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as ifc struck their level, aad all a fellow had to do was to 

 pull the tail-gate shut, and take a stick and strike the 

 load oflE even with the top of the sides, the way you do 

 with a peck of wheat. Bullheads? WeU I should say. 

 The whole country was full of them. You know, they 

 had an epidemic up there the year following. There 

 were so many dead fish lying around everywhere that 

 they bred disease. Sixty-five people died right around 

 Kekoskee aud Mayville. True? You can gamble this 

 story's true, and you can get all the proof you want of it." 



I did not mention the epidemic in my account of the 

 story, for stories of epidemics are often exaggerated, and 

 I wislaed only the simplest and most credible facts to be 

 presented, t am glad, however, to have so able a cham- 

 pion as Mr. Stone to come to my assistance, and I feel an 

 especial joy that Santa Anna, the noble horse that lived on 

 bullheads, escaped the dread epidemic and so lives to- 

 day, a monument of the truthfulness of this story, and 

 an easily available confutation of all who doubt its ac- 

 curacy at any point. 



Norm Johnson's Log:. 



Up on the headwaters of the Little Oconto, in Wiscon- 

 sin, is the cabin of Norm, Johnson, a sturdy woodsman 

 who sometimes entertains trout fishermen. The Fred. 

 Taylor party, which commonly numbers a dozen or more, 

 jfo up to the Little Oconto every year and put up with 

 Norm, and he does everything he can to make things com- 

 fortable and easy for them, according to bis lights. 

 There is a big foot log over the Little Oconto stream 

 aear his place, aud to make it easier walking for the 

 jity men, who are not so much used to the ways of the 

 ivoods, Norm last fall took an adze and squared cll its 

 ■iop from one end to the other. This made it an elegant 

 footbridge. Meantime, however, came the spring 

 flood, .and turned the log over a little bit, so that the 

 smoothed side stood at an angle of about 45°, slanting 

 down stream. This didn't seem to strike Norm as any- 

 thing out of the way, as he crossed daily on the log as 

 had long been his custom. When the city men went up 

 there last June the water was just barely running over 

 the log, enough to make it nice aud slippery. Every man 

 that wore rubber boots slipped on that smoothed angle 

 of the log and went neck deep into the stream, whereas 

 they formerly used to cross it in safety. This puzzled 

 Norm a great deal, and it is said he could never account 

 for it. "I go to work and face up a log fer you fellers 

 to walk on," said he, "and here you all fall off'n it 

 like so many scared turtles. I don't understand it. I 

 don't believe T ever would get u?ed to city ways, they 

 seem so blame oureasonable like." 



In the North Woods. 



Mr. John B. Carse, manager of the well-known boot 

 firm Thos, Kane & Co., of Cbicago, is back this week 

 from an extended and very pleasant trip through the 

 North Woods, of Wisconsin, after mascallonge and air. 

 The party included Mr. Carse. his brother David B. 

 ( 'arse, also of Cbicago; Messrs. Fred Pratt and Harry H. 

 Lobdell, of Chicaj^o; and Messrs. Ed L. and Chas. R. 

 Baker, of E xcine, Wis. They had three guides and four 

 birch bark canoes. Going in north of the Manitowish 

 country, at Mercer, they fished with great success the 

 little frequented waters of Pardee Lake and No Man's 

 Lake, taking in the former some fine mascallongf , top 

 weight 'illbs. Then they went north to Cheney Lake, 

 after bass, and caught all they liked. Next they took 

 rail and went east clear across to the entering point for 

 Gogebic Lake, Mr. Carse going up to the latter waters for 

 a brief go at the small-mouths. Then the party struck 

 into the wild country south of Trail Creek, and visited 

 Cisco Lake and Thousand Island Lake. In the latter 

 waters they had great good fortune in taking the big 

 lake trout (Mackinaw trout), sometimes called "land- 

 locked salmon." In all this latter country, which is very 

 wild and hard to get into, they saw many deer and 

 plenty of sign. The whole trip was a very delightful 

 one, and Mr. Carse, who lias been all through the wilder 

 portions of the great Wisconsin Lake region, says he 

 never had a pleasanter time. 



