The sun., 1896-10-25

Lots or Htrds and squirraie Abont Fort
Jervis-9uiiivsn Siouney's Deer Season.

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Lots or Birds and tsauirreIr About Fort
| Jsrvis-guiiivsn Counsy's Deer Season.
PoRT JERvIs Oct 24.-,rhe open season for
black and gray squirrels. hares. and rap-
| bios in this State began Oct 10, and
| continues until Feb. l. In 0ike county. Pa.
| the partridge seRson opened OF Oct !, that Tor
rabbits an Oct. 10. and that for squirrels on
Sept. L, while just across the line In New Jersey
the onh' small game permitted to- DO taken this
month are woodcock and partrhllas.
Many L,cal hunters started oNt In quest OF
game on Thursday In the Orange ounty woods,
and are. returning with we!l-nlled game sacks
and stories vf the increase OF riuue. Can't.
Gould and Wesley Decker of Mdnstown ro-
turned with sixteen squirrels. and Manager
Roth OF the Postal Telegraph Of the A'me city
reached home with two partridReS IaAd four
squirrels. tho result of an afternoons hunt on
the WAIKIKI. Al Montgomery nearly every
person who owns shotgun was after
rabbits and squirrels, and met with good
success. A numler OF Port LerTis sp'rts-
men tried their luck in the woods Of
Forestburgh, Sullivan county, and on tbe
Sh h,wangunk Mountains and squirrels iAd
rabbits were baRGd In large numbers. Ths
local markets are glitted with small game. ana
mary red and gray squirrels, which bring only
dollar dozen here. are being shipped to New
York city. Rabbits bring 40 cents pair and
partridacs 81. The Germans take advantage OF
the cheapness of rabbits and purchase them In
quantities for picking IN vinegar or Rhine wine,
preparatory to making delicious ra bbt stow.
Some OF tbs preachers lave caught the fever.
too. One ,lap this week the Rev. DR.. Hurt
pastor OF the Methudist church ut Chester.
Orange conntJ, In company with Postmaster
Hallihan and Harry smith, went hunting in the
woods and baggc. woodcock and one
partridge. Joe Hun,er. the landlord OF the
Rowland House, came home with seven plump
partridGes the same day. Dominic Tryon, an
inveterate sportsman OF Carbondale, Pa. and
his son George spent two hours on the noun
tains on tho Wayne coui,lv border on Thurs
day and returned with fourteen pheasants.
eight woodcock, and eight ploHer. the last rare
birds in this section.
In the Pocono Mountains in Monroe county.
Pa, large quantity OF gnme HAS been killed.
Jacob Brush of Cadensis killed twenty pheas-
ants in that neighhorhood. and other parties
were equally successful with the same birds
and woodcock DIR. Brendon OF New York city
took n stroll early this week In the wooded hills
OF Porter's Lake. Pike county. in quest OF par
trdges and succeeded in killing sevea fine
birds He saw bear near the Mercer farm
house. but did not get near enough for a shot at
It. Mr.. Ih. New York hunter who stopped At
j. II. Glasscl's. at Jefrersonville. Sullivan
county. bagged considerable game while there
and left on his wheel for home day ago.
Wcs. Wilcox Of Monticello with Harvey Hus- |
ted.was hunting partridges on Tuesday. and had !
Just shot bird and was relonding his gun when
It was accidentally di. charged. Wilcox went !
home with a laceratcd cheek and an injured |
eve OF which he may lose the sight Two or |
three accidents of like nature have been re-
ported from that section. Henry Minier and |
his brother John of Brooklyn have been in |
pursuit of game in Delaware township. Pike !
eSon.ty. with only partial SUCCESS: owing 70
partridges make their home in the thicii under
growth and hrier patches which fringe the big |
timber: In such places they are hard to get. |
an 1t isnextto impossible to obtain wing |
on Oct. aud 10 have caused the lea, es to fall, |
aud now the sport is becoming better.
thrnSrh arre eorIan iIres. Of he Pse wayne
and Monroe mountains. in Pennsyivap.a. it Is !
believed destroyed thousands Of phoaonts, |
not lie so good in the sections ravag-d by fire ~
IN IN former ,;; y.nrs Mr.. CortrKht Of Twelve-mile
being externinatcd owing To snaring
Editor Waller Of the Monticello Eaplhlicnn |
was surprised few morning. ago on entering
his pressroom 10 fud partridge fntterinh about
and trying to break through the window 20 get
ont. a smashed window In another part OF the
been chased hy a hawk end had sonrht refuge
IN the printing Office: He captured the bird and
br d..r par G nj, no
Thur,day. Many captures were reported and
fine doe was brought TO town from Lebanon
market. hear and its cuh were also dispo- ed
Of at the samr place The number OF deer killed
ing Of large tracts Of mountain lard during The
open season to park owners who want to break
up the business of the rnides thar accompany
great deal OF i'll feeling has been created among
the hunters because of the hosting Of lands and
privinC them OF the fifteen davI OF sport which
the law intended they should have.