May 11, 18»8.j 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



A 09 



the smooth folds of the swell, witli every face a picture of 

 content. Even Emery had forgotten the part he played 

 in the farcical dip, while Peter was so overflowing with 

 good humor, that he set his mournful voice in an en- 

 deavor to interpret the hght raelody of some frivolous 

 French ditty. He pleased himself and doubtless the as- 

 tronomer, but Ned and 1 would have howled a protest if 

 the morning's sport had not put us in humor to endure 

 almost any kind of voice or .song, or even the grind of an 

 organ just then would have been tolerated. As sunshine 

 follows rain, generous delight follows good troxxting, 

 hence Peter's vocal strains were left undisturbed to echo 

 o'er woods and water or distract Pan, the sweet fifer of 

 the reeds. 



"Well, here we are at camp once more," saj'^s jolly 

 Ned, "and now for dinner, and a good and ample one," 

 fell upon my ears as the boat grated on the shore in the 

 dividing channel of the Twin Sisters. I was heart and 

 soul in the crdinary instruction, being hungry enough to 

 gnaw a bone. 



After dinner our trout were dressed, and all but enough 

 for immediate use were strung and placed on a rack over 

 a smudge. 



Growing weary of books and cards, which had occu- 

 pied om- time for a few homs, A\'e ordered the boat' and 

 went to the main shore, by way of breaking the monotony 

 of camp hfe. Arriving at some choice waters ^xa made a 

 few casts, hung one beauty that escaped, and then another 

 takmg my scarlet-ibis was hooked and landed after the 

 usual paroxysms of bewilderment. At this period Mr. 

 Schiling and his son put in an appearance in a canoe, 

 with the missing frying-pans. We insisted on their going 

 with us and remaining for supper, which they cheerfully 

 did. He stated his boy — the one accompanynig him— 

 killed a big black bear at our last camp, Jackson's Cove, 

 just before going ashore to look for the pans. The young 

 hunter in giving an account of the adventure said: "I see 

 something black move 'bout bushes on shore, and said that 

 bear. Soon he walk out and look right at us. I said, 

 'Brother, hold canoe steady and I shoot.' Then I pick up 

 gun, take aim good between shotdders, pull trigger, bear 

 snort, fall down, struggle a bit and then cjuiet. I say he 

 dead, brother say play 'pos.sum, then I load up, land 

 canoe, get out with gun, tell brother hold canoe ready. I 

 go 'long careful, ready to shoot. Soon I got there and 

 saw he dead. Give one kick and he no move. Brother 

 now come and we drag bear to canoe and put 'im 

 in. He make big load, fill canoe, and make water 

 come most over top. Then I hunt frying-pans, find 'em 

 and start home happy. We paddle hard, 'fraid it blow, 

 but it smooth all way. Skin bear at home, and father 

 gave all meat to Indians who have big feast— and that all." 

 The yoimg narrator, as he went through the exciting in- 

 cidents, accomj)anied them with an expression facial and 

 otherwise that held us rapt till the close. We rewarded 

 him for the recovery of the pans, to a degree that made 

 his eyes twinkle with unspeakable gladness. 



The boys, always pleased with company, made a royal 

 spread of the supper, which our tawny guests enjoyed 

 with admirable gusto. Mr. Schiling stated during the 

 meal, that his famUy had never been on the Lsland, and 

 that on next Saturday, two days hence, would bring them 

 over, weather permitting. We told him not only to bring 

 them, but insisted that they dine with us, a,s we w^ere 

 always provided for guests. He very courteously accepted 

 the invitation. The boys were in high glee over the ex- 

 pected arrival of the Schilings and particidarly of the 

 three handsome girls. After the departure of the agent 

 and his youthful Nimi-od, Ned and I consulted as to the 

 bill of fare for the approaching banquet, and after strug- 

 gling over it tiU near bed-time, arranged the following: 



IHENU. 



POTAGE. 



Julienne. Cream of ai?paragus. 



Broiled brook trout, a la Maltre d'Hotel. 

 Pommes en surprise. 

 Boiled brook trout, Diplomate. 

 Pommes duches.se. 

