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Orthographical Ode. 
RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED TO A. N. CHENEY. 
Vu the grand, magnificent "Maz-Ke-Nozh," 
The destroyer of the deep ; 
And they quake with fear when I appear, 
In my lithe and lordly leap, 
As I sweep the deep 
With my tail, in a vertical leap. 
I swim, a gigantic "Mascalonge" ; 
I'm bigger than a whale ; 
Nt) shark, in his spring, has such a swing 
To his heterocercal tail ; 
I'm bail ; nor a whale 
Has got such a twist to his tail. 
I jump a monstrous "Muskellunge," 
To strike you dumb with awf ; 
For I jingle tunes with the Skinner spools 
Which decorate my jaw, 
As I gnaw, Haw-haw, 
On the spoons in my tiger jaw. 
I dive, the Frenchman's "Masque-Allonge," 
I would gladly scalp the same 
Old dunderhead, ere he was dead ; 
For mine is an Injun name; 
■"Tis a shame, I claim. 
To be libeled with such a name. 
I die a "Musky," alias "Lunge".; 
Know ye my magic spell ? 
It will paralyze the angler wise; 
My name he cannot quell ; 
Nor tell, quite well, 
Just what is my magic "spell." 
Zero. 
Chicago: 
Sargfeon-General Wyman's Pole. 
"Surgeon-General Wyman knows how to fight fevers 
and stamp out epidemics as well as anj'-body," said a 
Treasury veteran the other day, "but there's a thing or 
two he has yet to learn about sporting, unless he's better 
posted in the lexicon of the thing than he was two or 
tlu-ee 3^ears ago. I remember being in the office of William 
E. Curtis, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury under 
Carlisle, one day, when the Doctor called. After trans- 
acting some business, he dropped the official air and said, 
evidently with not a little pride: 
" 'This morning I received notice of my election to 
membership of the Woodmont Rod and Gun Club. You 
fish, don't you, Curtis?' 
" 'Oh, I cast a fly occasionally,' answered Curtis, lolling 
back in his chair, 'but I didn't know you went in for that 
sort of thing.' 
" 'Only in a dilettante way,' said the Doctor modestly. 
'On the strength of my election, I have just bought a new 
pole.' 
■" 'A new what?' 
" 'A new pole. I'd .'.ike to show it to you, and see 
whether you think I gave too much for it. It is ail finished 
in silver, and has two ends.' 
" 'Of course it has — the butt end and the Jther ex- 
tremity.' 
" 'No, no ; I mean two — two, ends — ^two art chose sticks 
the string hangs from, don't you know.' 
_ " 'Ends — sticks — strings — yes, I know. But'— here Ctir- 
tis drew a face as solemn as Job's — 'you've made a mis- 
take, Wyman, in the title of that concern which admitted 
yon to membership. It can't be a rod and gun club; it 
must be a pole and shooting-iron society.' 
"I never knew whether Wyman saw the joke, but it 
evidently troubled him for a while." 
Massachusetts Codfishing. 
Boston, Aug. 19. — The annual outing and fishing eic^ 
cursion of the Icemen's Fishing Club, of Charlestown, 
came off on Tuesday. The tug Elsie was chartered for 
the trip to the fishing grounds off Minot's Light. The 
party started early, and reached the grounds in very good 
season. Immediately fishing began, and the fun was 
lively, and especially competition for the prizes — $7 for the 
largest codfish, or fish of any kind, and the same money 
for the smallest. This competition for the smallest created 
a good deal of merriment. Mr. Robert M. Donahoe won 
the first prize and Mr. F. L, Shaw the second. An ex- 
cellent catch was made, the fishing lasting for several 
hours. 
Codfishing trips are many, to different points along the 
coast, and generally with very satisfactory results. The 
vessels furnish bait and tackle, the captors retaining all 
the fish they care for, the remainder going to the craft. 
Bluefishing is not generally satisfactory, only small 
catches being reported by the parties who fish for sport. 
Special. 
The Salmon Clause in Indentures* 
It is rather a pleasant task than otherwise to dispel illu- 
sions long current, and let in the light to the dark cham- 
bers of mystery. An idea is prevalent that salmon was 
once so common in our great rivers that clauses were 
inserted in the indentures of apprentices to the effect that 
it should not be served as food more than twice, or, at the 
most, thrice, a week. Few statements have obtained a 
wider circulation than this. I have myself heard the as- 
sertion that such clauses existed in indentures, made, not 
once, but a score of times. Here is not a case, moreover, 
of vague and often repeated affirmation. Men with every 
claim to be regarded as authorities have advanced the 
statement again and again. The pages of ' Notes and 
Queries have been filled with what is called evidence. In 
books such as Ormerod's "History of Cheshire," 
Brooke's^J'Art of Angling," Pulman's "Book of the 
Axe," Kerr's "Agriculture of Berwick," and innumer- 
able others, the existence of this clause in the indenture is 
mentioned as a thing well known and generally conceded. 
