POLLY— No. 
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the breed “ gel around” favored mo, for some time before 
doeless, with the possession. Ah, Polly! y°“ ^ “ 
beauty, the handsomest lady dog that ever dtove eporwman 
rrnrv Di.l yon howl, Polly, for the first two or three 
nights! The neighbors can say; I had business from homo 
Snd caunot. My wife said, “ What can we do with her? 
Bhe has lumped through the window and ran off chain 
and alL S she came back, and she barks and howls; 
but isn't she a beauty ?” My presence seemed to | qmet her 
though leading her home from the deP°J ^en « iheflret ar 
rived had been the whole of our acquaintance. We ^ had 
no more howling, and the neighbors seemed to have th ngs 
generally agree with them better. But Polly had to sleep 
fn the house: she was too handsome to leave out. Some- 
body w3’ most certainly steal her If somebody over 
chanced to set eyes upon her. A cash $lo0 do„l We 
couldn’t afford it'. But what an uneasy creature! Oncem 
about two hours during the night, ZfJ^se 
there was evidently some one just breaking inio ' J ,e ho JJJl 
but a volley of barks from Polly stopped' 
oil every time. Vigorous arguments applied to Polly w th 
the dog whip gave us quiet about 4 o clock A. M. T 
burglars went away and we went to sleep. After that sue 
wore un anti-barking muzzle at night, which I invented 
with great care, and which prevented an im mease 
of unhappiness all round. At the time that l,1 ' s t 
package came to hand 1 was just about movmgto St. Pau 1 , 
Minn., and had but one opportunity of trying her Within 
a mile there was a patch of woods, in which many times I 
have found half a dozen woodcock, but now it was rather 
lam in season— almost October. Polly beat the ground 
very nicely before long made game, and drew to a point 
molt beautifully. The bird, with no cover some twenty 
feet distant, started, and Polly rushed in I stoppod him 
hv a snap shot, scolded madam for breaking, but did not 
think that she was very much to blame under the circum- 
slnnce* She beat the remainder of the patch thoroughly 
but found no more birds, and I went home feeling that she 
was a treasure, and that my friend in B was a g™l J » 
and a scholar, who knew what ho was about when he didn t 
want the breed to “get round. Polly, why didn t you 
die right there while your record was good. How wt 
should have mourned for you. Why did you go to Min- 
nesota and have Fanny, tho mare, crash your poor foot so 
tliat you were of no manner of use for the remainder ot 
t tat season, and undergo manifold other adventures, which, 
coming afterward, will be related in due sequence? 
During the Winter we became better acquainted. 1 oily 
was taught, or rather compelled, to sleep in the barn, and 
what an amount of bark was expended, with cause and 
without, steady and intermittent; neighbors not very near, 
walls of the barn extra slieathed on account of the cold. 
Wc got so we did not mind it, except when she stopped to 
take breath; so Polly had the worst of it; for it must have 
kept her awake. If your bark, Polly, had only been of 
the right kind what a lot of quinine we could have ground 
you up into. We gave her all the freedom practicable 
but she hud a great habit of posting off down town, and 
for three or four days wo would not see her. She would 
wear away a good collar; one time a chain and collar, and 
Invariably come back with the same old piece of rope tied 
around her neck and trailing behind. Somebody evidently 
admired Polly, aud tried to steal her. An easy thing to 
capture Polly, for she was friendly to all , but auother thing 
to keep her. It was a breed which was bound to get I 
around.” So through the Spring and Summer, and as the 
shooting season drew nigh, her frequent escapes worried 
roe exceedingly, bm in two, three, or five days t she . would 
come back— for she was very nflectionale and thought the 
world of us— aud always with the same old piece of rope. 
ALIQUIS. 
The time for holding the Mineola (L. I.) show has been 
postponed until June 23d and 24th. 
§c;i mid §iver S sl,i, ia- 
FISH IN SE ASON I N MAY. 
Trout, Salmo fonttnalU. Salmon Tront. Salmo coiiflnU. 
XSg&gaiSi**,. K££3 S*~. Mm. mmt 
Black Bass, micro pteme nigricans. 
