VOL. XXVIII. NO. 15. PHILLIPS, MAINE, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1905. PRICE 3 CENTS

SPORTSMEN’S SUPPLIES j SPORTSMEN’S SUPPLIES Fish and Game Oddities. SPORTSMEN’S SUPPLIES SPORTSMEN’S SUPPLIES

While fishing near Chadd’s Ford a couple of days ago a visitor made a re­ markable catch. He hooked a 10-pound WINCHESTER carp and h d it on the bank when the M£7a l h c c A fin m m hook pulled from its m^uth and it RIFLE AND PISTOL CARTF OGES l No matter how hard your pack pulls ,//, flopped into the water. As it did so on the “ tump line” it’s best to keep ,“ 1' Winchester Rifle and Pistol Cartridges of your "rifle ready—when the trail leads another hook was fastened in its hard through deer country. back fin and so hooked it was played all calibers are loaded by machinery which Your fusilade will not be stopped by with for nearly an hour before being Vi sizes the shells, supplies the exact quantity a misfire or a jammed cartridge if you landed.—West Chester (Pa.) Local of powder, and seats the bullets properly. shoot U. M. C. CARTRIDGES. They News. make the deer drop his flag. By using first-class materials and this Made for Marlin, Remington, Stevens, Bear’s Paws. up-to-date system of loading, the reputation Winchester or any standard rifles of Portland was considerably stirred up any caliber. a short time ago by the discovery of of Winchester Cartridges for accuracy, Send for Game Lazos and Guide Directory. what the police supposed to be the reliability and excellence is maintained. bones of a man’s hand. The bones They cost no more than inferior makes. THE UNION METALLIC CARTRIDGE CO., had been thrown on a rubbish dump Ask for them, and insist upon getting them. and somebody accidentally found them. Agency, 313 Broadway, New York City. to ^ Depot, 86-88 First S t , San Francisco, Cal. Bridgeport, Conn. The whole police department was set to THEY SHOOT WHERE YOU HOLD work with the result that they learned that the bones v.hat were supposed to be the remains of a man, were only RANGELEY LAKE HOUSE, bear’s paws, having been skinned and To Camp Owners. thrown away by Mr. W. D. Hinds, the DON’T FORGET THE ’05 EDITION, Many owners of camps who h a v e RANGELEY, LAKES, RANGELEY, MAINE. Portland taxidermist. M a in e W o o d s regularly but who h a v e Sportsmen’s Guide Book Those who plan to visit the Rangeley Lakes and are not yet booked, should write for 1905 Shot In Right Spot. had no camp news in our columns for a illustrated booklet to They are telling a pretty good story “ In The Maine Woods.” long time past, if ever, would do well at the expense of a Commercial trav­ to send us a little news about their peo­ RANGELEY LAKES HOTEL COMPANY, Rangeley, Maine, eler. It seems the drummer had never Bangor & Aroostook R. R. ple and their attractions. We would John B. Marble, President. Henry M. Burrows, Treasurer. done any hunting and was very anxious print it and it would pay the c a m p s to shoot a deer. He hired a guide, who 192 pages, over 100 half-tone and color well. We like to have mail sent to us took him to a favorable place and after illustrations. Sent for 10 cents in stamps. as early as Monday for the current Address Dept. I. a while showed him a good big buck week, when possible. ANNOUNCEMENT. C. C. BROWN, G. P. & T. A., standing broad side to. The drummer Bangor, Maine. J. W. B r a c k e t t C o ., E WISH to announce to the public that we have leased a large territory at the foot of took a very careful aim and when he Kennebago lake and have built there a set of camps which we will open to our pa­ Phillips, Maine. W trons and friends the coming season. This new establishment in connection with fired the deer dropped. Before they our camps at Beaver Pond will give our guests the manifold advantages of a very large tract in which to hunt and fish. Our guests will be able to get both lake and stream fishing reached the deer, the guide said “ Mr. and fish of excellent size both salmon and trout may be had. We have our own steamboat on ----- , where did you hit him?” “ Oh,” Kennebago lake, also buckboards making two or more trips daily from Rangeley Lake House T H E RANGELEY LAKES. to connect with our steamers. Daily mail service is assured, also both telephone and tele­ said the drummer, “ right back of the graph connections. All telegrams will be immediately forwarded from Rangeley. We wish shoulders, just where you told me. I TH E VA CA TIO N SEASO N is not complete without a trip to to say that either of our establishments are ideal places for women and children. The alti­ tude is high, 2000 feet, thus making hay fever and like diseases unknown. Our terms are was very careful to hold the gun on this region. $2.00 per day per person; $1.25 for guides’ board. We furnish reliable guides on application. T H E RUM FORD F A L L S LIN E reaches direct and makes Parties can leave Boston at 9 o’clock a. m., on either the Eastern or Western division of the just the right spot.” Examination Boston & Maine railroad for Portland, Maine Central to Farmington and the Sandy River proved that the deer was shot in the close connections with the steamers for all points on the Lakes. and Phillips & Rangeley railroads to Rangeley. or from Portland via Maine Central to Rum- THROUGH PU LLM AN PA R LO R C A R S between Portland ford Junction, Portland & Rumford Falls railroad to South Rangeley and the Rangeley head and now the drummer is paying Lakes steamboats to Rangeley. From Rangeley our buckboards convey parties direct to our and Oquossoc during the Tourist Season. the cigars to the customers all along camps. All inquiries cheerfully answered. Write us early for any particulars; we are sure Booklet and time table mailed upon application to we can satisfy you. We make special rates by the month. Let us hear from you that we his route, as the guide told of it, and may reserve some of our best accommodations for you. Address ______R. C. BRA D FO RD . Traffic Manager, Portland, Maine. every drummer in the state has heard Ed Grant & Sons., Kennebago or Beaver Pond, Me. of it, with the result that the customers were all posted up very promptly. “ It’s magnificent W A L T E R I). HINDS, Bears In the Street. 15; at Joheres camp guiding Dr. Styles but it’s not war.” Maine’s Leading Taxidermist, Portland, Me. and Dr. Johnson of New Britain, Conn. In a write up o f the magic city of Under Lafayette Hotel. They secured four fine deer and a large Millinocket in Maine, the Millinocktt What is it? 642 Congress Street. moose that weighed 840 pounds. Journal says: k on < During that first summer wild ani­ Merely a few tro­ than other kinds. Write for prices. phies of the hunt W . H. Hatch, Cornish, Me. BROWN TAIL WAR. mals that had formerly roamed over the town site and by the dam site had in the E. A . BUCK

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SPORTSMEN’S SUPPLIES [ SPORTSMEN’S SUPPLIES SPORTSMEN’S SUPPLIES J _ SPORTSMEN’S SUPPLIES two deer, both from Carrabassett sta­ tion. F. M. Richards, Farmington, three deer heads. S. L. Crosby, Ban­ T H E BRAND gor, one deer head. A. Steel, Boston, two deer. Ardine Blake, Farmington, ----- OF ------two deer. Geo. M. Jackson, New The Laflin & Rand Calendar York, two deer. — . In the above record of shipments, where Carrabassett or Bigelow is men­ tioned, the name is used to signify the MUNITION place from which the game was shipped for 1906 and does not necessarily mean the place Which has attained Popularity where it was shot. As a matter of fact the larger part of the game mentioned will be issued in December to those who send us the was killed in the Dead River region and Because of Superiority. was shipped via Bigelow or Carrabas­ sett. name of the brand of powder they shoot and 10 cents The Wednesday train had on board a buck and doe for Lafe Dustin of Shaw- in coin or stamps. mut, two bucks for W. E. Fiske of Manufactured by Ashton, R. I., and a-doe for Harry W y­ Don’t forget full name and street number. man o f Farmington. This i s Mr. Fiske’ s first trip into the woods of this STATES CARTRIDGE COMPANY, region. He hunted this time at Har­ Address Advertising Division, low’s Camps. Lowell, Mass., U. S. A. Sportsmen’s Show In Boston. Dr. Heber Bi hop, chairman of the Fly Rod’ s Note Book. HUNTERS IN KINGFIELD, fisheries committee, and Richard E. Laflin & Rand Powder Co., j Follett, general manager of the Boston . Sportsmen’s show to be given in Boston The good fortune of friends on their EX-SHERIFF J. ARDINE BLAKE OF this winter, entertained the Sports­ hunting trips causes me to wish that I 170 Broadway, New York City, j men's Show Fisheries committee and conld once again, with my trusty Win­ FARMINGTON SHOOTS BIG BUCK. others at the Copley Square Hotel on chester, follow the trail of the deer Some of the Recent Game Shipments Over Wednesday evening of last week. Din­ through the valley and over the moun­ tain. the Franklin & Megautic Railroad. ner was served at 6.30 to Dr. Bishop, RANGELEY YEARS AGO time very few railroads in the United Richard E. Follett, Mr. Harrie B. Coe My friend, Mr. Fred O’Connell, who Hunting About Kingfield Is Said to Be States. of Portland, member of the executive is with the Quebec Central Railway Fairly ood, but Snow Is a Trifle WHEN BIG FISH WERE ABOUT ALL Mr. Rangeley's friend and compan­ committee, Dr. George W. Field and company and is one of the best among ion was Squire Were (pronounced Crusty. Hon. John W. Delano of Boston, mem­ THAT WAS THERE. the Canadian hunters in that quaint old Ware) who came from England either [Special correspondence to Maine Woods.] bers of the Massachusetts Fish and with or at about the same time that walled city of Quebec, is now receiving ! Squire Rangeley, the Man, and Some of K i n g f i e l d , Nov. 15, 1905. Game commission, J. W. Brackett of Mr. Rangeley came, settling at Farm­ congratulations on the size of the j The hunting conditions in town have i the Maine Fish and Game commission His Peculiar and Old-Fashioned Ways. ington Falls upon a plot of ground that moose he recently shot on the Jacques been very good the last few days, al- arid Dr. Frank M. Johnson of Boston, M a i n e W o o d s m a n has had the privi­ had been the burying ground of the Cartier limits, a great moose country in though the cold weather has made the the well-known author and authority lege of copying a letter addressed to Norridgewock tribe of Indians. the Lake John’s and Saguenay district upon fish. snow somewhat crusty. Squire Gilbert by James Rangeley, Later on Mr. Ran eley’s son mar­ much frequented by Quebec sportsmen. Later in the evening biogj aph pic­ Mr. J. Ardine Blake of Farmington who then lived at Farmington Falls and ried a daughter of Mr. Were. Mr. The Canadian papers have a goo . deal tures were shown of a moose hunt in has been in town hunting and has had New Brunswick and fishing a t the was a well-known millwright of his Were and his family left Maine more to say of Mr. O’Connell’s moose and the best of good luck. Tuesday Mr. Rangeley lakes The biograph pictures time. than 60 years ago. Mr. Were died at from the Quebec Daily Telegram I proved to be a great success and they Blake shipped a buck home that he shot The letter is the property of Mr. Prince Edward Island. learn it is the finest specimen brought wi 1 be a great attraction. here that weighed o n the station Leonard Atwood of Farmington Falls! Mr. Were was a great sportsman and to that city this season and in fact only scales 237 pounds. It is seldom that and is very highly prized by him. he not only enjoyed catching the big a few of that size have been killed. Roland Withee of Farmington got such a fine deer is shot in this section. two fine buck deer in Madrid last week. Strangers and sportsmen visiting the trout from the Rangeley lakes but he The spread of the antlers was 52 inches The well-known fur buyer, A. L. Dol- famous Rangeley lakes might wonder fished other waters of the state and he with 20 points, all perfect. bier of Farmington, was in town Tues­ Send Us Hunting Stories. how the two granite millstones which was an enthusiastic gunner. Now come down to the Rangeley day on his return from a trip to Strat­ Our readers are requested to send us surmount the north end of the dam at This letter has been kept by a son of lakes and tackle a 10-pound landlocked ton and Eustis. Mr. Dolbier had in his hunting stories. There are plenty of the Rangeley outlet, came to be there. Major Gilbert, John Galbraith who now salmon, my friend. collection of furs some particularly fine things to write us. Tell us where you Those unacquainted might very natur­ lives at Farm ngton Falls. On the train last week I was most j specimens of mink, sable and fisher as go and what you see. Address, M a i n e ally assume that they had been hauled Mr. Atwood will place this letter in a happy to meet my friend, George B. ^ well as some good fox skins. He says W o o d s , Phillips, Maine. there by the Rumford Falls & Rangeley nice frame and loan it to the Rangeley Goodwin, one of the Rangeley guides, j that foxes are very plenty this fall, al­ Lakes railroad as they command a posi­ Lake House and finally deposit it in the who came from Upper Dam that morn­ though at the present time the fur is A Guaranteed Cure For Piles. tion only a few feet from that com­ Farmington Free Public library to be ing. “ What about the hunting at Up­ per Dam?’ ’ I asked. hardly prime. Itching, Blind, Bleeding or Protruding Piles- pany’s track. preserved. Your druggist will refund money if Pazo Oint­ “ Never was it better and all who Last Tuesday week 19 deer were ment fails to cure you in 6 to 14 days. 50 cts. These millstones are probably the We give herewith the letter in full: wanted deer got them. The Chadwick shipped from Carrabassett station, be­ only handiwork left in the Rangeley F a r m i n g t o n H i l l , July 3, 1834. boys shot two fine bucks last Saturday sides a deer from Kingfield, shot by Dr. WANTS, FOR SALE, ETC. country which bears any connection to Squire Gilbert: over back of the garden.” Geoige is now on his way to Florida O. P. Porter of Lawrence, Mass., and a Price i cent a word each insertion. James Rangeley, they being a part of Dear Sir—Major Rups informs me where he will pass the winter in the small bear, shot by Robert Campbell of Stamps or cash with order. the mill that he speaks of in the fore you will have finished for him this employ of Mr. John L. Inglis, one of Farmington. This bear was killed near going letter. Time changes all things week; this is therefore to say that I Jacksonville’s wealthy gentlemen. Mr. should be obliged if you would, immedi­ the iron bridge in Kingfield. WANTS. and we have a most striking illustra­ Inglis, a friend of Col. Bisbee, came to j ately thereupon come and finish the Upper Dam this summer for his first Mr. S. J. Wyman, Kingfield’s popu­ tion of it here in the fact that Mr material Part of my mill, that is to say lar dry goods man, has secured a good TATANTED—A small farm or camp in the state trip. He had George Goodwin for of Maine. Address the Main e W oods In­ Rangeley located his mill at the outlet the flume, the Great Breastwheel, guide and spent most of the time living sized deer this fall. formation Bureau, Phillips, Maine. of the dam where he built a mill for the two shafts with their Drums and the out of doors and found George such a A partial record of deer and other necessary Cog wheels etc., and Mr. game shipped over the line of the the purposes of sawing lumber and goud cook he has hired him for the win­ FO R SA L E . Brailey may. if he chooses, finish the ter as cook on his handsome new pleas­ Franklin & Megantic railroad includes grinding grain with nrobably no thought J Crosscut Saws and the Slip for hauling ure boat, the “ Tuna,” an 86-foot naph­ the following: G A M P FOR SALE.—A public fishing and hunt- up. You will therefore each have a Oct. 30. H. R. Hedgee, Boston, two ing camp in a desirable location—a money­ that the march of civilization would lay tha launch that was built for him in maker for sale. J. W . Brackett, Phillips, Me. a railroad track which would pass di­ Department, which will prevent any in­ Boston and is now on the way south, buck deer, weighing 100 and 150 terference with each other. where it will cruise in the Florida ounds Shipped from Bigelow. H. J. 'TRAPPERS—Now is the time you want my dry rectly through the center of his mill if foble, Boston, two does from Bigelow, land and snow set fox and mink method. I will give you two dolla-s per day waters until spring. S Price and testimonials for a stamp. Jesse Bent­ it was standing today. wage for yourself, and the usual wage h . G. Barker, two bucks; A. J. Wat­ ley, Arlington, Vt. At the time when he built his mill, for your Journeyman or apprentice. It was among the first hunters of the son, one buck, one doe; W. Davis, one Please let me have your immediate buck, one doe, all from Bigelow to FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE-Cornet. 16 "g a -” the nearest market for transportation season I met on the train about the gun,cr 32 revolver, Stevens Favorite. Want answer directed for me to Care of Worcester, Mass. Walter Hoyt, Wal­ rifle or Hammerless gun. Box 164, Deerfield. was Hallowell and the lumber manu­ middle of October, a well-known Bos­ Capt. Whitney, Phillips, allsosendm ea ton sportsman, Mr. H. H Chandler, a tham, Mass., two deer from Carrabas­ Mass. factured by him had to be drawn verbal answere per Major Rups. It is State street banker whom the readers sett. S. W. Flagenheimer, Brooklyn, F O R SALE—30-30 Winchester Carbine, Pistol one doe; Henry Nichlson, Brooklyn, throu ;h the wilderness lying between important to me to have your reply of the M a i n e W o o d s will remember, Grip. Stock and fore end checked. Ideal without Delay. I am, with great Re­ made his first trip to Rangeley this two does, both from Carrabassett. No. 3 L' ading Tool and 125-grain, short range Phillips and Rangeley and thence to spect, Dear Sir, Oct. 31. C. J. Crocker, Pine Point, Bullet Mould. Gun shot eight times and guar­ Hallowell by team. Little did he think summer season and the reports of his anteed A l order. $15.00. Percy J. Bowker, Your ob’ t Serv’t, salmon fishing while a guest of the one buck deer from Bigelow. F. Nes- Wakefield, Mass. then that his mill would ever be reached J a m e s R a n g e l e y . meth, Lowell, Mass., one doe from Big­ Rangeley Lake House were often en­ ’U'OR SALE—One pen of Full Blooded Pekin by a railroad, for there were at that Mr. Darwin Prescott, an aged and re­ vied. Mr. and Mrs. Chandler were so elow. A. M. Thompson, Manchester, Ducks for breeding purposes, consisting of 7 N. H., two bucks from Bigelow. B. S. spected resident of this town was seen charmed with the Rangeley s they are j ducks and 3 drakes- These are the finest birds to talking of having a camp built there. Cothell, Boston, one buck from Bige­ be seen in this part of the state and will be sold by M a i n e W o o d s for further particu­ cheap for cash or desirable exchange. Address TAXIDERMISTS Mr. Chandler, who is r.ot only a good low. G. F. Downing, New York, one at once. Walter E. McLain, New Vineyard, Me. lars regarding Mr. Rangeley. fisherman but hunter as well, was on doe from Carrabassett. Mr. Prescott informed us that James the first of Oc’ ober in camp on Spotted Nov. 4. J. Tisson, New York, two RANGELEY LAKE COTTAGE LOTS. Very TH E S. L. CROSBY CO., does from Bigelow. Jacob Wirth, Bos­ desirable. Rangeley Cottage Co. Enquire of H. Rangeley had two sons, John and James mountain with John Rufus Wilbur for M. Burrows, Rangeley Lake House, Rangeley, or ton, one buck deer and one bear. Dr. J. W . Brackett, Phillips, Me. Leading Taxidermists of Jr. He does not think that either of guide. There he spent the first two weeks of the glorious weather and shot Wm. Pillsbury, Boston, one doe. Geo. America. them are living. When James Range- two fine deer. The skin of one was McL. Presson, Farmington, one bear A Modest SuggestiveNovelty ley sold out in Rangeley he moved his mounted by Crosby Co., taxidermist, (from King & Bartlett Camps). Ward Bangor, - - Maine. and is, as a mat in the office, a proof of Talpy, Wilton depot, one bear. A. E. SEND 60 CENTS family to Farmington and from there, Desmond, Bath, one deer. (stamps taken) for Chas. L. Harnden, Agent, Rangeley. later, to Hallowell. the good hunting at Rangeley. a beautiful Trout Herbert Wilbur, who twice a week Nov. 3. A. B. Pike, Livermore Fly Watch Charm Send for Price List. One daughter died in Rangeley of made the trail from Rangeley to camp Falls, one deer from Carrabassett. O. to be sent to your Roys. Livermore Falls, one deer from address prepaid. consumption. According to the custom bringing mail, supplies, etc., shot a big A perfect trout fly Carrabassett. C. F. Rowell, Wilton, of the times she was left to die in a doe on his way in one day, as he was enclosed between NASH OF MAINE.; bringing Mr. Chandler a rifle. one deer from Carrabassett. glass crystals aiul room by herself. Nov. 6. E. Burbank, Kingfield, one surrounded by guar* Mr. Chandler used a Winchester 33 anteed gold plamfl Licensed Taxidermist, Mr. Rangeley was very particular and one deer he shot at a distance of 35 deer from Crrrabassett. E. Boley, band. about business matters. At the time yards away as he was making full Cleveland, Ohio, two deer, Bigelow. J. Given free for tw o NORWAY, - - - MAINE. T. Sherman, Brooklyn, N. Y., two deer s u b s c r i ptiona t he erected his mill he first employed a speed. I call that good shooting. j Maine W oods a c­ I trust among the first comers at the from Bigelow. J. B. Moss, Worcester, companied by $2.0#1 Branch at Haines Landing May to millright by the name of Viles. He One of the about Rangeleys another season to greet Mr. one deer from Bigelow. C. S. Mar­ shall, Wercester, two deer from Bige­ must be a new sub* October 20. Gold Medal on both Fish used to bother Viles considerably with and Mrs. Chandler. H prihpn numerous questions, so that one day low. MAINE WOODS. and Game at World’s Fair, St. Louis. Nov. 7. Four deer and one bear from ! Phillips, Me Viles refused to talk. Then Mr. Range- My friend, Prof. Mimyon, is able to Inventor of the famous Mezzo style i express much real philosophy in poetry, Bigelow. ley remarked, “ Well Mr. Viles, I have : as the following from his pen which he Nov. 8. O. P. Porter, M. D., Law­ of mounting fish,, no further use for you, so you may g o .’ ’ sent me will prove and I think it is rence, Mass., one buck deer from King- | worthy of a place in my note book in field. PRINTING TALK the M a i n e W o o d s . Nov. 10. R. J. Lord, White Rock, If you want to know Fox Hunting. j one deer from Bigelow. Mabel A. Har- ; “ Fight on, ! low, Oakland, one deer from Carrabas­ D. E. Heywood of Rangeley has been | Act now; don’t wait for chance or fate To bring the prize, sett. where to get good doing a good deal of fox hunting this Seize now the rope that’s held by hope Nov. 11. E. Ingalls, Kingfield, one We are constantly making estimates And realize. M a i n e W o o d s fall. He informs that Climb high; don’t stop; there’s room on top buck deer from Bigelow. F. M. Van- for printing of various kinds. The re­ he never tried fox hunting until this Where eagles fly, wohy, New York, two deer from Bige­ sult is that we get our share of the big Above the mass and doubting class low. C. P. Davis, Farmington, one HUNTING year but he is growing fond of it. He Great honors lie. jobs as well as the small, and we hav# Don’t cringe, don’t flinch should fortune pinch deer from Bigelow. C. E. Prescott, takes Al Sprague’s fox hound, Sam. And ali seem lost. Farmington, two deer from King & j grown to feel that nothing is too large or desire circulars, Dan and Sam start a fox nearly every With might and main try, TRY again Bartlett. E. A. Reed, Lewiston, one for us to print. We like to get up descriptive At any cost. day and they get a good proportion of deer from Bigelow. D. C. Blanking- ! small business cards. matter or information regarding Fight on; don t yield life’s battlefield Big catalogue! them. To friend or foe. ship, Marion, Mass., two deer from are also in our line, in fact big or little, Hotels or Camps in MAINE' Press to the front, receive the brunt 'Carrabassett. And strike the blow. Nov. 13. C. E. Keen, Mechanic anything that can be printed by any­ Kennebago Scenery at Show. Be brave, be true in all you do; •v HUNTING or FISHING Rf- Hold honor high, Falls, one buck deer from Bigelow. body anywhere, can be done right here. GIONS, address Mr. Francis West of Boston and Be sure you’re right, then force the fight Geo. H. Rock, New Bedford, Mass., There are many reasons why the people And win or die.” two buck deer. H. J. Eames, Wilton, Kineo, a well-known scenic artist and F ly R o d . who read this should have us do their Phillips, Me., Nov. 15, 1905. one deer from Carrabassett. MAINE WOODS INFORMATION sportsman, has been at Kennebago this Nov. 14. L. J. Young, Haverhill, work. week for the purpose of sketching a Mass., two deer from Carrabassett. L. BUREAU, scene looking towards Little Kenne­ To Cure a Cold In One Day E. Adam3, Haverhill, Mass., one deer J. W. BRACKETT CO., bago. It is to be shown at the Boston Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All from Carrabassett. A. B. Smith, Bos­ Sportsmen’s show in connection with a druggists refund the money if it fails to cure. ton, two deer; T. W. Liman, Boston, W. W. Grove’s signature is on each box. 25c. Phillips, - • Maine Phillips, - •* Maine. view of Mt. Kineo. 4 MAINE WOODS, NOVEMBER 17, 1905.

MAINE WOODS, TRAPPED e ig h t y y e a r s a g o . NEWHOUSE BEAR TRAPS The 1906 No. 50 for small bear, weight 11 1-4 PHILLIPS MAINE. MOOSE HUNTER WHO SAYS HE RAN lbs., spread of jaws, 9 inches. ___ !__ . FASTER THAN MOOSE. No. 150 with offset jaws weight 11 1-4 lbs., spread of jaws 9 inches. B r a c k e t t C o m p a n y , J. W. Publishers. ------DuPont Calendar No. 5 common black bear weight j. W. BRACKETT, Editor and Manager. Guide Who Has Been at it Longer Than 19 lbs., spread of jav s 11 3-4 inches Any Other In the Maine Woods. No. 15 for large bear weight 19 lbs. CLARENCE E. CALDEN Associate M’g ’r. Will be sent you jf you send us the spread of jaws, 11 3-4 inches. While the wind whistled defiantly brand name of the po wder you shoot These traps have a world-wide Issued Weekly. $1.00 a Year. about a little cottage among the hills and 10 cents in coin or stamps; reputation and are absolutely guar­ anteed. They have stood the test Main e W oods solicits communications and fish of Bingham, Me., with a vast mass of Distribution in December. fer 50 years. and game photographs from its readers. snow banked up to the eaves and an Important: Give full name and When ordering the address of your paper j occasional lynx sounding a screaming Every genuine Newhouse trap is changed, please give the old as well as new ad- | street address. Send to stamped challenge in accompaniment to the dress. If you want it stopped, pay to date and say so. weird harmony of the gale, Nathan B. j Advertising Division, S. NEWHOUSE " Main e W oods Information Bureau gives infor- | Moore, now the oldest and most famous ONEIDA COMMUNITY mation on Summer _ Resorts and Fishing and j of the guides in the Pine Tree state, Shooting. Boston office, 147 Summer St., with j first absorbed, in front of the olJ- E. I. DuPont Company, N. Y. Boston Home Journal.

