VOL. XXVII. NO. 33. PHILLIPS, MAINE, FRIDAY, APRIL 28, 1905. PRICE 3 CENTS.

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

Fish all Got Away. Dr. Heber Bishop of Boston who has a cottage ar.d private fish pond on the shore of Clearwater pund, Industry, , WINCHESTER lost a lot of little fish this spring. The dam at the outlet of hi. pond went out Rifle and Pistol Cartridges. and so did the fish. Clearwater pond got the benefit of Dr. Bishop’s fish but The proof of the pudding is the eating ; the proof of the Doctor is not worr\ i.g for the rea­ the cartridge is its shooting. The great popularity son that he was feeding them for Clear­ water and would have turned them out attained by Winchester rifle and pistol cartridges to take U. M. C. Cartridges and Shot Shells with himself a little later. during a period of over 30 years is the best proof of you on your hunting trips. Salmon Went Ashore. their shooting qualities. They always give satisfac­ U. M. C. Cartridges JohnTowne of Portland, Maine, agent tion. Winchester .22 caliber cartridges loaded with for the United States steel corporation Smokeless powder have the celebrated Winches­ are preferred by the old hunters. No matter is an enthusiastic angler and although what make of rifle —U. M. C. Cartridges will ter Greaseless Bullets, which make them cleaner to give best results. Over 300 different styles. is more particulary fond of brook fish­ handle than any cartridges of this caliber made. ing he has several big landlocked sal­ Tour dealer carries U. M. C.—Ask fo r‘ tt. mon and trout to his credit, that were ALL SUCCESSFUL SPORTSMEN USE THEM. taken from the ponds and lakes of THE UNION METALLIC CARTRIDGE CO., Maine. Agency, 313 Broadway, N. Y. City. Rride-pnnrt Conn Depot,86-88 First St., San Francisco, Cap r i a g e p o r i , A-onn. He hooked an eight pound square-! tail in a pond in eastern Maine several years ago but he couldn’t get the net THE FIRST SPRING FISHING? under him. While he was trying to get Landlocked Salmon and Square Tailed Trout, go to the the net in the right position the big fel­ IT’S A GUARANTEE OF QUALITY. i low “ flopped” right into it. '2,000,000 Sold in Twelve Years.^ Another time Mr. Towne hooked a EVERY REEL WARRANTED. RANGELEY LAKE HOUSE, monster landlocked salmon while fish­ RANGELEY, MAINE. ing Sebago and the fish started for Over 800 Styles and Sizes, shore. There was nothing for the guide BOOKLETS MAILED FREE., Send for Illustrated Booklet, free. to do but follow as rapidly as possible. RANGELEY LAKES HOTEL COMPANY. Ranuvley. Maine. John B. Marble, President. Henry M. Burrows, Treasurer. The big fellow was jumping from the ' I f oC v° S ^ j water at intervals anil when he made s t a n d a r d m e t a L g o o d s one of those jumps, he landed on shore O l v . o r O u r ** m a n u f a g t o ^ ANNOUNCEMENT. and roiled into a little puddle of water entirely separate from the lake. This Bird and Animal Cages, E WISH to announce to the public that we have leased a large territory at the foot of was of course an “ unexpected pleasure” Kennebago lake and have built there a set of camps which we will open to our pa­ Cag£ -Specialties,Fishing Reels, trons and friends the coming season. This new establishment in connection with i to Mr. Towne for all he had to do then our camps at Beaver Pond will give our guests the manifold advantages of a very large Wtract in which to hunt and fish. Our guests will be able to get both lake and stream fishing i was to pick up his fish. ‘ CHAIN,-iS-r'ass, Bronze, Steel and Iron. and fish of excellent size both salmon and trout may be had. We have our own steamboat on WIRE PICTURE CORO. Kennebago lake, also buckboards making two or more trips daily from Rangeley Lake House to connect with our steamers. Daily mail service is assured, also both telephone and tele­ Bird Gone Crazy. f 198-Page Tackle Catalogue on Receipt of 25 Cents. graph connections. All telegrams will be immediately forwarded from Rangeley. We wish The mystery of the robin that taps to say that either of our establishments are ideal places for women and children. The alti­ :» t H E A n d r e w B . H e n d r y x C o ., n cw H aven Co n n .. U.S. A tude is high, 2000 feet, thus making hay fever and iike diseases unknown. Our terms are ! against the chamber window in the $2.00 per day per person: $1.25 for guides’ board. We furnish reliable guides on application. Parties can'leave Boston at 9 o’clock a. m., on either the Eastern or Western division of the handsome residence of Patrolman Tink- Boston & Maine railroad for Portland. Maine Central to Farmington and the Sandy River ham on Main street is creating much ar.d Phillips & Rangeley railroads to Rangeley, or from Portland via Maine Central to Rum- To Camp Owners. ford Junction, Portland & Rumford Falls railroad to South Rangeley and the Rangeley talk in Saco these spring days. No one Lakes steamboats to Rangeley. From Rangeley our buckboafds convey parties direct to our Many owners of camps who have camps. All inquiries cheerfully answered. Write us early for any particulars: we are sure who has seen the frantic endeavors of DON’T FORGET THE ’05 EDITION, we can satisfy you. We make special rates by the month. Let us hear from you that we the bird in his efforts to smash the Maine W oods regularly but who have may reserve some of our best accommodations for you. Address Sportsmen’s Guide Book glass, has been able to give any satis­ had no camp news in our columns for a Ed Grant & Sons., Kennebago or Beaver Pond, Me. factory reason for his actions. From “ In The Maine Woods.” long time past, if ever, would do well morning till night the red-breasted bird to send us a little news about their peo­ ple and their attractions. We would flies against the window-pane. The pa­ Bangor & Aroostook R. R. CLOVER LEAF GANGS AND CASTING HOOKS trolman first heard the tapping against print it and it would pay the camps 192 pages, over 100 half-tone and color well. We like to have mail sent to us Are just what you have been look­ ■the window some days ago and for a illustrations. Sent for 10 cents in stamps. as early as Monday for the current ing for. They will make all kinds ____ time was at a loss to account for the i Address Dept. L week, when possible. bait float ’upright and appear natural X f mysterious tapping. Upon making an C. C. BROWN. G. P. & T. A., whether the bait is alive or dead. k ; a*, investigation out doors, he saw the Bangor, Maine. J. W. B rackett Co., Wonderfully effective in the capturet^x robin fly from a tall tree in the front of , Phillips, Maine. of salmon. lake trout, bass, pike, pick - [QS ?-r' . the house to the chamber window. erel, etc. Try these rigs for salmon ^ ni ’ — Back and forth from tree to window when the ice goes out and convince clover le a f gang. the bird flew the entire day, and at in- T H E RANGELEY LAKES. yourself of their superiority over jail other tackle. Will catch fish under all I tervals of every few minutes. Efforts T H E VA CATIO N SEASO N is not complete without a trip to conditions. to drive the bird away have proven fu­ this region. Write for booklet and prices and tile. Many people have watched the T H E RUMFORD F A L L S LIN E reaches direct and makes y ; order through your dealer. robin and they cannot account for its close connections with the steamers for all points on the Lakes. strange actions. THRO UGH PU LLM AN PA R LO R C A R S between Portland Even the brown tail moth is forgot- j W. E. KOCH, and Oquossoc during the Tourist Season. ten and the nests which were taken out Booklet and time table mailed upon application to Whitehall, New York. of the robin tree, ir the interest shown R. C. BRA D FO RD , Traffic Manager, Portland. Maine. CLOVER LEAF CASTING HOOK. in this performance of the bird.

WALTER I). HINDS, cut down through the back, just below The museum o f the fish and game de­ Maine’s Leading Taxidermist. Portland. Me. ! the head bones, separating the joints of partment seems to be growing apace Under Lafayette Hotel. ] the backbone in doing so. Start the : this spring. A short time ago a speci- To the fisherman, there is no music like the hum of the reel, no 642 Congress Street. skin from the flesh beside the broken I backbone and make a long rip down the j men of the species of duck, known as sport so rare as that of playing the MY TAXIDERM Y on carved panels cost no more | back, going to both right and left of the American golden eye was received, than other kinds. Write for prices. W. H. Hatch, Cornish, Me. | the big fin. Take the knife under the and recently another specimen of backbone where it is broken off, and Maine’s fauna was added to the already MOCCASINS. All kinds. First-class workman­ with the thumb on the back, while the ship. Catalogue free. large list. The last arrival was a deer, Spotted Trout or M. L. Getchell & Co., Monmouth. Me. | left hand still holds the head, pull the meat up and out of the skin. Then not the ordinary red deer of the Maine wash the blood off the meat, pull out forest, as far as appearances went, al- the spinal cord, cut off the tail, rip out i though in reality it wa: a specimen of th i. back fin and it is done. Landlocked Salmon You will catch the fish in the even­ | the same animal. The difference lay in ing, so you better sprinkle the meat , the color of the animal, which, instead freely with fine salt and set it in a cool, of being like other deer, was a mixture TAKEN IN THE moist place till morning. Some people of brown and white, giving it an almost insist on parboiling the fish before fry­ gray appearance. The deer was one ing but to our mind that destroys the Dead River Region or flavor. that was seized at Jackman last win­ ft Of course you know how to crumb or ter. The party who killed it buried the * A Neglected Fish. meal a fish, and then you want to fry carcass in the snow, intending, no The fishing season is about opening. him in pork fat. If you are prejudiced doubt, to return and get it later, but in The Rangeley Lakes, Everybody wants a trout, but many against pork you are probably preju­ diced against hornpout, and will miss the meantime the wardens ran across will have to be contented with a horn- one of our best fishes, anyway. But he it. They did not watch for the return anti the many Hotels and Camps furnish excellent accommodations pout. is certainly much better when fried in of the violator of the law, but carried to all. Write for illustrated booklet to The horn pout, however, is not to be pork fat than when cooked in butter. off the game and later had it mounted Be sure to cook enough; there is a despised as a pan fish. We have caught coarse flavor to the half-cooked horn- in Portland for the department. One F! N. B E A L , Phillips, Me., G. M. VO SE, Kingfield, Me. hundreds of them and eaten our share pout, and it is that which the parbbil- of the wardens, who was at the Capi­ of the catch. We want to give you our I ers get rid o f by their extra cooking, at tol recently, said that these freak deer Supt. S. R. R. R. Supt F. & M. Ry. recipe for preparing them for the table the same time that the hot water takes away considerable of the good of the are not at all uncommon and that he just as it was taught us by an old Penn­ fish.' Perhaps you won’ t like hornpout had seen one in the woods during the sylvania German, who had wandered to our way, but we do. past winter that was snow white. Maine and introduced into his neighbor­ They also make a good chowder and hood the art of eating catfish, as he are delicious when baked.—Exchange. Attractive Hotel Printing. INFORMATION FREE. called them according to the custom in L. U. Bowley. proprietor of the the state where his boyhood had been Maine W oo ds readers are requested Mountain View House on Rangeley We often get enquiries from parties who want a bunch of circular* of passed. to contribute items and articles about lake, has issued a very attractive ad­ Take your hompout by his head in their experience in the wroods for publi­ W e vertising booklet from the printing of­ camps and hotels in Maine fnd of Railroad and' Steamboat lines. your left hand, carefully letting the cation in M a in e W oods and those who fice of Main e W oods. The front page horns stick between your fingers, and have photographs to go with the stories send these free of charge for the benefit of advertisers in Maine Woodi is printed in red and light green on lay him, right side up, on the bench should send them. where you work. With a heavy knife, J. W Brackett Co . white, making a very tasty blend. and our readers. Maine Woods Information Bureau, Phillips, M a im .

