Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1886-11-18
Against the came Laws.

An Amherst farmer who was IN the city
Friday made some strong talk about game laws
and game wsrdens. Other people have been
heard to express similar views and It would
/ ments. He says:
Il don't Ike these game laws, much less the
wardeus. | am ag'in 'eui both. They are not
right. When bought my land my deed said
bought what there was on II, but find that
there are laws which prevent me from hunt.
ing on 1t. cannot hunt around INV own home.
We people are finding these things out, and
the sentiment grows stronger every day
against the laws. and it will set In stronger
than Greenbsckism ever did
Il don't see why we should not be allow ed
TO take game when we want It, The Nassa-
ehusetis gentleman the New Yorker. can
com" down here AT bis leisure aud hunt the
woods Vt his own hearts content
I don't think that the best men are picked
out by the government for wardens | think
there are some cheap critters among them who
want TO make living In an easy wav In
close time there Is a man " no laws In nv mead.
oN week at a time. watching for some one TO
Mi something when he can arrest him. get
pau Tor mileage and turn and get half the
hne don't think much OF such warden n
that and don't think they do the country
much good. We folks have been oppressed \
good deal and we are mad
Ahouf the Fletcher brook matter. I don't
thiuk much OF the way those wsrdens acted
why did they want TO shoot the dog! don't
see why. There WAS no need Of doing such a
thing. do not blame the poacher. I love
my dog and wouldn't slow any man TO shoot
nun. would draw blood on such a man. II
i mean thing. The poachers will probably
ge' hep from oiher- who hated the wardeps.
u VIII he big lesson TO some folks"
] noticed in the Commercial a few d,y.
since the above quoted, plain talk" made BY
IN Amherst farmer against the game laws and
warden- and judge by his sentiment. which
border strongly on lawlessness, thst he repre-
senis number Of men through hi. section OF
the country (whom am hsppy TO say do no,
belong 70 the better class. II Is not an un-
common thing to hear these dosgcrs boas, tbst
they would put bullet pretty near warden,
II They found him in the woods. or ;ha, they
might take him for deer. And As the farmer
himself ssys. would draw blood on a man for
shooting his dog" The game laws arc
r1Sh' and benefit the man who lives where
ram" j. most plentiful. more than any one else.
aud b. car must he longer than his head II
be- can't scc It. II i not thsi deer have grown
plentiful-ss they certainly have the las, few
years under tho protection OF the game laws
that the poachcr kicks. but because he either
wants TO slaughter lot Of deer for the market
or run q camp aud dog to accommodate a class
4 ~ mrn who are very anxious TO get deer and
I Tn most eases too lazy to -.till hunt but pre-
fer Ia hump up by some lake I'll the guide
puts one in with the dog and then sneak IN
AMI shoot IT while In the water and helpless,
( This sort OF cow.rdly butchery, sometimes
/ called sport, 1t is the gam, warclcn's business
/ 10 prevent. The farmer" cites the Nscbia.
7 river tragedy. where the two wardcns were
shot dead IN their tracks. white In faithful per-
4 f"rmanco Of their duty, to warn other war
Z drnS what may bcfsll those whose duty It +
/ To enforce the law. The plcs thst man can
not hunt on his own land is foolish one, for
not one gunner In one hundred owns the
Z land he hunts on. In fact the men who own
/ the most land about Amherst and h.adw atrr.
I 81 ihr tnion river, do tho lesst hunting. And
the farmer himself is not subjected 10 the
limits Of HI own land nor would he care II
n wanted deer where he shot II. II |. true
that men living outside the state can come in
and "njoy the ssme game privileges az natives
but They must comply with the laws. or take
ihr consequences. Ike any one el-e. I, "a a
mistake, however. 10 suppose that the game
avs arc madc TO SUIT the convenience Of few
men who wsut to spend their yacstlon
'u The woods. The farmer" sid. that lit
wi. BE- big lesson TO some folks" Let
al' tell him tina, the some folks who are TO
i,rl the lesson" most rorcibv will stretch
h,mJ. and their law less friends who hate the
ward n" had better be csreful how they help
The poachcr, or their 10, viii not be an enyia-
d., one.
|. Hike many other men, enjoy deer hunting
~h'n done lesi,mstely and | hsve DO desire 10
shoot any mans do: but advise tina, Amherst
farmer IL hc loves hi. dog =. be should and he
-ay- he do,-) 10 keep him out Of the woods.
for should he oyertAAc mr. while on the track
ot deer, he would be likely to 20 10 the hap
pH hunting grounds
STILL HUNTER"