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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[OOT. 16, 1897. 
Vermont Deer and Scenery. 
Jersey Cia% J., Oct. Q. —Editor Forest and Stream- 
Have just returned from a hurried trip to Rutland county* 
Vt. "Tlie people are said to be quite divided on the subject 
of the present deer law. Some farmers, whose crops have 
suffered, and some sportsmen, are glad of the present oppor- 
tunity to kill. Others wish the law had not been changed. 
Therefore the hunting in that section does not seem largely 
successful. I heard of a few deer being secured in Mendon, 
a mountain town near Rutland, and of two or three being 
wounded in another town, but these escaped. Reports say 
that in Mt. Tabor, an Italian woodchopper was killed by a 
shot in the head from a small caliber, long range rifle in the 
hands of some unknown sportsman at a distance; and also, 
that ia an adjoining town a hunter was killed by a comrade 
through the old mistake of taking him for a deer. 
Large tracts of forest are being bought and denuded of 
softwood for the pulp industry. Some mountain brooks that 
afEorded good' trout fishing when I was a boy are now mere 
brooklets, owing to the cutting off of wood and timber. 
Yermont scenery ia now magnificent in autumn foliage, 
and will abundantly repay the lover of nature for a trip. 
Though less in number, the lakes and ponds rival those of the 
Adirondacks, and the cultivated portions of hillside and val- 
ley give pleasing variety to the scene. En route from Ben- 
nington, with its fine history' and battle monument, to Rut- 
land, at the foot of Killington, one sees the unusual sight of 
two rivers flowing out of the same pond in opposite direc- 
tions—the Batten -Kill southerly, and the Otter Creek north- 
ward to Lake Ohamplain. JuvENAii. 
Xiands for the Adirondack State Park. 
Albany, Oct. 4. — The State Forest Preserve Board has 
pui'chased of W. W. Durant, of New York city, 23,873 acres 
of Adirondack land in township sis, Hamilton county, 
which embraces a portion of Raquette Lake. This land is 
of the best timbered property in the woods, and is consi- 
dered a valuable addition to the State's holdings within the 
boundaries of the Adirondack State Park, The purchase 
price has not yet been made public, but it is understood to 
have been $7 an acre. 
Connecticut Wardens. 
Booth NobWaik, Conn., Sept. 30. — Editor Forest and 
Stream: Pot hunters have been at work openly breaking 
the game laws of the Stale of Connecticut, in this town, also 
in the neighboring towns of Wilton, New Canaan, Darien 
etc , arrests have been made in Darien, we are informed, but 
in Wilton, New Canaan and Norwalk birds are shot openly 
at all times, Sundays included. Can the Forest and 
Stream enlighten the writer as to the necessary steps to be 
taken to have a good and efBcient game warden appointed in 
places mentioned ? Sportsman. 
Michigan Quail and Drought. 
Saginaw, Mich., Oct. 4. — There are a good many quail 
being found by the boys here, but the dogs cannot work, as 
it is too dry and hot. We have had no rain for weeks, be- 
sides the leaves are not off from the trees at all, and a good 
many of the coveys are not half grown. Really Nov. 1 is 
early enough for the opening of the hunting season in Michi- 
gan. M. 
New Jersey's System in Operation. 
THIS is the business- like report of New Jersey game law enforce- 
taent tor August and SepteniDer: 
To the Honorable, the Board of Fish and Game Commissioners of the 
State of Neiv Jersey: 
The record of prosecutions since the date of my last report is as 
follows; 
Deputy Hill— Joba Luke, trespass; fined $25 and the costs; ap- 
pealed. 
Warden Dunham— Jimmie Ricca, possession of a rabbit; fined f 20 
and the costs. 
Warden Dare— Joseph Qandy, killing- dove; fined $20 and the 
costs. 
Warden Pierson— John Paget, killing dove; fined $20 and the costs. 
Warden Dare— John Woodlin. killing quail; floed $80 and the costs. 
Warden Pierson— Howard Woodlin, killing thrush; fined $20 and 
the costs. 
Warden W'ise— Jacob Rice, netting fish; fined $50 and the costs. 
