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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Mauch 23, 1583. 



that just before (he bears reaeb'ed a point opposite Bill the 

 old bear fell behind to drive off the dogs, and the smaller 

 and lighter G ub was ahead. Bill heard it come puffina' alomr. 

 saw a slight, shaking of the cane above it. leveled ids rifle 

 and "let go." For a moment, all was still; then the old bear 

 came rushing up, scented the hunters, and gave a. fierce 

 growl, Imtdid not stop to light, She knew her enhs were 

 ahead, and with a mother's duty there lay her first care. 



On went (lie chase hut soon there was a bait, nearly oppo- 

 site, with some fearful yelling of the dogs, then it went on 

 tor a short distance ami halted again. There were two out- 

 bursts of agony from dogs, and then the hunter-: could tell 

 by die barking of the dogs in a, circle that they did not care 

 further for close quarters with the old bear. The. hunters 

 e up opposite where the "circus was gointr. on." They 

 were about 30U feet from the. tight. They stopped, listened 

 and consulted. They could not quite make out the situation. 

 Every few moments there would lie heard a great rush and 

 yelling among the dogs. Then all would be quiet, except 

 the short barking of the dogs, and the sullen rumbling growl 

 ol the old bear. Bill Jones wanted to go right in and shoot 

 the hear, but Judge Jim restrained hi in. He said, "Bill, things 

 ar not right in t.hav. ihc dogs don't lite in elus enufT, I don't 

 uuderstan' it; avid you had best keep outer thar, and let the 

 dogs wurk." 



"Shucks!" said Bill, "who's afraid of a baah," 1 can whip 

 any baah in the State, bare-handed, without gun, kuife or 

 club." 



The two judges had brought along a large flask of "peach 

 and honey" and Bill had consumed most of it and was 

 very brave. 



While Bill was taking another "snort of peach," Jim re- 

 marked: "Nonsense, Bill, that old she baah would chaw 

 you up quickern a cat would a mice." But he had almost to 

 hold Bill to keep him from going right in; Bill had Ms 

 big knife out ready to cut a path. The hunter generally, 



when tl 

 and crawls a 



is going on.'' 



They wait 



Of the huiite 



heavy, gets down on his hands and knees 

 his way through, 

 aid Jim, "let's listen awhile and see what 



I; the same old rumpus was kept up. Neither 

 ! could understand the exact situation. After 

 i ■ little time, a part of the dogs were heaTd to lead off 

 through the cane "barking to track." The rest kept up the 

 racket at the old place. "After some little time, before the 

 tracking dogs were out of hearing, a terrible rumpus was 

 heard away up the lake where they had gone. Soon after 

 this there was a rush by the. dogs near the hunters and away 

 most of them went after the old bear, as the hunters could 

 tell by her hoa rse growls. 



"1 see into it now, Bill," said Jim. "You hit one of the 

 cubs when you fired, and it's in here dead, and the old one 

 an. 1 t'other cub is yonder, at that point." 



Bill saw- through the whole thing then, and started into 

 the cane, aim caught him with the remark, "Whar you 

 gwine. you hrarsted rjiut?" 



"Gwine in to get tlie cub," said Bill. 



"G-wine in to get, the devil!" said Jim; "don't you know 

 that ar old baah will be right back here to pcrtect it?" 



'''Lemme go," said Bill; "who's afeared of a baah? 

 Lemme go!" but Jim held on to him. "Lemme go," said 

 Bill, "or I'll lick iron and the baah too." But their "attention 

 was suddenly drawn by a change in the programme. The 

 barking dogs came tearing back. Soon there was a rush to 

 the place of the first fight, then the dying shriek of a dog, 

 and a fearful smashing around, then all was comparatively 

 quiet, and then a noisy fight was heard away up the lake 

 again. There was another rush in that direction again. 



/'Sow's your time," said Jim, and into the cane rushed 

 Bill. "I'd give you w r amin' if I hear her cumin' back," 

 yelled Jim after him. 



Bill worked his way quickly into where the first fight was, 

 and there, sure enough, he found one of the cubs dead. Just 

 as he seized it by the hind leg to drag it out he heard Jim 

 yell, "Bun, Bill, run! here comes tlie okl'baah!" 