The theory, indeed, extended into other countries. In 
Scotland it was said to be compulsory for a farmer to 
feind himself not to give his laborers salmon more than 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
thrice a week. A writer in the Standard, Feb. 27, 1883, 
declared that Northwestern Irishmen, still living, could 
testify to the truth of "the servants at Ballyshannon, 
County Donegal, having, less than fifty years ago, bar- 
gained that they should not have salmon for dinner more 
than three times weekly." Even so far as the Continent 
the same idea has spread, the stipulation that salmon 
should not be supolied more than once a week being, it 
is said, known in Dordrecht, and other places in Holland, 
and not unknown in Connecticut, in the United States. 
No Indentatc with a Salmon Clause to be Found. 
The question was first dealt with in a thorough fashion 
by Dr. T. N. Brushfield, in a paper read before the 
Chester Archaeological Society, and printed in 'ts journal. 
From this I derive many highly interesting, particulars. 
The most curiojas ching concerning the matte;- is that no 
proof of the existence of such an indenture can be found. 
Scores of people assert that they have seen it, and many 
have been sanguine as to their ability to lay their hands 
immediately upon it. In no case whatever has it been 
forthcoming. Rewards were offered for the production of 
an indenture concerning the clause, a sovereign by the 
editor of the Worcester Herald, and £5 by Mr. Ffennell, 
an inspector of salmon fisheries. The latter stood open 
for more than a year, but no one appeared to claim it. — 
Sylvanus Urban in the Gentleman's Magazine (London). 
CHICAGO AND THE WEST, 
Plans of the Miaaesota Forestry Association. 
Committee work diligently progresses in the Minne- 
sota National Park and Forestry Association, but the 
date for the start of the big Congressional excursion is as 
yet undetermined. It is thought that the invitations to 
Congress will be formally signed by a special committee, 
and it is hoped that this committee may be composed of 
Governor Roosevelt, of New York; President Cyrus 
Northrup, of Minnesota State University, and Mayor 
Carter H. Harrison, of Chicago. It is a very nice ques- 
tion, that about the dates for the trip. Admiral Dewey 
has signified his intention of arriving at New York the 
last week oi September, and about every American will 
want to arrive there about the same time, to see the man 
who licked a whole fleet before breakfast. If the Minne- 
sota trip be delayed beyond the first week in October, the 
weather might not be so good. No doubt these difficulties 
will be satisfactority adjusted. 
It is a serious problem to handle so large a party on 
what is to be practically a sporting trip, a problem which 
will be appreciated by anyone who has taken in charge 
even a sm.all party ,in the woods. The railroad men are 
working on this now, and have representatives on the 
ground. One of the members of the committee drafted 
the following schedule, which at this writing is informal, 
hut which will perhaps be adopted at least in part. It 
contemplates dividing the party into four divisions, and 
of alternating these divisions at the principal parts of 
interest. One will need a ma]) and a little acquaintance 
to fully understand the schedule, which with the accom- 
panying programme for the trip is given below: 
Starting poiii.*^ for entire party, St. Paul. Leaving 
time, evening, so as to arrive in Park Rapids early in the 
morning. Bi-eakfast in dining car for the entire party. 
Those Ieavi?ig train at the earliest point to be first in the 
dining car. Party No. I to be left at Park Rapids for a 
drive to and frojii Lake Itasca, Wagons to be in readiness 
on arrival, of train at Park Rapids. Tents, provisions and 
everything necessary to be in shape at the lake. Party to 
remain over night at Lake Itasca, sleeping in tents and 
returning next day to Park Rapids (or going down the 
river to Bemidji). Leave party No. 2 at Dorset for Sand 
Lake. Wagons to be ready to leave on arrival of train. 
Tents, provisions, etc., as above. Also boats and guides, 
giving this party two days' fishing and one night in camp. 
Leave party No. 3 at Walker, to be taken care of in 
hotel and given steamboat excursions on Leech Lake. 
Leave party No. 4 at Pine River. Wagons ready to drive 
to Woman Lake. 
The Biggest Bass. 
So far as I am able to learn at this writing, the biggest 
bass taken in the West this season is that caught on the 
morning of Aug. 17, this vfeek, at Fox Lake, Wis., by 
Charlie Adams, a cripple "of that village. Mr. D. J. 
