The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1875-11-25

PaorEaTs ~ Eisn AsD sAnE.
~ il was The common iaw thai hens
chickens, turkeys add geese belonged
70 nobody that anybody migat kill
AID ca item a pleasure. i ~oala mol
" laak tAiarc tbe race II domestic
f0wis would become rxtipcE Nobody
would dare - leave ~ egg ia nest,
lest some one c,Fe should get il OF
leaFs half 3pe chicken % the rooss,
tst SONS one else should pick il
tsery man would slsy al be could las
as hands %. Or II IL was The com.
man JAS that sheep and lambs be-
lggged u nobody. il would be impossi.
sie = preserve them from utter de-
ttfuctiua. Zach man, when be saw a
aaeep % lamb. would take il and sc.
pbfster j. lor his owu use, lest his
neighhbr should get tie start Of him
lbsrs i 80 common Or statute law
protecting Gsh aud game. Therefore
oaf dth and game are rapidly disap-
pasrv ID fact, have almost entirely
beea o1torniuatcd. No man who dis.
covers trout. however small the
salmon and shad we're long ago de,
stroyed but hastens TO catch it lest
The next fisherman should take vhat
be rejected. Hence. our clear. cool
mountain streams, which tia trout
love, are fast becoming dep-ssIaiod Of
the electric, crimson sps .ssd beauty
Of the northern waters Rivers and
brooks that once weaa the home Of the
trout, and Furnished ample and Iu.ari-
Gus supplies Of food 10 The pioneers q
the State IA now stripped clean Of
this ricA Aad delicate fish. The dis.
gustipg chnb and tho naseous pout
have taken bis place. The streams
taAi once were filed with the flashing
trout arc now filled with the mean
spirited tribes that hang laziiy and
heavily on the hook, which no house.
wife would cook, and a starving man
would hardly eat. Leng ago the red
deer that used 10 roam cur forests the
rabbits that haaated tha evergreen
groves the pArtEidges that whirred
through the cedar and hemlock Of the
swamps tAs woodoock that loved the
dingle and .hs open field, have left US
10 whole or IN much, aud we have nc
senlsoa for our table, and only nov
and then partridge, rabbit or wood
cock for wedding feast, or a speeia
and honored guest. What belongs Il
everybody belongs to nobody, ant
hence our strams and forests, which
might produce enough fish and gam,
10 pay all our taxes, and leave US /
handsome sun besides. are as barren
and unproduetive as a stagnant pool
Or the Desert VI Sahara.
What We need is law, not simpl,
protecting game aud fish--for such
law Is as useless IA any sumptuary
staiate but one making game aud iisl
the property ~ the owners Of the lane
on which they are found, and thu
streams through whose territory the,
run Then, every man who owned
forest or stream would protect hil
pa, perty ID game aad fish as much a.
ne would protect bis property ia poul
uy aud sheep. A law protecting fisI
and game Of the State the property o
those upon whose estates they ar
fund, would make each landholder Il
ule State Al interested keeper ao'
EaIliaa q his property.
BIZ England and Scotland, the pro
peeiers - the land are the owners 0
sH $50 8sa that swim in iis waters
ASA me tL4f live 10 It's fields an
Hence, the county Is hiIel
ih aeer grouse, Fheasaats, wood
cock, aud the rivers are filled with sal
mon aud trout England and Scotland
with a territory hardly larger thsl
Maine and Vermont. with popolatiol
equal 20 the United States, have prs
served their lsh and game, SO that sal
mon can be fooud attendant ii the mar
ket. ia their season, for six-pcnce
pound, and senisoa and grouse q
cheap a. mutton and chickens.
IN this county nobody owns th
a.h aud game. AID, heace, il viii no
b. long befoge al the game IN this --,h
greatest coantFy IL The world for IA
Wild products thai aEe useful ior III
table will Aase atteriy vanished. Ih
bafalo. The deer. the salmon. aud th
trout will be extefmiaaied. like "a
IaaiAns themselves II is time 70 sioI
10 ihis destructive And raIEons cearss
Protective laws have dobe some good
boa they are n0t equal . Tie neeesaiI,
q The case Thene aFc Rot oAicxF
enough 70 execute them. There il D
public sentiment demanding their cE
iorcemeaL The oaly remedy sqaAl {