St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-09-03
LOCAL LACONICS.

Ibid you ever shoot ducks on the
Chesapeake bay?' asked Cyrus yelling
ton of little party of st. Paul people
who had just returned from tolerably
successful hunt up in the lake region of
the state.
NO, never did" choruSed the party.
1T is royal sport" pursued the astute
Blackstonian. Indeed, there is nothing
i'll my experience that really compares
with it. But it is the dog, fully as much
as the man, that contributes to the
pleasure" he went on, with twinkle
in his eye and his cOuntenance lighted
up with that indefinable expression that
visits one thoroughly in love with the
topic under discussion. 1.-The Chesa-
peake dog" he resumed, is one of the
most intelligent dogs that | ever met.
He enjoys his task with as much genu-
inc relish as does the hunter.
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LET me explain how they shoot ducks
on the Chesapeake. The man builds
himself place of absolute cOncealment.
He goes into his retreat and then sends
his dog out on the beach to perform his
part in the drama. The dog goes run
ming up and down the waters edge, as
though he had run amuck. He splasheS
in the water, kicks up the gravel and
has a little circus all by himself, never
forgetting to keep in front of the point
where his master is Secreted. The red
heads (they are the most susceptible to
the trick at once begin to huddle to-
gether. Now and then an old drake
quackS warningly, but intuitive curiosity
soon conquerS all sense of fear. The
ducks notice that the animal is not a
man. and they are less afraid of any
thing else. They begin to swim towards
the shore to inspect the cause of the
dogs crazy antics, and goodness! The
nearer the ducks come the harder the
Chesapeake dog works. He rushes into
the edge of the water; he stands OH his
hind legs, OH his forward legs. and goes
through the most grOtesQue roles imag-
Unable. Meanwhile the ducks work up
closer and closer until the hunter has
them in range, and he sends one barrel
of his gun, to repeat quickly after with
the other when the ducks take wing.
The slaughter is great.
II
"rhere is but one duck in my knowI-
edge that possesses that delicious flavor
as an edible quantity that is found in
the Chesapeak canvaSback duck"
went on the DemoStbeneS of the Ram
sey county bar and disciple of Nimrod,
THAT is the Washington canvasback.
You know they are not grain eaters,
specimens of the species. They live on
wild celery-and so do the 'redheads'
for that matter.
'Wild celery gives the flesh most pal
ataDle flavor. That is why the Chesa-
peake duck has such desirable qualities.
But the Washington canvaSback finds
sort of wild potato at the bottom of
the lakes. He plunges, as he does of
course for the wild celery at Chesapeake.
and in Minnesota, for that matter. and
this wild potato is found in profuson.
1t imparts peculiar flavor that is even
superior to the celery.
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''Do you know the canvasback is a
veritable thlef?" he quered after
pause. We'll. he is" he resumed.
Like all thieves, he is lazy bird, and
he consorts with the redheads, but al
ways with insldious caution. The red
heads dive, and they come to the sur
face of the lake with either wild celery
or wild potato, Instantly the canvas
back pounces down upon his victim and
wrests the prize away. Yes. he is a
rocber."
ST.
There is no subject more interesting
to the st. Paul jobbers. manufacturers
aud wholesalers than the proposed Ca.
madam reciprocity. They are now at
tending the Grand Forks convention in
goOdly numbers, and those who remain
at home are anticipating something pos
tive to result. and the general hope is
that the tariff barrier TO the trade of the
Northwest will ultimately be over
thrown.
The Granite Fails journal has grain of