"Who the devil cares for the old baah?" answered Bill, 

 and kept on dragging the cub out. Luckily for Bill, the 

 dogs stopped the old bear several times before she got back, 

 or he would have had a nice old fight on his hands,' and the 

 question would at once have been decided whether Bill 

 "could whip any baah" or not. I would not have liked to 

 stake my money on Bill's coming out best in this instance. 

 About the time'that Bill emerged from the break with the 

 cub the old bear rushed to the spot where it had died, and 

 the de-gs rushed on her. There was a great outcry among 

 the dogs, and then the hunters could hear the bear rush snort- 

 ing around, hunting for her cub. Bill stood with his rifle 

 ready cocked, pointing to the path from which he had 

 emerged from the cane with the cut), expecting every mo- 

 ment she would come out. But whether the dogs bothered 

 her so she could not follow the trail or not, she did not come 

 out, but kept rushing around fearfully, every little bit smash- 

 ii ir dog. 

 : "', would you like to be in thar now, Bill?" whis- 

 pered Jim. The* tight, was still going on up the lake, and 

 whet her the mother heard it or "whether she gave up the 

 search for her other cub as fruitless or not, at any rate she 

 soon made a rush in that direction again. 



At that moment old Sol came up on the other side of the 

 cane, and the hunters hung up the dead cub, and started on 

 after the dog--:. Bvrnf.. 



Cimh/kett's Bluff, Arkansas. 



Axotiteh Old Powder-Horn.— A Stuyvesant, N. Y.. 

 correspondent, W. A. Me A., writes: D. I. Pritchnrd. of 

 BtUyv'esant, N. Y., has in his possession a very old powder- 

 horn, ft was captured by his grandfather in the Revolu- 

 tionary War, in one of 'the Southern battles; the exact 

 place is not known. This horn is in a good state of prnserva- 

 vifh the exception of the leather strap, which has be- 

 come rotten with age. It bears the, following inscription: 

 "This horn, the property of Sarg't Robart Hplmes, made at 

 Fort Edward, N. Y., March ye 4, A. D. 1568." 



Campbell-ton, N. B., Feb, 18. — The weather is very cold 

 and severe here a.i present, the mercury sange's from 10 to 

 18 .leg. below zero, and the snow I lae i woods is from 



short distance back in the wilderness from here, hut the 

 Micnaac hunters have not been as successful as u ual in 

 g this large .game to bag, though their general catch 

 i . been fully up 1o that of former years. A 



resident of this place says that last spring he helped an In- 

 dian near "Seven Islands," Main&, haul one of the woods 

 thirty-two moose hides Hint, were taken from moose that he 

 had killed in the deep snows. The carcasses of these ani- 

 ■ o feed foxes and bob cats.— Stakstbad. 



THE NEW YORK STATE ASSOCIATION. 



TUB New York State Association for the Protection of 

 fish ana Game lield a meeting at the Delavan House. 

 Albany, on \\ edncsday the JL5th. The meeting was called at 

 one o'clock and Captain \V. L, P. Stears, of Brooklyn, was 

 chosen chairman and John Bedford, of Onondaga, secretary. 

 There, being many counties not represented whose delegates 

 would arrive at three P. M., the convention adjourned until 

 3:30 P, M. At the hour named the convention again assem- 

 bled, a large representation of delegates being in attendance. 

 The convention was called for the purpose of procuring leg- 

 islation to protect the game of the State, and also to preserve 

 the natural forest and streams of the Adirondack region. 

 The following delegates were present: 

 Capt. W. L. 13. Stears, Brooklyn; Col. Thomas Carroll. 

 Kings county; Dr. Kennedy, Auburn: Henry E, Jones, 

 Buffalo; B. J. Richardson, Lowville; ex-Senator Wagstaff, 

 New York; C. W. Hutchinson. Etica; John Bedford, Syra- 

 cuse; H. R. Tiffany, Clifton Springs; G. D. McMamis, 

 Oswego; H. A. Altenbrand, Hempstead; A. Paul, Troy, 

 James Bulger, Staten Island; J. Otis Fellows. HomeusvuTe; 

 Dr. Morgan. Ithaca; W. EL Griswold, Lyons; Calvin Buss! 

