The Republican journal., 1895-11-14

FISH AND GAME. Captain Ben spur
ling Of the Lizzie Maud arrived a Port
land Oct 10Th after a season spent in
mackereling. He began the middle of
April, and has been on the Cape Shore.
Bay OF Fundy, Cape cod, Sonth Shore.
and eyelyw here else where there was
prospect OF mackelel. Captain Squirting
says it has been the worst season for
mackerel he ever saw. In other seasons
he has landed more III one trip than lie
has cot for the whole OF the present sea
son. No man in the world can tell what
has caused this scarcity. | think
cause OF the scarcity is the destruction OF
small fish by some means. About the
middle Of November Captain Squirting
will 90 to the Gulf Of Mexico to engage
in the red snapper fishing. He Will take
down a new schooner of fifty tons which
Irving Adams is building at Boothbay
This will be the fourth new vessel that he
has taken to his fishing fleet. Pensacola
now has about thirty sail of snapper fish
ermen.....S. l.. Crosby 4 Co. of Bangor
received the remarkably large number Of
l:}5 heads of moose, deer and caribou for
mounting in October. They We're divid-
ed as follows: - deer, 35 moose, IS carl
bou.....A Maine correspondent of the
Boston Globe, under date OF October 10Th,
says 1T would not be an eXaggeraton to
state that /, POO deer have been killed in
the State up to the present time. Good
hunting is reported in every part of north
ern Maine, and over in the kennebec and
Dead river region the partridge shooting
has been phenomenal 49,. The fish and
game commissioners have received a com
plant that poaching has been in progress
at Cold Stream Pond, Enfield 1t is said
that trout are being speared there almost
nightly and that thousands have been de-
stroyed. The matter will be promptly
investigated, and prosecution will imme-
diately follow any violation OF the law
which can be proved. -. The Vinalhaven
Review says: ''If there was a law to pre-
vent fishermen from SEEMING small mack
erel our bay would soon be stocked with
beauties again. 1t is a matter which law
makers should attend to immediately
...... Lane & Libby of Vinalhaven are
shipping large quantities of fish West and
South. Lately they have been obliged to
work evenings to keep up with orders.....
Z. o. Collins Of Presque Isle, game
warden, recently captured man netting
fish at Square lake. Mr. Collins has fully
recovered from his wound and few days
since walked 40 miles in one day. One
Of the remarkable results Of his being
shot is the restoration of his eyesight.
Before he received the wound he was
obliged to wear glasses constantly, but
now he has perfect eyesight and has dis
continued the use Of glasses. ~. The des-
truction Of Holsters is not confined to the
Maine coast. The total pack in Prince
Edwards Island this year. 300, 100 cans
fell off 20, 900 cans, while II, 800 pounds Of
live Holsters were exported to Boston.
The demand for the live lobsteris 50 great
that the small lobster ought to be given a
chance to grow to a size suitable for that
purpose. ~. Game Warden Benz. Atwood
Of Winterport was il Bangor Nov. 4th On
his way home from a trip to Patten and
Norcross. He reports game plentiful,
violations of the law few and visiting
sportsmen leaving. He has case against
Jock Darling, for killing a deer in Sep
TENDER, which will be tried on Jan. I'd.