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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[July 6, 1895. 



paddling and the other fishing, but caught only about 

 fifteen trout, running a trifle less than lOin. in length, 

 and then we returned to the house for supper. Just be- 

 fore dusk we were out again fishing with white-miller 

 and red-ibis; and as darkness came on the surface of the 

 lake was fairly covered with leaping trout. We fished 

 with three flies and often caught two trout at a cast. 

 They all ran about the same size — lOin. We threw back 

 into the lake of course a great many trout, as we had no 

 use for them. 



At 4 A. M. the next morning K. and I were again on 

 the lake, but the trout would not rise. After breakfast 

 we took Mr. T. out on the lake*and gave him some in- 

 structions as to casting a fly. He caught one trout and 

 was well pleased, as he had never before had that 

 pleasure. 



During the morning an elk came down from the hills 

 to stand in the lake for coolness and relief from the flies, 

 and K. and myself paddled to within 30 yards of him be- 

 fore he would move away. We had the same experience 

 later in the morning with two Virginia deer, one year- 

 ling and one two-year-old buck. 



The bucks, however, when they did start, ran much 

 faster and further than the elk, which did not seem par- 

 ticularly anxious to escape from our vicinity. 



In the afternoon K. and I walked about three-quarters 

 of a mile across the hills to a trout stream, and brought 

 back from an hour's fishing 34 goodjtrout to take home 

 with us in the morning, and I suppose we threw back 

 into the stream 40 more trout. 



Before going on the lake that evening we secured a 

 box of wire netting, with a wooden lid. This we dragged 

 in the water behind the boat and placed in it such trout 

 as we desired to take with us. We fished that night 

 until 9:20 P. M., when the trout stopped rising and re- 

 tired to bed I presume, as we did shortly after. Five 

 o'clock the following morning found us rjacking up. We 

 took our 34 trout from the ice box, and enough from the 

 box in the locker to make up 90, which we packed in 

 grass. After breakfast and a pleasant ten-mile drive, we 

 took the 9 A. M. train on the Ulster and Delaware, and 

 arrived in New York city at 3 P. M., well satisfied with 

 our trip. I cannot say that I did not enjoy myself fully, 

 nor catch enough trout, but I find that I shall visit the 

 Pacific slope on business this summer, and I confess that 

 I am planning a little fishing out there, where I can 

 camp out in the mountains and feel at home again. 



H. L. Burdick. 



DR. EDWARD SPALDING. 



Charlestown, N. H,, June 25.— Editor Forest and 

 Stream: Yesterday's mail brought me the sad tidings of 

 the death of an old and dear friend, Dr. Edward Spald- 

 ing, of Nashua, N. H. Dr. S. was a veteran member of 

 the Anglers' Guild, being in his eighty-second year, and 

 died on his annual fishing excursion to Parmachene Lake 

 and the Megalloway, from which he had expected to return 

 to-morrow. 



Dr. Spalding was not only an enthusiastic angler, but 

 had been a prominent feature in the business life of the 

 State for many years. A graduate of Dartmouth College, 

 he was one of the Board of Trustees, he had been a mem- 

 ber of the State Senate and the Governor's Council. Edu- 

 cated as a physician, he had given up practice to devote 

 himself to business, and was identified with the banking 

 interests of his city, as well as president of the boards of 

 directors of both the large manufacturing companies 

 there. 



He aided me in revising the fish and game laws of the 

 State in 1878, and succeeded me as chairman of the Fish 

 and Game Commission in 1881, but soon gave it up to a 

 younger man. 



A strong churchman, he was prominent in all religious 

 and educational work, and his life was marked by his 

 good words and deeds. 



Yet with all this active life, he never allowed himself to 

 be "chained to business," but regularly took his June and 

 September outings to the Megalloway and Dear Diamond 

 region. 



And now among his much-loved streams he has made 

 the final passage, and crossed the dark river from whose 

 shores no voyager returns. Sam'l Webber. 



Nashua, N. H., June 25.— Editor Forest and Stream: I 

 send you the Nashua Telegraph, June 24, and Manchester 

 Union, June 25, containing an account of the death of 

 Mr. Edward Spalding, of this city, who died at Megallo- 

 way Meadows, June 22. While the articles contain a fair 

 account of his life and work, they but feebly state the 

 universal respect and esteem in which the Doctor was 

 held, not only in this community, but by all those with 

 whom he came in contact. Especially was this the case 

 with the guides and residents in the Rangeley and 

 Parmachene regions, where he had passed at least one 

 month each season for more than forty years. Long after 

 he had retired from active practice here he found plenty 

 to do in the woods each year, it being the current opinion 

 of his friends that all the broken legs and arms, as well as 

 events of a strictly domestic nature, were sacredly kept 

 for the Doctor's annual visit, and no one else was allowed 

 to touch them — if he was expected within six months. 

