Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-04-19
$4,000 REWARD


Por Fish and Game Commissi"n'
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For Fish and Game League
Ne .vburr, Vt. April "a. 1928.
y..r-.,s Se.tinn 80 Act No. so, OF / 500;
"a ,-rSfn who prior 10 the urlt daN o. =.
vrmhrr 4 900. pursue. takes ni H - 49,.
this state. Mid deer, OF pa ~ ~, -, o.
s;.,n a Wild deer OF parf thereof, 50 taiSh or
k;iirf shall hr fined uar hundred dollars anu
inc possesSion OF the meat OF PEI, % - -
mart OF a wild deer shall be prcSuIil ptlNe
dcnce that the pcTsoE having n vi liis -
- nifty OF a violation OF the PROVISIONS vi
this section
1t Will be seen by the foregoing /
that the complainant or person
furnishing the information that
will procure theconviction above
mentioned will get $50 for the
same besides what he is entitled
to by law.
Now let something be done.
We are in a peculiar sentimental
condition at present, but there is
but one course for fair honest
and Just minded men to pursue.
It's not the thing to do to say
that if particular section OF the
State cannot have just such pro-
visions of the law as it desires 1t
will not encourage the execution
of the laws as they are. This is
not a healthy, law-abiding senti-
ment. Nor is it healthy or wise
to admit that the laws cannot
be executed because ola cowardly
fear of personal violence or in
cendiarism. That is an absolute
surrender to and an assertion OF
the power of lawlessness which
does not exist in any town in
this State, we hope. The rea-
sons given by those opposed to
an open season in particular To-
calities are, among Others, that
wild deer or any other ferae ma
turae are the common property
of mankind or Of the State, and
that it would be unjust to per-
init inhabitants of particular
sections to appropriate such COM
mon property (if it may be
termed property to the exclu'
sion of others. 1t may also be
urged that if this privilege Of
hunting within a particular space
of time was extended to all the
inhabitants of the State they
would swarm into that locality
and a general slaughter of deer
would ensue, thus leaving the
,afanla of that locality with {
handsome animals than willnov
be left even after the violation:
oflaw by foreigners to which de
predatory illusions have beer
made. Now whichever side O
this argument ought to prevail
the law is as it is, and neither
side are without reasons. So the
only course to pursue is brewery
good citizen to join in vindica
ton of the law as it is.
The preservation ofgame as {
matter of profit and in view O
the benefits that will come wher
the State is supplied sufficiently
is in the interests of good conser
vative legislation. Anything
tending to the contrary is abso
lute barbarism. All this talk
about the necessity of the imme
diate grant of privileges of killing
deer, general Or restricted, is un.
founded in reason. Such we be.
lieve is the better sentiment OF
the people. Any talk about the
browsing propensities of the deer
only suggests to most minds an
anticipation that we shall soon
hear of the fish being so plentiful
that they will soon clog or oh.
struct the streams. 1t reminds
one of the man who said "if any
deer undertakes to bite me will
shoot it on the spot, law or no
law" This propensity to kill
and destroy is well described by
Burns, when he says:
1nhuman mani curse on thy barb'rous art
And blasted be thy understanding eve;
May never pity soothe thee with a Sigh
Nor ever pleasure glad thy cruel heart!
Go live, poor wanderer of the wood and field
The bitter little that of life remains:
NO more the thickening brakes and verdant
plains,
To thee shall home, food, or pastime yield
Seek, mangled wretch, some place of wonted
rest
No more of rest, but now thy dying bed!
The sheitering PUSHES whistling DER thy
head,
The cold earth with thy bloody bosom prest
Oft as by winding NTH, I, musing, wait
The sober eve. or hail the cheerful dawn
m miss the sporting DER the dewy lawn,
And curse the rutfians aim, and mourn thy
hapless fate,
1t is not the policy of the law
to inhibit men in extreme neces