VOL. X X V . NO. 16. PHILLIPS, MAINE, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1902. PRICE 3 CTS. SPORTSMEN’S SUPPLIES SPORTSMEN’S SUPPLIES Game and Fish Oddities. SPORTSMEN’S SUPPLIES. SPORTSMEN’S SUPPLIES Partridges Hypnotized. Referring to the item in Maine Woods of last week in regard to the hypnotized deer that didn’t get off the m m s u n AMMUNITION track, F N. Beal, superintendent of the Sandy River railroad, says that par REPEATING RIFLES New Big Came Cartridges i trldges act funny around their trains. I They often stand beside the track with No matter what your ideas or preferences 45-70 High Velocity, 45-90 High I in a foot or two of the wheels when the are about a rifle, some one of eight differ­ Velocity, 50-110 High Velocity. ' train goes by and they often stand on ent Winchester models will surely suit : the track until the engine is nearly upon All new cartridges f--r big game hunting and are adapted you. Winchester Rifles are made in all to the guns which have been on the market for a number 1 them Only a few days ago one of these calibers, styles and weights ; and which­ of years. birds stood looking at the engine until These cartridges are loaded with low pressure smokeless it was upon her then she stepped onto ever model you select, you can count on powder and Soft Point bullets the nose of the cowcatcher, went in un- its being well made and finished, reliable They have great striking power at ordinary hunting ranges. ! der the engine and was killed. in action and a strong, accurate shooter. Correspondence solicited. Game laws of the U. S. free. FREE Send your name and address on a postal Knew .all About Guns. card for our 164 page illustrated catalogue. A man who wanted to find a good The Union Metallic Cartridge Co., WINCHESTER REPEATING ARMS CO. place to go hunting made the remark NEW HAVEN, CONN. 313 Broadway, New York, N. Y. Bridgeport, Ct. that he knew all about guns. Upon be­ ing asked how he learned ali about guns he said he was driving by a farmhouse one day when he saw a dog worrying a sheep. He called to inform the owners T H E RANCELEY LAKES, about the trouble and being informed Via the PORTLAND & RUMFORD FALLS RY. that the men were away he took a gun Through PARLOR CAR service during the Tourist season, j * that was hanging in the kitchen and went out to shoot the dog. He rested We mail, free of charge, a book showing half-tone cuts of hotels t FIREARMS the gun over the fence, took good aim and camps at all Rangeley Lake Points. at the dog, shut his eyes and pulled the PORTLAND & RUMFORD FALLS RAILWAY, ARE THE HUNTERS’ CHOICE. trigger. The gun went off in due time, R. C. BRADFORD, Traffic Manager, Portland, Maine. the sheep dropped dead and the dog ran WE MAKE off. Of course he knew “all about guns.” «RIFLES - PISTOLS - SHOTGUNS. It is via the Old . , Prefers to Huai Web Feet. FOR NEW YORK DIRECT. Ex-President Cleveland still prefers Tfie new modern and fast steamers of the Somerset Railway, Any dealer in sporting goods can furnish them. to hunt ducks. They are popularly Our Catalogue is free. reckoned more juicy tbao bears, though MAINE STEAMSHIP COMPANY Oakland to Bingham, Me. a bear steak, done to a turn, is very That you reach the Fishing Report of the J. STEVENS ARMS & TOOL COMPANY, good eating, after the bear has been leave Franklin wharf, Portland, Tuesdays, caught.—Boston Herald. Thursdays and Saturdays at 6 p. m., and Upper Kennebec Valley. leave New York same days at 5 p. m. No. 155 Broadway, The most prominent resorts being Rowe The Skunk Was a Fur Boa and Carry Ponds, Bald Mountain Lodge, ♦ CHICOPEE FALLS, MASS. « We Take Your Game Back Free. Moxie, Parlin and Pleasant Ponds. Many ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦} A wedding party a little out of Skow- F are, $3 00 one w ay, $5.00 round trip . others, all having good camps and equipment. hegan village were detained about forty The most agreeable route for passengers Only salmon and trout taken from these wat­ an d The Quickest for Freight. Full partic­ ers. Two mails daily between Bingham and minutes the other night while on tne ulars on application to Boston. Round trip t’ckets on sale at princi­ way to the train. THOS. M. BARTLETT, Gen’l Agt., pal Boston & Maine R R. stations. Fishing Some of the party discovered what season opens about May 15. For circulars Franklin Wharf, : Portland, Maine. and information address, was supposed to be a large skunk di­ Telephone—320. rectly