 Smoked brook trout. Astronomical Emery, a, la camp Superior. 

 Boiled ham. champagne sauce. 

 Baron of beef, a la Armour tin can. 

 Brown potatoes, very brown. 



Breast of pheasant, i^lump a la Parisienne. 

 French peas, a la tin can. 

 Roast goose, in dubio. Lemon sherbet, in futurio, 



Potted pigeon, in nubibus. 

 Mashed potatoes, boiled potatoes, brown potatoes, all-round potatoes. 

 Chicken salad. 

 Plum pudding, a la tin can. 

 Native huckleberries. Island strawberries. 



Ginger snaps. Angel toast. 



Bent's water crackers. Sault Ste. Marie hard tack. 

 Nuts, raisins, ad libitum. 

 Ca£6 noir. Cigars. 



When the boys came that evening to make our beds, 

 we read them the bill of particulars for the feast, which 

 we thought would meet with generons commendation. 

 It was, however, the reverse, as they both smiled over it. 

 Peter, after recovering his serenity of countenance, 

 dashed our hopes of the prospective magnificence of the 

 dinner by stating, ''all they want is a pot of potatoes and 

 a dish of beans. You, gentlemen, eat first, and we will 

 set around afterwards on the rocks, and take our dinner. 

 I'U arrange that," and then they stalked away somewliat 

 confused, if not tickled, over the elaborate cuisine we 

 had so carefully selected for the forthcoming banquet. 

 *' It is no use," I said to Ned, who was bowed down with 

 disappointment, " to attempt to pay homage to beauty by 

 playing the role of LucuUus. Think of the suggestion of 

 that red-handed barbarian. Beauty and beans upon a 

 wave-washed rock. What an unpoetical greeting to 

 Neptune as he dashes by with his foaming .steeds ; what 

 a sight for the naiads and nereids, as they arise to the 

 surface in sportive play, and what a subject for some 

 future Tintorete. Beauty and beans, forsooth ! Much 

 rather beauty and beast, but beauty and beans, avaunt, 

 and leave my sight forever, I'll have none of thee ! And 

 now let's to bed, with a prayer that the vision of beauty 

 and beaiis may not re-appear and make each respective 

 hair stand In horror." 



Strange to say we slept soundly that night, having been 

 lulled to f orgetiulness by the endless moan of the waters 

 that beat upon all sides of ns. 



Arising the next morning fresh as daisies, we took a 

 ghmpse, as usual, of the upper and surrounding elements. 

 The sky was mottled in fleecy folds of snowy'Vhiteness, 

 wlule the lake was smooth as bmnished steel. "We thought 

 it useless to fish in such a sea, but nevertheless went, ex- 

 pecting to retm-n without a fin. This time we coasted 

 along the west shore for about a mile, receiving only one 

 rise, and that from a nursling, Ned suggested we try an 



islet of rocks just opposite camp, where he said he had 

 had unexampled sport some years ago. Accepting the 

 suggestion the boat was headed for the place, which on 

 reachin.g we went ashore, and then climbing up a slippery 

 and stee'p side of the gigantic rock, commenced casting. 

 On ray second cast I aroused an old patriarch, which I 

 hooked, but which, unfortunately for me, soon cut of' the 

 communication, and left without the formality of a polite 

 adieu. A half dozen large trout slowly came with him, 

 when he took my fly, w^hich led me to believe I was in a 

 generous preserve. Again and again I whipped the wa- 

 ters, and for the first two or three oflrerings a ntunber of 

 them would follow the flies a short distance, then turn 

 tail as if they had discovered the counterfeit. Concluding 

 to change my stretcher I put on a black hackle, and when 

 it made its maiden visit to the shaded lines, was eagerly 

 snapped up by a vicious-biting golden fln, who paid 

 the penalty of his greediness with his life. It was a 

 good three-pounder. In a short time I cauglit another of 

 about the same size, a regular acrobat, who made three 

 lively leaps from the surface, and just before landing 

 turned a complete somersault. His mouth disclosed aji 

 ugly rent, indicating that some unlucky angler had been 

 having an active fight with him. This was all we caught 

 at the rock, and the lake still continuing without a ripple, 

 returned to camp to seek other diversions. 



