The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-11-22
Fish and Game League.

More than two hundred members Of the
State Fish and Game League and their
friends gathered at Burlington Wednesday
evening for the annual meeting and ban
quet. AT the business meeting which pre-
ceded the banquet over sixty new names
were added to the league.
j. W. Titcomb of St. Johnsbury was
chosen president, K. T. Bradley OF Swanton,
secretary, and Charles f. Lowe OF Mont
pelier, treasurer,
The banquet was genuine game dinner.
The menu included roast moose, wild black
duck, saddle Of Vermont venison, and
broiled English pheasant. Dr. Heber Bish-
OPP, president of the Massachusetts division
OF the League Of American Sportsmen, was
the donor of the moose. The animal was
killed last December by Dr. Bishop in New
Brunswick, aud had been kept in cold stor-
age.
President Titcomb opened the after din
ner exercises with an entertaining talk on
Fish Culture" illustrated with the stere
optican Mayor Roberts extended the
greetings Of the city and Gov. Smith spoke
for the State.
Gen. j. G. Mccullough made one of the
brightest speeches of the evening. He said
in part:
"Mr. toastmaster and gentlemen not I'M
der the table Il am not going to make a
speech | have admiration for the pres'
dent of the league. He is an insatlate tyr
ant He called his henchmen to Canada to
show the Canadians we owned all the fish
in Lake Champlain | was to toast the
Queen and prove the statement. Now all
is changed we come here to wine and dine,
although the liquor agency is abolished. L
know you don't want any speeches. The
best speech ! heard from Admiral Dewey
was at Essex Junction, when he said he
was full and thinking much but could say
nothing In this respect l resemble Dew
ey. 1 responded to your president when in
the west and he asked me to speak. wired
him, "Washout on the line" and he re-
piled, Borrow another shirt and come
on" SO am here. Tonight no candidate
shall speak, said the president. There will
be no politics, There have been none here
this afternoon. He excluded in that edct
ninetenths of the population OF Vermont.
IL excludes Ross, Grout and Dillingham;,
they are not here and can't talk back;
others are Prouty. Judge Powers, Gov.
Page, who skins not only his four'footed
but also his two-iooted brethren. Foster,
Peck, BatcAelder and Baker and the can
dlestick. maker, and Stafford and Plumley.
Judge Reed has excluded himself, and
chooses well. / hope have omitted none.
We will do our best to elect one OF you 10
one OF those positions and then we will go
into the business of eptaphs. We will be
blind to their faults and be little kind to
their little virtues. The dear that / know
OF have no horns. They may be taken all
the year. IL Is also provided that no one
shall have more than one dear in his pos
session. That prevents Mormonsm. Yer
mont our noble commonwealth affords pro-
lection to all deer and especially those sent
down from above like the light OF heaven to
cheer men onward and to higher aims.
Give especially good protection to your own
dear, gentlemen, and let the old bachelor
go like Admiral Dewey, and get dear"
Other after dinner speakers were States
Attorney Fish of Vergennes, A. #. Stone OF
St. Johnsbury, Col p. II. Dale Of Island
Pond and Fish Commissioners Horace
Bailey of Newbury.