best shooting localities along the route, at which they 
should stop on their return. For deer, bears, ducks geese 
Kr ° USe ' rabbitS ’ aquirreIs * woodcocks snipe 
and all small game except quail and prairie fowl the whole 
lake shore stands supreme and unfrequented ? 
steamer at Ashland, Wisconsin, 
m Michigan, the sportsman can enjoy forest .hooting , 
thence move south by rail into tl cd lied dS d 
the Chesapeake and OhtTa’nroad croiVft, I^he^oat 
zszszz the r 
transversely; beyond, it follows the deep cut’ cblneT^f 
rivers, and the sinuous bottoms of ravines. Hinh moun l 
and precipitous crags hedge it in their -io^ i g mountains 
marked upon the narrow ribbon 'of blue sly^bove The' Sg 
and looking to the right and left, wntchTe oTS 
-zx: z^sssus: S? 
through rocks like a teredo. Cra^s bristle all b S 
boulders choke the river beds, CglyS 
roots to ledges ; dark-colored torrents foam and struggle 
among the rocks ; ramparts of stone cross the route and 
]ect into the air. The whole enterprise was noted foMts 
stupendous engineering difficulties; but still the road persist^ 
Nothing impedes or intercepts. It bores, it goes around it 
spans, it spurns, it clings to precipices it Lln7° 1 
apices, if climbs, it siidfs do™ At Z Or^ZZ “Z 
ssssl 
what exists in the bowels of the earth far hpnmnn, m . 
gratified by taking „ look h“ 
around is fuU of iron and salt and ™ n i „ • , “ 1 y 
sulphur and alum guah out in every ol 
ice from great caves run under the earth Pnooii r 
organisms which once lived and breathed the air abo^He 
wXd 1DaDim f I “ fr ° Ze t0St ° De ’' 11 isa weird country 
Wedged into some of the ravines are great blast fi.™™ 7 
SghZc™iD n ? gl ‘ re t'‘ eVC ° ,S ° f Top,M ‘ and redden the 
ine crags, and few homes save those of hunters and tmi„ r „ • 
the furnaces and mines. But here and there, scattered about !u 
regirfainoJs ^ ^ healiDg springs which “aRe this 
region famous as a summer resort ; pretty cottages and merry 
music enliven the sombre aspect, just as the sun lights up the 
goom of the gorges when clouds are drifting acrots the^ky 
S° W 1 T“ . ng FO f 8 lead out from the railroad track, down 
Tnd M ° ld : fashl0ned leaking coaches rumble for a moment 
and then disappear, lost to sight in the woods. The die 
tances to the springs are various, some extending to thirty 
h T ? an thirty 8priDg9 and hotels are mentioned 
in the guide books, but perhaps for that reason the most 
popular are the famous White Sulphur Springs, which I 
ba dly need describe for Southern readers They are 227 
miles from Richmond and 194 from Huntington, on the Ohio 
wito Th G r l Tr ° n 18 eleVatGd ’ bGiDg 3,000 feet above tide- 
water The biddings occupy a natural basin, which is laid 
out m lawn and shaded walks and drives, the main buildup 
occupying the centre, and ranges of white cottages the rim of 
the basin at a convenient distance from the hotel. The main 
budding is one of the largest in the country, being 400 feet 
square. The dining-room is 300 feet long , amatol 200 
persons, and the parlor is nearly as large. Last season MOO 
persons were lodged and fed in a single day. It is so wholly 
unlike summer hotel structures m the north as to be a 
novel y to northern people. It is as remarkable for the primi- 
guesf 9 ^ ltS appointments na the neglige o( its 
chamber ?!£ , “! erfere With the circulation of air in the 
fffilTn 1 » arG 8u Pcrfluously white. To make a 
full toilette the ladies must depend upon the large mirrors in 
and y eTt ™ ea3 the 1111)16 ia g°«d and the beds clean 
as at Rrnfi p °,T 080 6 88 comfortable here at $3 a day 
as at Brother Beckley's Uttle inn by the wayside near 
Kanawha Falls at $1 50 per day. 
The Kanawha Falls wash the stone doorstep by which we 
Se 8 normi l n re9h ,° Id ° f tl,e mountain region on the west. At 
the portid the clear, pure water of the higher region tumbles 
over a ledge which extends a thousand feet across the river 
Abov“the f 8 ll WUh thG , r ° ily aDd Clay - 9taiDed tide below. 
