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to-day for a little fishing trip to Channel Lake, in the 

 Fox Lake system. He will stop at the well-known host- 

 lery, "Savage's," and will doubtless meet good sport. 

 Fishing in the Fox Lake chain holds on well, and the 

 anglers are holding on well also. 



Mr. Thompson, of the Domestic Sewing Machine Com- 

 pany. Mr. Sutherland of the same concern, Mr. Hoge of 

 the First National Bank, and Mr. Tiffany have just 

 returned from a pleasant and successful trip to the Eagle 

 Waters, They report the sport very good . and say they 

 took all they cared for. There were a number of parties 

 in from Chicago. E. H. 



TROUT IN MAINE. 



f iAMP BEMIS, Sept. 27.— Editor Forest and Stream: 

 Some fair catches of trout have been made with 

 the fly during the past week on the Mooselucmeguntic 

 Lake. Dr. Geo. Trowbridge, of your city, I understand, 

 took in two days' fishing at Sunken Island (near Stu- 

 dent's Island) 49 trout that averaged lib. each in weight. 

 No trout come to the Doctor's landiug net unless they 

 take the trouble to rise to the surface and take the arti- 

 ficial fly, and all that are not wanted for the table go back 

 into (he water. 



Messrs. J. R. and J. B. Stebbins, of Little Falls, N. Y., 

 took in two dav's fishing near the mouth of Beans 

 Stream 60 trout that weighed 401bs. Mr. J. M. Randall, 

 of East Orange, N. J., took one of 1 fibs., casting from 

 the wharf at Camp Bemis. (Mr. R. is another gentleman 

 who puts back all that are not wanted at once for table 

 use.) Mr. J. L, Pease, of Merrimac, Mass., took one of 

 3|lbs. near the same place. Mr. 11. M. Parish, of Mont- 

 ville, Conn., took from the pool below the Upper Dam 

 two trout at one cast, one of which tipped the scales at 

 61bs. I<k>z., the other 2|lbs. Mr. P. was fishing from a 

 boat alone, and worked both rod and landing net, although 

 there was plenty of assistance offered from gentlemen 

 who were fishing near Mm. The rod that the fish were 

 taken on was a 7oz. split-bamboo, and the flies a brown 

 hackle and a Montreal. 



Twelve of the trcmt taken from this pool this fall by 

 Mr. Fullerlon, of Windsor, Vt., weighed TSflbs. 



Two moose were seen yesterday by Mr. Frank Taylor 

 and wife, of Philadelphia, and guides, as they were cross- 

 ing from Cupsuptic Lake to Parmachenee. 



Sept. '28.— Mr. R. M. Parish of Montville, Conn., took 

 with a fiy at Upper Dam, yesterday, one trout of 5Mbs., 

 and to day one of L'ribs. F. C. Barker. 



THE CURRENT RIVER REGION. 



THERE is no more beautiful stream in the United 

 States than the limpid waters of Current River, 

 Missouri, Fed mostly by springs, some of them of im- 

 mense size, which, when accessible to travel by rail, will 

 be visited by tourists as world's wonders, pouring over 

 continuous beds of clean, many-colored gravel, or gliding 

 quietly under the shadow of overhanging mountains, 

 through rocky gorges, and now and then among hand- 

 some farms, it is well worth a visit to any lover of the 

 picturesque, the grand, the beautiful in nature. 



The stream rises mostly in Shannon county, though its 

 watershed extends further north and west. Its rapid 

 fall gave it a name, for the current is swift everywhere, 

 and most of its course is a succession of rapids. This 

 fact makes the lower part of the stream difficult of navi- 

 gation, although the volume of water is larger than in 

 many well known navigable streams. To the eye unac- 

 quainted with this river, it appears to be favorable almost 

 anywhere, but woe be to the stranger who trusts to such 

 appearances if he venture his horse in at any point not 

 marked as a ford, for he will find himself swept swiftly 

 down in the cold crystal waters, and may thank fortune 

 if he escapes merely with a ducking. Many a horse thief 

 has made the effort to ford this stream to avoid passing a 

 ferry where he could be traced, only to lose his life in the 

 cold waves. 



Where the water looks to be not exceeding two feet 

 in depth, so pure is it, that the actual depth is five or six 

 feet. A person standing on a slight elevation can see 

 every fish that passes in the river. The river is well 

 stocked with fish. Spearing or ''gigging" is at present 

 the favorite method of them. The old citizens often en- 

 joy taking a novice out gigging fish on Current River. 