Warden Ricardo— Carl Schultz, possession of robins; fined $40 and 
the costs. 
Deputy Stewart— Paul Farkuah, possession of robins; fined |20 and 
the costs. 
Deputy Stewart— Edward Geiger, possession of robins; acquitted. 
Warden MuUer— Joseph B. Eeitz, possession of robins; case not 
disposed of. 
Warden Brown.— F. T. Nau, Sunday gunning; left the State. 
Warden Wise— Charles F. Shaw, Jr., killing king bird; fined $20 and 
titl6 costs* 
Warden Newell— John Powell, Sunday gunning; fined $20 and the 
costs; appealed. 
Deputy Hill-John Luke, maintaining setlines; ordered discon- 
tinued. 
Protector Shriner-Alonzo Low, William Hagarand W^iUiaffli Gard- 
ner, netting fish; acquitted; appealed. 
Warden Hendershot^-Henry Domady, netting fish; case not dis- 
posed of. 
Warden Wise— William Hall, killing insectivorous bird ; fined $20 
and the costs. 
Warden Gutheridge—Jacob Weindel, killing thrash; fined $20 and 
the costs. 
Warden Gutheridge— Thomas Jackson, killing snipe; thirty days in 
jail in defaiilt of fine. 
Wardens Riley and Kerr— WUliam Polhurst, taking bass under size; 
fined $20 and the costs. 
Deputy Stewart — George Kopasko, possession of robin; fined $20 
and the costs. 
Deputy Stewart— Joseph Forsman, possession of robin; fined $20 
and the costs. 
Warden Hendershott— Jacob Morris, Joshua Shay, Alonzo Depue, 
Alfred Elliott, Allen Morris, Harry Bensley and Charles Bensley, .shad 
fishing on Sunday ; floed $100 and the costs. 
Warden Brown- John Herder and Wesley Herder, netting fish; 
sentence suspended on payment of costs. 
Warden Schneider— Robert Thurlow and George Thtu-low, netting 
fish; committed to jail in default of fine. 
Warden Mathis— Robert W. Scott, Sunday gunning; fined $30 and 
the costs. 
Deputy Ten Eyck- Julius Delmotti, possession of robins; fined $100 
and the costs; appealed. 
Deputy Ten Eyck— George Van Buren, possession of robins; ac- 
quitted. 
Wardens Tooker and Dunham— James Zazelli, possession of squir- 
rels; sentence suspended on payment of costs. 
Wardens Tooker and Dunham— Alonzo Juhi, Sunday gunning; 
fined $20 and the costs. 
Wardens Tooker and Dunham— Anton Rosario, Sunday gunning; 
fined $20 and the costs. 
Wardens Tooker and Dunham— John Rocoo, Sunday gunning; aen- 
tence suspended on payment of costs. 
Mr. D. M. Buckalew— Frank Gosling, killing reed bird out of season; 
fined $20 and the costs. 
Warden Huston— Antonio Mazzione, killing robin; fined $20 and the 
costs. 
Warden Wescoat— Louis A. Fermuth, killing quail; fined $20 and 
the costs. 
Warden Hilton— Josi Tonsi, Simday gunning; senteaca suspended 
on payment of costs. 
Warden Brown— Robert SchrafEt, Sunday gunning; fined $20 and 
the costs. 
1 also desire to report the receipt of the following sums of money: 
WftTdaa Dar©— GonTlction of John Paget and Joseph Gandy, $18.83. 
Deputy Vanderhoven— Conviction of Frank Oclipo and Mattho 
Poulon, $13 38. 
Deputy Stewart-Conviction of Paul Farkush, $6.67. 
Warden Ricardo— Conviction of Carl Schultz, $13.31. 
W^arden Wise— Conviction of Charles T. Shaw, Jr , $6.66. 
Warden Dare— Conviction of John and Howard Woodlin, $13.33. 
Warden Wise-Conviction of William Hall, $6.66. 
Warden Gutheridge- Conviction of Jacob Welndel, $6.66. 
Wardten Riley— Conviction of William Polhurst, $6.68. 
