FOREST AND STREAM' 
Miscellaneous. 
Fishing Tackle. 
A. 15. Shipley iV Son, 
603 and 605 Commerce street, Philadelphia. 
Manufacturers of 
Cliallc and Fishing* Linos. 
FINE HASS AND TROUT FLY RODS. 
I he celebrated GREEN HEART WOOD a specialty. 
PINE ROD MOUNTINGS. 
Full line of Tackle for Brook, River and Sea Fish- 
] n K- Agents for John James & Sous’ celebrated Fish 
hooks and Needles. 
SILVER MEDAL awarded by the FRANKLIN 
INSTITUTE, 1HM, -for SUPERIOR QUALITY and 
FINISH of RODS and TACKLE. " Aprl-6m 
MUZZLE LOADERS 
CONVERTED INTO BREECH LOADERS, 
ON THE MOST APPROVED PRINCIPLE, 
and all kinds of BREECH LOADING work effected. 
Mortimer & Kirkwood, 
-I ELM Street. Boston. Mass. 
Wl c Henri el. 
GRAND 
Bench Show of Dogs. 
The ROD AND GUN CLUB of Sprlngfleld, Mass 
will give u 
Ilench Show of l)oj»s 
Al>tm ofi.T U 5"’ V'„ S| ' rl, ' i?l i cU1 ' WEDNESDAY. 
Especially intended for the exhibition 
of all the best dogs In the couutry for sporting pur- 
fc°nnht« S «1 d f °, r “ r, 18t , of .Premiums. ROBT. O. 
-rir , n«n 8 ‘n beCr fi lUry I{od und Gun O’lub.E. II. LA- 
1 IIKOP, President. 
Sportsmen's (goods. 
J. B. Crook & Co., 
MAjrtnrACTunKKs aj»d Importers or 
FISHING TACKLE! 
GO Fulton St., IV. Y. 
Sole manufacturers of the celebrated CASTLE CON- 
BASS K ° D f ° r SALMON> TROUT, BLACK 
SEND FOR DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 
N. Y. Safety Steam Power Co. 
Office: 30 COURTLANDT ST. 
BUILDERS OF 
STEAM ENGINES AND BOILERS' 
A. C. WADDELL’S 
Breeding Kennel, Newton, N. J. 
The finest strain of yonng Pointers and Setters for 
sale. Dogs hoarded und cared for in the best manner 
r 1 cr!. 1 , Ur moatl1 - Pedigrees guaranteed.; dogs broken 
for Sol). Mar n 
SURGEON.— DR. J, M. HEARD 
„ (member of the Royal College of Veterinary Sur- 
geons, Loudon), No. 20 Lexington avenue, N. Y.. at- 
tends vvhen requested, all cuses requiring his p.ofes- 
sional skill. Horses carefully examined as to sound- 
Oct 22 
H**NR Y tJAIUJNER, M. D., H\S CONSTANT- 
,, h “ nd a,| d for sole, medicines adapted to 
the cure of all diseases. Dealer in sport'ng dogs of 
every variety. Dogs trained for reasonable conipon- 
aaUon. No. Ill South Fifth avo.. N. Y. Octal 
ITiOR SALE. — ONE OR A BRACE OF 
J- Setters and one Pointer, thoroughbred and 
nicely broken. Also a brace or stylish thoroughbred 
black mid tan Gordon Setters, eight monihsold very 
promising. Address GORDON, at this oillce. if 
"I7T0RSALE. A FEW THOROUGHBRED 
^mf^?.o l8, . cb , 0 ) C0 k, reed - For particulars address 
SPRINGER, ut this ofllce. 
fiotcls and geforts for Sportsmen. 
Rossin House, Toronto, Canada. 
SHUARS & SON, Proprietors. 
This house is a favorite resort for gentlemen sports 
men from all purls of the United Stutcs and Canada. 
Twin Lakes Trout Taring 
B oard for gentlemen only— 
Sportsmen, Artists. Anglers, &c. Splendid 
scenery and drives. Fine boating, trout, pickerel, 
- .... . . v ' ,-l,,l hi piturm 
mid linss tishing and woodcock shooting. Also les 
sons iu oil and water color painting, d 
etching, if desired. Address J. IVES PUon, ut 
SHMjM AN PEASE, P. O. box tiO Canaan, Conn. 