fasnioned shoemakers’ bench at which MANUFACTURED BY This Edition of Maine Woods 5,550. his father sat, those lessons in wood­ Wilmington, Del. craft which formed the basis for his ONEIDA COMMUNITY, LTD., Oneida, N. Y. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1905. knowledge of Maine’s immense tracts Branch Facto.y: Niaga^ a Falls, Ontario, Can. Address all communications to Dept. L. of forest wilderness and their native only a short distance from his dwelling, Commissioners of Inland Fisheries and inhabitants. a railroad which will tap the wilderness HOTELS AND CAMPS HOTELS AND CAMPS. Game of the State of Maine. His first knowledge was gained where he roamed for practically the when he was seven years of age. The : L. T. Car le to n , Chairman, Augusta, whole of his lifetime. GAME SHOOTING subsequent spring he had his initial ex­ We go Hunting at * J. W. Bra c k e tt, Phillips, He was married to Sarah Spalding of perience in trapping, and he has fol­ Where are are you going? Why, to E. E. R ing, Secretary, Augusta. ! Bingham when he was 20 years of age, BILLY SOULE’S Jim Harlow’s lowed it to this day. When he first es­ October 27, 1838. They have four SUPERINTENDENT OF HATCHERIES. sayed the capture of small fur-bearing children, six grandchildren and seven Pleasant Island Camps, Black Brook Camps creatures he was not muscular enough W . E. B er ry, Winthrop. great-grandchildren and every Thanks­ to set the steel traps and his father Cupsuptic Lake, Maine. of course, where there is more game STATE FISH HATCHERIES AND NAMES OF giving the big family of four genera­ SUPERINTENDENTS. would fix the steel jaws at home. The P. O. Address, Haines Landing, Me. shot, than any other camp in the Dead tions gather about the dinner table River Region. 23 bucks taken by one Lake Auburn, J. F. Stanley, Supt.,East Auburn; | lad would take the apparatus to where with an immense turkey before them. party in 10 day’s hunting last fall, also Caribou, Grant Hinds, Supt., Caribou; Sebago he had arranged his “ fence” in a brook During his life Mr. Moore has farmed holds the record for black bear hunting. Lake Hatchery, C. L. Floyd, Supt., Raymond; and wait for a muskrat or mink to be Rangeley Lakes Hatchery, Arthur Briggs, Supt., to some extent, but his principal oc­ Partridge shooting cannot be equaled. caught in it. Then he would carry the Pickford’s Camps Good moose hunting. You are sure of Oquossoc; Carleton Brook Feeding Station, , W A. cupations have been in connection with The only public Log Camps on Whiting, Supt., Winthrop; Monmouth Hatchery, animal, trap and all, and when the game at these camps, and the terms life in the woods. He was a river driv­ are only $1.00 per day. A. W . Wilkins, Supt., Monmouth; Moosehead catch was taken out and the device Rangeley Lake, Maine. Lake Hatchery, F. E. Hitchings, Supt., Green­ er for 47 years and superintended the One mile from Rangeley Village. Induce­ aga n made ready for business back the ments to families for the season. JIM HARLOW, Dead River, Maine. ville Junction; Enfield Hatchery, A. J. Darling, floating of immense quantities of logs boy would carry it to the brook. H ENRY E. PICKFORI). Supt., Enfield. from The Forks to Caratunk falls on Later when he was old enough to go the Kennebec river. Even in that Cash In Advance. into the woods alone he practiced run- j work he was known throughout the M a in e W o o d s will be on a cash in ning steadfastly and he soon acquired AT country as the most daring among this I N T H E advance basis on January 1, 1906. A ll such speed that he never encountered a intrepid class of men. papers not paid for in advance before moose he was unable to catch up with His present pride in his ability to that date will be discontinued and the in a race through the woods. Pinehurst make the best snowshoes and birch Woods of Maine. amounts due collected. Knowledge o f his achievements bark canoes is worthy of the reputation One flight front New J. W. B r a c k e t t C o ., spread among the backwoods settle­ he has made, for the fame of the arti­ King and Bartlett Camps, 2,000 feet York, Boston and Cin­ Phillips, Maine, j ments until he was counted the cham­ cles turned out by him has spread above sea level, unexcelled trout and cinnatii. ______pion in woodcraft of all the white men, throughout the Pine Tree state. Every outdoor sport is W e hope our readers will follow the and there were few Indians who cared salmon fishing, individual cabins, open “ I have kept an actual record of 276 at its height when the suggestion of H. B. Brown, the King to attempt conclusions with him. So i wood fires excellent cuisine, nat- J North is snowbound. moose that I have killed during my ex­ and Bartlett correspondent and write when men from other places and par j ural lithia spring water, magnificent The golf links, o f nine periences in the woods,” Mr. Moore and eighteen holes, are us about red squirrels and partridges. ticularly from Boston, New York and; said recently. “ There can’t be any scenery. Renew your health in the j the best in the South. Philadelphia, began to make it custom The champion tourna­ The Air Gun association of England question about that because my count balsam-laden air of Maine’s ideal resort. to visit the Maine woods in search of ment of the North and South is held is one of the institutions organized in was accurate. I did not, however, game, between 40 and 45 years ago, Address, there annually. 1902. It is supposed to be closely keep any tally of the other animals, but they always sought the most expert There are 35,000 acres of exclusive allied with the soap bubble club of my friends say I have killed 200 caribou H A R R Y M. PIERCE, shooting preserve with expert guides woodsman to accompany them, and and 100 bears. Besides these three I and trained dogs, fine saddle and America. their choice invariably fell on Nathan driving horses, a model dairy, a casino, have of course shot and trapped hun­ King and Bartlett Camps, B. Moore. four hotels under one management C o n g r e s s m a n S h ir a s o f Pennsylva­ dreds of smaller animals, muskrat, It is seldom that the old gentleman Eustis, - - Maine. with prices ranging from $2.50 per nia is making an effort to have all mink, beaver, etc. day upwards, and a splenaid prepar­ undertakes to conduct parties now be­ migratory birds placed under the care “ When I was seven years of age atory school, so that children need cause, while his skill is as great a-s ever notmiss their studies. of the United States government. Let there was a brisk demand for the skins T^OX HUNTERS who have been d i s - ^ ^ ^ ^ and he meets with a good success in appointed of late years in not find- Consumptives are Absolutely Excluded. us hope that he will succeed. of musquash, muskrats they are called ing their game, should visit Phillips, Maine. There Send for descriptive book handsomely illus­ “ kills,” he is unable to tote the heavy are plenty of foxes in this vicinit> and they are ! trated in water colors, free. today and down at the village they were Address General Office. If nature had provided for a large bundles which a few years ago he not trapped or hunted as much as they formerly | offering 50 cents apiece for them, a were. For full information address, PINEHURST, MOORE COMPANY, N. C. percentage of the fish eggs that are handled without difficulty and he feels Maine Woods Information Bureau, Phillips. Me. I veritable fortune to my boyish mind spawned naturally, to hatch out, the he cannot give as satisfactory service and really a high price at that time. I ponds in the state of Maine and else­ to the persons employing him as he had watched the animals at their work THE WILDERNESS BECKONS where that are so far in the backwoods considers they are entitled to. and play in the brook, when I had taken that they are seldom or never fished, Yet he is still known as a guide and at this season of the year, and KINEO is its gateway—COME! The finest *rout fish­ walks away from the house and I told ing in the world, big game in plenty, a net work of lakes and streams, a wild, free, would be overflowing with fish. every year the commissioners of in­ my father I thought I could catch some outdoor life in crisp pure air and glorious sunshine are its attractions. W e make a land fisheries aad game of the state of specialty of completely outfitting campers, canoeists, fishermen and hunters. if he would fix a trap for me. This he A M assachusetts man who wanted Maine send him a license and his name Write for information, consented to do and I went over to the the legislature of his state to pay a occupies a prominent place on the list THE MOUNT KINEO HOUSE, C. A . J udkins, Manager, Kineo, Maine. brook and without any assistance I con­ bounty of $5 on foxes, stated that he of registered guides. structed a sort of fence of twigs, had counted the tracks of 76 foxes in His craving for the life of the woods branches and leaves across the little the snow in a walk of two miles. He ! is as great as ever, but the dignified stream, leaving a little opening or gate, didn’t mention the fact that one fox and sweet-tempered old lady who has COPLEY SQUARE HOTEL, near the shore on one side. Then I went could have made the same number of shared his sorrows and triumphs for home and my father set a small trap tracks. more than 67 years does not like to have Huntington Avenue and Exeter Street. for me which I carefully carried to the him away from her side for very long at Headquarters for the New England Forest Fish and Game Association and Eddie Grant and Wilbur. brook and baited. In a few hours I a time, and in deference to her wishes for Sportsmen in general. A high-class, modern house, convenient to the busi­ A m o n g the stories to appear in had made my first capture and I gin­ he only makes an occasional visit among ness centers. One block from Boston & Albany Huntington Avenue Station. M a in e W o o d s next week, is an illus­ gerly carried trap and animal home, his old haunts, matching his skill Every room has a long distance telephone. Check baggage to Back Bay or trated article written by a friend of where my father killed the muskrat, against the cunning of the wary an­ Huntington Avenue Station. Eddie Grant and John Jay Wilbur, the released his body and reset the trap for imals and testing his endurance by AMOS H. WHIPPLE, Proprietor, Boston, Mass. famous trappers of Rangeley, telling me. Then 1 took it back to the brook walks of many miles through the about some trouble that they had this and waited for another to swim through brush. fall over the question of who is the the little opening and strike his foot Mr. and Mrs. Moore live in a pretty greatest bear hunter. against the carefully secreted pan, little 1 1-2-story cottage on the out­ You Miss a Treat John Jay is shown in a picture with whLh when pressed released the springs *j skirts of Bingham and while they oc­ a bear and a trap and Eddie is caught that snapped the jaws shut. cupy the house alone, several of their * If you don’t read by the artist in the act of killing a bear “ For several weeks I conducted my children reside within easy distance, with a club. amateur trapping operations in this and the old couple are not, therefore, Next week. way and succeeded in securing quite a without the companionship of loved collection o f skins. As I got older I In The Glow Moose Hunters. ones. began to go into the woods for moose W e have several times published sto­ Mr. Moore is slight and wiry in build, and larger game. I never hunted for ries about Nathan B. Moore, the old hardly five feet and six inches in height deer, because in my day they were not hunter and trapper of Bingham and we and not at all in physical characteristics of the Camp Fire; so plemy as they are now and we sought are glad to reproduce this week an in­ the style of a man who would be re­ more for moose and caribou. teresting article from the Waterville garded as skilled in woodcraft and A 160 page book, containing 12 stories by an enthusiasts “ The largest bear I ever shot Sentinel. We think, however, that the famed for his courage in facing the sportsman, founded upon actual incidents in his lifelong inti weighed about 500 pounds. In the writer of the article must have misun­ denizens of the forest. Rather he looks Maine woods they usually run from 300 macy with the woods. Full illustrated, handsomely bound ir derstood what Mr. Moore said about more like a bookkeeper in a city office, green cloth decorated with gold lettering. Sent postpaid oi “ running a moose down. ” If there is whose many years of office service to 400 pounds when fully developed, but larger ones are not unknown, al­ any such thing as a man running fast have contracted his chest and prevent­ receipt of $1.00. though by no means common. enough in the woods to stay within gun­ ed a normal development of his muscles. Price $1.00 prepaid. Given free for two subscriptions t< “ I hear that some people claim moose shot of a moose at the beginning of the Never, however, were appearances M a i n e W o o d s accompanied by $2.00. One of the above mus chase, it is entirely new to the reading more deceptive, f o r while Mr. will not attack men. This is not so. In September and October bulls will be a new subscrioer. public. Andrew Douglass of Eustis, Moore is small in stature, there is not make a rush whenever they see a hu­ the famous old moose hunter says, “ In an ounce of superfluous flesh on his body MAINE WOODS, - - - Phillips, Maine man being and I think will start at five days I can walk down any moose and his suppleness gives evidence of other animals. that ever lived. ” But Andrew takes the storage of an immense amount of five days to perform the operation. surplus energy. “ I have been charged on by angry He captures his moose by tracking him Mr. Moore was born in Bingham, bull moose dozens of times and there and following so close behind that he May 30, 1818, and has lived his life in is no doubt that they would not hesi­ will not stop to feed. He camps on the little town, which is an outpost tate to harm me if they could get close INFORMATION f r e e . the track of the game and starts him of civilization. He well remembers as enough to stamp on me, but my gun never failed me. out at peep of day every morning. It a young man the trips occasionally W c often get enquiries from parties who want a bunch of circulars o f is practically a starve out. When the taken by stage to Portland via Skow- “ When I first went into the woods in my teens I made up my mind that to be moose is sufficiently hungry and foot­ hegan and up to the time he was 75 cam ps and hotels in Maine and of Railroad and Steamboat lines. W e sore he turns on his tormentor and of­ years of age the nearest railroad point successful in hunting moose I must fers a good shot. But run as fast in was 16 miles away. Now, however, he train myself for speedy running and I send these free of charge for the benefit of advertisers in Maine Woods the woods as a moose? Oh, no! witnesses in process of construction never yet have seen the moose that I [Continued on page 5.] and our readers. Maine Woods Information Bureau. Phillips, Maine. MAINE WOODS, NOVEMBER 17, 1905. e