 His sympathies were broad, and no sacrifice of personal 

 comfort was too great for him cheerfully to render aid to 

 all in distress, whether personally known to him or not. 

 His large means and high education were at the command 

 of any one in need. He was, in short, the highest type of 

 a true sportsman I ever knew or ever expect to know. 



The continued freedom from serious ills and the un- 

 clouded intellect for 82 years must be largely attributed 

 to his love for the woods and the frequent opportunities 

 he had for long stays in the Maine woods. While he en- 

 joyed all field sports, trout fishing was his hobby, and 

 that at a time when a man who "went afishin'" was re- 

 garded with suspicion, or was until he made the retort, 

 "Well, Dr. Spalding goes too;" that always settled the 

 right or wrong of the question. 



P. S. — He was, I believe, a subscriber to Forest and 

 Stream from the first number. W. H. Beasom. 



The Union correspondent gives these particulars of Dr. 

 Spalding's death: "Three weeks ago to-morrow morning 

 he left his home in this city to go on his annual fishing 

 vacation, in company with Sir. Van Wagenen and his 

 wife, a member of the Lake Parmachene Club; they 

 were also accompanied by a guest of the club, Mr. Van 

 Woert, of Morristown, N. J. Dr. Spalding joined the 

 party at the Concord station on June 11, and together 

 they went to Camp Cariboux in Oxford county, Maine, 



which is the last Maine camp of the club mentioned, and 

 is at the lake. On the jotirney out Dr. Spalding stood the 

 travel well and appeared in the best of spirits, and the 

 entire party arrived at this point in the wilderness in ap- 

 parent perfect health. He with his guide and members 

 of the party started homeward on Thursday morning, in- 

 tending to stop over at the camp in the meadows on the 

 Megalloway River until to-day, and pass the time in fish- 

 ing with the guests of the club in that vicinity. The 

 party arrived at the camp, which is sixteen miles below 

 Cariboux, all right Thursday night; his friend, Van 

 Wagenen, seeing the party off all right over the four 

 miles, at which time he bade the Doctor good by, 

 and all were in the best of spirits. They arrived 

 at the meadows on Thursday night. Friday Mr. 

 Van Woert and party left on a fishing tour 

 to Lincoln Pond, Dr. Spalding remaining to enjoy him- 

 self at the camp and fishing in that vicinity. He was' 

 about as usual, and at night retired after a fine day's 

 sport. Later the guests returned from Lincoln Pond, 

 and no one for a moment realized that the death angel 

 was hovering about the camp in the stillness of the 

 depths of the forest, to claim one of the party before the 

 sun should rise again. The first indication of trouble 

 was Saturday morning, between 3 and 4 o'clock, when 

 Dr. Spalding called for help, and his friend immediately 

 called his guide, who went to his assistance. The Doctor 

 was conscious, and was lying on his bed. He asked for 

 assistance to change his clothing, and also made a request 

 for a drink of medicine. He then apparently gradually 

 sunk away, and in fifteen minutes was dead, without the 

 utterance of another word. The men who work about 

 the camp as helpers were aroused and sent out to notify 

 the friends at Cariboux, and Mr. Van Woert immediately 

 started for a telegraph station at Colebrook, which point 

 he reached Saturday night in season to send word to 

 Nashua. 



"The guide arranged the body and took it down the 

 river sixteen miles in the club's steamboat, then a distance 

 of forty miles in a carriage to Colebrook, arriving at 11 

 o'clock in the night, when the remains were placed in 

 charge of the undertaker. The medical examination 

 showed that Dr. Spalding died from cerebral apoplexy. 



"The guide, Robert Storey, in conversation with the 

 Union man, was visibly affected at the loss of his friend, 

 and stated that he never saw the Doctor in apparently 

 better spirits than that Friday before his death and the 

 evening he went to his room and retired for his last night 

 in the camp, where he so thoroughly enjoyed an occa- 

 sional visit." 



NOTES FROM FISHING WATERS. 



Parle? Pond, Me., June 26,— Seeing one of your blue 

 signs tacked on the hotel here, I thought that perhaps 

 your readers would like to know of a catch of trout which 

 ex-Senator and Mrs. A, P. Williams, of San Francisco, 

 Cal., took from the pond here Monday morning. One of 

 the fish weighed 3|lbs., one 21bs., two If lbs., and one 

 ljlbs. There were also twenty-five of ordinary size. 

 This is the favorite resort of Mr. and Mrs. Williams for fly 

 fishing, and here they have spent their summers for many 

 years. Earle Murphy. 