 Penn Yan; George Dawson, Albany; John R. Wiltsic, New- 

 burg; Louis Livingston, Rhinebcek; Abel Crook, Warren 

 co.; H. Hederman. Harrington; Charles E. Fiske, Highland; 

 F. D. Bump, Jr., West Randall; Dr. W. H. Hart, Hudson; 

 S. A. Kellogg, Champlain; Harry Miller, Saratoga Springs; 

 Hon. E. C. Rice, Fairfield; A. W. Thayer, Coonerstown: 

 B. M. Stebbins, Owego; E. Page, West Fulton; Dr. Ira 

 Wilcox, Franklin; P. Moeller. JSIyaek; Frank P. Chamber- 

 lain, Elizabethtown; Samuel S. Mulford, Tannersvillc : Alex- 

 ander Jennings. Union; Manley Blakeslee, Olean; S. Call. 

 Tvlalone: J. C. Gray, Cortland: Edward D. Palmer, Schenec- 

 tady; M. R, Dodge, Rockland; S. B. Truesdell, Cold Springs; 

 Samson Horseman, Wells; Almond Daniebe, Lyndonville' 

 L. M, Smith, Elmira; D. Sidmore, Gloversville ; H. N. Sid- 

 more, Perry; H. L. Smith, St. Lawrence co. ; A. A. Yates, 

 Columbia co. ; B. Ives, St. Lawrence co. ; M. D. Smith. 

 Wyoming co. 



Ex-Mayor Hutchinson proposed that a committee be ap- 

 pointed to examine the bill for the Adirondack region. Mr. 

 Altenbrand moved that the whole lions- ■ he that committee 

 Carried. 



Mr. Crook stated that the bill known as the "Bergh Bill," 

 with amendments, was Senate Bill No. 58, and had been re- 

 ferred to committee. It contained penalties for any person 

 who shall shoot, or rent yards or grounds for the shooting of, 

 any birds or animals from a trap/etc. The. amendment was 

 to strike out "rent yards," etc., and "persons shall not go 

 outside of the State 'for such purposes." Mr. Crock moved 

 that the. bill, as amended, be endorsed. Mr. Thayer was wil- 

 ling to have all the pigeons in the State lulled. Carried. 



Mr. Crook moved that Hon. Thomas Carroll and two others 

 be appointed to represent the association on this subject be- 

 fore the Senate Committee. Carried. The chair named 

 Messrs. Thayer and Sargent to act with Mr. Carroll. 



Dr. Hart objected to the Armstrong bill of last winter, and 

 much discussion ensued. Amendments by the dozen Were 

 proposed. Mr. Thayer finally moved that a committo of five 

 he. appointed by the chair 1o go before the Legislature with a 

 bill to be framed by them. The chair inquired how this com- 

 mittee was to know the wishes of the association. It -was then 

 moved and carried that the law known as the Armstrong 

 law of last winter be taken up section by section and voted 

 upon. Messrs. Verplanck Colvin of Albany, Thomas 

 Carroll of Brooklyn, and J. H. Dudley of Dutchess, 

 were, then appointed delegates from the State at large. 

 Members wishing changes in the law were requested to state 

 them as the sections were read. A member stated that the 

 Attorney General cannot tell what the game law now is, and 

 that, if the. law of 1881 was taken and read it would be im- 

 possible to amend if. because of. the impossibility ro define 

 its provisions. 



Mr. Chamberlain then read Section 1. Mr. Dawson spoke 

 of running deer with dogs in St. Lawrence comity, but made 

 no motion. Mr. Richardson said that he did not object, to 

 running them with dogs at a reasonable season, but that it 

 was wrong to run them in hot weather, as the meat is then 

 black and worthless. He suggested a law to protect them to 

 the 1st. of November, as a law that permits shooting before 

 that time permits it when the flesh is good for nothing. He 

 made this as a motion, an* I it was earned. 



Sec. 2. After the reading, Mr. Altenbrand remarked that, 

 if spring duck-shooting was stopped on Long Island, the 

 birds pass on to Connecticut, and are shot there. If spring- 

 shooting could be stopped all over the United States, he 

 thought it would be a good thing, but to stop it on Long 

 Island woidd be merely giving others a chance at on <■ ex- 

 pense. Mr. Hart liked spring shooting because the ducks 

 are then wild, and it is more sport. Mr. Page said that it 

 made little difference in the district where Mr. Hart lived, 

 on the Hudson River, as there were but few ducks, and Ihey 

 were shot for sport; but on Long Island thousands are killed 

 for market. He thought all spring shooting wrong. Mr. 