About 5 o'clock in the evening we started on another 

 trip to the main shore for an hour or two's anghng. On 

 arriving I was left on the flhity monument I had fished 

 from in the morning, with Peter as uetter, while Ned took 

 the boat with the astronomical Emeiy, and went along 

 the west side. Repeated casting from the apex of the 

 rock failed until I changed my position, then I succeeded 

 in catching a three-pounder, who took my fly when about 

 to lift it from the sm-face. He fought like a tiger, and 

 f uUy recompensed me for the trip. Again I commenced 

 whipping around the circumscribed space wherever I 

 could get a strong foothold, but they were not on the rise, 

 and so laying aside my rod, sat down and watched the 

 trout and other fish as they leaped from the sun-kissed 

 waters. They arose on all sides, and were of aU sizes. 

 The S. fontinalis flashed up into the sunlight with a 

 spangled glitter, while the lierring, which were quite 

 numerous, shone like bars of dazzling silver. The duU- 

 colored fish, which lazily vaulted, were principally suck- 

 ers and pike. "There goes a boss trout, here a little 

 silver-side, and yonder a hea'sy pike," were the exclama- 

 tions that fell from our lips, as they continued their holi- 

 day pranks on the shimmering surface of the great lake. 

 On Ned returning with the reported capture of a two 

 poimder, we boarded the boat and retm-ned to camp, 

 assm-ed that unruflled waters wiU never satisfy the aspira- 

 tions of an ardent angler. 



The sun went down that evening with an angry glare 

 that foreboded a change in the quiet weather, and long 

 before we sought our blankets the heavens were alive 

 with swift clouds of a decided slate color, that dimmed 

 the large and brilliant stars which, in the early hours, 

 glittered in flakes of white upon the lake. Emery, as he 

 went by us on the ^vay to his tent, stoi^ped awhile and 

 read us the signs of the heavens. As we were some- 

 what in accord with him, no dispute arose relative to his 

 indications. "Something break loose soon," were his 

 partiag words to us. and that was just what Ned and I 

 thought. The clearness of the atmosphere had departed 

 and a heaviness seemed to possess it. Being in good 

 quarters, and having had quite a speU of pleasant weather, 

 the breaking of a storm-cloud just then had no terrors for 

 us and would have been received quite composedly. The 

 tent being weU anchored with heavy rocks it could stand 

 anytlring but a terrific cyclone. We retired with expec- 

 tations of rain dm-tng the night. Alex. Starbuck. 

 [to be continued.] 



MAINE FISHING IN MAY. 



The ice still lingers in the Maine trout lakes and ponds, 

 and at the time of this writing there are no indications 

 that the Rangeley waters will be clear before the loth, or 

 later, or that Moosehead will be clear previous to that 

 time. There is one exception, however. Sebago Lake, 

 celebrated for its landlocked salmon, cleared of ice on the 

 night of May 4. Fishermen tell me that this lake cleared 

 last year on May 5. On receipt of the news that Sebago 

 was clear of ice, several Boston fishei-men were soon on 

 the way for a trial for the big landlockers. It had been 

 reported for some days that the smelts were running, and 

 this indicated that the salmon would bite. Mr. L. Dana 

 Chapman, of Dame, Stoddai-d & Kendall, was the first to 

 have the news of the departure of the ice, and with his 

 friends. Dr. Defriez, Mi-. KimbaU, I. H. Caliga and Chas. 

 H. Kilham, he was off for Portland on the evening train 

 of Friday. One or two other pai-ties followed them the 

 next day. 



Not only the lingering of the ice, but other causes will 

 conspire to make the number of sportsmen going to the 

 Maine waters less than usual this year. In the first place 

 there is the world's Fair at Chicago. Many Boston fisher- 

 men wiU give up then- spring trips, at least, with the 

 World's Fair in anticipation. Some of the parties of 

 other seasons wiU be entirely broken up for this reason. 