 They give him a gig with a long handle and soon point 

 him out a fish, which is apparently within easy reach and 

 on the gravelly bottom of the stream. Anxious to make 

 sure of the risk he strikes with all his force. Of course 

 he underestimates the distance, and plunges head fore- 

 most into the stream to the intense delight of his com- 

 panions, who promptly haul him out, a wiser man. The 

 game never grows old. 



This stream will soon become stocked with speckled 

 trout, when it will be one of the best streams for fly- 

 fisliing in the world. There is scarcely a mile of the 

 channel in Missouri that has not many deep pools with 

 huge rocks jutting out above and rushing rapids leading 

 to them, in fact the banks are a succession of fishing- 

 points. As one goes up the stream from Doniphan, he 

 finds the scenery more wild and picturesque as he pro- 

 ceeds. Wide detours through deep canons have to be 

 made to avoid precipitous banks. Immense forests of 

 sighing pine trees cover the hills Avhile the valleys are 

 filled with a bewildering variety of trees, shrubs and 

 vines, often a very jungle of vegetable growth. In the 

 fall the traveler finds the hillsides covered with vines 

 loaded with wild grapes, .many varieties of which are 

 delicious and wholesome. 



The practical tourists cannot but observe the wonder- 

 ful power that is running to waste in this stream, with 

 fall enough and water plenty to develop a thousand 

 horse-power for each two miles of its course; yet it is 

 well to consider the fact that damming this stream is no 

 easy job. One of the peculiar difficulties that would 

 probably be encountered, would be that the dam would 

 rapidly fill with gravel, which would then pour in a 

 constant stream through the wheel. The gravel in the 

 river is mostly of a flinty nature, but one can often in a 

 few minutes' search find most beautiful carnelians and 

 agates of large size, besides many fine specimens of 

 quartz. The upper portion of the stream flows through 

 a country containing many rich deposits of copper ore, 

 while all along it on either side are many veins of iron 

 ore of superior quality. 



Tourists who wish to enjoy a delightful trip on this 

 charming river, should go first well up the stream in 

 Shannon county, and take a boat, following or rather 



floating down to Doniphan or Van Buren, Mo., where the 

 railroads touch it. With a good strong boat and oars, 

 and a steady nerve, there will be plenty to amuse and 

 keep one interested. The Current River hills afford ex- 

 cellent sport in the hunting season, as doer are more 

 abundant than in any other part of the State, and the 

 surrounding country abounds in quail, pheasants and 

 wild turkey. Enough farms will be found to all'ord refuge 

 from storms that occasionally set in. There are few 

 seriously dangerous passages, many that keep the boats- 

 man in good exercise. Such a trip would be healthful 

 and exhilarating. The time will come when this trip 

 will be very popular, as are the journeys through the 

 wild Adirondacks of New York or the canons of the 

 Rockies; 



Growth of Halibut.— The following interesting item 

 is from the Cape Ann Advertiser, of Gloucester, Mass. • 

 "Mr. P. Biggins, whose name as ms found cut on a halibut 

 recently, and who has been absent at the Grand Banks, 

 having seen an account of it in our columns, called upon 

 us last week. He states that he has cut his name on a 

 good many halibut, and this is the first one which there 

 is any account of. This one, which was cut so as to take 

 up the whole side of the fish, weighed at the time about 

 51bs., and was cut in 1879. Singular to relate, but never- 

 theless true, his dorymate, Mr. Heber Cahoon, who was 

 with him at the time when he cut the letters, happened 

 to be the man who discovered and weighed the fish when 

 he was landed, and at once recalled the incident. His 

 weight then was ■ 101 bs., showing that he had gained 851bs. 

 in nine years. Mr. Diggins is of the opinion that halibut 

 grow much faster than this would indicate, and thinks 

 that the growth of this one was stunted on account of its 

 being cut, which is certainly very probable." 



That Big Shark. — Danielsonville, Conn. — Editor 

 Forest and Stream: In your issue of Sept. 13 appeared 

 an account of a piscatorial adventure of Dr. H. L. Ham- 

 mond, of Killingly, Conn. The item is correct, but had 

 it detailed more it would have been far more satisfactory 

 to the other members of the party. It is true that friend 

 Hammond was at one end of the line when the shark 

 made known his presence by nibbling at the other end. 

 Equally true is it that this nibbling completely flustered 

 the doctor, and quicker time was never made in visiting 

 a dangerously ill patient than the doctor then made for 

 the stern of the vessel, where during the ceremonies of 

 killing and hauling the shark on board he nervously 

 calculated on the chances of life and death. The fish 

 was a monster, and it took the captain and Mr. George 

 Jencks, of Danielsonville, Conn., a considerable time to 

 despatch it.— H. M. B. 