££ Iss r ^ 3 ’ Crag8 ’ boulders > gorges, and a wil- 
dLort in ^ t r ° am in tbe f0rest9 and mountain trout 
uXken S ?T 9 - B ;!° W> thG dver glideswi th a smooth, 
mUddy ° hi °’ 119 9bores iioed with cut 
tivated fields and pretty towns. Between White Sulnhur 
2 ? SET T m ! s Z th ° cboicest Md wUd « 
ho route. Far up in the mountain heights of the intermedi 
the r 6 hUle tributary streaiHS which help to form 
wot? n t ar,th r GanleV and the New rlvera, and these 
FOREST and STT?pam 
SandTha^.Z'*-; 8 “-*‘ -nk, ot pine8 , 
Walls of p “S fl ‘Z ha " b “" a "”B >1*' » 
nel-way . ZZZZ . P .T Mi J« l"K> the chan- 
are the Hawks . Overlooking all 
tcreat to the tourist m,?!" , The whole rc S' oa >® full of In- 
nawba Falls is a fav’oritP g ° ° gl - 8t ’ aud thc 9 P°rtsman. Ku- 
black b j ^ f ° r auglers - At tbe foot the 
sr* white percb gatber 
seen the head of ! ! h paS9age upward ' 1 bave 
head of a wall-eyed D ikl T 8hCd ^ P ° Und9 ’ a “ d lhe 
Becklev the nrl • ? k e whlch weighed thirteen pounds. 
mens Wb ^ ^ 8peci ‘ 
one can fill l.is h i, dh ‘ n eflsy dist ance by foot or rail, 
know of nn l ba ? Ct Wlth s P eckled trout. Altogether I 
to such a variety facililie9 of acce8s are horded 
perch with tbe flv r • ‘.. I , caugbt botb bass anJ white 
is cool and bracing andZny ^ ^ m ° Untain8 - the air 
and plenty of eltJw rl 7 ? Wh ° Wanl8 8nug quarters 
foot-hills Of the ‘- Rockies.^ 6 UDt h ® rCaCbe8 the 
DilXTn°f t m r n 0 ,T“ liCal ' y l0dged “ “ front roo “ p( «■" inn. 
foot for three tracks" ”r QU “”' l ust r00 “ "nough at thc 
and it is 9 n-H 7 J??' The SUQ rises behind that mountain 
It rained the whole afternoon of the day I arrived A tree 
.0 f’^IZotgoTuftoXZ^wLe’ Z ,0U me “ W0Uld ' “" d 
halted in front fnrriin When the up and down trains 
a ‘'razor tack ZT-T ^ " nder ,ho p “ reh and watched 
tacked and pulled ahead so frequea,l y Ta,T e t^e™ to bo 
msde tat he would he rue over. Odds of 100 to Twere of 
th h quk AKer 17 th ' PU ‘ “ P “““ 1 '° St “ (pl “ rter ' “" d 
q it. After that there were no takers. The nio- Wfl c 
ahve when the train left, and when I was bantered by 1„d 8 “ 
F— - that a man who had traveled so much should bet on a 
epo pig, i allowed that I had been induced to bet because I 
observed that the pig's tail was short off at the rump and as 
eZe a °r before h “ d a clos “ «q«"*k o7 Tt I ha”e 
earned wisdom from experience. 
of whaTfstoZ gr ° W8 l0Dg ’. aDd 1 bave given only aa inkling 
voZ tl , eeD ° n this r0ad - wbich took nearly forty 
y ars to construct, it having been begun in 1830. TlieZints 
interest are almost as numerous as the stations marked on 
turn hZh ^ WhGn “ y VaCati0D 13 fiaished 1 9 ball re- 
urn by the same route, and perhaps find new subjects along 
the l me for comment. Passmg Charlestown, the capital of 
^f thel/ rgmia ’ r reaChiDg the ° hi0 River - we horded one 
nLv n ?? er80f thG Chesa P eake and Ohio Railroad Com- 
P . y ' nd began our 350 md esail down the river to Louisville 
where I dated my first letter. The current of cool air rausld 
by th e motion of the boat, was most grateful to us as we sat 
tv nf e ii° W ’ “I? C0DStantly 8hifti °g sceQ ery and the novel- 
y the river made the trip most charming. The boats are 
large and well appointed nnd well patronized. I was surprised 
to hear that passenger travel by river was increasing instead 
of waning, as I bad supposed, and that there had Recently 
been constructed, at some town in Indiana, two steamers 
which were larger and more magnificent than any previously 
launched. I am pleased to hear this, for I think the time is 
milZ? ,Dg r ben Ar “ erican9 not ^ke their vacations at 
railroad speed nor make a business of pleasure. A day at 
SeZ?’ 1 -? 0 ?!? 6 monotonyof the tr ip, and when I reached 
JontZi f m 7 ° f Ken , tucky 1 waa co “vinced that my choice of 
routes had been wisely made. 
From Louisville I made post haste, via Indianapolis to Chi- 
cago, fleeing from the heat of the first days of July, and thence 
in twenty-four hours more was landed at the snug hostelry of 
friend Roberts on Doty Island, atNeenah, Wisconsin, whence 
I dated my second letter. Lake Winnebago, where Roberts 
is located, deserves an extended notice, and to it I shall de 
vote a portion of my fourth letter. It is a charming and much 
patronized resort, and is reached by the Chicago nnd North- 
western Railroad. Uallooe. 
