VOL. XXVII. NO. 8. PHILLIPS, MAINE, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1904. PRICE 3 CTS SPORTSMEN’S SUPPLIES Fish and Game Oddities.
Tilden And Thd Trout An an jdote about a dogfish aalhisuu- sucoessful interview with the President published in a recent number of Hamper's Weekly, leads a correspondent of that paper to recall another incideut in which the late Samuel J. Tiidea was the chief figure. Mr. Tilden and W. M Evarts were walking one day along the v METALLIC CARTRIDGES banks of the Ammonoosac, in the White Mountains, when they espied a Never misfire. A Winchester .44, a Remington .30 30, a Marlin fish a few feet from the shore. “ I think .38 55, a S.evens .22 or any gun you may use always does Superior l 11 have that big trout,” said Mr. Tild Take-Down Reheating Shotguns The notion that one must pay from fifty dollars upwards in order to get Shooting -vitti U. M. C. Car. ridges. We make ammunition for en. “ How do you expect to catch him a good shotgun has been pretty effectively dispelled since the advent of every gun in the world and always of the same quality— U. M. C. without a hook?’’ exclaimed his com the Winchester Repeating Shotgun. These guns are sold within reach quality. panion. “ Wait and sec,” was the reply of almost everybody’s purse. They are safe, strong, reliable and handy. and, removing his coat and vest, he The Union fletailic Cartridge Cq., W hen it comes to shooting qualities no gun made beats them. They kneeled down aud nimbly seized the Agency, 313 Broadway, N. Y. BRIDGEPORT, are made in 12 and 16 gauge. Step into a gun store and examine one- fish, though with such marvellous agd FREE: Send name and address on a postal card for oar large illustrated catalogue. Depot, 86-88 First st., San Francfso, Cal. CONN. ity that he lost his balance aud went iu WINCHESTER REPEATING ARMS CO., NEW HAVEN, CONN. < up to his neck. Nevertheless, with characteristic tenacity, he held on to his prize, and the twj ang’ers between them succeeded iu taking it to the hotel. “ There! exclaimed *fr. Tilden as he ex Rangeley Lake House, hibited it to the landlord, “did you ever see a finer trout than tnat?” “Trout! ’ IT’S A GUARANTEE OF QUALITY. ^ was the replyjMt’s nothing but a 2,000,000 Sold in Twelve Years. RANGELEY LAKES, sucker.” 'EVERY REEL WARRANTED. Over 800 Styles and Sizes. I1EALD POND CAMPS. RANGELEY MAINE, BOOKLETS MAILED FREE 5 Deer Are Reported Here as Plen Thoie who plan to visit the Rangeley; and are not yet booked, s t a n d a r d m e t a l g o o d s tiful as Ever. O l,.. o r o u r A c should write for 1904 illustrated booklet, to ^ Man u FACT J a c k m a n , Sep’. 20, 1904. RANGELEY LAKES HOTEL COMPANY, Bird and Animal Cages, 7o the Editor of Maine Woods: Cage Specialties,Fishing Reels, Rangeley, * Maine. In looking over the reports and state ments made by some person or persons Art ifi cral Ba its,; S p o on s, Etc. §U:r CHAIN — Brass, Bronze, Steel and Iron. J ohn B. M a r b l e , President. H e n r y M. B u r r o w s , Treasurer. stating that the deer are on the decrease y Y i '^/^Iwire picture c o r d . and that lots are dying, I will tell you my experience, as I always put iu a lot 198-Page Tackle Catalogue on Receipt of 25 Cents. MOCCASINS. All kinds. First-class work of time, trapping aud cruising round the T h e A n Dr e w b . h e n d r y x C o ., new haven conn., u . s a manship Catalogue free. BAKER GUNS M. L. G etch ell Sc Co., - Monmouth, Me. woods iu winter and take careful notice of the game. I will say that the deer are enough so that any unusual sound would more plentiful than I ever saw them at put it to flight and this together with auy time and moose are increasing rap its resemblance to a moose, prompted idly. Why I was iu five different THE RANGELEY LAKES, me to play a joke on a fellow woods moose yards last winter, two of them i Via the POR TLAND & RUM FORD FALLS RY. Special features of safety, strength ( man. within three miles of my camps at || j* Through PALLOR CAR service during the Tourist season, and durability combined with best “Not long after that I met my friend Heald pond, this certainly would not We mail, free of charge, a book showing half-tone cuts of hotels bo if they were decreasing. My guests quality and construction. and told my story and sure enough he and camps at all Rangeley Lake Points. too, saw the monster. all say the deer are more plentiful than PORTLAND & RUMFORD FALLS RAILWAY, Send for free Quarterly. they ever saw them. They never have “ That was enough. Inside of a week S^ R. C. BRADFORD, Traffic Manager, Portland, Maine. BakerCun and.Forejinat Co., the story was a subject of conversation to go out to see them, the deer come BATAVIA, NEW YORK. from Chesuncook lake tc the North right to camp. Last evening two came within 20 yards of the camp occupied East Carry and a little later on it had Buy your Ticket to Bingham, ITaine, by Mr, Grant of Springfield, Ohio. THE SPECTRE MOOSE AGAIN. reached Kineo, been written up for the GUIDE TO Via Oakland and the I don’t make these statements to Bangor papers and was being generally Northern Nlaine ..SOMERSET RAILWAY.. copied. b-iom my business, but 1 will at any PUBLISHED BY THE Well Known Guide Confesses to a “It wasn't long, however, before quite time guarantee any man a full quota of when you get ready to go deer any time in one week if he can Hunting; or Fishing;. Bold Imposition. a number of us knew the facts, but the BANGOR & A IOOSTOOK R. R. ‘spectre moose’ bad then become alto only shoot them. He can pick his deer | Moose, Deer, Trout and Salmon in Abundanca • ENTITLED “Isn’t it about time for some of you gether too good a thing from the adver at that. j Rowe, Carry, Otter, Pleasant and M oxie A party from Jeffersonville, Ohio, ponds and Bald Mountain Lodge are some of newspaper men to spring that old chest tising standpoint, to be other than “ IN TH£ MAINE WOODS.” | the most prominent resorts. Up to d ate nut about the spectre moose of Lobster beaded by Losson Day, killed in two camps in every respect. Reasonable rates. pushed along, so we kept ‘seeing him’ 200 pages and over 100 illustrations. | Two daily trains between Bingham and B os- lake?-’ queried John Hildreth, a well and a haif days, eight deer, seven of C opy fo r lOe in s ta m p s. j ton. Round trip tickets on sale at principal every now and then a ,d we were careful Address Dept A. them large bucks, while five raeu hunt ; B. & M. It. R. stations and Portland, M aine. known loc:^ guide of the Com.neroiai to let the wide-awake newspaper men C. C. BROWN, G. P. & T. A ., Fishing opens about May 10. Information | cheerfully furnished by correspindent reoeutly, with a sly twin and the credulous visitors, know all the ed al. the time and shot at deer every Bangor, Maine. I W. M. AYER, Mgr. Somerset Ry., Oakland, Ma kle in his eyes. details and to give the stories a fasci day for two weeks and went home “ Of all the fairy tales t h a t h a v e been nating s jnse of mystery. einp y handed. Why? Because they spun about the wonders of the Norlh “ The moose grew with amazing rap couldn’t hit. Some of them ask me woods,” he continued, pulling a well idity the first season, nearly doubling this fall, “Can we get our deer if we worn newspaper clipping from a pocket in size and early next fali we were care curne up?” I simply say if you have Why Not Fisli in MAINE book, “ this yarn is the limit. Listen to ful to have the animal back iu his old learned to shoot I will guarantee you the first part of it: hauuts early in the season, in spite of cau get your deer all right. “ ‘The enormous moose that has been the fact that the big gray horse had Bears are also very plentiful and par Where BIG TROUT and LANDLOCKED SALMON the wonder of all sportsmen and the long since disappeared. By way of va tridges were never any more plentiful rise to the fly every day during the open season. Come terror of superstitious woodsmen since riety we added the superstitious element in mj time aud I have lived in the 1891, has again been seen and people and let the beast keep on growing. By woods for 18 years most of the time. to the who have always laughed at the stories the middle of the season the animal was If I have misrepresented any one state of the white moose and the spectre so big that he couldn’t go down a tote meut I hope to be reminded of it later moose are beginning to believe that af road without touching the trees on both on. I will say the only dead deer I saw Rangeley Lakes or ter all, there is some kind of an over sides with his antlers, and his hoof last winter was killed by a dog and the grown freak wandering between Lob prints were as large as au army bat. dog was killed by a man shortly after. ster lake and Mt. Katahdin.’ “ We thought we’d done fairly well The past summer was a very prosper “ The story then goes on to say that and were willing to let the matter drop, ous oue, as the camps were filled and Dead River Region the animal stands 15 feet high, has ant but about this time a sure enough gray fishing was very good. lers ten or 12 feet across, with 22 points moose of unusual size put in au appear The parties who visited the camps and you are sure to get plenty of good fish. In planning on a side and a bell 28 inches long. ance in the vicinity of Katahdin and were as follows: “Owing to the fact that I perpetrated Edward Lewis, wife and sons, Media, Pa.; your trip send for booklet and maps, free, to helped things along mightily. Harry Sanderson and family of seven, Bala, this joke origiually I think an explana “It does seem rather sad to give the Pa ; H. K. Pevear, Peabody, Mass.; W. L. F. N. BE A L, Phillips, Me., FLETCH ER POPE, Phillips, Me., tion is due to the publio now that the thing away,” concluded Hildreth, “but Hyde and family of three, Salem, Mass.; Geo. subject ha, been worn threadbare by confession is good for the soul, aud a P. Armstrong, Belmont, Mass.; Dr. C. A. Supt. S. R. R. R. Gen. M’g’r P. & R. R. R. Veasey and family of three, Philadelphia; the newspapers. few of us would like to see the facts in John Keeler and son, Stamford, Conn.; Judge G. M. YO SE, Kingfield, Me,, “Iu the fall of ’91 I spent a good deal print. W. B. Stevens and family of four, J. W. Mc of time in the vicinity of Lobster lake “For the sake of advertising we can Donald, Stoneham, Mass.; G. A. Grant, Supt. F. & M. Ry. and one evening I came across what I find a panther now and then and have Springfield, Ohio; Mr. and Mrs E. Kent, Paw supposed to be a monster gray moose, tucket, R. I.; E. C. Spencer, New York; E. W, a hand to band encounter with a she- I.ang, New York; J. C. Killham, Beverly, disappearing down a tote road. A night bear and perhaps, later on, we can M ass. or two later I saw the same beast in spring something about a ten-legged about the same place and I crept up caribou.”—Bangor Commercial. Fishing at Rangeley. INFORMATION FREE. very close for a better view, when to Mr. 0. F. Hutchins and family of my surprise, I found that the animal We often get enquiries from parties who want a bunch of circulars was nothing more or less than a huge The first man shot in mistake for a Boston have joined Capt. R. A. Tuttle gray draught horse, which later on, I deer in the Adirondacks this season was and family at Lake Point cottage, of camps and hotels in Maine and of Railroad and Steamboat lines. We found was disabled and had been turned a guide, and the strange thing is that Rangeley lake. The Hutchins’s have send these free of charge for the benefit of advertisers in M aine W oods he was shot by his own brother, who, been abroad this year and now Mr. H. loose by some lumber operators near by. and our readers. The beast had been roaming about for like the usual fool visitor, fired because will do a little September fishing with some little time and had become wild he saw something moving in the bush. Chas. L. Hamden, guide, M ain e W oods I nformation B u r ea u , Phillips, Maine. 