k 2 MAINE WOODS, APRIL 28, 1905. BIG ONES AT CLEAR WATER. One Little Sandpiper and I. SPENCER LAKE CAMPS. SPORTSMEN’S SUPPLIES SPORTSMEN'S SUPPLIES (Old York Transcript.) ICE MAY GO BY THE TENTH WITH FA­ Canvas RECORD BREAKING CATCH MADE BY Across the narrow beach we flit. One little sandpiper and I, VORABLE WEATHER. NIMRODS THIS WEEK. And fast I gather, bit by bit, Row Boats The scattered driftwood, bleached and Game Has Wintered Well. Only One Deer All Previous Records Broken and Still dry. Found Dead. Prospects Fine For and Canoes. The wild waves reach their hands for it. Spring Business. They Came. Dr. Bishop Is Getting The wild wind raves, the tides run high, “ Penobscot” Model, Guides’ Sponson and Special Elegance Canoe. Odt of sight air chambers. As up and down the beach we flit, [Special correspondence to Ma in e W oods.] Write for our 1905 Catalogue. the Limit Every Day. CARLETON CANOE COMPANY, - Box 109, - Old Town. Maine. One little sandpiper and I. Ja c k m a n , M e ., April 23, 1905. [Special correspondence to Main e W oods.] Above our heads the sullen clouds The snow has all gone from the clear­ A. S. ARNBURG,. Rangeley, Maine, A llen's Mills, April 26, 1905. screaming or fainting around here.” Scud black and swift across the sky; ing surrounding the camps but there is Builder of Rangeley Boats, Wi\te for Prices. The season’s fishing at Clear Water Like silent ghosts in misty shrouds still considerable in the green woods. Then the dealer brought out a new H. M. BARRETT, Weld, Maine. pond was opened with a stick of dyna­ Stand out the white lighthouses high. The ice is breaking from the shores of torpedo bait for trolling salmon—a' very Builder of Fine Cedar Boats. mite as it were, for all previous records Almost as far as eye can reach I see the close-reefed vessels fly. the lake and with favorable weather it brilliant and dazzling affair that might I Sri'Write for price list and descriptive Catalog. have gone skyward and the man who As fast we flit along the beach. will all be gone out by May 10th. catch a salmon on the principal of the doesn’t get the limit these days and all One little sandpiper and I. blind staggers. The Empire city fly 1 Mr. Gerard is putting his cabin in spoon, very showy and finished in "bluff FISHING RODS big fellows too, considers that he has Comrade, where wilt thou be tonight order so as to.be ready to entertain, and and rubber also held the attention. New store on Rangeley Lake House been playing in hard luck. When the loosed storm breaks furiously? make comfortable his earliest fishing “ The trout and salmon hooks, this grounds. / Call and see my line of My driftwood fire will burn so bright! Dr. Heber Bishop of Boston, who is guests. A stone’s throw from the cab­ ear,” continued the dealer as he Rangeley Wood and Split Bamboo Rods. To what warm shelter canst thou fly? rought out another irresistible instal­ always on deck when the ice goes out, ins, in the thoroughfare, good fishing E. T. HOAR, is at his cottage and is getting the limit I do not fear for thee, though wroth ment, “ are wound with gimp at the every day. The largest one the Doctor The tempest rushes through the sky; can be had as soon as the ice goes out. hilts and in place of the usual gut is Rangeley, - - Maine. has captured at this writing weighed For are we not God’s children both, Mr. Gerard has engaged competent help braided gimp. This will be a very wel­ 101-2 pounds. The Doctor usually Thou, little sandpiper, and I? for the season and will attend personal- come improvement for it will be almost Make Your Own comes on a special train with a large ly to the wants of his guests. Good impossible for the fish to chafe or break party, but this year he has only one uides will be in attendance for those one of them. A good many fishermen Smokeless Powder. friend with him, Mr. Harry Coe of Hearings Given by Commissioners. fesiring them. will also use gimp leaders which are We will send you a practical formula for the Portland. Mr. Coe is high line so far The deer have wintered very well in very much stronger and more durable best Smokeless Powder for $2. Perfectly safe to The commissioners of inland fisheries in a lively tussle with a big fellow. make. No apparatus required. Pound costs 30c with a salmon weighing 1 1 2 pounds. this locality and are very tame They or less. Makes 200 charges. Free samples of pow­ E. G. Gay, proprietor of the Clear and game held hearings last Tuesday at can be seen at all hours of the day in, der by express or one pound for $1. Ask for tes­ W ater Camps at Allen’s Mills on the Newport and Hampden in Penobscot and around the clearing where the cab­ “ Speaking of fishing tackle,” ex­ timonials and infsrmation. ins stand. Among them is an albino claimed the dealer at this point as he BLATUHLEY & CAMPBELL. Chemists. shore of the pond, who was out with county. Welsboro, - Penn. Llewllyn Norton, got four handsome buck who poses beautifully and seems rested an elbow on the show case, “ I fish in fishing a distance across one end They will also hold a hearing at the to say to the beholder, “ Admire me.” suppose the late James A. Walsh of o f the lake of about one mile. This Maine Central railroad station in Bel­ But one deer has been found dead in this city had one of the finest outfits was in the vicinity of Lane’s brook. grade at 11 a. m., Tuesday, May 2 n a this neighborhood for the whole winter that was ever assembled in this or any The Best Wall Map other state. He bought hundreds of Frank Lane, the guide, went out all petition from the citizens of that town, which is positive proof that they have alone and succeeded in hooking 11 fish, wintered well. dollars worth of the finest rods and — o f - but being alone in the boat he was able praying that bait casting for bass be Partridges have also wintered well reels and lines and flies. He never to land only two of them. prohibited in Belgrade lakes prior to here and can be seen all around the asked for anything but the very best. Tuesday of this week was a banner June 20 each year, for a period of four camps strutting about in pairs seeking Each spring he always came in and nesting places. looked the new stock over and if there MAINE day for fishing and many of the large years. finny tribe were led to the net after a From present indications I predict was anything that was particularly de­ hard struggle. Twenty-eight salmon that the early fishing in Spencer lake sirable, he had it. All of his rods and By Express, $5.00. were taken at the Mills besides those The first salmon of the season at and the outlying ponds and streams will reels were made to order and from the be good, and enough deer and partridge very finest materials and by the best taken elsewhere. Mr. York of Boston Bucksport was taken Monday by A. H. ot an 8-pound salmon, Mr. Coe of were left over from last season to guar­ artisans in the business. He was a f’ortland got his big one weighing 13 1-2 Whitmore at Verona at the lower weir, antee good fall hunting. connoisseur in every department of the R. M. NASON, pounds. Dr. Nichols and Fred Adams weighing 21 pounds. J o h n T. L i t t l e . art and knew the good or bad points of o f Farmington got five beauties, Henry 180 Exchange :St., - Bangor Me. Titcomb and wife captured six and Dr. Merrill got three. Mr. McKenney of Portland also scored, but he only got Fishing In Washington County. one. Speaking of the spring fishing Game The above are only a few of the catches made and they are increasing Warden Geo. W. Ross of Washington every day. county tells the Kennebec Journal that A large number of sportsmen have the water in the lakes and streams already been booked at Gay’s Camps was very low and that the ice in some and as soon as the news that the ice is really out gets circulated no doubt the of them was still firm. In Grand Lake camps will be crowded. stream, he said, which is one of the famous fishing grounds o f the state, on WELD POND. account of its landlocke salmon, the ice is still firm, but is expected to go The Ice Is Very “ Shaky” and the West out by the first week in May. Many people are drawn annually to this sec­ Side Is Clear. tion on account o f the excellent fishing [Special Correspondence to Main e W oods.] it affords, but this year is destined to W e l d , April 25, 1905. be a record breaker, as double the num­ It is only a matter of a couple of days ber of people who were there last sea­ now or a heavy wind and Weld pond son, have been booked thus far. It is 25 POUND SEA BASS MOUNTED FOR J. B. CROOK, NEW YORK. will have burst the bonds that have said that anyone can catch salmon in held it for the past six months and the Loaned.by Walter D. Hinds, Taxidermits, Portland, Me. Grand Lake stream, and good ones. fish will be biting. The west side has broken up and a .strong wind would do Warden Ross also spoke of the the trick any time. changes in the game laws of the Prov­ Still Solid. Latest Fishing Wrinkles. a rod or reel the moment he saw it. ince of New Brunswick and of the ad­ The local fishermen who looked upon Lewiston Journal. vance which had been made in the Latest From Haines Landing. Reports from Rangeley say that the rates in the province, of both nonresi­ ice is getting black in the ponds but the monster snowflakes of Sunday and In talking with Mr. T. L. Page, pro- dent and res dent hunting licenses. looks about the same on the lakes as Monday morning with such disfavor, BIG RUSH OF FISHERMEN Heretofore, according to the New p r i e t o r of the Moose look meguntic are keeping right on with the delight­ Brunswick game laws, the cost of a House, he gave his opinion i hat the ice yet. They are fixing the sluices pre­ paratory to sluicing the logs. Of ful tasks of preparing tackle for the Waiting for Ice to Go Out to Get to the hunting license which permitted non­ would not go out before the 15th of residents to hunt moose and caribou course the ice is a little weaker around coming season. Meantime the fish de­ Fishing Grounds. May. He says it is as solid and blue as the edge of the lake. was $30, but by a change in the law, in winter. The nights are cold, freez­ partment of the various stores and The prospect of the early opening of made during the past winter, deer are shops are not forgetting to display the included in the list of game which the ing every night and very slow to thaw A New Resort. the fishing season has created a great through the day. latest wrinkles in lines, bait, etc. demand in Boston for parlor and sleep­ hunter is entitled to kill, and the cost of the license has been advanced to $50. Mr. and Mrs. Page arrived last week Mr. Charles W. Kellogg of Philadel­ __“ The newest thirg that we have in ing car accommodations on trains bound and are going through the usual reno­ phia, a naturalist by profession, is now The resident hunter, too, must pay $5 vating process. They have about a the line of bait,” said a local dealer for the fishing resorts of Maine. Es­ for a license, which cost him but $2 dozen assistants with them and are engaged in the establishment of a sum­ Satui’day, as he lovingly caressed a pecially is there a great demand for ac­ heretofore. papering, painting, etc. They will be mer resort at North Newry. collection of new flies, “ is prepared or commodations in the sleeper which will The law in regard to the transporta­ tion of game, allows the hunter to ship fully prepared to receive the early vis­ Mr. Kello g has purchased some 50 bottled shiners. They were used to itors. be attached to the 7.40 train out of Bos­ the head of a moose, caribou or deer, or more acres of land not far from the some extent in this part of Maine last well-known popular Tavern. On this ton beginning May 7, and run through provided that he shows the same to a season, but they were not found to be game warden, and procures a certifi­ Late Catches at Sebago. tract is being erected a large camp to to Greenville. This car offers the most be used as a common dining room. very popular with the fish. This year, comfortable and enjoyable means of cate from that official, but in order to [Special correspondence to Ma in e W'oods.] There is to be connected a kitchen and ship the carcass, he must get a special I understand that the manufacturers or getting to the fishing grounds at Moose- permit from the surveyor general, Su m n e r , April 24, 1905. all necessary adjuncts. This building bottlers have solved the problem. As I head, allowing the tourist to sleep as after paying for the license, all of Following is a list of the late catches is already up. Besides this, there are to be built a large number of smaller understand it, about all you have got to late as he likes, and leaving Bangor at which is doubtless done to discourage at the mouth of the Songo river at Se­ do is to carry one of the bottles un­ 7 a. m. for Greenville, giving the any attempts to furnish game to tne camps or cottages throughout the grove traveler a view of the superb lake and markets. bago: and woods for the accommodation of cocked and filled with the bait, in your Songo Lock, Joe Dow, 8, 4, 4 pounds; guests. mountain scenery along the Greenville The above action of the New Bruns­ boat and the fish will strike. Last branch of the B. & A , while the morn­ wick authorities does not appear to An excellent trout stream passes Scott Pratt, 8 pounds; J. McBride, 2 spring I got a five-pound Lake Auburn ing mist still lingers over the hill tops. bear out the feeling that was enter­ pounds; E. J. Noyes, 14, 10 pounds; J. through the tract and besides furnish­ ing much sport for < hose who come salmon on one of these preserved shin­ There will be a great rush of tourists tained by some people in Maine, that N. Morris, 8, 4 pounds, all of West­ here, the stream will provide a small and fishermen into Maine just as soon the maintenance of a hunter’s license ers and this spring, according to the as word reaches*Boston and New York in the state would be the means of brook. water power which can be developed to claim of the bottlers, I expect to land a supply the electric lights for the entir e that the ice has left Mooshead and the sending the hundreds of sportsmen who At Oscar Parker’s, R. P. Thompson, ten-pounder. other lakes famous for the speckled annually come to Maine in the hunting Portland, 10, 10, 8 pounds, Oscar Park­ plant which Mr. Kellogg is building. “ Another new thing i: the bait line is beauties taken from their waters in the season, to some other state for their er as guide. spring. The ice is already out of sport. In Maine a nonresident hunter’s E. Bartlett, Lynn, Mass., 8, 5, 4 Prospect Inn Opened. the salmon mouse. ’ Pushaw, Hermon and a few of the license costs him $15, while the resident pounds, Oscar Parker, guide. Prospect hotel, as what was formerly Here the speaker groped in a corner smaller ponds around Bangor, and at hunter pays no license at all, and both Ross Snow, New York, 19 3-4, 8 known as Prospect Inn, is to be called of the show case and brought out a Green lake and Branch pond the ice is of them are permitted to take their pounds. Mr. Snow is at The Fern cot­ regular little Clarence Rand specimen so rotten and porous that it is likely to quota of game home with them. It is tage for the summer. in the future, was opened to the public this week by the new proprietors, with the loveliest little shiny coat and go out at any time. There being so evident that the New Brunswick au­ Gus Gerard at Nate Paul’s hotel, 7, the longest and straightest wi -kei’ets! little salmon fishing this spring at the thorities are catering to a very exclu­ 5,- 3, 3, 1 12 pounds. Messrs. Shafer and Green of Boston. The local manager is Mr. Simon J. “ i have to keep this mouse fly over Bangor pool, the local fishermen are sive class of sportsmen. Harry Lowell, Portland, 10, 9, 5 more eager than usual to get to Green pounds, Levi Maxwell, guide. Luce. The prospect is that the house in the corner of the case where the will be filled with summer guests this ladies don’t see it,” continued the lake and other famous fishing grounds J. D. Brigham, Westbrook, Me., j dealer gravely as he gently stroked Sir and the news that the ice has left these with Bob Martin of the Rangeley I season. Among other improvements, NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. a well equipped library will be added to Mousey. “ There’s a patent on tin's places will be hailedj with delight.— lakes as guide, secured four salmon, the Bangor News. DuPont Smokeless—always uniform biggest one weighing 16 pounds. Bob I the establishment. mouse and l don’t want to have any and reliable. M -rtin will keep his camp open until Cocker sprniel pups for sale. I May 15. Buffalo horns for sale, N. E. Carter, Elkhorn, Wis. Fishing on at Lake Auburn. ^.Wanted. Coon cats and kittens, I. The ice 1 eft Lake Auburn last Satur­ T. Willet, South Portland, Me. day. Make your own smokeless powder. Blatchley & Campbell will tell you how. The following is a list of dates on Tm o ar 6i mTru@ i u cr iI v U v e r t have of nature to offer at whatits *****1 ^ ^ Fine Guns and Rifles, Wm. Read & which the ice has left Lake Auburn dur­ yond question the most beautiful, and in every way, most desirable parcel of land Sons. ing the past 14 years: on the shores of Rangeley Lake. The property in question (about 42 acres in all) is the well known point on the Southern Shore of that lake directly opposite to, Laflin & Rand Powder Co. 1890, April 26 1891, “ 27 and looking down upon “ Maneskutuk ” the island paradise of Mr. Frederick S. Harrington & Richardson Arms Co. 1892, “ 21 Dickson, of Philadelphia. I shall be pleased to send a circular with full details, Taxidermy. W. H. Hatch, Cornish, 1893, May 6 and price to anyone desiring to investigate this opportunity to secure a property Me. 1894, April 24 shores of Rangeley Lake. 1896, “ 23 without a rival on the Taxidermy, Walter D. Hinds, Port­ 1896, “ 26 1897. *' 26 Address J. W. BRACKBTT, Phillips, Maine land, Me. 1896. “ 18 To let—furnished camp. 1899, “ 30 1900. “ 26 Savage Arms Co.| 1901. “ 16 1902. *' 4 Cocker spaniel for sale. 1902, “ 4 1904. House in good sporting region, War­ May9 1 ren Wing, Flagstaff, Me. MAlJSJb WOODS, APRIL 28, 1905. 3

SPORTSMEN’S SUPPLIES | SPORTSMEN’S SUPPLIES SPORTSMEN'S SUPPLIES | _ SPORTSMEN'S SUPPLIES Fishin’. ’Long about this time o’ year’. Like to a-fishin’. ■ is t h e b r a n d Been a-waitin’ ’round for months, Longin’ and a-wishin’ ; OF Never like to take my line, DUPONT SMOKELESS ’Til the weather’s nice and fine, Sky all clear and sun all shine— Then I go a-fishin’. AMMUNITION Bill and me knows every hole Always uniform and reliable. At Augusta, Ga., Where the bass is stayin’. Which has -attained Popularity Know jes’ where they flip around April 5 and 6, 1905: When they quit a-layin’, Bill and me’s about the same, 1st general average, Mr. Walter H*uff, 363 ex 400 Cranks on fishin’ ain’t no name, Because of Superiority. An’ you bet we get the game— 2nd general average, Mr. J. M. Hawkins, 358 ex 400 When we go a-fishin’. Ain’t no sport on earth to me, 3rd general average, Mr. W. A. Baker, 354 ex 400 Nothin’ so entrancin’, Manufactured by As a-fishin’ ’long the creek, 1st amateur average, Mr. W. A. Baker, 354 ex 400 Watchin’ cork a-dancin’ ; Now she goes clean out o’ sight, UNITED STATES CARTRIDGE COMPANY, Then you pull with all your might, 2nd amateur average, Mr. H. D. Freeman, 344 ex 400 Eat your hot black bass that night— When you go a-fishin’. 3rd amateur average, Mr. J. G. Chaffe, 343 ex 400 Lowell, Mass., U. S. A. Don’t know where I’m apt to go, Every average was won by When I quit a-livin’, hurry to bite. There are plenty of Hope to reach the shinin’ sho’ , GOOD TROLLING PREDICTED. To’rds which I have striven; small fry and mediums, but as yet no Anyway, hope me and Bill, very large ones. However, it is too When we climb the golden hill, PLENTY OF FISH AND GOOD ONES Run across some creek or rill— \ early to judge just what we shall find. DUPONT SMOKELESS. TO BE FOUND HERE. The growth o f alders during the last Then we’ll go a-fishin’. —Joplin (Mo.) Herald. five years has been a benefit to these In Favor of the Special Laws Concerning brooks by discouraging many of the It is reported that a number of so-called ‘ ‘sports” who kept them boys Perch Fishing In Hogan and Whitney | who have been fishing in the Kennebec Frank Shaw, 9 1-2, 8, 4 pounds; John stripped of fish. GREAT CATCH AT SEBAGO. Ponds. As Many Parties Expected Only a few care to fish among the river bac -* of the Lockwood mills and McFarland, '101-2, 5 pounds; A. A. alders and still fewer know the way to I down in the bay have caught a number This Season as Usual. Cordwell, 7 1-2 pounds; F. A. Verrill, 8 avoid them and still reach the best 1 of good trout. One was reported holes, so fish have multiplied. Last as THE FISHING IS THE BEST KNOWN pounds; A. N. Waterhouse, 9 1-2, 8 O x f o r d , April 24, 1905. weighing about 3 pounds and was a pounds; Robert Low, 6 pounds. season my brother and I guided several THERE FOR YEARS. To the Editor of Maine Woods. parties, chiefly from Lewiston and beauty. It is something new for trout The fishing at Sebago is the best In reply to your letter of the 6th Auburn, who came up Saturday morn- to b-i found in the Kennebec, but if known for many years, hardly a person The Average the Largest Ever Known. inst., inquiring about the fishing pros­ i ing and returned in the afternoon, or they are going to be caught occasion - but what gets one or more and they | still better waited to go back Sunday Very Few S nail Fish Taken. Mr. average the largest ever known. On pects hereabout I would say the pros­ morning and so got the late afternoon ; ally it will add a zest to the fishing in the west shore of the lake from North pects were good. In Thompson pond McFarland Gets the Limit. j to fish in. They always carried away the river, where already bass and pick­ West river to B jar point on the east j the ice is out as far as Hayes’ point, a ; good strings, though others who erel can be taken in good numbers. [Special correspondence to M aine W oods.] shore hardly a small fish has been ! brought “ bait” with them and fished by taken. On Thursday afternoon a man | mile or more above the bar. Very few C u m b e r l a n d M i l l s , April 22, 1905. i themselves say there are no fish here. stopping at Songo took a salmon off : fish were taken from this pond during [ We sincerely hope they will keep on |. W a n t s , f o r s a l e , e t c . I think in all the years that 1 have the Quakers on the west shore weigh- the ice fishing season and many predict I thinking so. Price i cent a word each insertion. Stamps or cash with order.