Deputy Stewart -Conviction of George Kopasko, $6.66. 
Warden Wise— Conviction of Jacob Rice. $6.66. 
Deputy Stewart- Conviction of Joseph Forsman. $6.66. 
Warden Hendershott— Conviction of Jacob Morris et al, $33 33. 
Warden Dunham— Conviction of Jas. Ricca, $6.67. 
Warden Mathis— Conviction of R. W. Scott, $6.67. 
Warden Huston— Conviction of Antonio Mazziore, $6. 67. 
Warden Pierson— Conviction of Sidney Baker, $6 67. 
Mr D. M. Buckalew— Conviction of Frank Gosling, $6.67. 
Warden Brown— Conviction of Robert Sehrafft, $6.67. 
Warden Westcoat— Con viction of L. A. Fermuth. $6.67. 
All of which is respectfully submitted. 
Charles A. Shbinbb, Fish and Game Protector. 
Patebson, N. J , Sept. 30. 
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them in Forest and Stream. 
The "Game L.aws in Brief." 
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MY BEST CATCH, 
It is now more than twenty years since the first trout rose 
to my fly, and I am indebted to Salmo Fontinalis and his 
family for more unmixed joy than I can credit to almost any 
other one source. He has given me many a delightful day, 
many a pleasant remembrance, and has fully earned my 
heartfelt affection. But the pleasantest recollections are not 
of the days when trout would rise to every cast, and at any 
fly, and one must stop fishing from sheef shame at such 
slaughter; but rather of the times when it took many casts 
and much care to stir a fish, when finally one would rise short 
and settle back, when one must go further down stream, or 
sit behind the bushes, waiting for him to forget his fright; 
and, finally, when the carefully planted fly would brms him 
up in earnest, when the tip would quiver in response to the 
quick strike, and the final reward would be earned only by 
much patience and care. 
John Stuart Mill, if I remember my college course aright, 
said that the true value of anything depended upon two ele- 
ments, viz. : "Value in use and difficulty of attainment." 
Good as the trout is on the table, his greatest charm to me is 
his shyness, uncertainty and capriciousness. If one could 
at any time catch all the trout he wanted, if the few days of 
glorious success were not separated by many of hard work 
and small results, would any of us care much for trout fish- 
ing? I think not. 
But to-day I have to tell of an ideal day and an ideal catch 
— one of those red-letter days which are the hope of youth 
and the happy recollection of age. Such a day as comes but 
rarely, and fortunately so, for its frequent repetition would 
deprive the sport of its chief charm. This day, wliich in 
results far surpassed all my feeble efforts in the past, and 
which, 1 sadly admit, will probably far exceed any that I can 
reasonably hope for in the future, brought far the best catch 
of trout I have ever made, far the best I have ever seen, and 
one that, with all due modesty, I offer as the champion score 
made in reasonably civilized waters, under similar conditions, 
within the last few years, and within equal time. If anyone 
has done better within these limitations I congratulate him 
most heartily, and only hope that he may be moved to pub- 
lish his experience and let me read the story. • 
Toward the end of August the big trout gather together 
from the waters of Munising Bay and the adjacent parts of 
Lake Superior, and assemble near the mouth of the Anna 
River, probably for the purpose of spawning in the stream. 
They are in large numbers and of large average size, bat are 
the most freaky, uncertain and capricious fish that it has 
been my lot to see. One who fishes for them must make up 
his mind to unlimited patience, and to regular and unre- 
mitting attendance, for he may be perfectly certain that, if 
he abandons the effort for a single day, perhaps even a 
single hour, those abominable trout will select that par- 
ticular time for gratifying their appetites, and will then be 
ready for another long spell of fasting and reject his best 
and most skillfully presented lures. 
During the past three years I have spent my vacations at 
Munising, and most of the time in tempting these particular 
trout. Many good catches 1 have had, with many more 
days when the most diligent efforts brought little or no sue- 
cess. This year also brought me to those waters and several 
days were spent in the .same way, with barely tolerable 
results. My companions had become openly doubtful and 
disgusted, and I myself had begun to fear that the rapid 
growth of the new City of Munising had driven the trout 
from their usual haunts, at least to a great extent. 