2 MAINE WOODS, SEPTEMBER 30. 1904. SPORTSMEN’S SUPPLIES. Whistler Shooting Iii Casco Bay. MOOSELOOKMEGUNTIC HOUSE. York County News. SPORTSMEN’S SUPPL Eb. BY WILLIAM G. HILL. Sp ecial co rresp o u d en ce to M a in e Wo o d s. CANVAS CANOES. Special correspondence to Ma in e W oods. A Few Enjoying the Last Bays of Kennebunk, Sept. 26, 1904. Ran g e le y, Sept 27, 1904. Fishing. Saturday evening the moon w%s full It was during tbe early part of March and quite a number hereabouts took ad We began planning our shooting trip We manufacture a high grade Canoe, constructed witu canvas cover, cedar ribs and vantage of the fine night to go coon planking spruce gunwales, white ash or oak stern pieces and thwarts and brass bang down the bay for a few days with the Senator Frye at His Camp at The hunting. The coons must 1 ave seen •lutes. The Lightest. Strongest and Best. Send for catalog ie. Old Town, Maine. whistlers (American golden eye.) Ow Narrows. them coming for they kept close. E. M. WHITE & CO., ing to tho severe winter of 1903 it was Special correspondence to Ma in e W oods. The law comes off deer in York coun impossible to n ake connections other CANO MOOSELOOKMEGUNTIC HOUSE, 1 ty Saturday and the sportsmen are get wise than a long tramp across the wa H a i n e s L a n d i n g , Sept. 28, 1904. I ting their rifles out and replenishing ters of Casco biy to a small island called Although the closo of the season is al their outfits foi the month’s hunting. ------— ^ Chebeague, some ten miles distant from most at hand there is still lots of life Guide Watson and his brother while Portland. out for a walk one morning recently, and gaiety here and there are Btill a 18 foot Canoe $25 oo, 19 foot Canoe £26x0, F. O. B. Old Town. We left the c:ty, my partner in crime, number of guests who are enjoying the saw one of the largest bucks ever seen Eddie James, and myself at 3.30 p. m. Model and finish designed expressly for use on hunting and fishing trips. closing days of a most eventful season in this vicinity. Signs are very numer Maple paddles $3.00 per pair. Order your canoe and paddles to day. on the day of March 30, in high hopes ous and we predict that more deer will There have been a great number of CARLETON CANOE COMPANY, - Box 139, - Old Town, Maine. Of a good day’s shooting on the 31st. memorable events at the Mooselookme bo shot this fall than last. If the c id In order to reach our destination we guntic House, Haiues Landing and vi W'eather holds the last of October may bird was in flue condition as all have were to go to Yarmouth by rail, thence see snow on the ground and that will be SEND US HUNTING STORIES cinity, which are worthy of space in the beeu that have been secured. to Chebeague, by ice a distance of eight history of the woods of Maiue. Some a great benefit to the hunters. miles, through a very unpleasant depth The herring situation until within a Our readers are requested to send us large catches of fijh were made by We are reliably informed that four of of snow which made the walking ex day or two ago has been anything hunting stories. There are plenty of guests of the Mooselookmeguntic the hounds that have been chasing deer ceedingly hard. but encouraging. The fishermen had House. hereabouts have been shot, ike owners things to write us. Tell us where you However, at 9 30 p. m. we found our almost given up hope of catching any The fly fishing, while not up to the refusing to take care of them. As soon go and what you see. Address, selves seated at a comfortable fireplace this year, but latest reports from the standard, has been fairly good. The as theie dogs are got rid of the deer will M a i n e W o o d s , Phillips, Maine. where a good, hot supper was in wait coast are to the effect that the herring majority of the sportsmen who are here be found more plenty as they were the lng for us, to which I can truthfully say have struck in and that the fishermen are fly fishermen yet there are a few first of the summer. IFLES. SHOT GUNS, REVOLVERS and we did justice. are having all they can do to get them R AMMUNITION. All kinds. Lowest prices who are trolling as usual. The maj >rity About 40 members of the Sanford Ch a s . L. H a r n d k n , Rangeley, Me. After talking the matter over and ar in readiness to ship to the markets. of fish recently takeu have been taken grange enjoyed an outing at Bod well ranging our decoys we decided to re A very sad drowning accident oc A. S. ARNBURCJ, Rangeley, Maine. on the fly. Mr. H. F. Stevens of New Bros.’ camp at Square pond, Sanford, tire with a series of pleasant dreams of curred in the Saco river last Saturday. Builder of Rangeley Boats. Write or prices. York, who has been here for some t:me, last Saturday. the morrow. As I heard the ringing of Harley P. Billings together with Rufus had a successful catch a few days ago. Walter P. Scott of Sanford was fined our old alarm at 3 a. m. I quietly turned Small and Arthur Wheeler started out He was accompanied by his little 6 $5 and costs in the municipal court at H. M. BARRETT, Weld, Me. over and punched my companion in the Saturday morning to go gunning up the years-old daughter. His largest fish Sanford last week, for having partridges Builder of FINE CEDAR BOATS. ribs warning him that unless he got his river. The trip up was made in good among six was a beautiful 4-pound in his possession during close time. He jgg^Write for price list and descriptive eyes open wider than that our chances luck, getting up by Little falls, which C a ta lo g u e. salmon. The little girl also lauded a 3i settled. for ducks would be slim. are always more or less dangerous, with pounder. Among the Somersworth news in the After considerable resistance on his out mishap. Wheeler was rowing the Mr. J. L Hamer of New York, who is Biddeford Journal I noticed the follow part, I finally persuaded him to come boat, with Billings at the stern and Moose and Deer Hunters. also in Mr. Stevens’s party, is getting a ing: “A fawn about 4 mouths old wa" If you want record breaking heads come to from under the warm blankets and en Small at the other end. When near the Deer Lake Camps. There are more deer to few fish on the fly and has been success captured last week on Market street, ter into the joys of a hot breakfast. Gilpatric farm Small said he guessed he the square mile an und Deer Lake Camps ful in shooting a few: partridges. Somersworth. The beaitiful little fel- than in any other part of Maine. Thirty deer Having completed our lunch we then wouldjhave a smoke and in attempting were seen Irom camp in one day this sum mer. Small game is abundant. I c an get started for the shore where our boat to get some tobacco from Billings at the you the besi of guides for moose and deer hunting. My camps are easy of access by had been made ready on the night be other end of the boat, he caused the five hours’ ride from Greene’s Farm Railioad fore and as the sunrise began to ilium boat to tip to one side and it soon filled Station at a small outlay for stage fate. For pal tic.Jars address inate the horizon we found ourselves and capsized. Small could swim well W. C. V a n V l i e t , Eustis, Me. building a blind that was to be our but Wheeler could not, so Billings aided hiding place during the flight. Wneeler, but he was obliged to let go The whistler, being a noitbern bird, of him and swim to shore as he wai feeds almost entirely near the edge of loaded down with rubber boots and the ice and in order to get to their feed cartridge belt. As soon as he reached ing grounds we were to shoot from the shore he removed his boots and coats, lower border of a huge field of ice some but Wheeler and Small were not to be 15 inches thick, which had been con seen. Their bodies were found later in stantly broken up by the heavy under the day. Billings was heartbroken over ti.e drowing as the three were very close tow from the ocean. friends. The two guns and nfle which Hardly Lad we gotten our decoys out they Lad with them were lost. when a solitary bird came down the WINCHESTER REPEATER. wind straight at us and as it scaled over the wooden forms a y full choked left A BAR CAIN The White House and Birches. For sale or exchange Steam Launch 49x12 put an end to the first bird that came. Special correspondence to Ma i n e W o o d s. Copper lasiei ed hull, R< belts tubular boiler, With the approach of the rising sun A lth o u se e n g in e , b u ilt 1901, in A 1 c o n d itio n , G r a n d Lake S t r e a m , Sept. 26, 1904 capacity 3f> passengers, under government the flight began and as they came along Tho fishiug season is drawing to a licens*-, cost §8,600, suitable lor lake or traus- from one to four and five at a time we urtation. Will take any rcas nable offer of, close and the hunters are looking about vnd or cash. H A R LES T1GHE, I —- 55 V esey S t„ N ew Y ork C ity .-5 offered thtm congratulations with us for thbir guns and ammunition. Al ually four loads of Infallible—sometimes ready the partridges and ducks have stopping them but truthfully speaking, ....FISHING RODS.... had to look lively aud some of them did not all the time, as this same sturdy New Store on Rangeley Lake House Grounds not look soon euough we would judge little duck is capable of lugging off con Call and see my line of Rangeley Wood from the strings A. W. Blake bring* and Split Bamboo Rods. siderable lead. back from the morning trips he takes Eddie not having shot at any ot these £ . T . HOAR. with Steve. One morning I counted befoie, was unable to laud them (stiange Rangeley. ■ ■ Maine. seven heads swinging in the wind as he to say) and declaied he was shooting at turned the corner. THE RANGELEY STUDIO. the wind and a half mile beyond them Developing, printing, souvenir views etc Blake’s new oottage is finished aud The shooting held good until noon Amateu s can have heir work promptly at being occupied. George Blake and his tended to by the most approved me’hods and at that time we had bagged a rea Orders by mail solicited. 1 w-ant to call the young br.de left for.kooie Saturday af attention of hotel and camp proprietors to sonable number of ducks and were both the fact, tha* I am always ready to do view ter a happy month’s outing. As re quite sati&fied with our day’s sport. ing and outside wt rk ot all kinds. Telephone gards fishing aud, hunting tLey were connections. So after returning to Chebeague and very successful. c. H. H A in, Prop’r., Rangeley, /Me once again reviving the inner man we The September^ salmon fishing ba> Range ey Studio. started on our weary journey across the beeu very good.J ,The Stearns party ot bay, arriving in the city that evening, three in five days caught six salmon and well pleased with a good day’s shoot MOW’D VOU LIKE TO FLAY PEEK A-BOO WITH ME? INDIAN STORE. 