Canton, N. Y., June 29.— Canton does not advertise as 

 a fishing resort. Nevertheless the local fisherman is now 

 and then well rewarded for his labor. So thought Homer 

 Wo mack and Frank Healy last night when they landed a 

 241bs. muskallonge. The fish measured 44|in. in length, 

 and was a beauty. It was caught at the mouth of a small 

 tributary to the main river half a mile above the village 

 by still fishing, the bait being a lib. mullet. When hooked 

 it made several leaps clear from the water. J. H. R. 



Three Lakes, Wis., June 25.— Messrs. H.V.Vogel andF. 

 R. French caught last week 9 maskallonge, largest 281bs.; 

 92 pike, largest 9lbs.; 70 bass, largest 4|lbs.; 172 pickerel. 

 The prospects look good for next week. H. V. Vogel. 



Some Lake St. John ouananiche scores: L. C. Flint, A. 

 D. Norcross, F. G. Nelson, 79 weighing 1191bs., largest 

 SJ-lbs. June 19 to 26, A. W. Hooper 171, weighing 2561bs., 

 largest 3Jlbs. June 19 to June 26, E. B. Mayo, 152 weigh- 

 ing 2251bs., largest 3ilbs. June 26, M. D. Rothschild, 45 

 weighing 601bs., largest 3Albs. June 26, M. D. Tyson, 80 

 weighing 1501bs., largest 31bs. June 26 (3 days), E. C. 

 Quiggle, 59 weighing lOOlbs., largest Si-lbs. June 25-26, 

 J. E. Nichols, 56, largest 3|lbs. June 27 (2 days), H. D. 

 Hotchkiss, 39 weighing 631bs., largest 31bs. 



Babies and Fish Protection. 



Port Huron, Mich., June 20.— At the last meeting of 

 the Anglers' Protective Club the following officers were 

 elected: President, Henry N. Botsford; Secretary, Chas. 

 Weichsler; Executive Committee: Fred D. Sanborn, J. 

 B. McGregor and Alex.' R. Avery. It was the largest and 

 most enthusiastic meeting the club has ever held. The 

 reports of the executive committee, giving in detail the 

 work done by them during the past year, was submitted, 

 and it was the unanimous opinion of all the members 

 that the work had been most judiciously done. The club 

 purposes to have several fishing tournaments during the 

 coming summer, which are looked forward to with a 

 good deal of pleasure. Bait and fly-casting contests will 

 also be held. As the action of the past Legislature was 

 adverse to the interests of sportsmen, the club has decided 

 to take aggressive steps toward the enforcement of the 

 fish laws. Arthur McDonald, son of Ambrose McDonald, 

 was last night elected mascotte of the club. His age is l| 

 years and his weight 22lbs. "Look out for him," says the 

 Times of this city, "for he's likely to take after his dad." 



Bass at Swartswood Lake. 



Bergen Point, N. J., June 20th.— I have just returned 

 from a week's fishing in Swartswood Lake, New Jersey, 

 and met with very good luck. I have been staying at 

 Emmaus Grove and found everything as well and com- 

 fortable as of old. I enclose a picture of three bass and 

 two pickerel, the five largest fish I caught last week, and 

 as you can see, they were all of very large size. The 

 weight of the bass were 3$, 3 and 2ilbs,, the pickerel 2f 

 and 31bs. I uied live bait shiners. I also caught two 

 good size bass with the fly. Some other angler may like 

 to try Swartswood, which is a mighty good place for 

 fishing and not a great many fish tbere. P. M 



An Angler's Tribute. 



Norwich, Conn., June 28. — Editor Forest and Stream: 

 Your correspondent, E. M. Brown, of Preston, who has 

 written many pleasing sketches for your very interesting 

 paper, was killed by the cars here on the 19th inst.. while 

 in pursuance of his duties as conductor on the N. & 

 W. R. R. He leaves a wife and four children, the 

 youngest five years of age. 



Of him as a man I can Bay that he was upright and 

 honorable, a devoted husband and loving father, univer- 

 sally loved by all that knew him, enjoying the full confi- 

 dence of his employers. 



As a sportsman he was my ideal; whether it was the 

 breech-loader or the rod, he was ever the same, always 

 considerate with his friends, the personification of gener- 

 osity, and a day spent in his company was sure to be 

 fraught with pleasure. His quotations of the Gentle 

 Izaak (of whom he was a worthy successor), and little 

 anecdotes of his own childhood and happy days spent in 

 the woods and along the rippling streams, added to the 

 delights of the outing. He knew the names of all the 

 wild flowers and birds, and would discourse at length on 

 their beauties or peculiarities. 



It was the height of his ambition to some time visit the 

 Rangeleys, but never to be realized; for, like many other 

 lovers of the gentle art, he was so unfortunate as to be 

 poor and dependent on his daily earnings for sustenance. 