 Other parties wiU go, but old time members wfll be miss- 

 ing. The Stevens party, o-^vners of Campe Vive Vale, in 

 the Narrows of Richardson Lake, wiU be oft' as usual as 

 soon as the ice is out. But this laarty is not likely to be 

 composed of any but Mr. C. P. Stevens and his nephew, 

 Mr. F. B. Stevens, ilr. E. J. Shattuck, of the printers' 

 ink house of Geo. K. Morrill & Co. , who has been so many 

 years with the Stevenses, will take his family to the 

 World's Fair this year and leave the fishing trip out, much 

 as he dislikes to give it up. 



The Magee party wiU make its spring fishing trip this 

 season to tlie Raugeleys. The party is thoroughly organ- 

 ized and has visited the same waters regidarly for many 

 years. It is likely to be made up this year the same as 

 usual. Mr. A. N. Parhn, of the Magee Furnace Co., is 

 the leader. He is hkely to be accompanied by Mr. John 

 Magee, fotmder of the above company, with his wife and 

 daughter. Mr. Magee is over seventy years of age and 

 has scai"cely missed his annual fishing trip for many 

 years. Still his health is not of the best and he, with his 

 estimable lady, almost fears the exposure. May he not 

 ' be deprived of his fishing trip this year is the hope of his 

 friends. The party is likely also to contain Mi-. Frank A. 

 Magee and wife, IMr. Rufus F. Greeley and wife, and Mr. 

 ' and Mrs. Amos M. Eadder, of Plymouth. The Magee 

 ' party wiU change its location somewhat this year, going 



to the Birches, Capt. Fred Barker's camps, in Mod.^elui - 

 magnntic, instead of Haines's Landing, as on former 

 seasons. It ought to be mentioned that Mr. A. N. Parlin 

 is interested with Mr. Austin Corbin in the great game 

 preserve in New Hampshire. He has purchased a brick 

 farmhouse overlooking the preserve, and has added to it 

 and improved it tiU he has a most beautiful place for a 

 gentleman of taste and leisure, as he is. He says that 

 their herds of big game have wintered finely and that a 

 host of fawns from moose, deer and elk are expected this 

 spring, with a number of buffalo calves. The cow moose _ 

 exhibited in Boston last winter by Peter Leroyo, men- 

 tioned in the Forest and Stream at the time, was pur- 

 chased by Mr. Parlin for this preserve. The poor little 

 baby moose, "subdued" by horse-tamer Gleason at the 

 Casino some time since, Mr. Parlin would have purchased 

 had he known that it was obtainable. 



j\Ir. Wm. J. Follett, of the Boston wool house of Geo. 

 Follett & Co., Boston and New York, with his friend 

 Robinson, had extraordinary good luck with trout at 

 Falmouth the other day. It was in the cranberry bog 

 streams that they fished, and they "happened to strike 

 them just right." They caught thirty- two trout, the 

 largest weighing 3i-lbs. — a very large trout for those 

 waters. Mr. Follett is convinced that they struck a run 

 of trout that had come up from the salt water. The fish 

 were especially line. He succeeded in landing the big 

 one without a net. He took a net from Boston, but the 

 people of the Cape laughed at the idea that there was. 

 anything that could not be landed without a net. 



The Foster party, one of the first to be off for the 

 Rangeleys, is likely to be considerably lessened in num- 

 bers this season. Probably Mr. Foster, of the firm of 

 Lamkin & Foster, will make his fishing trip, but others 

 who have been members on former seasons, are likely to 

 be hiadered. Some wfll go to Chicago, wlule Mr. Field 

 is sick. 



A Bangor dispatch of May 4, says that Mr. Edward 

 A. Buck of that city has taken the largest salmon ever 

 taken in that celebrated pool. It was taken with fly and 

 leader, so the dispatch says, and weighed 301bs. Un- 

 usually good success with large fish is being had at 

 Bangor this year. 



Miss Eleanor Dean, daughter of Chas. A. Dean, of 

 Boston, is reported to have taken this spring a tarpon or 

 silver king, in Florida waters, weighing 126lbs. Not- 

 withstanding the tremendous size of the fish, the lady is 

 reported to have brought him to the boat without aid. 