N. B.— Cottage building sites overlooking the lakes 
for sale Clionp; also one for a hotel. AprS-tf 
DEPOT HOTEL, Canaan, Conn, 
i i B. CORBIN, Proprietor. Now, clean rooms 
nn«l beds, lirst-class table, Ac. Fishing, shooting, 
and pleasant drives near hv. Aptf fim 
B AY AND OCEAN VIEW house, 
Good Ground. Good duck shooting during the 
Spring. The best shooting on tho Island. 
Mur 21-1 in 
Steam Launches & Yachtsi 
And their Machinery a Specialty, also Machinery for' 
TUCS, LIGHTERS AND STEAMERS^ 
Propeller Wheel* of Superior Efficiency. 
BEND FOR ILLUSTRATED CIRCULAR 
c*r- aii our boats are guaranteed to pass mspec- 
tion nndcr the Steamboat law whm required. 
ABBEY & IMBRIE. 
secettatons to 
Andrew Clerk & Co., 
48 Maiden Lane, N. Y. 
mrORTKIU. MAN Ur ACT till ElkS AND DEALERS IN 
Fishing Tackle, 
i.iko i^md tho larges, and best assortment ever ex- 
nt^ontothoS ^ StU ‘ ,;8 - Thuy P ftrtlou ‘* r| y call 
TROUT. 8 \ I.MO\ AND BA88 RODS. 
V / “ r ', i ; ly ?! s “ lmo “ and Trout Fin s, a, id Hooks 
on tmt. Cutty Hunk aud Pa#ouo Islands Buss Lines 
waterproof J raided Silk Lines, every size and quality of 
SILK, LINEN AND COTTON LINES 
And every Variety and Stylo of 
Finn II OOK8. 
® l, ,‘ x 5 ° ,;l "i * 1 ^ appropriate Tackle for the 
Rocky Mountains and 1 aciUc Coast, Canada, Maine, 
the Adirondack*, <fcc., Ac. ' 
Hplll Bamboo, .Trout and Salmon nod. aud Reel, 
a Specially. 
Agcnta for tho St. Lawrence Fishing Co. Solo Im- 
4-i>y pOrtCre0f CeLehrauaDrUlod 
Eyed Noodles. 
B oard near twin lakes, four 
hours from New York via Harlem Railroad. A 
desirable location for sportsmen, artists, uud all those 
wanting n pleusant home. Address F. F. COOPER, 
Locust Hill Farm, Ashley Fails, Berkshire county 
>lags ' Mar 34-6m 
All Sportsmen 
Are Interested in the best Hunting Grounds of the 
Southwest. The line of the Missouri, Kunsns and 
Texas Railway affords untold fields of Gume Birds, 
Fh h and Animals. Send to General Passenger Agt„ 
Sedalia, Mo., for free maps, illustrations, and do- 
acripti ons. Correspondence solicited. Jan 21 
D uck shooting~at stony 
Brook, on north aide of Long Islaud: boats, 
I. Hotel; plenl 
SMITH. 
, ; ' *-’'*»*; ii-iouu, uuuis, 
stool, &e. furnished by tho S. B. Hotel; plenty of 
din ks, also good bird shooting. S. J — 
S PLENDID TROUT FISHERY TO 
lease. The Tront Fisherjuof the Connecticut 
Klver, Long I*] und, below tho bridge, three miles in 
length, will be leased for a term of rive years or more 
to a company. Attached is the snipe shooting of the 
South Bench, close to the river. Address 
. EGBERT T. SMITH, 
Apr s. wit Brookhaven, L. I. 
/A ENTLEMEN DESIROUS OF GOOD 
VJ board at bayvllle, L. I. for their families, with 
exce lent fislung, Ac. can ascertain particulars re 
gu riling same by applying to “T.” at this ofllce. It 
TDOARD FOR THE SUMMER FOR A 
sma'! f amll y , or two married couples, in a pri- 
vate family, fifteen miles from Now York Train* 
every hour; no mosquitoes; delightful drives in the 
country und to salt bathing and fishing. Appl y to A 
pfilce Forest and Stream. 
Sportsman’s Route 
Chicago and Northwestern Railway. 
