Feb. 16, 1895. 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
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powder, would probably act as well as the 102 grain ball 
of a .40 gauge with 5 grains. 
Much of the accuracy with these small charges seems 
to depend upon distributing the lubricant very evenly 
round the mouth of the shell The lubricant which I 
prefer is the purest vaseline melted with sufficient para- 
fine to give it the consistency of butter. This prevents 
fouling quite as well as tallow, and possesses an advan- 
tage over any preparation of a fatty nature, in having no 
chemical action upon either the bullet or the brass shell. 
For some years past the lubricated bullets of my rifles, 
which remained at the end of the shooting season, have 
been put aside and have been found quite free from any 
corrosion six months afterward. J, J. Meyrick. 
England. 
THE BOSTON MARKET. 
Editor Forest and Stream:— I inclose herewith clipping 
from Boston Globe of Feb. 6, which will explain itself. 
When I went to my door for the morning paper, the 
mercury registered 8 degrees below zero; in a very few 
moments after reading the inclosed my temperature was 
up to boiling point, and hasn't materially < ooled yet. 
The story is of a schooner laden with 9,000 pounds of 
Maine venison bound for Boston. One cargo only of 
9,000 pounds, 4 1-2 tons of venison saddles, and beyond 
question every ounce of it killed on the crust with a club 
or an ax, smuggled into the national dumping ground 
for illegally murdered game — Boston. And all this time 
the Game Commissioners of Massachusetts, instead of 
using their efforts and power to detect the entrance of 
such, notifying the Maine commissioners where to look 
after the poaching scoundrels that are killing and ship- 
ping, and in procuring the p issage of a law absolutely 
preventing the having in possession any game whatever 
during close season, are working day and night for an 
appropriation for junketing trips or to introduce a modi- 
fied barn-yard fowl dignified by the name of pheasant. 
If those who seem to be so interested in trying to upset 
nature's laws in making new homes for the cuperculzic 
pinnated grouse, etc., in Maine, would devote some of 
their money and energy in making it impossible for 
schooner loads of venison to be killed, to say nothing of 
its being shipped from their shores, they would accom- 
plish something, and with commissioners in Massachu- 
setts who have game protection at heart, and a purpose 
to protect the game everywhere, this murderous work 
could be stopped. 
Every sportsman knows what the buyers of illegally 
killed game will do to make the work difficult, and they 
also know the position they occupy in the commercial 
world. They are simply the "fences" of the game 
thieves, and like every one of their kidney stand in with 
the thief. It is preposterous for them to pose, as they do 
annually at the State House, as reputable merchants with 
large interests at stake. Every one knows they will buy 
anything that they think there is a dollar in, trapped 
bob-whites or bob veal, grouse or grass seed, venison or 
vinegar, it makes no difference; they are commission 
merchants, and so long as they are permitted to have in 
possession they will manage to get it somehow, lawfully 
or otherwise/ Keep that "plank" in sight, and make 
the fight on the line of no game in possession in close sea- 
son uncompromisingly. The antagonism will only be 
found in the guerillas, who would barter their birthright 
for a mess of pottage. The thieves' fence has as much 
logic in asking for protection on account of the vast 
moneyed interest involved. "Venison won't be shipped to 
Boston, if there is no sale for it, and this is by no means 
the first cargo of the winter, nor will it be the last. 
North Market street has been clogged with Minnesota 
(?) vSnison this winter, and there will be more from that 
State or the Indian Territory (?) . 
Keep hammering away. I may not see it, but I firmly 
believe that the time is not distant when honest men 
will become convinced that the only course that will 
preserve what game is left is to legislate the game thief 
and his fence out of business unless he does it beyond 
the bars and the State bears the expense. Eltsac. 
BOSTON AND MAINE. 
Boston, Feb. 9. — The extremely cold weather has kept 
the Massachusetts pickerel fishermen in doors for a couple 
of weeks. One or two Boston parties for Lake Winne- 
pisogee are planned, as soon as the weather will permit. 
At the club dinners the matter of fishing is being dis- 
cussed, and plans are being laid for the spring campaign. 
In Maine the season for fishing through the ice opened on 
Feb. li The peculiar feature of the fish protective law in 
that State is that inhabitants of the State may "fish for 
and take landlocked salmon and trout for their own 
use," after Feb. 1. In some cases, however, certain 
lakes and ponds are exempt from the provisions of this 
law. Such is the case with the Rangeley waters gener- 
ally, but Moosehead is open to ice fishing after Feb. 1. 
