New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-09-13

have been neatly trimmed as high as the deer
can reach, and a large quantity of corn fodder
has to be scattered about the park in the win
ter to keep the animals from starvation. The
deer in the park although not wild as those
which are hunted from year to year in Penn
sylvana, timid TO make a near APP
proach difficult. Groups of ten or fifteen. and
often in twos and threes can be seen at almost
any time of the day. and at evening many OF
them come to within short distance Of the home
Of Superintendent Smith. to get the apples
" HIGH fall from the trees in old orchard, but
upon the approach Of man they scurry away
with a rapidly and leap bitches and ravines
18th celebrity which fully justifes all accounts
OF their speed and agility.
The reports frequently circulated, that great
many Of the farmers and others in both Penn
sylyania and New-Jersey had strenuously OBJ
jeoted to the release of the deer, have been,
superintendent Smith said, greatly eXaggerat-
ed Some objection had been made, of
course, some farmers fearing that the deer
might be destructive to fruit trees and vegeta-
ton; but these objections were not such as 10
express the general opinion of the country sur
rounding lockwood The game laws of New
Jersey prevent the hunting Of deer until 1893
but in Pennsylvania they may be hunted. under
certain restrictions from November l to Deem
ter l. The fact that the Delaware River, which
divides New-York and Pennsylvania adjacent
10 the park, is quite narrow. Will enable the
deer easily to reach Pennsylvania. if New-Jer-
sey farmers set the dogs them, and in the
Pooono range the deer can find companions.
The annual hunting season in the Pocono hills
Viii this year be something splendid. Moreover,
closely connected are New-Jersey and Penn
- lvania at Buckwood, that sly hunters may not
and it difficult to kill an occasional deer on the
prohibited ground without fear Of detection.
Three miles from Buckwood. and in basin
surrounded by the Blue Mountains is the IA
NOUS Sunflsh Lake. beautiful sheet of clear
siring water, the depth Of which in some places
Is forty-two feet Mr.. Worthington few years
ago had some success in propagatng black
bass in the lake, but of late years the fish have
not been prolific Along the northern shore Of
the lake there is a ledge Of rough and jagged
rocks. which has come to be known by some
tourists as "Rattlesnake Den" There were no
snakes to be found there few days ago, when
The Tribune correspondent visited the lake.
But soaring above the water several American
eagles were seen, and MIR. Smith said that they
nested the lake every year.
TWO miles from Sunfish Lake, and within
few rods Of the eastern boundary of lockwood
Park. is the Tower. 1t is a strongly built mod
ern stu cture, about thirty feet high, which Mr.
Worthington had erected few years ago
Sti1ding on the top of the Tower one is LOGO
feet above the level OF the sea. The view, over
looking the fertile valleys. dotted with home
stead farms and older bits Of forest growth
bathed in the sunlight of the declining day is
indeed magnificent, taking in within the scope
of vision the Allamooche Mountains in the
south. the Catskills in the northeast and the
Pooono range in the north and west. The far
stretching scene is enlivened by several towns
and villages in Warren. Passaic and Sussex
counties. which distinctly visible from the
ba sc of the tower, and from the top a still
greater number OF interesting and historical
points in fine weather plainly to be SEEN
The return to Manawalamink in the oncorn-
ing twilight is made memorable by the frequent
running and leapng Of deer across the foot
trail and the roadway. They soon turn about
and face with inquisitive interest the INTRUDER,