a hog will. The bear roots about among SPORTSMEN’S SUPPLIES SPORTSMEN’S SUPPLIES the leaves in quest of nuts, enters orch­ ards to eat the apples which have fallen on the ground and if they are not there shakes the tree until the fruit comes tumbling about his ears, wherein he It Makes No Difference has the advantage of the hog and re­ what particular kind of shooting- you are interested in—sportsmen diffe>- as to make of guns, advantages of various loads, etc,, but sooner or later most of them HAMMERLESS SPORTING RIFLE sembles the human again. come to the same opinion about ammunition—that The smooth and easy action of this Rifle is the wonder of all When Mr. Bear wakes up from his iportsmen who have fired it. It’s a Repeating Rifle—the magazine winter’s sleep he is an ugly customer holds six cartridges. The cartridges lie side by side—not end to PETERS SHELLS AND eARTRiDKES end —can’t be exploded by jamming. Haminerless—there is no fly­ to meet, for he is thin and hungry and ing hammer to distract the aim. Perfectly balanced-the center have all the other makes beaten in the race for quality and results. See what of gravity remains constant, wl ich isn’t true of other makes. is ready for a fight at an instant’s Absolute safety from the explosion of defective shells—the notice. they have recently accomplished in three chief departments of “the game” : operator is protected by a solid wall of steel —steel made espe­ cially for us. A favotite food of the black bear is RIFLE A t Sea Qlrt* N ' J- Au,?- 24-Sept. 9, Lieut. Tewes won the Wimbledon Cup Match The Savage Hammerless Sporting Rifle is described in detail, the Grand Laflin & Rand Aggregate, the Seabury a-id N. J. Mo nbors’ M itchao- with other models, in our handsome catalogue, free. small insects such as ants and grubs. Lieut. Casey won the Inspector’s Match and Lieut. Smith the Reading Mitch—all u3ing Peters .31 U, S Gov’t, ammunition. In the Spencer and Seabury M itches, Lieut. Casey To get these the bear will pull to pieces made a total of 20 consecutive bull’s-eyes. In the Wimbledon Match seven >f the first ten every rotten stump he comes across. places were won with Peters Cartridges. These evidences of the bear’s grubbing PIS! 01 The pi3to' Championship of the United States competed for Sept. 1-11, was v/x- won ^ j . A. Dietz of New York, scoring 435 out of a possible 5)) with Peters are found in every part o f the Maine .22 Stevens-Pope Armory Cartridges, Standard American Target, 8-i i, Bull’s-eye, distance 50 yards. At Sea Girt, N. J., Aug. 24-Sept. 9. Thomas Anderton won the All-Comsrs, Any woods. When the bear finds a stump Revolver, and Jones Matches, and Lieut. Stedje the Disappearing Target Match, all with Peters Cartridges. Ask your dealer about about which the ants and grubs are Savage Rifles, but write for running in hundreds he lays himself SHOT-GTTN The Consolation Handicap at the Grand American, Ju \e 3), wa3 won by catalogue today. Jas. T. Atkinson, score 99 out of 100, using Peters Ideal Shells. Hirst down beside it. Then poking his snout Amateur Average at the Cincinnati Tournament, Sept. 19-21, won by R. S Rioais, using SAVAGE ARMS COMPANY, 19 Turner Street, Utica, N. Y. Peters Shells. First General Average at the Indianapolis Tournament. Oct. 9-10, won by into the warm rotten wood, he lets the L. H. Reid with the phenomenal score of 392 out of 400, using Peters Factory Loads. insects run all over his snout and licks them off with his long tongue. When THE PETERS CARTRIDGE COMPANY, the available supply has been exhausted THE BLACK BEAR. and forbade his daughter speaking to Bruin pulls the stump apart until he New Y ork : |8 h ^k e l l e r ,’ Manager. Cincinnati, Ohio. the young brave again. Love was in has finished the last o f the insects. BEARS ARE REPORTED AS BEING those days, however, evidently as fiery Another mark is left by Bruin which as in the garden of Eden and the Indian VERY PLENTY THIS FALL. shows he is a frequenter of a certain FOX HUNTING AT BEDFORD. party, broke up and separated at night. maiden stole from her father’s wigwam spot in the “ bear-tree.” When the These hunt9 will be annual events in Some Interesting Facts About Bruin and among the clouds and met her lover by black bear finds another tree where an­ CHASE WAS A GREAT SUCCESS AND the future, an attempt will be made to stealth. The pair took a huge black largely increase the membership before His Ways. Bears Are Said to be Very other of his kind has rubbed or 1 TWO FOXES CAPTURED. bear, the king of all the bears in the scratched he does likewise. There a year from now, when it is hoped to Cross if Disturbed During Their region, into their confidence, and, tel­ seems to be a jealousy existing among Ladies Join In the Chase Along the Con­ have an even better meet than was the Winter’s Sleep. ling him the Manitou would be sure to first one. bears in the matter of height or reach cord River and There Are Twenty- It ill be noticed in our correspond­ punish him if he did not aid the daugh­ and every bear that comes to the tree Seven In All. ence this week that the black bear of ter of the Great Spirit, swore the bear tries to reach up higher and scratch Back Home. (Special corresDondence to M ain e W oods.) Maine is very much in evidence. Our to secrecy and bade him conceal them in the tree deeper than his predecessor. I’ve been up in th’ mountains. correspondents are constantly calling a great cave. In this way the “ bear-tree” becomes Boston, Nov. 13, 1905. For a little spell o’ rest; attention to the fact that these ani­ While the Indian maiden and her lov­ chewed and torn until it looks as though The first hunt of the New England Up where th’ birds an’ trees, an’ brooks er were concealed in the cave a great Are alwus at their best; mals are more than ordinarily numerous a man had been at it with a gouger. Fox Hunting association, which was Away from the din o’ th’ city’s streets. this season, alth >ugh many are killed storm arose. The lightning played Some of the bears that have been held in Bedford and surrounding terri­ Away from the rush o’ trade, ea<.h seas j d . about the top of the mountain and the shot in this region this fall have been tory last week, was one of the most Just lollin’ ’round in th’ lap o’ peace. There are more bears taken in traps, trees were torn from their roots and old stagers, the one shot at King and successful events of the kind ever con­ An’ p’raps I’d oughter stayed A few days more, but I kinder felt however, than are shot, for old or dashed down its side. One great bolt Bartlett Camps by a New York gentle­ ducted in New England, far surpassing That while ’twas nice t’ roam young bruin is a wary animal and if he of lightning struck the ledge over the man weighing nearly 400 pounds in many ways the expectations of even Among th’ trees, an’ by th’ brooks, sees or scents the hunter at once makes entrance of the cave and the rock split the most enthusiastic supporters of the I’d like to get hack home. off through the woods at a record asunder. The entrance to the cave was TRAPPED EIGHTY YEARS AGO. new organization, which is the outcome There ain’t no place for me like that, breaking gait, for he is modest, and closed tight by the falling masses of of the growth and expansion of the old Where I can set around, rock, and the daughter o f the Great [Continued from page 4. [ Brunswick Fur club of Maine, which Knowin’ that I own it all. fain would hide his ugliness in some re­ From the roof down to th’ ground, Manitou and her lover perished. When later transferred to scenes of its great­ mote spot :n the forest. coutd not run down. With neck down There’s certain chairs that fit my back, the storm was at its height the Great est activity to Massachusetts soil. As other chairs don’t do; Black bears are found in Maine in and nose up, so that their antlers are Manitou missed his dauehter from her During the meet two foxes were There’s a bed that’s been my friend for such numbers that they may almost be laid well back and will push back out of wigwam and amid pelting rain and killed, a score were started and chased years, said to be numerous. They are found the way or hold up branches, twigs and An’ a lounge that suits me, too. flashing lightning made his way down with great sport, 73 names were added in every county in the state with the brush which might otherwise impede I like th’ paper on th’ walls, the mountain side in quest of his lost to the membership of the association An’ th’ pictures hangin’ there; exception of the most southerly count­ his progress, a bull moose can make child. The rage and grief of the Mani­ and Bradford Turpin was elected secre­ I like th’ carpets on th’ floors, ies west of Penobscot bay, but are of pretty rapid time through the woods tou were so great that the inhabitants tary Saturday, John E. Cobb, who had An’ th’ scent that’s in th’ air course most numerous in those sections and it was only* after much practice Of homemade bread, an’ bakin’ beans, of the woods were moved to tears, and been previously elected, declining to where the deer and moose are also that I acquired the necessary speed to An’ other things that’s good. shivered lest the great spirit should serve. These were among the chief Cooked by the sweet-faced, gray-haired girl found in greatest numbers in northern keep up with them, but I finally suc­ suspect them of complicity in the disap­ events, but they give very little idea of Who at my side has stood. Hancock, Washington, Penobscot, ceeded. pearance o f his daughter and visit some what the hunt really was. The hunt Strong an’ noble like a queen. Franklin and Somerset counties, and “ Sometimes a moose has led me for For more than forty years, terrible punishment upon them. lasted six days and they were six days the vast region embraced by Piscata 20 miles and the chase has been ex­ Joinin’ in my laughter, The great bear, who had contrived in j of unalloyed pleasure, though the first quis and Aroostook counties, most of citing and thrilling in the extreme, but An’ joinin’ in my tears. the elopement of the young couple, was | day and a part of the second the weath­ I put my arm around her. which is covered with a heavy growth once on the trail I never yet lagged far the most frightened of all the wild crea­ er was very unfavorable for fox hunt­ An’ kiss her precious face, of timber. enough behind to lose sight of the par­ She lays her head down on my breast, tures and, thinking the Manitou might ing, delaying many of those who would Not so many years ago there was a ticular specimen I was after and he It’s her favorite restin’ place. forgive him if he told him where his otherwise have been early arrivals. A I stroke her snowy hair an’ think, bounty offered by the state of $5 on the has invariably fallen before one of my daughter had gone, the bear confessed fox was started in Carlisle the first day That while it’s nice to roam head of each Dear killed. This resulted bullets ere the ending of the day. Of all. The Manitou made the bear lead notwithstanding the poor conditions and Amsng th’ trees, an’ by th’ brooks, in many hunters devoting much time to course there have been times that I I’d ruther be back home. him to the e w e where the young people a thrilling chase followed, six hounds, this business and the result was a dim would have to cover a great stretch of —Thomas Holmes in The Trenton State Gazette. had hidden, and when he came to the | all New England bred, getting after inuation in the number of bears in the country to find a moose yard and on spot and saw what havoc the storm had but not securing the brush. Pilot, state. occasions I have been out a week and wrought, the rage and grief of the owned by W. A. Swan, was in the lead A few years ago the bounty was re­ traveled 100 to 150 miles before I would Had Dyspepsia moved and now bears are much more Great Manitou knew no bounds. He from the start. There were more than come up with a herd. Then I almost March Q, 1904. plenty, as they are hunted only by the seized the huge rocks with his naked a dozen hunters in the chase. invariably met with success. Dear Sirs:— ordinary hunter and trapper, and then, hands and dashed them far down the These are the officers elected at the “ It took me much longer to train I have tried a great number of only when the skin is in prime con­ side of the mountain, then dashed into opening of the event: R. D. Perry, med­ myself to creep up on the moose with­ Brunswick, Me., president; S. S. Davis, icines for dyspepsia, but without effect. dition. Toere is an interesting legend the cave and found his daughter clasped “ L. F.” Atwood’s Bitters is the only out discovery than it did to learn to Philadelphia, W. S. Knowles, Provi­ which tells how the bear came to walk in the arms of her Indian lover, a remedy that has proved satisfactory. run them down. My father and other dence, C. L. Morse, Athol, vice presi­ on all fours. smile of contentment on the faces of Yours truly, old woodsmen always maintained that dents; Bradford S. Turpin, Roxbury, According to this legend the Great both, for the brave had killed his sweet- MRS. ROSE L. AMESb no man but an Indian could creep up secretary; W. B. Stone, Waltham, Manitou, the good spirit of a'l the In­ heart and then himself rather than suf- j Orland, He. to moose. I finally succeeded in doing treasurer; W. H. Simonds, Bedford, dians, dwelt high up on Mt. Katahdin. fer the pangs of suffocation. Dyspeptics, should use only the TWK it, but it was at the cost of no little M. F. H .; W. A. Swan, Charlestown, The Manitou had a beautiful daughter, The Great Monitou was moved to kill "L. F.” Atwood’s Bitters, 35 cent*. effort. N. H.. R. D. Perry (chairman), H. F. a girl as wild and fleet of foot as any the bear, but the great bear pleaded so “ Yes, the inland fisheries and game Fuller, Dedham, W. L Campbell, deer that roamed the woods. In her hard for his life that even the great commissioners send me every year Woonsocket, R. I., H. L. Pierce, Barre, roamings through the forests this mai­ spirit was moved. The bear was on all free a license as a guide. It is very directors. ACCIDENTAL SHOOTING den met a young brave with whom she fours at the feet of the great spirit pleasant to be so remembered. Even There were 22 hunters taking part fell in love and promised to wed. When while making his plea for his life, and though I do not go out with parties the second day, including two women. t le subjtct of her troth was broached the Great Manitou, looking down upon much at the present time I feel that Mrs. L. O. Dennison of Waltham and IN THE GAME SEASON, to the maiden’s father the fiery old the beast, ordered him and all his kind my reputation as a woodsman who Mrs. A. R. Hersom of Newton. One Manitou flew into a great rage. He to remain in that position until he understood his business has not been fox was killed by Mr. Davis of Bedford swore his daughter should marry no­ j should return and bid them rise. Then BY JOHN FRANCIS SPRAGUE. forgotten. ” —Waterville Sentinel. and Mr. Moore of Somerville and sev­ body but a son of M ars, the god of w ai, the Manitou ran up the side of the J mountain with the bodies o f his daugh­ eral others were started, furnishing SAW WILD-CAT. The best treatise on this subject ter and her lover still clasped together some excellent sport. in his arms and disappeared among the The third day there were still more Howard Hill of Old Orchard Was Very that has ever been published. A clouds. He never more appeared be­ hunters present, the hunt being along Much Frightened. A low the top of the mountain, and ever the Concord river. Reynard was neat and attractive booklet. Sent to Doctors since that time all bears have v/alked There has been a report for some started several times, or several of him on all fours. time that a wild cat has been wander­ were started, but each time got safely any address for 20c. Address The bear is a great boxer an i can ing abort in the vicinity of Old Orchard. away, though the sport was excellent. Medicine strike a blow that John L. Sullivan Residents have claimed that they had This lack o f result was explained as MAINE WOODS, would have envied in his palmiest days. heard the animal at night but no one due to the fact that conditions favored With his forepaws the bear can strike ever saw it. the hunted and not the hunter, a state Phillips, - * Maine. Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral is not a blow with the swiftness and skill of a But Howard Hill, the milkman, de­ of affairs much regretted by some of a simple cough syrup. It is a trained boxer and many is the woods­ clares that he has seen the animal. He the enthusiasts, though a good chase strong medicine, a doctor’s man who has found this out to his cost says he was returning to his home in a without a kill was highly satisfactory when he has tried to kill one o f these team a few nights ago when he saw to most o f the old timers under the SPORT INDEED medicine. It cures hard cases, animals with the stroke o f an ax. One something lying beside the road that circumstances. severe and desperate cases, stroke of that great paw will ward off looked like a buffalo robe in the dark­ The third day was a rare good one ------BY ------the mightiest blow and another may ness. As he approached, it moved and for hunting and 27 men and the two chronic cases of asthma, pleu­ THOMAS MARTINDALE. risy, bronchitis, consumption. send the wielder of the ax spinning 20 he saw it was an animal much like an women already mentioned took part in feet from the spot. A black bear will ordinary cat in appearance, but larger. the chase. Nine foxes were started A graphic description of camp life in Ask your doctor about this. It went off and he did not see it again. but the only kill of the day was scored " I have used a great deal of Ayer’s Cherry ascend a tree with the agility o f a cat Maine, finely illustrated by photographs Pectoral for coughs and hard colds on the and does so frequently to get the vari­ He says he was greatly surprised and by F. W. Eddy of Newton, though chest. It has always done me great good. It by the author. Is certainly a most wonderful cough medi­ ous nuts which form a choice bit of his frightened when what he thought to be Mrs. A. R. Hersom peppered one fat cine.” — MIOHABL J. F it z g e r a l d , Medford, book every woods lover N. J. diet. a buffalo robe beside the road began to red fellow in good shape; but he got A should In general appearance the black bear move and disappeared from view. In away and will undoubtedly live to lead have. Price $1.50, postage paid. Given M Made by J. C. A yer Co., Iiowell. Maas. many another hot chase. Aleso manufacturers * ‘ ------o f resembles the hog more than any other his opinion what he saw was a wild-cat. free for two subscriptions to Mains 7 _ SARSAPARILLA. The animal was apparently harmless Several foxes were started Friday the animal. The head, with its round skull, W o o d s accompanied by $2.00. One of PILLS. and his friends whom he has told of the last day of the hunt but none were HAIR VIOOR. sharp snout, short pointed ears and A nvers incident think he must have been mis­ killed. It was a day of excellent sport the above must be a new subscriber. bright, beady eyes, is primarily that of taken and that it was a common house You will hasten recovery by tak- a hog, while the bear will eat anything cat.