511 
HSPing »*ular 
communications were so 5! te ? r 'ZZ kZZ h * Uvcd tke mail 
whilo to subscribe for a weeklv* ^ Wl13 Uardly worth 
aad usually good ones^ ZZ'o ot^T 
copy of the Tug Foi(E3t J d o^ f °: ° f P ' ck,ng U P a Btray 
men who every winter 2?, fr0 “ 90mo of the 8 POrts- 
-g upon a Be- 
come to call upon us, as he liLl lZn?' n the City he had 
they came to New York NotZ C G7Cry 0ne did wheQ 
eral weeks, thought perlianV wp h -T ^ aQytbing for s cv- 
bablo place where lie could get a eo^rf difeCt h ‘ m to 80016 re - 
ni °ro. Hi a i Mt refection aw«l , 8 d . SqUare> 8olid raeal once 
bad been a youDg alligator and a dil** ? ? at Florida swamp 
The strengthening j„jce 9 0 f rhn o „! arded Potn glass bottle, 
assimilated to his system but th T'm bad lon S 9i uce been 
rare staying qualities was’ i • , b « tl8, tbou Sb possessing 
baps knew just the place whore a huna m*' We per ' 
might find something to his tuate." ^ P londa - 8 wam P ian 
Could we resist that appeal’ Ti,rr,™i . 
doffing our hat we conducted down our pen and 
Florida around to Wallace’ aid ZT frora 
bim in the taxidermist's d ’ g 8,11617 de P°sited 
coiling of his + 
eyes, a hissing of thanks and n JJ JT ° f bright liltle 
ties— there were iuat tbirino f g teful 80und mg of the rat- 
He's stuffed. ^ ° f them * He hungers no more. 
game prot ection, 
meetings of state associations 
for 1878. 
New York Game Protective So^^'ZSZ; ^ 
that section w^toTpp^MuSy moS ° f lh t ’ QW ' 1 drew 
protect black squirrels ? hldl nn»? mc, i lbera wko wished to 
will find that Some „f aud you 
covered by the shield of the law Tnlhe bSds nf been 
or lei^tbe^tb^close^eMZ o Bl Jmm Pe wh 80l | 9 “^^ZorTeu 
tbe general -tatute.^et?. , %E£S£* 
4‘^n«^rzo ,o L-T w,um ^ • 
meeting of the National 1 , t0 adjournment the next 
“i?* ro .°™s of the PiuTadClo L^nn^ S “ a . al ^, D ' viJ1 be. held 
Thk Hungby Visitor from Florida. -The name on tbe 
card was familiar, and he was from Florida : enough to in- 
sure his speedy admittance into our innermost sanctum. In 
he came, shuffling rather than walking, a most scaly looking 
being ; and there was that in his general bearing which was 
far from prepossessing. Floridians are not apt to be stunted 
in growth. Our visitor was six feet if he was an inch. But 
in some way he had not filled out, had not expanded laterally. 
Just at that particular part of his body where a man’s stomach 
is supposed to be, we say it without exaggeration, our visitor 
was no bigger around than a very medium fence rail. Sur- 
mounting this ridiculous body was a little oblong head in which 
two very small fiery eyes gleamed with a strangely repellant 
light. But the most forbidding feature of his countenance 
was the mouth. If we had doubted that our visitor was I 
starved a glance at his mouth would have reassured us. It 
**, yro urm. 
otficmla. This „ a cn* m point where eome one with l 
ZLTT * mmm 01 commm .louidSZta 
oZLZ s: T- A cum8po ” d “ t 
of seines, snares, spears, trfp,. ^channel Ml tat P | OMC “ io ; 
the^wore" SS JSSZ&SlftZSZ *%£ 
J. B. D. 
To° Many Fish. — Ashburnham, Mats. Julu {?<> \r 
Editor: I notice in your issue of limp 97’ina» y v '” ^ r ‘ 
pondent from this place refers to some fin J “fS y0ur c ‘orres- 
^b^tfir the"noUo0 l of ,e the^nroDer S ^^^ e ^ nP ^^ 
efforts were and are being made to prosecute TES? 8 ’ flDd 
fully. Perhaps, however, the partiw 
now os I understand they are heartily ashaSStheKio? 
and have come to a realizing sense of the fact that the 
sr ftcco K 8hed 
§/(e §i 'fie. 
THE NEW JER SEY S TATE RANGE. 
The several towns throughout the State of New Jersey have 
shown no lack of interest in the matter of rifle practice. Rifle 
clubs, principally short-range ones, have been organized by 
the dozen, and some very good teams have come out of Jersey 
to show their skill on other ranges, while of single marksmen 
at long as well as at short-range work, many noteworthy 
names will suggest themselves. With the opening of the new 
State range at Brinton these bodies will find a central stamp- 
ing ground, and can now spend their effort in building up 
about “Brinton” a fame and a name. Since early in tb 