The same is true of the waters in Monson and many 
other sections of the State. These waters were early 
visited by the ice fishermen, if we may believe the Maine 
papers. In the case of one pond in Piscataquis County, 
the holes were cut the day beforehand, and the hooks and 
lines were in the holes by daylight on Feb. 1. Nearly 
one hundred trout and landlocked salmon were taken in 
one day on the ponds in Monson. One of the fishermen 
lroze his toes, and another his ears. The man with 
frozen toes had sixteen trout weighing nineteen pounds. 
One trout of eight pounds is reported to have been taken. 
Mr. Loring Farr, of Manchester, has presented a petition 
to the Maine Legislature for a law prohibiting the shoot- 
ing of loons in that State. He sets forth in his prayer 
that if the shooting of loons is continued, that the last 
one will be destroyed or driven from the State in a few 
years. By "loon," it is presumed, that the great north- 
ern diver is meant, and it is a great pity that this bird 
has been shot and destroyed in the manner that it has. 
One of the charms of fishing and camping at the Maine 
waters is the presence of this bird. To-day then - num- 
bers are greatly decreased; the effect of continuous shoot- 
ing at them. 
y There is danger that the bill asked for in that State, 
putting special and sectional laws into the hands of the 
fish and game commission will not succeed. The com- 
mittees on fisheries and game has put the measure into 
the hands of a sub-committee, and it is believed that this 
sub-committee is likely to report adversely. A sort of 
"free to all" hearing on the game laws was granted by 
the committee on Feb. 5, but the committee has not yet 
reported in full, though it has reported "ought to pass" 
on the proposed measure to prohibit shooting deer by 
jack lights. Said a Boston gentleman, who annually goes 
into Maine each year after big game: "Maine has law 
enough already to prevent jack shooting, if the law tvas 
only enforced. The present game law prohibits the kill- 
ing of deer during the months of May, June, July, Au- 
gust, and September, and I will defy the smartest hunter 
living, with the smartest guide in Maine, to get more 
than one or two deer, if any at all, in the open months in 
the night time by the aid of a jack. I have tried faith- 
fully every October for the past three or four years to get 
a deer by jack hunting, and I have not obtained one yet. 
I am perfectly well satisfied that the deer do not come 
down to the water after the cool nights of October and 
late September begin. I have generally been on the 
ground and ready to commence jacking, if the weather 
permitted, on the hour of twelve midnight after Sept. 
30. Others tell me the same story of their experience 
with the jack light after the hot months are over. Let 
Maine enforce the game laws she has already, and not 
lumber her statute books with a lot more of rubbish that 
she does not intend to enforce." 
Mr. Young, of Springfield, Mass. , has introduced a bill 
in the Massachusetts Legislature to permit of the sale of 
artificially raised trout during the months of February 
and March. This is the same old trout bill again. It 
has been twice vetoed by Governor Russell and once by 
Governor Greenhalge, I believe, and it is more than 
probable that Governor Greenhalge may be relied upon 
to veto it again. Verily the idea of selling trout in close 
time dies bard. The sportsmen believe that the legal 
permission to sell artificially raised trout in close time 
would open the entire markets to wild trout. 
Special. 
SPRING SHOOTING. 
- Editor Forest and Stream:— I have been reading your 
paper for several years, and have been greatly interested 
lately in your articles on the discontinuance of spring 
shooting of ducks. I started the ball rolling in the Lo- 
cust Point Shooting Club, of which I am secretary, by 
having a resolution passed prohibiting all duck shooting 
on the club grounds from Jan. 1 to Sept. 1 of each year. 
This club owns about twelve hundred acres of marsh 
lands on the shore of Lake Erie, eighty miles west of 
Cleveland, Ohio. 
At the annual meeting of the Ottawa Shooting Club, 
of which I am a member, I also advocated the abolish- 
ment of spring shooting of ducks and this was also car- 
ried. This club owns about eight thousand acres of marsh 
land on the Sandusky River and Bay. The Winous 
Point Shooting Club have also passed resolutions to pro- 
hibit spring shooting. This club adjoins the Ottawa 
Club, and owns about eight thousand acres. I have had 
a talk with the secretary of the Toussaint Club, that has 
twelve hundred acres east of the Locust Point Shooting 
Club, and he said that he would present the matter be- 
fore his club at their annual meeting, which takes place 
in a few days, and he said he thought they would take 
favorable action on it. 