VVe get only such scattered and meager reports Of the 

 -North W<iods country lying above here in the wonderful 

 State of Wisconsin. The region is already well tracked, 

 but it is little known. And here we hear much of the 

 Adirondacks. and even a Western man who has never 

 been there can name the chief points of interest in that 

 over-ridden and over-written and no longer interesting 

 country. Some day it will be this way about the great 

 lake country of Wisconsin, but that day is not yet. The 

 region is not yet explored. There are lakes where a fish- 

 erman's boat never entered, and pai^hs the hunter's foot 

 has never trod. If New York can trade her Adirondacks 

 for this Wisconsin country, she'd better hurry up and do 

 it, for it 8 a bargain. E. Hough. 



175 MONROU STtlEBT, CnrcAGO. 



A Giant Gar. 



St, Loins, Oct. 15.^ — As large a fish as was, perhaps, 

 ever pulled out of the Mississippi River was caught by 

 Carondolet fishermen on Friday afternoon near the 

 Workhouse, The capture was made with difficulty and 

 the boat narrowly escaped being dragged under. Four 

 bronzed fishermen are willing to vouch for the facts. 

 The huge fish weighs about TOOlbs. and is termed an alli- 

 gator gar- 

 Peter Heil and Ed Brown were in a boat, and about 

 2-M o'clock felt a pronounced tug at the end of the quar- 

 ter-inch line which dangled from the useful, though un- 

 ornamental, crait in which they worked and rested 

 alternately. They were at the foot of Gasconade street, 

 almost in a line with the whitewashed stockades and bar- 

 racks forming the Workhouse, The hook was baited 

 with beef and both men made a, grab for the rapidly re- 

 ceding line. In a few seconds it was taut, and with a 

 crack aud strain the skiff commenced to follow its unseen 

 guide with almost lightning speed. Every few seconds 

 the sides or long, augular mouth of the gar become visi- 

 ble, 



Michael Heil and Tom Nash, fellow- fishermen, were on 

 the shore, and as the two in the boat called to them they 

 kept parallel with the hooked monster and its human 

 drag. Down the stream the aggregate went, and when 

 three blocks had been traversed the two on shore wanted 

 to know whether to get a boat or not. The gar's head 

 finally pointed shoreward, and his strength was becoming 

 exhausted. Opposite the Herf & Frerichs Chemical 



Works, four blocks or more south of the point of seizure, 

 a landing was made. The four men pulled and pulled, 

 and finally fastened one of the king's jaws with a wire 

 rope, End he was anchored, 



The specimen was 21ft. Tin. in length. It would snap 

 at and jrulp down a 10U>. piece of beef without much 

 effort. The heroes of the adventure have fished in the 

 vicinity all summer, aud have landed catfish weighing as 

 much as 1701bs. About two months ago, the sartie day 

 that John ScuUin's nephew was drowned in Smith's Bay, 

 they had a midstream encounter with a fish that nearly 

 resulted in the demolition of their skiff. The champion 

 gar is now disporting himself at the end of the wiro, 

 admired aud envied by hundreds of spectators.— CwcMi- 

 nati Enquirer, 



The Pelee Bass Fishing Season. 



Toledo, O., Oct. 15.— Editor Forest and Stream: The 

 accompanying ofiicial communication anent the matter 

 of black bass fishing in Canada waters, reached me this 

 morning and is hereby respectfully submitted. It might 

 be added that to the best of the writer's knowledge and 

 belief last spring was the first occasion on which any 

 license fee was collected from rod fishermen, and as he 

 did not visit Pelee this year this fact was unintentionally 

 overlooked in the previous statements. But it is not 

 likely that the amount named woidd be regarded as a 

 high price to pay for two weeks of good Ijass fishing. 

 Meantime the original statement remains, viz : that we 

 have for a number of years been in the liabit of opening 

 the bass season on the Pelee with May 15 each year, and 

 it is probably a safe prediction that some such arrange- 

 ment as that stated in Mr. Smith's letter will be made for 

 next spring. Jay Beebe. 