WANTS.

IX/'ANTED.—One good foxhound, 11-2 years old. VT Price $10.00. W. E. Denny, Franklin, N. Y.

TlUanted position as chef for general sporting camps by man of experience. References fur­ nished. Wendell P. Williams, Bloomfield, Vt.

" Bass Spinner on the market. Grand Ledge, Mich.

"UHANTED.—I would like to buy or rent a cheap ” place, or build on some place where I could spend a part of the fall hunting small game. James W. North, 133 State St., Augusta, Me.

TI7ANTED.—Several bear cubs in good healthy ” ” condition. State weight, age and lowest cash price when answering. Address, George B. MacLean, 100 Milam St., Houston, Texas. fA M P TO LET.—Furnished hunting camp for ^ rent. No better country for big deer in Maine. Camps will accommodate large party. Frank Chick, Franklin Co., Madrid, Me. W A N T E D .-A woman to do cooking and general ’ ' housework at Rangeley, Maine, six weeks in June and July. Six in family. Address, stating terms and references. K, Main e W oods, Phillips, Maine. T ’O LET. —Furnished camp, situated on the north branch of Sandy river, seven miles from Phillips. Three minutes’ walk from rail­ road. Good fishing and hunting. Leased by day or season. For terms address, Box 276, Phillips, Maine. FO R SA LE . TX7ANTED.—Coon cats and kittens. I. T. Willet, ’ ' South Portland, Me. COCKER SPANIEL for sale. Good hunter. A. ^ W. Bradbury, Farmington, Me. "DLACK COCKER SPANIEL PUPS for sale. -L> Address, Herbert Elwell, East Wilton, Maine. fA M P FOR SALE.—A public fishing and hunt- ing camp in a desirable location—a money­ maker for sale. J. W. Brackett, Phillips, Me.

A CORNER IN THE WORKSHOP. T IVE BROOK TROUT of all sizes for stocking streams. Guaranteed delivered in good eondi- Loaned by Walter D. Hinds, Taxidermist, Portland, Me. i tion. Chas. R. Doten, Chiltonville, Mass. pO R SALE. —Five male, two female, full blooded | 1 bull terrier pups. For prices address, O. W. Williamson, New Portland, Me. fished on Sebago lake I have seen some ing 19 3-4 pounds. good trolling in consequence. We sel­ The bird hunting also promises to be p'O R SALE.—Furnished house with six rooms. of the best catches and so i.e of the With the he p of the new hatchery at dom have good ice fishing and spring good the coming season. Partridges | Nice place to hunt. Fishing near house. Raymond and t e new feeding station largest salmon this year that I have fishing both the same season. That are plenty in spite of the large numbers Sport for children. For particulars correspond to be erected Sebago lake is destined to shot last fall and for two weeks the with Warren Wing, Flagstaff, Me. ever seen. 1 wish you had been on the there are plenty of fish and good ones, get back or uxceed its old time pres- lowlands have been alive with wood­ TQUFFALO HORNS. —Polished matched pair grounds and seen some o f it and also ti :e. too, was plain at spawning time last cock. with red plush around centrepiece, $3.50 pre­ have had the pleasure of catching some Today, Saturday, another large catch fall when Greeley brook, the chief trib- We expect dbout as many parties as paid. Indian flint and stone relics for sale list 2c. was made off the west shore of the N. E. Carter, Elkhorn, Wis. of these gamy fish, and they are more tary, was packed for over a mile with usual both for fishing and hunting. lake. Each year brings a few new sportsmen pO R SALE at a bargain. A steam launch with gamy than I ever knew them to be so Mr. McFarland, of the above party, salmon ranging from one to three feet and many of the old back to us. As A canopy top, 31 feet long, 7 1-2 feet beam, 8 horse power compound engine. R. M. Kershaw, early in the season. It is about impos­ too: two more large ones which put in length. yet this locality is not able to make ! Peak’s Island, Me. sible to keep them from jumping out of him up to the limit allowed by law. I cannot say what the condition of camps profitable the igh we occasionally F. S. V. have parties that stay for a week or so j CTEAMBOAT—26x5 1-2 feet, speed 12 miles per the water and tearing about generally. 1 the ice is at Hogan and Whitney ponds, 1 | ^ hour. Payne engine, Estey boiler, burns coal and lodge at the hotels or in private or wood. Has been used as private boat and is in I myself lost one that looked as though Passengers on the Old Orchard branch not having been there since last Sep­ families and a few at private camps i fine order. J. W. Perry & Son, Lewiston, Me. he would weigh 10 or 12 pounds on this tember. I am glad to see that special B r u c e S t e w a r t . from Dunstan to Old- Orchard beach pO R SALE.—An extra good coon dog. Will sell account. I think I hooked him in the have *1 een treated to some rare sights laws concerning perch fishing in these 1 cheap if taken at once. Got 11 coons with side and he tore away. ponds were enacted this winter, but him last fall. Will give good reasons for selling. recently. Several raccoons have been The hearts of the several of the state E. M. Baker, 126 High St., Station A, So. Gard­ A party of six from Westbrook and unless these laws are enforced more ner, Mass. seen and two fine ones have been killed officials were gladdened recently by Mr. Frank Shaw o f Shaw’s Business by the conductor and motorman, but thoroughly than they have been in the pO R SALE.—In th e angeley Lake region of college, Portland and Mr. Robert Low the receipt of a trolling spoon, to be past they will not be of much benefit. 1 Maine—A fine camp, fully furnished, ice house of Portland, stopping at J. H. Bachel- the finest sight w-as to be seen one used in the coming fishing season. (filled), store house and boat house; power launch More or less poaching has been done by boats, canoes, etc., etc. Best location in the sec- dor’s Lakeside Cottage, North Sebago, evening last week near what is known The spoons were the gift of H. O. Stan­ 1 tion. Will be sold at a bargain. For particulars, took 129 pounds of salmon, averaging neighboring towns, particularly by j etc., address Chas. T. Beebe, New London, Conn. as Rocky hill, when out in an open field ley of Dixfield, formerly of the board 7 1-2 pounds each, in four days. The and not more than 300 feet from the | some of those who advocated having individual catch was as follows: of commissioners of inland fisheries and (1ASOLENE LAUNCH FOR SALE.—A new. special laws, for the last two years and | y first-class gasolene Launch built May last, by John P. Burnell, 10, 7, 5, 6 1-2 pounds; track was a fine large deer. The car game, and are the latest device in that J Thomas Stone of Swampscott, Mass., was on exhi- this last winter everyone who wished, Charles C. Bailey, 8, 7, 4 pounds; was stopped for a minute or two and line, being made of aluminum and hav­ 1 bition at Horticultural Hall at Automobile Show, fished through the ice for perch. What used only two weeks, 20 ft. long, 4 ft. 6 in. wide, the passengers were given a fine view ing a swivel in the leader, so that al­ Sagamore Engine 2 1-2 horse power, 3 blade pro­ of the animal, who was grazing as effect this will have on the summer peller, decks finished in mahogany, brass rails, oak TAXIDERMISTS though the spoon spins rapidly in pass­ finish, canvas cover batteries, cradle oars and calmly as though it was miles removed I fishing can easily be imagined. Last ing through the water, the bait does tools, price $350. Net cash, F. O. B., Greenville, season was not a good season and Me. Can be seen at Camp Waumbeck, Sugar Is­ from the haunts of civilization. One not. land, Moosehead Lake, Maine, after Aug. 22 or evening of last w eek two more deer though none of our parties came back communicate with owner, Geo. H. Rimbach, Prop. NASH OF MAINE, empty-handed the catch was small and 1 Crawford House, Boston, Mass., only reason for were seen in almost the same place, selling is, that a larger boat is desired. the fish of inferior size. With proper Two of the noted sportsmen among and though they were quite near the protection these would be fine perch UOTEL FOR SALE.—During the past winter Licensed Taxidermist, the State House force, returned re­ tracks they did not appear to be in the waters as they are near the railroad, and spring we had letters from several hotel cently from a trip to Merry meeting men who wanted information in regard to paying least disturbed. ! easy of access and so calm as to afford hotel property that could be purchased. We NORWAY, - - - MAINE. pleasant fishing for ladies. In past bay, where they went in search of the couldn’t name the right place then; now we can. vears the bass fishing has also been We know of a hotel that can he bought at a low W. H. McKay landed the first salmon wary wild goose. As far as has been | price, considering its capacity for earning money, Branch at Haines Landing May to ! fair. and the cost of the hotel and stables, it. is locat­ o f the season at Raymond last Thurs­ As to brook trout the prospects are learned, they brought back no game, ed better for making good money all the year October 20. Gold Medal on both Fish day night, a week. The fish measured ood for those who know where to look but they consider that the lack of birds ’round than any other hotel in the same county. f We are thoroughly conversant with the conditions and Game at World’s Fair, St. Louis. 2 1-2 feet in length and weighed 10 1-2 or the speckled fellows. The fish in their game bags was more than off­ surrounding this very desirable hotel propertrv ; have already appeared in our two best set by the fun that they had while on and we solicit corresnonrlonro :n *- ■' ' Inventor of the famous Mezzo style pounds. It was caught in Jordan’s i brooks and seem to be as plentiful as in J. W.^Erackett Company, Phillip! Mu. A..,.ust 9, 1904. of mounting fish. river. seasons past though r— o 4 MAINE WOODS, APRIL 28, 1905. MAINE WOODS, HSH P0NDS AND STREAMS- SPORTSMEN’S DIRECTORY. HOTELS AND CAMPS HOTELS AND CAMPS. CAMP SUPPLIES for sportsmen, carefully Via Rangeley. FISHING. PHILLIPS, MAINE. ANGLING IS TO BE STOPPED IN packed for transportation. Send for prices. S. S. Pierce Co., Tremont and Beacon Sts., Boston. Fly Fishing Come to York’s Camps VARIOUS WATERS. ASK FOR free catalogue of Witch-Elk Hunting J. W . B rackett Com pany, Publishers. Boots. They always please. Witchell Sons & for Fishirg. It is the place. Satis­ Co., Ltd., Detroit, Mich. Every Day in the Season at J. W. BRACKETT. Editor and Manager. Commissioners Give Hearings In Several faction guaranteed. Best references CLARENCE E. CALDEN Associate M’g ’r. RANGELEY LAKE COTTAGE LOTS. Very furnished. of the Towns In York and Cumberland desirable. Rangeley Cottage Co. Enquire of H. King and Bartlett Lake M. Burrows, Rangeley Lake House, Rangeley, or J L E W IS YO RK , - Rangeley, Me. J. W. Brackett, Phillips, Me. ^ Issued Weekly. $1.00 a Year. Counties. — AND — The commissioners of inland fisheries Do You Ever Main e W oods solicits communications and fish and game gave hearings last week at and game photog'raphs from its readers. Spencer Stream Camps. When ordering the address of your paper York, Kennebunk and Cornish in York G O FISHING What Never Fails is 50,000 acres of fishing and hunting preserve is changed, please give the old as well as new ad­ county and Sebago in Cumberland coun­ controlled here. Moose, deer and small game are dress. ty. abundant. Many brooks, lakes and ponds fur­ If you want it stopped, pay to date and say so. BILLY SOULE’S? The hearing at York was at the resi-; nish fly fishing, where trout and salmon rise to Main e W oods Information Bureau gives infor­ “INFALLIBLE.” the fly every day in the season. Log cabins are Haines Landing, - - - Maine. mation on Summer Resorts and Fishing ar.d dence of Senator SimpsPn. The pe­ situated on the different lakes and ponds and Shooting. Boston office, 147 Summer St., with titioners asked that the ponds of the At New Orleans, La., April 10 and twenty camps on King and Bartlett lake furnish Boston Home Journal. town, containing pickerel be closed to hospitality to the man who fishes and shoots. all fishing for a term of years. The 11, Mr. J. M, Faurote won 1st Gen­ For circulars'and farther information address Pickford’s Camps This Edition of Maine Woods 5,550. The only public Log Camps on largest body of water in York is Chase eral Average, 374 ex 400, making HARRY M. PIERCE, lake and it affords good fishing through Rang;eley Lake, Maine. FRIDAY, APRIL 28, 1905. longest run 100 straight. Spencer, - - Maine. One mile from Rangeley Village. Induce­ the ice as well as in the spring and fall. I ments to families for the season. Farmington, Maine, until May 15. HENRY E. PICK FORI). A nd now Concord N. H ., comes for­ This hearing was the result of a bill in­ Mr. R. Saucier won DuPont Trophy ward with a story of a big black bear troduced in the last legislature by Sen­ 48 ex 50. that stopped a trolley car. ator Simpson and the fish and game Both shot “ IN FALLIBLE.” Next. committee referred it to the fish and Spring Lake, Great Trout Fishing game commissioners. The matter was H on. L. T. Car le to n , chairman of discussed thoroughly by those present Laflin & Rand Powder Co., In the Dead River Region at Moxie Pond. the fish and game commission, has re­ and they finally decided that it would Best in Somerset County. Large NEW YORK CITY. Best of Early Fishing for Salmon, Square Tailed ceived and accepted an invitation to de­ be best to continue pickerel fishing both Trout and Lake Trout that weigh from -2 to 9 Trout Fto 5 pounds. liver the address at Fryeburg on Me­ winter and summer and put black bass pounds. One day’s ride from Boston. Only 21-2 The best accommodations for sports­ miles of buckboard road. Lake 31-2 miles long, men at morial day. I into their pond. The commissioners 11-2 miles wide, surrounded by mountains cov­ ered with green woods. Cabins are very pleas­ will authorize the stocking of the pond hearing brought out the fact that there antly situated on the shore of this lake. Spring BLACK NARROW CAMPS, T he M aine Sportsman hears that a with black bass. This work will have were various reasons for signing the beds, new blankets and clean linen make our beds all that could be desired. New boats and canoes. IRA W. CUSHING, Proprietor. great many deer died of starvation in petition. Some stated that the fish [ to be done by the people of York who were all being caught out and it must Best of stream fishing near. We have canoe trips the eastern Maine woods during the are interested in the matter, and as the I that take you by some of the grandest scenery in This is one of the best hunting be stopped or there would be no fish in Maine, with good fishing all the way. _ Telephone i grounds in the state for deer, moose past winter. state has no black bass, it has been future. Others own nice fields thro igh connections at home camps with main line and doctor’s office. Purest of spring water. Hay and other game. suggested that several bass be taken which the brook runs and they were fever unknown. Excellent food. This is an ideal The Kennebec river affords beautiful T he early fishing has been generally naturally anxious to save their grass place to spend the summer with your family. from Bauneg Beg which is the nearest Terms reasonable. Correspondence solicited. scenery and an automobile ride to The quite good this spring. Sebago anglers and grain. One old gentleman said the Forks * is a delightful pastime. The point and placed in this water. The trespassers were very independent and started with a record of 30 salmon in a JOHN CARVILLE, Flagstaff, Maine. Forks Hotel is one of the best on the citizens of York and those who visit he had threatened to put his pitchfork day, including a 14-pounder. Lake river and will accommodate 200 guests. Good fishing in the river near the house, Auburn, Lake Maranocook and several WHERE TO GO FISHING. and Moxie Pond can’t be beat. other ponds are now giving up fish. Ask Ma in e W oods Information Bureau for For a sure catch of large fish go to ^rerilars and particulars. Phillins. Me. : Moxie Pond. Belg r ad e lakes are clear of ice and this famous resort will doubtless fur­ •The Wilderness Beckons1 nish excellent bass and trout fishing this year as usual. C. A. Hill & Son, at this season of the year, and KINEO is its gateway -COME! The finest trout fish­ proprietors of the Belgrade Hotel are ing in the world, big game in plenty, a net work of lakes and streams, a wild, free, outdoor life in crispe pure air and glorious sunshine are its attractions. We make a booking many parties for the season of specialty of completely outfitting campers, campers, canoeists, fishermen and hunters. 1905. Write for information THE MOUNT KINEO HOUSE, C. A. J udkins, Manager, Kineo. Maine. Co l. A. M. Dunham of Norway, who makes some of the best snowshoes in the market, has received additional dis­ The White House and The Birches. tinction by receiving the order from Commander Peary for the shoes to be Log Camps, The Upper Berth and The Owl. used on his expedition in search of the The best appointed hotel and camps at Grand Lake, open for guests from Apr. 15 to Nov. 15. Ex­ north pole. cellent table, large airy rooms, clean beds, open fires. Plenty of game, landlocked salmon, trout and togue. Beautiful scenery and healthful air. Write for terms. FRANK H. BALL, Proprietor, . . . Grand Lake Stream, Maine. A case which legal men say is the first of its kind in St. John, N. B., was begun before Judge J. G. Forbes re­ cently. George H. Richardson, treas­ urer and manager of the Old Town Ca­ noe company of Old Town, Maine, brought action against W. T. Chest- nutt, canoe manufacturer of Freder­ Walter D. Hinds, taxidermist under the Lafayette Hotel, Portland, has built up an enviable business and he has a store that it is wrell worth the time to visit. icton, N. B., under the alien labor law, Mr. Hinds has been at the Rangeley lakes for several seasons’ past and this year charging that Chestnutt last December he will establish a branch in a camp, probably at Haines Landing. Among other went to the company’s factory in Old Town and induced some ten workmen things, Mr. Hinds now has on hand a large amount of work from Norway and in the factory to leave there and go to Sweden. There are many valuable specimens. Some were mounted before they were sent here but the work was so poor that they must all be done again. Fredericton to labor in his manufac­ Among the noticeable heads in Mr. Hinds’s collection is a moose head with a tory. spread of 64 1-4 inches and double brow antlers. A duck-billed platypus from President Roo sevelt is bear hunt­ Australia and a 47-pdund turkey are among the lot. The celebrated two-headed ing in Colorado and the newspaper re­ calf from Naples was mounted whol# by Hinds and is now in his workshop. Anglers’ Retreat and Log Cabins porters are doing their best to keep the The 13-pound salmon, the record for Mooselookmeguntic lake, that was caught public informed in regard to the trip. by Mr. Taylor, the guide, was also mounted by Mr. Hinds. Are situated at the Outlet of Welokennebacook Lake. Is a delightful resort Here is a part of one of the late dis­ This shop occupies 10,500 feet of space and the store 2,500. for Sportsmen and their families. patches from New Castle: Mr. Hinds expects to personally conduct a party of 15 or 20 to Newfoundland After the speechmaking- and the conventionali | in September. The Trout and Salmon fishing here is unsurpassed by any in the state. The house has been thor­ +ies had been observed the President gave person­ oughly remodeled and enlarged, with new offices, cuisine, etc., and travelers, sportsmen and all r e r - al supervision to his hunting outfit. He un­ sons seeking rest and recreation will be provided with every comfort and convenience, while^for U ose sheathed his knife and felt its keen edge, unlimb­ I this beautiful town in summer have into a minister who was treading down who prefer, I have several neat Log Cottages, well furnished, with open fireplaces, spring beds and ered his gun and saw that it was in fine working his grass but the minister kept on bob­ everything that will add to the comfort and pleasure of the guests. Splendid accommodations for all I good reason to expect that if they stock and an excellent table will always be found here. order, and looked over the horse that had been bing for fish. No opposition and selected for his ride to camp. This animal is j their waters with black bass* they will petition granted. The early spring fishing is a revelation and the summer fishing never fails. The best of Fly’ Fish- white, weighing about 1100 pounds, and is about in a few years have summer fishing ing every day in the season. This place holds the record of the largest trout taken in the Rangeley I.akes. 14 1-2 hands high. It is said to be one of the that wTill attract many very desirable Guides and boats always ready. This is the most direct route between the Rangeley! Lakes and surest-footed mountain climbers in Colorado, but sportsmen who will visit there for the May Have Trout Pond. it is not noted for speed. All horses for the party the W’hite Mountains, and my Steamboats connect with all trains, boats and stages. Write for de­ Hon. Harold M. Sewall of Bath has scriptive circular. were selected for safe and hard, rather than fast black bass fishing alone. work. Btfore starting the President announced recently purchased 40 acres of land that he was not going to struggle hand to hand The hearing at Kennebunk was on near Mt. Blue pond in Avon o f H. H. CAPT. E. F. COBURN, Tuesday evening at the Mousam House. with a grizzly bear, or strangle any mountain and D. F. Field of Phillips. A nice The petitioners asked to have Branch Middledam, Rangeley Lakes, Maine. lions with bare hands. He does not expect to bag trout brook runs through Mr. Sewall’s a record-breaking amount of game and will feel ; river, so called and Kennebunk pond satisfied if he gets one bear during the whole closed to fishing. The pond has been new purchase and it affords an excel­ hunt. His rapid-firing rifle was exhibited with recently stocked and the petition­ lent opportunity for making a private ers thought it wise to refrain from fish­ great pride as a protection he will constantly keep pond if Mr. Sewall should decide to between himself and danger. ing it for a few years to allow the young fish to grow. Branch river is a have one. natural trout stream that has given up T he Bureau of Forestry has been thousands upon thousands of trout un­ studying the maple sugar industry with til now a great many of those taken are A Guaranteed Cure For Piles. very small. The towns interested are Itching, Blind, Bleeding or Protruding Piles. the view of securing a larger use of the Your druggist will refund money if Pazo Oint­ maple forests. Since 1850 the area of Wells, Kennebunk, Sanford and Lyman. ment fails to cure you in six to 14 days.p 50 cts. No opposition appeared to the petition maple sugar farming has greaLy and it was granted. changed and shrunk. In early days maple sugar was commonly made, even The next hearing was at Cornish on in many parts of the south, because the mountain division of the Maine Central. This was on a petition asking Sport Indeed cane sugar was virtually unobtainable. that Little river in that town be closed No longer is there even a limited pro­ to fishing. This stream like Branch "ONLY LETTERS" river in Kennebunk has been a favorite duction in South Carolina, Georgia, Al­ A b o u t 6 0 in all, from a brother on the abama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Ar­ fishing place for years but there are signs that it cannot be depended upon THOMAS MATIN DALE, ■*“ other side, to one on this,” from kansas. This is because cane sugar for an indefinite length of time unless Northern, Central and Southern Europe, j can now be bought everywhere at a measures are taken to save the fish. A graphic description of Russia, Italy, Egypt, etc., as those lands low price, and is preferred to maple The petitioners asked to have the camp life in Maine, finely were seen through eyes unconventionally sugar for sweetening In Indiana, stream closed to all fishing excepting through the months of April and May. focused. By FRANCIS I. MAULE.r Michigan and Illinois the maple trees illustrated by photographs by They say that during July, August and “ Only Letters” is not a ‘‘ work of genius,” have been extensively cut for lumber, September the visitors and others fish the author. most distinctly not, and is not easily confus- thu* reducing the opportunity for tree it almost constantly. They think there able with books under suspicion as such, tapping. In those states also the mar­ ! would not be enough taken during April A book every woods lover and May to do very much damage. The hut society is b y no means a unit in pro­ kets are glutted with imitations, which should have. Price $1.50, 1 petition was granted, there being no op­ nouncing it “ hoplesaly dull.” ‘‘A bsen t removes the incentive to extending the position. postage 14c additional, with industry. In other states,, as in west­ treatment” wifi he furnished b y mail to The hearing at Convene, Sebago was ! cases of aroused curiosity that send a ern Maryland, West Virginia, Ohio, in the grange hall. This was more Maine Woods $2.50. Address New York and in New England, the largely attended than any of the pre­ $1.00 biH and 5^ 2-cent stamps to the j author at 4 0 6 Sansom St., Philadelphia. maple sugar industry has held its own vious hearings and a good deal of in­ MAINE WOODS, terest was manifested. T! e petitioners or been increased. asked that Blal e brook be closed. The : Phillips, - - Maine. \ MAINE WOODS, APRIL 28, 1905.

TRAPS AND TRAPPERS. deer had been dressed by the party that Harlow's Camps at Black Brook. They SPORTSMEN S SUPPLIES SPORTSMEN’S SUPPLIES TKAPPEKS. After trying other trapping meth­ went home that morning we found had four fine bucks and were going to ods without success, try mine. I will show you fisher had been feeding on the offal. their home near Lima, Ohio. The the right way for a small sum. Wm. P. Townsend, West Buxton, Me. My guide said I will set a trap for those snow continued until 10 p. m., then fellows to-morrow. ” Then we contin­ there had four inches fallen, so the next STILL SUPREME. GUN W AS NOT LOADED. ued our tramp and reached Ledge House morning, Nov. 25, was an ideal morn­ ready for a good supper which the good ing for hunting. The woods were a The Indoor .22 Caliber Rifle Championship of the United States DEER FURNISHED A RIDE DOWN lady of the house had prepared for us beautiful sight in their white fringe of which I enjoyed very much after my snow and not a breath o f wind blowing. MOUNTAIN FOR HUNTER. WON .22 SH O RT first long tramp in the Maine Woods. So we started out over the middle trail Wild Cat Wanted For Fifty Cents by New Harvey Harlow came in with a half and had only entered the woods a little WITH PETERS CARTRIDGES York Chinamen; Dead River Venison grown wild-cat he had shot on the ice way when the guide came to a deer on Bog Brook. track. He looked at me and asked me Goes to President Roosevelt. A - N E W RECORD. Ledge House is so called from there •‘If I wanted to track?” I said, “ No I LWritten for the Main e W oods.] being a ledge of rock just west of the want to go to the bear trap.” He said, L. P. Ittel scores 2459 out of Third and Fourth positions a I had been planning for several years house about 35 feet high, several flights “ Well I guess there will be plenty of a possible 2500. tie between to take a hunting trip into the “ wilds of steps leading up to four small cabins tracks up around the trap we can Second place won by Dr. A. A. H. M. Pope and W. A. Tewes, of Maine” but could never persuade my built there affording a grand view look­ take. ” Stillman. Using Peters 22. Stevens- companions to go, they saying it was too ing out over the monntain and down the We went on and crossed eight deer Using Peters 22 Long Rifle Pope Armory Cart­ far and too expensive and since my letter valley. Mr. James Henry Harlow, my tracks before reaching the bear trap. Cartridges. ridges. you published under date of Jan. 27, guide’s father, had started a fire in the It had not been disturbed so I turned 1902, in your issue of Jan. 30, 1902 be­ north cabin and invited me to occupy it my attention to deer tracks and soon Ask For The Semi-Smokeless Kind. ing among the early ones if not the first saying it would be more comfortable saw a doe standing, not the one 1 was to favor the law which has since passed than the large cabin, which I did that following, but one that came in at my Wide-awake Dealers sell Peters Goods. Up to date Sportsmen and has added to the expense, I have night and rested well and the morning left. I fired and she ran about 35 yards demand them. The makers will continue to furnish them. given up trying to persuade them and of Thanksgiving Nov. 24, we started and stopped. I fired again and knocked THE PETERS CARTRIDGE COMPANY, after some correspondence with Maine over the middle trail leading to West her down. I stood ready to give her guides, I left here alone, Nov. 21, for Carry Pond Camps and as we started to another shot if she got up, and there New Y ork : hl k e l l e r . Manager. Cincinnati, U. S. A. H. E. and H. H. Harlow's, West Carry the second ridge we struck a bear track came a buck right in her tracks and Pond Camps, Dead River Maine, by and followed it up to where he had fed stopped and was looking for her. I Philadelphia and Reading road to New on deer ’offal. I told my guide to go fii’ed at him and he turned and ran back 26, and went over the middle trail lead- Will you accept the hind quarters of a York. Hartford, New Haven and New get his bear trap he had hung up yes­ in his tracks, out of sight before I fired ing to West Carry Pond Camps. As buck deer from me as a token of my York road to Boston Mass. Maine terday and set it there: he said he did again. I thought I had missed him. we came near where we had set the regard for you as President, a man and Central, eastern division, to Portland not think it worth while a-> he did not We dressed the doe, then went to where trap on the north side of the trail our a hunter. ’ ’ I then retired early to get and Farmington Me. Sandy River to think the bear would return but I was the buck had stood and saw a few hairs eyes were turned towards the trap but I needed rest for a long tramp the next Strong. Franklin & Megantic to Car- day. rabassett Me., then by stage, (then a Sunday, Nov. 27, came bright and sled as there was 15 miles of snow) line j cold. We started for a visit to my to Ledge House Dead River, Maine, M. guide’s brother’s (Jim Harlow) camps M. Harlow proprietor, arriving there at at Black brook. We met him coming 8.30 p. m., Nov. 22. I out. He told us to go on into camp as I had procured my non-resident Dexter was there. We reached there hunters* license No. 2064 from your gen­ at noon and found Dexter getting din­ ial station agent, Mr. J. E. Voter, so ner ready and we soon did justice to the was prepared to begin my hunt as soon Sunday dinner. Then we looked around as I met the Harlow brothei*s. When I the camps, which are arranged in a stepped out of the sled at Ledge House good location for fishing* and hunting I saw two deer laying on the porch. I and will delight any one making the made myself known to Mrs. Harlow, trip to this hunter’s Paradise. After a she said, “ I suppose you are the gentle­ short’ rest'we'turned towards the Ledge man from Pennsylvania my boy 'has House again. Swinging off to the east been corresponding with? we came to a lumber camp where my I replied, “ I suppose so, where is guide’s sister and her husband, Forest he?” Durrell, were cooking for the camp. I She replied, “ He is out getting in found Mr. and Mrs. Durrell to be some deer, a party of hunters have shot charming young persons and later found who are going home to-morrow.” out that Mrs. Durrell was the most I made myself at home and in a short -M.. popular Maine guide, having won the time a sled drove up with four more canoe as Ethel Harlow in the M a in e deer. F. R. Brown, A. C. Trask, C. G. --••vA 57/s W o o d s Canoe contest as the most pop- Houghton and Leon A. Bump from Wil­ ' J-, * ularjwoman“guide in Maine and an ex­ ton, had shot the six deer. One buck pert rifle shot. I congratulated the had a freak head of horns, three dis­ young people on their marriage on tinct horns. After the usual prepara­ CORNER OF W. H. HATCH’ S CAMP AT NORTH FYREBURG, ME. Christmas, 1903 and expressed my ad­ tion for departing on the morrow we all Loaned by W. H. Hatch, Taxidermist, Cornish, Me. miration for them and wished them a retired. I occupied a large cabin south long and'[.happy life. I afterwards of Ledge House, and secured a good W. H. Hatch, taxidermist of Cornish, Maine, on the division of the M. ine Central railroad, has a very handsome lot of learned J^from Mrs. Durrell’s mother night’s rest. Nov. 23 after a good specimens of moose and deer heads, birds and fish that were mounted by him. Mr. Hatch is a thorough sportsman, spend­ that Ethel would only be 20 years old, breakfast and seeing the successful ing a great deal of time in the woods. He’s a registered guide and loves everything that per ains to the woods and waters Nov. 29, 1904. That gives them an hunters off for home with their fine lot of of Maine. He is near Sebago lake and other goodfishing and hunting sections of the state and he pays express on all early start for [happiness. deer, I started out on my first deer hunt specimens sent to him for mounting. He is do'ng very artistic no ntiug in both fish and gane heads. After a short time spent with our in Maine with Herman H. Harlow as newly made friends we continued our my guide. tramp to the Ledge House, arriving We went west on the road towards there some time after sunset very tired Dead River a short way, then east and hungry. We were soon refreshed through woods to Bog Brook which was by the supper prepared by my guide’s nearly frozen up. We walked on the mother, then retired for rest to pre­ ice where we could and before reaching pare for a long sleigh ride the next day, Dead River I broke in and got quite a Nov. 28. My guide’s brother, Harvey wetting. A number o f deer had crossed Harlow, and I started early to go and recrossed on the ice but we did not around Mt. Bigelow, stopping at Flag­ get a sights of any so when we were staff, Eustis and Stratton, then contin­ near the mouth of the brook emptying uing our ride by Carrabassett and on to into Dead river we turned off east to the Ledge House, where night overtook the north trail leading to West Cariy us. Some miles south of the Ledge Pond Camps. We saw many deer tracks, House a deer sprang out and our horse going back and forth in the trail and bolted and broke the whiffle-tree. We crossing and recrossing the trail, but soon repaired it and reached the Ledge we did not try to follow any of them as House and made preparation for my a hard crust on the snow had made it too departure. noisy to get within sight of them. As The next day my guide reported he we neared the camp my guide stepped had visited the bear trap during the aside from the trail and thrusted a stick day but it had not been disturbed. I into the snow and snapped a bear trap still had hopes, however, that the bear and stood the clog up against a tree would return, S' I got up at 4 o ’clock showing me the clawing a bear had the next morning and went up the trail done while in the trap some time ago. alone to visit the^trap. The moon was We went into the camps made a fire shining brightly when I left my cabin and coffee and ate our lunch in comfort, and it was 4 degrees below zero. I en­ joyed this last tramp in Maine wood s then I looked the camps over and found CORNER OF w . H. HATCH’ S DEN, CORNISH, ME. six well furnished and comfortable and Loaned by W. H. Hatch, Taxidermist, Cornish, Me. [Continued on page 7.] attractive cabins that wiil delight the j heart of any hunter, fisherman or sum­ mer tourist. They are right on the anxious to secure a bear and persu: ded and a small speck o f blood in the clean were soon turned to the other side of west shore of West Carry pond which is him to get his trap. white enow. We followed a short dis­ : ti e trail, as a spike-horn buck sprang quite a lake, being three miles long and He said, “ All right if you want to tance and he got up and I gave him his away. I followed him with the sights one mile wide. It was still open. spend the time. I have a trap up on finishing shot. We dressed him, and of my gun and my finger was itching to Shortly after noon we started over the i the mountain, nearer than the one I dragged him—down to the trail, then 1 pull, but no, the law says you can only middle trail for Ledge House and had snapped and hung up yesterday, but it 1 went back and got the doe ai d left her shoot two deer in one year so I had to 1MPLE ii\ construction only gone a short distance wThen I sight­ will’take an hour and a half to get it at the first stream and went in to the ! content myself with sighting him. We ed two deer running. My gun snapped and I must have you help set it.” Ledge House and got dinner and ropes then looked at the bear trap and found twice before I realized it was not loaded. I said, ‘ ‘yes I am very willing to spend to drag in the de r. It was a long hard ! it had not been disturbed. We then I worked the lever very quickly but 1 the time as I would sooner have a bear pull up the east side of the mountain set two traps for fisher, (I had a letter every second lost counts when deer are j than a deer as I have had deer back in but an easy one down the west side. I ! from Herman H. Harlow saying he running, so when I did fire I found I Pennsylvania and Virginia and West rode down on the doe a good part of the caught them after I went home.) We had made two grand misses. Virginia. way as she wanted to come down faster looked for bear the rest of the day but My guide said, “ That is too bad. ” So he went for the trap and got back than I cared to go. To keep out of her saw no signs. We returned to the I said, “ That’s all right, I am glad I after two hours. We set the trap and \ way I got on and rode until we would Ledge House and I had resolved to pre­ did miss as it would have ended my hunt arranged things as inviting for Bruin as get fast in stumps or trees, so we got sent the hind quarters of the buck to too soon. ’ ’ we could, then ate our lunch and turned down and on across the meadow to the President Theodore Roosevelt, so I We did not try to follow them but I south of the trail and shortly after it Ledge House and felt sorry my deer wrote to him, referring to my letter to went back to the trail and worked our began snowing and we turned towards hunt was ended for that year, but I him under date of Nov. 13 in which I way through the snow, as there had not the Ledge House. In' the middle of the could still hunt moose four days more said that on the belief of the continu­ been any one over that part of the trail afternoon and about dusk Harvey H. as one had crossed at Black Brook ance of good times under his good man­ since the snow had fallen two weeks Harlow drove up with Mr. J. M. Wilson a few days before and still had a chance agement I was going to take a deer previous. On reaching the second ridge and Arthur Leatherman whom he had at bear. hunt up in Maine. Continuing I said, east of Bog Brook where a number of brought over frcm his, brother’s, Jim We started out on Saturday, Nov. “ I am here and have met with success. 6 MAINE WOODS, APRIL 28, 1905.

