brevard Co„ Sept. lOffc.— Peeps 
(Ereunetes pusillus) have teen abundant on the river 
beach for the last three weeks back. A fair sprinkling of 
wiliets (Synipheviia semipalmata) occur with them. loo 
hot to do much shooting. Al, I. Gator. 
Iowa.— Faff, Sept. 21st .—Quail are very plentiful with 
us this fall; more so than I have ever known them to be. 
E t B. B. 
Washington Territory— New Taeomah,\Sept, 4 th — 
Jasper Woolery, of PugaUup Valley, killed four bears 
last week about the head of the Stuck. Jasper, who is a 
young man, not yet twenty-two years of age, has already 
killed ninety-six bears, ami before the season is through 
expects to knock over the hundredth. There is money in 
it for such experts as he is. The State pays $5 bounty for 
each hear. 
Bexar’s Shells.— John writes: I think the trouble 
with Bexar’s shells is caused by using too fine or too 
quick powder. He should use no finer gram than T. G. 
If the shell is expanded of course the extractor will not 
work as it should. I have known a Ballard everlasting 
shell to be fired over 500 times, and it is good now. 
TRAP SHOOTING. 
Long Island Gun Club. —There was a pleasant re¬ 
union of the Long Island Gun Club at their rooms last 
Saturday evening, when they gave a happy “send-off” 
to their esteemed comrade, Mr. Walton, a veteran sports¬ 
man of seventy-two years of age, who was about to 
shoulder his gun and depart for the chicken fields of the 
West. Notwithstanding his age, his step is as light as 
ever, and he will follow the dogs through brake and 
stubble from morn till dewy eve without tiring, “allee 
same” as fifty years ago. Should anv of our Western 
friends discover a tall old gentleman looking around in 
quest of something, with a dog ranging wide in the out¬ 
fields, they may venture to guess it is Mr. Walton, and, 
if they please,' offer him a friendly hand.. This is not 
old Isaak,” but a good enough Walton all the same. 
New Glass Ball.— Mr. F B Spencer, of the firm of 
Irwin & Spencer, Elizabeth, N. J., has now in his posses¬ 
sion two brown mice securely entrapped in a glass ball, 
such as is used by marksmen. He found them a few 
days ago in a barrel of glass balls at Brinton Range. 
The halls had been stored there nearly all summer for oc¬ 
casional practice, and last week Mr. Spencer emptied the 
barrel to clean it out. In picking out the balls he noticed 
that one near the bottom of the barrel felt a little heavy, 
and. examining it, found the two bright-eyed little crea¬ 
tures securely imprisoned in theircrystal home, unable to 
at out, and with none too much room to turn about, 
brought the little captives home, and lias fed them 
and taken good care of them ever since. The question 
how they got into the ball, is somewhat of a conundrum, 
but it is supposed they crept in through the small Open¬ 
ing when they were young, and, being fed there, grew 
till they could not get out. 
A Good Gun.—I n the score of the Narragansett Gun 
Club which we printed last week, we should have 
stated, in justice to the winning gun (H. E. Gore's), that 
it was made by the veteran gun-maker, William R. 
Sohaefl'er, of Boston, 
New Hampshire— E,veter, Sept. Oth .—Match between 
the Powow Shooting Club, of Amesbmy, Mass., and the 
Exeter Club, of Exeter, N. H. It was one of tbe most 
closely contested matches ever shot in this vicinity, as 
will be seen by the score. The Amesbury team led the 
Exeters three balls onthe Bogardus trap, and tied on the 
rotary. Twenty-five balls each man—10 from Bogardus’, 
15 from Card’s ; 18 yards rise; shot on Exeter grounds :— 
POWOW SHOOTING CLUB. 
C. H. Wales ... 
K(l. Rowell.... 
W. Hatch. 
F. Eastman — 
G. G. Osgood.. 
J. A. Rowell... 
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G. F. Godsoe.. 
Total. 
C.H. Gerrlsh., 
J. W. Tilton. .. 
A. Halo. 
C.H. Itlcford.. 
J. Flanders..,- 
A. Cooper. 
11. Taylor. 
C. M.Coldbatb. 
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Same day ; sweepstakes; open to all; Card’s trap; 18 
yards:— 
0. H. Gcrrish. 
C. U. Wales. .. 
Jobnsou. 
W. Hutch. 
J. A. Rowell... 
IS. C. Craui- 
A. Oooper. 
Moses. 
H. Taylor. 
J.Spottord.... 
A. IS. Perkins.. 
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J. W. Tilton... 
G. G. Osgood.. 
G. F. Godsoe.. 
Ed. Howell, Jr 
F. H. Crain— 
G. C. Healey... 
C. H. Biolord.. 
J. Flanders_ 
B. J. TUton— 
C. A. Gove— 
G. M. Perkins 
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Gerrlsh, Wales, Cooper-and Godsoe divided hrst money 
on 10 ; Bicford, with 13 at 21 yards, miss and out, took 
second; ties of 8 divided; Hatch won fourth ; and Gram 
took fourth, which went to lowest score. On our arrival 
at the shooting grounds we were nobly entertained by the 
ladies of the Exeter Club, who provided a bountif til lunch 
for us A return match will he shot in a short time. 
John J. Prevaux, Sec. Powow Club. 
Manchester, Sept. 15tli .—Annual shoot of Manchester 
Shooting Club. Good attendance. The club was divided 
into four classes, according to the per cent, at breakage 
of glass balls by each member at the regular shoots of the 
club during the past summer, Bogardus and Garda 
traps ; 10 balls : — 
FIRST CLASS. 
Single, Double. Rotary. 
XraA. Moure. 
Charles A. Jackson.“J 
Hiram P. Young.,. “ 
William E. Parsons.° 
Moses Wudleiffb. ‘ 
G.D. Moore. \ 
0. L. Harmon.J 
G. H, Hubbard... 6 