 Two years ago he had by self-denial and the aid of a lov- 

 ing wife saved up enough to take a two weeks' trip in 

 that region with myself and two friends; but a sudden 

 and fearful sickness compelled him to stay behind. Yet 

 ever patient and expectant he looked forward to the time 

 when he might satisfy his longing. 



I knew him at work, for in my capacity as engineer I 

 was daily thrown into his company, and neither of us 

 would accept a day's outing if the other was unable to get 

 away. I have lost my chum. I loved him as a brother, 

 and time can never obliterate from my mind the happy 

 hours spent in his company. 



Brother sportsman, if you could have stood by my side 

 and looked down on that poor crushed form (with a smile 

 still on his lips, for he was laughing when death over- 

 took him), your comrade, I think you would have joined 

 me and wept. 



I have placed my rods high on the rack, and the dust 

 will be thick on them before I can again take heart to 

 follow the stream; for every ripple, every fall, will sing to 

 me of one that is gone, and there will be no pleasure in it 

 for me. F. D. Palmer. 



Braddock's Bay and Thereabouts. 



"I have paid close attention to the river this season," 

 said Constable Marshall to a Rochester (N. Y.) Herald re- 

 porter, "and I am glad to say that the violators of the law 

 are getting tired of their vocation as fishermen. Last 

 season I was comparatively alone in seizures and arrests 

 on the river, but since Game Protector Brooks has taken 

 an interest in that neighborhood and made several seiz- 

 ures and arrests, the poachers are getting quite shy. 

 When I began patroling the river last season it was a 

 common occurrence for me to seize from three to five and 

 as high as seven devices on one trip, but now it is not un- I 

 usual to make a long trip and find not a single net. 



"As I rowed back to Charlotte yesterday I saw quite a 

 number of men and boys fishing along the river with hook 

 and line. Several of them with whom I had conversation 

 said they were having excellent luck and said that they 

 were glad nets were being kept out of the water. I have 

 been surprised at the quantity and quality of fish I have ! 

 found in the fyke and gill nets in the river this year. 

 Next to Braddock's Bay, the fishing in the river is the best 

 to be found around here. 



"At Braddock's Bay the fishing is splendid. Nearly 

 every man who has gone still fishing or whipping has cap- 

 tured a fine string. Perch and bass fishing has never 

 been as good in my recollection as it is at present off the 

 pier at Manitou. The other morning I met a man from 

 McCrackenville who was whipping in the bay. He said 

 he had landed thirteen noble pickerel that morning and 

 that he had been catching from eight to ten every morn- 

 ing for a week. Manitou is a great place to enjoy a good 

 day's sport with rod and fine. I am pleased to say I have 

 been rewarded to a certain extent for my labor for the 1 

 past two years in keeping the waters of Braddock's Bay 

 and Salmon Creek free of nets, of which I have seized 

 and destroyed over 125 fyke and gill nets. Devices of 

 any kind are hard to find in any of those waters at pres- 

 ent." 



Promising Youngsters. 



Sebec, Maine. — Master Eugene Wyman, a thirteen- I 

 year-old boy, fishing with a 7oz. rod, hooked a fish, and 

 after being fast some time said his arm ached. But his | 

 father, P. H. Wyman, of Sebec, told him to stay by the 

 fish, that it was a large one, and was his to save or lose". 

 Gene "was there," and after a long and hard fight 

 brought the fish to net, and was the proud owner of a 

 landlocked salmon weighing 61bs. l4oz. Mr. Wyman has 

 mounted the fish and Gene will have it in some conspicu- 

 ous place when he has a home of his own. 



The same day Master Eddie, brother of Gene, age seven 

 years, landed with a fight rod two good salmon weighing 

 21bs. or better each. The party took nine fish in all for 

 the day. 



On another day, in the same waters, a party with me 

 took eight good salmon before 9 A.M., the smallest of the 

 eight weighing over 21bs. These fish were taken to i 

 Waterville and were seen by many sportsmen at New- 

 port Junction. Frank A. Jordan. 



Shad taken with Minnows. 



Hampton, N. H, June 23.— While waiting for a dense 

 fog to clear away in Hampton River to-day, Charles F. 

 Peel and Charles E. Foy, two expert fishermen of Boston, 

 made a most remarkable catch of nineteen adult shad. 

 An occurrence of this sort is seldom recorded. The shad 

 were captured with a hook, with live minnows for bait, 

 on sixty feet of line. The shad is a fish that is not 

 caught with a hook, but by nets, as their mouths are not 

 formed for grabbing a bait, as other game fish. Their 

 action is described by the captors as that of a bass, which 

 is invariably full of fight and tricks when hooked. 



Texas Tarpon. 



A Ropesville, Texas, correspondent writes that tarpon 

 fishing has been excellent there, some fifty odd having 

 been landed to the date of his letter. 