This great corporation now owns and operates over 
two thousand miles of road, radiating from ClilcH"o 
like the fingers on a man’s hand, its lines reach in all 
directions and cover about all of (lie country norih 
northwest and west of Chicago. With one branch it 
reaches Racine, Keuoslm, Milwaukee, und the country 
north [hereof; with another line It pushes through 
Janesville, Watertown, Oshkosh. Fond du Lac. Green 
Bay, Escanaba, toNegnanee und Marquette; with au- 
other iine It passes through Madison, Elroy, and for 
I aul and Minneapolis; branching westward from 
Elroy, to and through Winnnn, Owatonno. St. Peter, 
ManKato, New Ulm, aud stops not until Lako Kumcs 
k-a, Dacotah, is reached; another line starts from Chi- 
cago and runs through Elgin and Rockford to Free- 
port. and via the Illinois Central, reaches Warren 
Uuienn and Dubnque, and the country beyond Still 
another line runs almost, due westward, and pn-sc, 
through Dixon, Sterling, Fulton, Clinton, (Iowa) Ce- 
dar Rapids, Marshalltown, Gcaiid Junction, Missouri 
Valley Junction, to Council Bluffs and Omaha Tills 
last named ia the -Great Trans-Continental 
Route, and the pioneer overland line for Nebraska 
Coioraao, Utah, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, California 
and the Pacific coast. It runs through the Carden of 
Illinois and Iowa, and is the safest, shortest and best 
route to Omaha, Lincoln, and other points in Ncbras- 
ka, and for Cheyenne, Denver, Suit Lake City. Vir- 
ginia City, Carson, Sacramento, Nun Francisco, and 
all other points west of the Missouri River 
See, then what one omnany^an do If you want 
o go to Milwaukee, Frond du Lac, Manitowoc, She 
boygan, Janesville, Watertown. Oshkosh. Do Pore 
Green Bay, Itlpon, Madison, Baruboo, Eau Claire, 
Hudson, Stillwater, St. Paul, Minneapolis. Duluth, 
Breckenrldgc, Moorchead, Fort Garry, Winona, Owa- 
tauna. New Ulm, Freeport, Warren, Pluttsvilie, Ga- 
lena, Dubuque, Waterloo, Fort Dodge, Sioux City, 
Yankton, Council Bluffs, Omaha. Lincoln, Denver, 
Salt Lake City, Sucramento. San Francisco, or a hun- 
dred other northern, northwestern, or western 
points this great line is the one you should take The 
track Is of the best steel rail, and Is well ballasted and 
as free from dust as a road can be made. The brid"ea 
are strong and durable, aud all the appointments ure 
first elass in every respect. The trains that run over 
this route are made up of elegant new Pullman Palace 
Drawing Room and Sleeping Conches, built exprftatu 
for lh\» line, luxurious, well lighted, and well ventilu- 
ten Day Coaches, and pleasant lounging and smoking 
cars— all built by this Company In their own shops, 
are all equipped ' ' 
xiT'.f -’•“‘Form, and pato... „„„ ooiipuuga, 
\V cstinghouse Snfcty Air Brakes, and every other ap- 
pliance that has been devised for the safely of pas- 
senger trams. All trains are rnn by telegraph 
In a word this GREAT LINE has the best 
and smoothest track, and the most elegant und 
comfortable equipment of any road in the West, and 
has no competitor in the country. It is eminently the 
favorite routo with the Chicagoans traveling west 
north, or northwest, and is acknowledged by the trav- 
eling public to be the popular line for all points In 
Northern Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Northern 
Michigan, Dakota, Western Iowa, Nebraska, Wyom- 
ing. Colorado, Utah. Montana, Idaho, Nevada. Cull 
fornla and the Pacific Slope. 
TO SPORTSMEN: 
This line presents peculiar advantages. For 
Prairie Chickens, Ducks, Geese, A Brant Shooting 
our Iowa Line to dny offers 
More Favorable Points 
ll »“n any other road in the country, while for 
DEER AND BEAR HUNTING and for BROOK 
TROUT, LAKE SALMON, PIKE. PICK- 
EUKL and BASS FISHING 
a hnndred points on the Northern and North-western 
lines of this Company will be fouud unsurpassed bv 
anything in the West. J 
... ''ABTIA HI GHIIT, Gen. Supt., Chicago. 
W . H. HI EAMCI’T. Gen. Pa-s. AeU, Chicago, 
Havana Lottery 
EXTRAORDINARY DRAWING APRIL JKiT 
Only 16,000 TicJut*— One Prize tottery Seven Ticket i. 
1 Pr ze of 100,000 
1 Prize of «>..« 
2 Prizes each of 25 000 
4 Prizes each of IO.'oOO 
12 Prizes each of % no , 
473 Prizes each of 'zqq 
Circulars with full information eem free. Tickets 
foreale and prizes cashed by P. C. DEVLIN, Sta- 
tloner and General Agent. 3 0 Liberty street New Y ork. 
