June lo, 1899.] 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
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as they are apparent here, there ought to be a suiti be- 
yond the $1 awarded as punitive damages. 
We say to you, gentlemen, that if you find that the 
acts of these defendants, or either of them, were high 
handed, and that knowing they had no right there, and 
after they knew they had no right there, if they defiantly, 
knowing they were in the wrong, persisted in fishing and 
intended to brave the thing out, or if knowing the rights 
of the plaintiff knew they had no right there, they wan- 
tonly commenced to fish or persisted in fishing, then 
there is such a case presented to you which will warrant 
you in adding to the $t such further sum as in your 
opinion would be just punishment for them. 
When it comes to a question with a jury as to whether 
a person did what he knew was wrong, then his opinion 
and intention may be considered, and when it is a ques- 
tion of law and he in good laith goes to a lawyer, and 
fully and fairly states the whole case to the lawyer and 
the lawyer advises him, then it is taken that he may fol- 
low the advice of the lawyer, even if the lawyer should 
be in the wrong, and it is not to be imported to him that 
he did what was intentionally wrong. The lawyer's ad- 
vice may be considered when the jury, after awarding 
nominal damages, come to consider whether a further 
sum shall be given against the defendants for punishment. 
Then, as to what the defendants believed what they were 
told, may be considered by you and you may also con- 
sider the matter as to what they were told when they 
came on the ground, whether they were not then given 
to understand and did understand that they had no right 
there, as to whether they persisted right or no right. All 
these things you will consider when you come to pass 
upon the question whether you shall award a further 
sum beyond the $1 in each case as damages, and if to be 
awarded, then how much. If you award punitive dam- 
ages you will fix such sum as you deem to be just, re- 
garding the rights of plaintiffs and also of the defend- 
ants. 
If a corporation owns a stream its rights are the same 
as if a dozen farmers owned that same stream; and if 
the corporation forbids fishing, its right to do so is the 
same as if a dozen farmers owning tlic stream should say 
there should be no fishing, and if people persist in fishing 
on our private property we will sue them foj- trespass. 
And the situation of this corporation is the same as the 
different individuals who are owners of the stream sev- 
eral miles above and below their holdings. 
A man who owns land through which a stream flows 
for a mile has the same rights as another through which 
the stream flows for looyds. or looft. You could not 
say that the man who owns the stream for lOOyds. may 
recover damages for fishing against his will in his stream, 
and the man who owns the stream for a mile should have 
no damages. 
And so, gentlemen, we Instruct you that under the 
facts in this case as it is conceded and admitted by the 
defendants in each case the plaintiff is entitled to at 
least nominal damages, which we say shall be taken at 
.$1. We fix that sum in order that if you go beyond that 
sum in your verdict it may be known whether you in- 
flict punitive damages, and if it is not shown that the de- 
fendants acted in wanton disregard of the plaintiiT's 
rights defiantly, and against their knowledge of their 
rights did what was wrong, then you will stop at nom- 
inal damages. If it is true that they thus defiantly and 
wantonlj- acted, then you may add such sum as may seem 
'just, to give in each case. 
Banner Year for Trout. 
If the season of 1898 was one of the most disappointing 
that the trout fisher has ever experienced hereabouts, he 
may obtain ample compensation this year for the lack of 
sport in the past. To say that the fly-fishing in northern 
Quebec has opened auspiciously only half expresses the 
truth. From all parts of the Lake St. John country 
come reports of magnificent and in some cases unpre- 
cedented success in fighting the fontinalis of these far 
northern waters. The usual large trout from Lake Ed- 
ward are now coming in every day. Messrs. J. T. Lavallee 
and J. A. Delisle, of this city, arrived here a few days 
since with forty-seven of these trout taken by them, and 
M'eighing I25lbs. Of the six best of this catch, the 
heaviest turned the scales at S541bs., and the smallest reg- 
istered 4;.-<lbs. Other corresponding catches are reported 
from the same vicinity. Mr. D. S. Rickaby, at the Iro- 
quois Club, captured with the fly in two hours eleven 
trout ranging from i to 2^1bs. 