I intend to bring this matter before every shooting club 
in Northwestern Ohio, and expect before spring to have 
resolutions passed in every one of them prohibiting the 
spring shooting of ducks. 
There used to be thousands of canvasback and red-head 
ducks killed on our marshes every year, but in the past 
five years very few have been killed. 
They stop on our marshes on their way North in the 
spring, but as they are shot at so much they select a 
different route to return South in the fall. I find in my 
hunting trips to the Northwest, to North Dakota with the 
"Saginaw Crowd" in October that we find more canvas- 
backs than they used to find in former years. This 
shows that these ducks are returning south in the fall by 
the routesleast frequented by hunters. 
I am agitating this matter in the local newspapers here 
as you will see from inclosed clippings from Cleveland 
Press. I am trying to help vour good work along. 
Frank B. Many. 
Cleveland, O. 
Boone and Crockett Club's Annual Meeting. 
At the annual meeting of the Boone and Crockett Club, 
held at the Union Club, New York city, President 
Roosevelt in the chair, there were present Messrs. W. A. 
Wadwsworth, Winthrop Chanler, J. L. Seward, T. H. 
Barber, J. Walter Wood, Elihu Root, Madison Grant, De 
Forest Grant, H. Casimir De Rahm, A. P. Proctor, John 
S. Gittings, and W. B. Devereux. In the absence of the 
secretary, Mr. Madison Grant was appointed temporary 
secretary. 
The following resolutions were passed: 
Resolved, That Captain Anderson be reimbursed in a 
sum not to exceed $125 for his expenses in the matter of 
the. poacher Howell, and that the chair be authorized to 
give a testimonial from the club, in cash or otherwise, to 
the scout Burgess for his services in the matter of Howell. 
That the club urgently recommend that four additional 
scouts be secured for service in the Yellowstone National 
Park; 
That the club condemns the killing of deer in the water 
or by jacking, the use of hounds in New York State, the 
killing of does and fawns; 
That the chair appoint a committee of three to take 
such action — by securing legislation oi otherwise— as 
may tend to carry into effect the last resolution, to in- 
quire into the condition of the New York game laws, and 
proposed legislation, proposed game preserve and parks, 
to promote such legislation as shall best serve such inter- 
ests and to report to the club at the next annual meeting. 
The chair, who is also one of the editorial committee, 
reported progress on the club's second volume. The elec- 
tion of officers resulted in the choice of the Qld officers 
throughout— namely: Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, Presi- 
dent; George Bird Grin n ell, Secretary and Treasurer; 
Archibald Rogers. W. A. Wadsworth, Winthrop Chanler,. 
Owen Wister, and Charles Deering, Executive Commit- 
tee. 
Aroostook County Game. 
From all accounts there were never so many sportsmen 
in the Maine woods as during the past season. Some 
were successful. A good many were not. From Town- 
ship N. 7, in Aroostook, I heard quite early in the season 
that three moose and one caribou had been killed, the 
latter having an exceptionally fine head. C. R. Peavey 
writes me from Oxbow, saying: "I have guided twenty- 
eight sportsmen in all. They took out ten moose and 
eight caribou heads. A man came here m October who 
has been trying for a number of years to kill a moose. I 
could give him but three days of my time. The first 
night I called up a fine bull, and he got him. Game has 
been plenty, but it has been the worst time for still hunt- 
ing I ever knew. Shall open some new camps in the 
spring on good moose ground. 1 hope you will come up 
next fall, I will give you a chance to kill a big bull." 
Early last summer I wrote for Forest and Stream an 
account of moose hunting and spoke of Peavey's success. 
I had a great mauy letters from sportsmen in different 
parts of the country, asking about Peavey as a moose 
hunter and guide. My advice to one and all was to try 
him. Under favorable conditions for hunting a trip 
with Peavey would be quite sure to be successful. If, 
however, the conditions should be unfavorable, such as 
rough windy weather in calling season, or noisy crusty 
snow in still hunting time it is quite likely to be a fail- 
ure. Uncertainty makes some things attractive, and un- 
certainty and hunting are closely connected. 
C. M. Stark. 
DUNBARTON, N. H. 
Look Out for the Quail, Boys- 
This is the critical time of the year for them, and this 
is a hard season particularly. Turn out early in the 
morning, or even take a Sunday (after church), and 
with a bag of wheat and cracked corn over your shoul- 
der, and a bundle of straw or hay tied to the end of a 
rope, stroll through and along the edge of the coverts. 