in the middle of the road. The W. M. AYER, Supt., Oakland, Me. bride was dressed in a traveling suit of MAGNIFICENT COLLECTION! seal brown, trimmed with seal fur and OF she did not care to disturb bis skuuk- ship. ARE YOU LOOKING FOR Navajo Indian Blankets, Rugs, They waited until the moon was up when they could then see that the sup­ Basketry, Relics, Silverware, posed skunk was a woman’s fur boa Curios, etc., that some lady had lost there, which Big Game-Bird Shooting? looked so skunklike in the street. o Are now on display and for sale at our Gtnerai Eastern Offices and Sales Rooms Flint Knew What it Was. If so. Come to tlie at Detroit, Michigan. Station Agent Flint, Ed Kempton, El­ mer Weymouth, Joe Boston and Jarvey Tyler had an experience with a wild an­ These Magnificent Specimens imal near Farmington yard one day last Rangeley Lakes or of Indian handicraft, art and skill have beed personally gathered by us, and the collection Isone of the most com­ week that they will not soon forget. plete and finest ever shown. This work will before many The animal ran into a sewer and Flint years be classed with the lost arts, and the opportunity being a small man was sent in to drive now presented to secure this splendid Indian workman­ ship may never be had again. The prices will be found him out Dead River Region most reasonable and the articles are all of the highest When the “critter” came out at the and most select class other end, he ran up Boston’s leg, at which Boston much terrified screeched, Where you can get a MOOSE, DEER or The Edward Smith Indian Post Trading Co. “it’s a ‘lucivee,’ kill him boys.” At REAR, with plenty ot bird shooting of Arizona Territory, P. O. address, Flagstaff, Ariz. this juncture, Kempton went to his res­ cue with a fence rail, exclaiming as he EDWARD SMITH, in personal charge. did so, “ ’taint a ‘lucivee,’ it’s a bob ••ooOOOOOOoo*. cat.” Weymouth, as he sprang forward Write for circulars. Mail orders given prompt and For 1902 BooKlet and Map, free, address, careful attention. with crowbar upraised, knew what it was in a moment, for he saug out, “It’s F. N. BEAL, Phillips, Me., FLETCHER POPE, Phillips, Me., a wild-cat while Tyler, sticking his head up over a board pile, said somewhat ex­ Supt. S. R. R. R. Gen. M’g’r P. & R. R. R. DAM PE ICY I AUC URIIQF A leading Maine resort. Golf, Tennis. Boating, Bathing, citedly after the animal was killed, “It‘s G. M. VOSE, Kingfield, Me., n A i l U L L L l LA iVL nU U uL. Fishing. Booklet free. Rangeley Lakes Hotel Company, a mink, I knew it was all tlie time.” Rangeley Lakes, Rangeley, Maine, John B. Marble, President; Henry M. Burrows, Treasurer. Elmer Voter bought the skin and Supt. F. & M. Ry. made $3.50 on it. notwithstanding everything used in the WHAT ABOUT A LICENSE LAW? camp had to be brought in eight miles Beer Tame at Camp Crazy. over a tote road. FOR SPORT, REST. RECREATION The Bangor correspondent of the Arriving on the hunt'ng ground, the W. R. Vitfing and L. Jackman went Boston Globe says: parties deploy like an army of invasion out hunting Friday up just above True Come to KINEO! hill crossing. Looking across a small Never has the need of a game license aud sweep over miles of territory ad­ • TThe great centre from which sportsmen radiate for fishing, hunting and crmping. vancing in skirmish line and sbootiDg ravine they saw a deer about ten rods V ast and wonderful territory. Noted summer resort also. Send for booklet. law been so fully and painfully im­ at everything alive which comes in away in a small clearing. Jackman THE MT. KINEO HOUSE, - Kineo, - Moosehead Lake, - Maine. pressed upon the real sportsmen, not range, making a fusilade which sounds wanted to fire but Vining said, “hold on C. A. J u d k in s, Manager. Send for B ooklet only in Maine, but from out the state, like a Gatling gun in operation. Many Jack, we can get nearer.” They both as during the present season. Some­ had good rifles but Vining never having J square miles of choice hunting ground thing must be done to stop the raids of are literally devastated of all game of seen a deer bafore, thought perhaps the so-called “Ohio sportsmen” or com­ any kind by these raids they might catch him alive. So they pel them to contribute to the protection Sportsmen from other camps are j both crept very stealthily around tlie of tne game they have been slaughter driven off the territory through fear of hill, hoping that if he could not be ..