46 trout. ing. The Crocker party are expected to P e te r /T. Nicolar, morrow aud will stay over for the deei Kingfield Sporting Notes. Mr. J. E. Chapin of Springfield, Mass., iow was restored to his native wilds.” of the Penobscot Tribe who has been with us all summer, left a Kennebunk sportsmen are using Haz bunting. from Old Town, Me., Special correspondence to Ma in e W o o d s. few days ago for his nouae alter a much ard Blue Ribbon and Infallible lor brush Mr. O. F. vou Arnim left for home D ea ler in Kingfield, Sept. 28, 1904. Friday after a stay of two weeks, part of enjoyed vacation. Mr. Chapin’s mothei shooting this fall. All kinds of Fancy Some section hands on the Franklin & accompanied him here and remainec Tne white whale, which was seen a which was spent in camp on Dobsic Megantic railroad near Riverside cot several weeks Sue proved to be one o' while ago at Biddeford pool, made its lake. Indian Baskets, War tage in Bigelow s a w a large bear the most successful anglers of the femi second appearance recently at York The new church which is being built Clubs, Bows and Wednesday of last week. The bear was nine stx. Her largest oi many tish taken brack. The fisherman who saw it tills in the village is.beiDg pushed rapidly coming down the track when first seen while here was a beautiful 8 pound time said that tbe whale came up just and a meeting was held in the nufln Arrows,Bark Work and as soon as he detected the men salmon which she had mounted by Nas! dehind him and blew, frightening him ished vestry last Sunday. It is hoped Seal Skin Slippers. walked off into the woods and disap that the vestry will be finished this fall of Maine. considerab y, it being entirely uulooked Baskets at lowest peared from view. Senator Frye, who spent a week at hii for. W eb pe that someone will sue so that the Sabbath school can use then camp ^t Tne Narrows with bis daugh oeed in capturing this curiosity soon. new home this winter. pi ices. Mr. Wiibur of Bigelow and a friend ter, Mrs. Briggs, left a few uays ago People in Hollandville are much The autumn foliage on the ridges is Satisfaction guar recently got a gooa catch of trout on the The Senator was not so fortunate w iti stirred up over the prevalence of wild now iu its glory and to many this is th Carrabassett. anteed . fishing as he has been tn the past but i beasts 1 hereabouts. A few days ago a most beautiful time of the year. Mr. John Sullivan contemplates a trip is well known that the So. ator fisne cow belonging to Elias Smith while in The recent arrivals at the Whit- Main Street. Rangeley, Me. to Tufts pond sometime in tiie near fu only by the cast of the fly. the pasture was bitten and badly lacer House are Mr. and Mrs. Judson H. Root, ture. ______Mi’, and Mrs. C. fi. Carpenter of Paw ated by some wild animat. Some Mrs. Shiras Morris, Hartford, Conn.; Dr. SPORTSMEN. tucket, R. I , are here for toe balance of thought it was a bear, but a day or two A. R. Moffit, Winthrop Brooks, Paul Dr. II. S. Yiies has returned from a Older an '>p to date firearm. Subscribe to the fishing season. They are both ex Randall, L. Fraissinet, O. F. von Aruim, fishing trip to Eustis. ago a lynx was seen near there by Fred an up to oate publication. Do it now. pert fly fishermen and have already be Townsend and family while on their A. S. Schooumaker, New York City; E (Mark this ad. for future reference) gun to bring in trout and salmon lauded M. Coats, Springfield, Mass,; E, H . Messrs. Horatio Clark and Warren on tbe fly. There are several others way home from Buxton in his automo 32 Winch si er Special High Power Rifle, $14.73 bile. The big cat was lying in the road Stearns, Baugor; Marian Hervins, Mi 1 --Reloading------Tool------complete for------32 special ' ' 2.75 Sweatt of New Portland, two veteian who still remam here. Colt’- 32 Cal.Pa Automatic ______Pocket Plslol, 16.00 fishermen, have been at Tufts pond re and walaed leisurely towards the woods rose, Mass. ;sNina P. Sprague, Dr. C. E. Colt’s 38 Cal. Automatic Sporting Pistol, 20.00 Johnson, Princeton; Allerton Cushman, Colt’s 3* Cal. AulomaTo Military Ti-dol, 21 00 cently. Farmington Sporting. when it saw the auto approaching. Mr. Reloading Tools complete, 32 or 38 Anto Townsend said positively that it was a Lieut. Guy Cushman, Washingto D n ia Tc. „ 3.60 Messrs, M. Mitchell and Chas. Sweatt Special correspondence to Maine Woods. Hr--wiling 2 vauge Automatic Gun, 35.00 lynx and a very large one to be seen in C . ______W inotiester 22 Cal. Automatic Rifle, 17.85 captured seven partridges recently. F a r m i n g t o n , Sept. 28, 1904. this country. 8avage 22 Cal. Automatic Rifle, 13.25 The folio wing merry party were re To.Camp Owners. Write tne when you need anything in sport The bird hunters in town report plen A small flock of uplaud plover was ing goods e eetncal goods, novelties and cently at Yarnum pond: Misses Addie tools ot all kinds I can supply you. seen iu Kennebunk one day this week. Many owners of camps who havi ty of partridges this fall. The signs are Briggs, Belle Jones, Florence Shorey Fr e subscription ‘o <),<• Ma in e W oods for Tbe flight of woodcock has not begun M a i n e W o o d s regularly, but who have one year, regular prlc. $100 given free with also said to be just right for good deer and Caro Jacobs, Messrs. Arthur Nor each $10.00 order, or for two years with each yet, only native birds are being shot. had no camp news in our columns for a $20.00 order, six months trial subscription of hunting later on. ton, Ernest Butler and Roy Stewart. The gunners say that partridges keep long time past, if ever, would do well t< the above with ea< h $5. 0 order. §‘ngle satn- Mr. Lail Tarr reports seeing a large Miss Jacobs acted as chaperone for the p'e copies M a i n e W o o d s free. themselves in the swamps just now and send us a little news about their people Premiums—-Semi $1 00 the tegular subs, dp* black bear in an orchard about five party. In the rifle competition, held in tion price tor M a in k W o o ds and ri ceiv ey o u r are hard to get at to shoot. and their attractions. We would print choice of any article of spirting goods or miles from Kingfield, Sunday. Mr. honor of the ladies, Miss Jacobs easily tool retailing for 40c or less, or one year Iree A Saco gunner shot a partridge one it and it would pay the camps well. We Tarr said the bear was quite tame and won the championship by some remark subscription to Camp Fire Stories. Sample day this week that had only one leg. like to have mail sent to us as early at- co p ies 6c. would have been easy game had Mr. ably tine shooting. Send your older now and r< ceive catalog He inferred that the bird had at some Monday, for the current week, when free, from which to select your premium. Tarr had his trusty rifle by him at the possible. Percy Roberts and a friend have got time been caught in a trap or had the Catalog to anyone sending stamp. Address, R. A. MORR1SKTTE, Sporllng Goods, time. ten several partidges of late. J. W. Bbackett Co., leg shot off by another hunter. Tbe No. 303 W. Main Street, - Richmond, Va. Phillips, Maine (Mention where you 9aw this ad.) MAINE WOODS, SEPTEMBER 30, 1904. 3
SPORTSMEN S SUPPL.ES. SPORTSMEN’S SUPPLIES. SPORTSMEN’S SUPPLIES. I SPORTSMEN’S SUPPLIES. l _ Lons; Pond Campers. At Camp Winona are T. L. Smith and r T H E BRAND friends of Boston. Frank Chick, Archie and Pete Lufkin are the guides. ^ OF A guide, who has had all kinds of ex perience with people who had buck fever when they saw the game, says he DuPont Always«/ Reliable. 1 had a ‘ jumper” out hunting a year or AMMUNITION two ago and he gave ‘-points.” Said the jumper was creeping up on a deer W K i c h h a s attained Popularity ^ that was in plain B ig h t 300 yards away. At Paduach, Ky.} September 13 and 14 He had h is gun cocked and was in a fair way to shoot his game, when a little 1st General A\erage, 358 ex 390, Ed Brady BECAUSE OF SUPERIORITY. bird flew up in a tree over his head and made a wee wee sound without warn Newburn, Tenn. ing, when the jumper said “ wee wee,’ pulled the trigger, threw the gun in the 2nd GeLeral Average, 357 ex 390, T. A. Marshall Manufactured by air and the game ran away. Keithsburg, 111. UNITED STATES CARTRIDGE CO., WANTS, FOR SALE, ETC. 3rd General Average, 356 ex 390, C. G. Spencer, LOWELL. MASS., U . S . A. Price i cent a word each inser tion. Cash with order. St. Louis, Mo. All shot. Upper Dnni House. BEAVER POND CAMPS. WANTS. Special correspondence to Ma in e W o o d s. Upper Dam, S pt. 26, 1904. MLr. Uh ster Bi.sbee’s Tatde Sup- OATS WANTED. 1 want to buy two sec B ond baud Rangeley boats. Name price. The frost of last week chilled the plied With Game. S. G. Haley, Phillips. DuPont Smokeless. flowers but not the ardor of the fisher AN TED—Position to take charge of a first- men as the following record will testify: class hotel or charge of office. Have had The Tame Foxes Still Linger W experience and can give first-class reference. J. C. Morgan, trout, 31116 pounds; A ddress Ma in e W oods In f o r m a t io n Bu salmon, 8|, 3^ and 3i pounds. R N. Around the Camps. r e a u , Phillips, Me. ►***************************************** ...... < Parish, salmon, 33 16, 3^ pounds; trout, Special correspondence to Maine Woods. ANTED -W ill pay big commission to any W one who can get single pair orders for 5 16, 8^ pounds. Eugene Lynch, salmon, Be a v e r P ond, Sept. 26, 1904 world’s standard waterproof hunting boot. Jim says it will be a Merry Christmas if Will shed snow and water. Write for camp . Black Brook Camps. 515-16,5 13 16,9 15 16 pounds. L. A. Mr. Chester G. Bisbee brought iu a ing book and order blanks free. Factor they oome. Special correspondence to M a i n e W o o d s. Reese, salmon, 3 9 16, 5 pounds. Fiauk well filled game bag oue day recently of output 60 000 pair bo ts and shoes. A quie£ Other parties in camp the past week seller. E. W. B u r t & Co., Lynn, Mass. B l a c k B r o o k C a m p s , V. Durnond, salmon, 5| pounds, six partridges and a duck. The bii’ds were J. H. Bridge, Boston, S las Long- D e a d R i v e r , Sept. 27, 1904. E. Bartlett and wife of North Oxford, made a delicious pie. Mr. Bisbee is a FO R SALE. The fishing has held good throughout ley, guide; Alfred Peabody, Salem, Mass., and daughter, Mrs. A. L. Taft of successful all around hunter and every the entire season and no one has had Mass., H. R. Horton, guide; H. J. Allen, Spencer, Mass., arrived on Sunday by day supplies hi3 table with game or fish. OR SALE—38 Automatic Colt's pistol, good a s new , $12.60 if so ld soon. T. J. F ork - any reason to find fault. West Lynn, M iss., P. A. Rogers, guide; way of the White mountains and will He caught a beautiful 2 pound fish at F f a n , Sp echt, O. E. E. Fields, Ilartland, Me.; James The partridge season has opened remain for a few days’ hunting after the the Meadow Ground Saturday. OR SALE—A very fine skunk and coon, 8 fairly well so far, but the weather has Churchill, Concord, Me. fishing is over. m on ths old. P rice $5.00. W. E. D enny, Mr. and Mis. Wm. Van V Hayes have FFranklin, N. Y. been very unfavorable moBt of the time. Several other piarties are expected It wa* a pleasing sight to see two returned to. New York after passing ten this week. 