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Reiche Bros., 55 Chatham street. The United States Gov- 
ernment, whieh doesn’t mind “turning an honest penny,” 
when opportunity affords, charged eight dollars duty on the 
“animile,” which was cheerfully (?) paid, since, ‘‘Where 
duty calls, I must obey;” and as the moose remarked, it 
was the latest style of ‘‘calling” moose outside of Parrsboro’. 
We hope to have infiuence enough at Washington to have 
the duty on moose so much increased that it will be 
no object for the critters to cross the line. {[f any 
gentleman outside of the Custom House can sce any- 
thing funny in the remarks foregoing, he is welcome to 
a copy of this number of our paper free gratis for nothing. 
—William C. Prime, Esq., has been hunting in the Adi- 
rondacks, and sends a letter from St. Regis Lake to the 
Journal ef Commerce, in which he writes: ‘‘In the autumn 
deer do not often come down to the water for feed as in 
summer, when the grass is fresh and green and the lily 
pads are beginning to grow. It is tolerably certain that a 
deer found swimming in November has been driven by 
dogs. Watching for deer in pleasant weather is not un- 
pleasant occupation for a man who knows how to do noth- 
ing. A watching point is generally one which commands 
an extensive view of water and land, and the watcher has 
simply to sit, or stand, or lie, and keep his eyes open in all 
directions. The dogs are put out wherever in the forests 
it is thought that the deer can be found, but when they 
have started the race no one can tell where it will lead. 
Thus, if the deer be put up on the slope of St. Regis moun- 
tain, he may go to Follansbee Junior pond, three miles 
north, or to St. Regis pond, as far west, or to Big Clear on 
the south, or to St. Regis Lake on the east, or to Spectacle, 
or Spitfire, or even to Barnum or Osgood; and there are a 
dozen other lakes, in any one of which he may seek to 
wash away the scent and throw his pursuers off the track. 
The watchers in a hunt are therefore scattered miles apart, 
each one taking a position on one of the customary run- 
ways, for the deer generally run on the same tracks through 
the forest. Hunting in this manner is necessarily, there- 
fore a very quiet business, except for the few moments 
when the deer is coming in and shot or missed. If he 
takes to the water out of rifle reach he must be pursued in 
the boat, and there is little pleasure in thus overtaking him.” 
—The Yacht Eva, of the New York Yacht Squadron, 
and a party of gentlemen are up the James river on a shoot- 
ing excursion. 
—A hunting party from Webster, West Va., encountered 
fearful weather in the mountains last week, snow falling 
to the depth of sixteen inches, and remaining on the ground 
several days. They killed eleven deer, captured a bear 
alive and brought him home, and shot small game enough 
to’ supply their commissary. The mountaineers of West 
Virginia don’t like strangers. They have always raised ob- 
jections to hunters from a distance, who, as they say, run 
off the game. Parties from Virginia always calculate upon 
losing one half their dogs, shot by the mountaincers. 
—There is very fair hunting in Bryan, Liberty, and 
McIntosh counties, in Georgia, along the line of the At- 
lantic and Gulf Railway. Messrs. Brailsford and Thomas 
keep packs of hounds, and so also do Randolph Spalding’s 
Sons, on Sapelo Island. Every one keeps pointers, and 
game exists in great variety—deer, bears, turkeys, quail, 
snipe, and woodcock, besides otter, coons, mink, and opos- 
sums, The area of forest has increased since the war, and 
game has multiplied apace. There are no hotels or houses 
for entertainment; the sportsman must go prepared to 
camp, but the planters are kind hearted, and know a gen- 
tleman when they see him, The hunting season is now 
well on. 
—A letter from Grafton, Vt., November 8d. says:— 
“We have but very few sportsmen here, and not a good 
bird dog in town. Partridges are unusually plenty, and a 
few sportsmen with good dogs would undoubtedly find 
first rate sport, if accustomed to a rough country. Foxes 
are out in numbers; one local hunter has killed seven with- 
in afew days. We also have a pretty good show of coons. 
A party from Providence, R. 1, a few days since took 
about adozen in three nights. We have a fine hotel here 
at reasonable prices; for a few years past it has been much 
frequented during the summer months by parties desiring 
quiet and our good country air. Messrs. F'. and H. Phelps, 
the proprietors, would be pleased to see a few good sports- 
men.” 
—The Phenix Gun Club of Brooklyn held a friendly 
pigeon shoot at Dexter’s Ground, L. I., last week. The 
pirds were in prime condition, most of them flying direct 
from the trap at the word “pull.” It will be seen from the 
score that the shooting was very poor, as when a club is 
successful in getting good strong pigeons, the birds test the 
capacity of the shooters, and generally fly off unharmed. 
There were 120 birds shot at, and only 67 birds killed; 21 
yards rise, 15 birds each. 