Thursday night's train brought here a number of very 
successful anglers, who have been fishing on their waters 
at Lake Kiskisink. Some of the more successful of these 
gentlemen are Messrs. William D. Bishop and K. S. 
Hincks, of Bridgeport, and Mr. Geo. H. Wilcox, of Meri- 
den. They are enthusiastic about the splendid sport en- 
joyed by them. They report fish large and plentiful and 
rising ravenously to the fly. Another large party of mem- 
bers of the Metabetchouan Club have also returned home 
with big catches. It included F. N. Benham and J. P. 
Warner, of Bridgeport; Samuel Dodd. A. Chamberlain, 
William B. Ives, C. P. Bradley, Jno. W. Coe and W. R. 
Hall, of Meriden; J. Bury Peets, of New Haven, and 
William P. Morgan, of San Francisco. 
Quite a lot of lively sport with i to 2lb. trout in the 
present cold waters of this club's territory is also re- 
ported by Major Bailey, of Washington; Marcellus H. W. 
Page, of Newark, N. J., and Geo. Wilcox and F. Steven- 
son, of Meriden. Dr. Porter, of Bridgeport, and a friend 
have been enjoying some of the brook trout's lively 
struggles, on his new territory west of the Metabetchouan 
Club's limits, and several members of the Triton Club 
are prolonging their stay on their limits beyond what they 
had intended, in consequence of their unusually good suc- 
cess with their finny foes. 
A number of members of the Laurentian Club are now 
up on their waters in the St. Maurice district, including 
Dr. W. H, L)rummond, of Montreal, who has for his 
guest Major Drummond, of Ottawa, Military Secretary to 
Lord Minto, Governor-General of Canada, American 
members of this club are now able to take advantage of the 
new railway line to the St. Maurice from the Lake St. 
John country, and so cross over into this territory and fish 
for trout and ouananiche on the same trip. 
Ouananiche are at present verv plentiful in Lake St, 
John. Several good catches have already been made at 
the month of the Metabetchouan, and in one day at the 
mouth of the Ouiatchouan, Mr. Frank Ross, Jr., of Que- 
bec, took no less than sixty. The fish so far are not 
large, but there is, of course, the prospect that the usual 
heavy weight ones will make their appearance in the 
Grande Descharge when the fishing opens there, which 
from present appearances, will l)e about the end of next 
week. 
Salmon fishermen arc flocking down to their respective 
rivers. I. H. Stearns, of Montreal, passed here on Wed- 
nesday, going to his preserve at Chamberlain Shoals on 
the Restigouche. Messrs. Toland, of Philadelphia, and 
Edson Fitch and Veascy Boswell, of Quebec, left here 
yesterday on the specially chartered steamship Lord Stailr- 
le}^ for the Moisie. Surgeon-Major NichoLsou, of India, 
is on his way here from England for salmon fishing, and 
Lieut.-Col. Andrew Haggard, D, S. O., is expected back 
from Japan very shortly to measure his strength and 
agility again with Canadian trout and ouananiche. 
Some little excitement has been created here by the an- 
nouncement of an opinion from the law officers of the 
Crown, to the effect that supposed owners of riparian 
rights possess no fishing rights whatever, except in cases 
where such rights were specially conceded by the Crown 
with the land itself. The matter will probably be tested 
before the courts. E. T. D. Chambers, 
Quebec, June 2. 
The Maine Waters. 
