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the next three years thmuiny law that might be passed, though strit- 
gent even to prohibition. Laws can be disregarded and pnnishmuni 
esc aped, but if the brush heap is not looked out for, the penalty — a 
most vexations one -must be paid. At the same time we w<’nld 
never have, tree or bush along a water c ourse cut down cxcct t for 
good and suQicient reasons — never in mere wanionue.'^a— never to 
spoil fishing, but always in the loug run to help it. The practice 
which is so common, of entirely clearing away the willows and 
alders that naturally fringe the meadow brooks, is not only a very 
destructive one to the fish, but, in the end, nndotibtodly does more 
harm than good to that very interest— often called, we believe, good 
husb.»Ddry— which prompts their removal. 
\Ve have only one other suggestion to moke now, and that we 
will put in the form of an incident. S »me seven or eight years ago 
a friend of onrs took a number of male and female trout, a dozen 
pairs we think, from his pri/ate pond in the month of August, snd 
quietly placed them in a little brook with a short run— first satisfy- 
ing himself by the most careful scrutiny of what had long been 
understood to be the fact, that there were no longer any trout in it. 
Circumstances p; evented him from looking after his venture. But 
three or four years later the discovery was suddenly made that this 
little condemned brook was full of trout, and a number of large 
size— donbiless the original colonists— were taken from it. But 
plenty of their descendants still survive, though their number is 
yearly diminishing. Our friend should have dropped some small 
but bushy trees over a few of the best pools, so that they could not 
be depopulated without the Sicrifioe of many hooks and lines and a 
deal of annoyance on the part of the too greedy fislirraen 'this 
brook properly protected would doubtUss have yearly contribiiteil 
its full quota of growing fish to the larger s:rcam to which it is 
tribiitarr. 
Everyman likes nowand then a plate of brook trout upon his 
table. Many men and in^st boys love to catch them. There is no 
reason in the nature of the case why such simple and hoaltlifu) and 
natural tastes should not be gratified, even here in those old Ver- 
mont townships. 
But there is another and very weighty consideration bearing upon 
thi- ina ter, that of ihrifi. Every suininer titkes increasing Ihoii- 
satids of city people into the cxinlry, and many of (belittle vil ages. 
rural neigliborhoods and ipiiet farm h 'ti-ies of oiir State are geiuug 
to be places of favorite re-ort. Among these welcome visitors are 
h'lu .red.'i a tth whom out door exeicises and recrt-atioiis, particularly 
pi tiittcsol (bissori, a~e the chief motive and object. One of the 
first inquiries in fact that such p opie nsnaily make when the atttac- 
tious of any particular place are being considered, is as to the 
ojtporiunities it oilers fi»r .-port with the rod and gun. 
By protecting certidn of the best po »ls here and there, fo that 
there shad ulwavs be some uiiimute place of refuge for the be- 
leag»i.'refi trout which the line of tlie fisherman cannot easily reach, 
by goiugwell lip tiie iributariesof the largerstreams and judiciously 
f> lling trees in the way. aud lor the purpose we have iud eateJ and, 
last but not least, by ellectually sheiieriug with brush the spring 
runs to which the adult fish n sori or inro which they have been put, 
as the spawning season approaches; by taking these simple meas- 
ures it is our belief that the larger streams and the lower and more 
readily accessible parts of ihcdr tributaries can ere long be made to 
yield, if not their ancient harv4sts, still a very sure and satisfying 
supply, both for the fastidious angler who makes his captures with 
gossamer tackle, and for the crotenod stick of the alder-pole fisher- 
man who fi^hes for the sake of the fish. 
We commend these simple but, as we flatter ourselves, sensible 
suggestions to the earnest consideration, first of the various protec- 
tive club^ and associations that arc formed or are forming in many 
parts of the 6latc, next to hotel-keepers, and those larmeis whose 
houses are op. n to city boarders during the summer mouths, then 
to the land owners through whose grounds the>e tront streams flow, 
and finally to all who are in dny degree interested in a subject now 
everywlure engrossing so much arieiitiou— the oeticr protection 
and increase of food ai.d game fif>hfi6.—Iiutlan(i Htratd. 
Montreal has reorganized her Fi^h and Game protection clnh. 
A meeting was held on the 19th, Mr. McKay in (hr chair. Tne com- 
mittee appointed at the preliminary meeting presented a draft of a 
constitution and by-laws, which, with some slight amendments, 
w’ere passed. The following gentlemen were then elected office- 
bearers for the ensuing year: President, McPherson Le.Moyne; V. 