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—Flere is what even Nova Scotia papers style an extra- 
ordinary moose hunt. We quote:— 
“Last Sunday, Capt. Joseph Newcomb, in schooner 
Pride of the North, while crossing from Parrsboro’ to Port 
Williams, espied a moose about midway of the Basin, 
making from Parrsboro’ to Blomidon. He manned his 
boat and made chase. He got a bowline about her, towed 
her to the vessel, hoisted her on board, where he butchered 
her, and on his arrival at Port Williams sold the meat for 
twenty-two dollars,” 

FIFTH CONTEST! FOR THE AMATEUR 
AT CREEDMOOR. 
—On Saturday last the weather was most auspicious. 
The day was dark and cloudy, and rain was threatening. 
Notwithstanding the inclemency of the weather the con- 
testents for the much coveted prize assembed fifteen in 
number at Creedmoor, and though the rain poured down 
and the wind blew, the shooting was of an excellent char- 
acter. Under all circumstances the result was remarkable, 
the average comparing favorably with that of any previous 
match, and the winning score equalling that made by Capt. 
Bodine in August last. Mr. J. P. M. Richards, of the 7th 
Regiment, having scored 27 out of a possible 28, making 
six buli’s eyes and a centre, thus securing the badge for a 
second time. In our last issue an error occurred which we 
now correct. The matches for the Amateur Rifle Badge have 
been won so far as follows :— 
RIFLE CLUB BADGE. 

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Aus Orn, “John Bodine: 7h .c. cee crcl ve ¢  cbomseerdtoetioacbdoctonne 27 
Ben miSthragde te Mey RUCHARCS sia: 5inn claaete eeietiae aPsatstee si atake oer va elaine 26 
Noy. 1st. Robert Omand.... 25 
INOW Sule a, ay OU, ERMOMAT CLS 21.15. tda saa atatgersisisra elds tiecsaya/sf8 tel eierelsi sys rie 20 
In the match of yesterday it is to be regretted that press 
of business preventedfmany of our leading shots from being 
present, neither Mr. Bodine or Captain Wingate or Mr. 
Omand having been on the ground. We trust this match 
will not conclude the most pleasant contests of the Amateur 
Rifle Club. Another year we hope will see this association 
with a notable increase of numbers. The spirit which has 
characterized its members has been excellent, and in years 
to come the Amateurs will be remembered not only by 
seniority but by merit, as having given the initial movement 
to rifle shooting at Creedmoor. It will be in the ranks of 
the Amateur Rifle Club that the best marksmen will be 
found, and when Wimbledon competes with Creedmoor, 
they will take the post of honor. 
MATCH FOR THE AMATEUR RIFLE CLUB BADGE, NOVEMBER 8. 
Seven shots at 







Name. Arm. 500 yds. Total. 
J. P. M. Richards....... Sharpe§Sporting............ 434444 27 
G. W. Hamilton......... Sharpe Sporting....... 343444 25 
TH Se Ooulin Sete sci Sharpe Sporting............f 844443: 25 
A. V. Canfield, Jr....... Remington Sporting........344333 3 23 
8. J. Kellogg, Sr... ..3%, Remington Sporting........ 8334333 22 
W. Robertson.........- Remington Sporting........ 233833438— 21 
GW ies Westley re scjasby cies Sharpe Sporting............ 33243 3 3— 21 
UNA Ea ema Le ee ets Le Remington Sporting... .... 2 4d 23. 78 20) 
Tad Ce BUNCE ih ss) attract’ Sharpe Military............. 2238222 4— 7 
Captain Ross........... Remington Sporting........ 330044 3— bi 
Col. Gildersleeve........ Ward) Bartomseen gaa a 023340 3— 15 
Phos! Lloyds. se 55: Sharpe Military............. 0223:0 0 4— 11 
ANAT ORG. 20 es eres! «0 Remington Sporting........ 202000 3— a 
D. Cameron. ...Remington Sporting........ 030002 2— a 
ey I aber an dees fie Maynard. 5. tects waadden- 000220 0— 4 
Weather cloudy; light bad; rain falling during the match; wind blow- 
ing irregularly. 
After the match a sweepstakes took place which was 
won by Mr. Lloyd. The following scores were made :— 