—-Waterville Sentinel. and it was with keen regret that the MAINE WOODS, - Phillips, Maine. ng one of Ayer’s Pills at bedtime. 6 MAINE WOODS, NOVEMBER 17, 1905. TIME-TABLES nervous energy that would suggest a J. G. Harlow, Dead River. TIME-TABLES Watching For Game. Harrie A. Haskell, Rangeley. The art of watching for game may concentration of every faculty, yet the M. L. French & Co., Otto Ponds Camps, The Forks. Sandy River Railroad. seem to the uninitiated like a small eyes will be working independently of John Prince. Long pond. Portland & Rumford Falls Railway every other sense. Harry A. Pierce, Spencer. Time-Table in Effect, Oct. 9, 1905. matter, but really there is much skill Harlow Bros., Dead River. Time-Table, in Effect Oct. 9, 1905. in properly watching from a “ craws- It is a curious fact that some ani­ N. W . McNaughton, Schoodic. E. G. Gay, Allen’s Mi Is. North Tr’n l Tr’n 3 Tr’n 5 nest” or other advantageous position. mal’s senses will remain awake and on L. P. Swett, Molunkus. A. M. P. M. P. M. the alert while all others are at rest. C. T. Garland, Debsconeag. Trains leave Oquossoc f o r Rumford The fox-hunter, having taken a posi­ Chas. A. Mitchell, Lowelltown. Falls, Lewiston, Portland and Bos­ tion at break of day overlooking a wide A deer, for instance, sleeps soundly S. A Potter, Norcross. ton, 6.50 a. m. Farmington, • lv 11.00 12.10 4.40 while the sense of hearing or smelling Winnie Douglass, Eustis. Trains due to arrive at Oquossoc from field, is suddenly apprised of the fact John L. DeMeyer, Eastbrook. Boston, Portland, Lewiston a n d South Strong, Jas. S. Kennedy, Jackman. Rumford Falls, 6.25 p. m. that the object of his search is within or both are on the alert. Hunters have P. M. Alfred E. Hobbs, Schoodic- Trains run daily except Sunday. Strong, ...... ar at times discovered these animals Geo. H. Gleason, Portage. 12.05 12.30 5.10 range by seeing it in the clearing ten R. C. Br a d f o r d , Traffic Man., Portland, Me. E. A. Boothman, Skinner. Phillips,...... ar 12.30 1.00 5.30 rods from any cover, and it will be a asleep and unconscious of their ap­ Mc-Drnald & Cram, Sherman. E. L. L ovejoy, Supt. Rumford Falls. Me. proach, but such cases are very rare; John H. Walker, Mapleton. mystery to him how it ever got there Holden Bros., Jackman. without his having seen it sooner. It is and, although they are often found ly­ John Webber, Wrentham, Mass. South Tr’n 2 Tr’n 4 Tr’n 6 J. B. Carville, Spring Lake, care of Fish & Maine Central Railroad. A . M. A. M. P. M, the same with deer and other game ing down, they are as quickly startled Game Association, Flagstaff. Bert Haynes, Norcross. From the Rangelevs to the Sporting that moves swiftly and silently. as when found standing, which would C. H. Collins. Norcross. Points in Maine and New Brunswick. Phillips,...... lv 7.30 8.30 1.30 On moonlight nights, or in fog or not be the case if these senses were A. W. Byron, Island Falls. Thomas Gerard, Ja kman. Lv Rangeley...... -11 (0 am not active. Human beings frequently John H. Comey, Emery’s Mills. Phillips...... • • • 1 30 p m 7.60 9.10 1.50 storm, the chances of the game passing F arm ington...... 2 25 acquire the habit of sleeping so lightly Rangeley Lakes Hotel Co., Rangeley. South Strong...... unseen are multiplied. I have watched A. J. Lerned, Fmery’s Mills. Ar Portland...... • •. -5 40 Boston...... 9 05 many times with amateur hunters, that a very light sound of a certain na­ W. S . McKenney, Patten. 8.20 10.00 2.20 C. A. Daisey, Patten. Belgrade ...... 7 40 sat facing in opposite direc­ ture will awaken them. A hunter will F. H. Colson, Wesley. Bingham...... • ••• 11 10 am when we Hartland ...... 9 30 be brought back to self by the rustle of Young & Buxton, Onawa. WESTON LEWIS, Pres. F. N. BEAL, Supt. tions and I have learned that the only W . B. Robinson. Mattawam keag. Bangor ■ * ...... 5 25 safe way is to look over the other fel­ a bush or the snap of a twig, and the Fowler & Mitchell, Patten. Ellsworth...... 7 16 C. W. Porter, Lynn. Mass. Machias...... 9 40 low’s ground as well as that of my appearance of a moving object in ever W . G. Rose, Boston. Mass. Eastport • • ...... 1 1 48 Franklin & Me antic Railway. Calais...... 1 1 43 so dim a light will not escape his no­ Haskell & Brown, Schoodic. Shortest and easiest route to Eustis and the Dead own. Julian K. Viles, Tim, Me. Princeton...... • 12 40 NOON There is really no secret about all tice. W . O. Shaw, South Springfield. Greenville...... ■ .. 10 55 a m River region. Bigney & Rowe, Greenville. Kineo ...... 1 00 p m | Time-Table in Effect, Oct. 9, 1905. this, only the fact that most watchers There has been much written about John Cushman, Sherman. Jackman...... 1 55 the marvelous skill of hunters and Stinson & Tenney, Rockabema. Katahdin Iron Works ...... 9 (5 a m SOUTH. A. M. P. M. P. M. will get weary and forget to watch. Spencer Bros., Norcross. Norcross ...... 5 58 1 Bigelow, lv 11 00 2 00 6 46 The mind soon wanders and with it the plainsmen. Many foolish and impossi­ C. F. Corliss, Cherryfield. Millinocket...... 6 15 i Carrabassett, 11 20 2 25 7 00 T. Pond Camp Association, Eustis. Sherman...... 7 03 ( ar 11 40 3 00 7 30 eyes and the watcher will be found toy­ ble things have been ascribed to their Jordan & Hussey, Sebois. Patten - ...... 1 1 40 ! Kingfield, < A. M. A. M. P. M. trained eyes and keen senses. How­ Cole & Son, Schoodic. Ashland...... • . . . 1 36 pm (lv 7 00 7 05 12 50 ing with his rifle or something he has Isaac W. Greene, Coplin. Caribou ...... 2 40 *N. Freeman, lv 7 0 12 55 picked up from the ground and minutes ever, I was once with a plainsman for Megan tic Fish & Game Association, Box 300, Vanburen ...... 5 35 *Mt. Abram jet.. lv 7 35 Boston, Mass. W inn...... 5 3C a m | Salem 7 20 7 45 1 10 have elapsed before he knows it since several days who proved himself equal Eug. O. Hale, Mgr., Medway. Vanceboro- • • ...... 7 30 •Summit, lv 7 33 8 45 1 12 to almost any romance. He could dis­ F. B. Staples, Wytopitlock. St. John...... ••12 05 NOON ! *W. Freeman, lv 7 35 1 25 he looked over the ground before him. C. A. Spaulding, Caratunk. Fredericton...... • -.11 '‘B a m 1 Strong, ar ; 45 9 10 1 35 The art of watching does not consist cover the head of an antelope above a Henry Gantnier, Benedicta. Send for guide book and folder giving NORTH. A. M. A. M. P. M. Miles M Curray, Benedicta. Strong, lv 8 20 10 00 5 12 in being able to transform a stump, or hill at the distance of a half mile, even P. E. Young, Sherman Mills. other details. *W. Freeman, lv 8 30 5 17 bunch of bushes seen in a dim light into further than I could see it with good F. A. Grindell, South Spring .’eld. G e o . F. E v a n s , V . P. and Gen. Mgr., j *Summit, lv 8 40 10 30 5 27 Capt. F. C. Barker. Bemis. Salem, 8 45 10 35 5 35 a wild animal, but in properly identify­ field glasses. A spot where we killed E. L. Schellinger, Danforth. F. E. B o o t h b y , G. P. A., i •Mt. Abram Jet., lv 8 50 10 40 J. E. Wilson. Holeb. •No. Freeman, lv 8 5b 5 43 ing stumps, bushes, deer, bears, etc. and dressed an antelope, with no idea Alex Rosignol, Millinocket. Portland, Maine. ( ar 9 05 11 30 5 50 The hunter, says D. E. Hey wood in of ever seeing it again, he found a few A. A. Huntington, Katahdin Iron Works. Kingfield, { P. M. I. G. Hunt, Norcross. (lv 9 20 12 00 5 55 Shooting and Fishing, having comfort­ days later, though it was in a level sea W . L. Hobbs, Millinocket. Carrabassett, 9 50 12 35 6 20 C. E. Palmer, Mgr., Patten. Bigelow, ar 10 20 1 05 6 40 ably seated himself an hour before sun­ of sage brush miles in extent. I had A. L. Foster, Roach River. •Flag stations. Trains stop on notice to con- down, looks over the scene before him wolf traps near it which I visited daily H. L. McKechim, Alton. The 1906 Time-Table o f the ductor. tMixed trains. L. W. Chadbourne, Bingham. Close connection is made at Strong with trains and marks such objects as will be of for some time, and on every occasion I V. E Libby, Lincoln. to and from Phillips, Farmington, Portland and R. P. Spinney, Ox Bow. Boston. doubtful origin when the light becomes had difficulty in finding them, though I Walter J. Swett, Ox Bow. Stage connection at Bigelow for Stratton and dim. But notwithstanding ail this pre­ marked the spot as best I could without Frank A. Johnson, Norcross. Eustis, at Carrabassett for Flagstaff and Dead C. J. Orcutt, Ashland. Rangeley Lakes River. caution, he will from time to time be setting up any artificial landmarks. A F. M. Smith, W. Sebois. GEO. M. VOSE. Superintendent. Alex McSands, Jackman. startled by the appearance of some of sailor can distinguish sails and cell all E. L Parsons, Onawa. them as they are transformed by the about a craft at a distance at which all W . Cushing, The Forks. Lewis E. Bowman, Old Town. Phillips & Rangeley and Eustis fading light. He will gaze at one for a vessels look alike to a landsman. The L. L. Bell, Wytopitlock. Steamboat Co. Leon A. Orcutt, Ashland. Railroads. long time and imagine that he sees it plainsman and woodsman are equally J. E. Kelley, Island Falls. move the least bit, then, finally, be­ skilled in thfir respective callings, and Will L. Clapp, Lincoln Center. SETH M. CARTER, Receiver. M. B. Wadleigh, Olu Town. come discouraged and forget about it, the faculty of properly interpreting G. B. Burr, Old Town Will appear early in May. Time-Table, in Effect Oct, 9, 1905. H. E. Armstrong, Jackman. as well as everything else. His mind what their eyes show them is no doubt • C. E. Wilson, Moosehead. The only all-rail line to Rangeley. The shortest, will wander to foreign countries and the secret of it all. J. H. Church, Shirley. quickest and easiest route to all points in the Solomon Perkins, Smyrna Mills. Dead River region. even among the stars, and he is liable C. E. Newhall, Island Falls. Henry Washburn, Bingham. About Guns and Guides. NORTH. No. 5. No. 6. to be brought back to earth and him­ W. P. Forsythe. The Forks. SOUTH. self by the sound of scampering feet or F r e e m a n , Nov. 15, 1905. E. E. Goodrich, Eagle Lake Mills. Boston, E. D. lv 9 00 Rangeley, lv 11 00 Gray & Hinckley, Rangeley. W .D .lv the shrill whistle of a startled deer 8 30 Dead River, 11 15 To the Editor of Main e W oods: Send Three P. M. Eustis Junction, *11 18 Portland, lv 12 55 Redington, *11 40 close at hand. Some of the M a in e W o o d s readers Two Papery, $1.50. Farmington, lv 4 4(> P. M. The only secret about seeing game wish to know if, as the game laws Phillips, ar 5 30 Sanders, *12 03 Maine W oods readers who want Phillips, lv 5 40 Reed’s, as soon as it appears is that of eternal change, does the spelling change also? •12 15 to subscribe for Maine W oodsman, our Madrid, 5 57 Madrid, 12 23 vigilance. An experienced hunter will And some think Marshall Taylor, whose 2 Cent Stamps to Reed’s, *6 05 Phillips, ar 12 40 weekly local paper, can have it at 50 Sanders, *6 17 Phillips, lv 1 30 acquire the habit of watching, uncon­ article appeared last week, is a little Redington, 6 45 Farmington. 2 26 cents a y ear in addition to their Maine sciously. Though his mind may be a hard on anyone being seen with a gun 1 Eustis Junction, *7 05 Port'and, 5 45 Woods subscription. This makes both Dead River. *7 08 Boston, 9 05 thousand miles away or 20 years in the on Sunday. Now, if some man (or Rangeley, ar 7 05 fellar) wanted to go to see his best girl papprs cost only $1.50 a year. Maine Woods, past, his eyes will be constantly shift­ on Saturday night and wanted to take The American Express Company transacts Maine W oods, Phillips, Me. business at all points on line of Phillips & Range- ing from one object to another with a his gun along to shoot perhaps a deer ley railroad. or any game he might meet—if he •Flag Stations. Trains stop on notice to con­ didn’t go home before Sunday would he If you have tried internal drugs and medicines Phillips, - - Maine, ductor. (often injurious) without relief, just try The above table shows the time that trains may have to leave his gun or stay over until be expected to arrive and depart from the several A TRULY IDEAL WIFE Monday morning because he couldn’ t For a little bunch of Backwoods FaPy stations, but is not guaranteed. Subject to carry his gun home on Sunday? change and correction without notice. Now, we wish to ask Marshall who SANOZOL F. A. LAWTON, Supt. D. F. FIELD. G. P. & T. A , HER HUSBAND’S BEST HELPER 1 the careless hunters are that are set­ Tales, by 'iirorous Health Is the Graat Source of ting fires these dry days? We do think LOTION AND SOAP Bangor & Aroostook Railroad. the Power to Inspire and Encourage Marshall is a good Sunday man. He -A ll Women Should Seek It. doesn’t go out gunning on Sunday and Positive Cure For All Skin E D GRANT Arrangement of Trains. he likes to see everyone walk all right. IN EFFECT MONDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1905. One of the most noted, suooesaful and But if Mr. Carleton has any more guides in Freeman like him he had Diseases. PULLMAN CAR SERVICE. richest men of this century, in a recent of Beaver Pond, Maine, edited by Pullman Buffet Parlor Cars between Caribou article, ha*, said, “ Whatever I am and better be looking after them, for they The wonderful discovery of the famous special­ and Bangor on train leaving Caribou at 6.00 a. m. Whatever success I have attained in | need a new talking machine. ist in skin diseases A. J. Fulton, M. D., Brooklyn, and Bangor at 3.15 p. m. Sleeping Car on train world I owe all to my wife. From One Who Reads M a in e W o o d s . N. Y. FRANCIS I. MAULE. leaving Caribou 4.10 p. m. and Bangor 3.55 a. m. Sanozol treatment is external only. TRAINS LEAVE BANGOR. Ihe day I first knew her she has been During the hot weather those afflicted with 3.55 a. m .—For and arriving at Millinocket, 6.40 an inspiration, and the greatest help­ Had Quite a Time. skin eruptions and scaly skin diseases, suffer in­ The’re not so—very slow. mate of my life.” tensely. You can avoid this suffering and eirect a. m., Houlton, 8.50 a. m., Presque Isle. 10.32 a. m. The Cooper correspondent of the Ma- a cure by use of Sanozol. Fort Fairfield, 10.55 a. m., Caribou, 11JK) a. m. Van Buren 12.40 p. m. chias union tells about a hunting expe­ Sufferers from eczema, lupus, herpes, ring­ worm, prurigo, scrofuloderma, skin cancer, pedi­ 7.00 a. m .—For and arriving at Brownville, 9.01 rience. To quote him exactly he says: culosis, psoriasis, ecthyma, lichen, sycosis and all a. m. Katahdin Iron Works 9.50 a. m. Milli­ other forms of ulcerative, scaly and parasitic skin nocket 10.25 a. m. Patten 11.50 a. m. Ashland 2.15 “ The party of four who went hunt­ diseases find immediate relief and permanent cure , „ ^ Price 25 Cts. p. m. Fort Kent 4.15 p. m. Houlton 12.55 p. m. ing at Clifford lake have returned; as by the use of Sanozol. If removes pimples and Presque Isle 2.46 p. m. Caribou 3.15 p. m. Van we promised last week to relate their blackheads and cures sweaty or aching feet. Buren 5.30 p. m. Fort Fairfield 3.05 p. m. Lime­ Some of the now famous cures by Sanozol treat­ THE ANGLERS stone 4.10 p. m. Dover 9.17 a. m. Guilford 9.41 a. adventures, we interviewed one of the ment were fully described in the New York World m. Monson 10.17 a. m. Greenville 10.55 a. m. Kineo party in regard to their success; his an­ of March 9, and the Brooklyn Daily Eagle of 'J^ANNUAL. l. 00 p. m. March 29. Disclosing the haunts and habits swer was that they broke the tongue o f the popular sport in? fishes, and 3.15 p. m .