The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-04-05
THEY WANTAB BOUNTY LAW
a MEMORABLE GATHERING or THH
FAIRCHILD HOUSE CIRCLE.

no DNE
Poet stebbin and Hi- Mind.-endinR Bass
ueri-KeIy Mn--on's Demenorizcd Hens
-Postry-Tho Mephiur ChinRn aud the
Fiset-winned Hawks OF Folly Farm
Farmer Bniiey's Costly GroundhoRo.1
H"AMMoNDsPoRT April 4.-The last meeting
OF the Fairchild House Circle was unusually
full. taking the word In a numerical sense. Col.
Jim Coryell was there from his villa In the town
OF Pultney, along whose shores the waters of
Lake Keuka are so blue that no game pr%otector
has ever yet been able TO sec far enough down
into their depths to detect n gill net.
Ex-County Clerk CHM came up from Glfln-
vllle.on-the-Lake on purpose to join this circie
at this particular meeting. n. S. StebbIns, Esq,
poet, philosopher. and inventor OF the phenone-
nal mind reading and self angling bass reel.
was there. 1t is said that one of the seven won
ders OF the world has thrown up its job and
given It to this amazing reel. 1t Is not known
here Just which one Of the seven wonders has
sacrificed itself to tho Stebbins reel, but 10
doesn't matter. The whole seven could retire
into obscurity and never be missed, now that
this reel cxiets. The great benefit that this reel
Is destined to bestow on tho world Is that 1t VIII
abolish fishermen. When this reel il wound up
IL gets into the boat, goes out to tho fishing
ground. bats its own hool, catches all
the nsh IL - wound up TO eaten,
and brings the boat In again as well
as an Adirondack guide could do 1t, and at one
twenty eighth OF the cost. Thus in the evening
there will be no more sitting OF n lot of sum
blistercd chaps on the hotel stoop lying about
to go out with tho reel on its fishing trips he
may do so and watch the fun. And here, 10
wonderful stebblns reel manifests itself. This
reel can tell instantly when its Ene5t has some
out of the Ing. One laY pHtentce SteDbinS len
one OF his reels tako two chaps from Pen yam
9Ss T u aa n; bnen ven xHPt The + 50 bo SII N % Iesa , fsaa'n ns
hour and had only three bass, alth ough IT. was
wound up for three hours and f1r my bass;
Patentee Stebbins is also manager Of the Bath
and Hammondsport railroad and the Lake
Keuka Navigation Company while he rests.
Packy Griswold,, who has retired from his
throne AZ lumber king and from his place as
intructor to the Ham inondsport Try -to.catch-
Knocked that club higher than a kite. and .
the Meeting. Kelly Mason. celebrated for his
success in The dememorizing Of the hen, SO thas
egg in the morning. and will promptly 60 to
work and lay another in the afternoon, an
came down from his mountain;top farm to take
part IN the PROCEEDINGS, And there were others.
ing Of the Fairo6ild House Circle was 70 discuss
and urge the Importance Of legislation az
pestifesrous living products OF old S,euben, espe.
cIally in the Lake Keuka district, so that the
ment besides the protection Of his crops to go
forth and rid his land Of them by shifting them
hip and thigh. Col. Coryell of Pultney had
Now, there's foxes" remarked Kelly Mas
SION. w@ @frhi lhe er pfGSef Seass is sS har f1s ' essr yt1fSs;
his own way down around my farm and vine-
yard Oar he might ior Is rs well rans s9 Climbs the a ai,i !sm to to ss snis
himself. Some farmers have more foxes on
their farm than they have sheep. II they raise
any chickens, 1t Is simply for the benefit OF tho
foxes. We can't keep a goose in the whole
lake country, What we want is a PRICE set on
worth our while to go out for his scalp"
when | was out in kitson county, Mime;
Col. Coryell from the chair. II never"
What's Kitson county and moose got to do
things p demanded PacEy Griswold. What's
moose, or elk, or caribou, or any o them critters
\. C., anyhow One o. them razor backs would
eat a moose in three enaws. l seen a Hyde
tearin' down the road | thought 1t was a run.
away horse, and | ran out and tried to stop y
with gettin' n bounty law, l move We send down
to Hyde county and git MALT n dozen o. them
razor backs, They'd scatter Your foxes around
think 1t was rainin' red hair
Pooh, pooh =, saia Farmer Bailey Of Noun [t
tain Top farm. Whats foxes. anyhow They
don't amount to as much as gropndhogs. l
N %ans F tass season' Pp ps m fas sl. sat ten ten my iyn 1ar N
clover. I'd rather keep my neighbor's cattle
than I n a Soi91n y % nag gT ,Msnt q s. o ! inov sn WEE eE fos
dead groundhGgs. ,Thats what am paying now
70" forgery every 9ns sh a.d P f,Ilsa O. Gr ny piiaeea" land sell
the skin for thirty cents and the meat for .
-"Here, Mr.. Chairman exclaimed Farmer
Bailey, II rise to u pin, OF order !"
An RICH. ~ said the Chair. The gentleman
though. Brother Bailey. that. considering the
size and capacity of this meeting you had better
The Chair. having been made to see the mis-
take it was proceeding under; recognized Farmer
Bailey and his point OF order. But the Chair
-"What / want to say is." continued Farmer
for a grounding. The truth Of the matter is, my
neighbors can keep thenselyes In groundhos
m ss@T'hsenn'q" t ejaes slRN'ead 'HsSx .Gonnty Clerk Gian
OF Observation-Disclosures Il object to the
s ataSS SF the ne] Is II Pong for p ,nSas IN pt tGe sne s ewa
fodder, | move that we substitute moles Tor
FroInahoss Sharn make IKE the ooS Says "a m niSksi col :
lars out of a good many meadows. It's danger
Gus to walk In some parts, of Steuben, for the
a' mole exscavation. Put molcs in the bill"
But. say" Kelly Mason rose 70 remark.
spend my time dememorizlng hens to increase
tho egg crop. and then have foxes come along
ord y mems that hadn't forgot TO remember."'
,"What,s the mater with hawksr. asked *
Farm, down in the town OF Benton, big enough
to carry on a baby: There are no such hawks
don't expose themselves by swimming around
IN the AIR and running the chance OF putting
their prey on guard. They alight ON the edges
OF clouds and sail along with them until they
see II baby playing in the dooryard or a turkey
Or Il lanlb and down they drop ont OF the cloud
like u thunderbolt, and some Learthstone or
poultry YARD or sheepfold Is made desolate."
Then dropping into poetry with, the same
thunderbolt facility that marks the dropping OF
Folly Farm hawks out of u cloud Poet stebbins
concluded with:
Put a bounty on EN-,
Make their soaps worth q quarteri
Turn the Whole county on en-,
That's what we orter.
"Your farm Amt in Steuben county," re-
marked ex-County Clerk Giilin. Its in
Yates. II you want the scalps of your hawks
hunted send for the Hon. George Lord. tho