The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1908-06-04
HlHIN6 DOWN EAST

HNfINJ UUNN lAOI
-spaical Survey of Names Fish
sounds Where Trout and Salmon
v..r Abound-One Modest Mans
g.a-i Is $1,000
.roston Transcript
Il, nroag pastime that takes the
...ss4va+ from home is SO unlver-
K .s9.7rs. as fishing. 1t is an exhll-
e a.,,5 are destroying sport that IS
. ,. ,ractically from one end OF
70 ~. -l tap other; and in our own
q anGreds of thousands who
..I.# -4 in any other form of out
r. .t-Fese religiously set aside at
y; few Jays in the year for the en-
.l his time honOred amuSe-
rv-rv section of the United
--.....- s. peculiar kind of fishing.
@ ...-.. .u The continent, however,
u.ore distinctively Fishing
.,. ..aa n the State of Maine.
... season there is now III full
s.. .t.. comfort and convenience
t.. towel by rail zone may now
5.g. ye New York or Boston in a
.,.... ---llug car and be transport
~. ... ~.g- of river or lake in the
all. almost primeval wilder
5. ..- .- added the modern fish
....a is twentieth century &C
....t,,J, no Rnnph thp nlanO
..a.a culinary department, in
.. ... IF tie luxuries of civilization
.. ......u,s are to be found, Danish
r.. that "roughing it, in
..... minds of many, and max
Hs aud comfort and good cheer
f. ari days whipping of steam
..u..ei AXE.
real. rugged souls who pre-
is still the primitive lean-to
......us. the canvas tent and the
-r.- u- bed with the nocturnal
. sid storytelling around the
ak .- The woods today, in fact, Is
M ty ali men, and it is literally a
A. trafug your money and taking
rn-4.e american ishermen-some
7. a If national reputation-Who
az u}.iy been making fishing Pill
-r ..-s ~ the same places in Maine
u twenty-five. thirty and even forty
lars r. miss their customary spring
l,a. 100 the woods would mean to
s1v r,eln almost a case of broken
ar
some If these perennial fishermen
ave records" of catches that are moth
u less han astounding. There is one
m.-atlc yase II a man who in thirty
'u Yeas each year accompanied by
b n- guide, has taken from the
8.-ra the Rangeley region no less
ia. oo' trout. Many of these, of
uY- aaFt Oeen returned to their
2ie cement, on account of small
rs, SIZE but think of sitting be-
or a- open ire on a stormy even
l2 % december and recalling the cap
s~ 5000 fish, with their accom-
a4, train of exciting or romantic
l. vaue should inquire what part
Of Native is the best fishing ground,
BE w@el might both truthfully and
Nw.. lt. any old part of the State"
@4#e.as II IS, by such long and slnu-
Gus 5e rs the kennebec, the Penob-
4@-t. 4.lagash, the Fish and the st.
j9Ia gt gemmed all over its surface
WY Irds Of watersheds ranging
% 2L5trH forty mile-lOng MooSehead
l,5' a"3 to the most diminutive OF
Ps Name could scarcely be any
.-g hut Z fishing country of highest
EHs
Us .sss and streams, naturally pro-
!l' a'e Rep, so we'll stocked by the fish
@l game authorities that, to all intents
s4 purposes, they are practically mex
lal'.I For the thousands of trout,
9s-t. bass pickerel and other game
" at are taken from the waters OF
male every year by the great invading
a.lii o Iod-bearers, hundreds of thou
@yl' t fry are carefully put into
gVSg 'ine waters by the employees of
VII Dis. commission. This is one reason
s NJ '.4 fishing is always good down
at MAINE business panics and waves
~ prosperity may play tag up and down
w. W. sH4aI column of the body polite as
ss's! 0'0 but The fishing goes on in the
%s.s and streams of Maine with the
ss'ailty of Tennyson's brook, and
MI '-sorr IN the State is 1.-The best, !"
.4t Fotd Of It's regular habitues is
"st. d pan
,.r listing fever" like the grippe,
~. -'letier of persons. One OF the
s, ''' 'aeEt enthusiasts of the sport,
5'- eglar victim of the 'spring
IA, noted United States Sena-
H.. "'t las a famous camp at the
Il" Doctors, lawyers and In
c ra IT'S the latter usually in the
@r Vi OCCASIONAL guides), Wall street
~. u-lchants, loaferS, bookkeep-
3 ao officials, newspaper men,
c.. ''l' very other profession and
l-. presented in this strenuous
1.'A life Of ours, are found upon
' @. ..epo roll of honor.
In - scores of noted fishing resorts
0,,,. ilNe Tree State, where fisher
.Gs1 good luck is almost as certain as
nacta ''s 81 the sun, only a few may be
Mn nI9oea here In the list of the more
b6rnu '"l resorts the Rangeley Lakes
air., .g9nSplcuous. This exceedingly
feet i'a elye group of lakes, situated 1000
in rS above the sea, with all that this
BAT st ~, N hygienic way, is one of the
ali anu @au most famous fishing centres in
tca H1uleFlca. The Rangeleys are prac
tion,,y l99exhaustible reservoir of big
b ms ana luSty land-locked salmon, moi
aotIjoaa Iion health itself. They are
tornros less than great natural sana
Set sh Nv swept by the purest air and
scen sUOut with the most charming Of
viii hi region is abundantly supplied
soae o Cot =. private and public camps
amS limo u , the latter being fitted up in al
ale 81 luxurious manner, and Their
PLENTY course, guides to be had il
sid In spite of the fault fount
hntaa- MN, there is no more usefu