 Smith, of Wyoming, wanted the law to give two months' 

 more shooting of ducks, as the ice does not go from the 

 waters in his part before the 1st of May. He moved that the 

 law for duck -shooting be extended to 'May 15 for the county 

 of Wyoming. Carried. It was then moved that all Spring 

 shooting of ducks be abolished within the State. Captain 

 Stears. did not see how this -would accomplish much good un- 

 less it was a general law in all the States, The motion was 

 put to vote and lost. 



Mr. Hutchinson said that this society once tookhigh ground 

 on the protection of forests, which no't only affect" the pre- 

 servation of game but increases and preserves the rainfall and 

 so affects the rivers and the general water supply. Reports 

 from Holland, which he cited, have proved this, and Oneida 

 county wishes a law passed to punish people who destroy 

 timber by setting fire to lands adjoining their camping 

 grounds. Some - toTti at n make i 1 ij fire on going out of 

 the woods and leave it to do much damage. Mr. Oolvin 

 stated that a bill for the preservation of forests was now 

 drawn up. If we do not protect our public lands we will j 

 soon have none dial need protection. He has seen twelve 

 fires at one time, covering forty acres each, and has himself 

 been burned oat of camp by others, lie then 



p reposed bid, which was approved, 



rook thought that it would take three months to 

 draft a proper game law. Mr. Thayer believed that a mo- 

 tion was before the house to appoint five persons to do it, 

 Mr, Page insisted OB the original motion, of a committee to 

 revise the laws, but thought that the mure discUBBlQn it 

 brought up at present, the better, Capt, Stears Said, "Let 

 the law be read and let each member comment on such por- 

 tion as may affect Ins district. When it touches Kings 



county I'll be there," Mr. Page said that he would not t hen 

 insist on the motion being put at present. 



Mr. Hart moved thai f!- : < ,--.:.: ■ using a jwivelguncu 



- the latter sum is too 



anvict when penalties are excessive. 



oator Wagstaff 'favored the lower 

 ic proposed amendment to punish 



having such a gun in the boat; Carried. 



Sec. 3-toS'. Bead, but no debate nor amendnn i i 



proposed. 



Sec. 0. Mr. Hart moved to strike out the words "gunner 

 concealed." Carried. 



Sec. 7. Mr. Smith moved that Wyoming county be ex- 

 3 as Long Island Sound. Carried. 



ducks should be $25, 

 much and it is hard ti 

 Also that the i 



gun in possession. 

 " appr 



uoved that the law for q fail 

 e amended so as to begin 

 ■tober and close on th 

 , 4 s, from St. Lawrence, 

 Sept mber. He said that if 

 i month in St, Lawrence then 

 oting at all. Mr, Wagstaff 

 Irawn is indorsed by all. 



cepted, the. same s 



Sec. 8. Mr. Altenbrand : 

 shooting on Long Maud 

 the season on the Nil: oi 

 December. Carried. Mr. L 

 Gated shooting Woodcock in 

 they did not, shoot them in th 

 there was no woodoook-sh 

 claimed that the bill as 



(Applause). It is better to amend the bill, which is nearly 

 perfect. It includes the whole State, except Long Island, in 

 a general law. which forbids woodcock-shooting, except 

 during July, October. November and December, It excepts 

 Long Island because the season is earlier there, and it is just 

 to do so. A general law for the Suite has i bj tii . fy 

 features. It is best to leave this mail irto flu JU lerviaors, 

 He said that this is a feature of the Avmstroug bill of last 

 year, and that it will be introduced this year. " Approved. 

 Mr. Thayer wanted Otsego county exceptea in the matter of 

 the shooting of ruffed grouse, eaded partridge, so as to have 

 the season open on Aug. 1. Carried. 



The secretary moved thai the law regulating the capture 

 of fdu-k b^ss be amended, to make the 20th of June the 

 opening of the season all over the State. Carried. 



Mr. Thayer wants the law to permit the capture ol the 

 whitefish of Otsego Lake, during the months of July and 

 August, with a two and a half inch mesh. The fish do not 

 take the hook and are there in great numbers. Carried. 



A member whose name we did not catch then mov 

 eel weirs be abolished in all the waters of the State, and that 

 the game protectors and constables tie empowered to destroy 

 them. The weirs destroy all the fish in the river where they 

 are placed. Carried. 