THE TOB1QUE MURDER. 



THE trial of the two men, Phillipine and Trafton, charged with 

 the murder of Mrs. Howes, on the Tobique River, reported at 

 the time in these columns, was begun at Audover, New Bruns- 

 wick, Sept, 25, Judge Wetmore presiding. In his address to the 

 jury the judge paid that the charge against ttie prisoners was of a 

 most serious and aggravated character. The fact tha t these men 

 had been fired on as a warning to keep away was no justification 

 for ihis murder. A mistaken form of sympathy for the prisoners 

 has, it seems, arisen in the community among persons who 

 imaging that certain Ashing rights and privileges, long enjoyed 

 by the prisoners, had been taken from them and leased to 

 strangers. Government or any other body had a lawful right to 

 lease for a term of years any of the fishing grounds they choose, 

 and when so leased or licensed, no outsider had any authority to 

 go t hero. When they did go there, they were infringing rights of 

 others and were lawfully responsible for their acts. With refer- 

 ence to shots fired at the prisoners just before the fatality, his 

 honor considered that that act was perfectly lawful, the object 

 being solely to frighten off poisons who were spearing salmon by 

 lighted flambeaus. Under all the circumstances, his honor stated 

 that they could not return any other indictment, than that of 

 murder against the prisoners Pliillipine and Trafton. 



There is a strong local feeling of sympathy for (he accused, 

 supposed in part (o be due to pity, and doubtless in part to re- 

 sentment, that outsiders enjoy the privilege of fishing with 

 sportsmen's apparatus on these waters, while those residents 

 who wish to fish with spears are prevented from doing so. A 

 notion prevails that the natives here have been shut out from 

 fishing waters running through their lands. Attorney-General 

 Blair discussed this feature of the case at great length in his 

 opening speech. He showed that Tob. que River fishing was free 

 to riparian land owners who fished in a legal manner. He assured 

 the jury that even if natives had been harshly dealt with by law, 

 they could not take matters into their own hands and tire on 

 fishing parties proceeding down the stream. 



In spite of the judge's strong charge to the grand jury, it was 

 understood that the jurors were divided in opinion and that a 

 true bill was only reached by a majority of one. At one time 

 two-thirds of the grand jurors were in favor of a bill for man- 

 slaughter only. No bill was found against Day. 



The first witness called was Major Howes, whose account of 

 the tragedy did not differ in any material respect from that given 

 before the coroner. On cross-examination, however, he admitted 

 that four shots had been fired by his party on the Saturday even- 

 ing previous to the murder, to drive the two men, now known to 

 be the prisoners, from the pool. He also said that he supposed tl\e 

 stream to be open to everybody, and although he had asked per- 

 mission for the first four years of ids fishing from. lohn E. Stewart, 

 and for the last year from Mr. Cram as representing the N. B. 

 Railway Company, who are large land owners on the Tobique, he 

 did so merely as an act of courtesy, and that he had fished the 

 stream anywhere indiscriminately irrespective of who might own 

 the land on the borders. He supposed every one else had the 

 same right. He said that his interference with the men, on Satur- 

 day night, was solely because, as he thought, they were illegally 

 spearing. Mr. Gregory endeavored to get before the jury, by put- 

 ting into the hands of the witness for the purpose of cross-ex- 

 amination, a plan from the crown land office showing the Tobique 

 with the names of the several grantees thereon, and also a 

 printed handbill that had been posted by a Mr. Perley, as agent 

 for the owners of tne stream, forbidding all fishing thereon with- 

 out license from him, hut on objection of the attorney general he 

 was not allowed to do so. 



Great excitement prevailed when Anna Philippine, sister of one 

 of one of the prisoners, took the stand and eircmnsi anlially con- 

 tradicted the testimony given by her before the magistrates. Her 

 first sworn testimony was that the night before the shooting her 

 brother returned with one fish and said that lie had been fired on, 

 adding that in the morning ho would have the drop on his assail- 

 ant. That on the following morning he took a gun and went out; 

 that, returning about noon, he declared that he and Trafton had 

 fired on a fishing party, and that Mrs. Howes had been killed by a 

 shot fired by Trafton. To-dav she swore that her brother had not 

 said anything of the kind, either at night or in the morning, and 

 that she did hot know whether he had taken out his gun. Under 

 severe crnss-;xamination the poor girl was overcome and had to 

 be assisted from the court house. After she returned there was 

 another scene. She repudiated her story of this morning and 

 reasserted the evidence given before the magistrates. In reply to 

 Judge Wetmore, she explained that a man bad persuaded her that 

 the only way her brother's life could be saved was by her contra- 

 dicting her first criminating evidence. This person, whom she 

 identified in the court room, had begged her, for God's sake, to 

 take this means to keep the prisoner from the gallows. 