—For and arriving at Brownville 4.49 and wheels of their wagon, got wet, The Brooklyn Times of March 30th, says: “ Dr. the favorite baits, rods and tackle p. m. Millinocket 6.03 p. m. Sherman 6.5-1 p. m. Fulton is a practising physician and a skin dis­ of the expert angler. * x v Patten 7.25 p. m. Houlton 8.15 p. m. Mars Hill and nearly froze to death, got no game and ease specialist. The Sanozol treatment is the Blaine 9.25 p. m. Presque Isle 9.57 p. m. Caribou had a h—11 of a time generally; consid­ latest cure and medical men are of the opinion 10.25 p. m. Fort Fairfield 19.15 p. m. that America has triumphed over Europe.” ering the very emphatic way in which August Newman of Enfield street near Graves Edited by Charles Bradford. 4.50 p. m .—For and arriving at Lagrange 6.10 he expressed himself, we feel sure he Place. Brooklyn, » rites that he had been a suf­ p. m. Milo 6.35 p. m. Brownville 6.45 p. m. Dover I was telling the truth.” ferer from a skin eruption for eight years called and Foxcroft, 7.03 p. m. Guilford 7.26 p. m. various names by different physicians. Finally Greenville 8.40 p. m. Quebec 1.15 p. m. Montreal he was induced, in sheer desperation, to try San­ 8.55 a. m. Licensed Camp Proprietors. ozol. He enjoyed his first unbroken sleep after ARRIVALS. the first bottle of Sanozol. His reward for a con­ 9.25 a. m. Leaving Montreal 7.25 p. m. Quebec It may interest M a in e W o o d s read­ scientious treatment of this remedy for two 2.45 p. m. Greenville 5.35 a. m. Guilford 6.44 a. m. months was complete cure. Dover 7.02 a.m. Brownville 7.20 a. m. Milo 7.30 a. To be such a successful wire, to r ers to know who the people are in Maine Write for testimonial and full particulars of m. Jain the love and admiration of h who have taken out licenses to run fish­ Sanozol. Trestment requires combined use of husband, to inspire him to make tl lotion and soap. Sent on receipt of price or at 1.00 p. m. Leave Caribou 6.00 a. m. Presque ing and hunting camps this year. Here druggist. Isle 6.27 a. m. Fort Fairfield 6.00 a. m. Houlton most of himself, should be a womai Lotion full half pint, $1.00; soap, 25c per cake 8.05 a.m . Ashland 6.50 a. m. Patten 8.50 a. m. ionstant study. they are: or jar. Millinocket 10.16 a. m. Brownville 11.25 a. m. Milo 11.34 a. m. If a woman that her energi David Hutchinson, Katahdin Iron W orks. Address Sanozol Laboratory, dept. B, 4. 100- finds 102 Elton St., Brooklyn, N. Y. R- C. Thomas, Chesuncook. 7.25 p. m .—Leaving Kineo 1.20 p. m. Greenville ire flagging, that she gets easily tire 3.40 p. m. Monson 3.55 p. m. Guilford 4.50 p. m. dark shadows appear under her eye Guy P. Patterson, Great Pond. MAINE WOODS, Phillips, Maine. Dover 5.08 p. m. Limestone 9.50 a. m. V an Buren she has ^backache, headaches, bearin | Geo. A. Lord, Burlington. 9.30 a. m. Caribou 11.45 a. m. Presque Isle 12.16 ! T. W. Gilbert, Kir.eo. p. m. Fort Fairfield 11.40 a. m. Houlton 2.00 p. #Own pains, nervousness, whites, irre m. Fort Kent 10.45 a. m. Ashland 12.45 p. m. Pat­ nlanties or the blues, she should sta B. E. Brown, Lovell. ten 2.50 p. m. Sherman 3.27 p. m. Millinocket 4.20 it once to build up her system by Geo. C. Roberts, Patten. p. m. Brownville 5.33 p. m. Milo 5.43 p. m. La­ t V « grange 6.10 p. m. ionic with specific powers, such A. W . Nason, North Ellsworth. H i g h e r } ’ Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Coi Leroy B. Nason, South Sebago. 11.45 p. m. Leaving Van Buren 2.40 p. m. Car­ Dull ibou 4.10 p. m. Fort Fairfield 4.15 p. m. Presque found. Stewart & Stevens, Lily Bay. rin Price Modern Rifle Isle 4.38 p. m. Houlton 6.20 p. m. Millinocket 8.43 Following we publish by request : M. B. Marr, Moosehead. Dog p. m. itter from a young w ife: John Chadwick, Upper Dam. But C. C. BROWN, General Pass, and Ticket nt. ' Mrs. Pink:ham: Louis M. Blair, Jackman. Boots W . M. BROWN, General Superin ter rV ii ** Ever since my child was bom I have u John F. Haynes, Great Pond. 0 0 have a Bangor. Me., Oct. 6, 1905. * I hope few women ever have, with J. J. Pastene, Lily Bay. ,H DS. Shooting. ition, female weakness, bearing-do backache and wretched headaches. K. C. Witham, Bingham. reason> my stomach so I could not enjoy i F. D. Abbott, Houghton. msels, and half my time was spent in bed Colin M. Ritchie, Holeb. Ask for HOOD’S FROM THE AMERICAN * First-Class Livery. Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compoi Henry J. Lane, Bingham. Duke” made me a well woman, and I feel so grat L. C. Bridgham, Biddington. mat I am glad to write and tell you of Robert W . Walker, Askwith. STANDPOINT, marvelous recovery. It brought me Richardson Bros., Kennebago Lake. We have everything in the livery line smw Ufa Jife and vitality."—Mm. Bessie Fred Hess, Ashland. that is needed. The stable has been *JBou1ith 10th Street, Taooma, Wash, Geo. C. Jones. Caratunk. BY DR. W G. HUDSON, Wha dia E. Pinkbam's Vegetal Ed Grant & Sons. Beaver Pond. HOOD RUBBERS enlarged and newly equipped through­ C. H. Randall, Milo. npounZdid for Mra. Ainsleydey it. v Dion O. Blackwell *Eustis. t lor avery sick and ailing worn Jos. H. White, Eustis. is a standard work that is w r y much i out. Experienced drivers will take If you have symptoms you don’t t E. L. Gipson, Lily Bay. demand. D. L. Cummings, Houlton. parties when desired. tand write to Mra. Pinkham, Thos. Leeman, Monson. Price $1.00. Postage 10c. Far •*. a, Mass. Her advioe is free a Lyman Leighton, Schoodic. NOT MADE BY A TRUST S f helpful. W. L. Hodgkins, Lambert Lake. / fr o u G4/V/VOT CET E/r'ESE f?U B - by P, R IC H A R D SO N & CO., S Henry Hughey, Jackman. Bf/fs rfioAfroc/BOMBB-tyB/revs MAINE WOODS, Phillip* Rangeley. - - Maine. MAINE WOODS, NOVEMBER 17, 1915.

A gun attachment which as- meeting bay, Eastern river or the Ken­ _&t , sures a quick and accurate nebec river below the Gardiner and FREE! FREE! sight. It can be adjusted to Randolph bridge, between Dec. 1 and MAPS. any gun stock by the Sports- Sept. 1. The Eureka Sight S'if ;rian himself in five minutes. Ten Mile Maine Woods has frequent enquiries Price $1.00. Send for descrip­ Limit—No person shall in any one Pedome­ for maps of the fishing regions of the tive illustrated circular with day kill or have in possession more than Finder. (Patented.) 15 of each variety of the above named American state, etc., *>nd we can furnish the fol­ testimonial. ter. lowing Maine maps: THE EUREKA SK1HTJF1NDER CO., Incorporated, 15417 Mt. Pleasant St., Washington, l>. 0. birds, except sandpipers, the number of which shall not exceed 70 in any one Rangeley and Megantic districts, 25c day; nor shall any person at any time Rangeley and Megantic districts, New England Forest Fish and Game Association. kill or have in possession any of the above named birds, except for his own very large, 50e consumption in the state; nor shall any Moosehead and Aroostook districts, 50e SPORTSMAN’S SHOW, person at any time sell or offer for sale Millinocket and Munsungan lakes, $1.00 any of the above named biids; nor shall Maine, Northern, Jfor l sportsmen December 25 to January 6. Mechanics' Building, Boston. any person or corporation transport from place to place any of the birds and lumbermen. 26e Address all communications to • mentioned, in close time, nor in open Franklin County, 50e season unless open to view, tagged and Oxford County, 50e RICHARD E. FOLLETT, 2nd Vice President and Gen’l Manager, labelled with owner’s name and resi Somerset County, 60e Room 218, Pierce Bl.uding, Copley Square, - Boston, Mass. dence and accompanied by him, unless tagged in accordance with the follow­ Aroostook County, 50e ing section: Everybody should have one of these Piscataquis County, 50e A Deer Hunt. get. the buck. They took the horse Transportation of gam e—Any resi­ handy little Pedometers to tell the dis­ Washington County, 50e and wagon and rode until they came to tance they walk after game or for Ernest Lester Jones and his three dent of Maine who has lawfully killed a Outline map of Maine, 30x36 in. $1.00 an oid logging road, when they all got moose or deer or one pair of game pleasure. Geological map of Maine, 35e friends, E. E. Burnet, W. H. Burnet out but Mr. Jones, who rode all the birds may send same to his home or to R. R. map of Maine, 35e and Mr. Buttenkeim, have returned way to the foot of the mountain They any hospital in the state without ac­ Pay $1.00 on your subscription and send in with it one new subscription to U. S. map, size 18x29, 50b home to Madist n, New Jersey, from hitched the horse and started after the companying same, by purchasing from deer. They had to go about 80 rods up the duly constituted agent a tag, pay­ Maine W oods and we will send you one Androscoggin County, 35e their three weeks’ vacation. They the mountain before they came to the ing for a moose $5, df;er $2 and 50 cents ten mile Pedometer. Cumberland County, 35e have been staying at Fernando Mc­ deer. a pair for game birds. The regular selling price of the Pe­ Hancock County, 50q Allister’s, East Stoneham. Each of At last they came to the buck. They Licenses—Persons not bona fide resi dometer is $1.00. Kennebec County, 85c them had a riff and a shot gun and Mr. pulled him out of the rocks, tied his dents of the state and actually domi­ legs together, ran ■-* pole between his ciled therein shall not hunt or kill any Knox County, 35c Jones brought his dog with him. They MAINE WOODS, - Phillips, Maine. legs and shouldered h ir . then started bull moose, deer, ducks, grouse, wood­ | Lincoln and Sagadahoc Counties, 36c shoe several rabbits, partridges and for the wagon but they had to stop and cock, or other birds or wild animals at Penobscot County, 50c gray squirrels and they saw several rest about every ten rods for he was any time without first having obtained Waldo County, 86e foxes. Mr. Jones shot a very large very heavy. They arrived at the wagon a license. Such license shall be issued at last and got the buck loaded, then upon application and payment of $15 to The Angler’s Secret York County, 36c mink, which he sent home to have they all turned and said good-bye to old hunt bull moose, deer, ducks, grouse, mounted. Miles Notch.' It was a long, wet road woodcock and other birds and wild ani­ LOTTED TIMBERLANDS. By Charles Bradford. They hired Walter Butters as a guide. for them before they reached home but mals during their respective open sea­ Aroostook County, section plans They hunted mostly in Red Rock Basin they didn’t mind that. They named sons in October, November and Decem­ the road Buck avenue for it was the ber. But to hunt ducks, grouse, wood­ Nos. 3, 4 and 5, from Grand and around Miles Notch. Mr. Jones first dead buck that ever came out on cock and other birds and wild animals Author of “ The Determined Angler, ” Lake to Fort Kent, 60e and Mr. Buttenheim shot two very fine that road. during their respective open reasons “ The Wild Fowlers.” Illustrated. Hancock County, section plan No. deer in Red Rock Basin, while hunting Mr. Jones sang many songs on his rior to Oct. 1, a license fee of $5 shall Net, $1.00 postage paid. 2, 50c the other day. They were both does. way home. They arrived home at 5 Ee paid annually. A person having o’clock. Vaughn stayed until after paid the fee of $5 may procure a li­ Tin Angler’ s Secret is, as the author Penobscot ^.County, section plans They were shot close together. Mr. supper and then 1 e and Mr. Jones cense to hunt bull moose and deer by Nos. 3 and 4, $1.00 tells us, to replenish the soul and not Jones fired once at his, hitting a vital dressed the deer, which weighed 250 paying $10 additional. Such license Piscataquis County, section plans place, and he dropped dead at a few pounds, had eight points and a very shall entitle the purchaser to take to the creel. It is a secret that cannot be Nos. 1, 3 and 6, [$1.21 large fine head Mr. Jones was very his home, properly tagged with the tag leaps. Mr. Buttenheim fired two shots revealed to an unsympathetic mind, much pleased with his buck. This was detached from his license, and open ‘ Somerset County, section plan No. at his, the first breaking his,‘„forward the first year that he has shot two to view, 10 grouse, 10 ducks and and only the lover of nature can fully 6, and Franklin Co. map, $1.00 leg. the second hit him back o f one around here. He shot a very large doe 10 woodcock that he has lawfully killed. understand that communing with field, Washington County, section plans shoulder and went through the other, last ye r that weighed 180 pounds but The holder of a nonresident hunter’s Nos. 2 and_3, $1.06 which stopped him. They sent the his buck was the biggest he has ever license shall be entitled to offer for stream and sky which results in the transportation within or without the Oxford County section, see Oxford killed here. This makes six he has perfect contentment of the angler who deer home and stayed a while longer. killed around in tnis town.—Norway state the carcass of one bull moose or county map, 60e They hunted several days but saw no Advertiser. part thereof that h 3 has lawfully killed has learned the secret. Given free for Postage paid upon receipt of price. on the moose coupon attached to such more deer. Mr. Buttenheim, E. E. two subscriptions to Maine W oods ac­ Burnet and W. H. Burnet had to re­ license also the carcass of one eer, or MAINE WOODS, Phillips, Maine. Spotted Buck. part thereof, on each of the deer cou­ companied by $2 00. One of the above turn home on business. On Thursday of last week Johnnie pons. must be a[new subscriber. Mr. Jones took the horse and rode Frazer of Phillips shot a young buck No nonresident can lawfully hunt him up to the foot of Miles Notch deer near the pine culvert, Sluice hill, game at any time without a license. MAINE WOODS, Phillips, Me. mountain and then went on a hunt. on the Phillips & Rangeley railroad that was about two-thirds white. Camp Fires in the While he was climbing uo the mountain Those who saw the deer say he was he saw a gray squirrel. He brought remarkably handsome. Weighty Professional Endorsements. his little favorite rifle to his shoulder and fired. He hit him in the head and That the several American medicinal Wilderness Game Laws of Maine. Prof. Finley Ellingwood, M. D., •! said ‘ 'Oh, if rhat was only a large roots, the concentrated glyceric extracts Bennett Medical College, Chicago, says buck.” Caribou—No person shall, within 6 of which make up Dr. Pierce’s Golden of Golden Seal root: " It is a most He continued on his way up the moun­ years from Oct. 15, 1905, in any manner Medical Discovery, have the strongest superior remedy in catarrhal gastritis tain until he came to a big rock, where kind of endorsement by scores of lead­ (inflammation of the stomach), chronU he stopped to eat his dinner. He heard nunt, cm se, catch, kill or have in pos­ ing medical writers of all the several constipation, general debility, in con­ a noise and looked around and saw a session any caribou or parts thereof. schools of practice, a brief glance at valescence from protracted fevers, le large buck running down the ri ige Deer—No person shall hunt, take, the standard works on Materia Medica prostrating night-sweats. I t is an im­ about sixteen rods off. He fired one ;atch, kill or have in possession any will show. Of Golden Seal root, which portant remedy in disorders of th* shot and the buck was out of sight. Mr. is one of the prominent ingredients of womb.” (This agent, Golden Seal root, Jones ran down around the mountain Jeer or part thereof, between Dec. 15 " Golden Medical Discovery,” Dr.Roberts is an important ingredient of Doctor and came creeping up like an experi­ and Oct. 1; no person shall between Bartholow, of Jefferson Medical Col­ Pierce’s Favorite Prescription for worn enced hunter, which he is, in hopes to Oct. 1 and Dec. 15, kill or have in pos­ lege, says: "Very useful as a stom­ an’s weaknesses, as well as of the see the buck coming down but did not. session more than 2 deer or parts there­ achic (stomach) tonic and in atonic "Golden Medical Discovery.” ) Dr. El­ He then crept carefully to the top of dyspepsia. Cures gastric (stomach) lingwood continues, "in all catarrhal the mountain, watching for the deer to of: a person lawfully killing a deer in catarrh and headaches accompanying conditions it is useful.” appear. At last he saw him laying on >pen season shall have a reasonable same.” He also mentions catarrh of | Much more, did space permit, could his back with his feet in the air. He time in which to transport same to his the gall duct, jaundice and constipa­ be quoted from prominent authorities tion as diseases which the use of came up to him and cut his throat and home, and may have same in possession as to the wonderful curative properties started to drag him out but he could Golden Seal root overcomes; also possessed by Golden Seal root. The fun and not move him. at his home during the close season. catarrh of the intestines, even when We want to assure the reader that beauties o f He thor started for his horse which Special county laws on deer. it has proceeded to ulceration, is "Golden Medical Discovery” can be ' , camping in the he had left a short distance below. He November is open season in York, remarkably benefited by Hydrastis relied upon to do all that is claimed for wild forest of left his coat nefore he came to his horse (Golden Seal root). Golden Seal root in the cure of all the Cumberland. Sagadahoc, Lincoln, Knox, Maine, graphi­ so as to guide him back to his buck. Dr. Grover Coe, of New York, says: various diseases as set forth in the He untied his horse, mounted and Waldo and Kennebec counties. One "Hydrastis (Golden Seal root) exer­ above brief extracts, for its most cally told in a started for help. He went to his leer only may be killed. In the towns cises an especial influence over mu­ rominent and important ingredient is book by E. W. boarding place and got Fernando Mc­ of York, Kittery, Eliot and Wells in cous surfaces. Upon the liver it golden Seal root. This agent is, how­ Burt of Lynn, ever, strongly reinforced, and its cura­ Allister and Vaughn Nutter to go and York county, and in Bath, West Bath acts with equal certainty and ef­ Mass., illustra­ ficacy. As a cholagogue (liver invig- tive action greatly enhanced by the and Phippsburg, Sagadahoc county, no orator) it has few equals.” Dr. Coe addition, in just the right proportion ted. 