Ottawa, Oct. 11.— J. B. Battelle, Esq.— .Dear Sir— In. 

 reply to your letter of the 5th inst. I beg to state that 

 under authority of an order in Council special permits 

 were last spring granted to anglers at the rate of $3 each 

 to fish for bass around Pelee Island from May 10 to 25. 

 The Minister has not yet determined whether the same 

 privilege will again be granted next season. I am, sir, 

 your obedient servant War. Smith, 



Deputy Minister of Marine and Fisheries. 



"Che Memet 



River Fishing' Near Boston. 



Boston, Oct. 15. — River fishing is receiving more at- 

 tention in Massachusetts than formerly. Only ten or a 

 dozen years ago it was considered that the rivers in the 

 vicinity of Boston and other cities were completely ex- 

 hausted as to their supplies of fresh fish. But at the 

 present time it is no unusual thing to hear of fine strings 

 of perch, pickerel and even bass being taken from the 

 rivers in this State, In proof of this idea it may be 

 noted that one of the handsomest black bass ever seen in 

 the State, or in any other State, for that matter, was 

 shown in the window of the tackle store of Messrs. G. B. 

 Appleton & Co., on Washington street, this city, on 

 Monday. The fish weighed 6ilb.^. and was 2iain. in 

 length. It was caught by Mr. W, A. Chace in the Sud- 

 bury River, a short distance above Concord. It was taken 

 on a yoz. rod, with a trolling spoon. The big fish gave 

 such a hard fight as only a great, determined black bass 

 knows how to makp. Special, 



The Fishery Board for Scotland 



Has issued Part III. of its tenth annual report, dealing 

 with the scientific investigations of 1891, and containing 

 numerous illustrations. Among the biological papers 

 forming a portion of the volume are the following: On 

 the food of fishes, by W. R, Smith; observations on the 

 reproduction, maturity and sexual relations of the food 

 fishes, by Dr. T. W. Fulfcf^n; additions to the fauna of 

 the Firth of Forth, Part IV., by Thomas Scott; contribu- 

 tions to the life, historv and development of the food and 

 other fishes, by Prof, Mcintosh. 



The Prolific German Carp. 



Neav York, Oct. 17.— The ice pond at NewRochelle having 

 recently been purchased by the Mount Vernon Water Qo. as 

 a source of supply, they have been draining it off in order 

 to deepen and finish as a reservoir. On Oct. 12, when the 

 writer passed the pond while out gunning, all that remained 

 was a small mud puddle about 75ft. wide, and thisAvas abso- 

 lutely alive with German carp, eels, suckers, small perch, 

 minnows and small boys. The carp weighed from 3 to 61bs., 

 and the writer learned that the water companj^ and others 

 had netted probably 10 to 1.5 barrels of these large carp dur- 

 ing the previous day and night. 1 secured three fine speci- 

 mens. The largest weighed close to 71bs. The fry had been 

 put into the pond three or four years ago, and results show 

 that the fish thrive wonderfully in our ponds. 



William W. Hakt. 



ROD AND GUN AND CAMERA. 



As a recognition of the importaut place of amateur photography 

 in its relation to sports of the tleld aud prairie and mountain and 

 forest and si ream, the Foeesx and Stbeam offers a series of 

 prizes for mGritorioua work with the camera. The conditions 

 under wMcn these prizes will he given are in brief as here set 

 forth: 



There will be ten prizes, as follows: First $35. Second $30 

 Thud $15. Fourth $10. Six of $5 each. 



The compatition will be open to amateurs only. 



The subjects must relate to Fokest and Stream's field— game 

 and iish (alive or deadj, shooting and Ashing, the camp, campers 

 and camp life, sportsman travel by land or water. 



There is no restriction as to the time when the pictures may 

 have been or may be made— whether in 1893 or in previous years. 



Pictures will be received up to Dec. 31, of this year. 



All work must be original; that is to say, it must not have been 

 submitted in any other competition, nor have been published. 



There are no restrictions as to make or style of camera, nor as 

 tt) size of plate. 



A competitor need n^t be a subscriber of Fohest and Stbbam. 



