RECREA TION. 



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S. HEMMENWAY & SON 



Make a specialty of O AIL^ ^ *** 



High Class Yacht and ,.. ,■, 



Canoe Sails MAKERS 



Also Manufacturers of Tents and Flags 



60 South Street, New York City 



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Kampers' Kommodities 



SPECIALTIES 

 Considerations : Comfort, Convenience, Lightness, 



Including "KAMPERS' KOMFORT " Combination 

 Sleeping-Bag and Spring Bed. 



is Pounds 1 . FnbLF5, 



circulars ii Central Street, Boston, flass 



;mne mounted game heads, 



1 BIRDS, ETC., for sale at unheard-of prices. 



Send io cents for photos. 

 JOHN CLAYTON, Taxidermist, Lincoln, Maine. 



We have fine fishing here (mountain and 

 Dolly Varden trout), and, in the line of 

 game, moose, elk, mule deer, white-tail 

 deer, 3 kinds of bear, mountain sheep and 

 goats. Am glad to know the stand you 

 take in regard to the game hogs. Pour it 

 into them, and we will keep you posted 

 from this part of the country. 



We have some beautiful lakes, within 7 

 to 20 miles of here, and all are full of fine 

 trout. The Flathead river runs through 

 the town and thence South into Flathead 

 lake. The river is full of fish and good 

 strings of trout can be taken any day. I 

 have a Bristol steel rod, and took a Dolly 

 Varden with it, the other day, that weighed 

 9 pounds, 13V2 ounces. The little Bristol is 

 all right, and I don't want anything better. 

 H. H. Gart, Columbia Falls, Montana. 



" Them folks from town didn't stay much 

 of a spell, Uncle Reub? " 



" Naw; went back mad 'cause we didn't 

 hev no cycle paths an' 'lectric lights in 

 ther blackberry patch." — Chicago Record. 



I am a reader of Recreation and would 

 not be without it for twice its cost. 



We have good rabbit, fox and ruffed 

 grouse shooting here, in season: also good 

 deer shooting can be had4hours' drive from 

 here. A party of 15 killed 16 deer in 8 days, 

 last fall. 



Some of the boys who have been trout 

 fishing, in the mountains, report good 

 catches, and deer plentiful. 



There have been some nice catches of 

 pike and bass made, at this point on Lake 

 Champlain, this season; but I am happy to 

 say we are not cursed with the fish or game 

 hog. All your readers are well pleased with 

 the way you treat that kind of cattle. 



H. B. V., Port Henry, N. Y. 



Mrs. Manhattan — So your cook left you? 

 Mrs. Sadone — Yes, and I'm about all she 

 did leave. 



A great gun tournament is to take place 

 at Grand Rapids, Minn., on October 29 and 

 30, 1897, under the auspices of the Itasca 

 Gun Club. The indications are that the at- 

 tendance will be unusually large. The 

 events of the shoot, rules, prizes to be 

 awarded, and other information, have been 

 printed and a copy will be mailed to any one 

 writing Dr. W. P. Brown, Secretary, Grand 

 Rapids, Minn. 



" Billy is in love with Miss Billingham." 



" Did he tell you so? " 



" No, but he's got her picture hung up 

 by the side of the portrait of his best dog." 

 — Chicago Record. 



Deer are unusually plentiful, this year, in 

 Northern Minnesota, along the Mississippi 

 river. The country is accessible via the 

 Northern Pacific R. R. to Aitkin, Minn. 

 From points South of St. Paul the C. B. & 

 Q. R. R. is the best and most convenient 

 route, landing passengers in the Union De- 

 pot at St. Paul, and avoiding the necessity 

 of transfer of baggage. 



A. L. H., Brainerd, Minn. 



• Have just come in from a fishing trip, in 

 the Adirondacks. There were 3 in our 

 party, and we were in camp a week. Total 

 catch for 3 rods, 113 trout — just what we 

 needed for food. No large ones — 1 / 2 pound 

 being the best. We could have caught hun- 

 dreds, but are not of that breed. 



C. H. Melins, Gloversville, N. Y. 



I caught 7 bears last spring. The 8th got 

 out of the trap. First one we ever lost, 

 since we got those big traps. Was no fault 

 of the trap. The burr should have been 

 riveted on, but it was overlooked. Traps 

 weigh 5 to 9 pounds each. 

 Wm. Dicer, Albion, Calhoun Co., Mich. 



Recreation continues to increase in at- 

 tractiveness and interest. I could not get 

 along without it. 



Jas. S. McCain, Washington, N. J. 