Aug. 24 and 25 were days of bright sun, a strong northerly 
wind, and very poor fishing. Our party had arranged to 
spend Thursday in an excursion down the new railroad, 
proposing to fish a certain alleged lake somewhere on the 
line, of which no one seemed to know very much. I was to 
go with them, so, early on the morning of Aug. 26, put my 
second best rod into the boat, left my landing net at home, 
and rowed my wife and boy three miles to the city, where 
our party assembled. The wind had changed over night and 
was now a fresh breeze from the south, and the day was 
cloudy and threatening. All the way down I mentally dis- 
cussed the advisability of abandoning a place where I was 
sure there were fish, to go wandering after strange lakes that 
nobody knew anything about, and finally told the party that 
they could go without me, and I would "try the Anna again. 
I was derided and hooted at, but stuck to my resolution, and 
just at 8 o'clock, solitary and alone, dropped anchor and let 
the boat drift toward my favorite spot. 
During previous days the trout seemed to greatly favor the 
dark Montreal fly, so I had two of these flies on my 6ft. 
leader, backed by 40yds. of No. F. luster-finish eilk line, and 
a 7oz. split-b&mboo rod — not my best one, but a nicely fin- 
ished cheap rod with a good action. I anchored in shallow 
water quite near shore, and the ground within reach was 
tried thoroughly without result. Then 20ft. of line were 
paid out, and the same process and results repeated, Twea- 
ty feet more anchor line brought my boat within 50ft. of two 
patches of weeds, with a channel between, and about 6ft. of 
water around them. The flies dropped just at the edge of 
the channel, and were drawn a foot or two, when there was 
a mighty rush and splash, a flash of gold, crimson and sil- 
ver, a quick jerk of the right hand, the indescribable jar that 
tells of a well set book, and the rod was bending double un- 
der the rush of a splendid trout. The reel screamed to his 
first wild efforts for liberty," but rod and hand were working 
together in harmony, and the runs soon became shorter, the 
pressure less; then there were short dashes under the boat 
and away which were easily checked, and finally the great 
trout lay on his side completely exhausted. He was slowly 
brought alongside, the hook seen to be well fixed, the leader 
carefully grasped in the left hand, and a quick lift brought 
him into the boat— over 2ilbs., and a beautiful and perfect 
specimen. 
The line was again lengthened, and the flies dropped near 
the old spot. Another rush and strike instantly followed, 
and ten minutes of hard work produced the twin brother of 
the first one. He was duly landed and admired ; another 
cast was made and another huge fellow hooked, and so on 
for nearly two hours big fish rose at practically every cast, 
were hooked, played and landed. Ev«ry trout took the fly 
with a rush, was well and deeply hooked, and not a fish was 
lost nor a rise missed. 
A little before 10 o'clock I was just about to recover my 
line for another cast, and the rod was well back over my 
shoulder, when the biggest fish of the day rose with a tre- 
mendous surge. Instinctively my hand went back and the 
strike told, but the poor rod gave a startling crack. The fish 
fought splendidly, but was played and landed without great 
difficulty, and a careful examination of the rod disclosed no 
break, but I knew that something was very wrong. This, how- 
ever, was the last really big fish taken, and the rod still struck, 
played and landed a number of smaller fish, but just at 11 a 
i\h. fish ro6e awkwardly, and at the strike my second joint 
snapned short close to the ferrule of the butt. By this time I 
was pretty well exhausted and not soriy for good reason to 
rest, so pulled in the i^-pounder "endway.s" with the line, 
landed, and started for a rod repairer and something to eat. 
It was well into the afternoon before the damage was re- 
paired and flahiog resumed, and then the rise was over, and 
1 took only a half dozen or so small fish, none exceeding 
ilb. 