Their bright eyes will detect the straggling pieces of 
straw and hay you will leave iu your trail, and a hand- 
ful of grain now and again will help them more than you 
think. Next fall you will get your reward in the large 
well-grown covies you will find. This is the kind of 
planting that pays, is successful and worth dollars where 
any other is worth dimes. If you have real interest get 
some buckwheat and hemp seed, and mix with the grain. 
Don't wait until it is warmer. Do it now. Remember, 
no sport or gain is made without some trouble, and, after 
all, this is but little. You may possibly learn something 
as you travel around, also if you keep your eyes open. 
Eltsac. 
A Florida Preserve. 
Pensacola, Fla. — A few weeks ago Dr. F. A. Hodson, 
a well-known amateur sportsman of Chicago, spent some 
time with Colonel S. S. Harvey at his beautiful home and 
pear orchard sixteen miles north of Pensacola. Dr. Hod- 
son was so well pleased with the country that on his re- 
turn to Chicago he organized a party of sportsmen to 
come down here and establish a game preserve and win- 
ter club in this county. The territory upon which they 
propose to locate the preserve embraces an area of eigh- 
teen square miles, with the beautiful Escambia River 
(noted for its fine fish) running through the center. The 
site that will probably be selected for a club-house is a 
beautiful location, one hundred and eighty feet above the 
level of the gulf, and with a plentiful supply of pure 
spring water. 
This region abounds in game, and no better selection 
for a game preserve could be made, as it is so near to the 
bay and gulf, where the sportsman can enjoy the finest 
fishing in the world.— Florida Citizen. 
North Carolina Game. 
Nevvbern, N. C. — Wild turkeys were never so abun- 
dant in this vicinity. They feed in the fields right up to 
the edge of town limits. The small boys have got on to 
them. On Friday, Eddie Hancock and Willie Blackledge 
brought in the biggest gobbler of the season, weighing 
21 1-2 pounds. The day before Ed Clark and Dan Roberts 
brought back forty quail from Tuscarora. Messrs. Rap- 
leigh, Ireland, and Gillespie, of New York, have been 
spending some days at their lodge on New River, a few 
miles below Jacksonville. Thus far they have succeeded 
in killing six fine deer and large •numbers of turkeys, 
ducks, etc. 
Down at Bogue Sound, just below, Mr. John Lewis 
killed 14 large raccoons, and 24 red-head ducks last week 
in three days' hunting; he sold the hides for 10 cents 
each, and the ducks for 60 cents per pair, and sold the 
coons for 25 cents each, what he didn't eat himself. C. H. 
St. Augustine Barren Grounds. 
St. Augustine, Fla., Feb. 7.— We are in a doleful 
plight here in Florida. Not a green leaf to be seen, and 
hardly a quail within ten miles. Mr. Greatorex took 
Mr. Edgar out about ten or fifteen miles the other day, 
and only found a small covey of eight or ten birds. He 
took me out to Coulsen's prairie (ten miles) twice m 
November and we bagged over thirty snipe each time. 
There are more market shooters than birds about St. 
Augustine now. Dxoymus. 
Minnesota Wolves. 
In the statement of receipts and disbursements of Kit- 
toor County, Minnesota, for the fiscal year ending Feb. 1, 
1895, is the startling item of $1,305 for wolf counties. 
Hog culture must be a precarious industry in that region. 
Charles Hallook. 
Fishing Reels. 
The Andrew B. Hendryx Company, of New Haven, issue a very 
handsome trade catalogue printed in gold, black and silver and 
"bound in stiff book covers, embossed with Hendryx specialties. Uf 
the 230 pages which the book contains, 100 are devoted to fbliing 
xeels and fittings. 
The following announcement is made: 
"We specially call attention to our patented Adjustable Globe 
Hearing. This improvement is the most important addition to 
Pishing Reels, ever made, as no ordinary accidents will unfit a 
Reel, with those bearings, from use. Tne pivots are large' antt 
straight, perfectly fitted into a spherical box or bearing, and the 
box is fitted into the disks of the Reel. ShouLd the disks from any 
■cause be out of alignment, it does not prevent the Reel from work- 
ing well, as the spherical boxes adjust to a perfect alignment ie- 
gardless of the exact relative positions of the disks of Uielteel 
Any fisherman will understand a Reel so constructed is a new de- 
parture, and has no competitor, and is the long wanted Fishing 
ReeL— Adv. 