'OROR SALE-SALE—Five male, two female, full There is every promise of the most little Florida boys aged 3 and 12, who days in Camp Beaver Terror. F bloodedtod ed bull 1 terrier jlfllipups. For prices ad- successful fall hunting season we nave Mr. Loon A. Bump of Wilton is act had never seen snow before last week. The mountains are fast gettiug their dress, O. W. W il l ia m s o n ,'New Portland, Me. ever had and apparently no one is stay ing as head cook at Black Brook Camps They bad a game of snowball but the autumn evat of many colors on and Oc OR SALE—One nice Foxhound and one this week in the absence of Jim. nice Rabbit Hound. These dogs are two ing at home this year on account of the 3-years-old boy was dismayed to fiud tober by far is the most beauti.ul month yearsF old, handsome, thoroughbred English license aw. the snow was cold, “ O h so cold.” and have been used one season. L. A. Voter, of the season The hunters are ali New Vineyard, M me. Deer are by far more plenty than ever Mr. and Mrs. Otis Green and sons, hoping for warmer weather as it has Rifle Practice. Edward aud Otis, of Ocala, Fia., left for OR SALE—The Salmon Camp, known a* before. Moose also are plenty, being been rather cold the past few days. F Brown’s cabin. Kettle o ive, Sebago L ike, seen almost daily by someoue in camp. Company K, Farmington, of the sec their home on Saturday, after a month’s Me., accommodates 30, furnished or uiifiit- The two foxes who broke their chains nislied, nice summer collage. AI*o Bas-. I*. Five of them were seen in one day iast ond regiment, has been challenged by stay here. and run for the woods are seen every land and cotiage. well known a Bass Island Camp: lovely island birch grove, 1J acre*, week. Company D of Norway first regiment Mrs. Horatio Bisbee and daughter, morning playing up by the stable where first-class water at <1 Kir, i itt .e e go Lake Bears are apparently r jar!'' anour for a match with twelve men on a side Miss Florence, started this morning for 1 A lso shore lots and cam ... L. B. N\SON, the horses are kept. The chore boy j Box 6, North Windham, Mo. ous a* deer as almost every day some t" slioot at 200 500 aud 600 yards or New Y irk, where the latter will remain regularly puts meat in the pen as it OR SALE— Inthella geley Lake region of one reports seeing them and r.;- every r00 aoi GOO; ten shots and two aiders to study and Mrs. Bisbee will later go was their home and evidently they Maine—A fine camp, fully furnished, i *.o for eac'o man at each range. Etch side on to their home in Jacksonville, Fia. FI house (filled,) "store house and boat house; one kuows these camps are famous for think that is a much easier way of get I power launch, boats, earn, s, etc., etc. Best bear shoo iug and have made big rer- jjiits up 650 prize money. The chal Col. Bisbee and son, Ralph, will remain ting it than working for their liviDg. locaiijn in the seciio.i. Will be sold at a bar- 1 gain. For particulars, etc., aduress Ch a s . X. or ’« in years pa.-t something of intent t lending party names Ooc. 5 at Bruus for a part of the hunting season. They are not shy except when one tries i B e e b e , New London, Conn, j------:...... will be made he:6 this season. to catch them. Their coats are beauti ORSES FOR SAT.E—several pairs of h ea v v J. G. Harlow, proprietor of Black ful since their sojourn in the woods and H draft horses weigni g from 4<>0 to 8 000 i pounds per pair. These horses have ben Brook C imps, says he has one paity they have grown noticeably in the past worked-by a nmtractor, aie in good condi tion and suitnbl-> lor use in 'lie woous. Cad* coming for oig game hunting that will two weeks. or easy terms. <:iC"UOiS 11. CURHS, DeWnfc rak** $300 worth of licenses for them. Among the late arrivals in camp are Stables, Lewiston, Me. One of the finest parties ever visiting Dr. Samuel McClary, Ph iadelphia; Mr. a s o l e n e l a u n c h f o r < \ l f —\ n e w first class gasoi-i.e L a u n c h built. M ‘V last, by these camps was Mr. J S. Maxcy of and Mrs. W. M. Reynolds, Miss Blakes- ThomasG Slone or -swamiisco'i. Mass., was oii Gardiner, president of the Fraukiin & lee, Holyoke, Mass.; Jeremiah Richards, exhibition at H- rtieultural II II it Automobile Show, us-d only m u weeas 20 r . long, 4 fr. Meeant c rsiU ay, his two sons, Robert Miss Ethel Richards, Miss May Hands, in. wid.-, S ignni >'<■ H go <■ horse power, 3 blade pro. eiler. dec *s ttnts'nd in m oingaiy, and U chari Alixcy, his daughter, Miss New York; Owen Ward, Poughkeepsie, brass rail0, onk finish, canvus «■<>ver halls’ri 3, Helen M ix -y ami niece, Miss Barbara N. Y.; Grant Fuller, Bernard Taylor, e.adie oars an i tm ls, t rice ill f . N I. ca d i F. O. B. G reen ville, M e. O
I was surprised to see in so short a very handy and pleasant place for good calves running and bleating. Putting FROM SAMUEL FARMER. their heads out of the window they time so muoh improvement at Range- fishing. It seems like a good place to MAPS. found that a bear had caught a calf and go and their roomf were all full. I met He Yisits Maine and Meets His ley. So many fine residences on the was carrying him up the mountain alive. north side of the village, where a few Mr. Wilbur at the landing and he took Old Friends. They could hear it b'.eat until the top! M ain e W oods has frequent en- years ago only a few scattering houses me to Mountain View in almost no time. was reached, when it ceased. | Tuiries for maps of the fishing re- were seen. The Rangeley Lake House I clung to the rigging an * 1 when told he Notes Many Improvements In the The next morning Mr. Allen Averill, °f the state e c., and we can has been added to until very few hotels was a son of old Phario it was all settled an old hunter and t.apper, was sent for , the following Maine M a p s : Rangeley Region. in Maine, if any, except perhaps the knowing so well the quality of that old aud asked to bring his bear trap along. Ra«geley Meganhc districts, 25c Poland Spring House, are its equal. hero of which I w ill have something to Arkansas City, Kan., Sept. 5, 1904. riiey followed the bear up the mountain, ^ Rangeley and Megantic districts, Also the Mountain View House, which say in Maine Woodsman in the near very large, 50c To the Editor of Maine Woods: in places so steep they could ouly g e t, has stretched itself out so there is hard future. up by giasping small trees. The re j Moosehead and Aroostook dis Feeling under great obligation to my I enjoyed very much the hospitality ly any end to it aud yet it was packed mains of the calf were found barely over tricts, 50c many friends in Maine and Massachu of our near and dear old friends, Mr. full from top to bottom. Mr. and Mrs. 1 lie crest, where the trap was set and Millinocket and Munsungan lakes, setts for their many kindnesses shown and Mrs. H. T. Kimball, who are so Bowley insisted we should have their the bear was caught after several days. $1.00 me during my sojourn in good old New pleasantly situated in one of the finest room and they would go outside. Of After visiting relatives and friends in Maine, Northern, for sportsmen England as it appears at this season of course we would not accept and only residences in town. They are real pi the year and desire to publicly express Temple and Wilton, I stopped two days' and lumbermen, 25c speak of it to show their care for their oneers, having been born and always in Auburn and Lewiston and one day my greatest thanks for so many eourte- lived in Rangeley and seen nearly all its Franklin County, 50c friends aud guests. They are the kind in Portland and Peaks Island where I sies extended, especially in the vicinity growth. I tried my best to see all old Oxford County, 50c of hotel keepers who have full houses was highly entertained by Capt. C. W. of our old home in Franklin county, friends in Rangeley aud trust I may be Somer et County, 50c generally. Howard and family, who have a fine Maiue. Aroostook County, 50c I left home July 17, making a short residence there. The Captain has a small steamer and takes out parties to Piscataquis County, 50c Btay at the World’s fair and a week’s Washington County, c;oc Btay in Massachusetts, took a sail from the mauy points of interest in that lo cality. Outline map of Maine, 30x36 in. $1.00 Boston to Portland, which was most de Geological map of Maine, 35c lightful, and after a day in Portland, I spent a day in Boston calling on old friends aud one day at the World’s fair R. R. map of Maine, 35c bo. rded a boat for Harpswell, spending U. S. map, size 1SX29, 30c a few days among the islands and and arrived home Wednesday, Aug. 31. It was a most enjoyable trip aud now Androscoggin county, 35c breathing the cool sea air which is this Cumberland county, 33c never enjoyed on the prairies of the the heat of summer is past and couutry is fine from now on. Mr. Al Hancock County, 50c west a great treat sure and meeting my Kennebec County, 35c old friend, John Church, formerly of bert Worthley is out after a severe sick ness. Mrs. Whitney, his mother-in-law Knox County, 35c Phillips, a fisherman for many years. Lincoln and Sagadhoc Counties, "35c John is hale and hearty and seems to is very feeble. Penobscott County, 50c be taking things easy. Instead of pull Samuel Farmer. Waldo County, 35c ing fish from the bottom of the sea he has York County, 35c what he calls a pound, rigged on what is A Hood Canoe Trip. called a newke on the shore fixed so that Sidney Harden of Madrid a guide who LOTTED TIMBERLANDS. the fish can go in but bothered to get has made several vary long canoe trips Aroostook County, section plans out when the tide goes out and are easily in Maiue says any man who wants a Nos. 3, 4 and 5, from Grand captured. good canoe trip to begin and end a t,o r Lake to Fort Kent, 30c From Bailey’s island I took small near Rangeley, can have it. Hancock County, section plan boats propelled by gasoline engines and HOW DO YOU LIKE THE LOOKS OF THESE? He would start at Greene’s Farm on No. 2, ^ 50c run up by Orr’s and Great islands to the south branch of Dead river aud Penobscot County, section plans the bridge connecting Great island with run down Dead River to Grand Falls, Nos. 3 and 4, $1.00 Brunswick; thence by another small We next struck the railroad station of ex;used by all those wliem I did not see up Spencer stream to Spencer lake to Piscataquis County, section plans boat up through a host of small islands the Portland & Rumford Falls railway, as the time had come when I must re Tommy Gerard’s, up the stream from Nos. 1, 3 and 6, $1.35 to Free Meadows, where electric cars are away up there in the woods. Who turn home. I had p’anned to dine with Tommy Gerard’s three miles, buck- Somerset County, section plan taken for Brunswick, only four or five would ever have thought of that 20 Friend Marble but must take the train board to Moose river, down Moose river No. 6, and Franklin Co. map, miles distant. Many fine cottages were years ago; now a town laid out aud before their dinner hour. Still I was across Atleau, aud Wood poods then on $1.00 seen, shaded by maple and evergreen streets alieidy built. Going to the old ! grandly entertained and partook of a Moose river again to Long pond, etc., Washington County, section plan trees on nearly all of the islands which dam I found a railroad bridge right over fine luuch. The big house was filled to through Brassua lake and into Moose Nos. 2 and 3, $1.00 will some time in the future become cit the dam, one end resting on the sam e1 its greatest capacity and they were still head lake opposite Kineo, up Moosehead Oxford County section, see Ox ies is the opinion of the writer, as noth old ledge on which stood an old pine! coming. lake to North East Carry, then down ford county map 50c ing is so healthful as the change of cli stump over the pool, below w li -re the On returning I called on Miss Crosby the Penobscot to Checuncook lakes, up Postage paid upon .receipt of price mate especially to those living far in writer h is stood many, many t ine and (Fly Rod) and was sorry to see her on Umbuzoxis stream, then a two-mile M A IN E W OODS, Pnillsps, Maine the interior on the prairies of the west pulled out front from that it a weigh-1 t..o crutches with one limb several carry to Mud Pond; down Mud Pond and when the government owns the Ing from 3 to 8 pound-*, with never ?. inches skater