I selected out and gave away nine of the little fish and 
took home the rest oE the catch, weighing, measuring and 
photographing them after they had been several hours out of 
the water, and the total left then proved to be as follows: 
One fish, 19in. long, weight SJlbs. ; three fish, 18in. long, 
weight 2flbs. each; one fish, I7iin. long, weight 2Jlbs. ; one 
fish, 16fin. long, weight 21bs. ; two fish, weight Hlbs. each; 
two fish, weight lib. each; two fish, weight |lb. each; three 
fish, weight Uh. each; seven fish, averaging weight 4lb. 
each. 
Total, twenty-two fish, weighing SSlbs. The enclosed 
photograph gives a tolerable idea of the catch, although it 
unfortunately cuts off the tails of the larger fish and leaves 
out some of the little ones entirely, and the carpenter's square 
in the center furnishes a scale for estimating their size. It 
may be interesting to know that only two of these trout took 
the tail fly while twenty-nine took the dropper, though the 
two flies were exactly similar. 
Now, looking back on this eventful day T almost regret it. 
Never can I reasonably hope to do so well again, and all my 
future laurels will be blighted under the shadow of the past 
and greater triumph. Yet I would not repeat the day if I 
could. Such things should not be made too common, and 
in fact my success was too easy and too great. Fortune 
poured me out her sweets until I was cloyed with them, and 
I fear the edge of my appetite is permanently blunted. Alas! 
that man should be so made that only pursuit gives pleas- 
ure and attainment brings satiety. 
A. St. J. Newberry. 
Cleveland, O. 
THE ALGONQUIN NATIONAL PARK. 
Editor Forest and Stream: 
I have been asked by some of my friends, who have just 
returned from a short visit to the above park, to give you a 
short account of their trip to that region, which has already 
been mentioned in Forest and Stream's notes on the game 
preserves of the country. 
This excursion came about in this way. Mr. E. J. Cham- 
berlin, the superintendent of the Ottawa, Amprior & Parry's 
Sound Railroad, is an old chum and companion of Mr. B. 
H. Murray, the veteran conductor on the Vermont Central 
Railroad, who resides here, and for twenty years has made 
Ms tri weekly trips to and from St. Albans to this place, 
and told him to invite a party of his friends to come up and 
see the new road and look at the Algonquin Park, through 
which it runs. 
Accordingly on Sept. 16 a party composed of Mr. Murray, 
Mr. William R. Sheldon, station agent and ticket master, 
with his father, Mr. Henry Sheldon, of Windsor, Vt., Mr. 
C. H. Bradford and Dr. N. G. Brooks, of this place ; Mr. 
Lyman Brooks, of Keene, N. H., and Mr. Charles Skinner, 
of Waltham, Mass. Leaving here at 11:25 P. M. by Vtr- 
mont Central Railroad, the party reached Ottawa by noon on 
the 17th, and thence by the O., A. & P. S. Railway to Mada- 
waska, which, they reached that night, and arrived at Cache 
Lake, in the park, at 11 Saturday morning, They enjoyed 
the ride through the heavily timbered country, of pine, birch 
and cedar, studded with lakes and streams, and found the 
park itself to be about one-half water area. Here at Cache 
Lake they stopped at a camp used by the engineers while 
building the railroad, and fished here and in other lakes and 
the Madawaska River until Tuesday noon. They report the 
fishing as "beyond description," and brought home with 
them over lOOlbs. of trout for distribution among their 
friends, of which the writer enjoyed a 31b, sample! 
The trout were of two varieties, the gray trout of Canada, 
similar to the togue of Maine, and a very dark trout with a 
forked tail, which they took from the Madawaska River, the 
flesh very deep colored, and much resembling my recollec- 
tions of Salmo oguaaia. 
Besides the trout they brought home, they consumed a 
great many in camp, so that they think they must have 
caught nearly SOOlbs. It being close time, they took no fire- 
arms with them, but saw no end of deer sign and one bear 
track. Moose was reported as plenty. All their fishing was 
done with live bait, but the trout are said to rise freely to the 
fly m May, when the writer hopes to be able tojoin the party 
next year. The size of the Algonquin Park is about 1,200, 000 
acres, second only to the Yellowstone Park, and besides 
the moose and deer, contains bears, wolves, ruffed and spruce 
grouse, 
