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RECREATION. 



John Soper, Malone, N. Y., who runs the 

 American House, went to Elbow pond recently 

 and brought back 43 pounds of dressed trout the 

 next night. He caught 26 pounds the first day. 

 I f this report is true it is more than any sports- 

 man ought to catch or be allowed to catch.— 

 Malone (N. Y.), Farmer. 



This report seems doubtful, for I know 

 of no stream or lake in the Adirondacks in 

 which any man can take 20 pounds of trout 

 in a day, unless he uses a net or dynamite; 

 but a man who possesses, such swinish pro- 

 clivities as this man displays would not 

 hesitate to dynamite or net trout if he 

 thought he would not be caught at it. 

 I hope the old rooter may have the rheuma- 

 tism so bad all through the next trouting 

 season that he will not be able to get with- 

 in reach of a brook or a lake. — Editor. 



signed to the filthiest corner of the fish 

 hog corral. — Editor. 



"Over 600 trout in 4 days!" was the gleeful 

 and somewhat boastful way in which Byron Gar- 

 field, of Shawano, recounted the results, of a 

 fishing trip from which he has just returned. 

 Mr. Garfield has been up on the Northern branch 

 of the Oconto river in company with Dr. H. R. 

 Johnson, of Milwaukee. — Milwaukee Sentinel. 



I asked both of these men if this report 

 was correct. Neither of them has replied, 

 and I interpret this to mean that they are 

 guilty. If they had not been, they would 

 no doubt have said so promptly. I am not 

 surprised that they should be ashamed of 

 their swinish work and that they should 

 •try to shirk the responsibility for it by 

 silence. But this scheme does not work. 

 These creatures are put on record here in 

 order that all decent men may know how to 

 treat them in future. — Editor. 



State Game Protectors Worts, of Oswe- 

 go ; Lamphere, of Cayuga ; Madison, of Os- 

 wego ; Carver, of Wayne ; Piersall, of 

 Oneida, and Wellman, of Monroe, recently 

 made a raid on the illegal fishermen who 

 are trying to clean out Sodus bay. The 

 wardens captured 3 seines and 5 large trap 

 nets of an aggregate value of $150. These 

 nets contained hundreds of black bass, 

 which were, of course, liberated. The nets 

 were stacked up on the shore and burned. 

 Unfortunately the thieves who owned and 

 operated the nets were not in sight. Many 

 people in North Fairhaven know these men 

 and it is to be hoped the pirates may in 

 time be run down and captured. — Editor. 



T. C. Powell and a party are reported to have 

 caught nearly 600 fish in Meadow lake. They 

 used salmon eggs for bait. 



Robert Jennings and a friend caught 145 

 trout on the Upper Clackamas, among their 

 catch being a number of handsome Dolly Varden 

 trout. — Seattle, Washington, Paper. 



I asked these Oregonians if they really 

 had such a crop of bristles as the local 

 newspaper credits them with. Neither 

 made any reply, so I conclude the report is" 

 substantially correct, and Powell, Jennings 

 and their fellow swine are hereby con- 



I should be glad to hear from some of 

 your readers as to canvas folding boats. 

 What about their durability? Are they 

 safe and useful boats for general fishing 

 purposes? Am about to buy such a boat, 

 but should first like to hear from someone 

 who has used one. 



Fred. Sauerbrie, M.D., Clarksville, N. Y. 



THE RIVER. 



Where towering mountains near the skies 



I rise; 



I start 

 From out the glacier's icy heart 

 And down the wild and awful steep 



I leap 



And fall 

 O'er dizzy crag and angry wall. 

 Into the verdant vale below 



I go, 



And stray 

 Through solemn woods and meadows gay 

 With flowers. By many a happy home 



I roam. 



I part 

 The mighty city's restless heart — 

 Into the ocean's boundless deep 



I sweep 



And sleep. 



— Nixon Waterman, in Good Cheer. 



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