I Under the h*ad of "flame, ana ftsn tn Seas' n" we can only epeci 
f} inTneZ Mthe « a nal varies, because the laws of State* vary 
to much that i cere we to attempt to particularise tot could do no U** 
than publish those entire sections that relate to the kinds of gam* i In 
Question. This would ivquire a great amount qf our space, h > desig 
nation oame tee art guld-d by the law > of nature, upon which all legie 
lotion u rounded, and our »ad,rs would do well to proride 
with the taws of then respectire State* for constant reference. Otherwise, 
our aUanoti to axsi*t Oum i till only crtaU confusion. \ 
Fish in Market.— F ish of all descriptions are still abun- 
dant and cheap. Blueflsli from Norfolk are arriving, aud 
although small, not weighing over one and a half tolwo 
pounds, are extremely fine in flavor; price 15 cents per 
pound. Fresh mackerel are coming freely, the catches 
continuing large; they retail at 8 to It) cents each. Con- 
necticut shad are in good supply, selling at 40 cents for 
the finest roe fish; males 20 cents. Shcepshead from the 
South bring 25 cents per pound; weak fish 20 cents; Ken 
uebec salmon 90 cents. A supply of California salmon nr- 
rived last week, comiug over in better order than any that 
have preceded them; they are selling at 40 cents. Porgies 
have become very plentiful and the hearts of our colored 
bret hern are proportionately elated; they sell for 10 cents 
per pound. Codfish are worth 8 cents per pound; the best 
come from Newport; striped bass sea-cc at 15 to 20 cents; 
halibut 20 cents. Large sea flatfish or flounders, called 
flukes by the fishermen, are being taken; they weigh as 
high as 7 to 10 pounds ntul sell for 8 cents. Soft crabs 
from Baltimore are plentiful at $1 25 per dozen. Lobsters 
Scents per pound; green turtle IS cents. 
—The catching of him* 1 u-s i- permitted in the State of 
New Yoik after V: y 20lh. 
—The Saranac Lakes, Adirondacks, opened on tho 12th 
of May, instant, two weeks later than usual. 
Kennebec Salmon. -The first Kennebec salmon of this 
season was on exhibition Friday last at the stall of Sliat- 
tuck & Jones, in Faneuil Hall Market, Boston. He turned 
the scale at sixteen pounds. 
—The estimation in which pickerel are held by the law- 
makers of Vermont is shown by tho clause in the law 
passed last Fall, which prohibits the introduction of these 
fish into any waters of the State under penalty of one hun- 
dred dollars, or six months’ imprisonment for each offense. 
—Although the season is not yet fairly inaugurated, we 
understand that Mr. Sammis is already entertaining a num- 
ber of guests at the Surf Hotel. The ferry steamer is not 
yet making her regular trips, but will soon be put on the 
route. Fishing in tho Great South Bay will be. ^e^y- 
thing else, a little backward this year. The fishermen, 
however, are making fine catches of eels, and a few sea 
porgies have been taken off the fish factories. Weakfish 
and sheepshead are looked for about the 1st prox. 
-The menhaden, or moss bunker fisheries are now in 
full blast along the shores of Long Island. The Simmons 
Point Fishing Company took 40°, 0°° last week, and a 
other places they are being caught by the hundred thou- 
sand. This indicates the advent of bluefish. 
— Blucflsh generally make their appearance at Barnegat 
Bay, New Jersey, about the 20th of May, seldom varying 
more lhau a week, from this date. 
-Several hundred fine shad Wave been taken in the men- 
haden fish pounds near Upper Aquebogue, L. I., within a 
f L A diron D VCKS. — Mmcham Lake , May lOtfi, 1875.— The 
Ice is out and the fishing good I have been out twice and 
caught a nice lot of trout each time. No guests jet. b 
expect some this week. A. R. Fulllr. 
Maine.— Moosehead Lake, May 9 th, 1875.— The ice gen- 
erally goes out here about the 15th of May, but 
the 8th, a team went forty miles on the ice. Jhe season is 
late, and the ice will probably not be out before the -5t , 
and then good trout fishing may oe had. 