than the other. stream to Chamberlain lake;up Allagash thought that a radio vl woul i ever come liver to Allagash lake, carry Cancom- railroads the fairs will be so low, that I spwit a work iu Farmington and there. What may be expected in the: gomuc lake, down stream to Chesuu- all the people can afford to travel which Temple, my uaf .ve home where at Vac ACCIDENTAL SHOOTING next 20 years? cook lake, return by same trip to will increase the revenue of the rail uum pond I spent a day with my old roads and at the same time give all the Jackman. At Moose river take train Mr. Bowley took me over to Haines ' friend, S. A Wood-, formerly of Farm IN TH E GAM E SEASON. people opportunities to seek such cli Landing with Mrs. B.’s team, one of the , ington, bur lor many years in Bjston. to Megantic lake, Canada' up Megantic to Arnold river; up Aruold river to mate as will improve their health and finest horses I have ridden behind for; We worked together for R. A. Davis and lengthen their days. Woburn cany to Massachusetts bog BY JOHN FRANCIS SPRAGUE. many a day. Dined w h u Hon. J o t l j built the old Methodist church in Farm and North West pond to Ed. Grant’s at I arrived at Farmington Saturday Wilbur of Phillips at his summer cot- . ington when young aud have always been Beavers pond, start at Long pond evening, July 30 and almost the first tago which he calls Crow’s Nest and i intimate since. It was a gala day to me and run down stream through Little The best treatise on this subject one mat was our good friend McDonald Kenuebago down Kennebago stream that has ever been published. A was treated to even thing that l.eait being a place of my earliest recollection to Mooselookmeguutic lake. of the Stoddard House, who offered could wish. Mr. \V lbur was tlieie with neat and attractive booklet. Sent free entertainment at any and all times his fatniily and several relatives, so the to any address for 20c. Address while remaining in town, aud with so Nest was plumb full, although it has M a in e W oods, Phillips, Maine.. many cordial greetings and hearty hand several spacious apartments aud a din shakes was thoroughly convinced there ing roo n aud co k depai tinenc besides. were many good and true friends left Spent the afternoon viewing the lakes, At o.ir old county seat in Farmingt:n Kenuebago stream and valley from a Two Papers, $1.50. A ;er spending a couple of days in high ledge known as the Buckffeld Farm ugton and finding so many were Camp j oint, a vast sheet of water en M a in e W oods readers, who want taking their outings either at the sea tirely surrounded with high hills aud shore or elsewnere, I hastened on to mountains without A single.clearing for to subscribe for M a in e W oodsman, Phillips whe.'_< we had spent 20 of the cultiv.it oa except camp J and hotel my weekly local paper, can have it best years of my life and where I felt a grounds along the shores. A truly at 50 cents a year in addition to their just claim was due m i or the large great place for hunting and fishing. amount of public servioe I had rendered The game fish iu these waters are nearly M a in e W oods subscription. This there in securing the telegraph and tele all trout and Balrnon. What a sight it makes both papers cost only $1.50 phone and a railroad which I believe must be to those who have always lived might not have been secured even to ou a prairie. r year. this day only for the arduous aud per Billy Soule’s boat was whistling at M a in e W oods, Phillips, Me. sistent labor of the writer and I am now the lauding and I boarded it for Pleas fully confident my efforts there for 20 ant Island Camps, five miles distant at years from 1873 to 1893 are fully appre the head of Cupsuptic lake. Billy met ciated, the way I was treated in this me with outstretched hands. I said, my last visit. No king could have fared “Are you full, Billy?” He replied, better. “ Chuck full hut room for you anyway.” First I must acknowledge the kind I enjoyed seeing Billy, but he had little reception given by the editor of Maine time to spend being in such a ruth. Send Three Woods to myself and a few friends, The next morniug Capt. Barker invited which shall ever be remembered as a me to spend the day with him on his token of respect to myself and for which boat. We went to Upper _Dam and I hope in some v ay to reciprocate in Bemis, returning by the Birches on Stu the future to Maine Woods and Maine dent’s island and The Barker, which is W oodsman, for they tell from week to situated at the foot of Bald mountain 2 cent Stamps to week all the happenings in the old home, whioh is always dear to us and and in close proximity to the Middle Grounds where the fishing in midsum without which we should soon forget and be forgotten. mer is said to be the best of anywhere on the lakes. It was truly a pleasure to ride to and fro over the railroad and grounds we I dined at The Barker, a new hotel, knew so well and I had so much anxiety built, owned and run by Capt. F. C. M A IN E WOODS for its construction and future great Barker, who is also the owner of up ness and am truly proud of its success wurdB of forty other buildings at Bemis, and would gladly pay a fare many times Birches and Barker. Hotel Barker is than have had it failed of completion, one of the best constructed houses TWO BEAUS KILLED AT CARTHAGE. P H IL L IP S , MAINE, but would be hardly willing to board around the lakes. I had no time to look the workmen on the road to the amount It over but think it contains about forty of $600 again for such a privilege. I rooms all flni shed in modern style. It where I had spent boyhood and youth. For a little bunch ot Back- would sooner go via Bumford Falls and did seem to me that Mr. Barker was do My grandfather settled on the farm on Articles and Pictures. Bemis. ing as much work and business as three But no matter I got to Phillips and good fair men would do. He says he the west of the Guild place, joining the Maine Woods readers are requested woods Fairy Tales, by return all right and found many latoh owns three steamers which he runs on Varnum place for whom the pond was strings hanging out. I did not ask for the lakes. With the business he is do named. As we rowed out on the pond to contribute items and articles about in plain view of the mountains I was re ED GRANT a pass on neither railroad or boat, but ing and the amount invested, his values their experiences In the woods for pub no one would take my money. Neither must run high into the thousands of minded of the bear story as told by my lication m Maine Woods and those was I a beggar but was cordially re dollars. father. He said when he was 12 years old they lived in a log house near where of Beaver Pond, Maine. ceived at all the hotels and camps. I I enjoyed a very friendly call on my who have photographs to go w ith the am sorry I could not attend more invi old friends, Mr. and Mrs. Amos Ellis at the Huse schoolhouse now stands, and had some calves in a pasture near the stories should send them. Edited by F r a n c is I. M aule. tations with old friends but could not, Bald Mountain Camps, who seemed to house. One night after he and a young for lack of time. be doing a good business and have a J. W. B r a c k e t t Co. 44The’re not so— very slow.'* er brother were in bed they heard the Phillips, Maine, Jan. 11, 1903. MAINE WOODS, SEPTEMBER 30, 1904. T A Wild Hide oil Big Bear. “ Yes, it’s m ean! no thanks to y e , ” TRANSPORTATION. The New York Woild tells the follow replied the bear rider. “ Let down the BEAUS AFTER BEECHNUTS TRANSPO RTATION. bar and build up a fire or ye’ll be hav ing exciting story of a recent adventure Au Olil Settler That Weighed TIME - TABLE. in the Maine woods: ing a corpse on yore hands from the THE PHILLIPS & RANGELEY From the wilderness beyond Caucorn- want o’ grab.” 350 Pounds. AND gomaC lake comes the story of how The bar was let down and in strode SAND/ RIVER R. R. John McEacliern rode a bear two miles John McEachern with the glistening A Few Hunters Booked For the Monday, June 6, 1904. EUSTIS RAILROADS. and came back with Bruin’s skin and 12 black bearskin all stained with red < n Fall Business. his shoulder. He threw a bloody bun pounds of his hams ready to be sliced Tr’n 1 Tr’n 3 Tr’n 6 Special correspondence to MAINE W o o d s. North. The Only All.Rail Route to Rangeley. The into Bteaks. Had the story been told of die at Russell. ‘Cook a good bit o’ A. M. A . M B. M Shortest, Quickest aud Easiest Route to all that,” commanded he, “aud tell me E u s t i s , Sept 20, 1904. points in the Dead River Region, Stratton auy other man it might not be believed, and Eustis giving ample time for Dinne ror but as McEackeru once fought a moose what came of ye aud didn’t ye mind The prospects for fall hunting were, Farmington,...... lv 11 00 12 00 4 4" Supper at Greene’s Farm. with a fence rail and followed a wild-cat losing yere pardnei ?” never better; plenty of deer everywhere So. Strong,...... EAST A. M. P. M. A. M. into a barn chamber where he killed it “I walked meself lame lookin’ for and bears are iu the bard wood growth S tr o n g ,...... P. M. Pv. M. No. a N o. 3 No. 8 with aV'tolifork, the people up north ye,” said Russell. “I thought ye had after beechnuts. Heman Blackwell 12 05 12 30 6 10 Boston, E Div, l v r 9 08 P h illip s ,...... 12 30 12 60 5 30 44 W D iv, 8 31 see nothing surprising in the announce sk'pped.” shot one the 20th that weighed 360 A. M. P , M. P ortland. 8 30 i ia ment that he rode the biggest bear ever John McEacheru orly grunted. Then pounds. He was an old settler, having Farmington, 12 00 4 48 he ate two pounds of the bear steak, lost one leg in a trap and while guiding Tr’n 2 Tr’n 4 Tr’n 6 Phillips, ar 12 50 5 sa killed at Caucomgomac and came home South. a . m . A. M. P. M. Phillips, lv 7 45 12 55 5 30 smoked bis pipe and told the story. Ralph E. Bush of New York they run M adrid, 9 45 1 10 6 40 unharmed and victorious. Madrid Junction, Reed’s Mill, McEachern has a line of traps around P h illip s...... 7 20 8 30 125 9 57 1 17 5 09 Sander’s Mill, 10 10 1 25 6 00 the head of the lake and the other day S t r o n g ,...... R edington, 10 50 1 45 6 28 went out with a companion, Neil Rug- 7 40 9 10 1 45 Eustis Junction, lv 11 26 2 05 8 40 So. Strong,...... Greene’s Farm, ar 2 40 7 IB sell, to see what he had caught. Mc Dead River Station , lv 11 30 2 10 8 40 R ange’ey, ar Eachern took along his rifle and not un Farmington,...... 