Hotchkiss, of Fox Lake, advises me that this bass 
weighed 7lbs. when fresh, and weighed 61bs. 140Z. eight 
hours after being caught, kept out of the water. It 
measured 2iin. in length and i6in. around. The fish was 
taken on frog bait, and a light rod with reel. Mr. Hotch- 
kiss says there are plenty more up there, and indeed I have 
heard of more big bass from that water this season than 
from any other hereabouts. If anyone has caught a bigger 
bass than 7lbs., let him come forth. This was a big- 
mouth. 
Dr. and Mrs. W. H. Meeker, of Appleton, Wis., from 
Aug. II to 13 took eighteen mascalonge in the Mani- 
towish Lakes. All uninjured fish were returned to the 
water. The largest fish weighed iSlbs. Good three days' 
sport for people who up to that time had never caught a 
m.ascalonge. 
The Ryan and Conkey party, of Appleton, will ieave for 
Big Lake, on the Manitowish waters, Sept. 23 and pitch 
tents on their old camping ground. 
E. Hough. 
480 Caxton Building, Chicago, 111. 
[Aug. 26, 1899, 
Large Striped Bass. 
Mr. Henry A. Peters^ of Brooklyn, caught last Satur- 
day off Milton Point, Long Island Sound, a striped bass 
weighing 33lbs. The fish has been mounted and will be 
on exhibition at the store of Messrs. William Mills & 
Son. 21 Park Place, this city. ' 
Fred Mather's "Trouting on the Bigosh-," Dr, Morris' 
"Autocrat of the Eddy," and his salmon leaping photos. 
Jay Beebe's "Amateur Fisherman," "Dobsons for Bass 
Bait," Nessmuk on "Biackflies and Mosquitoes" — these 
are the things of particular interest to anglers in the cur- 
rent issue of the Woodcraft Magasine, 
New Jersey Coast Fishingf. 
AsBURY Park, N. J., Aug. 19.— The prevailing easterly 
winds of the past few days have sent the bass to their surf 
haunts with a rush. More have been taken at the various 
points during the past week than during the entire season 
previous. Each day produces some from our piers, and 
to-day fifteen fine fish have been taken in the vicinity of 
Shark River Inlet. While the size is not of the largest, 
still the average is fair : 4 to I2lbs. is the run, and the fish 
fine in condition, A few weakfish also are being taken 
and any quantity of plaice. Kingfish appear to have given 
us_ the go-by temporarily, but will undoubtedly be in 
evidence as soon as the sea boils down. Barnegat Bay 
is not up to the standard as set earlier in the season. 
Fishing there has been of the best until the present week, 
and I was booked for the 20th rmd 21st, but a message 
from our captain informs me not to go until further notice. 
All the tidal streams are now fairly alive with lafayettes, 
porgies and snappers. The latter, of course, are very 
small as yet, but as they grow very rapidly sport with 
them in the near future is assured. The heavy surf of the 
past few days has made the landing of fish from the 
ponds an impossibility, and as a consequence fish are high 
in price and very scarce, local dealer losing heavily in 
supplying the hotels at contract price. 
Leon-ard Hulit. 
Mmml 
's show. 
Fixtures* 
BENCH SHOWS. 
Sept. 4-7.— Toronto, Can.— Toronto Industrial Exhibition Assoi 
ciation's eleventh annual show. 
Sept. 12-15.— Milwaukee, Wis.— Milwaukee Kennel Club's fifth 
annual bench show. Edward Meisenheimer, Sec'y- 
Oct. 2-6.~Dallas, Tex.— Texas Kennel Club's second annual 
bench show. Sydney Smith, Sec'y. 
Oct. 3-6.— Danbury. Conn.— Danbury Agricultural Society's eight- 
eenth annual show. G. M. Rundle, Sec'y. 
Oct. 10-13.— Providence, R. I.— Rhode Island State Fair Asso- 
ciation. E. M. Oldham, Supt. 
Nov. 15-18.— Philadelphia, Pa.— The Philadelphia Dor Show As- 
sociation's first annual bench show. Marcel A. Viti, Sec'y 
Nov. 29-Dec. 1.— New York.— American Pet Dog Club': 
S. C. Hodge, Supt. 
FIELD TRIALS. 
Aug. 31.— Emmettsburg, la.— The Iowa Field Trial Association's^ 
second annual field trials. M. Bruce. Sec'y. 
Sept. 4.— La Salle, Man.— Western Canada Kennel Club's annua! 
amateur field trials. A Code, Sec'y. 