-A number of citizens of Detroit ^^ve incorporated the 
North Channel Shooting Club with a capital stock .of $10 
000 divided into 400 shares, $25 each. A lease lias oecn 
Slued of a tract of land and water t>vo miles off the 
mouth of Swan Creek, emptying into Lake bt. Clair six 
miles from New Baltimore. This 1 v ^lie mei^ 
snu'ire miles of marsh and woodland territory . 1 lie mem 
bemhfp of the club is limited to 150, and there are at pres- 
et eighty members. The securing of the lease of this 
tract gives to the club the only hunting and fishing ground 
SE on the lake. The ofecers of the club are Marcus 
Stevens, President; L. P. Knight, Vice President, J. F. 
Donaldson, Secretary, and E. II. Butler, Treasurer 
Wisconsin. —Montdlo, May lUft.— The fishing season for 
rod and reel has opened finely in this section Pmkcrel 
are the most numerous, and are caught in large jurobera 
with trolling spoons and live minnows. Trol hug is ll, e 
favorite method of taking them here, anti the average 
catch is from three to live pounds each. At Cc 'ms LakL 
three miles south of Muskulonge, they teire taken with live 
bait or trolling spoon, and weigh from twelve to D Keen 
pounds. This is also an admirable p.ace for bass Ashing, 
and much sought by the enthusiastic anglers of this locah 
itv At Buffalo Lake and other points near Montcllo black 
bans are frcaueutly caught of five pounds weight and u,- 
S S ar? usually plenty in Fox River, though 
seine fishing has to a degree depopulated tho liver of these 
and other varieties of fish. ' 
Montreal “ Fish and Game Protection Clou. -The 
Canadians are taking renewed interest in the matter of 
game protection, and seem to be emulating the United 
States in organizing clubs and associations. One of the 
largest, most influential aud most efficient is the Pelcrboro 
Club, of which we have frequently spoken. Iu 1859 a pro- 
tection club was organized at Montreal under the tit le^ giver, 
above, and promised good service; but of late years it has 
lapsed into apathy, and only now is about to be awakened 
to activity and usefulness, chiefly through the exertions of 
our corresponding agent, Prof. Shewan, of the McGill Col- 
lege Seminary of Montreal. A meeting was called on the 
13th of May, iuslant, to reorganize, and our correspondent 
says with pardonable pride, 11 all our subscribers to Forest 
and Stream have promised to join the society!' (This ia 
pleasant testimony to the good that our journal is doing in 
all sections.) A committee of seven was appointed to draft 
a constitution and by-laws and select a good working ex- 
ecutive. We quote from our letter; 
“ This committee, of which I am secretary, has promised 
to complete its labors and report to a public meeting to be 
held on Wednesday, 19th hist. Prof. Bell was present, 
but came rather late to take an active part in the proceed- 
ings. I have also started among our friends a notion which 
has taken. Awav north of Montreal, say forty to fifty 
miles, among the Laurentidc Mountains, we have a second 
edition of the Adirondacks, only five tunes bigger What 
it is for game I cannot say positively, but for fish it is 
something wonderful. 1 myself have seen and eaten of a 
trout of fifteen pounds from that region. At present it is 
to Montrealers a terra incognita, but when the railway to 
Ottawa is finished— which will be in six months— we shall 
have a line running along the outskirts of this region, and 
I propose leasing, in the interests of our society, a hundred 
or so square miles of this country and preserving it How 
my plans may go I know not yet, but there is no harm in 
trying.” 
— Two salmon were caught in the harbor of St. John, 
N. B., last week, and salmon of a large size are being taken 
plentifully at Liverpool, Nova Scotia. It will be borne iu 
mind that salmon fishing, both for rod and net, begins many 
weeks earlier in Nova Scotia than in the other Provinces. 
—The Mirimichi River is clear of ice. 
— Fishing for herring and gasperenux lias commenced in 
the Bay of Fundy and Gulf of St. Lawrence. 