Pres., F. W. L. Penlon; Sec., A. N. Shewan; Tiea*., W. H. Rin- 
toul. Committee — Messrs. Jas. Esdaile, R. H. Kilby, F. J. Brady, 
E. M. Copeiand, II. W. King, Maurice Cuvillier, Geo. A. Drum- 
mond, Henry McKay Legal Adviser, W. H. Kerr. The ruthless 
slaughter of fish and game in the breeding season by thoughtless 
people were criticised in unmeasured terms, ami the meeting was 
unanimous in tlie opinion that unless something was speedily done 
to put a Slop to it we would soon have both forest and stream bar- 
ren of the game and fish w*li ch was at one lime so abundant. The 
b.iHs and pickerel— two of our finest lUli- were alluded to as having 
almost totally dl.-tappeared from our rivers from the use of trawl 
and other nets used in the small streams, whicli captured the fish by 
the cartload when they were on the way to their spawning grounds 
The President was authorized to commiinicata with the Xaiionai 
Sportsmen’s As-'oeiation. 
A PREPosTKROL's STORY is before us of chickens halched from 
eggs 1200 years old. '1 hey arc said to have been found on the site 
of the old abbey of St. Denis in Paris, and mu-t, from their pcsition, 
have been laid w'hen the abbey wa.s in its first existence. A savant 
was consulU d, ami the eggs were put under a hen which hatched 
out a brood of chickens, etc. The story is told circuinsuntially, 
and but for llie “whopper” w ilh which it starts iii'glit pass. This 
bogus literature is not clever nor runny; it is simnly lying, uiid not 
fine lying either. Meanw hile, it d tea great harm; it brings incredu- 
lity on matters that are really true, though being rare they may 
seem improbable, and tlius the unlearned are prejudiced against 
truth itself, while falsehood is disseminated and multiplied. 
Prof. Baird, the Tnitcd :^tate8 fish commissioner, has located a 
house for hatching shad at Point Pleasant, on the Potomac river, 
about 30 miles from Washiugton. The work thus far has been very 
satisfactory and it is expected that six or eight million yimng shad 
wil* be hatched out by the 15th of June. They will be usedio 
stock the Mississippi valley rivers. Another fish house will soon be 
located on the Delaware. river. 
Bison Hunting. 
BY ISAAC McLELLAX. 
* ♦ Where the glittering, snowy thrones 
O.^ the Rocky Mountains it >lift their cones. 
In the grassy plains and valleys around. 
One endless pu-ture of fiowery ground. 
The taw ny herds of the Bison rove, 
Or brow se in the sha«le of oukcii grove, 
Or pause at the brimming river's biiiik, 
.^eeKing the geliu nectar to drink. 
Endless and conntle-s, rank on rank, 
M'ith the wanior bulls on either flank. 
The browsing herd sweeps over the plain 
That skirts the granite mountain chain; 
Now, idly loitering as they pass 
'1 o crop the tender sptingiug grass; 
No A, clattering s ift in mad affr glit 
As panic-struck they take to flight. 
When the taint of danger infects the gale 
And they sniilT the Indian on their trail. 
The savage armeth with spear and bow, 
The Blackfoot warrior and tribe of the Crow, 
lie vaults to the back of his desert horse— 
Afar from the camp he takes his course; 
With swooping ^logan, with rattling rein, 
Ills snorting steed he iroads o'er the plain; 
With ©winging lariat, with brandish'd spear, 
Galloping far in hot career. 
it is a glorious sight to see 
The lawless rider, the courser fre ■! 
Like yelling fiends the tribes are out. 
With flourish'd lances, with frantic shout, 
Each ))luiiie of feathers, eacli scalp-lock iress, 
Stream in the wind of the wilderness; 
Wnile fast and fur in desperate race 
S^peeds on the bison, speeds on the chase. 
No gaping ravine in.»y check their way, 
No chasm w here gr zzly bear may lay, 
Nor bdiling torrent, nor swampy pool, 
Nor turbulent river, ford!es.*J and cool. 
On like an avalanche, on the)' speed. 
The reckless rider, the snorting steed; 
O'er lea'/nes of prairie they fleetly sweep. 
Down craggy gulches they heudhmg leap. 
Breasting the river's rushing tine, , 
The spoil and spoiler side by side. 
When the game, hard pressed, doth panting fail; 
When Ins clumsy ©trength may no more avail, 
The painted demons around them wheel, 
They draw tho bow. and ply the steel; 
Thro' brain and marrow they hurl the lance; 
Like bolts of lightning their arrows glance, 
And soon the verdurous pa©ture ig spread 
With bleeding carcasses of the dead. 