Name. Arm. Score. 
TROSs LOY Cs cee aici cee: Sharpes qecscna hemes as 83834 16 
Col, Gildersleeve, ......... Ward Burton.... 28384— 15 
Silas GAUIOR easton seas ee Maynard 2 gov cwanetasaen tas 24243— 138 
Before the match some very fine shooting was made by 
Mr. A. V. Canfield, Jr., of the 22d Regt., with a Remington 
sporting rifle, the following being the score:— 

UNESCO tre cider oun soceeBeobe Aapcopoabee dance cepenerc 44383333— 2B 
4444343— 26 
0443302 16 
APPLEGAte, 2.02. cece eee esate ne sheer Uenpececice teeters see aedejz 65 
It may be seen that Mr. Canfield repeated this number 
(23) at the regular match. Perhaps it is unwise when shoot- 
ing for a match for contestants to work too much before 
hand, as it sometimes fatigues the eye and hand, and takes 
off their freshness; 26 at.800 yards in a possible 28 is very 
wonderful shooting. This match for the Amateur Badge 
showed the excellent quality of the Sharpe’s rifle. 
Next Saturday, Nov. 15th, the match for the Remington 
Diamond Badge will take place. The terms upon which 
this magniticent Diamond Challenge Badge valued at two 
hundred and fifty dollars and presented to the National 
Rifle Association by Messrs. E. Remington & Sons, will be 
shot for, have been fully given by us in our last number. 
Distances—500, 800 and a 1,000 yards. Badge to be won 
three times, not necessarily consecutive, before becoming 
the property of the owner; open only to members of the 
Association. Weapon—any breech-loading rifle. 
The presentation of this badge will do much to stimulate 
long range firing, which in its turn will do more than any- 
thing else to build up expert marksmen and develope the 
best kind of rifles and amunition. The gentlemen rifle- 
men at Creedmoor take no stock in any gun for the gun’s 
sake but ‘shoot. to win,” and would abandon their most 
cherished rifles for a flint lock Queen’s Arm ina moment, if 
they could make a higher score with it. The terms of the 
match show a practical acquaintance with the necessities of 
a match of this description which will command gencral 
approval, particularly the clause prohibiting competitors 
from practicing on the day of a match, and it may not be 
improper to remark that the members of the Rifle Associa- 
tion are indebted for them as well as for the idea of the 
badge itself to Mr. A. Alford, who has always manifested 
the strongest interest in anything pertaining to rifle practice 
and the welfare of the Association. 


—This appeared in a New York paper one hundred 
years ago: 
“Whereas, the subscriber intends to leave the province 
early next spring, this is to inform the Public that he has 
on hand a parcel of Indian dressed deer skins, fit to make 
breeches, likewise, mill-leather, large and small, the neatest 
braces for breeches-makers, shammoy, sheep-skins fit to 
make negro breeches, sorted in dozens to suit country mer- 
chants; likewise, a variety of buck and doe-skin breeches 
and gloves made in the neatest manner; a small quantity of 
wool. The above articles he will dispose of very reason- 
ably. Joseph Lester, living near the Fly market, New 
York,” 