Tiie Fisheries. — The number of fishing arrivals for the 
week ending May 13th was forty— thirty from Georges 
Bank, five from the Grand Banks, and five salt fares from 
the Western Banks. The total amount of Bank cod brought 
in was 350,000 pounds; Georges cod 600,000 pounds, and 
70 000 pounds halibut. The receipts of Bank halibut wero 
300,000 pounds, which were mostly sold at $5 and $3 per 
cwt. for white and gray. The fisherman who marked the 
halibut mentioned in our last issue has turned up. It was 
John A. Lynch, of schooner Howard, who claims that he 
cut his name on the halibut a year ago while fishing in tho 
bend of Sable Island. The fish was then about two feet in 
length Last year we published a similar but more re- 
markable incident. John Como, of schooner Magic, in 
J u 1 v 1873 caught a halibut on the Banks and cut Ins 
initials thereon. Eight months after lie caught the same 
fish, the letters being platuly legible. It was brought to 
this port, and attracted much attention at the wharf of the 
N. E. Fish Company.— Cb/M Ann Advertiser, 14 th. 
AFTER TROUT IN NORTH CAROLI NA 
Marion, N. C., April 88th, 1875. 
Editor Forest and Stream:— . 
I huve Intended for more than a week to write yon a short account of 
a trip I recently made to what I call tho troutless region of North Caro- 
lina. On the 14th of April Mr. M„ of Now York, Lieut. U. and 
started on horseback, with bright anticipations and a haversack Oiled 
with " bard bread," for the North Tow aud lta tributaries. Hud a plo-o- 
ant ride'of twenty-six miles over the mountains to Wiseman s. where 
tve staid all nlglif, aud where we expected first to show our quality a* 
followers of the geutlc Isaac. But no, there were no trout, aud we worn 
advised to go seven miles further to Connelley’s-there we won d cer- 
tainly find them. We went, we interviewed Mr. C-. and were told there 
very few trout, and those very small. However, we couldn t believe 
him as he never Ashed, so ordering dinner and engaging C. as guide wo 
sat down before a bright Are and waited till that ImporUnt meal of fried 
beans, boiled potatoes, and heavy corn bread was ready. W bile we thus 
waited there entered a gloomy young stranger. He ^aa at once con- 
suited by our friend M. on the trout questiou, who asked him if there 
were many trout in the neighboring streams. He didn't know. But, 
said M., " my friend, do you never tlsh?" ” No. sir; I earn my bread 
by the sweat of my brow, according to Hie decree sot forth by tho Crea- 
tor in the garden of Eden. Fishing days And meat the work-bench. 
M wilted, and we all felt we were but insignificant cumborws of the 
ground. To bo brief, we Ashed the North Tow, Roaring Creek and 
Squirrel Creek. We whipped them diligently with various flies; wo tried 
them-oh, tell it not in Gath— with worms, and we caught ton I tailik 
they would have weighed a pound. Linnvllle River wo did not fish hut 
tbennlvennl opinion of all who know anything about these st reams i is 
that there are few trout in them, and they are very small; why, I cannot 
imugine; for more beautiful atreoms I never saw 
We wero caught In that 'polar wave," and redo homo In a snow 
storm with the mercury at 80*. We caught few Ash, It is trus, but C we 
had a good time, and found such appetites. M. and U distinguished 
themselves as trencher men, and their unfeeling remark. irton ■“**•£*• 
in that lino I respectfully decline mentioning A sight of Llnnvillo Falls 
would repay one for the whole journey. If Northern tonriste no .Id 
turn their faces this way they would And scenery which I be Hove is sel- 
dom surpassed in beauty and grandeur. This bountiful, healthful moun- 
tain region only has to be known to he n popular place of resort. Beau- 
tiful, and cheap— what a combiua'lon! 1 intend to take a trtp to the 
South Tom— which rises In the Black Mountaln-in June, and If I And 
trout will let you know . Very truly yours, ° E0 u ' “• 
SHAD FISHING ON THE HOUSATONIC. 
* Boston, Mass., May 15th, 1875. 
EDiTon Forest and Stream:— ,. 