Boston,. June 3. — The interest of Boston sportsmen in 
fishing in Maine waters does not flag in the least. They 
go by nearly every train. Frequently every passenger 
over the Rumford Falls & Rangeley Lalces road, from 
Rumford Falls to Bemis, is interested in fishing, and the 
same is true of the Phillips & Rangeley road from Phil- 
lips to Rangeley. Such was the case one night last week 
on *he former line, when there was a good car full of pas- 
sengers. Interest in fishing is greatly on the increase, and 
the railroads and transportation lines are reaping the bene- 
fits. They may thank the newspapers and periodicals that 
have devoted a lifetime to spreading the delights of 
angling. Without the papers and periodicals the interest 
in fishing would die, from sheer want of being told about. 
Fishermen and novices are inspired by reading of the ex- 
ploits — the successes — of those who do go, and they go 
themsdves. 
Some good catches are reported from Lake Auburn, Me. 
Mr. L. F. Chase, of that town, has taken a salmon of 
plbs. M. L. Thayer has caught one of Slbs. weight ; James 
Daws one of 81bs. 2oz. ; H. Richardson one of Slbs. Later 
Mr. D. C. Paine, of Lewiston, caught a salmon of 8'-3lbs. 
from the same lake. Mr. P. O. Vickery, a gentleman 
much interested in fish and game, has lately returned 
from Great Pond, Belyrude. Mc., with thirteen trout of 
from 2 to 5lbs. weight. Mr. Jerome Marble, of Worces- 
ter, has made a record of a salmon of ijlbs.. taken 
near Senator Frye's camp, Mooselucmaguntic Lake. Mr^ 
H. S. Kempton, of the Boston Herald, has broken his own 
record and that of some others. He caught a brook 
trout from Richardson Lake last Friday that Aveighcd Slbs. 
He has fished those waters for many seasons. The sarne 
evening, Mr. E. S. Coburn, of Lawrence, Mass., caught a 
trout of a little over 7lbs. weight. Mr. Coburn is natural- 
ly much pleased with his success this spring, .^ince he 
caught a fine salmon a day or two before from the poOl 
below the dam. The Robinson party made a fine catch of 
trout last Friday. Mr. Thomas F. Strange, of Boston, 
caught a trout of 3lbs. 2oz. ; Mr. T. F. Saff, same city, two 
trout of 3^1bs. each.; Mr. G. M. Robinson, Boston, a 
trout of 3i'2lbs. ; James F. Brennan, Peterboro, N. H., a 
trout of s'Alhs. The total catch of the party for that day 
was 4olbs. That was a great day for fishing, and one of 
the best for the season thus far. Mrs, W. K. Moody, of 
the Camp Stewart party, caught several fine trout that 
day, including one of 4lbs. The next day she made a 
record of six trout of good size. Mr. C. A. Stearns, of 
the same party, caught one of 3lbs. the same day, in addi- 
tion to one of slbs. a day or two before. 
Somehow the new hand- — the greenhorn, if you please- 
always takes the best fish and the most of them. Mr. Fred 
Lambert, of Denver, Colo., assistant principal of the Ed- 
ward Little High School, Auburn, Me., on his first morn- 
ing out from Camp Stewart, Richardson Lake, became 
harnessed to a trout that gave him all the fun he desired. 
He was captured after a fight of some twenty minutes, and 
weighed over 4lbs. Mr. Lambert took several fine trout 
afterward, but continues to delight in his first experience. 
Prof. J. F. Moody, of the same institution, caught a 
number of fine trout from Friday to Wednesday, when 
school duties called the gentleman home. Mr. Henry 
Porter, of Andover, Me., has taken a salmon of slbs. 
from the same lake. Mr. N. G. Manson is at Camp Leather- 
stocking, on the same lake. He hooked a salmon the other 
day, but the rigging parted at the wrong moment. He 
did not regret the accident much, however, since he is to 
be ill camp nearly all summer. 
