Waterbury Democrat., 1901-09-19
WATERTOWN JOTTINGS.
RIGID ENFORCEMENT OF NEW
 GAME LAWS THIS YEAR.

Cannot Shoot More Than Six Partridge
 in One Day-The Law Prevents the
 Offering for Sale or Giving Away of Game Birds When Killed-The
 General Observance of the Day
 Notes.
 Those of Watertown hunters, sports men, and others, who are fond of rambling through the fields and woods with gun or rifle will find some use1ul l information concerning the governing of their movements in the following facts of interest concerning an entirely new set of game laws. The law on grey squirrels ceases to be affective after September 90. wild hares and rabbits the same date. The close season for web-footed wild fowl ended August 31. The close season for quail, woodcock, partridge and ruffied grouse ends September 30. According to the recent provisions no person shall kill or have in his possession more than five cartridges or grouse i'll any one day or 36 in any one year.
 It is also stipulated that hunters or sportsmen cannot purchase. offer or expose for sale any wild bird after it has been killed or caught. This will effect quite a few in this section who are known to be expert handlers of gun and who made and annual prac- tice of supplying Waterbury as well as local markets with game There are dozens of loyal true hearted Sportsmen here who hunt during the season mere " for the genuine sport of 1t, and bringing in a bird now and then for their own table. Even now an oc- casional shot can be heard in the wood showing that there are some who take an advantage over sportSmen who re- spect the law. The country for miles around is full of game. quail, partridge and not n few woodcock. hence the inn patience to get into the sport
 The law provides that no net, trap, snare or similar devise for taking par fridge or quail, shall be set. placed, or used where such birds can be taken. This section is not entirely devoid of such snares and the practice is general " discontinued by all good sportsmen. Those who contemplate using the shot | gun or rife to any extent this season should make it a point to look up the new game laws this year which may be found in the public acts of the state of Connecticut distributed free of charge at B. Fl. Mattoon's office.
 The local post-office by order of the postmaster general closed at 10 o'clock this morning for the remainder of the ! day.
 Services next Sunday afternoon will be held in the Linkfield and Nova Scotia district school houses at 3:3O o'clock
 Many people are wearing mourning bands on their sleeves to-day.
 \. N Woolson's factory is closed to-day.
 Mis- EIizabeteh Evans of Waterbury is visiting her parents here.
 The Watertown bank closed at noon for the remainder of the day.
 Wilson Lindsay of the East side dis trict is on the sick list.
 4 meeting of the town registrars was held to-day to correct and revise the voting list. Only a few applica- tions were received ''to be made" There are now about COG names upon the voting list. Those ito be made" will appear before the board of cleo tors Saturday, September 2S. in the town hail.
 Edward Brown and Hannah Riggs of the Poverty street district were married recently and are now residing at EDhriam Atwood's.
 More street lights are being placed about the upper section of the town by different individuals, not by the town.
 Watertown is we'll represented at the agricultural fair at the Waterbury driving park today. It would appear as if half the town were there and as it is day of cessation of all labor the streets are deserted. Samuel Peek is probably one of the largest exhibitors of cattle there. +. l.. Hitchcock has an attractive exhibit of hardware at the fair.
 No freight trains were operated to- day on the Watertown branch.
 Edward ! Mann is the guest of Paul welton. He will return to Trinity college shortly.
 Mrs Calender has moved into the Congregational parsonage.
 Among those who belong to the old Nineteenth regiment. which meets in reunion at Litchfeld to-day, are Nor man Barnes, Sheldon Fox. Charles Warner and John :. Atwood.