'pen season. Close season in town of also advises it for affections of the of Queen’s root, Stone root, Black Price $1.00, postpaid. Given free for MAKES WEAK WOMEN STRONQ Cherrybark, Bloodroot, Mandrake root Swan’s Island, Hancock county, until spleen and other abdominal viscera two subscriptions to Maine W oods ac­ AND SICK WOMEN WELL. generally, and for scrofulous and gland­ and chemically pure glycerine. All of Dec. 15, 1908. Open season in towns of ular diseases, cutaneous eruptions, in­ these are happily and harmoniously companied by $2.00. One of the above blended into a most perfect phar­ Forty years ago, Dr. Pierce searched Eden, Mt. Desert, Tremont and South digestion, debility, chronic diarrhoea, must be a new subscriber. iture's laboratory for a remedy with west Harbor, between Nov. 15 and Dec. constipation, also in several affections maceutical compound, now favorably known throughout most of the civilized MAINE WOODS, - Phillips, Maine. thch to supplant the ignorant and vi­ 15. peculiar to women, and in all chronic ms methods of treatment, with alco- derangements of the liver; also for countries of the world. Bear in mind ilic stimulants, then in vogue, and still Close season on islands in town of chronic inflammation of bladder, for that each and every ingredient entering o commonly prescribed and advised for Isle au Haut until Oct. 1, 1907. which Dr. Coe says "it is one of the in the "Discovery” has received the Oman’s peculiar ailments. Open season in Androscoggin county most reliable agents of cure.” endorsement of the leading medical Nature abounds with most efficient rem- men of our land, who extol each article Lake and Forest ies, and in Lady’s Slipper root, Black during October. Prof. Hobart A. Hare, M. D., of the )hosh root, Unicorn root, Blue Cohosh University of Pa., says of Golden Seal named above in the highest terms. ot and Golden Seal root, Dr. Pierce Moose—No person shall at any time What other medicine put up for sale hunt, catch, kill or destroy or have in root that it is " o f service in chronic As I Have Known Them, und medicinal properties, which when catarrh of fihe stomach and bowels, through druggists can show any such traded and preserved by the use of possession any cow or calf moose, and following abuse of alcohol, and as a professional endorsement ? For dys­ Lemically pure glycerine, have proven the term caif moose shall be construed tonic after malarial fever.” He further pepsia, liver troubles, all chronic catar­ ost potent in making weak women to mean that these animals are calves rhal affections of whatever name or By Capt. F. C. Barker. rong and sick women well. It contains says, it "has a distinct anti-malarial until they are at least one year old and influence.” Also "good in all catarrhal nature, lingering coughs, bronchial, ) alcohol; is not a "patent medicine,” have at least two prongs or tines not throat and lung affections, the "Dis­ A book of woodcraft, camp life, log­ >r a secret one either. conditions, as uterine catarrh, leucor- less than three inches long to each of covery” can be relied upon as a sover­ ging, river driving, guiding and a gen­ "I was suffering with nervous headache, rhcea, etc., and as "a curative agent in dns in the back and dizziness, so that at their horns. No person shall, between chronic dyspepsia.” eign remedy. eral description of life by water and in ones I had to lie down for hours before I Dec. 1 and Oct 15, hunt, take, catch, By reading the little book noted uld raise my head,” writes Mrs. Mary M. kill or have in possession any bull moose Prof. Laurence Johnson, M. D., of below any one will readily see the the woods. This volume is finely il­ lomas. of 337 Winston Street, Los Angeles, or’part thereof, and no person shall, the Medical Department, University applicability of the "Golden Medical lustrated by photographs from life. It U. "A fte r taking the first bottle of 'F a - City of N. Y., is equally loud in his rite Prescription,” however, I was so pleased between Oct. 15 and Dec. 1, take, Discovery ” to the cure of all the fore­ contains much quaint humor as well as a ith the results that 1 kept on taking it until I catch, kill, or have in possession more praise of Golden Seal root, especially going list of diseases as well as many was restored to health and strength. I vast amount of entertaining informa­ ! than one bull moose or part thereof. for its tonic effects in convalescence other chronic affections, especially all never be without this great medicine, from acute diseases and its special tion and many good stories. id shall take a few doses when 1 do not No person shall at any time hunt, those of the heart, kidneys, bladder, el strong.” : catch, take, kill or destroy with dogs, tonic influence upon mucous surfaces skin and blood. Price $1.10 postpaid. Given free for One of tho principal uses of Dr. Pierce’s and upon the gall bladder. A little book of extracts treating of avorite Prescription is the preparation jack lights, artificial lights, snares or two subscriptions to Maine W oods ac­ I traps, any moose, deer, or caribou. Doctors Barton and Tully recom­ all the several ingredients entering into prospective mothers for the time of mended Golden Seal root as a pure Dr. Pierce’s medicines, being extracts companied by $2.00. One of the above iai and danger that comes when a child Rabbits—It shall be unlawful to hunt must be a new subscriber. born. The "Prescription” is strength- I or have in possession, rabbits or wild tonic and as an alterative in dis­ from standard medical works, of the eased conditions of the mucous mem­ different schools of practice will be ling and invigorating and lessens pain hare, between April 1 and Sept. 1. MAINE WOODS, id danger. It insures the perfect well- Squirrels, chipmunks—I n Knox branes. mailed free to any one asking (by postal sing and the perfect health of botli Prof. John King, M. D., late of Cin­ card or letter), for the same, addressed Phillips, other and child. Every woman should county, no open season. Maine. Mink, sable, muskrat, fisher, close cinnati, author of the A m e r i c a n D i s ­ to Dr. R. Y. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y., and low these things before she really needs giving the writer’s full post-office ad­ know them, i here are many things in season, between May 1 and Oct. 15. p e n s a t o r y , gives it a prominent place r. Pierce’s Common Sense Medical Ad- Beaver—Whoever at any time kills or among medicinal agents, reiterates all dress plainly written. K ^ 'I f you “can’t go” we’ll bring the wildemesi the foregoing writers have said about In cases of chronic ailments, at­ to you—If you can we’ll tell you how, 'when anc ser, that every woman ought to know, destroys any beaver, except upon where. his celebrated work reached a sale of written permission of the commission­ it, as does also Prof. John M. Scudder, tended by marked, or persistent, con­ 0.000 copies i t $1.50 each. The expense ers, shall be fined. M. D., late of Cincinnati. Dr. Scud­ stipation, Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets FIELD AND STREAM. production having thus been covered, should be taken conjointly with ths Woodduek, blackduck, teal and any der says: "It stimulates the digestive A lot of good things in’the issue now on sale or is now being given away. A copy will processes and increases the assimilation use of the "Golden Medical Discov­ all news stands—15c. ! sent to anv address on receipt of 21 ducks known as gadwall, mallard, widgeon, shoveler, pintail, redhead, of food. By these means the blood is ery,” to regulate the bowels. They ad Don’t miss Horace Kephart’s series of articles le-cent stamps to cover cost of mailing in harmonv with the "Discovery,” and on CAMPING AND WOODCRAFT now appear i l y , or, in cloth binding for 31 stamps scaup, whistler, buffiehead, broadbill, enriched, * * * * the consequent ing in this magazine. This is only one of ths ddress Dr. R. V. Pierce. Buffalo, N . Y. close season between Dec. 1 and Sept. improvement on the glandular and will be found to be a most valuable many invaluable features which have contributed nervous systems are natural results.” laxative, or, in fuller doses a cleans­ to the success of Field and Stream—America’s 1 ; ruffed grouse, woodcock, between biggest and best magazine for sportsmen. >on’t Be Hoodwinked, SS hS Dec. 1 and Sept. 15; plover, snipe and Dr. Scudder further says, "in relation ing cathartic. over-persuaded into accepting a substitute 3£iT“To all who send $1.50 for a year’s subscrip sandpiper, bet-veen May 1 and Aug 1; to its general effect upon the system, Podophyllin, the active medicinal tion and mention this paper we will send postpak r the Original Little Liver Pills, first put principle of Mandrake root, enters ) by old Li U V. i ’ ioiee. nyer 4 0 years ago, and it shall be unlawful to kill or have there is no medicine in use about which a copy of Theodore Roosevelt’s book, “Hunting thi id called Do-tor Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets, there is such general unanimity of largely into the corrqposition oi the lit­ Grizzly and Other Sketches,”or if preferred,a pai le y ’vo been much imitated but never in possession quail at any time. of our famous duck shooting companion picture No person shall hunt wild ducks upon opinion. It is universally regarded as tle sugar - coated " Pellets,” in fact is in color, fit to adorn any sportsman’s home or den ualed. One or two are laxative, timao or the tonic, useful in all debilitated one of their chief ingredients. They ur cathartic. the shores, islands or waters of Merry- FIELD AND STREAM, 35 W 21st. St., New Yorl states * * *.” regulate the liver, stomach and bowels. MAINE WOODS, NOVEMBER 17, 1905

HOTELS AND CAMPS. HOTELS AND CAMPS. SQUIRRELS OR PARTRIDGES* animal weighed about 400 pounds, was GUNS AND DEER PLENTY* finely furred and will make a handsome Aroostook County. Somerset County. “ CHITTERING CHATTERBOX” IN BAD rug. Mr. Ward also secured a ten- HUNTERS FROM CONNECTICUT WELL Jackman, Me., P. O. point buck, which is being mounted by Via Oxbow, Me. ORDER AT KING ANE BARTLETT. Atkins’s Camps. Famous for Moose, deer and Spencer Lake Camps. Fall hunting at Spencer Frank Richards, the artistic Farming- PLEASED AND KEPT IN LAW. Lake Camps. No better place in Maine for deer, big fish. Write for special small maps and circu­ ton taxidermist. lar to W . M. Atkins, Oxbow, Me. moose and partridges. Two deer guaranteed to Bear Shot Out of a Birch Tree Makes Dent each sportsmen 44 deer taken out last season. Messrs. Corey and Ade o f New York My territory extends from Attevn Lake to Spen­ Pocwocamos and Just a Few Others of Via Oxbow, Me. In Leaves but Gets Away and New cer Lake. Write City were in camp for ten days with Spider £Lake Camps. Good camps. The best Thomas Gerard, Prop’r., Jackman, Me. York Man Is Obliged to Find Another the Jaw Breaking Names Are Given of hunting. Good accommodations. Allegash Geoi’ge Douglass for ouide, and each trips a specialty. Address, J ackman, Me. Bear. Jake Wirth Shoots Bear With Just For Fun. Arbo & Libby, Oxbow, Me. secured his limit of deer. Heald Pond Camps. Sportsmen, I am sending Hartford, Conn., Nov. 5, 1905. free to all who ask, a large blue print map of my Revolver. Bears Galore Up Dead Another lucky party was composed Franklin County. preserve. 18 ponds, 30 camps, in the heart cf the of Jacob Wirth and W. H. Clark-Pills- Don O’Connor, president and treas­ Maine forest,the home of the lordly moose,the black River Way. Rangeley Lakes. bear, the red deer, the gamy salmon, the square bury of Boston and Capt. George McL. urer o f the O’Connor Coal and Supply (Special correspondence to Maine W oods.) Camp Bemis, The Birehes, The Barker. Write tailed trout. We have them all in abundance at Presson of Farmington. The third day company and superintendent of the for free circular. the Heald Pond Preserve. ing and artlett amps Capt. F. C. Barker, Prop’r, Bemis. Henry Hughey, Jackman, Me. K B C , Hartford Paving and Construction Spencer, Nov. 14, 1905. in camp Mr. Wirth secured a shot at company, smiled reminiscently when a Carrabassett, Me. Via Bingham. While reports from some sections a big bear which he finally finished Carrabassett Spring Farm and Cottages cen­ Carry Ponds Camps. Do you go hunting in Octo­ with a shot from his trustv 44 Colts reporter talked with him today about trally located in the best of hunting territory, ber? If so why not take advantage of my reduced show that the present hunting season his recent trip to the Maine woods. one minute’s walk from station, brook and river rates. I will take all parties who stay in camp revolver. A few days later Capt. fishing, new cabin at Redington ponds, Carra­ one week or more at $1.00 per day for board and has not been as productive of good re­ Presson discovered another bear which Mr. O'Connor admitted that his party bassett Spring Water, daily mails, telephone. free transportation by stage and buckboard from sults as usual, sportsmen at King and was put out of business with one well H. G. Benson, Prop’r., P. O. Kingfield, Me. Bingham to camp and return. These reduced had left some deer alive in the woods, rates are for October only. Bartlett have had their customary good directed shot. Each member of the Rangeley Lakes, Me. but said that the law would not per­ Henry J. Lane, Carry Pond, Me. luck and some remarkably fine trophies party also secured a nice deer, and in mit hunters to kill more than two deer addition took out a bunch of partridges, Flagstaff, Me. have been secured. a fox. an owl and other small game. in a season. Except for the law-----! The Flagstaff. Fishermen, tourists and hunters find this an ideal place to spend their vacation. To be sure the partridges did not William J. Hutchinson of Englewood, The party was a traveling arsenal Salmon and square tailed trout are found in near come in as before the opening of the N. J., secured a buck with an excep­ by lakes, while pickerel fishing in Flagstaff pond tionally good head, and good deer were when it left Hartford, Sept. 28. In the is unsurpassed. Moose, deer and black bears are season it was expected that they would. party were four hunters. They were found here. Small game in abundance. Duck also shot by R. S. Hayes of Auburn, F. shooting unexcelled. A delightful fifty mile canoe From indications during the summer it R. Allen and John L. Brown of Farm­ Mr. O’Connor, his brothers, Judge trip to Big Spencer lake. was predicted that this year was to be ington. The latter secured a bear as Francis J. and James B., attorneys-at- Frank Savage Jr.. Flagstaff, Me. a banner one for lovers of grouse shoot­ did Charles Prescott o f Farmington. law in Johnstown, Penn., and hi a broth­ ing as there seemed to be many more The season has been an unusually er-in-law, P. J. Little, also a Black- Washington County. good one for bears and in addition to birds than for several years. However, those above mentioned, which were stonian, whose legal domicile is in Eb- Grand Lake Stream, Me. subsequent experience has shown that shot running wild, enough have been Ouananiche Lodge and Sunset Camps. For ensburg. The hunter from Hartford fifty years Grand Lake Stream has been known to something happened to the young birds, trapped to bring the total taken at Mountain View House isoneot the most modern, a few as the greatest landlocked salmon proposi­ these camps this season up to nine, had a 45 caliber 70 grain Winchester up to date summer homes in the state of Maine. either they were the prey of foxes or tion in America, but this few kept it to themselves. nearly all of them being full-grown rifle. Judge O’Connor and Mr. Little Its beautiful location at the foot of Rangeley Lately the Washington County Ry. have extensive­ some, other animal, or else some fatal lake on a picturesque cove, gives it many at­ ly circulated literature, and it is better known. specimens. H. B. B r o w n . 