The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-11-17
Joy OF TEN DAYS.
LEAVE TO SOLDIER
What 1t Means to Sportsman
to Be O Free Man; to Come
and Go at Will.
PLEASURES OF OUTDOORS



based on Exceptional circumstances"
and not for the purpose OF satisfying
any personal longings one may have to
Get away from the grind" which every
twenty-four hours is wearing down 'kul-
tur'' and bringing 1t TO Its knees.
To simply say. II am all In and aching
for the smell OF the resin balsam OF
green hills, tho sound Of tumbllng brooks
and the hum Of a reel would be to
admit the "call OF the wild" had got
your goat II would work about the
same as a gunshy dog in the field.
One would have to do a devil of a lot
Of whistling TO keep from cussing oaths
rs black as hades for an the satisfaction
one might get out of it. The circum-
stances of leave" do not consider
Smells and angling" as exceptional. but
10 my mind they should be. To go a
0shing Is truly exceptional, and the OPP
portunlty to go should be grasped as one
Of the great opportunities OF life II one
Is to remain young and handsome and
free from Crouch and chronic indiges-
tion.
After a years longing andcthe pass
ing Of two seasons without wetting line
i put the exceptional circumstances" d.
rectly UP to the Commanding General.
and. oh. boy! ten days were granted
right of the bat
There was something doing" after
-. o. upmty Jump" came through. 1t
recalled the days OF extreme activity
ssover there" where one was on the
3unp continually UP to the time the N.
Prs saw to It the streets were cleared
OF humanity and petite patois.
Picture Time Table Troubles.
Il lThe first assault came on various pas
A0nRRF n ri RI
Fippose some of them thought one LOO
fenunt" had gone dippy hunting bargain
prices with the Railroad Administration.
Illinois was thought of. the North Woods
OF Wisconsin. Michigan and OF Maine
Cranberry Lake and the Raquette Chain.
In our own beautiful Adirondacks, were
reelected upon: but each and all was
subject to downfall because Of high
travel cost or poor rail connections
and stem days was too short a time to
Gravel far and get much out Of ma
tture.
& AT last the mists cleared and BRAIN
storms over timetables. mileage. &c,
ceased think. as the Indian would
say. "A heap" OF John w. Titcomb fish
eufturtst or New York. / remembered
what a benefactor he had been to the
sportsman resident and visiting Yer
mont. and when I looked UP from my
desk and timetabled troubles into the
Earnest face of John W. Titcomb hang
ing on the wall in my den the green hills
or vermont. with its crystal lakes.
rollicking streams. well stocked with big,
-squaretails" and 'steelheads." the ques-
ton was settled
Within twenty-four hours packs were
ready and "Kiddo" CHATS my wife) and
J were winding up grade throush the
beautiful Connecticut River valley and we
didn't stop until we reached the summit
Rnd looked down on Crystal Lake, 500
feet below. and the quiet village OF Bar
ION
IS Soldier Excites Curiosity.
II was the first time In over eighteen
months unbroken duty I had had the
world at my feet without restrictions ex-
cept the game laws"-Oh boy! That /
was the only soldier in camp was mani
fest In the curiosity OF the station crowd
which had been pouring into this shire
town from all parts OF the State to regis
ter.
They gathered about me and looked
upon me as the one man responsible for
their induction into the army but when
] called out to 'Kiddo" to take my rods
ana gun and bundle into the waiting
Blackboard, and they saw us make a bee
line for the deep woods, Quebec boundary
way, they knew the danger was over for
me present at least, unless one got
plugged from the business end of the IS
gauge Parker which l had taken along
20 try for grouse.
Seven and a half miles brought us to
Wflloughby. There's the lake! How like
O. peaceful mirror! It nestles in the
shadows OF Mounts Pisgah and Whale
back. 1t is heavily stocked with Square
al o. nd II IN N,Ft
carried more than ten pounds Of fighting
fish flesh on their bones.
.My friend Titcomb'5 one regret is that
piratlcal, omnivorous and greedy black
bass were Inadvertently placed in will
oughby.
A Lake with Charm.
Four miles over the mountain and
three and one-half miles from any out
lying settlement. 1t Is only a sharp
drop to the placid shores of Long Lake
and Anglers Paradise. for here is all
the anglers heart can deslre--water
deep, clear and cold-five hundred feet,
90 am told. and fish in plenty. until
they make you tired combating their
struggles.
But the lakes are not all. Deep ra.
S1nes here are swift running water
courses, shaded by dense wood growth
Streams tumbling over rocks make eddy
ing pools where big trout sport. play
their game OF hide and seek and pit
their strength surmounting beautiful
cascades. 1t is great trout water and
Dig trout are the average run.
II Is the practice to plant these
Streams with fish six inches or more in
length and practically every dollar the
sportsman pays for his license goes into
the stocking of these lakes and streams
White water is common--Willoughby
brook. May Pond brook. Barton River
Crystal brook, each and all tempt the
ahgler to linger longer within their sight
and hearing. and aside from this, maxi
ing into each are numerous branches
born in mountain springs that literally
them with trout OF the Dolly Warden and
steel head varieties.
sThe State of Vermont has fiourished
a. an angling state and as a game State
ever since John w. Titcomb put his
tends on the reins as tish cuturlst and
Insisted upon resident and nonresident
lipense. The fees derived from sports
men who coursed the streams and fishcd
tho lakes arc sufficient to cover expenseA
of the fish and game commission of YER
mont and doubly insure good sport to
tho angler and hunter at all times
ETo-day II IL the leading big trout
STATE in the Union. People In Vermont
ore loud In their praise OF what John
W Titcomb has done for them They
damned him at first as folks are wont
% damn any fish and game guardian
~ conservatonlst but they now damn
themselves because they let John Gas
Nfhey call him) go to New York, where
he is now digging in to better condi-