Art and Mrama. 
LAURA KEENE. 
Se ee 
O successful professional career is more exciting and 
more fascinatingly triumphant than that of a theat- 
rical star; no reputation is so evanescent and so soon en- 
tirely forgotten. The recent death of Miss Laura Keene, 
and the flippant way it has been in many instances alluded 
to by the press, form a sad comment on our propositions. 
More than twenty years ago, Mr. James W. Wallack, 5Sr., 
while in London, in search of some “‘bright light,” saw 
‘Miss Laura” on the stage and at once comprehended her 
superior talents, and made the arrangements that trans- 
ferred her to the western world. On the trip across the 
Atlantic there occurred an incident that Miss Keene, in 
years gone by, related with great gusto. To beguile the 
time of the voyage she consented on one occasion to recite 
“The Maniac.” Her success was great and cordially ac- 
knowledged, but the incident was embalmed in her mem- 
ory by the subsequent receipt, when on shore, of a box of 
the finest gloves, apresent in token of her dramatic powers, 
from A. T. Stewart, the merchant prince of New York. 
Her advent before a New York audience was at Wallack’s, 
corner Broome street, when, in 1852, she assumed the rolé 
of ‘leading lady” of the company. No actress was ever 
more successful from the start than she, for in a few weeks 
she carried the town, and for the time reigned supreme. 
Between Miss Keene and Miss Ellen Tree (not the subse- 
quent Mrs. Kean) we always fancied there were strong re- 
semblances. The personal appearance of each was so 
slender that the least taking away would have suggested 
attenuation. The voice was one of the chief charms of 
each, and in the plaintive notes and sad expressions they 
were echoes and reflections of each other. It is, therefore, 
unnecessary to say that Miss Keene, in her younger and 
successfu’ days, was the representative of perfect refine- 
ment. 
The popular tradition is that she was as an unknown 
child, a bar maid in one of the public houses contiguous to 
a leading London theatre; this is but a paraphrase, prob- 
ably, ofthe history of Nell Gwynne. Bohemian biographers 
generally start their heroes and heroines at some point 
where the writer has easiest access to inspiration. Miss 
Keene has, unfortunately, left no authentic record of her 
girlhood and early struggles. She stamped her humble 
origin, however, by once remarking to a friend that she 
had ‘‘worked in afactory.” Here was indeed the last place 
in the wide world we should have looked for the bright 
spirit that once wielded sucha charm; and in the lowly 
surroundings of factory life, we can easily conceive there 
wasthat neglect of juvenile training that probably made 
Miss Keene’s whole life a struggle between one of the most 
beautiful natures and worst possible childhood training. 
She commenced her professional career in thé perform- 
ance of the simplest parts, her fragile figure naturally car- 
rying her into the ballet; but her intellectual superiority 
soon made way to preferment. Once comprehending her 
own abilities, she was suddenly inspired with an over- 
whelming ambition that soon became absorbing, and to the 
day of her death made her a martyr to the achievement of 
guecess. Industrious as the ‘‘busy bee,” untiring as time 
itself, she fretted through her allotted years, never taking 
a breathing spell, never loitering on her journey through 
life,but even to the last, when the long wear «nd tear of con- 
sumption had left her scarcely a physical representative, 
her mind, in its restlessness, throbbed in its fragile and 
battered casement, and her bright unrivalled eye flashed 
at the conception of some conceived triumph. 
Miss Keene divided admiration by the possession of un- 
usual genius as an actress and wonderful judgment as a 
manager. Her appreciation of an untried play was better 
than any contemporary; it was almost fate. This great 
and rare power was illustrated in a wonderful degree when, 
as manager of the Olympic, she had in her stock company 
Jefferson, Owens, and Sothern. Whatever may be now 
the triumphs of these gentlemen, they are largely indebted 
to Laura Keene’s sagacity as a manager for their present 
success. It was she Who purchased from Tom Taylor the 
MS play of ‘‘Our American Cousin.” When she gave out 
the assignment of parts there was a pandemonium of rage 
and disappointment behind the scenes. We believe not 
an actor or actress who had standing enough to protest, 
that did not denounce the play, and what they were ex- 
pected to do with it. Mr. Sothern, at the risk of a law 
suit with the “plucky Laura,” threw up the part of Lord 
Dundreary, and Jefferson, who was by the just judgment 
of Miss Keene to have the tide turned in his favor that 
would lead to fortune, fretted and fumec, and then, as a 
sensible, good-natured man as he is,gave us Asa Trenchard, 
the illustration of which was to develop into his Rip Van 
Winkle. . 
On the night oi the presentation of “Our American 
Cousin” so much opposition had been expressed to its per- 
formance that even Miss Keene’s firmness for once 
wavered, and she looked forward to the result with the 
greatest anxiety. The call for tickets was in the morning 
decidedly dull. About noon a committee of firemen 
waited upon her and said they desired a number of seats 
and expected to obtain them, if possible, at half price. 
Miss Keene said, ‘‘if you will, with your friends, come to 
the theatre to-night and enthusiastically applaud Lord Dun- 
dreary and Asa Trenchard, but take no notice of me, I'll 
give you all a free admission with pleasure.” 
The firemen, of course, were delighted, and at night pre- 
sented themselves at the play. Whenever Lord Dundreary 
a 