Birds and Animals Preserved to Order nr 
K. L. IV E W COMB, 
TAXIDERMIST, 
NO. 7 CHERRY STREET, SALEM, MASS. 
Instruction given. Feb. 4 
Orange Sporting Powder. 
ORANGE LIGHTNING POWDER. 
1 he strongest and cleanest Powder made Nos I 
1,1 “*-■“>«• • ••>- canisters. The coarser 
i Npu V “ y uru ^commended to owners of fim- 
v^ry' 8ng°h“ d reifolf. UnB ’ glv nK grt '“ l pc,ll ' tr “ tl0 " with 
ORANGE DUCKING POWDER, 
* Very strong and clean Nos. 1 to 
„ AUDUBON POWDER, 
D„Y, Cry . q . n,ck - . V" woodcock and quail Nos. 1 to 4 
pound Miidstcra^ ^ ° f 12 * ,b *-‘" d8 » «"■. -«' "> 
ORANGE HIFI.R POWDER. 
‘SlJ.'i F « 8 pir° r mn and , fo , r ordinary purposes. 
^ i/m FK.g, PFF.g, llic la^t buhl# tliu flncMt aud 
most used. Packed in wood and metnl ke^s of 25 
lbs., 1«| lbs., and b* lbs., and in canisters of 1 lb, mid 
1 pound. 
th0 abov ,° B*vo high velocities and less resid- 
uum than any other brands made, 
LAFLIN « RAND POWDER Co., 
21 Park Row, N. Y. 
(Opposite AsTon House.) 
CHICAGO 
SHOT TOWER C0„ 
MANUFACTURERS OF 
STANDARD 
DROP AND BUCK SHOT 
BALLS AND BAR LEAD. 
Our aim Is to manufacture an article of SHOT thnt 
IS unsurpassed in ROUNDNESS, SOLIDITY Pen. 
feet ion of POLISH, Uniformity of SIZE, and Accu- 
racy of WEIGHT, In each bag. Orders from (ho 
Trade solicited, and will he filled at 
The Lowest Market Prices. 
C. F. OATILS,^^^ 
Holabird’s Shooting & Fishing Suits 
Made of the best English Water and Mildew proof 
dock, dead grass color, have become celebrated for 
DURABILITY, 
CONVENIENCE. 
COMFORT. 
and CHEAPNESS. 
Sold In New York, Baltimore. Chicago, Detroit, San 
Francisco, 
And all towns where sportsmens’ goods are kept In 
stock If not found In stock whore yon trade, order 
direct from the manufacturer. Send chest, wnl»i and 
sleeve measure for coat and vest; waist und In- am for 
print*. 
Special attention Is called to the Sleveless Coat and 
vest with Sleeves, which are unique, auu can't but 
suit the most fastidious. 
Coats, $:0; Coat and Vesta, $14; Punts. #3 W Cans 
2.50. Send for illustrated circular. ^ ' ' ' 
w. H. HOLAWRD, 
,lan ValDara.'so. Ind. 
Miscellaneous, 
CONRObBISsIfTTMAllS 
(Successor* to J. C. Conroy * Co ) 
65 Fulton St., N. Y„ 
Itivlle the attention of amateurs 
to the additions they have made to 
their regular stock of Flue Goods, 
comprising in part 
Six Strip Split Bamboo 
hods, 
for TVmt and Salmon fishing. 
THK PAMKD 
•M tlinnis Black Bass Rods 
inndo of Split Uurnboo (now this 
,V kk “'‘i 1 baboon It cel*. 
Ihi celobrat il ” Frankfort’’ Reel. 
• •xr.'.ii i • ,?°!° mannfcciurcr* of 
'Mnllaly s" Pstent Files. Tlio 
of' rv’.? “ ‘ “'b'l'unk Bass Lines 
or I-.xtra quality. 
Panlus fitted ont for the Adi- 
rondaks. ,| 10 M a | m , W ood», 
l ake Superior, Newport. Culty- 
hunk, I as.mo Island, West Islaud, 
Barncgnt, .to, ' 
Older, bv limit Will receive C ar«- 
1 M "‘ prompt aileiitlou. 
Pritchard Brothers, 
No. 89 Fulton St.. N. Y. 
v . ALL KINDS OF 
Fishing Tackle 
Made aud repaired with tho ntmo*t despatch 
THE BENT SKL B 7n7oNOP tVo?T 4^d 81, 
MON UOD8 IIKKI.N, ..INKH VIDPUK^ 1 '- 
n'stitu'te foVonr "iiperier Ar’tifi! |! ! i' Aui,,rl “_“ 
CAMPING and MINING 
STOVE. 