Mr. Smith then moved that it be lawful to spear pick- 

 erel (pike) in Silver Lake, Wyoming county, in December-, 

 January, and February. Carried. 



Some fishermen of Cayuga Lake sent in a request that the 

 law be framed to allow them to use seines and spears at all 

 times in the waters of the lake for the capture of all fish, ex- 

 cept such game fishes as are: protected by law. They churned 

 that catfish, suckers, etc., were plenty in tlie lake," and thai, 

 if this privilege were accorded them they would observe the 

 law regarding game fishes. It was moved that this privilege 

 be accorded them, but that a penalty of §100 for each game 

 fish taken out of season, or between 'the first of March to the 

 first of July, be inserted. Carried. 



It was 'then mewed that the Walkill River be excepted 

 from the provisions of section 23. Carried. 



Sec. 84 Moved to strike out the Walfkill River from this 

 section also. Carried. 



Sec. 25. Moved to strike out the last clause of this sec- 

 tion, which allows it to be at the option of the manufacturer 

 whether it is necessary for him to empty coal tar or other 

 t eieteric-Us materials. into stream-;. Carried. 



Sec. 2fi. Moved that no net fishing be. allowed in Graves- 

 end bay, Kings county, between the 15th of May and 1st of 

 October. Carried. Mr. Wagstaff moved that the provision 

 regarding pound nets in the town of Lslip. on Great South 

 Bay, be stricken out. Carried. Also moved that fyke nets be 

 prohibited in the Walkill River. Carried. 



Sees. 27 to 31. Read, but no objection was made to then- 

 provisions. 



See. 33. Moved that it lie amended So as to allow trapping 

 of skunks and other vermin by Striking out, words, "all wild 

 beasts." Carried. 



The question of game protectors then came up, and Chap. 

 591 was read. The member from St. Lawrence wanted two 

 additional ones appointed for his own and two adjoining 

 counties. Mr, Altenbrand '-■■-anted one for New fork city 

 and one for Long Island, it was then moved that these four 

 additional ones lie appointed, making twelve in all. Carried. 

 Mr. Wagstaff moved that all penalties be recovered before 

 courts in districts adjoining that where the offence was com 

 mitted, providing that the amount of penalties does not ex- 

 ceed their jurisdiction. Carried. 



Moved that trout lie lawfully taken in the month of Sep- 

 tember, or to October 1, in the counties of Warren. Essex, 

 Hamilton, St. Law T reuce, Jefferson, and Lewis. Carried. 



The chair then appointed the committee of five to draft 

 the laws. They were as follows: Messrs. Crook, Of 

 Warren: Sargent, of Jefferson: Hart, of Columbia; Alten- 

 brand, of Suffolk; and Richardson, of Lewis counties. Mr. 

 Hart moved that Capt. Stears, of Kings, be added. Mr. 

 Dawson proposed to add Mr. Sampson Horseman. <>f 

 Hamilton; and also Mr. Wagstaff, making eight, in all. 

 Carried. 



A vote oE thanks was then given to Capt; Steers for the, 

 faithful discharge of his duties us presiding officer, and tin- 

 meeting adjourned. 



Dog, Rabbit akd Coal Tr;,vra.— Grand Tower. Ill, 

 March 15.— Last, Monday, while the passengers on a coal 

 train on the Grand Tower and Carbondale Railroad wtn 

 watching a go-as-you-pl-.'.e-e spurt between a hs'i's ,, 

 ...I a rabbit, which was being run within a few 

 yards of the track, the latter ily changed his course 



and came directly 'toward the moving train His purs ■ 

 h ; . -i , and either from excitement or ina i 



to stop, followed ou when he ran under the wheels. As the 

 train passed the body of the dog wa bd ijd ap- 



parently dead, on one side of the track, wibile the crushed 

 form of the rabbit rolled in: : i \ i fce ditch, — T. M.. VV. 



LSHT.-VNA. — Reynolds, March 7. — Th: , r mi,, i^ame has 

 not yei arrived in large numbers, The past winter was very 

 mild, no snow at all. The combined snowfall here during 

 the past, winter has not, exceeded four inches, while last 

 winter it was seventy inches. Grouse and quail 

 well and none were killed. This is the best place h 

 andsnipe in the State. Sportsmen come here fron 

 York city, Albany. Cincinnati andKenlueky to try our game. 

 About the first week in April every kind of game i 

 — R. A. L. 



