Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-04-29
TROUT FISHING SEASON

TROUT FISHING SEASON.
The trouting season opens next
Monday. MAY /. Local fishermen
think it will be good one. There
i, cons dcrahlc discussion vet ovel
the intcrpr citation of the amended
fishing laws and it would perhaps
be lust as we'll to look out for posted
stIcams until the thing is settled,
"Cndcr the amended law" Com
missioner Titcomb's recent circular
SAYS, "all privately posted streams
will be open to the public MAY LIST
next, unless they or the posted por-
tons have been stocked With arti-
ticially hatchcd or reared fish at the
expense Of the owners or occupants
who do the posting
And one section OF the law says:
Waters stocked bv the fish and
game commissioner shall thereafter
be treated as public waters. but any
person who might otherwise make
the same private preserve or post
ed waters. may do 50 at the eNplrA-
ton of five wears fron the date OF
filing with the fish and game COM
missioncrS Il written notice of his
intention 50 to do.
One of our local sports is very
tirmly OF the opinion that 4 property
owner or occupant Of Land can stock
Il stream at his individual expense,
without giving five Years notice,
post it and coolest $40 fine, and also
damages for trcspaSs from any one
fishing therein without permission,
provided said stream has never been
stocked bv the State O;hcr opin-
ions are that no stream can be pri-
vatciv stocked and posted without
giving five years notice. and there
the matter stands.
Here Is the law.
After the above was put IN type
Commissioner 1'itcomb was heard
from by telephone. He stated in
response to question from Fred
crick Chapman. that Il stream never
stocked b\ the state can he privately
stocked, posted and protected. TO
stock and post a stream that has
been stocked by the state one must
give the iivc-years' notice.
y SENSATIONAL RUNAWAY.
Two frantic horses created Il sem
sation in the square Tuesday after
noon such as seldom disturbs the
village. The team, belonging to
Seth Wood of raitsvilc, was col,-
ing up Central street and ust in
front of " Gods store a bolt slipped
out letting the whitilctrcc on to the
horses heels. This started them
and neither Mr.. Wood nor his sLu
Ollie was able to check them. as
they had dropped Il rein. The team
rushed by French's corner ON the
sidewalk straight ACROSS the square
and smashed into one of w. III. III.
Moorc's big plate glass windows.
Ollie Wood was thrown off at the
corner and his father took a tumble
when the pole struck the window
sash. but neither wa, hu t. Here
the horse, broke away from the
heavy Wagol AMI were off down
Central street again. apparently PIE
fcrring the sidewalk to the street.
to dash into more VIII
doWs and causing Il merry busting
among the citizens in thci: path in
to place of safety. The frightened
horse, soon broke apart, one turning
at the foot Of High street. narrowly
missing an encounter will; the Hay
den house. and bottled into Wood
rufus stable. i'hc other hadn't fin
ishcd his run and clattcred down
Central street with whiIllctrcc
swinging from side to side behind
MIN. At the foot of Tribou park
he turned and circleI around J. l..
pana's house and coming out of the
yard stccrcd across the street.
Hosea Y. French was standing on
the sidewalk in front of his house.
lie was struck on one leg bv the
whliflctrce and fell to the ground
badly hurt. The horse kept on up
the sidewalk. Turning into the
allcv between Smiths md Living
stones stores he never stopped till
he reached 'Townscnd's stable and
brought up i'll a heap against the
harness room door. luckily doing
no damage there. Three men had
Il lively timc in capturing the frantic
horse even then, but the runaway
was finally controlled.
One of the horses was badly cut