Outside dimensions, packed, 12xl2xM Inches 
weighing only 25 pounds, very durable, will cook 
Inf. miriJ )Url,0n, 'i'i? nd * e 'l l,,cl 'iJly adapted for camp- 
Inir purposes. 1 he ware consists of 8 qt. kettle (i ot 
lea Kettle .2 qt. Coffee Pot, Fry Pan. rl, und Tin Po'm 
ori '! lron , Tout Collar, 8 ft 
1'iinuul, and on oven Unit will roast 15 pounds beef. 
1 he ware is so constructed that It nests and packs 
in the oven, and tho oven and funnel pack In-lde the 
^I'fcsentod III cut 2, loovlmr room for pack- 
srni h n!f I lut ‘;"- Knives. Forks uud Simons, 
and Drinking ( up*. Price complete, $16. 
SKND FOR CIRCULAR. 
H. L. DUNCKLEE, 
rirr . , uox 27IO, IIIIH I'D, 1. 
s*' Agents wanted In ovory town, Feb, 4 
Jfislt (T nlfnrc. 
SALMON ANGLING 
In the undermentioned Salmon Rivers will be Leased 
for a term of FIVE YEARS. Competition above up- 
set prices named. LESSEES to mamialn guardian 
ship at private cost. Applications will be received to 
1st MAY next. 
River Nntashqnan (North Shore) $8,'^ 
River Triulty (near Point des Monts) iqq 
River St. Margnret (en has) joo 
River Trout (nejir Moisle) f/j 
River Mistassini (near God bout) 20 
River Becscie, do go 
River Malbaie (near Perce) ioo 
River Grand Pabos, do -jqq 
River LltUo Pabos, do I00 
River Toblque (New Bninswiek) joq 
River Nashwank, do mo 
River N.W. Mlramichl, do 200 
River Jupiter (Anticosti Island) ioo 
River Salmon, do 50 
By order of tho Hon. the Minister of Marino and 
Fisheries. 
Address, 
W P WHITCHER, 
Commlreloner of Fish cries, Ottawa. 
"Seth Green Fish Ponds" 
Caledonia, Livingston Co.. N. Y. 
N. (-OI.U\R, Proprietor. 
K«g», Fry, Yearling*, Ac. or Brook Trout, Hal. 
mon Troul, Hnlnion, While Pish, Ac 
Also Bass, Gold Fish, Sliver Fish, aud stock for 
Aquaria, Wire Cloth, Hatching Trays, Patent Spawn 
l ng Races, and everything portuln im/ to n»h culture. 
TROUT DALE PONDS. 
To Fish Culturists. 
r nifl<; MOST APPROVED APPARATUS 
-L and full directions for successful fish breeding 
ns perfected bv the late I)R. J. II. SLACK. Abo 
egg*, fry. voarbngs, Ac. of Brook Trout. Salmon 
I runt, (joIkIIIhIl Ac., un<l oil work* on KImLicu 1 tu r«*. 
r,!«...’ y l' h > 1 11 KLACK, Trout dale Ponds,* 
Bloomsbury, N. .1. 
8<-nd for cata.oaue. 
Mur24-Ut. 
MAIVNINaw 
YACHTING ANNUAL 
FOR 1876, 
WILL SHORTLY IIE PUBLISHED. 
r»i*i<*o toSiil)HcrllM‘i'H,iSl * .60 
Subscription* must bo forwarded In advance to 
THOMAS MANNING, 203 Broadway, N. Y. 
Jon 21-4 rn 
Fysshe and, Fysshynge. 
The Fishing Book of the Season. 
I IDO. 
BY 
FROM THE "BOKB OK 8T. ALBANS. 
Written by Dame Juliana Berners, A I) 
QUOTED BY IZAAK WALTON. EDITED 
GEO. IV. VAN HIC'LKN, ESQ. 
Not hitherto obtainable In this country, an import- 
ed copy costing over $81). ***pu«l 
Tile charming old work preserved In all Its fresh- 
ness and qiialnuiess. Full glossary 
Sent on receipt of price, by Fobest *md Stiibxm. 
Order at ouce; only a small edition. Price $1 no 
