The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-11-21
FISH AND GAME ANNIVERSARY.

The annual business meeting and banquet
of the Vermont Fish and Game League
were held at the Pavilion Wednesday even
ing. The business was held early in the
evening when the following officers were
elected: President, J. W. Titcomb OF ~.
Johnsbury; vice presidents, w X. Peake,
of Bristol, N w. Fiske OF Isle LaMotte, II.
c. Smith OF St. Adams, T N. Vail OF Lyn,-
don, W. s. Webb OF Shelburne, Redheld
Proctor of Proctor, j. j. Estey of Brat
tleboro, and o. e. Luce of Stowe; secretary,
Il. T. Bradley Of Swanton; treasurer, u f.
Lowe of Montpelier The executive com
mittee is formed by selecting one member
from each county. During the evening
sixty-seven applications we're received Tor
membership which were acted favorably
upon and were admitted.
The bapuuet was the event OF the even
ing and the doors of the dining hall were
opened a little after nine o'clock. About
two hundred plates were laid in the main
hall, overlooking into the side hall
Wilder's orchestral club, nine pieces, was
stationed in the corridor near the entrance
to the main hall, and in its usual artistic
style, discoursed music during the feast.
The instrumental and vocal selections by
the quartette were so heartily received that
the club was repeatedly obliged to respond
with encore5.
The menu was all that one could desire,
well prepared and well served, and in-
cluded fab, venison, bear and wild duck,
those delicacies so dear to the hunts
to the club for the event by Col. @. @. Gill
more of Swanton.
Upon cigars being reached, the president,
j. w. Titcomb, gave brief but interesting
talk, illustrated by the stereoptican, on
game life and the practical work done in
hatcheres by the fish and game commits
sion.
At the close of Mr.. Titcomb's lecture the
post-prandial exercises really began. Hon.
j. A. DeBoer acted as toast master in his
naual hannv atvlp q anOlxa briefly Of the
organization, objects and charterng ten
years ago of the League. He said he WAS
puzz ed at first, when asked by the COM
mittee to preside, as to what the name
me Mt. He had sat down with educational
gatherings where admiration was pretty
much mutual, and at political meetings
where the admiration was pretty well di
vided. But the specific good thing about
this league was that it carried one back to
ones boyhood days
Hon. X. w. Hurlburd of Hyde Park was
introduced as the first speaker He said
that loyal Vermonters have come to have
proud regard for the league, az it is one of
those organic atoms in which denominations
al aud political lines were set aside He
believed that the State should keep Yer
mont as Vermont. II costs something to
keep up good thing and Vermont's beauty
should be preserved. There are those who
oppose the paying OF money by the State
for the preservation Of its beauties and
game on tn ground that posterity has never
done anything for them and for that reason
they don't want to do anything for poster
ity. He believed If he scratched the backs
of such people long enough he would strike
bristles
Col. G. G. Gilmore spoke of the many bur
densome bills now before the Legislative
committee on game and fisheries and wish
ed tina the company present could deal
with them. He said one member of the
Legislature was not in love with the hatch
cry and proposes to muzzle pickerel 50 they
cannot eat other fish. Another thought
the fish commissioners ought to introduce
species of homeless fish. He said he be-
lieved, however, that the Legislature should
use great care in its protective legislation
for fish and game.
w. @. Davis, who was once a resident OF
Danville but for the past thirty years has
been located in the Argentine Republic
where he is chief of the meteorological
bureau, spoke feelingly of his return TO his
native State and the pleasure it gave him to
be present at such gathering OF his coun-
trymen He had consented to speak on
this occasion but as he listened to those
who preceded him. he felt that he was like
the fish shown on the canvass which had
just been stripped of its eggs. He believed
that the same thing should be done in this
State as in Europe toward the protection of
fish, game and forestry. He stated that he
had been out shooting within six miles of
Windsor Castle in Engl and, and in few
hours time had bagged more grouse, par
tridges and pheasauts than he could get in
q weeks hunting in one of our counties
In 1874 not a bushel OF wheat was raised in
the Argentine Republic and in 1876, when
he went there, only one.fourth enough was
raised to supply the consumption OF the city
OF Buenos Ayres alone. This year 10000
QUO bushels were exported which repre-
sented that Republics contribution to the
wheat markets of the world He hoped
that in the near future the commercial in
terests Of the Argentine Republic and those
OF the United States would become more
closely identified to their mutual advan-
tage.
Senator e. H. Miller, "the sweet singer
of Windham county," rendered a baritone
solo which was so heartily received that he
was forced TO respond to an encore.
Col. Frank L Greene, editor of the ST.
Adams Messenger spoke for the press in one
of his most happy veins, keeping those pres
ent in a roar of laughter from the opening
to the close of his remarks. He said he re-
membered the meeting of year ago and
this one reminded him of departed spirits
He was willing the dead should bury their
dead, if they only would He believed
that, instead of a job lot of legislation in
this matter legislation to commercial end
should be propagated by the members o.
the fish and game commission, as they had
devoted time and study to the needs of the
case.
Gen. j. G. Mccullough of Bennington
said he had been drafted on this occasion
drsught at the Burlington meeting last year
He had good time there and came nea
landing the whole club behind the bars, bu
the members, being shown to be guests o
President Titcomb, were rescued from thu
courts He understood that equal nun beri
OF deer and men had been killed this sea
son and 80 would conclude that what wa
an open season for the deer was a closet
one for the hunter.
On motion of Henry Ballard OF Burlng
ton resolution OF thanks was unanimously
voted the committee of arrangements TO
the efficient and generous manner in whic
the affair had been arranged This CON
mittee. comprised j. M. Boutwell,, G. +
Lowe, j. G. Brown, w c. Berry, o. L
Clark, j. W. Brock, @. H. Ferrin, 81. j.
Jones, L. III. Greene and r. B. Denny, a.
OF this city.
Expressions were heard on every side {
the effect that this was the most enjoyabl
event ever held by the league.
The exercises closed in the early hours
this morning, after which a large numbe
OF the members were most pleasantly Q
tertained for time by r. III. Lathrop