, 1881-10-02

as 4 tnltaEo polh-P'eh: ;+;,t;,r tjt
ti'is was untrue, and l. knew it, hut
;s the person who made tile statement W's
very large man did not waste amy Woft's
,p'u iil. The committee Of fi;teti.aM|. eSain,laln|
then measured INT III several d1Tettlo1's-,pe-
in:, especially particular about my s,rti,-
weighed me- Tucked ut my teeth anu t'len r.
cor.ted the result in large 1%ureS W,tli elaA t.;'
on tie back 1T my coat. Inc cniFi i. " talis
sI-onkins trio then pointed towards
ie uaI. elttraucc Of the Castle. anu bat!c INC.
in u hollow voice, to enter. ent..ftd: II was
the first thing had yet done Wlll'li.y, Ailu
Inv movement was unnecessarily n1t'rke'le'
hy the Toe Of tile chiefs boot. which was :tll-
,jic, 1o n part Of my coat some inches ltl""
lie chalk marks. This WAS the last feature
nj This very Interesting l1iauE'1iatlon ctIe
,,lony. i was duly recorded: ai,tl now. nay
ing tile freedom ot the club. ioosea ato"'''''
TIL, MAIN llAII.
Of the Castle, wll;c1! serves as reeept!on, ',
r.,di11r-ruo,l, and parlor. is Il spacious apatl-
lnr1l, having huge firt.-pEtee ut one tM III
Which curtiwood logs Of birch and hickory
art. ro,stunlly burning and throwing ~.
tI.,.ir cracking and blazing comfort; ~ lug
t,:hur end is IN Immense sifcbuaftt, o0ail'l-
1ully supplied with all that prop.riS he!enSs
10 such all article Of furniture. Tile walls ois
every side are absolutely coycrett Win
Stuffed animals, birds, firearms: pictures.
flags, etc.. I'LL must tastc1nlly '.;i ati.uTe''ff
Here, too, are portraits III oil of several nt
tbe inrmbers-ttc wark OF Mr. Harvey
Young, the celebrated artist of Boston, WHO
visits the t'iub once !. year, anti WIZ le''es @
one of these pictures Us souvenir g. aiia s.-
jour,,. Among these are capital hSe.tesstS sex;
III Henry Hastings. William T.: Fren.h. anu
ii. L. Prescott. nf Dostun: ID. ". {. fafl?h9-
ian. IF Lowell: y. ". Lawrence. OF Alcd-
ford: and Archie Linn ald DR.. Harris lasll-
or. Ut ltartam!. ,
I'll. day uf my arrival WIS Il lotao'c ohe'
being tile OCCASION OF the
ANIMAL. IErS1UN OF THE CiIl:-
:, time when these lnag'iateS of tne llun anu
their friends u,lbend and ''tt out -: III 'eas1.
Ibis was villa, was told, ami saw efnu:h ~
convince me that it Was true. mn ''or @r!1 g
i,tv tu :.ivt. details, but there YVES Il @Faiu
dinner, with all its arcotnpAti1nchts ana
subsculc,,ces, and everybody was coilllorla-
bic. .
The membership Of the club Is 50 small
flat each member can and dnes hot'i I'LL
rllirp. and it is 4 penal Otlcl4>e 10 address
;,,ly one Willie 1T the club otherwise than by
his official title. do not re14embefall tiesc,
Iut there was Il Commodore, EurSonastcf,
Ouartrrtl.astcr, Emperor, F]oor-Alahager,
Druul-Aiajor, Chaplain. Ju'tse' ctc.
THE coMMupol:E.
to whom was very formally introduced I'M
le,liu;rlv after my initiation, anu WI"
SEEMED u ussn,e the control of matters, ~
tcrt.,rc,l ne very greatly. ltl appearance ny
rrsi'nl,led Il j'.rne4at pirate ne seehleu
about 60 years acknowledgement anu
Nt;ittE-l}lIlGItN. Ills Ht7 -
rrtitiisll-but and his hair and mI'stac t: iro-
gray IN color and "i fierce texture IFS COS
tune matched Ills yisaGc. II consisted "t
marine blue trousers. very tu!l anu i.'ps..
(which evidently h:;;! been made for somebody
else or pcrllalS fnr noEWly III particnlaf'. !
dark blue short jacket. Il darker blue flannel
yr-l. and Il still darker blue Wooien stslF'.
Ills hat wss nj hlui>!,~=ray tt!t, with Il blue
hand. All this uniformity "f color WIS r., r.