Shearer's stopping place. four or five teams of horses and enough The cripple said nothing nor moved TRANSPORTATION The boarding house proved to be of feed to last them the entire winter, and p muscle of his face, but the gleam of ‘ the typical lumber jack class—a nar­ he would have to arrange for pro­ the wolf faded to give place to the soft, Sandy River Railroad* The Blazed | row stoop, a hallway and stair in the visions in abundantly and variety for affectionate glow seen in the eyes of a Time-Table in Effect December 19, 1904 Center and an otiice and bar on either his men; he would l ave to figure on setter dog. Thorpe was startled at the side. Shearer and a half dozen other blankets, harness, cook camp utensils, change. Tra.il | men about his own age sat. their stoves, blacksmith’s tools, iron, axes, A knock announced the sandwiches j chairs on two legs and their "cork” chains, cant hooks, van yoods, pails', and tfiilk. The cripple fell upon them boots on the rounds of the chairs, lamps, oil, matches, all sorts of lia d- with both hands in a sudden ecstasy By STEWART EDWARD WHITE ? Farmington, ...... lv ! 11.00 12.10 4.40 smoking placidly in the tepid evening ware—in short, all the thousand and of hunger. When he had finished, he air. He approached and attempted aD one things, from needles to court plas­ looked again at Thorpe, and this time South Strong,... ■...... Copyright, 1901, identifying scrutiny. The men, with ter, of which a self sufficing commu­ there were tears in his eyes. • • - ar L ,M_- P. M. 5.10 By Stewart Edward White $ the taciturnity o f their class in the nity might come in need. And he A little later Thorpe interviewed the 12.42 1.00 5.30 presence of a stranger, said nothing. would have to figure out his require­ proprietor of the hotel. “ Well, hub,” finally drawled a voice ments for the entire winter. After “ I wish you’d give this boy a good Continued from last week, this story from the corner, “ bldwed that stake navigation closed he could import noth­ cheap room and charge his keep to South |Tr’n2 Tr’n 4 Tr’n 6 ing more. A. M. A. M. * P. M. began March 10. you made out of Radway yet?” me,” said he. “ He’s going north with “That you, Shearer?" inquired Deep in these thoughts he wandered me.” and we’re an old one. We'll crush you Thorpe, advancing. “ You're the man on at random. He suddenly came to Thorpe lay awake for some time aft­ Phillips,...... lv j 7.30 8.30 1.30 I’m looking for.” himself in the toughest quarter of Bay er retiring. Phil claimed a share of his Strong,...... like that!" lie crisped an envelope vin­ " ar j 7.50 9.10 1.50 dictively and threw it in the waste­ “ You’ve found me,” replied the old City. thought. In an hour or so he dozed. Through the summer night thrilled basket. man dryly. Hq dreamed that the cripple had grown Thorpe was requested elaborately to the sound of cachinnations pointed to Farmington,...... -ar. 1 8.20 10.00 “ Crush ahead,” replied Thorpe, with to enormous proportions and was over- i 2.20 “ shake hands” with the owners of six the colors of mirth. A cheap piano jreat good humor. “ Goodby, Mr. Mor­ shadowing his life. A slight noise out­ names. Then he had a chance to inti­ rattled and thumped through an open WESTON LEWIS, Pres. F. N. BEAL, Supt. rison." And the two went out. side his bedroom door brought him to mate quietly to Shearer that he wanted window. Men's and women’s voices Wallace was sputtering and trem­ his feet. a word with him alone. The river man mingled in rising and falling gradua­ bling with iftrvous excitement. His He opened the door and found that Franklin & Megantic Railway* rose silently and led the way up the tions of harshness. Lights streamed Was one of those temperaments which in the stillness of the night the poor Shortest and easiest route to Eustis and the Dead straight, uncarpeted stairs, along a nar­ irregularly across the dark. River region. required action to relieve the stress of a deformed creature had taken the blan­ row, uncarpeted hall, to a square, un­ Thorpe became aware of a figure Time Table in Effect December 19, 1904 •tormy interview. He wanted to do kets from his bed and had spread them carpeted bedroom. The walls and ceil­ crouched in the doorway almost at his SOUTH. A. M. P. M. Something at once. “ Hadn’t we better across the doorsill of the man who had ings of this apartment were of un­ feet. The flickering rays of a distant Bigelow, lv 11 00 2 00 •ee a lawyer?” he asked. “ Oughtn’t befriended him. CaiTabassett, 11 20 2 25 painted planed pine. It contained a street lamp threw into relief the high ( ar 11 45 3 (XI We to look out that they don’t take cheap bureau, one chair and a bed and lights of a violin and a head. The face Kh.gfield, A. M. A. M. P. M. loiue of our pine? Oughtn’ t we” — CHAPTER XVI. (lv 7 00 7 05 12 50 washstand to match the bureau. Shear­ upturned to him was thin and white *N. Freeman, lv 7 05 12 55 “ You just leave all that to me,” re­ IIREE weeks later the steam er lit the lamp and sat on the bed. and wolfish under a broad white brow. “Mt. Abram Jet., lv 7 36 plied Thorpe. “ The first thing we want barge Pole Star sailed down Salem, 7 20 7 45 1 10 “ What is it?” he asked. Dark eyes gleamed at him with the “Summit, lv 7 22 8 35 1 12 to do is to rustle some money.” the reach of Saginaw bay. “ I have a little pine up in the north­ expression of a fierce animal. Across “W. Freeman, lv 7 35-- 1 25 “ And you can leave that to me,” Thorpe had received letters Strong, ar 7 45 9 05 1 35 ern peninsula within walking distance the forehead ran a long but shallow NORTH. A. M. A. M. P. M. •choed Wallace. “ I know a little of cut from which blood dripped. The from Carpenter advising him of a Strong, lv 8 15 10 00 5 12 ■ucb things, and I have business con- of Marquette,” said Thorpe, “ and I credit to him at a Marquette bank and *W. Freeman, lv 8 25 5 17 creature clasped both arms around a “Summit, lv aSctions who know more. You just want to get a crew of about twenty inclosing a draft sufficient for current 8 35 10 30 5 27 men. It occurred to me that you might violin. He crouched there and stared Salem, 8 40 10 35 5 35 *et the camp running.” expenses. Tim Shearer had helped “Mt. Abram Jet., Iv8 45 10 40 be willing to -help me.” up at Thorpe, who stared down at him. “ No. Freeman, lv 8 50 5 45 “ I’ll start for Bay City tonight,” sub­ make out the list of necessaries. In The river man frowned steadily at his “ What’s the matter?” asked the lat­ ( ar 9 00 11 30 5 55 mitted Thorpe. “ There ought to be a time everything was loaded, the gang­ Kingfield, i P. M. interlocutor from under his bushy ter finally. ( lv 9 15 12 00 good lot of lumber jacks lying around plank hauled in, and the little band of brows. The creature made no reply, but Carrabassett, 9 45 12 35 Idle at this time of year, and it’s a argonauts set their faces toward the Bigelow, ar 10 15 1 05 “ How much pine you got?” he asked drew his arms closer about his instru­ “Flag stations. Trains stop on notice to con food place to outfit from, because we point where the Big Dipper swings. finally. ment. Thorpe made a sign to the un­ ductor. tMixed trains. can probably get freight rates direct by The weather was beautiful. Each Close connection is made at Strong- with trains “ About 300,000,000,” replied Thorpe known to rise. to and from Phillips, Farmington, Portland and boat. We’ll be a little late in starting, morning the sun rose out of the frosty quietly. “ Come with me,” said he, “and I’ll Boston. but we’ll get in some logs this winter blue lake water and set in a sea of Stage connection at Bigelow for Stratton and The old man’s blue eyes fixed them­ have your forehead attended to.” Eustis, at Carrabassett for Flagstaff and Dead anyway.” The eyes gleamed into his with a deep purple. The moon, once again at River. selves with unwavering steadiness on the full, drew broad paths across the GEO. M. VOSE. Superintendent. Thorpe’s face. sudden savage concentration. Then CHAPTER XY. their owner obediently arose. pathless waste. From the southeast “You’re jobbing some of it. eh?” he blew daily the lake trades, to die at Phillips & Rangeley and Eustis OW, in August, however, the first submitted finally as the only probable Thorpe now saw that the body be­ fore him was of a cripple, short legged, sunset and then to return in the soft turmoil had died. The “jam” conclusion. “ Do you think you know still nights from the west. Railroads. had boiled into town-, “ taken it enough about it? Who does it belong hunchbacked, long armed, pigeon breasted. The large head sat strangely The ten horses in the hold munched ^SETH M. CARTER, Receiver. apart” and left the inhabitants to ?” their hay and oats as peaceably as top heavy between even the broad Time-Table, March 20, 1905. to piece it together again as they could. “ It belongs to a man named Carpen­ though at home in their own stables. The “ rear” had not yet arrived. As a ter and myself.” Jackson Hines had helped select them The only all-rail line to Rangeley. The shortest, quickest and easiest route to' all points in the consequence Thorpe found the city The river man pondered this slowly from the stock of firms changing local­ comparatively quiet. for an appreciable interval, and then ity or going out of business. His judg­ Although his ideas were not as yet shot out another question: ment in such matters was infallible, formulated, be hoped to be able to pick “ How’d you get it?” but he had resolutely refused to take up a crew of first class men from those Thorpe told him simply, omitting the position of barn boss which Thorpe who had come down with the advance, nothing except the name of the firm offered him. or “jam,” of the spring’s drive. They up river. When he had finished Shear­ “ No," said he, “ she’s too far north. should have finished their orgies by er evinced no astonishment nor ap­ I’m gettin’ old, and the rheumatics now and, empty of pocket, should be proval. i ^ ain’t what you might call abandonin’ found hanging about the boarding “ You done well,” he commented final­ of me. Up there it’s colder than hades houses and the quieter, saloons. Thorpe ly. Then, after another interval: on a stoker’s holiday.” Intended to offer good wages for good “Have you found out who was the So Shearer had picked out a barn men. He would not need more than men stealin’ the pine?” boss of his own. This man was im­ twenty at first, for during the ap­ “ Yes,” replied Thorpe quietly, “ it was portant, for the horses are the main­ proaching winter he intended to log on Morrison & Daly.” stay of logging operations. He had se The American Express Company transacts a very small scale indeed. The time The old man flickered not an eye­ lected also a blacksmith, a cook, four business at all points on line of Phillips & Range- ley railroad. for expansion-would come later. lid. He slowly filled his pipe and lit it. teamsters, half a dozen cant hook men With this object in view he set out “ Flag Stations. Trains stop on notice to con­ “ I’ll get you a crew of men.” said and as many handy with ax or saw. ductor. from his hotel about half past 7 on the he, “ if you’ll take me as foreman.” “The blacksmith is also a good wood The above table shows the time that trains may day of his arrival to cruise about in “ But it's a little job at first.” protest­ butcher (carpenter).” explained Shear­ be expected to arrive and depart from the several the lumber jack district. The hotel stations, but is not guaranteed. Subject to ed Thorpe. “ I only want a camp of er. “ Four teams is all we ought to change and correction without notice. clerk had obligingly given him the twenty. It wouldn’t be worth your keep going at a clip. If we need a D. F. FIELD, J. C. WILLIAMS, names of a number of the quieter sa­ while.” few axmen we can pick ’em up at Mar­ G. P. & T. A. Supt. loons where the boys “hung out" be­ “ That’s my lookout. I’ll take the quette. I think this gang ’ll stick. I tween bursts of prosperity. In the Job,” replied the logger grimly. “ You picked ’em.” Portland & Rumford Falls Railway first of these Thorpe was helped ma­ got 300,000,000 there, ain't you? And There was not a young man in the terially in his vague and uncertain In Effect October 10, 1904. you’re goin’ to cut it? It ain’t such a lot. They were most of them in the quest by encountering an old acquaint- small job.” prime of middle life, between thirty »nce. Jackson Hines. Trains leave Oquossoc f o r Rumford Thorpe could hardly believe his good and forty, rugged in appearance, Falls, Lewiston, Portland and Bos­ The old man peered at Thorpe. fortune in having gained so important “ cocky” in manner, with the swagger ton, 6.50 a. m. “ Don’t you know me?” inquired a recruit. With a practical man as and the oath of so many buccaneers, Trains due to arrive at Oquossoc from Thorpe. Boston, Portland. Lewiston a n d foreman, his mind would be relieved hard as nails. Altogether Thorpe Rumford Falls, 6.25 p. m.'* “ Know you? You bet I do. How ©f a great deal of worry over unfamil­ “ What's the matter?” thought them about as rough a set of Through Parlor Cars between Portland and are you. Harry? Where have you been iar details. He saw at once that he Oquossoc during the Tourist Season. shoulders. It confirmed the hopeless customers as he had ever seen. Trains run daily except Sunday. keepin’ yourself? You look about as would himself be able to perform all but sullen despair that brooded on the Throughout the day they played cards fat as a stall fed knittin’ needle.” R. C. Bradfo rd , Traffic Man., Portland, Me. the duties of scaler, keep in touch with white countenance. on deck and spat tobacco juice abroad E. L. L ovejoy, Supt. Rumford Falls, Me. “ I’ve been land looking in the upper the needs of the camp and supervise At the hotel Thorpe, examining the and swore incessantly. Toward him peninsula,” explained Thorpe, “on the the campaign. Nevertheless he answer­ cut, found it more serious in appear­ self and Shearer their manner was an Ossawinamakee, up in the Marquette ed the older man’s glance with one as ance than In reality. With a few odd mixture of independent equality Bangor & Aroostook Railroad. country.” keen and said: pieces of sticking plaster he drew its and a slight deference. It was as Arrangement of Trains. “ Sho!” commented Jackson in won­ “ Look here, Shearer, if you take this edges together. much as to say. “ You’re the boss, but IN EFFECT MONDAY, OCT. 10 1904. der. “ Way up there where the moon job we may as well understand each Then he attempted to interrogate his I’m as good a man as you any day.” PULLMAN CAR SERVICE. changes!” other at the start. This is going to be find. Constituting the elite of the profes­ Pullman Buffet Parlor Cars between Caribou my camp, and I’m going to be boss. I and Bangor on train leaving Caribou at 6.00 a. m. “ It’s a fine countxy ” went on Thorpe “ What is your name?” he asked. sion. as they did, Thorpe might have and Bangor at 3.15 p. m. Sleeping Car on train bo every one could im.r. “ with a great don’t know much about logging, and I “ Phil.” wondered at their consenting to work leaving Caribou 4.10 p. m. and Bangor 3.55 a. m. cutting of white pine. It runs as high shall want you to take charge of all “ Phil what?” for an obscure little camp belonging to TRAINS LEAVE BANGOR. that, but I shall want to know just 3.55 a. m.— For and arriving at Millinocket, 6.40 as twelve hundred thousand to the Silence. a greenhorn. Loyalty to and pride in a. m., Houiton, 8.50 a. m., Presque Isle, 10.32 a. m. forty sometimes.” why you do each thing, and if my judg­ “ How did you get hurt?” the firm for which he works are Fort Fairfield, 11.00 a. m.. Caribou, 11.00 a. m. Van “ Trees clean an’ free of limbs?” ask ment advises otherwise, my judgment No reply. strong characteristics of the lumber Buren 12.40 p. m. goes. If I want to discharge a man. he 7.00 a. m. —For and arriving at Brownville, 9.01 ed Jackson. “ Were you playing your fiddle In one [Continued on Page 7.] a. m. Katahdin Iron Works 9.50 a. m. Milli- “They’re as good as the stuff over on walks without any question. I know ©f those houses?” nocket 10.25 a. m. Patten 11.50 a. m. Ashland 2.15 about what I shall expect of each man, p. m. Fort Kent 4.15 p. m. Houiton 12.55 p. rn. ‘seventeen.’ You remember that." The cripple nodded slowly. Presque Isle 2.46 p. m. Caribou 3. 15 p. m. Van “Clean as a baby’s leg,” agreed Jack- and I intend to get it on* of him. And “ Are you hungry?” asked Thorpe, The Time-table of the Buren 5.40 p. jn. Fort Fairfield 3.05 p. m. Lime­ stone 4.10 p. m. Dover 9.17 a. m. Guilford 9.41 a. son. in questions of policy mine is the'say with a sudden thoughtfulness. so every trip. Now, I know you’re a m. Monson 10.15 a. m. Greenville 10.55 a. m. Kineo “ Have a glass of beer?” asked “ Yes,” replied the cripple, with a 1.00 p. m. good man—one of the best there is— Rangeley Lakes Steam­ Thorpe. lightning gleam in his wolf eyes. 3.15 p. m.—For and arriving at Brownville 4.48 and I presume I shall find your judg­ p. m. Millinocket 6.03 p. m. Sherman 6.54 p. m. “ Dry as a tobacco box.” confessed Thorpe rang the bell. To the boy Patten 7.25 p. m. Houiton 8.15 p. m. Mars Hill and Jackson. ment the best, but I don't want an., who answered it he said: boat Company will appear Blaine 9.25 p. m. Presque Isle 9.57 p. m. Caribou “ Bring me half a dozen beef sand­ 10.25 p. m. Fort Fairfield 10.15 p. m. So they all drank. mistakes to start with. If you want 4.50 p. m.— For and arriving at Lagrange 6.10 On a sudden inspiration Thorpe re­ to be my foreman on those terms just wiches and a glass of milk, and be p. m. Milo 6.35 p. m. Brownville 6.45 P- m. Dover quick about it.” in this space early in M ay.' and Foxcroft. 7. 03 p. m. Guilford 7.26 p. m. solved to ask the old man's advice as 6ay so, and I'll be tickled to death to Greenville 8.40 p. m. Quebec 1.15 p. m. Montreal to crew and horses. It might not be have you.” “ Do you play the fiddle much?” con­ 8.35 a. m. good for much, hut it would do no For the first time the lumbering man’s tinued Thorite. ARRIVALS. face lost, during a sin. le instant, its The cripple nodded again. II. H. F i e l d , Gen. Man J 9.25 a. m. Leaving Montreal 7.25 p. m. Quebec harm. 3.00 p. m. Greenville 5.35 a. m. Guilford 6.44 a. m. Jackson listened attentively to the mask of immobility. IIis steel blue “ Let’s hear what ypu can do.” Dover 7.02 a.m. Brownville 7.20 a. m. Milo 7.30 a. other’s brief recital. eyes flashed; his mouth twitched with “ They cut my strings!” cried Phil, Phillips, Maine. m. with a passionate wail. 1.00 p. m. Leave Caribou 6.00 a. m. Presque “ Why don’t you see Tim Shearer? some strong emotibn. For the first Isle 6.20 a. m. Fort Fairfield 6.00 a. m. Houiton He ain't doin’ nothin’ since the jam time, too. he spoke without contempla­ The cry came from the heart, and 8.05 a. m. Ashland 6.50 a. m. Patten 8.50 a. m came down.” was his comment. tive pause of preparation. Thorpe was touched by it. The price Millinocket 10.16 a. m. Brownville 11.25 a. m. of strings was evidently a big sum. First-Class Livery. Milo 11.34 a. m. “ Isn’t he with the M. & D. people?” “ That's the way to talk!” he cried. 7.25 p. m.—Leaving Kineo 1.20 p. m. Greenville asked Thorpe. “ Go wit.i you? Well. I should rise to “ I’ll get you more in the morning.” 3.40 p. m. Monson 8 35 p. m. Guilford 4.50 p. m. said he. “ Would you like to leave Bay We have everything in the livery line Dover 5.08 p. m. Limestone 9.50 a. m. Van Buren “ Nope. Quit.” remark! You’re the boss, and I always 3.25 a. m. Caribou 11.40 p. m. Presque Isle 11..1 “How's that?” said it. I’ll get you a gang of bully City?” that is needed. The stable has been p. m. Fort Fairfield 11.35 a. m. Houiton 2.00 p. m. Fort Kent 10.40 a. m. Ashland 12.45 p. m. Pat­ “ ’Count of Morrison. He’s been fllin boys that will roll logs till there’s skat­ “ Yes!” cried the boy. with passion. | enlarged and newly equipped through­ ten 2.50 p. m. Sherman 8.27 p. m. Millinocket 4.20 his teetli for M. & D. right along. ing in Tophet.” ‘ You would have to work. You p. m. Brownville 5.33 p. m. Milo 5. 43 p. m. La­ Somethin' behind it alj, I reckon.” Thorpe left, after making an ap­ would have to be chore boy in a lum­ out. E x p i' ‘ ?nced drivers will take grange 6.10 p. m. 11.45 p. m. Leaving Van Buren 2.30 p. m. Car­ ^‘Where'll 1 find him?” asked Thorpe. pointment at his own hotel for the fol­ ber camp and play fiddle for the men parties w’ desired. ibou 4.10 p. m. Fort Fairfield 4.15 p. m. Presque Jackson gave the name of a small lowing day, more than pleased with wl.en they wanted you to.” Isle 4.38 p. m. Houiton 6.20 p. m. Millinocket 8.43 p. m. boarr'.ng house. Shortly after Thorpe his luck. Noue the less, he anticipated P. vL l u ARDSON & CO., “ I’ll do it," said the cripple. C. C. BROWN, General Pass, and Ticket . nt left him to amuse the others with his his next step with shaky confidence. “ All right; then I'll take yon.” re­ W. M. BROWN, General Superintend,>i unique conversation and hunted up He would now be called upon to buy plied Thorpe. Rangeley, - - Maine. Bangor. Me., October 8, 190* MAINE WOODS, APRIL 28, 1905. □ » , o » t=m it* ri» r» o» . c» n« n» c» a* r» m* fail to sight game. Life up among THE BLAZED TRAIL. No one moved, and the little rope aft those pines and the frozen rivers and er a moment slid overboard with a Rifle lakes and over blazed trails is about as [Continued from Page 6. ] splash. close to real, clean living as a man can The captain, with a curse, signaled Jack. For this reason he feels that he full speed astern. get in this world. Talk about getting Simplicity owes It to his reputation to ally him­ “ Captain Morse,” cried Dyer, step­ near to Nature’s heart! That is the self only with firms of. creditable size ping forward, “ my orders an* that you way to do it. No matter how white and efficiency. The small camps are The Savage .22 caliber “ Junior” are to land here nothing but M. & D. 'AVAGE the atmosphere there are nature se­ for the youngsters. Occasionally you merchandise.” Single-shot Rifle feeds itself. You simply drop the cartridge into the crets well worth learning to be discov­ will see two or three of the veterans “ I have a right to land,” answered receiver and close the action which ered in Maine up along Dead river and In such a camp, but it is u nerally a Thorpe. “ The shore belongs to me.” case of lacking something better. pushes the cartridge into its place those lakes with the long, ’musical In­ “This dock doesn’t,” retorted the oth­ in the barrel. This same operation The truth is Shearer had managed dian names, which it takes a thorough­ er sharply, “and you can’t set foot on cocks the arm and it is ready to to inspire in the minds of his cronies her.” Are. Only rifle of its type that bred guide to pronounce with the ac­ an idea that they were about to par­ “ You have no legal status. You had -as this fe a t u r e . cent. For ihe life yf me I cannot tell ticipate in a fight. lie retold Thorpe’s no business building in the first place” — When it comes to which is the biggest factor in keen en­ story artistically. The men agreed that began Thorpe, and then stopped with a Rifles, the Savage is different. * the “ young fellow had sand enough joyment in Maine —tramping, eating, choke of anger at the futility of argu­ for a lake front.” .After that there ••A'; savage beast would dare to trifle, sleeping, swapping yarns or bringing ing legality in such a case. Deeded but a little skillful maneuver­ With a man -with a Savage Ri/le.'1 down game. Certain I am, with the The men had gathered interestedly in ing to inspire them with the idea that 2‘.-calil * i “ Junior" Single-Shot. last left out the trip would still be a joy the waist of the ship, cool, impartial, <\ VALE It would be a great thing to take a 'A VAC V ,;J*2-ealihf r •Special" Junior farever, whereas with any .of the first severely critical. The vessel swung her hand, to “ make a camp” in spite of the Similar- fo reoRular "Junior,” only fancier. bow in toward the dock. Thorpe ran . altered and a bag full of game the trip big concern up river. swiftly forward and during the instant If vour dealer won’t accommodate you. we will. Either rifle would be misery, indeed. I ’ ve had Shearer knew that this attitude was delivered, all charges prepaid, on receipt of price. Try your dealer of rubbing contact leaped. many hunting trips but none to equal tentative. Everything depended on first, but send co-day for catalogue. He alighted squarely npon his feet. that of last winter. In Maine, ife how well Thorpe lived up to his repu­ SAVAGE ARMS CO., 19 Turner St., Utica, N. Y., U. S. A. Without an instant’s hesitation he tation at the outset. But Tim liimse’.f doesn’t hold seasons enough for such rushed ou Dyer and with one full, clean believed in Thorpe blindly. So he had trips. I’ m going this year and the in-blow stretched him stunned on the no fears. next and as long as I can carry a gun dock. For a moment there was a pause A little incident at the beginning of and follow a trail. D. H. Streeper. of astonishment. Then the woodsmen The OLD ___ the voyage did much to reassure him. closed upon him. Thorpe had given orders that no Fine Guns During that instant Thorpe had be­ MEDICINE FOR FISHERMEN. whisky was to be brought aboard. GUN come possessed of a weapon. It came Soon after leaving dock he saw one of hurling through the air from above to HOUSE Rifles Simple Remedies That May Be Found the teamsters drinking from a pint fall at his feet. Shearer, with the cool Useful In Camp. flask. Without a word he stepped calculation of the pioneer, had seen Sportsmen’s Outfits, Fine Rods and Fishing lacKie a Specialty. briskly forward, snatched the bottle Did you ever notice howr awkward that it would be impossible to follow Agents for the new Liberty Reel, King’s Shiner Bait, Mil ward’s Angler Spinner, Blue Label En­ from the man’s lips and threw it over­ one always is with his hands the first his chief and so had done the next best amel. Lines, English Salmon Flies, etc. board. Then he turned sharp on his Scott’s, Greener’s Barker’s Remington’s, Lefever, Smith, Ithaca, and all other GUNS. Winches­ thing, thrown him a heavy iron belay­ ter's. Marlin’s Savage, and all RIFLES, Ammunition, Tents for Camping, Knapsacks. Sleeping Bags, two or three days on a ' rip in the heel and walked away without trou­ Field Glasses, Moccasins, Leather and Canvas Jackets, Cooking Outfits, etc., etc. Also Hunting Boots, woods? Fingers seem to get in the ing pin. Shoes and Moccasins. Canoes. Send Stamps for Catalog. bling himself as to how the fellow way of every axe, knife, fire, splinter was going to take it. Thorpe hit with all his strength and Established quickness. He was conscious once of Wm. Read & Sons, 1826. 127 Washington, St., Boston. or thorn encountered, and the result is The occurrence pleased the men. for being on the point of defeat. Then h® a pair of hands more or less damaged. If showed thf>m they had made no mis­ had cleared a little space for himself. Gun W as Not Loaded, wrote to J. E. Voter at King "eld, Me., Adhesive plaster is found useful, but take. But It meant little else. The Then the men were on him again more who is station agent at Carrabassett, I have found a compound made as fol­ chief danger really was lest they be­ savagely than ever. One fellow even [Continued from page 5.] and told him I wanted to play a joke on lows most useful and comforting: Equal come too settled in the protective atti­ succeeded in hitting him a glancing tude. As they took it, they were about, the Harlow brothers and asked him to parts by weight of Japan wax mutton blow on the shoulder. good naturedly, to help along a worthy tallow and vaseline, melted together. Then came a sudden crash. Thorp® very much, but was disappointed in not enter into it with me, which he did greenhorn. This they considered ex­ was nearly thrown from his feet. Th® finding Bruin. I lingered around until right heartily. I said I wanted the While warm add half as much glycer­ ceedingly generous on them part, and next instant a score of yelling men daylight and started down the trail. Harlow brothers to believe the bear ine. Fill a metal primer box with this, in their own minds they were inclined leaped behind and all around him. The weather turned fickle and it began was a live one, whereas it was only a and at night rub it well into the hands. to look on Thorpe much as a grown There ensued a moment’s scuffle, th® It is neither sticky nor unpleasant, and man would look on a child. snowing before I got down. I dug up a toy. It was to be sent in care of Mr. sound of dull blows, and the dock was Fine weather followed them up the small spruce to carry along home and Voter and he was to have a number of will cure damaged hands or chapped clear of all but Dyer and three others long blue reach of Lake Huron, into have planted it in our side yard. Har­ the boys at the station when the bear lips quickly. I have never tried to do yvho were, like himself, unconscious. the noble breadth of the Detour pas­ vey Harlow presented me with the was delivered, to give the Harlow so, but if raw linseed oil will mix read­ The captain, yielding to the excitement, sage, past the opening through the ily with this compound it will be found had run his prow plump against th® wild-cat he shot on Bog brook. We brothers the laugh. Well, there was a Thousand islands of the Georgian bay*, started in the snowstorm for Carrabas- delay. Herman wrote me to know advantageous.