The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-11-24
THE AMERICAN FONTAINE.
BLEAU.
Twelve ThoHSand Acres Of Land
stocked with Game, WithiHa Han.
dred Miles Of New York.

SlOGAE4 ~ IN SAAA-SH W AA-AA -
dred Miles Of New York.
FFpA NY. J. Worid.
Two gentlemen o! this city vel known
10 sp.o1iSmen and TO the pablo generally.
FAyeiie 5 Giles Sni Genio {. Scott, $
wear ago. conceived the idea 81 providing
: grand y.Ark O: iDcldSure within res
sonAble distance o! New York. vheTe
EAme might be bred Ani protects! IS il Is
in Europe in the grand forests q FonIAine-
b!eau and the Grand DDchy a. Bsden
BOlh gentlemen hai the DeotsSaFy kDOWl-
edge and eXperieuce 10 guide them in
their undertaken: M. Giles having been
5 resident. * France toT SIX years, and
engaged sc;iyeIy il feid sports, both il
the forests q FOniainebleSu and in Ger
many. while NJ. Scott, who Is particular
Is DoItd for his fishing pruclIvisieS, has
eajOTed many an exciting Wild beaE hunt
in the WildS Of the mountain ranges OF
the italian border.
Great difficulty WAS eIperIeDced II md
Ing sufficiently large irsct OF lsnd any
where near New YORK that confined the
nr1ssArT rrggisiieS o! StCE1m, !4Ee, up
lsDi. loa!And, and forest but AZ last )
spot MAS fund perfectly suited TO the p0r-
yTs,e IN Pike o1aniy. in the extreme north
western porIiun Of the State Of PennSyl-
YaniA uere fine streams were found
running through pleasant walkers, several
he.sui;iuI Lakes were within easy walking
distance Of each Other. and range Of high
wooded hills crossed the southern end o.;
the tr.eL To sid 20 the advantages and
attractions H the country, deer were Al
reaiy fOGnd in the wuodS In great num-
beTS and ECoi-eUcG, ruled grouse, and
wild pigeons were me: with 81 every tuIn
The SlrramS we're already Stocked with
splendid iroI;, and the tact seemed really
. slortsintn's paradise One Of the great
eSt advantages was its proximity 70 New
Yo.k, being distant iron the city only
fogH and : halt hours by The Erie Rail-
roAi, and the sportSuen who had ooOceiv-
cd the IDEA o. establishing an American
FuataiDe5Ieau, saw al once thAf they
bad found the proper location for II
About twelve thousand acres Of hnd
we're purchased, and IN such form As TO
include ~ the iDeS; o. The LAKES, the
mountainous coGnLT, and the best 0; the
streams, the entire property being located
in the townships Of Blooming Grove,
Porter and Gaeene ItW2s at once de-
cided 10 form : club OF the gentlemen Of
New York fond d sporting Tor the plr-
pase q: improving. stocking and eociusing
the tract. and An association WAS Organized
called The Blooming Grove Park AssociA-
ton. The animSls DOW Dnnd upon the
lands include the black bear. wild cat,
otter. mink. FOX. oposs1m. and deer,
together with several vArieliES Of SQuiIr9
and rabbit. while the varieties Of game
bird embrace the Woolcock, TuiFed grouse
quail. duck, and pigeon The lakes eight
ia DUmt-eI. are slresdy well stocked with
fiSh o. al kinds, and IN the larger sheet O:
water, which Is nearly three miles in cir
cumEeHenoe, = large number * black lass
have besn placed. PisCSioril works
have been established. trun which tout
and Oiheg hSh can b bred by millions,
and TUNED into the lakes and streams,
keeping them always wei stocked The
diErrea; varieties q game viii be bred in
large numbers, in enclosures adapted TO
the p1:P.se, and the young, IS sool IS
iteT are able 70 take care o! themselves,
vii be TUNED into tie main park In
EiGieT. fishing through the ice, wiih rAb-
biz s5oO:ing and hunting fI:-hearing AMI
uAls, viii Prove great attractions 10 sports
men, and spo-t 0! s1ue kind will b pro
vijei the ve2I rola1
i; i The intention o! the 2ssocia;;0a to
erect large and connudiocs hose in enc
corner o: The Usct Tex; se2S11 70: ihc cI-
elusive Use o: the members s2i their fs;ai.
lies. the prserce o. the ladies being e1-
pecied and specially provided foI. The
Isl Of members alneSdy includes many
o; the wealthieSi ciizsns o: New ! oIkk.
while many gentlemen throughout the
cSuntry have enrolled their names IS en-
didaies tot future booo.s in the hunting
grounds O! Blooming Grove. None buI
gentlemen Of the highest responsibility
have been admitted TO membership, as ii
Is particularly desired that the ladies
should take part even II the Geld sports
should they desire, and it Is requisite,
Therefore. that the society should be first
class Here will be an asylum where the
eaeTvaiei bellies Of New York can spend
s season and in the sports OF the deId re-
gain ten years Of youth as capital for fu.
Iure Campaigns in Saratoga OF Long
Branch. There IS no reason wby ! Isdy
should not learn 10 CAS-; : fy and ensnare
the Willy trout As SkilBully As the mOst ex-
peri male angler. and with = light rife
ihey would 5000 b2rn 10 enjoy q wait
upon runway for final crack a the
SPOTTED deer, No more sensible. health.
fnl Of rational enjoyment could be pro-
posed than months Outdoor sport in
sacsIliiy - well stocked Ei;h game, and it
Is IL bc hoped that S2ch p4s;Ime may
ind more fsvO: IL tae future With people
Eho Usually sp:od their summer vsca-
lion idly making tour d the watering
places and fashionable resorts, and from
which they generally return TO town more
wear? and hng1id than II the outset
Hr. Faulkner and the SeDatorship..