8 10 10 00 2 15 11 50 2 25 7 00 WEST til he was miles from camp did he recall A. M. P. M. P. M. that it was loaded only with duckskot— WESTON LEWIS' Pres. F. N. BEAL, gupt N o. 2 No. 4 No. 0 Rangeley, lv 6 00 12 00 2 80 nine to a shell, which would not much Df aa River, 6 12 12 12 2 00 Greene’s Farm, 5 40 11 40 a m more than tickle a bear iu case he should Eustis Junction, ar, 6 15 12 15 8 00 FRANKLIN l MEGANTIC RY. Redington, lv, 6 30 12 30 8 80 meet such game, but rather than walk •Sander's Mill, hortest and easiest route to Eustis and ^the 6 47 12 47 4 00 back to camp he kept on, being a half •Reed’s Mill, 6 55 12 55 4 10 D ead R iver region . •M adrid Ju n ctio n . mile ahead of Russell, who is a slow •M adrid, 7 05 1 10 4 48 traveler aud also deaf as a post. T I M E - T A B I j DQ, Phillips, ar, 7 20 1 25 0 08 Phillips, lv, 7 20 1 25 When McEachern came in sight of the In Effect June 6, 1904. Farmington, 8 10 2 15 P ortland, 11 55 525 first trap he saw a big bear in it aud SOUTH. am; pm P m Boston, E Div, ar 4 00 9 05 ran up to finish the animal, but as be Bigelow, lv 11 00 2 00 6 45 The American Express Co. transacts busi Uarrabassett, 11 20 2 26 7f05 ness at ail points on line of Phillips & Range- was about to fire, another bear, bigger (a r 11 40 3 00 ^7 30 ley railroad Kingfield, f A M A M P M •Flag Stations. than the one in the trap, bounced out of /lv 6 50 7 tO 12 50 tStage connections for Stratton and Bus tls the bushes and made straight for him. *N. Freeman, lv 6 56 12 66 aiiiLa“ points in the Dead River region. *Mt. Abram Jet., lv 7 30 The above table shows the time that train There was no time to think whether the Salem , 7 10 7 40 1 10 may be expected to arrive and depart from ♦Summit, lv 7 23 8 35 1 12 the several stations but is not guaranteed. duckskot would stop the bear or only *W. F reem an, lv 7 25 1 25 Subject to change and correction wlthou t make him madder, aud McEachern let Strong, ar 7 35 9 05 1 35 n o tice. NORTH. A M A M P M F l e t c h e r P o p e , General Manager. drive. There was a double charge of D. F. F i e l d , Gen. Pass. & Ticket Agt. Strong, lv 8 15 10 00 6 12 powder behind those duckskot and the *W. Freeman, lv 8 25 6 17 •Summit, lv 8 35 10 30 5 27 old rifle kicked McEachern head over Salem , 8 40 10 35 5 35 heels. •Mt. Abram Jet., lv 8 45 10 40 PORTLAND & RUMFORD FALLS RY •No. Freeman, lv 8 50 5 43 ( ar 9 00 11 30 5 50 In Effect June 6,1904. If the bear was mad at first he was Kingfield, J /lv 9 15 12 00 5 56 madder when the shot dug into him, Uarrabassett, 9 45 12 35 6 20 Trains leave Oquossoc for Rumford Bigelow, ar 10 15 1 05 6 40 Falls, Lewiston, Portland and and after a moment’s hesitation he re •Flag„ stations------Trains stop on notice to B oston, 7.15 a m , 12.55 p m newed his rush upon the trapper, while conductor. fMixed trains. Trains due to arrive at Oquossoc from Close connection is made at Strong with Boston Portland, Lewiston and the bear in the trap growled encourage ALL READY FOR THE Fl AY. trains to and from Phillips, Farmington, Port land and Boston. R um ford F a lls, 11.55 a m , 6.20 p m ment. McEacliern was iu no trim just Stage connection at Bigelow for Stratton Through Parlor Cars between Portland and then to fight ugly bears aud he yelled to and Eustis, at Carrabasset for Flagstaff and Oquossoc during the Tourist Season. Dead River. Trains run daUy except Sunday. GEO. M. VOSE, SUPERINTENDENT. Russell to come along and help, foiget R. C. B r a d f o r d , Traffic Man., Portland, Me. ting that Russell, who could not have Object to Dammiug the ltiver. j onto a:.other coming down out of a £ . L. Lo v e j o y . Supt., Rumford, Falls, Me. beech tree. They bo h shot at him on heard him at ten yards, was half a mile It is sad to see the armtrs dwelling Rangeley Lakes Steamboat Co. the run, wounding him badly, but they back on the path. in the valley of Magaliowav, down in can run some when the bullets are com Time-Table, August 1, 1904. McEachern then did the only thing ue the state of Mai do, objecting to the BANGOR & AROOSTOOK R. R. ing thick. GOING SOUIH A. M could do—ran for it. The bear followed damming cf the river for the purpose A M. N o o n P. M. Arrangement of Trains. and showed much the greater speed, so Everyone has all the partridge they R angeley, lv t 5 25 •8 co 1 12 05 *2 40 of making another lake. Of what avail R . L. H. W harf, 6 30 8 05 12 IO * 45 can eat. They are very plenty. South Rangeley, ar IN EFFECT MONDAY, JU N E 6, 19C4. that escape in flight was out of the the meaduws and timber lauds com par 7 io 12 45 A few hunters are booked but there is P. M. question. Then, for about leu minutes ed with the famed lakes which invite Mountain View, lv 8 55 I 25 3 25 P u l l m a n Ca r S e r v ic e . Rangeley Outlet ar 9 00 mau aud bear played tag among the no sign of a crowd coming this season. .3 30 Pullman Buffet Parlor Cars between Cari the souls of the devoted fisherman? So, Rangeleyy ( . l v 7 20 I OO trees, with no advantage on either side P. & R. F. Ry NOON bou and Bangor on train leaving Cariboui at Where would the proud pre-eminence P o r tla n d M C.R.R. ar 12 25 6.30 a m and B angor a t 3.25 p m. S leep in g 5 45 Car on train le a v in g Caribou 4.40 p m , and until McEachern tripped on a root and of Maine be Without the Umbagog, the Boston I E. D, ar 4 00 9 05 B.& M.R.R i W.D a r 4 IO 9 10 B angor 3.25 a m . fell. The bear, close up, stumbled on VANILLA SODA WATER LEADS TRAINS LEAVE BANGOR. Mocselookmeguutic, aud all the other GOING NOKTH A. M. A. M. P. M. A. M the same root aud went half down. Me-! 3.25 A. M.—F or and arriving a t M illinocket, lakes whose uauts are synonyms oi Tbat Flavoring Is the Most Popular B o s to n lv tg 00 6.13 a. m., Houlton 8.28 a. m., Presque Isle, Eacheru in his excitement lost his feet | joy and gladness wherever the art oi IO OO 10.04 a. rn., Fort F airfield , 10.40 a. m ., Caribou, at All Fountains — Chocolate, B.&M.R.R. lv 8 30 10.30 a. m. Van Buren 11.45 a m. again as quickly as 1 e had risen aud fell P. M. angling is known? Dam the Magailo-1 Second; Strawberry, Third. 7.10;A M.—For and arriving at Brownvill®, plump across the bear. Before be bad Portland M.C.R.R. lv t 7 °5 I 30 9.07 a in, K atab din Iron W orks 10 00 a m ,M llll~ way, and add nother lake to th e So. Rangeley / ar I I 50 6 15 n o ck et 10.25a m , P atten 11.40 a m ,jA shland 1.45 time to jump up the bear was up aud P & R V. R >. | picturesque and joyous collection. Bos Year in and year out, vanilla flavoring Rangeley Outlet lv *10 00 *5 00 pm , Foit Kent 3.49pm, Honlton 12 30 m, Presque Isle 2 14 p n. Caribou 2.f0, p m, Van away with snarls of rage aud surprise. ton Herald. is the standard at the soda fountains. Mountain View, lv 10 05 5 °5 NOON Buren 4 55 p in, F .;i F airfield 2.30 p m , Lime McEachern mecbauicaliy held on tight4 Chocolate is second strawberry a bad South Rangeley, lv 12 OO 6 25 stone 3 35 pm, Dovn 9.18 a m, Guilford 9.4° R L. H . W harf, ar 7 00 a m. Mon son 10.15 a n., Greenvi le 10 50 am ., with both bauds gripped firmly into the third, and lemon is somewhere in the 10 45 I 2 35 5 45 K ineo 12.55 p. m . Rangeley. ar IO 50 12 40 5 50 7 °5 thick fur of the bear. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. ruck among the also rans. It depends 1.40 p m. (via Newport and Dexter) for and a good deal upon the weather, but this •Daily. fDrti.y except „sunday. Connects arriving at Dover 3.4" p. m , Guilford 4 00p. When the bear trie d to turn bis bead Guides aud others should r e a d Id o u i is the normal preference, say the mix at Rangeley Outlet with stage to and from m ., G r e en v ille ,5.05 p. in.. K in eo 7.05 p .m . McEachern took a hold ou the stubDy want column this week the advertise the lower Rangtley.Lakes. 3.25 P M .—For and arriving a t B row n vilie ers of the soda fountains. The warmer 4.50 p m , M illin ock et 5.45 p m, Sherm an 6.38 ears to prevent this. Over ridges and ment of E. W. Burt & Go. of Lyr.n, The above time-table shows time boats may p m, Patten 7.05 p m, Ashland 9 p m, Houlton the weather the sourer the flavors de be expected to arrive and depart from the down hollows they went, occasionally Mass. 7 50 p m, Mars Hill and Blaine 8.54 pm , manded by the public. On a hot, muggy several points, but is not guaranteed. Presque Isle 9.24 p m , Caribou 9.50 p m ,iF o r stumbling over stumps aud fallen trees, DuPont Smoke.ess. Fairfield 9 40 p m. day, there is a great run on lime juice Last regu’ar nips for the season of 1904 4.50 r M.—Forand arriving at Lagrange 6.10 and then they came to a deserted “ram Laflin & Rand. and phosphates of all flavors. On jus£ will be made October 1st. p m , Milo 6.34 p m , B row n vilie 6.45 p m, D over anp Foxcroft. 6 £5 pm , Guilford 7.17 p m, down”—another name for the toboggan Wanted. comfortably warm days, chocolate, H. H. FIELD, General Manager. Greenville 8. 5 pm , Quebec 12 15 p m, Mon of the woods. It was a logging road as Write to D. E Heywood, the taxider strawberry and all the sweet flavors are tr e a l 8.05 a m . in demand. Ice cream soda is not liked ARRIVALS steep as the roof of a house and down it mist, Rangeley, for circulars. 9 10 A M . L eavin g M ontreal 7.25 p m , Que so much as it was a few years ago. the bear plunged. It looked like sure Gerard’s Camps, Big Spencer lake, a bec 3 30 p m, Greenville 5 30 a m, Guilford 8.33 Among the fancy soft drinks egg phos a m, Dover 6 50 a m, Brownvilie 7.05 a ni, Milo death, for the bear would certainly take good place for fall hunting. 7.15 a m. phate is the favorite. Every year a few First-Glass Liverv. I. 05 P M Leave Caribou 6 30 a m, Presque a tumble somewhere between the top Accommodations for ten persons at new “helath drinks’’ are sprung. Some- Isle 6.57 a m, Fort Fairfielc 6 3'< a m, Houlton Roberts Camps, Abbot Village, Me. 8.30 a m , A sh land 6.10 a m , P a tten 9 10 a m, and the bottom and then McEachern, if rarely last more than a season. Some We have everything in the livery Millinocket 10.28 a m, Brownvilie 11.32 a m, not killed in the crash, would be torn to Guide canoes, Car.eton Canoe Co., times, after a rest of a year or two, a Milo 11 41 a m l,ne that is needed. The stable has 3 p.m. (via Dexter and Newport) leaving bits. Box 139, Old Town, Me. health drink that has run Its course is K in eo 9.20 a. in. G reen ville 11.40 a. m . G uil put out a^ain under another name. been enlarged and newly equipped ford 12.43 p. m , Dover 1 05 p. m. Suddenly it occurred to McEachern throughout. Experienced drivers 7,26 1' 51.—L ea v in g K in eo 1.50 p m , G reen that be bad in his pocket a long bunting Ripans Tabules are the been v ille 3.65 p m M ousoi 3 45 p m , G uilford 5.00 dyspepsia medicine ever will take parties when desired. p m , D o v ei 5.16 p m , L im eston e 9.50 a m , Van knife, presented to birn a few weeks ago mad*-. A hundred millions oi A Guaranteed (jure For Piles. Buren 7 00 am , Caribou 12 1 > p m, Presque Isle f i r 1*, 1 them have been sold in the 12 38 Dm, Fort F urfleld 11.30 a ui. H oulton 2.15 by a city sportsman, and quickly be ----- United Slates in a single year lti hing, Blind, Bleeding or Protuding Fibs p m Fort Kent 11.00 am , Ashland 12.55pm. fished it out, opening the blade with bis ------Constipation, heartburn, sick Your duggisi will refund moneyjif PazoIOint- P. Richardson & Co P atten 3.00 p m , Suerm an 3 34L, u. Millinocket ___ headache, dizziness, bad- ment iaus to cure you in 6 to 14 days. 50 cts 4 20 p m , B ro w n v ilie 5.33p m Mtlo 5.42 p m , teeth. They were now half way down oreatii, sore throat and evtry illness arising L agrange 6.10 p m. . from a disorded stomach are relieved or Rangeley, Maine. II. 10 P M. Leaving Van Buren 3 15p. m., the slope and there was no time to lose. cured by Ripana Tabules. One will generally To (’tire a Cold In One Bay C aribou 4.40 p in, F ort Fail fie d 4.06 p m , Raising the knife at arm’s length, Mc give relief wiliin twenty minutes. The five P resque Isle 6.07 p m, H oulton 6.40 p m , Mil- cent package is enough lor ordinary occa Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets Ab linoc* e t 8.60 p m. Eachern plunged it iuto the bear’s neck sions. All druggists sell t h e m . druggists refund the money if it falls to.cnre C. C. BROWN, W. W. Grove's signature is on each box. 28-. to the handle. A fierce snarl, a gushing General Passenger and Ticket Agent. CAMP GEO. M. HOUGHTON, of hot blood aud a slight slackening ■ ’ General Manager. speed were the immediate results. A - Bangor, Me., June 1, 1904 . other stab and another and the mad ra - e PRINTING was over. The bear stumbled, halt d and with muffled growls went headlong I print circulars, writing paper, If you w ant to know into the ditch at the