* Rubbing it alone on the wharf. into the St. Mary’s river. They were Some of the crow received the moor­ sett station with the buck, which we what the delay was. I replied that the hands is a good plan; but while it heals locked through after some delay on ac­ quickly, all surplus must be rubbed off ing lines. All was ready for disem­ found weighed 169 pounds; the doe, 115 1 bear had a cub and it was not safe to count of the grain barges from Duluth barkation. or it will ruin any fabric with which it and at last turned their prow west­ pounds and the wild-cat 8 1-2 pounds, send her as she was very cross. He Bryan Moloney, a < strapping Irish- ward in the Big Sea water, beyond Nine other deer were shipped that urged me to send them along. He comes into contact and can never be re­ Americao of the big boned, red cheek­ which lay Hiawatha’s Po-ne-mah. the morning, weighing from 120 to 135 woul ’ get a big chain and chain her if moved in any ordinary way. ed type, threw some water over th® Land of the Hereafter. pounds. Amid hearty invitations to re- she was too cross to handle. I advised Tincture grindella should never be four stunned combatants. Slowly they Next morning by daybreak every omitted, as it is a rapid and certain came to life. They were promptly turn I bid Maine woods friends good-by. him to take them home in a box as I man was at work. The hatches were 1 soon arrived at Portland where the did not think he would have any trouble cure for ivy poison and will alleviate yanked to their feet by the irate river snowstorm had changed to rain, but on to get them home in that way. The the suffering induced by the bites of men. who commenced at once to b®- chiggers, tand fleas and mosquitoes. I reaching New York the sun was shin- first one I sent to Mr. Voter was an in- stow sundry vigorous kicks and shak­ consider it the most valuable item in ings by way of punishment. Tbqrp® ing warm and bright. I carried the nocent looking, pure white one with a one’s ditty box for summer trips. interposed. A three ounce bottle of equal parts wild-cat with me and as I passed down chain and a pole, standing up with “Quit it.” be ccaimsnded “ Let them Canal street in New York the China- bright eyes, and when you pulled the of linseed oil and lime water is worth its weight in gold for sunburn and for go.” men surrounded me and wanted to buy chain she opened her big, red mouth ordinary bums as well. An ounce bot­ [To be Continued.] the cat. They said it was “ welly and roared. The second bear I sent tb tle of chloroform v ill surely drive chig­ glood. ” I asked them how they pr. Mr. Voter was a smaller brown one gers and ticks away. Lacking this, use pared it to eat. They said boily two with a winding up arrangement that grain or wood alcohol. Either one must be applied locally, for those pests hour then welly glood. I asked them would keep the toy wal :ing and danc­ are not removed by ordinary means. Dyspepsia of Women if they ate our house cats. They said ing around a short time. A tiny tin box of mecurial ointment ABSOLUTELY NEEDLESS AGONY no, only wild-cats in China. They o f­ Mr. Voter said the Harlows were will prevent rust in firearm barrels in Caused by Uterine Disorders and Cured by fered me 50c for it but I told them I away in the woods and thought it which nitro powders are shot if the barrel is cleaned thoroughly before ap­ Lydia E. Pinkham’sVegetable uomp.uni would take $15 for it. They left me in would be wrong to have them come out plying the ointment on a cloth patch. disgust and I continued my journey on a fool’s errand, so it was left until In places where sand fleas and ticks are A great many women suffer with a baa it will prove the right thing for the form of indigestion or dyspepsia which across New Jersey to Philadelphia and last week. Then the Harlows came to does not seem to yield to ordinary treat­ the station prepared to handle a savage OJiasion though not pletsant to apply ‘ o got home at midnight. My deer ar- one’s person. ment. While the symptoms seem to b® rived early the next morning in good she-bear and her cub. The boys, who Shellac or spar varnish will keep a similar to those of ordinary indige*- shape. I hung them and the cat up in knew and had seen the bears perform, cut closed if covered with a bit of tion, yet the medicines universally pr®- muslin. scribed do not seem to restore the pa­ our side yard and got a fine photograph stood around with such brogid smiles on tient’s normal condition. their faces that the Har'ows, who are A reserve supply of matches, the of them. Then finding in my mail a heads of which have been dipped in letter of acceptance from President very observing both in and out of the shellac and dried, should be kept handy Roosevelt I dressed the deer and sent woods, saw there was something going in a vaseline bottle. These are “ good” the hind quarters of the buck to the to happen not altogether as was ex­ medicine when everything is wet. President. In return I received his pected. They were wise on the thing Caution to Purchasers of Savage Rifles. photograph with his autograph on it and when Mr. Voter brought out the toy bears there was not so much of the We find a few Savage rifles are being under date of Dec. 6, 1904, which I offered by certain catalogue houses who highly prize. laugh on the Harlow brothers as there are not customers of ours, at prices, On Dec. 8, we enjoyed a venison sup- might have been. They saw the joke which at a glance, seem cheaper than per with a number of our representa-1 and carri ed it along. After getting our regular schedule, but investigation shows that the rifles they are delivering tive citizens and my former hunting home, as a number of the neighbors j have been altered since leaving the companions and I assure you I did not had heard they had gone after .their factory, including changing or obliter­ The men were on him again. spare words in my recital o f the many performing bear and the telephone was ating the serial numbers, which are opened, and soon between-deeks was incidents in connection with my stay in kept busy by them inquiring about the stamped on every genuine Savage rifle. cumbered with boxes, packing cases, As it is impossible for us to ascertain Maine, the life of the residents, their bears and wanting to know how it was to what extent these rifles have been barrels and crates. In their impro­ hospitality, the conditions of the com- that the ol one was a white polar bear used or altered and probably injured, vised stalls the patient horses seemed munities, hunting and various phases of and the cub was a brown one, I have we take this opportunity of advising the to catch a hint of shore going and my trip, which proved so highly enter- written to Harlow brothers that she is public that we assume no responsibility whinnied. By 10 o’clock there loomed whatsoever for any rifles on which the against the strange coast line of the taining to my hearers that several o f not a polar bear but is an “ albino” and serial number has been obliterated or Pictured rocks a shallow bay and what Mrs. Pinkham claims that there is ft them announced their intention of try- that accounts for her having a brown changed in any way. For your own looked to be a dock distorted by the kind of dyspepsia that is caused by ft ing a season o f deer hunting in Maine, cub. If that information does not s t- I protection refuse to accept rifles northern mirage. derangement of the female organism, Some carried pieces of uncooked veni- isfy the neighboi’s invite them to come i tendered you as above described. and which, while it causes a disturb­ “ That’s her,” said the captain. ance similar to ordinary indigestion, and see the Rears and keep up the fun Your dealer can give you lowest ison home to present to other “ mighty prices on genuine Savage rifles which Two hours later the steamboat slid cannot be relieved without a medicin® hunters” to remind them of happy by­ until the toys are worn out. carry with them an honest guarantee. between the yellow waters of two out­ which not only acts as a stomach tonic, gone days. I have the buck’s head and Now laying all jokes and lies aside If your dealer won’ t accommodate you, lying reefs and with slackened speed' but has peculiar uterine-tonic effect® the wild-cat mounted by Senner Co., and coming down to the very truth and write us direct.—Savage Arms Co., moved slowly toward the wharf of log also. Utica, N. Y ., S. A. cribs filled with stone. As proof of this theory we call at­ 2d and Walnut streets, Philadelphia, nothing but the truth I believe I was U. ------Thorpe knew very well that the tention to the case of Mrs. Maggi® Pa. I prize them very highly and they born with the love of the brute crea- structure had been erected by and be­ Wright, Brooklyn, N. Y., who wa® The ice left the Piscataquis river completely cured by Lydia E. Pink- will remain long as a . reminder of that tion in my heart and I never level my on April 11. Last year it left on the longed to Morrison & Daly, but the late wintery hunt in tne wilds of Maine, gun at a specimen o f a wood king that ham’s Vegetable Compound after every 16th. young man had had the foresight to thing else had failed. She writes: I shall keep up a longing for a return in I don’t feel a twing of conscience at purchase the land lying on the deep ! “ For two years I suffered with dyspepdft summer to enjoy the cool shade of the what seems almost like treachery and water side of the bay. He therefore j which so degenerated my entire system that I anticipated no trouble in unloading, for, was unable to attend to my daily duties. I woods and calm shores of the lakes and when I fire my heart is filled with re- felt weak and nervous, and nothing that 1st® again in the fall the pleasure o f the morse which wears off as the sports- Safe for Children while Morrison & Daly owned the pier tasted good and it caused a disturbance in mf hunt;. man instinct guides my .hand. How- itself, the lend on which it abutted be­ stomach. I tried different dyspepsia cursft Dear Sirs:— longed to him. but nothing seemed to help me. I was ad­ While waiting I could not resist the ever, I never kill wantonly or more I use your “ L. F.” Bitters all the From the arms of the bay he ceuld vised to give Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable temptation of hawing a little fun at my than I can us . I have hunted well Compound a trial, and was happily surprised time, and could nof get along without make out a dozen figures standing near to find that it acted like a fine tonic, and in ft guide’s expense and I hope he has had over Pennsylvania and Virginia and them. I even give it to my little bovs. the end of the wharf. When, with pro­ enough fun out of the matter to partly some in the western states where big MRS. LEVI CLARK, peller reversed, the Pole Star boro forgive me for the meamtess o f the and little game is to be found, but Aug. 31, 1904. North Cushing, Me. slowly down toward her moorings, ommended it to many suffering women." joke. It was brought about in this there is no place like Maine for the The True “ L. F.” Atwood’s Bitters Thorpe recognized Dyer at the head of No other medicine in the world hftt way. I wrote to Herman H. Harlow sport. It is the hunter’s Paradise. used in small doses prevent these in- j eight or ten woodsmen. It looked sus­ received such widespread and unquali­ With a love for the animals you are digestion attacks so frequent in child­ picious. fied endorsement,or has such a recorded asking him if he would accept a per­ cures of female trouble®, ®a ha® searching and with a guide you cannot hood. “ Catch this line!” sung out the mate, forming bear. He said he would so I hurling the coil of a hand line on the E, Pinkham’s Vegetable O oa | wharf. 8 MAINE WOODS, APRIL 28, 1905. FISHING SEASON AT HAND* the shores of the Lake, the other even­ HOTELS AND CAMPS. HOTELS AND CAMPS. The Supreme Thrill. ing. Mr. Merrill was a prince of enter­ [Written for Ma in e W oods.] tainers as usual and he also had a prince Mercer, M e. Aroostook County. Cottages to Rent on the Belgrade lakes, all fur­ Of course all men have feelings. FRANK MERRILL, A LAKE AUBURN of good cooks for the spread, none nished at low rates. Nice sandy beach. Address, other than Bob Martin in person. The And certainly I have mine. Via Ox b o w , Me. J. Littlefield, Mercer, Me. But who shall define the thrill supreme GUIDE, ENTERTAINS. mayor made one of his incomparable Telephone connections. Atkins's Camps. Famous for Moose, deer and • When a big trout strains the line? clam chowders with the incomparable big fish. Write for special small maps and circu- { According to Bob Martin’s Dreams Ice Wil i clam of his own shucking as the numer­ lar to W. M. Atkins, Oxbow-, Me. Somerset Countv. I’ve heard of the weeping willow ous inhabitant thereof. Besides the That bends to the breeze’s kiss; Be Out of Lake Auburn on or Before Via O x b o w , Me. host and the mayor there sat down to Ja c k m a n , Me., P. O. But the bend of the rod when a big one Spider Lake Camps. Good camps. Unexcelled j April 27. the groaning tables, Will Murray, Tom Gerard's Camps on Little Spencer Waters of Big strikes— trout fishing-. Good accommodations. Allegash’ Spencer Lake. The place to come for tgout and “ I tell you what it is,” remarked Bob and Jerry Murphy, I. J. and E. P. Mar­ trips a specialty. Address, togue. Good camps, good Rangeley boats and Oh, what is that to this! tin, brothers of the mayor, Patrick Min- Arbo & Libby, Oxbow, Me. good trails to all of the outlying ponds. Good Martin, as he glanced up out of the nehan, Dr. E. W. Bickford, Dr. Porter fishing in the big lake in , front of the cabins as They tell of wondrous rivers soon as the ice goes out. Come early and see for Where gold hides in the sand; window with his best look of mayoralty, and Capt. Henry Rivers, builder, owner Franklin County. yourselves. “ we are going to have a great fishing and launcher of the Sea Gull. Will Thomas Gerard, Prop’r., Jackman, Me. But what are they to the wealth of a brook That sings through the meadow land. Murray, the celebrated spoon manu­ R an ge ley L akes. season this spring. How do I know? Via Bingham . facturer, was said to be one of those ('amp Beni is, The Birches. The Barker. Write Well, Capt. Henry Rivers is building a Carry Ponds Camps. Write me for information To the long swift line of water who especially distinguished himself in for free circular. Braided golden brown, Capt. F. C. Barker, Prop’r, Bemis. before deciding where to go for a fishing trip or special launch for Lake Auburn. It is his particular department of his special an outing. Fine fly fishing at these camps. Only Where the trout will rise to the flashing line. The fact that two competent two hours’ walk to Pierce Pond where the large lure to be called the ‘Sea Gull’ and I under­ R an ge ley L akes, M e. salmon are taken. Special attention given to fam­ stand that he is going to have painted physicians were present was not re­ ilies during the summer pionths. Eddying swiftly down? gretted when the bottom of the chowder Henry J. Lane. Bingham, Me. right under this name on the stern, in was reached, as reached it was. Bob And what is the joy' of drawing big red letters, ‘ Fish Beware!’ Well is said to be as skillful with the clam as F l a g s t a f f . Me . Gold from the deepest mine. sir, the other night I had one of those he is with the rabbit when it comes to | The Flagstaff. Fishermen, tourists and hunters Compared with the tense, resistless thrill find this an ideal place to spend their vacation. Of a big one at the Utie? vivid dreams—the kind a man will have, building stews, all of which furnishes , Salmon and square tailed trout are found in near another emphatic reason for regretting by lakes, while pickerel fishing in Flagstaff pond Ozora S. D av is, you know, after he has been eating too his absence when the fishing game is unsurpassed. Moose, deer and black bears are New Britain, Conn. i found here. Small game in abundance. Duck many Lake Auburn salmon, in his im­ I opens at Lake Auburn. shooting unexcelled. A delightful fifty mile canoe agination. I dreamed that the ‘Sea It is said that James Tracy is build- , trip to Big Spencer lake. THE ICE MISBEHAVED Gull’ had been successfully launched on ing bonfires out on Salmon Point at Frank Savage Jr., Flagstaff, Me. Lake Auburn, these evenings, and fan­ Lake Auburn and that she was comin ; And Cobbosseecontee Man Finds His Moor­ ning the flame with one of Frank 'Mer­ Washington County. in from Salmon point loaded to the gun­ rill’s rubber boots, in order to melt the ing In Strange Place. wales with salmon—loaded to the limit, ice. Mountain View House lsoneof the most modern, Grand L ake Str e a m , M e . It is said that one of Augusta’s citi- mind you! Capt. Withers was seated Bob Martin entertained a party of up to date summer homes in the state of Maine. The Birches. Come here for your fall hunting. Rangeley guides, recently in these Its beautiful location at the foot of Rangeley Frank H. Ball. i zens has arrived at the conclusion that on one side and Frank Merrill the oth­ lake on a picturesque cove, gives it many at­ cities. Among his guests were those tractions, while the best of fishing is within close no matter how carefully one’s plans er. Jim Tracy was sitting in the bow, well-known experts of the Rangeley re­ proximity. The boating and canoeing are the New Hampshire. are laid, they are sometimes productive best on the lake; the drives are unsurpassed for Jim had his feet planted well apart gion, Orin Dyke, Bennie Bennett, and beautiful scenery and the woods around are filled of results entirely different from those . Capt. Arthur Coburn. After a day R an g e le y L a k e s. (there wasn’t much room for him with delightful paths and trails. Croquet and Lakeside House, on Umbagog, a most picturesque spent in investigating various forms tennis grounds adjoin the house. The cuisine is which were anticipated. The man re- ’ cause there was salmon everywhere) retreat, charming scenery, beautiful drives, excel­ ! and new fashions of fishing tackle, they of the best; fi-uit.vegetables, fish and game in lent boating, good fishing. Send for booklet. 