All photographs will be submitteed to a committee, shortly to 

 be announced. In making their awards the judges will be in- 

 structed to take intrv consideration the technical merits of the 

 work as a photograph, its artistic qualities; and other things 

 being equal, the unique and difficult nature of the subject. 

 Photogcapbs must bg marked only with initials or anseudonym 

 for identiflcatioa. With each photograph should he given name 

 of sender, title of view, locality, d%te, and name of camera. 



F I XTU RES. 



DOG SHOWS. 



Oct. .35 to 28.— Omaha Kennel Club, at Omaha, Neb. B. L. 



Marston. Sec'v. 



Nov. 23 to 2.>.— Brooklyn. H. W. Huntington, Sec'y, 148 South 



Eighth street. 



Ijec. 6 to 9 —First Annual Dog Show Hermitage Rennel Club, 

 Nashville, Tenn. Robert C. Stockton, Sec'y. 



1893. 



JaTi.;Jto6.— Mohawk Valley Poultry and Kennel Olub. F. B, 

 Zimmer, Sec'y, Gloveraville, N. Y. 



Feb. 31 to 33.— Westminster Kennel Club, New York city. Jas. 

 Mortioier, Supt. 



May 3 to 6 - Pacific Kennel Club, at San Fraacisco, Cal. Horace 

 W. Orear, Sec'y. 



■ June 13 to ir.— World's Fair, Chicago. 

 Sept. 7 to 10.— Hamilton, Ontario A. D. Stewart, Sec'y, 



FIELD TRIALS. 



J Oct. 2.5.— Third Annual Field Trials of the National Beagle Club, 

 at Nanufit, N. Y. Bench show of the club Oct. 34. H. V. Jamie- 

 son, Sec'y. 



Nov. 7.— International Field Trials Olub. third annual trials, at 

 Chatham, Ont. Amateur Stake. Nov. 7, Oi)en Stakes, Nov, 8. 

 W. B. Wells, Sec'y. 



Nov. 7,— United States Field Trials, at BUzabethtown, Ky. P. 

 T. Madison, Indianapolis, Ird., Sec'y. 



Nov. 8.— New England F*eld Trials, at Asaonet, Mass. E. 

 Knight Spervy, New Ha.vei\. Conn., Sec'v. 



Nov. 14.— Fourth Annual Trials of the Brunswick Fur Club, at 

 Princeton, Mass. J. H. Balrd. Sec'y. 



Nov. 15.— American Field Trials, at Columbus, Ind. W. J. Beck 

 Sec'y. 



Nov. 21.— Eastern Field Trial Club Trials, at High Point, N. 0. 

 W. A. Coster, Seo'v. 

 Nov. 28.— Philadelphia Kennel Club Trials, at High Point, N. C 



F. G. Taylor, Sec'y. 



Dec. 5.— Central Field Trials, at Lexington, N. C. Col. Ode 11, 

 Sec'y. 



Dec. 19.— Irish Setter Field Trials, at Lexington, N. C. Dr. G. 



G. Davis, Philadelphia, Pa., Sec'y. 



1898. 



January.-yPaeifip Coast Field Trials, at Bakersville, Cal. J . M. 

 Ki'garif, Sec'y. 



Feb. 8.— Southern Field Trials, at New Albany, Miss. T. M. 

 Brumby. Sec'v 



SPECIAL REPORT OF THE OTTAWA SHOW. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



To those who can read between the lines the maliciousness 

 of these introductory notes is evident enough. It is per- 

 fectly plain to those that know the facts that they were 

 penned by some one intensely hostile to some of the judgf-s 

 and part of the executive, I regret to see FoEE.ST AXD 

 Stream abused in this way, and I shall certainly not allow 

 such misrepresentations to pass unnoticed, if the editor of 

 this journal will afford space for their correction. 



The reference to Clumbers throws a good deal of light on 

 this report: "Dr. Wesley Mills spent two davs and a half in 

 awarding prizes to 105 dogs." What are the facts? Asboth 

 the other judges wished to liave the first day Dr. Mills gave 

 way to them, consequently he could do only a very moder- 

 ate amount of work the flr.st day. By the close of the sec- 

 ond day, notwithstandiog a late start, for which he is not 

 responsible, most of the dogs were judged, the rest of the 

 work being completed, specials excepted, next morning. As 

 is well known the judging of specials is peculiar, much de- 

 pending on the clerical assistance, etc., given. 



