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RECREATION. 



nibbles. 



It was reported to me that one day last 

 summer W. H. Fisk and Ben Peabody, of 

 Turtle Lake, Wisconsin, caught 130 bass in 

 Pike lake. My inquiry as to the truth of 

 this report elicited the following reply: 



A friend and I caught 130 bass, besides 

 some wall-eyed pike and pickerel out of 

 Horse Shoe lake, 4^ miles Northwest of 

 Turtle Lake, using frogs for bait. 



This is a fine country for fishing. The 

 lakes are full of bass, pike and pickerel, 

 besides lots of smaller fish; the rivers and 

 brooks of rainbow and speckled trout. 



B. D. Peabody, Turtle Lake, Wis. 



. It is not your fault that the lakes and 

 streams in your vicinity are well stocked. 

 If there were many such swine running at 

 large as you and Fisk, your waters would 

 have been depleted long ago. You and 

 your kind will never be properly restrained 

 in your work of slaughter until your State 

 fixes a legal limit to the number of bass 

 which anyone may take in a day and pro- 

 vides a prison penalty for violation. — 

 Editor. 



A subscriber in Lexington, Ky., sends me 

 a clipping from a local paper stating that 5 

 young men of that city recently went 4 

 miles from town after dark and began 

 seining in a private pond belonging to N. F. 

 Berry. The seiners were discovered in the 

 act by A. G. Downing, L. F. Cassell, A,. J. 

 Campbell and H. E. Hall, who promptly 

 opened fire on the poachers. The latter 

 jumped into a buggy and a buckboard and 

 started for home at top speed. The Down- 

 ing party followed and kept on shooting 

 until they entered the city, when the fugi- 

 tives dodged into a side street and were 

 lost to view. Two coats were picked up 

 on the road, which were said to belong to 2 

 of the fugitives, and clots of blood were 

 found on one of them, showing that one of 

 the shots, at least, had taken effect. It is 

 said that the party consisted of William 

 Sargent, his father and Eugene Willis and 

 2 others, unknown to the pursuers. It 

 is safe to bet these men will prefer to do 

 their fishing in daylight hereafter and in 

 accordance with the law. 



It has just leaked out that Postmaster H. D. 

 Hager, of Luzerne, got even with Deputy Game 

 Warden Brewster, who caught him spearing trout. 

 There 'is no justice at Luzerne, and Brewster had 

 to take the postmaster 10 miles to Mio. Hager 

 had the only team at Luzerne, and when the foxy 

 postmaster collected his livery bill of $6.50 he had 

 enough to pay his fine and $1.50 over. Brewster 

 thinks traveling is expensive up here. — Exchange. 



After all, Hager got only $1.50 for the 

 use of his team and his own time to drive 

 from Luzerne to Mio and back, and it is 

 not likely he would have cared to do the 

 work at that price. Besides, Postmaster 



Hager is now on the justice's docket as a 

 lawbreaker and that is not flattering to a 

 United States officer. The good people of 

 Luzerne should make up a statement of 

 this case, send it to the Postmaster General 

 and ask that. Mr. Hager be removed. The 

 United States Government is spending 

 many thousands of dollars every year in 

 the propagation of fishes, and it is not like- 

 ly that one of its departments would care 

 to retain in office a man who violates a 

 State law made to protect these fishes. — 

 Editor. 



Roy Bingham, of this city, may be 

 classed among your fish and game hogs. 

 During the summer he fished in Bass lake, 

 Willow, Ohio, and caught 453 small bass 

 in one week, throwing almost all away. 



Recently he was squirrel hunting, near 

 Garrettsville, Ohio, and shot 234 grey 

 squirrels in 3 days. What is your opin- 

 ion of him? 



Soak him hard ! 



Frank Belcher, Cleveland, Ohio. 



I wrote Mr. Bingham asking if these 

 statements were true and he. replied: 



It is correct and I don't think many 

 can claim such a proud record. 



Roy Bingham, East Cleveland, Ohio. 



No decent man would be proud of such 

 a record. No one but an ignorant, un- 

 principled man would be guilty of slaugh- 

 tering fish and game as you say you have 

 done ; and even such a creature should be 

 ashamed of it instead of boasting of it. — 

 Editor. 



Peter Van Marin, of Grand Haven, fell into the 

 hands of the Fish and Game Warden again yes- 

 terday, and for putting a net in Grand river he 

 had to pay a fine of $32.50. Complaint was made 

 to Deputy Warden Brewster by A. B. Richmond 

 and that official took the matter up at once. Van 

 Marin was prosecuted by Deputy Warden Coulter 

 before Justice Chappell, of Berlin, and the fine 

 followed conviction. Van Marin was arrested 

 one year ago for a similar offense, and on con- 

 viction he appealed to a higher court, where the 

 verdict was confirmed. Deputy Brewster said 

 last night that it is the policy of the de- 

 partment to give a prisoner a jail sentence, with- 

 out alternative of a fine, on the third conviction. — 

 Grand Rapids (Mich.) Herald. 



Mr. Richmond is a member of the League 

 and this is not the first instance in which 

 he has made trouble for lawbreakers. 



It will be interesting to know whether 

 Van Marin will break the law a third time 

 and serve a term in jail. Will Mr. Rich- 

 mond kindly keep me advised? — Editor. 



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