RECREATION. 



XXXI 



On the 16th of May, a friend and I went 

 trout fishing at a pond 17 miles from this 

 city. We had rather poor weather, but 

 made a fair catch. We got 11 trout. Our 

 largest one we caught at 8 a.m. It weighed 

 6 pounds 3 ounces. Its length was 21 

 inches; girth 14^2 inches. These were all 

 square-tailed speckled trout, the genuine 

 salmo fontinalis. We are having the big 

 fish mounted. The taxidermist says it is 

 the largest of this species he ever saw. 



G. A. Bridges, Bangor, Me. 



I spent 2 weeks last summer at Sparrow 

 lake, Can., where we found bass and mus- 

 kalonge fishing good. William Doolittle is 

 as good a guide as any man could wish for. 

 He lives on the Severn river, just at Spar- 

 row lake. Address him at Hamlet, Ont., 

 Can. He will meet parties at Severn Sta- 

 tion. Norman E. Bennett at same place, 

 keeps boarders, and furnishes good meals. 

 Good camping grounds everywhere. 



D. H. Rhoades, McKeesport, Pa. 



It is too bad there is not more activity 

 among the game wardens of this vicinity, 

 as one can hear the pot hunters brag of 

 using ferrets, or the " Doctor," as they call 

 it. A farmer near here told me one of his 

 neighbors put dynamite in a small brook 

 called Bucktooth river, and killed 60 trout, 

 some which tipped the scales at 2 pounds. 

 C. S. Beals, Salamanca, N. Y. 



Mamma — " So you've been playing hide 

 and seek have you? " 



Tommy Uptodate — " No, we've been 

 playing Cervera and Schley." 



Why is the mention of Alfred Austin like 

 the attack on Morro Castle? 

 A bum bard meant. 



Cervera's fleet, but not fleet enough to es- 

 cape Schley. 



" What line are you on now? " asked 

 the young lady of her lover, who chanced 

 to be a street car conductor. " Just at 

 present," replied the register manipulator 

 as his arm stole around her waist, " I'm 

 on the belt line." — Chicago News. 



"Jones is very patriotic, isn't he? " 

 ' Yes. Since Dewey's victory, he has 

 used Manila paper for all his correspond- 

 ence." 



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The Merit 



of absolute PURITY, 

 fine BOUQUET and 

 moderate PRICE has 

 brought 



Great 

 Western 



to the first place in Amer- 

 ican Champagnes, and 

 enabled it to displace the 

 high-priced foreign wines 

 in many homes, clubs and 

 cafes. 



The vintage offered this 

 season is especially dry 

 and pleasing. 



Pleasant Valley Wine Co., 



SOLE MAKERS, 



Rheims, . N Y. 



Sold toy Wine Dealers 

 Everywhere. 



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