June 5.— Rod and reel sportsmen are coming and going, 
with more or less of success reported— more, if one reads 
the newspapers, and less, if one listens to the anglers who 
have returned. The H. T. Rockwell party is back in Bos- 
ton, from Allerton Lodge. Fair success was with them, 
though sickness destroyed the pleasure of one of the num- 
ber. The railway general passenger agents of several 
noted lines, to the number of nearly a dozen, have just 
been on a fishing and camping trip, over the Bangor & 
Aroostook. The party went by invitation of General 
Agent G. M. Houghton, of that line. From Norcross Sta- 
tion they were conveyed by steamer to Ambajejus Lake, 
and thence by canoes to the West Branch of the Penob- 
scot. Eight guides accompanied the party, the small 
streams and waterways being fished, A record of nearly 
500 troirt was reported, the most of which were returned to 
the waters uninjured. The guides say that such fly-fishing 
rhey have never witnessed. Good reports come from the 
Northeast Carry, Moosehead region. The Tisdaie party 
this spring comprised the following gentlemen: A. A, 
Tisdaie, Leon A. Tisdaie, Edd^e R. Tisdaie, E. H. Bates. 
F. W. Gray, G. R. Porter, H. P. Bassett and Perry 
Stuart, all of Leominster, Mass. This club has for over 
a dozen years fished Moosehead waters; and last spring 
th^vbuilta permanent'--"nip3tthe Northeast Carrw. The best 
day's catch reported by the party was made on the 28th, 
when Mr. E. H. Bates and Mr. A. A. Tisdaie took forty 
trout — twenty-nine square tails and eleven lakers — in five 
hours' trolling. The brook trout averaged 2j^lbs. each^ 
the largest weighing a little over 4lbs. The day before 
breaking camp a handsome catch was made at the mouth 
of Norcross Brook, the trout rising to the fly in a manner 
which indicates grand sport in these waters during the 
month of June. 1, 
The Spcrry party, of New Haven, Conn., came out from 
the Rangeleys, via Bemis, on Wednesday. Mr. .Sperry 
has fished those waters for many seasons. He was ac- 
companied this time by two daughters and a friend. They 
had good success, taking home a fine string of trout. Mr. 
C. A. Manson and son, of Boston, are beginners at angling 
in Maine. They took in one day's fishing, from Cupsuptic 
Lake, solbs, of trout and salmon. They secured fish 
weighing 5H, 4'A and 3j41bs. Mr, and Mrs. John S. 
Doane, of Boston, arc at the Upper Dam. They have al- 
ready secured several trout and salmon. Mr. H. W. 
Clark, of Boston, is at the Mountain View House, Range- 
ley Lake. This is Mr. Clark's thirty-fifth season at the 
Rangeleys, and he may well be termed a veteran angler. 
He has taken one of the largest fish yet secured from 
Rangeley Lake this year, a salmon of Slbs. Dr. Heber 
Bishop, Dr. John Stetson and W. S. Hinraan, all of 
Boston, have gone to the Seven Pond region, where the 
fly-fishing season will open early in June. 
From Moosehead come reports of early fly-fishing. The 
Linder party, composed of G. H. Linder, Charles H. 
Maynard and Garrett Schenck, all of Boston, are at the 
Linder cottage on Green Point. This is one of the oldest 
fly-fishing parties to the Moosehead waters; never fishing 
otherwise than with the fly. Good records are always in 
order with them. Nearly thirty members of the Night 
Hawk Club are at their cottages at the "Thoroughfare." 
They were joined Thursday by C. W. Difiin and E. J. 
Murch, of Boston. Mr. and Mr.s. E. F. Gelleson, of Bos- 
ton, are at the Lake House, and are making good catches, 
bringing in as many as 30lbs. of trout one day. Dr. W. E. 
Baxter and E. S. Beck, of Boston, have been making trips 
over the lake, and have had good success fishing. J. H. 
Connor, of Boston, with Charles Bennior, of Leicester, 
Eng., have been enjoying the fishing at Moosehead. To 
say that the Englishman is pleased with Maine waters only 
partly expresses his delight. Fish and Game Commis- 
sioner L. T. Carleton, of Maine, in company with G. G. 