Oft times these tribes of the de.^ert-way 
Enfold in league-wide circles tbeirprey, 
They urge them on with whoop and with yell 
To a cliff (hat beetletli over I lie dell. 
And tin re from the precipice, sheer and steep. 
They force the fiightencd hcrci to leap. 
But ott s. me veteran of the herd 
Turns on his track, to fury stirr'd, 
Forsakes his flying ten thousand mates. 
And the shock of the headlong hnnt awaits; 
lie paws the earth with angry hoof, 
He warns the foe that tliey keep aloof. 
He lashes his sides with tufted tail, 
Ills brawny haunches glisten like mail. 
He shakes his matted front and his inane. 
He bellows with frantic fury and pai ; 
With ebon horn and brow like a targe 
lie threatens with death whoever charge; 
And dying, he tramples and gores in dust 
His wild assailant and foe accurst. 
Tuk Horned Owl.— Of all birds the horned owl is the most re- 
vcieuin Tailary, and is con©ider.*d a bird of good omen, from Aie 
fact that oucc upon a time, the Khan of Khans cha.«cd by his ene- 
mies took refuge in a wood, and secreted himself under a tree in 
which was «iti iig a horned ow i. Hi© pursuers followed, but seeing 
the bird sitting in solemiv silence and concluding that no bird would 
remain there so quiet U anyone were hidden near the spot, left the 
place withoiii instituting a se.ircli. The Khan remained concealed 
until night came on w hen he stole hack in safety to his followers. 
Ever since the greatest revert ncc has been show n the bird, and the 
natives all wear the feathers in their caps as charms. 
Doi;s IN Louisiana.— Section 1201 of tke revised statuti s of Lou- 
isiana, reads as follows: “From and after the pa8.«age of this act, all 
dogs ow’ned by citizens of this State, shall he and are hereby de- 
clared to be p'Tsonal properly of such citizens, and shall be placed 
on the same guarant«0‘4 of law a-* all other effects and property now 
legally declaied to bo per.'-onal property.” 'I'he above act was pas- 
sed in the year IS.'jrt. game law' pu-sed the lower house la>t ses- 
sion ol the Legislature, but ilid not become a law for want of linit 
before adjournment. Wc hope for a game law ne^t winter. 
A Ute INDIA.N' wlien in Denver, Colorado, selling his robes, wrs 
told (hat a complaint h id been made to the Indian Agents that their 
ponies were eating up all the grass near their lodges. The Indian 
says: “Ugh, white man run off poor Indian pony. Let nm white 
man run off grasshopper, he eat um grass, wheat, corn, every’.hiDg 
a heap; white man drive away Indian pony but no drive gratshopper. 
“You arc from the countiy, ate you not, sir?” asked a city cleik 
of a Quaker, w ho had just arrived. “Yes.” “Well, here is an essty 
on the rearing of calves.” “That,” said Aminadab, as he turned to 
9 o> “thee had best present to thy mother.” 
LIBBA^Y TABLE. 
pENX Montiilt 'for June includes “The Month;” “Electric 
Phen-meua in the Rocky Mountains;” “Labor Reform;” “Indus- 
trial Education;” “ Hawaiian Reciprocity Treaty;” “1 he American 
Evangelists in England,” and “ Ismailia.” Of thesearticles the brief 
one on the Rocky Mountains is of most interest to our readers, and 
space permitting, we may reproduce it. The growth of ideas in 
reference to game protection and out-door sport, finds a reproduction 
curiously enongh in the article on Industrial Education. The writer 
says: “It is a marvelous fact that, though a century of our exist- 
ence has passed, such important subjects of legislative thought as 
the preservation of the forests, game laws and piscicnltore, are but 
on the eve of arresting our attention, and of pointing to the great 
truth that we live not for ourselves alone, but to tiansmit a share 
of the great prosperity we enjoy to those who are to succeed us.” 
Popular Science for June. We have a table set with good 
things. Miss Youman's paper on “ Toadstools and Mushrooms,” a 
too brief explanation of a subject very imperfectly understood, and 
generally given over to the dominion of ignorant prejudice. The 
fungi growing in swampy, moist lands, charged with miasma 
and inhabited by low 4.y])es of animal life, arc often unhealthy. But 
those growing on upland and drained pasture are fit for human con- 
sumption to a much larger extent than most of us are aw'are. A 
vast amount of greenstuff and vegetable growth is rejected by the 
American cook, which is profitably used by other nations, especially 
the Frenchman, who has a gift for bringing common sense, if not 
science, to bear on the selections and practice of the cuisine. “Are 
Languages Institutions?” “The Conservative Design of Organic 
Disease;” “ The Microscope and Its Misinterpretations;” Dr. Ab- 
bott on “The Migration of Inland Birds,” is a pleasing paper on a 
subject of much interest. Where do our birds go in the winter? 
