March 4, 1886.] 



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New Jeksey's Non-Resident Law.— A decision has 

 iust been rendered bv Justice Dixon of the Supreme Court, 

 interesting and important to game protective societies of this 

 State. On the 28th of November, 1884, a trial for vioiation 

 of the State game laws came before Justice V. W. Nash of 

 this citv. The complainant was Lewis Wyckoff, who 

 charged" William L. Allen, an alleged non-resident, with 

 shooting quail out of season. Jackson W. Coddington ap- 

 peared for the complainant and Corporation Counsel Craig 

 A. Marsh for the defendant. A law of April 4, 1878, enacts 

 that non-residents of the State of New Jersey must comply 

 with the by-laws of game protective societies of the State 

 before they* are allowed to kill game or fish within its limits 

 under a penalty of fifty dollars fine. In the above case the 

 jury rendered a verdict of guilty and a fine of fifty dollars 

 in accordance with the evidence adduced. Defendant's 

 counsel appealed the case on the grounds of unconstitution- 

 ality of law, and the matter came before the Supreme Court 

 for 'argumpnt on Feb. 18 last. Justice Dixon in delivering 

 the opinion held, "that the act of April 4, 1878, for the pro- 

 tection of game and game fish was constitutional and valid 

 in its application to the act of a non resident of the State 

 killing game on the property of persons who have formed an 

 association under the laws of the State for the protection of 

 game on their own property." The judgment of the lower 

 court was affirmed. — PUiinjield Constitutionalist. 



Work of the New Hampshire Commissioners.— North 

 Conway, N. H., Feb. 22.— Albeit Swanton, Richard East- 

 man, Joel Clay, Mortimer Burnham, J. A. Waterman, Elisha 

 Dmsmore, Malven Dinsmore and Jake Day, all of North 

 Conway and Jackson, Carroll county, were arrested on com- 

 plaint of Fish and Game Commissioner E. B. Hodge, Feb. 

 15 and 16, and fined $25 and costs each. Warrants were 

 taken out for several others, but they got wind of what was 

 going on and left for Maine. There have been 150 deer 

 killed in Carroll county during the last six weeks. Most of 

 the guilty parties are too poor to pay a fine, and if sent to 

 jjjail their families must go to the poorhouse. While the 

 Commissioner was here he made complaints against several 

 parties in Chatham for catching trout in Mountain and 

 Province Pond during the close season. Complaints were 

 also made against parties in Maine for the same offense, some 

 of whom, from the high position they hold in public and 

 legal affairs, should have known better. It is to be hoped 

 that they will be brought to justice, for there is no reason 

 why a good man should pay a fine out of his hard earnings, 

 while the rich law breakers go free. Both committed the 

 same offense, with this difference — one violated the law to 

 obtain food for his family that they stood in need of ; the 

 other, that he might display his trophies to his legal friends 

 in Portland. — Kiersarge. 



"Uncle Fordy." — William F. Barnes, or, as he was 

 better known to ail ducking men from Baltimore, Philadel- 

 phia and New York, "Uncle Fordy," dropped dead on Mon- 

 day night Feb. 22, at Havre de Grace, Md. He was one of 

 the charter members of Venus Council, No. 44, O. U. A. M., 

 and had taken a very active part in their debates of last 

 evening. He left the council in apparently the best of health. 

 Mr. August Allen, on his way home about eleven o'clock, 

 found him dead on the street nearly in front of Capt. W. E. 

 Moore's residence. He had been stricken down with heart 

 disease. He was in his seventieth year. 



Wahoo, Neb. 27. — In coming from Omaha yesterday 

 over the Union Pacific Railroad we noticed large flocks of 

 ducks while crossing the Platte River. These are the first 

 1 have seen in this country this season. To-day we have a 

 snow st^rm. which may delay their flight, but it won't be 

 long now before there will be an abundance of ducks in that 

 neighborhood. — C. E. F. 



