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RECREATION. 



SUICIDE? 



The photo herewith shows an oriole's 

 nest which I discovered a few days ago in 

 a fallen tree. The dead and dried body of 



the builder was suspended from the nest 

 by a horse hair about its neck. The body 

 of the bird is in good condition. 



E. B. Heiney, Huntington, Ind. 



"I suppose you keep in touch with your 

 nephew while he's away at college," said 

 Dr. Choker to Mr. Munn. 



"Well, he keeps touching me, if that's 

 what you mean," replied the uncle. — Detroit 

 Free Press. 



FARMER BROWN'S EXPERIENCE. 



W. A. FULLER. 



I'd read into the papers thet 



Come every week from town, 

 How they was made a sort of spoon 



Fer lurin' fish aroun'. 



I bought one, rigged 'er up, and went 

 Straight off down to the crick, 



And dropped it in real quiet-like, 

 Right where the fish was thick. 



I kinder chuckled as I thought 

 How s'prised the folks would look 



When I brought home the fish I'd ketch 

 On thet new-fangled hook; 



And as I sot and waited with 



My back agin a tree, 

 I thought how some folks never knowed 



What great inventions be. 



I waited quiet-like and still, 



The fish they waited, too ; 

 "What's this?" it seemed as if they said, 



"This here is something new !" 



So there I sot and fished and fished 



From early morn till night, 

 And when the sun was goin' down, 



1 hadn't had a bite. 



I pulled my line in, wound 'er up, 



Looked kinder shy around; 

 And then I took that fancy hook, 



And stomped it on the ground. 



I've no more use fer fancy rigs, 



Or shiners made of tin, 

 Fer angle worms '11 ketch more fish 



Than spoon baits ever kin. 



Have been a reader of your magazine 

 nearly 3 years. Have every issue on file 

 since October, '99, and would not take 

 many times the cost for them. It is the 

 best sportsmen's journal published. The 

 Peters Cartridge Co. and the Marlin peo- 

 ple were foolish to withdraw their ads 

 because somebody did not like their goods. 

 L. W. Putoz, Westfield, Mass. 



Recreation is the best sportsmen's 

 magazine published. Am glad to see the 

 subscription list growing so fast. 



F. B. Cortright, Mauch Chunk, Pa. 



Recreation is, as you claim, the ideal 

 sportsmen's magazine of the country. 

 E. B. Dennett, Portland, Me. 



Can't do without Recreation. 



S. D. Bristow, Cherokee, Iowa 