The far-flyers, like the wild goose and swallow, are not the only 
migrators. Our smaller birds move away from their summer haunts, 
aid a knowledge of their habits in this respect is essential to any 
rightly devised system of protective game law’. “Savagism and 
Civilization” is an extract from Mr. Bancroft's, the Pacific ethnolo- 
gist, famous work on the Indian tribes and their languages. 
“ Forests and Rainfall” is a short communication to the French 
.\cademy of Sciences on a very important and imperfectly unier- 
stooil subject. “ The Cyclone in the Universe;” “ A Cnrious Ques- 
tion of Horse Ribs;” “ Geographical Work of 1874,” and “ Wood's 
Discoveries at Ephesus;” with the usual raisccllanoous appendix, 
make up a valuable number of varied interest. 
Blackwood’s for May comes, late. The weighty article is the 
continuation of Lord Lytton's speecfies; a continuation of travels 
in the Himalayan range. The China war of 186 *, and a review of 
certain new books, make up a heavy number, in which current 
topics have small place. 
Monograph on i\i^G€nus Leucosticte, (Swainson) or Gray-crowned 
Finches, by Robert Ridgv^y. This is an interesting report though 
largely composed of tabular detail, contains much reading matter, 
in that pleasing, almost poetic, style for which the writer is well 
known. 
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Brook Trout. — A. Palmer, of Boscoble, Wis., writes thus about 
this topic of supreme interest: — “While this is not the fish for the 
million, as the amount which can be raised is limited, yet it is a great 
favorite with the angler and epicure, and is better adapted to culti- 
vation in private ponds than any other fish yet experimented with. 
Althongh naturally very w ild, it is easily domesticated, and with a 
little petting becomes as tame as a kitten. They are easily bred, 
and grow rapidly, although they don't produce as much spawn as 
some fish, yet a sufficient amount to trouble the breeder to find 
water to raise the fish in, each female producing from five to eight 
hundred spawn at two years old, and about double that amount at 
three years old; but they cannot be raiseii to advantage in any other 
than spring or brook water. This may be either hard or soft, but 
not largely impregnated with minerals. Trout, m their natural state, 
prefer active water of even temperature, but still they do well in 
pond water if there is a continual supply of fresh water running 
into them, and will stand a temperature of sixty-five or seventy 
degrees; but water which runs up to a high temperature will not 
raise as many trout as that of more even temperature. The same 
applies to still water. They are great consumers of oxygen, and cold 
water contains more than warm water, and running water more 
than pond water. In building ponds we try to have a fall from one 
pond to another to carry this property into the water. We find in 
transporting trout that as long as the cars are moving they need but 
little attention, but if they stop for a short time the water must be 
agitated. They are cheaply raised. Being cold-blooded, they w’astc 
no food in keeping up the heat of the body, and ponds w'hich have 
been built a few ytars, as well as brooks, produce a large amount of 
insects and cmslucea, and marly enough to feed what trout the 
water w ill hear. I am feeding about fifty thousand ranging fiom two 
to eightetn iuches in length, (he larger portion small, and they wilt 
not eat a beef liver a day. Milk curds, any lean meat that is fre©h, 
or other kinds of fish, make good food for them . In connection 
with other farming, a .«mall spring that is perpetual will pay to im- 
prove, while many farms in the State contain water cnougli to raise 
more pounds of meat than all the arable land would, if cultivated, 
ami the products of it Ad to cattle and hogs, and the building of 
the ponds would not cost as much «s the necessary buildings to 
make, the stock comfortable. The stock to start with would cost 
less; the necessary seed for the farm would more than feed the 
trout; the labor of feeding and caring for the cattle and hoes wouhl 
be much greater than that of the trout; then if lam right, and I 
think 1 liave been liln ral, the trout will pay the best by the differ- 
ence of fencing, plowing, seeding, harvesting and threshing, and 
will come into market in le.'^s time than the cattle, and pretty near 
IS soon as the hog. While there is much for the new beginner to 
learn, 1 think he can get a knowledge of it as easi y as he could of 
their nature and habits. And while in one case he would apply to 
ho cattle-breeders for information, in the other he would go to 
some well-informed fl-h breeder.” 
If SethTGreen i? right, you can take your wife fishing with you. 
He says fishes are not frightened by talking; they have no sense of 
nearing, but Jeiome says they see out of water and so the hat of the 
season might startle them; perhaps it's as well not to take the women 
along. 
