The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1873-02-01
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SPORT IN MICHIGAN.

DE'S
Editors Turf Field and Farm II have
just come in from Twin Lakes, sixteen
miles west of here, where have been hay
ing good days sport with the pickerel
and black bass, having caught thirteen
pickerel and thirty mine bass, the former
averaging eight and half pounds, and the
latter from one and half to four pounds
each, with minnows through the ice AT.
ter supper now, having had good long
look at your ever-welcome paper, perched
up before an old-fashioned fireplace, with
my meerschaum and Killikinnick, reading
the articles by Carl Benson, @No Sport," !"
Nicholas Spicer,' and others, l thought
that something from Barry County might
be Of interest to some Of your readers.
There is a host Of small lakes in this
county, abundantly supplied with good fish,
and the county is full of game, such as
turkey, partridge, quail, woodcook, snipe,
plover, etc. etc. in their season. About
six weeks ago | thought days shooting
would not come amiss, so out came the
laminated steel barrels, and off | started
with my setter slut, Fan, for Sheridan,
through the woods. was gone about an
hour when heard some one crying "Quit
quit" approached very cautiously for
u few rods, when bang went old lamina.
ted, and over dropped Mrs. Turkey. l
only found this one just then, but proceeded
over hill and found where large flock
had been at work, and had but little diff.
Guilty to find the whole flock working on
beech ridge. crawled upon them, and in
about twenty minutes | bagged four fine
birds, making FIVE in all.
l then began thinking | would postpone
my visit to Sheridan and Thornapple Lake
and get my turkeys home. The FIVE were
beginning to be weighty, and / had fv,
miles to step in eigh; or ten inches of snow
| started for road through chopping
when whirr whirr! whirr and up wen
eight quail almost from under my feet
But | sent a few pieces of lead after them
and one of them stopped to pay me visit
as did five more before l left the clearing
Out on the road once, | waited for ride
and got one soon. When | arrived hom,
| found the heaviest of my turkeys, an ol,
gobbler, weighed just seventeen and hal
pounds. This / call good days sport 70
me.
There were three deer seen near Thorn
apple Lake few days ago, but none o
them shot, although several parties trie,
them. Deer and bears are a scarce articl
here now; but / have seen them come in
to the barn-yards to feed, such weather a
this winter, in years gone by.
The thermometer has been above zer
f only hive days In the past hve weeks.
has been 80 below several times. De,
"a it reached 32 and averaged l6o belo'
through the day.
l should think that some of your Eas
ern fish fanciers would try to propagai
i trout in this State. There are the ver
best of spring brooks all over this partof Il
State, but not speckled trout in then
nor is there an eel or pike in the countr
Pickerel, bass, perch, &c. are plenty.
h The horse disease, which was SO ri
here few weeks since, has entirely disa
. peared but it left great many horses
a very weak condition As far as | ha'
heard, it has caused no deaths. The ca
!, tie seem to be affected in similar manne
as are also the mules here, and heard
reported that the deer in the North WOO
seem to have the same thing