Major Howes swore that five shots struck the water or canoes or 

 persons, to his knowledge, and that the shoonng continued after- 

 ward. The third shot struck hia wile just as he had put his hand 

 on her shoulder to make her lie down m the canoe. She fell back 

 in his arms and was dead on the instant, the bullet passing 

 through her head. 



Talljiabge, O., Sent. 24, 1838.— United States CarlrUlye Co., 

 Lowell, Mass.: Dear Sirs— I have used a good many U. S. car- 

 tridges, and they have never failed to give satisfaction. Yours 

 ' truly, (Signed) E. S. Mbtlin,— Adv. 



BREEDING THE GRAYLING. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



In the Seventieth Annual Report of the American Fish- 

 eries Society, I notice among other interesting and valuable 

 papers one by Mr. J. C. Parker, entitled "Observations on 

 the Grayling." In the course of his paper Mr. Parker de- 

 scribes how he obtained and kept in captivity, until long 

 past tbe period of the year when grayling spawn, nearly one 

 hundred of these fish; and not only did they not spawn, but 

 also there was not the slightest indication that they ever 

 would, consequently his attempt to breed grayling for stock- 

 ing purposes was a failure, 



Mr, Parker does not say what size his grayling were, but 

 it seems quite, certain they were immature fish; in Europe, 

 and I doubt not also in America, it is a curious fact that it 

 is the exception rather than the rale for grayling to spawn 

 under lour years of age. One of our most successful pisci- 

 culturist, Mr. Thomas Andrews, of Guilford, England, who 

 has successfully reared grayling from the eggs, tells me 

 that he has taken eggs from three-year old grayling bred by 

 himself, but not often; he says both eggs and fry of grayling 

 require more careful treatment than eggs and fry of trout, 

 it is substantially the same treatment carried on with greater 

 care than is necessary in the case of trout. A three-year old 

 trout or grayling bred at Mr. Andrews' splendid fish farm 

 would be as large, or larger than any four-year old wild 

 fish. His success is due chiefly to the fact that he has a 

 perfect knowledge of the subject, a perfect water supply 

 (springs and ponds under his entire control on his own 

 ground), and he has any quantity of natural food— shrimps, 

 crustacea, etc. 



The grayling is such a fine fish and has such a wide range 

 on the rivers of Europe— from those of Austria to those of 

 Scandinavia— that I am quite sure it could be successfully 

 introduced into many rivers in the States and Canada. You 

 seem to have gone in heavily for German carp, a fish not to 

 be named in the same day with the grayling. 



P. S.— Since writing the above 1 have the following note 

 Horn Mr. Wallace, the keeper of the Hungerford Fly Fish- 

 er's Club, who has much practical knowledge of breeding 

 the grayling: 



Huxgkbford, England, Sept. 18.— Dear Sir: i am quite 

 certain that grayling spawn when two years old, but, for 

 breeding, it is better to take the eggs from fish three or four 

 years old. Mr. T. Andrews is fishing here to-day and says 

 that he did not mean to say that grayling do not spawn at 

 two years, but four years is soon enough. I think they do 

 well from eggs of three-year old fish.— J. WALLACE. 



Therefore in my statement, made a few days ago, I did not 

 clearly represent Mr. Andrews's meaning. 



R. B. MAUisTON, Editor Fishing Gazette. 



Lonbon, Eng., Sept. 14. 



FIS If AT THE CINCINNATI EXPOSITION. — The United 

 States exhibit of fish at Cincinnati, O., has received 45,000 

 eggs of the quinnat salmon from the Government hatchery 

 at Baird, Cat., and some of them are expected to hatch in a 

 lew days. The display of live fish has attracted much atten- 

 tention; many of the specimens are local ones. From the 

 Little Miami" River a fine lot were recently obtained, con- 

 sisting of black bass, red-horse suckers, spotted catfish, mud 

 shad, quillbacks and carp. A few days ago Captain Col- 

 lins, accompanied by Dr. J. A. Henshall, went to Ross Lake, 

 about ten miles from the city, and brought a number of live, 

 fish, among which were buffalo fish, mud shad, sunfish, 

 black bass and yellow catfish. 