The Kennebec, Maine, Fish and Game Association has 

 in it 5 hatcheries, at the outlet of Ellis Pond, North Bel- 

 grade, about 75,000 trout and salmon that are being kept 

 to a proper size for restocking MacGraw, Ellis, East, 

 North, Great and Long Ponds, in Kennebec and Somerset 

 counties. The sportsmen of that vicinity have at last 

 waked up to the value of the waters they have close at 

 hand, if only stocked with trout and salmon. The last 

 Legislature passed a law closing these ponds for five years 

 to landlocked salmon or trout fishing. The same law also 

 prohibits the taking of white perch from the waters 

 named, for sale or to be offered for sale, under a penalty 

 of $10 for each offense. The association has also had 

 printed and posted, on aU the roads leading to the ponds, 

 a large number of notices, caUing attention to the statute. 



A Keene (N. H.) dispatch to the Boston papers says that 

 on the night of May 3 the State fish hatching house, on 

 Beech Hill, was broken into and the water turned off, de- 

 stroying 150,000 tront and other fry, which were to have 

 been distributed this month. 



May S. — A very handsome string of trout were shown 

 at Aijpleton & Basset's on Monday. They were the catch . 

 of Dr. John'T, Stetson and his friend S. W. Rich, better 

 known as the manager of the Phillips & Rangeley R. R. 

 before its lease to the Maine Central, They caught the 

 trout in a preserved brook in the vicinity of Wareham. 

 The largest weighed 2i^lbs. , while there M^ere a dozen that 

 weighed a.t least 21bs. apiece. This is one of the finest 

 catches of trout this season fiom that town. 



At the time of writing the L. Dana Chapman party, at 

 Sebago for landlocked salmon, had been heai-d from and 

 three salmon had been taken. 



The date of the going oxit of the ice from the Rangeley 

 Lakes for a period of 11 years will doubtless be of interest 

 to the readers of the Forest and Stream. The dates 

 correspond with the dates of the dispatches to the Boston 

 Herald each year announcing that the ice has gone out. 

 In 1882 the ice went out on May 12: 1883, May 14; 1884, 

 May 13; 1885, May 15; 1886, May 3;' 1887, May 16; 1888, 

 May 21; 1889, April 30; 1890, May 9: 1891, May 10; 1892, 

 May 4; 1893, — the blank is yet to be filled. Reports re- 

 ceived on Monday would indicate that the date can 

 scarcely be earher than May 15, and more likely the 18th 

 to the 20th. 



Senator W. P. Frye, of Maine, is getting ready for the 

 spring fishing, as soon as the ice is out. He wfll visit 

 his beautiful camp on Mooselucmaguntic Lake this season, 

 as usual. This time Senator Chandler, of New Hamp- 

 shire, is likely to be with him, as weU as Mrs. Frye. At 

 least, they walked into Dame, Stoddard & Kendall's 

 tackle store the other day, where Mr. Henry Litchfield, 

 so long known in the tackle trade, was made acquainted 

 with the Senator from the Granite State. He sold him 

 a fly-rod and outfit. Senator Frye remarking that his col- 

 logue was a beginner. Othera think they heard the 

 Maine Senator slyly remark that the New Hampshire 

 Senator should not have his tackle to learn with. 



Special. 



The Law in Vermont. 



Rutland, Vt., May 1.— State Fish and Game Warden 

 Fisher, assisted by John T. Preston, nabbed three fisher- 

 men while m the act of drawing a seine in Mississquoi 

 River, a si)awning ground to Lake Champlain, where the 

 wall-eyed pike are very plenty just now. These men 

 were taken in the act of hauhng the seine out of the 

 water with ninety- two pike and other fish. 



Fish Warden PoUey , of Fair Haven, last week took five 

 fyke nets out of Lake Champlain below Benson Landing, 

 two on the New York side of the lake and three on the 

 Vermont side. AVheelock, 



The most ancient known work on fishing is said to be 

 the "Haleutics of Oppian," the work of a Greek poet, A. 

 D. 198, from which it is learned that many articles on 

 fishing, thought to be modern, were known then; while 

 from Atheneus it is learned that several writers vrrote 

 treatises or poems on fishing centuries before the Chris- 

 tian era." F. 



