The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1902-06-05
LETTER FROM WASHINGTON.

'NtdUtS L ISL I COMMISSIONER VI. M. DUN
ers has notified Gov. Burleigh of the
distribution d few days ago of sew
eral large assignments Of brook trout
fry in the lower sections of the Third
congressional District Gov. Burleigh
has taken keen interest since he came
to Congress in stocking the lakes and
streams of his district with fish, fur
nished by the Fish Commission of this
city, and during the present spring lie
has been unusually successful in Sc
curing a large quota for different
citizens in the third district. The dis
trbution is made on Gov. Burleigh's
endorsement and now amounts to
hundreds of thousands of brook trout
fry for the Third District. The distri-
button is not yet completed. Some of
the more recent assignments planted
in Maine waters are as follows:
On request of Mr.. \. l.. McCorrison
of Searsm0nt, Me, $4,000 brook trout
fry for stocking Quantabacook Pond,
Searsmont, Me.
On request Of Mr.. ID. W. Dodge Of
Freedom, $1,000 brook trout fry for
stocking Sandy Pond in that town.
On request of Mr. {. f. Leach Of
Blue HUI, Hancock County, Nc. 1000
brook trout fry for stocking Norris
Pond, near Bluehill village.
On request of MI. W. 4. Erskine of
Pittsteld, Somerset County, $4,000
brook trout fry for stocking nifty
Pond at Burnlam and Troy, Me.
On request Of Mr.. Edward Murphy
OF East Nassalboro, $1,000 brook trout
fry for stocking China Lake, in China
and Nassalboro.
The unwilling of the Rochambeau
statue May 2+th was as pretty an
international spectacle as Washington
has observed III many years, and it is,
perhaps appropriate to add in that con-
nection that the Rochambeau statue is
regarded by many good authorities as
the best work of art i'll that line III all
this city of many statues. 1t was in
terestlng to study the manners of the
distinguished Frenchmen present as
compared with the distinguished Amer
leans. President Roosevelt i'll CONVEX
sation with Gen. Brugere, the vivacious
little chief of the French army, was a
striking example The President speaks
French passing we'll and he took a great
liking to Gen. Brugere.
The Frenchman, who looks little, but
is really larger than he looks, is very
He points vigorously with his right
lore finger and gives his right hand
earnest but short and jerky gestures
when he is talking He did not forget
this mannerism when he met the lresi-
dent on the reviewing stand, where the
French and American forces were to
pass. President Roosevelt is very i'm
pulsive man himself and as the con-
versation between them waxed warm,
during the wait for the procession to
start, Mr.. Roosevelt began to gesticulate
Frenchman. 1t was altogether quite
laughable.
There was also a striking opportunity
to note the contrast between our Ma
rine Band and French Marine Band. \
great but friendly rivalry existed be
tween the two musical organizations to
| do their best on SO notable an occasion.
The Instruments of the two bands are
quite different in tone, although both
organizations are among the best mill
tary bands in the world.
| Only four Of the Maine delegation of
six have been in Washington during
the past week, as Senator Frye has been
wetting a line at his fishing lodge in the
Rangeleys, and Representative Little
field has been on a tour of the South,
particularly of Alabama, in company
with a party of Congress men gone to
view the negro. Both were welcomed
back here gladly, and the cloakrooms of
Senate and House respectively have
had numerous groups Of statesmen
/ listening to the anecdotes that the two
returning Maine men brought. There
is large contingent of fishermen in
the Senate, and it is safe to predict that
they found more entertainment for a
time in listening to Senator Frye tell of
his catch and the way the trout were
biting, than in the long drawn out de-
bate on the Philippines in the chamber
of the Senate. Representative Little
field was highly pleased with his obser-
vations in the South, and with the splen-
did hospitality which the Southern peo-
pie showed him. He is not altogether
converted to the Southern way of treat
ing the negro, although he looks upon
the race problem, perhaps, with more
philosophy than Northerners who have
not travelled extensively in the South
land
The President still has under advise
ment his project for making speech
somewhere in Maine during August and
may not fully decide what to do about