The Iron Clad Anti-Hounding Bill.— At Albany last 

 Tuesday Senator Coggeshail introduced an iron-clad anti- 

 deer hounding bill. It is the one prepared by the Utica As- 

 sociation and was printed in these columns last week. It 

 fixes the open season from August 15 to October 15. 



Shinnecock Bay. — Just received advice from Atlantic- 

 ville that geese have made their appearance on Shinnecock 

 Bay.— J. Wendell, Jr. 



QUOTATIONS FOR FURS AND SKINS. 



THE following: prices, supplied by Messrs. J. Maenaughtan's Sons, 

 are for prime skins only, according to size, color and quality, 

 as realized by the New York commission merchants: 



Antelope— North America, raw, $ B) $ 25® 35 



Dressed, as to quality, ft 75® 95 



Deer— Florida, raw, $ ft 25® 35 



Rocky Mountain, raw, $ ft 25® 35 



Pacific Coast, raw, $ ft 25® 35 



Elk— Pacific Coast hides. $ ft 20® 25 



Western skins, $ ft . . .' 25® 30 



Dressed, as to quality, $ ft 50® 60 



Mountain Deer— Western, $ ft 15© 20 



Reindeer— American, raw, ft 20® 25 



Dressed, as to quality 50® 60 



Beaver— Labrador, large 8 00@10 00 



Lake Superior and Canada, targe 6 00® 8 00 



Upper Missouri, large 6 00® 8 00 



Southern, large 4 00® 6 00 



Badger— American, large and full furred, each 1 00® 1 50 



Bear— Hudson's Bav, black, large, each 20 00@30 00 



United States, brown, large, eacn 7 00®10 00 



Southern U. S., black, large, each 7 00@10 00 



Cubs from y 2 to of the above. 



Buffalo robes, in bulk 12 00@15 00 



Buckskin— Western, f ft 70® 75 



Pacific Coast, $3 ft 1 00® 1 25 



Cat— Wild, eich 40® 60 



House, each 10® 30 



Ermine and white weasel 5® 10 



Fisher— Dark cased 9 00@12 00 



Pale : 7 00@10 00 



Reddish 5 00® 8 00 



Fox— Red, United States, each 1 40® 1 60 



Red, Territories 1 60® 1 80 



Cross, ordinary 6 00@10 00 



Gray, United States 1 00® 1 6J 



Kitt, Nortn America 75® 1 00 



Silver, North America 5 00® 6 00 



Lynx— Canada 5 00® 6 00 



Minnesota 4 00® 5 00 



Marten— Lark 2 00® 3 00 



Pale 1 25® 1 75 



Mink— Pale, Southern U. S 40® 50 



Pale, Western United States 60® 70 



Dark, Minnesota 75® 1 00 



Dark, New England 1 00® 1 25 



Dark, Quebec and Halifax 1 25® 1 75 



Musquasii— Spring, Canada and Eastern 20® 25 



Spring, Western United States 14® 18 



Spring, Southern United States 10® 12 



Fall, Canada and Eastern 10® 12 



Fall, Western United States 8® 10 



Fall, Southern United States 6® 8 



Opossum— Cased, Ohio 30® 40 



Southern United States and common 10® 15 



Address all communications to the Forest and Stream. Publish- 

 ing Co. 



TIP-UPS FOR PICKEREL. 



THE request for information on the mode of constructing 

 "tip-ups" for signaling to the fisherman on the ice the 

 fact that a pike (pickerel) has taken his bait, which appeared 

 in our issue of Jan. 21, has brought us many notes on the 

 subject. We will say for the benefit of those who are ignor- 

 ant of this mode of winter fishing, that one man often cuts 

 from ten to fifty holes in the ice at some distance apart, often 

 in different portions of the lake or pond, and baits bis lines, 

 usually with a live minnow, and sets his tip-ups to notify 

 him when his presence is needed at some particular hole. 