'it.yctl by Il flaming red lscckerc'lle1 lieu
j,- i,,, S.,ifnr- l,{1nf
rh. Commodore: lives in Boston. anil IS one
nt the largest shipping merchants ~ tue
country, OWNING wholly or II! 1'afs thirteen
large merchantmen. Nc is az ent'lus,tstif
sport sllllll. ;> | shall presently SHOW. p'A
am afraid not Il vcr: reliable one
trust that 10 one will be deceived, Us i
WIS, by .........
THE NAME OF THIS ci+tE.
II is a snare. Il tte1nSiON. Il source az ul!lAt'-
1,iutss: ami will i'll Ito wise assist IN dts
s,.,niu:,tiug even Tie passive untru,h which
the 1l.llle implies. There are cFoslti.cfs no wiz
geese IN A!;tlawaskl Lake: II IS not even
| known that there ever were any there: aMlsa M
the "ny m,SSbt gi ie's3n r; on WY n.r,'a1 1t ya,
with All incident i'll the life of the loillltto-
! Ivre.
Ks the story runs, the Commodore was ollt
| hunting u1.c day sumo years ago INC hnit'tA
llr reported that he had sElvt one of Il hock
Of three wild geese which lie had seen swlhl-
lans in the Little Pond, but that. lavin= J."
dug viii. him. lle had beeil Unable
1o retrieve the bird Ihe ucky spot'H.i.;.ni
success ami many libatinlS were 1it1ulSel III
ut his txi'ense. Bur the following gay ,! !.
| farmer, whose lands atljons those, OF the
club camc into the Castle demanding pay
,nent for me Of his geese.
it is only fair to the Commodore that
| should u.ld that he utterly denies the ttn1H
ot the story - far as he: is concerne't. lie
SAYS it was Elll FRENCH who shot Tie 1ait.'-
cr'S tame guust. As with many other points
of historical lore it is difficult to ascertain
the re;tI facts OF the ease.
4 NOVICE.
Among The other visitors there met q ~ ~.
low n;tltt.I Billings who was il novice III Tue
arts Of the sports'll;l1l aud WIG iran;S al'I
| Instruction. The latter displayed great wit
insness i'll impartlns 1o ,a ts ;:o son,,!; tm.;
.'ay when I,lnss t,,, wv 1;,, ti,sf i!s11'a the
hunting, and hc rrucecttetl to say that there
| were probably nlurc than Il million Ut cno!ls
un tue clubs grounds lie said that ING
common way To hunt eoons was 70 .rte IT,,
t!lu animals by ltc:1Is nf duSS 1T night tls
tie hunter tllen sat I,wn at the foot ''f tue
Tree until morning. and then cut tile trce
down, and as the c"oll c;'Mc 70 the sto!''.o y.
caught him by tl,e tail ihiltlSs nsS'.n .. :.
| A~k NElETE COII4tt bbtlO" - Nr7 'S-'.
WHEN the Commodore tUlu ttl l'at tus
iysl WAY 10 catrll c,'nl's was IL .gel tileh
! trunk. econtinved, ''cools arc very ton,
! Vf whisky. ;,1ltl will yet as drunk rs ho,s u
they have !. chance. My way III taking tflen
is this: put about Il quart ol suiilths'
whisky, si.cll rs they sell here IN M*ti!e i
tho agencies. into Il biIsiM and set 1t out II
1llc woods over night. The next morning
70 to that place and am sure to hilt! Two !"
three dozen c,olss su stupidity .'rnnk that
have only IL pick them III and carry thels
uT. or course. cart ,lo this wiltn ANY Q
the club men are aru1llst. for they c:n st'!e'
the WHISKY aS far uif ;ss coon, and tilcls I'LL
cOUlls have Iiu SHOW.
FISHING.
Then hc told Dllings how to catch goo'
1uany iis. This WIS 10 pour Kerosene ~
the water; the fish, hc said, cl1''c to tue SUI
face and took Il nip ut the stuf, AIT! II i'sau
them sick Thrn they went ashore to lay OIL
and Null }tth only IT, 81 and rake them UP IL
| You would 80 much hay. S,tcE, were til
| things the Commodore told billings, I'LL
billings was very 1li;ti,ktu!-
;: Onc ,ay | went Understanding. wen
with Il 1nalt named Harrington. vino eal! II
| knew more about ducks AMI how 70 sho
+ | them than anybody. lie said 1e Knew
+ place where liz thought we would proDapi
=, Shoot several hundred. thought 80 TO-
We went to the place and stationed IN;
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