roadside. McEach We furnish the Capital, i envelopes, registers, tags, bill ern rolled off on the safe side and g t ♦ heads, laundry lists and all,other where to get good behind a tree. The bear, although met; W IIAT IS CAPITAL? ♦ things needed by hotels and tally hurt, presently came on to rein w It Is anything that w ill produce an income. It may be money or property ♦ the battle. or ability, The only kind that is safe is ability. We guarantee to furnish camps. Il was not safe to get near enough lo the ability that will produce a good income, to any conscientious pupil. I have several hundred half- HUNTING use the knife again. A big birch si d R B A D T H IS tone'cuts representing fish, game Millbury, Mass., May 9,1904. ♦ stake lay near by aud McEachi r > and outing scenes that can be or desire circulars, de grabbed it. When the bear came wi-h- Mr. R . C. A. B ec k e r , ♦ in range, McEachern put all his strongi n Dear Sir: - I take great pleasure In recommending your system used in circulars at a moments scriptive matter or infor of business practice to whomsoever it may concern. ♦ notice. I never turn away a into the swing of the stake. The biich After studying in your business room for seven months, you not ♦ mation regarding Hotels landed on the bear’s nose with a crack only fitted me for a position, but awakened in me an ambition to succeed. job for want of a suitable cut. or Camps in MAINE’S like the snapping of a broomstick a d Upon graduating, you had a position awaiting me, which I held four years. ♦ I furnish it if requested to do so I again asked your advice this month and I thank you for the four that ended the tight, for down went the ♦ HUNTING or FISHING positions which you offered me, and for the position X now hold with the and I write a great many circu BEG IONS, address big fellow, groggy, and another si*-h People’s Coal Company, W orcester, Mass. ♦ lars every year. with the knife settled him. Then he Farnie C. Stevens. ♦ If you want prices and other skinned him. SEND FOR FREE CATALOG. ♦ details write to me about it. MAINE WOODS INFORMA At 4 o’clock the next morning M ♦ Eachern reached camp and gave the B E C K E R ’S BUSINESS COLLEGE, door a kick fit to take it off the hinpe-t ♦ MAINE WOODS, TION BUREAU, WOROE8TBK MASS. “Who’s there—and is it you, John? ♦ came sleepily from within; Phillips, - - - Maine. Phillips, - Maine 8 M AINE WOODS S E P TEM B ER 30, 1904
h o t e l s a n d c a m p s . Partridge and Woodcock Plenty SPORTSMEN_ ARE ARRIVING. A MONSTER SALMON. HOTELS AND CAMPS The big fish of the week was a 9 a t F a r m i n g t o n . , ^ „ , .. . __ In the Woods. Aroostook County. The Stoddard House is delightfully located for Advance Guard of Army of Hun pounder taken on Moose river by Eu those wishing to spend the vacation among The open season on woodcock and gene Treadwell of New York City, who V ia Ox b o w , Me . ‘ “ f r S K T 1 fl,h‘”g “ d “ e- partridgeb3g.aS.pt, u « d although ters Are Already Here. Atkins’s Camps. Famous region for Moose, W.__ H. .. . ~M Ac ^D o n a . „l d , Prop., Farmington, v m i m ri rm IV1Me. A . . the1. .. weather _ it was . ____anything1.1. • ibut favorable has been spending several weeks in deer, and big tisli. Write for special small camp there. A number of nice trout maps and circular to • for gunning it is piobable tbaty more W. M. ATKINS, Oxbow, Me. Via RANGJtLEY. Game Plenty, Weather Fine and have been secured. Kennebago Lake House on the shore of Kenne tbau one gunner ventured out in defi V ia Ox b o w , Ma i n e . bago Lake. One of the best fishing sections. ance of the elements and clueed the Everybody Happy. The weather was somewhat wintry Spider Lake Camps. Good camps. Unexcelled Good fishing every day in the season. Excel Wednesday with a snow squall as a trout fishing. Good accommodations. Alle- lent acconunodai ions Address, birds in the woods. The open season Special correspondence to Ma i n e W o o d s. gash trips a specialty. Addiess, Ric h a r d s o n B r o s ., Proprietors, Kennebago Maine. on partridge and woodcock begins Sept, Kineo, Moosehead Lake, ) feature, but Friday clear ai.d beautiful; An bo & L i b b y , Oxbow, Me. Sept. 26, 1904 J a da-w hich no other resort but Kineo Dead Riv er Region. 15 and continues until Dec. 1. At all The New Shaw House, Eustis, Maine, will he } other t im e s of the year the birds ara The advance guard of the big army of can supply Franklin County. built as a modern hotel and open about June | * sportsmen and sportswomen who will 15, 1904. There will be a b o u t 40 rooms Cor- , protected by th e game laws of the state. E u s t is , Ma i n e . respondence solicted. come for fall hunting iB already here, a r g e n t There has been much anticipation Carry Pond Camps. Round Mountain Lake Camps. Give us a trial A. B. S , Eustis, Maine. among the sportsmen of anticipating the first deer shooting, Special correspondence to Ma in e W o o d s. if you waul a fine buck. During the 1903 hunt the opening ing *e tson ten (10) 1. censed hunteis saw over E u s t i s , Ma i n e . . , « _ , , , , which begins next Saturday and the Bingham, Sept. 22, 1904. two hundred (200) deer in two weeks hunting Tim Pond Camps. Situated in the Dead Rivet | day of the open season which is always moose hunting season, which starts two and picked twenty bucks. Camps open dur 1 R egion , 2000 fe e t a b o v e th e sea le■ — v e l,* In th e a signal for a geueral movement all The fly fishing is fine at these camps. ing December. Warm comfortable cabins. heart of Maine’s best fishing ground. weeks later. The Briggs party lauded over 80 in two D ion O. Hi ACKWKLL. Mgr., Write for further particulars to along the lino. During the first few Eustis, Franklin Co., Maine. J u l i a n K . V i l k s , E u stis Me There is every indication that the hours with fly last night. The party New York office, Room 29, 336 Broadway. days every gunner tries to get out for number to come will exceed previous F o u r m i l e s f r o m Ra n g e l e y . the birds because they are easier to get have been in camp one week and some W il to n La k e . Wborff’s Camps. Dead Riv*-r Pond, P. O. years, making another steady advance of them will remain for shooting in Oc B lue Mountain Camps. Ideal spot for sum Address, Rangeley, Maine. Send for circular. than later on in the season. Woodcock E. B. W h o r f f , Proprietor, as it has for some years past. The mer vacation wttli everything the county af and partridge are fairly tame during the tober. The party consists of Mr. E. P. fords. A New York chef prepares the food much discussed nonresident tax had no King, Mrs. Shepard, Mrs. Goodwin, For particulars addr.-ss, V ia R a n g e l e y . ! hrst of the season but the gunners say W il l i s e . b a o h e l l e k . York's Camps. Loon Lake. Ten 1 onds. Trout, .. .j twit ta k e th e m Inntr f., , effect on this section last year and while Skowhegan; J. P. Day, Biston; C. E. Salmon, Birds, Deer, Cancel g, Bathing, etc. . 11 dues uot taJce lnem Jong «> get edu- 489 5th Ave., New York. places*that could offer both moose and Brooks, Charlotte, N. C.; Mrs. Wayness, A p o s t a l brings illustrated booklet. ! cated and take flight on the auDroach After June 1, Wilton, Ms. J . Le w is Y o r k , Prop., ...... , ,, FF deer hunting may have been affected by Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Brggs, Pittsfield, Rangeley, Me. Ot the man behind the gun. "R a n g e l e y La k e s it, the opposition to the law has prac Me. Their guides are Harry .Preble, Camp Bernis, The B irch es, The Barker. W rite Woodcock and partridge have been for free circular. Kennebec County. tically disappeared in face of the prac Harvey Ginnis and Frank Carney, Bing Ca p t . F. C. B a r k e r . Prop’r, Bemis. seen in this vicinity during the past few tical demonstration of its usefulness. ham. days. Woodcock are said to be espe Ra n g e l e y lA k e s , Ma i n e . B e l g r a d e L a k e s , M b . Mr. and Mrs. W. \V. Phipps of New The prospects for big game hunting The Belgrade. Best sportsman’s hotel In New cially plentiful as compared with previ in the vast section to which Kineo iB the York have been in camp one week E nglancd. Best black bass fishing in the world. ous years aud the native birds, which Their guide is Forest Cates, Bingham. Ch a s . A . H i l l & s o n , M anagers. gateway were never better. Deer are as Dr. E. L. Styles, Mr. Paiker and Dr. will be on band for the opening of the abundant as $ver and may be found any Johnson are in camp for some time. Via B in g h a m Ma i n e . | 8eason wm give the gunners plenty of Carry Pond Camps. Sixty deer shipped from , ’ * . ” F 1 where within the territory which Kineo John Owens is the guide. these camps last seaaon. Before making chance to try their skill, reaches and game protec'ion during A party of three from Broad Brook, arrangements where to go write me for infor Conn., have made arrangements to come n a tio n . H e n r y J . L a ij e , Bingham, Maine. Much of the credit of the increasing the winter on the Canadian border, is no here for two weeks’ hunting. They flocks is given to the workings of the doubt, largely responsible for the great will arrive Oct. 18. Piscataquis County. anti sale law, which prohib’ts the sell increase of moose which has been noted Mr. J. W. Shattuck of New York ing and exportation of these birds and daring the summer. The abundance of writes that he will arrive in camp, Oct. V ia Ch e s u n c o o k , Ma i n e 15. which has been in operation for the buck deer and bull moose seen is re Ripogenus Lake Camps, reached via Green Mr. C. G. Doe of Boston, with his ville or Norcross. Best hunting and fishing last four years. The removal oi temp- garded as a significant prophesy for the friend, will arrive Oct. 8. in the Penobscot valley. Moose, deer, bear, grouse and trout. Sena for circular. tation to wholesale killing which was season’s shooting by the sportsmen and Some of the annual New York par Mountain View House is one ot the most mod ern, up to date summer homes in the state of R e g i n a l d O. T h o m a s, C hesu ncook, P. O. offered by the price for partridge and some exceptionally fine heads are ex ties have been heard from and will leave Maine. Its beautiful location at the foot of that city after the November election. Rangeley lake on a picturesque cove, gives it woodcock, both in domestic and the pected. Somerset County. W eaiein hopes to have the usual many attractions, while the best of hailing is New York and Bostou markets, has Contrary to the opinion expressed in crowd and hope to have the usual luck. within close proximity. The boating and canoeing is the best on the lake; the drives been a much more effective check on some quarters, the past winter was not Partridge are more plenty than they are unsurpassed for beautiful scenery and J a c k m a n , M e ., P . o . 