After the second day the show seemed to be very .short- 

 handed, and in some cases none of the executives or atten- 

 dants could be found and I was obliged to ask handlers not 

 personally concerned to bring out some of the dogs. Economy 

 was, I suppose, at the bottom of this, aud I had no notion 

 of referring to it had it not been forced upon me. I think 

 the exhibitors will bear me out that the dogs at Ottawa 

 show were judged as rapidly as anywhere oh the circuit. 

 The ingenious falsity of the above statement will now be 

 clear and its malice rendered more evident by tbe next mis- 

 statement. It is absolutely untrue that Dr. Mills "got Mr. 

 Corbett to pass upon them" (Danes). As noone could be the 

 least injured thereby, I asked the committee to associate Mr. 

 Corbett with me in the judging of Danes. This they did, 

 and Mr. Corbett acted with me throughout. If necessary 1 

 can quote his remarks about the dogs, made in the ring, aud 

 we agreed on the placing before the ribbons were handed 

 out. "In black and tan bitches the Doctor awarded English 

 Lady first, but about an hour afterward," etc. This is in- 

 correct also. The dogs had just been returned to their 

 benches when I called for them again; at the outside ten 

 minutes could not have elapsed. The superintendent cau 

 bear me out in this, as he was present. I am not aware that 

 there is any rule to determine when a judge's decision is 

 final. At all events, I think the individual who is afraid 

 that his dog when thoroughly e.^amined cannot stand the 

 test and holds to what he got through oversight, is hardly 

 the sort of sportsman we should encourage. Only some of 

 those concerned refused to bring back their dog.s—possiblv 

 only one. I must give the handler that really suffered by 

 my oversight, credit for behaving admirably under the cir- 

 cumstances. The real explanation of the origin of the oc- 

 currence is found in my judge's report. 



"Mr. Geddes, the superintendent, received little or no 

 assistance from his committee and to him all the credit is 

 due." 



Mr, Geddes worked well and managed well both this year 

 and last. Then the credit was not given to him but went 

 in another quarter. I must say, however, that both Mr. 

 Wurtele and Mr. Kirby aided efficientiy as my ring stew- 

 ards. Mr. Keyes, the chairman, was present during the 

 whole time of the show, and worked hard, and others also 

 assisted, so that the above statement is untrue and unjust. 



As to the catalogues, I know that one reporter, at least, 

 had a copy given him. The catalogue was about the best 

 yet issued in Canada, and 1 regret that after all the labor 

 spent on it there will be loss to the individual that had the 

 enterprise to undertake and carry out the work. 



As I am myself responsible for the report on pointers and 

 setters and put my initials to it, I wish Mr. Editor, that you 

 had so inserted it aud not joined it with such a tissue of 

 misstatements as I have .shown you have unwittingly, no 

 doubt, inserted in your paper, which, I take it, aims at 

 truth and decency. The whole thing is, moreover, a strong 

 argument for having all reports signed. 



Wesley Mills, M. D, 



MONTBEAl., Con 



Sportsmen Made to Order. 

 This is how the editor of the Middletown, IST. Y., Argus 

 puts it: "Station Agent Van Orden, feed merchant Thorn 

 and Dr. Meyers have all beeu getting fancy bird dogs, new 

 guns, hunting coats, vests, caps, etc., and, are fast develop- 

 ing into genuine sriortsmen. Their dogs alone are valued 

 at S40 to 180 each . Now, it is safe to say they will make it 

 a cold day for any game living in these parts, to say noth- 

 ing of what will be done by Mills, Welling and Sutton, who 

 are quite some on shooting " The italics are ours. 



Business. 



Machias, Oct. 14.— Forest and Stream Publishing Co.: I inclose 

 check in payment for yonr insertion of notice Of Beacon Farm. 

 Ir, has brought me a number of sportsmen from Massachusetts 

 and inquiries from New York that are almost funi 1o fft-ult in 

 business. Samuel M. Holway, 