Downing and W. E. Parsons, have had good success at 
Silver Lake, making a catch of seven trout one day that 
weighed about 3olbs. 
Good reports come from Haine's Landing, Mooseluc- 
maguntic Lake, with almost everybody catching trout and 
salmon. Senator W. P. Frye, stopping at his cottage at 
the Narrows, has caught a large number of trout on the 
fly. Mr. Pickard and daughter, of Auburndale. Mass., 
and Mr. and Mrs. Roelofs, of Philadelphia, have been 
having their usual excellent success. They have been 
quartered at the Oquossoc Angling Association's camps. 
Geo. R. Moosler, of New York, at the same camps, took 
six good trout in one day last week with the fly at Stonv 
Batter. Mr. John Woodbury, of Boston, has also ha(l 
good success. 
At Billy Soule's Pleasant Island camps, Cupsuptic Lake, 
the fishing has been good all along. The Staidev party 
there caught about 100 trout in three days, the'larges't 
weighing slbs. Mr. Harry Dutton. of Boston, has secured 
the largest this season, a trout of ej^lbs. Mr. Geo. R, 
Remmington, of Philadelphia, has taken one of slbs. 
A newspaper report of Saturday says that ex-President 
Cleveland has again arrived at Gray Gables, Buzzard's 
Bay, on his j'acht Oneida. He was so much pleased with 
his early fishing trip that he has decided to try the trout 
streams of that section again. These streams are leased by 
himself and the veteran actor, Joseph Jefferson. Satur- 
day afternoon they captured good strings of trout from 
their Sagamore and Spring Hill streams. Special. 
The Place where Salmon Taste Good 
I KNOW a place where salmon tastes good. It is not 
at the restaurant on the dusty street, where hurrying men 
who have stopped taking advantage of each other long 
enough to get something to eat order salmon cut from 
a dull-eyed, cold-storage corpse, whose flabby gills and 
sodden flesh make pitiful suggestion of the beautiful 
thing that was. The flies trail their troublesome legs 
along the edge of the restaurant platter, seeking what 
should be theirs by right. The hum of the patent venti- 
lator in major key is fit music to go with its bogus 
breeze. 
I know a place where salmon tastes good. It is where 
clean cinders lightly drop upon the spluttering chunk of 
silver and pink that is fast turning to a rich brown, 
while the fat juice adds its aroma to the fragrance of the 
spread boughs overhead. The sociable jays have ar- 
rived from the depths of the pointed firs. A little bit of 
a brook trickles through the moss at my feet, and the 
water of it will make a man stop and drink when he is 
not dry. _ The little brook sings in happiness as it runs 
because it has done good deeds for the pitcher plants 
and the sun dews and the ladies' tresses along the way. 
The hermit thrush cleared his throat at the brook and 
then filled the forest with spiritual notes. Little red- 
spotted trout keep flip-flip-flipping out after ephemeras 
that swing around in the eddy where my pretty brook 
pours into the big sweeping river sft. away. The foam- 
covered river whirls its current past in ceaseless dignity, 
and the thunder of the booming falls keeps the air 
a-tremble. The breeze that bloweth just when it listeth 
wafts fine spray into our faces betimes. A mighty sal- 
mon hurls himself out of the flood in ex.uberance of vigor 
and splashes shimmering drops of water over my canoe 
that is drawn up upon the sand. Another salmon will 
splurge out at the same place in a minute or two. There's 
a bear track and a caribou track in the sand by the canoe.. 
Let's sit upon this dead birch trunk that was polished by 
drifting ice and splintered by a plunge through the rapids 
before it stranded at the right place for camp. Let's 
hold a tin platter on our knees and poke a lot of tender^ 
juicy, hot salmon out of the fry-pan, shake over it a 
little pepper and salt, shoo iiway a mosquito that hovers' 
in the air. Ah! There's the place where salmon tastes 
good. Robert T. Mwfis. 
