St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1875-12-03
Property in Fish and Game.

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Property in Fish and Game.
If il was the common law that hens, |
turkeys and geese belonged to
nobody; that anybody might kill and
eat them at pleasure. it would not he
long before the race of domestic fowls !
would become extinct. Nobody would
dare To leave an egg i'll IL nest, lest some
one else should get it !: or leave il half
ripe chicken on the roost. lest some one
else should pick it. Every man would
SlaN all he could lay his hands on. Or
if II Was the common law that sheep
and lambs belonged TO nobody, it would
he impossible to preserve them from
utter destruction. Each man. when he
slw Il sheep or lamb. would take it dn'i
sequeStcr ii for his own Use, lest his
nei%hhot should get the start of him.
There Is no common or statute law
protecting fish and game. Therefore
our fish and game are rapidly di>ap-
praIiny: in fact. have almost entirely
been eNtcIminatcd. No man who dis
covers u trout. however small the sal
mon and Shad were long az" destroyed
but haStcns to catch il lest the next
fisherman should take " hat he rejected.
Hence. our clear cool mountain streams.
which the trout love. are fast becoming
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home oi the trout. and furnished ample
and Luxurious supplies ot food To the
pioneers ut the State. aic now stripped
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