CAPITAL CITY
COURIER,
SATURDAY,
THIS Is CS H KA f SrOJtT
OUCK SHOOTING 'AT THE LOWER
END OF LAKE SUPERIOR.
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Ppcrlat CirrP!iKimlriKP.
Saui.tSti:. Mauii:, Mich., Nov. 17. It
to more than two mid a half centuries slnco
tho. Tosuit missionaries ostahllshedono of
their wilderness outposts in the little
Indian village which then oclmiiIim1 tho
eito of tills city. Tho Ojihwnys wore not
unfriendly, tint tho mission was after
,wnrd removed to Mackinac. Tho Trench
naino which I'no priests gave to tho raild
remained, and today it is hard to llnd
ono of tho degenerato half hreedrf whu
linger around tho locality who can tell
what Hid original naiiio was. At all
events, I havo not learned it.
NOVEMBER 19, 1892
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It seems a little strange that in nil the
mnny years that lmvo sinco elapsed tho
fnnio of tho placo has not spread mora
widoly among sportsmen, for tlioro nro
few plnces bo easily nceossihlo as tliii
whero such excellent sport may bo had
with rod or gun. It is truo that the trip
hither from any of tho eastern cities is
rather n long ono, hut it is far from
tedious, and tho trno sportsman will cor
tninly not regret tho outlay of tlmo or
monoy nfter ho reaches hore. A fow
days on one of tho lako packets will
bring him to tho famous canal, whore ho
lias only to stop ashoro, hiro an Indian
guido and paihllo or nail directly into
tho wilderness.
For it is n truo wilderness thnt ho
reaches in another day, though "Tho
00" has grown from n Hinnll garrison
villago to a thriving city since tho civil
war. Ho may rido around tho city in
-electric tram cars, but passing tho city
limits ho will llnd good ubo for his
guide's wood craft, provided, that is,
that ho goes with gun instead of rod.
Unquestionably tho fishing is tho
sport par excellence. Tho lower end .".
Lako Superior, which drains througj
"Tho Soo," is called "Whiteiish bay, as
ny ono mny see by tho map, and get
its naino, nnturnlly enough, from tho
nbuudanco and excellence of the white
fish there. Numerous us they nro, how
over, tho trout both tho lako and tho
brook trout are to tho full as plenty.
nd, at least to my taste, far preferable
both for catching and eating. Theygrov
to a size that must lie seen to tio be
lieved. I certainly shall not imperil my
reputation, such an it is, by telling how
largo n fist .1 lmvo caught with light
tackle.
Winter is already here, though, nnd
-although tho il.sh remain and tho fishing
is us good us ever in tho lake, tho rapids
4ind tho countless streams that flow into
Whiteiish bay from either shore, the
weather is too cold toadmitof enjuyablo
angling. Tho clinuito is sovero enough,
and tho summer residents, of whom
thoro aro n goodly number, havo mostly
flitted southward. Only 11 fow remain
I having tho luck to be 0110 of them, and
find in tho excellent duck shooting
temptation enough topi olong the stm
not that ducks aro thu only game to be
shot, but that just now wo aro having
tho fall flight, us tho bronze beauties aro
flying to their winter quarters, and they
aro ho abundant as to preclude tho
thought of keeking other gamo.
There is a natural reason why this par
ticular locality should bo, ns it is, ono of
tho very best of places in North America
for fall duck shooting. To appreciate
this reason it is necessary to look again
at tho map. Whiteflsh hay, it will Iks
seen, is an irregular triangle at the lower
end of the great lake, with its lower
nnglo pointing southerly. Now tho duck,
as ho (lies from the northern winter, will
fly hundred s of miles over land, of course,
but.ho prefers to keep in eight of wator
as much of the timo us ho can, and in
variably seeks a placo near tho shoro to
epond the nights of hispilgrimugo. Hug
ging the shore, then, of Lako Superior
brings him to "NYhitofish bay, where just
BQW a few gunnors aro lying in wait for
him.
A fow eportsmon from Dotrpit and
other of tho lako cities havo teamed
the attractions of tho neighborhood, und
the Lako Superior nhore. Thoro nto
scores atd scores of shell ,rl uoojs
along tho cant (which i rocky, imnly
and well wooded in turns) wheio a hand
Indian guide will rig up n tent or a hut
and make it party comfortable in truo
baric wood i stylo.
There is no trouble in securing 11 pair
of theso guides, for they prefer to work
in pairs, in or near tho city, nnd their
charges are not unreasonable, though
they vary cui.oiflorubry with the nature
of tho expedition. For 11 few days or n
week of duck shooting they will mako
quite elaborate preparations, and will
take tho party to some ono of tho coves
mentioned, where n sportsman may
llnd all tho fun he wants.
Tho camp is hidden tolerably well in
the ilrst place, for the duck, even in the
wilderness, is wary and shy, and will
pass your tent at 11 distance if ho sees it.
llut it may readily bo placed among the
trees or behind some friendly rock not
far from the covo where tho ducks wit'
settle at nightfall.
To get your bit ds you muMgo through
tho naino discomforts that duck shooters
always have to face, excepting hero there
nro no gamo laws that forbid you to
shoot after nightfall. At least, if tlioro
nro any such, there is no ono hero to tell
you about them. Your Indian guido will
profess tho densest ignorance on tho sub
ject if you havo tho curiosity to question
him, and naturally enough you aro not
over anxious to press tho query.