Sept. 6.— Morris, Man.— Manitoba Field Trial Club's thirteenth 
annual trials. William C. Lee, Sec'y. 
Oct. 31.— Greene Co., Pa.— The Monongahela Valley Game and 
Fish Protective Association's fifth annual field trial. A. C. Peter- 
son Sec'y. 
^Noy- 7.— Washington ;C. 11., O.— Ohio Pield Trial Club's trials, 
C. E. Baughn, Sec'y. 
Nov. S-9.— Lakeview, Mich.— Michigan Field Trial" ssociatioa's 
second annual trials. E. Rice, Sec'y. 
Nov. 12.— Bicknell In d.— Independent Field Trial Club's first 
annual trials. George D. Maxfield, Sec'y. 
Nov. 14.— Chatham, Ont.— International Field 'Jriill Club's tenth 
annual trials. W. B. Wells, Hon. Sec'y. 
Nov. 17.— Newton, N. C— Eastern Field Trui Club's twenty^ 
first annual trials. Simon C. Bradley, Sec'y. 
_ Nov. 2L— Lawrenceville. 111.— Illinois Field Trial Association's 
inaugural trials. O. W. Ferguson, Sec'y. 
Nov. 28.— — — , Mo.— Missouri Field Trial Association's third 
annual trials. L. S. Eddms, Sec'y. 
Dec. 8.— Newton N. C— Continental Field Trial Club's trials.! 
rhos. Sturges, Sec'y. 
1900. 
Jan. 22.— West Point, -Miss.— United States Field Trial Club's- 
annual trials. W. B. Stafford* Sec'y. 
Feb. 5.— Greenville, Ala.— Alabama Field Trial Clab's fourth an 
nual trials. T. H. Spencer, Sec'y. 
Manitoba Field Trials Club. 
Winnipeg, Man., Aug. ii.~Editor Forest and Stream: 
Subjoined you will find a list of the entries for the AU-Age 
Stake of this club, consisting of thirty-five setters and 
fifteen poiiitcrs, and which number we consider makes a 
splendid showing: 
SETTERS. 
Pin Money— Charlottesville Field Trials Kennels' blue 
belton setter bitch (Count Gladstone IV.— Daisy Croft). 
Christina— Charlottesville Field Trials Kennels' black 
white and tan setter bitch (Blue Ridge Mark— Lou R.). 
Sam T. — Del Monte Kennels' black, white and tan set- 
ter dog (Luke Roy— Betty B.). 
Minnie's Girl— Del Monte Kennels' orange ami white 
setter bitch (Antonio — Minnie T.). 
Gilt Edge — ^Del Monte Kennels' orange and white set- 
ter dog (Count Gladstone IV.— Lillian Russel). 
Glad's Girl — Del Monte Kennels' orange and white 
setter bitch (Count Gladstone IV.— Lillian Russel). 
Hurstbourne Zip— D. E. Rose's (Agt.) black, white 
and tan setter dog (Tony Boy— Dimple). 
Pearl R.— D. E. Rose's (Agt.) black, white and tan 
setter bitch (Sam Gross ). 
Lena B.— D. E. Roe's (Agt.) black, white and tan set- 
ter bitch (Tony Boy— Nellie C). 
Lady's Count Gladstone — D. E. Rose's (Agt.) black,, 
white and tan setter dog (Count Gladstone IV.— Dan's 
Lady). 
Peconic — Avent & Duryea's black, white and tan setter 
dog (Count Gladstone IV. — Hester Pryme). 
Topsey's Ranger— Avent & Duryea's black, white and 
tan setter dog ( Roderigo — Topsey Avent). 
Prime Minister — Avent £.nd Duryea's black, white and 
tan setter dog (Count Gladstone IV. — Hester Pryme). 
Roysterer — Avent & Duryea's black, white and tan setter 
dog (Count Gladstone IV. — Hester Pryme). 
Lady Rachal — Avent & Dur3^ea's black, white and tan 
setter bitch (Count Gladstone IV. — Hester Pryme). 
Jef — ^Avent & Duryea's black, white/ and tan stftter dog 
(Orlando — Dolly Wilson). 
Tol Wilson — Avent & Duryea's white and tan setter 
dog (Hobson's Bob — Eslell). 
Joe— Avent & Duryea's black, wliiir and tan setter dog 
D. Antonio— G. O. Smith's blai-ic, while and tan setter 
dog (Dash Antonio— imagination). 
Misfortune — ^W= Gould Brokaw's black and white set 
ter bitch ( — ; Queen). 
Bonnie Lit — John Wootton's black and white "setter 
bitch (Orlando — ^Lady Lit)/ 