80-30 Winchester and James B. a 30.3 tractions, while the best of hunting is within close Moosehead waters claim 3 tons of game fish taken disease was epidemic among them. Savage. Then each of the quartet had proximity. The boating and canoeing are the in 1904. Grand Lake yielded over 5 tons, not much best on the lake; the drives are unsurpassed for use saying more. Good vacation, game and fish­ Last spring there were more old birds a shotgun. More than that each had a beautiful scenery and the woods around are filled ing country. Good hunting obtained in a day’s than is customary after winter has with delightful paths and trails. Croquet and distance from village. Circulars. W . G. Rose. An Auirnal Story F b r revolver, the nimrod from this city tennis grounds adjoin the house. The cuisine is passed and it was also known that the taking a 38 caliber Colt and the others of the best; fruit,vegetables, fish and game in Little Folks their season with plenty of milk and cream. Pure broods of young birds hatched out web, having 38 caliber Smith & Wessons. spring water is furnished the house from a spring New Hampshire. above. Rooms large, well lighted and pleasant. with more mature birds than usual and At Norcross the party boarded a The Mice Hunters find plenty of deer, partridge and wood­ Rangeley Lakes. with the hatching season favorable it small steamboat and went 12 miles cock in the woods near by. Send for 1905 booklet to Lakeside House, on Umbagog, a most picturesque was naturally expected that the birds Who Would Be Progs through Twin lakes to Ambejegus lake, L. E. Bowley, Mountain View House, retreat, charming scenery, beautiful drives, excel­ Mountain View, Rangeley Lakes, Me. lent boating, good hunting. Send for booklet. would be very numerous during the where it disembarked. It traveled E. H. Davis, Proprietor, Lakeside, N. H. open season. The contrary was the along Ambejegus carry and in succes­ Eustis, Me. .vir. miurrog sat sunning himself on Ronnd Mountain Lake Camps. No better bear, case, however, and although quite a sion along four carries with jaw-break­ AMONG THE BIG TROUT. the bank of the pond and wiggling his deer and partridge shooting can be found number o f birds were shot, no large ing aboriginal names. These were than on this preserve. Our camps are throat to get it in good shape for the « r^--' warm and comfortable and remain open flocks were seen and very few young Pocwocamos, Debscanique, Possami- until December 15. Telephone connec­ Easthampton Men Enjoy Life In the Deep evening concert at Lily Pad Opera tion. Reasonable rates. Correspon- ones. gamuc and Avol carries. These are at House. _ _ dence solicited. Hunting licenses for Woods Far up In Maine. Red squirrels were never so plenti­ the side of the west branch of the wj^sale at camp. Three young field mice came saunter­ Mr. C. W. Smith returned from the ful, the woods being literally alive with Penobscot river and near the heart of . ITH Dion O. Blackwell, Mgr., Eustis, Me. ing by looking for grasshoppers. They New York office. Room 29, 335 Broadway. Maine woods, Tuesday, after a month, them and the theory is advanced that the great northern forest of Maine. Rangeley, Maine. soon spied Mr. Bullfrog and were much Oquossoc House. Headquarters for commercial where the trout are plenty. When he these noisy nuisances are responsible Leaving the west branch of the river attracted by the funny wiggle in his men and sportsmen. Natt Ellis, Rangeley, Me. went up he was accompanied by E. L. for the depletion among the young the party tramped up the Sourdnahunk green throat. “ I wish I could do that,” Rangeley Lakes. Shaw of this town and Mr. Shaw’s cou­ partridges. It is known that the red stream to Kidney pond. It covered Bald Mountain Camps are situated at the foot of said No. 1. sin, Mr. Janes of Holroke. They went squirrel is very pugnacious but whether the woods in broad daylight. The wan­ Bald Mountain in a good hunting and fishing sec­ “ Easy enough,” grunted Mr. Bull­ tion. Steamboat accommodations O. K. Tele­ into the woods by way o f the Canadian it will kill partridges is a question dered had “ blazed” trees, but some­ frog. phone at camps. Two mails daily. Write for Pacific through Megantic, and over the which might be profitably discussed by “Yes, but we haven’t the kind of how the “ blazes” didn’t help him out free circular to mountains from Canada into Maine. readers of Maine W oods. of the 32 miles in the first day of the Amos Ellis, Prop’r, Bald Mountain, Me. throat,” said No. 2. On top o f the range called the Boun­ Of course foxes always destroy some travels. “ It’s all in practice,” commented Mr. Via Farmington. dary mountains is Boundary camp, partridges but are not credited with It walked eleven miles in the second Clear *Vater Camps. First-class hunting. Frog. “ All in practice, I assure you. E. G. Gay, Route 1, Farmington, Me. where they stayed for a week. Near being able to do much damage until the day, along the Sourdnahunk stream in by is Boundary pond, in the top of the deep snows and cold storms of winter the solitude of the forest. Then it Stratton, Me. Hotel Blanchard. Centrally located in the Dead hills. Judge Bassett and his party come. Moreover there has been no reached Sourdnahunk lake and turned River region. Good table and clean beds. Good from Northampton have camped here marked increase among foxes and their in at Camp Phoenix. A moose and livery connected. Parties taken to any and all camps 'n this section at reasonable rates. for some years, going in the fall. damage would be that of about an aver­ three deer were seen in the day’s E. H. Grose, Prop’r, Stratton, Me. They spent a week here and had fine age yea.. On the other hand there are tramp. Near Rangeley. fishing. There is nothing but speckled many times more squirrels than com­ Charles Daisy was in charge of the Point Pleasant. Stop and consider. This is a nice place to spend a summer vacation. For rates trout in the pond, the owner stocking mon and if they do kill young partridges camp and had with him guides who and particulars correspond with it each year. They run from a quarter the destruction done among them birds knew the locality. The camp was com­ Hinkley & Roberts, Rangeley, Me. of a pound to 2 pounds and are gamy as would appear to be accounted for. fortably equipped and the Nimrods en­ On Phillips & Rangeley Railroad. if in the brooks. “ All the small trout Personally, I have seen a red squirrel joyed it and the open-air life. Each Redington Camps and Cottages. Good accom­ modations, with best hunting and fishing. One are thrown back into the lake, ’ ’ says take a young robin from its nest and man in the quartet killed two deer and minute’s walk from Redington station. Write for circular. J. F. Hough, Prop’r., make off with it and it would be in­ would have killed more but for his re­ Mr. Smith, “ and we learn that a ‘small P. O. Rangeley, Me. trout’ is an eight-inch fish. ’ teresting to hear from others upon this spect for the law, which limits the Phillips, Me. Later Mr. Smith and his party were same subject. number to two. Phillips Hotel. Carriage meets all trains. Good hunting. C. A. Mahoney, Prop’r. joined by Dr. Pomeroy and his brother, If the squirrel is guilty and choice Mr. O’Connor of Hartford told about Frederick of Sunderland. Dr. H. A. must be made whether the woods be a member who lost his bearings in At Farmington. The Stoddard House is delightfully located for Deane of East Windsor Hill, Conti., populated with the gamy grouse or this labyrinth. Eventually he made the those wishing to spend the vacation among the lake, and then he found his w ay to the hills and near good hunting and fishing. Write with his sons, Walter of Hartford and chittering chatterbox, the sentiment for particulars. George of this town and James Fair- which has prevented sportsmen from camp, where he reported that he had W. H. McDonald, Prop’r., Farmington, Me. shot a deer that weighed 200 pounds. child and his son of Stoneham. Mr. shooting these little restless red fellows Haines Landing, Me. Fairchild is an old Sunderland boy. should be set aside, war should be de- l With a guide he went back to the ani Mooselookmeguntic House offers excellent ac­ They met the first party at Skinner’s dared against him and carried relent­ mal and lugged it to the camp. commodations t o sports­ Mr. O’Connor also told about a mem­ men. It is in close prox­ mills on the Moose river, and went five lessly onward. imity to the best hunting in miles into the woods over an old “ tote To return to the hunters, Mr. Elec- FATHER AND MOTHER VULIjRD h im o u t . ber of the party who killed two deer this section. No hay fever. Address from Nov. until road,” where a wagon could not pass, tus B. Ward of New York City, who Practice, my dear young mice, makes within twenty feet of each other, the May, Theo. L. Page, Prop., shots being fired in half a minute. Senate Cafe, Washington, to Deer pond, a lake about a mile long visited camp in season to enjoy the perfect. See! I do this every day for D. C. After May 1, Haines and a mile wide. It is a beautiful spot, September fishing, tarried ten hours.” Judge O’ Connor shot a bull mo^se with Landing, Me. for a few a spread of forty-eight inches. with two lovely islands, and springs of weeks of hunting. He has had consid­ “ W hew !” gasped No. 3. “ I don’t Via Rangeley. water at the camp. They were at erable experience with rod and gun in think it’s worth while. I’d rather be The party remained two weeks in the Kennebago Lake House on the shore of Kenne- camp. In the lake were many fish and bago Lake. One of the best hunting sections. Boothman’s camps where Mr. Booth- various parts of the country, but was a frog out and out and swim around in Good hunting every day in the season. Excellent man has a big log cabin comfortably so Mr. O’ Connor avers at times the accommodations. Address, unstinted in his praise for the local the cool pond. It’s so hot out here in Richardson Bros., Proprietors, furnished for guests. The fishing was sport. the fields! How do you learn to swim? bottom was concealed by schools of the Kennebago, Me. finny creatures. Trout were numerous, first-class, the party catching all they One day w.Tile stealthily making his Is that just practice too?” Dead River Region. cared to catch. , way over the trail toward Horseshoe “Purely so,” said Mr. Frog, drawing and sometimes could be caught almost The New Shaw House, Eustis, Maine, a modern by the bucketful. The lake is three- hotel and open to sportsmen. No better hunting They made excursions in all direc­ pond he spied a bear in the top of a himself up proudly. “ Purely so. Just anywhere. There are about 40 rooms. Corres­ tions, taking luncheon, and going to jump in like this, then strike out like quarters of a mile in width and about pondence solicited. beech tree and shot it out. He was us­ three miles long. A. B. Sargent, Eustis, Me. the ponds and brooks to fish. There ing a 45-70 rifle with high velocity am­ this, and then like this, and in a few Of the deer, three were shipped to Eustis, Me. are bushels of blueberries and red munition, had taken good aim, which months you will find that your hair Tim Pond Camps. Situated in the Dead River raspberries in the woods, the bushes with the fall of 50 or 60 feet which the will come off. Your feet will become this city and five to Johnstown. There Region, 2,000 feet above the sea level. In the also came hither nineteen partridges heart of Maine’s best hunting ground. Write for being now in full fruit. Deer are bear took to the ground made him con webbed like mine, and your mouths further particulars to plenty and were to be seen daily. The will stretch, your tails will drop out and two black duck. More than one of ______Julian K. Viles, Eustis, Me. fident that although the bushes hid the nights were cool and the days very as mine did, for I had a tail once, and Mr. O’Connor’s friends here are re Via Rangeley. foot of the beech his quarry was lying joioing that he went to the Maine Y o rk ’s Camps, Loon Lake. Ten Ponds. Best comfortable. The party caught no there. Making his way to the tree his you will become frogs. But, my dears, Deer and Birds shooting in this section. A postal more fish than they wanted to eat and woods. brings illustrated booklet. surprise can be imagined when he remember, it’s practice, practice, prac­ J. Lewis York, Prop rietor, Rangeley, Maine. some of the trout were large. The found only a big dent in the leaves and tice. Practice will change anything in­ first day’s catch was 16 fish weighing 8 a splash of blood. The trail was quite to anything.” On his annual hunting trip through Kennebec County. pounds and Mr. Fairchild and his son plain for some rods, but kept growing “Thank you,” said they in chorus, the hills of northern New Hampshire, Belgrade Lakes, Me. caught on one day from a raft, 11 fish, more hard to follow until it finally was “we will try it at once.” Truman Parker, the Prescott street The Belgrade. Best sportsman’s hotel in New weighing 12 pounds, one or two of them lost altogether. He secured assistance Off they set to the barn, where the lunch room proprietor, this year England. Best black bass fishing in the world, best trout fishing in Maine. Chas. A. Hill & Son, Mg’rs. weighing nearly 2 pounds. They fished but although the search was continued drinking trough stood. “ brought down” a two-years-old doe, for about an hour. At no time did they the rest of the day no further trace of “Here goes for a frog,” said one, whose size and build is quite unusual. Oxford County. have any dogday weather, which will the Bruin could be found. and, standing on the edge, he plunged The weight of the animal, dressed, is Via Rumford Falls. be appreciated by their friends here. The following day he struck out on in. 135 pounds and it possesses horns, one Upper Dam House. Good hunting. Send for circular. John Chadwick & Co., Upper Dam, Me. Such a camp as this where they stayed the Spencer trail and after going about “Oh! Oh! Oh! Help, help!” he of which measures over seven inches. is an ideal spot, for men or for women, half a mile seated himself on a little squealed piteously. “I’m drowning. I Its stocky built neck and shoulders re­ Penobscot County. and the expense o f such a trip is not at knoll that commanded a good o itlook can’t practice, ’cause I can’t get my semble that of a two-years-old buck Bangor, Maine. Bangor House, distributing point for Moosehead all heavy. to wait and watch. He had been there breath. Mother! Father! Help!” and there are other markings about the Lake, Aroostook and Washington counties. Mr. Smith was the last one to leave but a few minutes when he heard some­ k Just then mother and father came by body which are unaccountable. Mr. H. A. Chapman & Son. Proprietors. the camp and has had as fine a rest as thing approaching and soon was thrilled and pulled him out, dripping. Parker’s two companions each shot a Onaw a, Me. could be asked for. The Pomeroys left to see an enormous bear ambling along. “Silly thing,” scolded his mother, “to buck. The snow in Sandwich, N. H., Camp Onawa. Do not write us for accommodations during July, August or first half of September, last week Thursday. Mr. Shaw has He waited until Mr. Bear was broad­ try to be what you can’t.” —St. Louis where the animals were shot, is about as all are taken. If you wish to come during the falj for moose, deer, bear, birds^or small game, been at home for two weeks. —East­ side to him, then put a ball behind the Post-Dispatch. eight or ten inches in the lowlands and write us at once. Young & Buxton. Onawa, Me. hampton News. foreshoulder, and, remembering his a foot and one-half of “ the beautiful” The above clipping was sent us some experience of the day before, followed He Knew Him. in the mountains.—Lowell (Mass.) WHERE TO GO HUNTING. time ago but we think the story inter­ She—George says he feels for you. Morning Sentinel. Ask Maine W oods Information Bureau for it up with another in the same place. circulars and particular®, Phillips, Maine. esting even at this late date. The bear dropped in his tracks. The He—He always says that after he has made a touch.—Yonkers Herald.