1 ferred to owns a cottage out at the their season with -plenty of miik and cream. Pure E. H. Davis, Proprietor, Lakeside, N. H. and he was still looking for salmon. took a through, special Pullman sleeper spring water is furnished the house from a spring lake, on the tongue of land which puts And talk about fish! Say there were of the Lewiston, Bath and Brunswick above. Rooms large, well lighted and pleasant. from the East Winthrop shore, and is 1 for Lake Auburn. — Lewiston Journal. Hunters find plenty of deer, partridge and wood­ TRAP SHOOT AT AUBURN. salmon in that launch as big as halibut, cock in the woods near by. known by the name of Welch’s point, and trout, too, the kind that just make Send, for 1905 booklet to L. E. Bowley, Mountain View House, Distinguished Shots Who Were Present i Of course, this gentleman, like other your eyes grow moist and your fingers Camp and Hotel Printing. Mountain View, Rangeley Lakes, Me. i cottagers, owns a boat, and after de- itch. Frank Merrill had just picked up There is nothing like arranging for From Various Places. Eustis, Me . ’ j ciding to have’ a mooring installed off a big feller—must have weighed 40 your printing early. The season of 1905 Round Mountain Lake Camps. Located in the Speaking of the recent trap shoot at the shore in front of his cottage, con­ pounds if an ounce—and was just be­ heart of the Maine woods. 10 miles from Eustis. j the grounds of the Auburn Gun club, ■will be on before we realize it and we j Best of trout fishing: at all times, both lake and ceived the idea of having a portion of ginning to dress him for a chowder, can’t make a mistake by getting an stream. Fine hunting, large and small game. an exchange says: the work done before the ice should go when the keel of the ‘ Sea Gull’ grated Detached log cabins, open fires. idea of how to lay out next sea­ Round Mountain Lake Camps, Guests were present from Portland, out. on the sand and I woke up. Dion O. Blackwell. Mgr.. Livermore Falls, Waterville and other son’s printing. Special prices and spe­ , Eustis, Franklin County, Me. ! Accordingly, he selected a big rock, “ Now look a-here, ’ ’ added Bob, as he cial arrangements for camp and hotel New York office. Room 29, 335 Broadway. near by cities. | and hired a man to drill a hole in it and flourished his clam-scalping knife in printing. We know what you need for W e l d , M e . The Portland squad consisting of S. ; set a ring bolt, to which was? attached the air with convincing emphasis, ‘ ‘if cuts. J. W. B rackett Co., "E ureka." The best place in Maine for fishing. B. Adams, W. B. Darton, G. H. Dar- a long chain. The rock was to serve as that"doesn’t mean that we are going to Trout, salmon and bass. Send for booklet. v Maine W oods, Phillips, Me. The Maples, F. W. Drew, Mgr., Weld. Me. ton, W. E. Wyman and W. D. Hinds an anchor to the mooring When the have a record-breaking season of fishing shot well, W. B. Darton shooting 104, ; work had been completed, the cottager at Lake Auburn and all other Maine R an ge ley Lakes. as high a score as the professionals. I thought that it would be a great piece lakes, I would like to have you explain Bald Mountain Camps are situated at the foot of 1 of engineering skill and a labor saver, AD AnirD&l 5tory For Bald Mountain in a good fishing and hunting sec­ W. H. Herr of the U. M. C. squad to me why not!’ ’ withal, to have the rock hauled out on Little FolRs tion. ^Steamboat accommodations O. K. Tele­ was high gun for the day, shooting 107 the ice to just the place where he want­ “ Have you formed any definite opin­ phone at camps. Two mails daily. Write for [ out of a possible 120. The Auburn ed to locate his mooring. His reason free circular to men, including Scott, H. Libby, Hunne- for having the rock hauled out on the ion as to when the ice is going out?” THE BEAR WHO LOVED Amos Ellis. Prop’r. Bald Mountain. Me. well and Dr. Cushman shot well. ice was that the ice, in melting, would was asked Mr. Martin. allow the rock to fall through, so that The mayor carefully pulled the night­ Via F armin gton. Capt. “ Tom” Marshall of the U. M. THE MAID Clear W ater Camps. First-class fishing. it would land on the bottom, but from caps off from three clams before he re­ E. G. Gay. Route 1, Farmington, Me. C. squad is the most distinguished subsequent developments he is now im­ plied: “ Well, according to my dream, shooter that ever pointed a gun over a pressed with the belief that there was Way up in the frozen country near Dead R iver R egion. it was the night of the 27th of April trap at the Auburn grounds. He has some flaw in his theory. that we came in with the ‘Sea Gull” the north pole there lived a large polar Greene’s Farm is headquarters at the entrance j been shooting professionally for 25 to the Dead River region. Trains run within less The ice in the lake has been melting, loaded to the gunwales. That night bear. He was a handsome fellow of than a quarter of a mile of my house and are met years (Mr. Herr says 56) all the time : but as the water, whi h was very low, there wasn’t anything but clear water enormous size, with a silky white coat by my teams. eople stopping at my house over for U. M. C. people.* He has exhibited | is now rising, there is an open space from one end of the lake to the other, night can take the train, arriving in Boston at 9 his skill by shooting for prizes in nearly of great beauty, of which he was very p. m. There are plenty of deer in this section. along the shores, which allows the ice and so I will say to you, Mr. Reporter all civilized countries. In 1901 he cap­ proud. He was the beau of all the lady I. W. Greene, Prop’r, Coplin, Me. to move around, and the other day, —but not to place any bets, you know— tained the All-American team that when the man went out to see how polars in the district where he lived Stratton , Me. that the ice will be out of Lake Auburn went to England to compete for the things were at the cottage, he was sur- on or before the 27th. and would have been made a “ lion” if Hotel Blanchard. Centrally located in the Dead championship with England, Wales and River region. Good table and clean beds. Good I prised to find that the rock, chain and “ You see,” continued Mr. Martin, as he had not already been a bear. livery connected. Parties taken to any and all Scotland. Two successive tournaments all, had been dumped on the shore, and he assumed his more matter-of-fact Near by there came to live a companj camps in this section at reasonable rates. were won without a single defeat. The E. H. Grose, Prop’r, Stratton, Me. that oetween it and the place where he tone, “ we have been having a few cold of miners who were after gold. One of contests were witnessed by thousands had figured that it would be. was a nights of late. Well, we had a number N ear Ra n ge ley. of people among whom were King Ed­ broad strip of open water.— Kennebec of very nice warm ones last week and these miners had a very lovely daugh­ ter, and as soon as Mr. Polar Bear saw Point Pleasant. Stop and consider. This is a ward and many English noblemen. : Journal. we are going to have some more warm nice place to spend a summer vacation. For rates The squad was given a reception be­ ones next week. Why, it’s as plain as her he fell desperately in love with her and particulars correspond with fore leaving the country by the Ameri­ Hinkley & Roberts, Rangeley, Me. To Cure a Cold In One Day the horns on a hornpout (and you know and imagined that, of course, as all the cans then in England and at this recep­ ladies of his own set had loved him Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All drug­ how plain they are.) With the St ’rgis On P h illips & R an geley R a il r o a d . tion each member was presented with a gists refund the money if it fails to cure. W. W. commission in town we can’t help hav­ she ought to return his love. But slit Redington Camps and Cottages. Good accom- i solid gold medal watch charm on which Grove’s signature 19 on each box. 25c. ing warm nights! modations, with best fishing and hunting. One were engraved the flags of the three “ Speaking of the ice going out, ” pro­ minute’s walk from Redington station. Write for countries represented at the shoot. circular. J. F. Hough, Prop’r., ceeded Bob, as he returned to his busi­ P. O. Rangeley, Me. Mr Marshall and Mr. Herr were both V Price 25 Cl?. ness of shucking clams with redoubled members of the team. THE ANGLERS vi£or, “ do you know I don’t believe Sk in n e r, Me. there is anything about which people Log Cabin Retreat. Finest fishing and deer j / ANNUAL. have so many and queer notions. Some Disclosing the haunts and haPitv hunting in Maine. Send for circular. TRADE NOTES* of the popular sport iny fishes, and people think that when the ice gets a Log Cabin Retreat, Skinner, Me. 1 move on itself, it goes to the bottom—' sinks like a lump of lead. Now you just P h illips. Me. Phillips Hotel. Carriage meets all trains. G ood1 When it comes to yarnin’ Frank But­ get on top of a cake of ice and see what fishing. C. A. Mahoney, Prop’r. success you will have in sinking it. ler is a close second to Tom Marshall and Tom is considered good. Frank is Might just as well try to sink one of Hain es L a n din g , Me . j Frank Merrill’s biscuits! 'ooselookmeguntie getting this off pretty often on the U. “ Ah, but it is a beautiful sight to see House offers excellent ac­ M. C. Eastern Squad tour. It runs the ice move out. When it starts, it is commodations t o sports­ men. It is in close prox- J something like this: all honeycombed, and when the wind unity to the best fishing the ! strikes it the surface of the lake is set lake offers. No hay fever, j Two Irishmen were earnestly visit­ a-dancing and it breaks up into long, Address from Nov. until | ing when one of them said. “ Say, May. Theo. L. Page. Prop., j fine icicles. Pretty soon the wind gets Senate Cafe, Washington, j Mike, did you notice that run Billy under it (if it wasn’t for the wind you D. C. After May 1. Haines i Landing, Me. Heer made at Des Moines? He run could never budge it,)*and then all of j refused him, and he, growing very sav­ these icicles go tumbling and rolling 307 straight in two days and never lost age, determined to have her if he had j R an g e le y, L ake. against one anothef like a lot of nine a bird. ” to carry her off inside. Munyon’s Springs. The most beautiful spot in pins. Away they sail across the lake, Maine. W. W. Smith, Mgr., Rangeley, Me. “ That’s nothin’ , ” says Mike. “ The five, ten or twelve miles, just as the “ Father,” she said one day. “you Russians have been runnin’ for three case may be. If the wind is strong must kill that bear. He’s getting too A t F armin gton. enough, they will pile high on the lee familiar.” The Stoddard House is delightfully located for | weeks and ain’ t lost their breath yet. ” those wishing to spend the vacation among the shore in the form of fine ice or snow. “ All right, daughter; never fear. 1*1. hills and near good fishing and hunting. Write On Sebago lake in the spring of the fix him.” for particulars. A New Club Record. W. H. McDonald, Prop’r., Farmington, Me. year, I have seen a bank of this ice 20 But he little knew with whom he had At Dulu h, Minn., April 8, Mr. A A. feet high on the lee shore and it took to deal. half of the summer to melt it away. Via R a n ge ley. Farrington, shooting under the name “ Some people think that it takes half The hours went by, and father did Kennebago Lake House on the shore of Kenne- of “ Cap,” made the highest score ever not return. Calling one of the men, she bago Lake. One of the best fishing sections. a day or a week for the ice to go out. Good fishing every day in the season. Excellent made on the grounds of the Duluth Gun The time is rarely ever over two or started from the house across the ice accommodations. Address, Richardson Bros.. Proprietors, club. Mr. Farrington’s shooting at three hours at the most and I have to find him. Just as they reached the Kennebago. Me. stood on the edge of Lake Auburn and shore a strange sight met their eyes. this time proved that he is one of the seen it go out while I waited. The av­ There came Mr. Polar, rigged out with De a d R iver R egion. best marksmen in the northwest. He erage time on any lake of moderate father’s hat and coat, smoking father’s The New Shaw House. Eustis, Maine, a modern j made a run of 91 straight, finishing 100 size is not over an hour and a half. ” hotel and open to sportsmen. No better hunting pipe upside down, with father's gun anywhere. There are about 40 rooms. Corres­ with a score of 99. In making this trailing on behind, and with a strange pondence solicited. Next week, to the regret of his many A. B. Sargent, Eustis, Me. score Mr. Farrington used U. M. C. friends, Bob Martin will leave for the look about his stomach as though fa­ Arrow shells. wondrous shores of Sebago where he ther might have been resting oh the E ustis, M e. will install himself special guide and inside. Tim Pond Camps. Situated in the Dead River champion st -ry-teller for Joe Brigham Region, 2,000 feet above the sea level. In the “ We won’t go home till mornin’,” heart of Maine's best fishing ground. Write, for of Westbrook. He will’take with him sang the bear as he staggered along. further particulars to ACCIDENTAL SHOOTING his patented, reversible, detachable, au­ “ Ah, my love, I shall soon infold thee , Julian K. Viles. Eustis, Me. tomobile trunk which \yill be filled with the finest and latest rigging procurable In these loving arms,” he cried as he Four Miles F rom Ra n g e le y . not forgetting a large keg o f preserved saw the girl on the shore. W horff’s Camps. Dead River Pond, P. O. Ad­ IN THE GAME SEASON, “ Help, help!” she cried. “ Who will dress, Rangeley, Me. Send for circular. Lapham Brook smelts which are said to E. B. Whorff, Proprietor. be simply irresistible to all species of save me?” BY JOHN FRANCIS SPRAGUE. the king salmon of Maine. “ Madam, leave him to me,” said a Kennebec County. Bob, by the way, as mayor of East miner, who, taking his ax, out a large The best treatise on this subject Auburn, leaves this parting shaft: “ The hole in the ice. Belg ra de L ak es. Me. East Auburn liquor agency,” says he, Mr. Bear, who had tasted too much The Belgrade. Best sportsman’s hotel in New that has ever been published. A “ has come very near to being closed up. England. Best black bass fishing in the world. neat and attractive booklet. Sent to If Jour Maine Senate had passed the from father’s flask before swallowing Chas. A. Hill & Son, Managers. father, did not see it. . Have you read the Famous Book on Camping cider bill, I would have had to close the So. S m ith field. Me. any address for 20c. Address * tn Maine and New Brunswick; exciting- and in- doors for all time!” Crack! Swish! Down he went. As no North Pond Camps. Situated on one of the I | structive. How to camp out is told in a most en- passed under the miner hit him a blow seven famous Belgrade Lakes. Bass and trout | ; tertaining- way by E. W. Burt in his 200 page book Frank Merrill, our popular guide at fishing unexcelled. Log cabins with open stone i MAINE WOODS, t amp Fires in the Wilderness. Twenty-four pho­ Lake Auburn'andjone of the heroes of with the ax. “ Some anlmiles don’ know fireplaces, and camps connected with large farm ■ tographs of the woods. Send for it. $1 00 Lor Bob Martin's 'salmon dream, held an when they’s well orf,” he said dryly.— of 300 acres. New booklet for 1905 just out. Send j j with Main e W oods one year $2.00 for or.e. Edw. W. Clement, So. Smithfield, Me. Phillips, - - Maine. opening^at his ever-hospitable camp on Atlanta Constitution. MAINE WOODS Phillips Maine.