 Here is the primitive tip-up of our boyhood : 



We give below some other, and improved, forms used by 

 our correspondents: 

 Editor Forest and Stream: 



In reply to the inquiry of "Pickerel" in a former issue, 1 

 would respectfully submit that the most simple, quickly pro 

 cured, and effective tip up we have ever seen used were those 

 taken from the tops of saplings. Where three sprouts spring 

 out straight from the top, cut them off about 2 inches below 

 the joint, lop off one branch about 18 or 20 inches above the 

 joint, the other two 9 or 10 inches. The last mentioned will 

 then form the legs or base. The line is tied to the extreme 

 end of the long sprout, and of course a pull will set the 

 crotch straight up in the air on the ends of the short legs 



The above illustration will make the idea more clear perhaps 

 to those who may never have seen this form. 



Another very simple device is a piece of pine board, say 

 i an inch thick and 18 inches long, tapered from 3 inches to 

 1 inch. A trifle nearer the small end than the middle a 

 f-inch hole should be bored, and the large end painted red 

 for about 6 inches of its length, to be seen the more readil.v. 

 When in use a small sapling is cut and run through the hole 

 with each end resting on the ice. The line is, of course, tied 

 to the small end. We believe these simple tip-ups will give 



better satisfaction than any more complicated ones can do, 

 especially on long lines, where an accidental springing of a 

 trigger or any similar contrivance would prove a grievious 

 annoyance if at any distance from the operator and no fish 

 was hooked. Amekicos. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



In your issue of Jan. 21, "Pickerel" asks for instructions 

 in making tip-ups. This is the way 1 make them: For the 

 standard take any good stiff wood 1J inches wide, i inch 

 thick and 2 feet long, make a slot in one end 6 inches long 

 and i of an inch wide. One inch from the end bore a small 

 hole to take the wire on which the tip-up swings. For the 

 tip-up take a piece of wood 1\ inches wide, -fa thick and 11 

 inches long, and shape it as shown in the accompanying 

 drawing. Have it -J- inch wide at the small end. Three and 

 a half inches from this end cut a slot 3 inches long and -,\ 

 wide, notch this small end to hold the line, paint the large 

 end and put a pin through the hole in the standard and the 

 slot in the tip-up, and all is ready. Here it is: 



Set the standard in the ice at an angle of about 45 degrees, 

 draw back the tip-up to the end of the slot, make a loop on 

 the line and hang it on the notch, bait your hook and drop 

 it through the hole already cut and you are ready for any- 

 thing that comes along. When a fish takes the bait it pulls 

 the loop from the notch and leaves the tip-up hanging per- 

 pendicularly, the line being fastened to the standard. If 

 "Pickerel" does not understand this, let him come up and I 

 will show him how to make them and how to catch the fish. 

 As he does not live very far away, I more than half believe 

 that he is fitting out for a visit to our town, for it is a favorite 

 fishing ground for Springfield fishermen. ' W. J. C. 



Becket, Mass. 



Editoi 1 Forest and Stream: 



The cheapest and best tip-up I ever saw (and about every 

 fisherman has a style of his own) is made out of an oak strip, 

 say 6 feet long and If wide by £ thick); now bore £ holes at 

 every 22 inches. The strips will make tnree traps; saw so 

 as to have half of the hole on the ends of each trap. Next 

 saw off a strip f wide two thirds the length of the trap, put 

 in a screw just half the way of the length of the strip, saw 

 off the strip on an angle, so it will turn only one way, saw 

 in a slit at the lower end for the flag and a short slit at the 

 upper for the line. Flag to be fastened on with small tacks, 

 a washer or burr between the strap and the main piece will 

 make it much better. If properly made and set up at an 

 angle of 45° can be seen further than any trap I ever saw. 



I have just finished fifty which make me an even hundred 

 now, now will "Pickerel" tell us where to get the fish. 



South Shoke. 



