The Arkansaw traveler., 1889-02-09
ASHBY, MINI.
A Delightful Summer Resort.

Ashby Is a beautiful little village. situated
on the st. Paul, Minneapolis 4 Manitoba rail.
road los miles west OF st. Paul. Ashby has
more nRtural advantages to people who are In
search of rest and recreation than any other
summer resort In the northwest. Gentlemen
coming here may don their hunting clothing.
or blouse and overAlls and walking shoes. and
do their hunting and fishing, and without
being troubled by fashions follies. Ladies'
may wear their comfortable homo garments
and enjoy . vacation of rest and of perfect
freedom from the conventionalities of fashion.
The fishing and hunting about Ashby is second
to none In the northwest. In the month of
May fishing begins IN Lake Pelican. Lake
Sewell, Eagle Lake and Lake Christenta, In all
of which there Is excellent sport during the
whole summer. The following named gentle
men did some good fishing in these lakes: J.
L. ORGY of st Paul, and Alfred Colony, of
Ashby, caught eighty four bass In two hours
fishing, with two common spoon hooks and
trolling lines. j. Curran. railway engineer
81. Paul, and friend, caught lS7 bass in four
and q half hours, with two hooks. Geo. H.
Pcnniman, of New York City, and Z. W
Cooke, of Chicago, caught 2IS bass in one days
fishing; common spoon hooks were used, the
trolling being done from boat.
After the fishing season comes the hunting
season. Prairie chickens abound in great
numbers. and many are killed by foreign
sportsmen each year. Duck shooting com.
mences about September 10th. They abound
here in great numbers. The red head duck
is the most plentiful, although the mallard
teal. widgeon, pintail, butter duck, blue bills
and black ducks are very numerous. Thou.
sands are killed every season. The follow.
ing named gentlemen, with their families
have spent one OF more seasons at this resort,
and are among the most successful hunters
Ii. NJ. Wilson. Chicago, two seasons; j. l..
GrAndon, Tidioute, Pa. two seasons; VIM.
Bowles. Jr. and w. 7. BOwdre, Memphis,
Tenn; A. c. Thomas. Columbia, Tenn; w. c.
Tate. Nashville. Tenn; George Smith. of Chi
cago. with party of friends, and A. NJ. GIL
bert, with Fairbanks, Morse 4 Co, Chicago.
Mr.. Gilbert made the best record made here
He killed .s7Oducks, principa "red heads"
in thirty one days shooting. There are sew
eral whose records fall but little short of this
We have good list of local sportsmen who
have done some fine shooting of chickens.
ducks and geese. Among them are o. s.
Nichols, W. Z. Caldwell. j. =. Head and W
S. Foster.
The Hotel KittsOn is an elegantly furnished
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pointments of the hotel are first class in every
respect, and the service all that could be de
sired. Caldwell 4 Heald, our livery firm,
have good line of single and double buggier,
and safe drivers for pleasure parties. and pro-
vide teams. boats and experienced drivers for
fishing and hunting parties. Rigs for hunting
parties speciality. + Lier, our hardware
man, lie prepared to load shells TO order On
short notice. The drives in the vicinity of
Ashby are of the best. Roads run In every
direction, and the driver may select . road
over the beautiful prairie or through the
dense woods, as the spirit moves him.
The St. p, NJ. 4 NJ ny has rebuilt Its depot
at this place. making IL Q very neat and CON-
Portable place for its patrons. Photographs
views Of our principal residences. hotels and
business buildings may be seen at the general
passenger once OF the St. p, NJ. a n. R'y ut
st. Paul. People looking for homes In Mime
sofa should not pass Ashby without examin-
ing into our natural advantages for farmers
and business men. Farm land here IL equally
as productive 90 IL that OF any part Of the
state. Our climate Ii dry and hcsithful, it