1 have been in the past few years. the woods around are filled with delightful Gerard’s Camps on Little Spencer Waters of indiscriminate slaughter than the re a hard one for big game but on the con- paths and trails. Croquet and tennis grounds Big Spencer Lake. The place to come for The new large cabin will soon be fin adjoin the house. The cuisine is of the best; deer and partridges with a fair chance for ^ strictions against snaring and other tratry exceptionally favorable. The ished and we will move into winter mmoose, oose, bearot*»r ouuand them e ssmaller i i i c i i u t umuittia.animals. urniu Good ; _ ____c ______, . fruit, vegetables, fish ana game in their camps, good Rangeley boats and new trails . methods o f catching that were found weather was severely cold, but it is deep quarters about Oct. 15 These cabins season with plenty of milk and cream. Pure to spring water is furnished the house from a to all of the haunts of big game. Come aud be difficult to enforce. The result has snow not cold weather which kills off are situated in the woods where no spring above. Rooms large, well lighted and see for yourselves. Th o s . G e r a r d , Prop’., Jackman, Me. been an increase in the numbers of both the deer and moose. Owing to the low wind can get at them and they will be pleasant. Huuters find plenty of deer, par very comfortable. H. J. L. tridge and woodcock in the woods near by. Somerset County. kinds of birds that gladdens the heart temperature which prevailed, the fall of Send for 1904 booklet to L. E. Bo w l e y , Mountain View House, J a c k m a n , Ma i n e . J ol the gunners. snow was the lightest for years and be Mountain View-, Rangeley Lakes, Me. Heald Pond. Sportsmen why not go Minn , ^hile this has been the case with cause of this the big game bad an easy you can get your money’s worth. I control 146 square miles, 18 ponds, 30 camps north both partridge and woodcock, the time of it and wintered remarkaoiy well. fiX) ^ to r y F o r V ia FARMINGTON. west of Moosehead lake. Booklet and map Clear Camps. First - class fishing. Water free for the asking. H. H u g h e y sportsmen are particularly pleased with More or less deer are killed by the Little Folks E. G. Ga y , Route 1, Farmington, Me. the growing numbers of the latter, for deep snows each year, mainly because R a n g e l e y La k e s . the reason that there has been a fear they cannot get about through them Bald Mountain Camps are situated at the Washington County. foot of Bald Mountain in a good fishing sec for some years that the birds were be and secure food, but with sufficient food Why They Did Not Marry G r a n d La k e St r e a m , M e . tion. Steamboat accommodations O. R The Birches. Come here for your spring fish ing exterminated, so rare was their ap both deer and moose thrive in the cold ing. F r a n k H. B a l l . Telephone at camps. Two mails daily. pearance getting to be. Partridge, on est weather. The bug-bear story of Write for free circular to Mr. Jim Panzee was very much in the other hand, have al .vays been fairly deer and moose being killed by the cold A mos E l l is , Prop’r, Bald Mountain, Me. New Hampshire. love with Miss Bab Boone, who was plentiful, aud while the increase in winter, however, usually makes its ap known to be a very terrible flirt. D e a d R iv e r Re g io n , pearance each summer, for some guides their numbers is hailed with pleasure, But Jim did not seem to care, though Greene’s Farm i* headquarters at the entrance Ra n g e l e y La k e s . think every old bone they find in the the young lady was very hard to suit. to the Dead River region. Trains run within Lakeside House, on Umbagog, a most pictur the feeling is not as keen as in the case less than a quarter or a mile of my house and esque retreat, charming scenery, beautiful of the birds that were becomiug so woods during the summer must have He tried his best to please her. Put are met by my learns. People stopping at my drives, excellent boating, good fishing. Send ting on his best looks he would come bouse over night can take t he early train, ar for booklet. scarce. belonged to a deer or a moose that was riving in Boston at about 5 o’clock. My stage E. H. DAVIS, Proprietor, Lakeside, N. H. killed during the winter. and sit for hours at the foot of her for Eustis will meet the night train in and the The native woodcock will probably tree and sigh and smirk and look coy, noon train out. I. W. Gr e e n e , Proprietor, The ird shooting has been good since be quite numerous euough to hold the and she would sit behind her palm leaf Coplin, Maine. the opening of the season Sept. 15 and attention of the sportsmen until the fan and look bored and weary. St r a t t o n , Ma i n e . The Angler’s Secret. first flight of northern buds, which us a number of birds have been secured But she liked Jim for all that, and I Hotel Blanchard. Centrally located In the Dead River region. Good table and clean ually comes about Oct. 10 or within a by guests at Kineo. The covers across think they would soon have been mar beds. Good livery connected. Parties taken the lake and near birch point and "the ried, as Jim was about to propose, but to any aod all comps in this section a< reason BY CHARLES BRADFORD. week or ten nays later. The season’s west outlet and up tne Moose liver are for one little event able rales. E. H. GROSE, Prop’r., Stratton, Me close on Dec. 1 is generally late enough to allow the last of the birds to be taken abundantly stocked and there are part “You are so hard to please,” he said P. O. B e a v e r P o n d , Me . ridges enough to last the season out and one day. “I have brought you all Grant’s Camps. The popular resort of the Authorof “ The Determined A n as they are sel ’om seen much after Nov. leave a goodly supply to breed for the kinds of nice things, and none seem to Kaugeleys. Situated at Seven Ponds, 27 miles gler,” “ The Wild Fowlers.” Illus 20. suit you. You don’t like figs unless I Irom Rangeley village. Good backboard coming season. The flight f ducks road. Deer ar- seen dally from camp doors. It wiltbe well to remember that the dry them and take all the se4ds out. Small game is abundant. Fishing cannot be trated. Net, #i.oo postage zoc. and geese is well on m d this is a sport excelled any where. Fiist-class accommoda provisions of the present law require tions for ladles. The Anglers Secret is, as the au that no person shall kill or have in his that may be enjoyed in the woo s but is E d G r a n t & So n s . not much followed owing to its uncer thor tells us, to replenish the soul possession in any one day more than N e a r R a n g e l e y . tainty. ______g Point Pleasant. Stop and consider. This is a | 15 birds, that noue shall be killed ex- nice place to spend a summer vacation. For and not the cieel. It is a secret that ^ cept for consumption witbin the state, BELFAST GUESTS. rates and particulars correspond with H in k l e y & Ro b e r t s , Rangeley, Me. cannot be revealed to an unsmypathe- j that no one may sell or offer them for Orrin J. Dickey of Belfast brought a tic mind, and only the lover ofnature | Bale " ,tbllY he 8tat«, and tl*at no per- company of people from that place here On P h i l l i p s & R a n g e l e y Ra i l r o a d . J j son or corpbration may carry or trans during the week, who passed the time Redington Camps and Cottages. Good accom modations, with best ol fishing. One can fully understand that commun- j port them from place to place unless most enjoyably, arriving Wednesday minute’s w alk from Redington station. Write for circular. J. F. Ho u g h , Proprietor, ing with field, stream and sky which i °Pen to viow, tagged and plainly la- night and returning home Friday. P. O., Rangeley, Maine. results m the perfect contentment of denoe aQd accompanied bj ABOUT THE BTG HOTEL. D e a d R iv e r Ma in e . the angler who has learned the secret, change. The summer season is nearly over but Black Best trout fl; fishing in Maine guar- Brook anteed every day to October 1. Game W ith M a in e W oods one year $i.6o many are coming to enjoy the beauties Camps of all kinds plenty. Good board, boats free, telephone in camps, terms only $1.00 per of fall and the sport it i ffers. The golf d ay J . G. H a r l o w , Prop’r., Dead River, M->. postpaid . Address orders to links are by no means deserted and the St r o n g , M a i n e . crisp days are ideal for the sport; the M a in e W o o d s, Phillips, Me. Hotel Strong. B ea u tifu l L ake and fishermen re making the m ist of the summer home, best of stream fishing, with nu last days of the season and the popu merous trout and togue ponds of easy access. larity of woods life increases as the Newly furnished, good hunting season draws near. accommodations, pure spring water. Forest, Mr. and Mrs. P. R. Robinson of New R. S. J o h n s o n , P ro p rie York City are in camp. tor, Strong, Me. Sportsman’s AS 1 HAVE KNOWN THEM Mr. and Mrs. Thomas S. Bradlee of F a r m in g t o n , Ma in e . Boston are at Chamberlain lake to re Hotel Willows. Refurnished entire. Excel lent location. Best possible fire protection, main some time. electricjlights. new steam heat, spring water, , By C a p t . F . C. Barker. large cool rooms, billiard room. Rooms can Information.... Mr. and Mrs. Graham Sumner and now be engaged tor the summer months. Miss Gammell of Savannah, Ga., are Free carriage to all trains. A book of woodcraft, camp life, J . R. K e l l e y , P rop ’r. back from an extended woods trip. You won’t eat cocoanuts because it’s Charles M. Beecker and T. Buche so hard to chew them. What can I get S k i n n e r , M a i n e . Free information concerning l°gging» river driving, guiding and Bleecker of New York are completing a you?” Log Cabin Retreat. “Oh,” she said wearily, “I should so Finest fishing and deer hunting in Maine. a general description of life by water short visit. Send for circular. M A IN E ’S H UNTING and FISH E. S. Farmer of Arlington, Mass., andlike one of those lovely purple plums Log Ca b i n R e t r e a t , Skinner, Me. and in the woods. This volumn is that grow up on the mountain.” his niece, MiBs Helen Maude Locke, are P h i l l i p s , Me . IN G R EG IO N S; descriptive circu- in for a six weeks’ trip which will in "I’ll go to the ends of the earth to Comfort Cottage. Good fishing, water works, finely illustrated by photographs please you, dear. I’m off,” said Jim electric lights, telephone. Free carriage to elude the late fishing and both deer and sta tio n . Mr s . W . E. Mi l l e t t . as he ran on, his beautiful tall drag ars of hotels, camps and summer from life. It contains much quant moose hunting. ging behind him. After much hard P h i l l i p s , Ma i n e . Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Cook and Miss Phillips Hotel. Carriage meets all trains. humor as well as a vast amount of climbing he secured a fine luscious Good fishing. c. A. Ma h o n e y , Prop’r. resorts of all kinds, time-tables, list Cook of Allston, Mass., were guests dur plum and ran to her with it. H a i n e s La n d i n g , M e . entertaining information and many ing the week. “Here, dear one.” said Jim. “I havr MooselookmegnntlcHouse Mr. and Mrs. Everett White of Brook brought it,” holding it up to her. She offers excellent accom of guides, etc., can be obtained free good stories. modations to sportsmen. line have gone after a short stay. looked at it a moment, shut her e y e s It is in close proximity Thomas J. O’Donahue and his son, •lowly and B ald: “Is It stoned? You to the best fishing the Dy addressing Price $ i.io postpaid or with Main* know I can’t r e a lly take the trouble to lake offers. No hay fe T. S. O’Donahue, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. ver. Address from Nov. stone i t ” until M ay ,Th e o . L. P a g e W oods i year, $1.75. Address Henry Feuchtwanger and Emil Baum- Prop, S en a te C afe, W ash- “Oh, you lazy thing!” said Jim. ington, D. C. After May Maine Woods Information Bureau, garten of New York City are back from “BahI I'll never marry you!” And he ______1, Haines, Landing, Me.J MAINE WOODS, three weeks’ fishing on West branoh didn't R a n g e l e y l a k e . Phillips. Maine. waters. Don't be lazy, girls.—Detroit Journal, Munyon’s Springs. The most beautiful spot in Maine. W. W. Sm it h , Mgr., Rangeley, M e. Phillips, 3 Maine