South Duxbury, Mass. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



Please say to your Springfield correspondent that the tip 

 ups used up here in fishing on the headwaters of Lake Cham- 

 plain are made about as follows: Take four pieces of $ 

 inch spruce or pine, board (spruce is the better as it is stiffer) 

 about 12 inches long; in the center, on one of the edges cut 

 a square notch ^ inch wide and deep. Take another piece 

 of the board \ inch square and 24 inches long and put into 

 the notch so as to form a cross; fasten with a small brad. 

 Have the crosspiece two-thirds of the distance from one end, 

 fasten the line to the short end and place over the hole and 

 when you get a bite it will tip up. The way we like best is 

 to make a common reel 16 inches long out of a piece of 

 board 2 inches wide and \ inch thick. After attaching the 

 line place across the hole, leaving some slack loose on the ice. 

 Then get a limber twig about 2 feet long and stick up beside 

 the hole, make a loop in the line and hang it over the end of 

 the twig in the loop, put a piece of colored cloth (I use red 

 flannel, as it shows well against the ice and snow) and when the 

 fish bites be will pull the signal off the twig, and there being 

 a plenty of slack line he is not likely to get off. Ned. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



In looking over the paper I observed an article on tip-ups, 

 by which, 1 suppose, the writer means an arrangement for 

 fishing through the ice. 



The simplest and only kind that I ever saw is composed of 

 two pieces of wood, a piece of red cloth and your line. 

 Cut a piece about 1 inch by i and 15 inches long, if the hole 

 in the ice is 5 inches across, or make them in that propor- 

 tion. Now, in the center cut a hole i of an inch or so; cut 

 another piece about 15 inches long and about 4 or 5 from one 

 end. This piece should be about $ of an inch square. Cut 

 this down to \ inch square for 4 or 5 inches from one end. 

 Have fit tight in the hole. The following shows the two 

 pieces and also the manner of setting them across the hole in 

 the ice. 



It will be seen that when the fish bites he will pull the 

 sticks over, and if a red flag is attached it will be more 

 readily seen. Yager. 



Racixe, Wis. 



Wanted, a tip-up. Here is mine : 

 A stake, a ribbon, a spool, a line, 

 A bit of tough and sturdy wire, 

 A hole— and near a crackling fire. 



John Pbeston True. 



[We have more communications on this subject. — Ed.] 



EARLY OBSTUCTIONS IN MAINE RIVERS. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



I inclose a suggestive extract from an address delivered 

 before the Genealogical Society at Portland, Me. : 



"In 1739 the Indians were troublesome. Polin, the chief 

 of the Presumpscot tribe (who was killed by one of the an- 

 cestors of John F. Anderson and others, at Windham in 

 1756), went to Boston and complained to the Governor of 

 the State that in consequence of improvements on the Pre- 

 sumpscot River they could not pass down in their canoes 

 with ease to get rum, and his tribe was threatened with star- 

 vation because fish could not pass up the river to the lakes." 



Think of the antiquarian importance of this recorded fact, 

 that the aboriginal Indian so long ago as A. D. 1739, began 

 the protest against the principle of prohibition right here in 

 Maine and complained to the General Court — "that in conse- 

 quence of improvements in water ways, they could not pass 

 down with ease to get rum"— and then note the better wis- 

 dom of the Indian when he complains that the fish could 

 not pass up the river to the lakes. Is it not a strange com- 

 bination of circumstances that here close to the home of 

 Neal Dow the idea of prohibiting the poor Indian from 

 passing easily down stream to rum, should have originated 

 nearly a century before Mr. Dow's birth. And is it not 

 stranger still that it is only within a few years that the im- 

 proved white man has awakened to the wisdom of the sav- 

 age of 1739, and provided a way for the fish "to pass up the 

 river (Presumpscot) to the lakes." 



At this late day there are no Indians on the lakes to come 

 down to Portland for rum, although there is rum in Port- 

 land, but the fish can run up to the lakes, and the obstruc- 

 tions of 1739 have been surmounted by various ways. 

 "There is nothing new under the sun." Mac. 



Woodfords, Maine. 