Iu looking over my book, preparatory to great deeds, my eye fcl l ou 
the fly if fly it may be called, which I enclose to you. * ou will see that 
its workmanship is not remarkable for deUea^ but it hw d^e good 
service notwithstanding. Rough as it is. it allured and killed Wtecnor 
twenty shad last Summer on the Housatonic River. A bit of white rag 
and a hook, as you see, make up the whole. Last .Juno, not to be be- 
hind others. I started to try forahad with a fly. and wishing to get to some 
place less frequented than Holyoke and other places on the Connecticut, 
hit on the dam at Derby on the Housatonic. A ten railo ride in the cnr. 
from Now Haven brought me to my journey's end, where I found an ex- 
cellent hotel In a beautiful old town on the banks of the river, remark- 
able for Its fine old elms, ns well as for tho busy stir of its manufactur- 
ing industry. A messenger dispatched from the house soon brought me 
a boatman, who agreed to be on hand at sun up and sun dowu during 
ray visit Wo went for two days, morning and evening, with almost 
unvarying fortune. I took but a single shad, though I worked conscien- 
tiously. The water was turbid, owing to tho breaking away of darns 
above during a freshet shortly before; so I retnrned with but iUe o lhc 
credit of my rod. I was not, however, by any means dissatisfied with 
mv janut . Tho weather was beautiful, tho scenery charming, tho ac- 
commodations good and within ten minutes' wnik from the ground, 
while the fishing, ns I heard on all hands, had also beon good until the 
waters became train for fly-ll«hing. I heard what others had aono and 
could see for myself what shad Ashing is and must be. And here I agree 
with one of your correspondents that it is not fly-fishing at all. 
pleasant of a warm afternoon to lie In your bout under <^^ a dow’ofihe 
great dam. where the air Is cooled by the falling waters, and the rays of 
me sun pass high over your head, striking the surface of ‘he 'vuter . 
hundred or two yards below, aud hope for a bite and u fight. I don t say 
a rise, for there is no such thing. Fishing with stout trout gear your line 
unravels thirty, forty, or fifty yards or more, as / ou plt, “"; 3 y 
the swift waters below the dam, Just as I have fished for striped buss 
a hundred times with a minnow or shrimp. There is no rise or 
of the water by the fish, and none of that electric ^nimnniMtlo that 
passes from the break on the surface of the water to tho hand of the an- 
uler even before an ounce of weight is felt, to be succeeded by the sharp 
strike with the rod and the struggle, ns In true tly-flshtng It h 
fl-h, to be sure, and the killing and landing requires skU) but ho caet 
tho rise and tho stroke arc not there. How is it possible that it should 
be otherwise with fifty yards or more of lluo trolling down a swift rnn- 
ntng stream*! while you are standing on a level with the water your rod 
bent by mere force of the current as it would be thy a large to te qmet 
water? It is not fly-Ashlng-certainly not n L^Zd the lender 
a nleasiint pastime; the surroundings nro agreeable, and the lender 
mouth of the fish necessitates delicate and careful handling lo 4 nnd i him 
in triumph. Therefore I welcome shad rod fishing as a real addition to 
our sports. „ _ „ 
■Vhen I left, my boatman -whether It was sarcasm I wou t surmisc- 
cave me the enclosed fly as one which, in his hands, had done Rood act- 
ual service, and as a specimen of those used by tho natives In thoo 
parts Its coarseness, If it fail to instruct, may amuse, in view of the 
refinement as to precise shade of feather and delicacy of makewWch 
are considered so absolutely necessary to success by many good ongl 
I confess that I have not the faith in oil this nicety that I nboaU l h i, 
though I welcome the feeling which induces the belief, even If cam 
to the verge of affectation. It is a part of our stock in trade and con ^ 
uiestoil.el.alo with which we like to .urroniid the ^nllo an. 
since some fifteen years ago, at the forks of the beautiful M “ I V h|0r 
Cape Breton, I took a fifteen pound salmon will. » bimcn or 
picked from my beard (it is gray now), ami tied on the spot, I ®* 0< _ 
afraid, fallen unwittingly from grace on this point 