CODFISHHATCHINGAT WOOD'S HOLL.— The United 

 States Fish Commission schooner Grampus will begin col- 

 lecting codfish for spawning purposes, for the Wood's Holl 

 station, about the 10th of this month. The fish will be 

 brought in alive in the well, and the eggs taken at the sta- 

 tion. Arrangements have been made to turn out many 

 millions there, as well as at the Ten Pound Island station. 



MAINE LANDLOCKED SALMON.— Our commissioners 

 offish and game have their weir on Crooked River in suc- 

 cessful operation, having at the present time taken over one 

 hundred landlocked salmon, one of the number, a male, is 

 said to weigh 251bs. They hope to secure at least one million 

 of eggs.— M. 



%ht fennel 



Dogs: Their Management and Treatment in Disease. By 

 Ashmont. Price $-2. Kennel Record and Account Book. 

 Price $8. Training vs. Breaking. By S. T. Hammond. 

 Price- *i. First Lessons in Dog Training, with Points of 

 all Breeds. Price 50 cents. 



F IXT URES. 



DOG SHOWS. 



Oct. 2 to 6— Seventh Annual Dog Show of the Danbury Agri- 

 cultural Society, at Danbury, Conn. B. C. Lynes, Secretary. 



Oct. 2 to 5.— National Exposition Dog Show, Kansas City, Mo. 

 C. R. Evans, Manager, Room 16, New England Building, Kansas 

 City. Mo. 



Oct. 9 to 12.— First Dog Show of the Virginia Field Sports Asso- 

 ciation, at Richmond, Va. B. H. Grundy, Secretary, Room 26, 

 Shafer Building. Entries close Oct. i. 



Oct. 25 to 26.— Second Annual Show of the St. Paul and Minne- 

 sota Kennel Club, at St. Paul, Minn. J. E. Stryker, Secretary, 

 Room 9S Globe Building. 



Nov. 6 to 10.— Dog Show of the Richmond County Poultry and 

 Pet Stock Association, in connection with Augusta National Ex- 

 position at Augusta, Ga. H. Madden, Superintendent. 



Dec. 3 to 8.— Dog Show of the Northern Illinois Poultry and Pet 

 Stock Association, at Rockford, 111. A. H. Currier, Secretary. 



Jan. 15 to 19, 1889.— Seventh Annual Dog Show of the Southern 

 Massachusetts Poultry Association, at New Redford, Mass. E. 

 W. Dean, Secretary. 



Feb. i to 7, 1889.— First Annual Dog Show of the Columbus 

 Fanciers' Club at Columbus O. Thos. R. Sparrow, Secretary. 



Feb. 12 to 15, 1889.— Fifth Dog Show of the New Jersey Kennel 

 Club, at Jersey City, N. J. Geo. L. Wilms, Secretary, 142 Monti- 

 cello avenue, Jersey City, N. J. 



Feb. 19 to 22, 1889.— Thirteenth Annual Show of the Westminster 

 Kennel Club, Now York. James Mortimer, Superintendent. 



Feb. 26 to March 1, 1S89.— Second Annual Show of the Renssalaer 

 Kennel Club, Troy, N. Y. Alba M. Ide. Secretary. 



March 5 to 8, 1889.— Second Annual Dog Show of the Albany 

 Kennel Club, at Albany. N. Y. Geo. B. Gallup, Secretary. 



March 12 to 15, 1SS9.— Second Annual Show of the Fort Schuyler 

 Kennel Club, Utica, N. Y. James AY. Dunlop, President. 



March 19 to 22, 1889.— First Annual Dog Show of the Maryland 

 Kennel Club, at Baltimore, Md. W. S. Diffenderffer, Secretary. 



March 23 to 29, 1889— First Annual Dog Show of the Massachu- 

 setts Kennel Club, at Lynn, Mass. D. A. Williams, Secretary. 



April 2 to 5, 1889.— First Annual Show of the Rochester Kennel 

 Club, at Rochester, N. Y. Harry Yates, Secretary. 



April 9 to 12, 1889.— First Annual Dog Show of the Mascoutah 

 Kennel Club, at Chicago. 111. John L. Lincoln, Jr., Secretary. 

 FIELD TRIALS. 



Nov. 1.— Second Annual Field Trials of the Indiana Kennel 

 Club, at Bicknell, Ind. P. T. Madison, Secretary, Indiana oolis. 

 Ind. 



Nov. 15.— Fifth Annual Field Trials of the Philadelphia Kennel 

 Club, open to members only. Wm. H. Child, Secretary, Phila- 

 delphia, Pa. 