So, if you choose and you will choo'so
go to tho blind at tho water's edgo
in the afternoon, when tho raw air
does not nip so cruelly us before dawn
in tho morning. There nro shoators
hero who uso tho sinkbox, tint the
conformation of the shore makes the
blind qually effective when it is well
placed, and it is vastly to lio preferred
for comfort.
Your decoys aio out, and your guide,
close by, tout hidden, as well us yourself,
will call tho "birds with nil imitation of
their notes so exact ns to startle you.
They como in Hwnrms. It is a true
"flight," nnd you need hardly look for
pairs or siuglo birds, though theso como
too.
Wheeling in toward your decoys they
come, twenty, fifty in 11 bunch. It will
test your 11101110. If you prizo your sport
in proportion to the slaughter, you will
have no trouble in bagging half n dozen
or n dozen nt 11 shot. There aro gunners
oven hero who will shoot at a flock on
the water and follow the shot with an
other before the birds have risen. Tho
single birdshot, how'over, may do as well
hero as any where else on earth and keop
his conscience clear.
From early dusk to dark you mny
have an hour of good shooting. It is
enough to whet your longing for more,
and when at an unrighteous hour next
morning your guido nronBes you it i
witli no laggard steps that you follow
him to tho water's edge. Your coffee, or
it may be 11 tasto of something u little
stronger, tins wanned you up, and for a
whole forenoon you nro tingling with
tho delight of good, wholesome, manly
sport. C. A. Davis.
AVKAPSimWNTKr.
THE DUCHESS OF MARLBOROUGH.
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TI1E filNKHOX.
there are, hero and tlioro on the lake
shoro and on tho islands in tho Sto. Ma
rio nnd Dotroit rivers below the rapids,
quito n number of suminor cottages.
Tho most of these nro exceedingly primi
tive, being mere shooting boxes, but a
fow nro used for family homes through
tho short summer.
Tho sportsmen who como singly or by
twos to try tho shooting will not, unless
furtnnato enough to claim acquaintance
with tho owner of one of thebo places,
get so good accommodations, but one of
tho charms of tho sport consists in
"rjughing it," and no placo is Vetter
adapted to pleasant camping out than
A Schoolmate Olv ItrmlnlMfiicr tif
I.llllo l'rlcu.
Spcrlal Corrcipomloncu.l
YoxKniu, V. Y., Nov. 17. Wlienover
I read of tho doings of our American
Duchess of Marlborough I think of her
us I first saw her at school. I was at that
timo 11 resident of Troy, N. Y., nnd so
was she. Wo wore both day scholars at
Mrs. Willard's famous seminary. She
was plain Lillio Price, the daughter of
a poor retired naval officer. They were
of 11 good family and very proud, if they
were poor. Lillio had a quiet little
dignity of her own. It was 11 quiet one
.indued, which makes it more surprising
that she now can lie 11 leader in tho
highest English society.
Sho was slender, and woro her light
hair straight back from her face. It
was held there by n round comb, and
was cut off short behind. It seems to.
mo now that bho almost always wore a
dress of red, green and blue plaid. It
wns made with 11 plain waist and plain
short skirt. No trimming was on either.
You Bee sho was a poor girl, if sho was
of good family. Her manners were
always ladylike, and sho spoke in a
sweot voice. Bho had 11 fair complex
ion, with dark bluo oyos. Tho pictures
of her whtuh wo see in tho pnjiors do int
look ut nil to me as sho did then. The
only point of resemblance is her hair,
which sho still fwrs off her forohend.
There wan uo rty'iilar course of study
laid out ut Mm. Willard's seminar).
Each pupil took vhat she chose, So we
did not go through witli the sumo girls
year after year, und sometimes weie in
only ono class with each one. I wait in
tho history class with Lillio Price. Wo
studied a history of tho world written
by Mine. Emma Willnrd, tho founder
of the school, It was tlioro wo learned
of Queeu Anno's present to tho first
Duko of Marlborough, when ho won tho
battlo of Blenhoim. Littlo did we girls
think, as wo glibly told off the story of
that battlo und the queen's gift to the
conqueror, that tho quiet little girl in
red plaid was somodny to hour that war
rior's naino, and to go to llvo in that very
castle. Sho wus just like tho rest of us
thou, only more timid than some nnd
more ladylike than others,
Ono of tho greatest anxieties she had
during her school life wns n fear that
sho would not pass tho regent's exam
ination. Wo youngor ones were exam
ined togothcr. It wns a very hard ox
nmiuatiou. Some of tho questions would
have ballled older und wiser heads than
ours. Wulkiug down tho street together
afterward, tulking it over, sho ex
pressed tho grentcst concorn for fearshe
would not puss. Whou wo all had our
certificates sho was the most delighted.
It may bo she thought the day might
como when she would huvo to support
herself by teaching fcchool, and she was
anxious to bo thus woll armed.
Many girls havo graduated from Mrs.
Willard's seminary who af tei ward have
become famous, but none has had such
II remarkable change in her life us came
to quiet littlo I illio Price.
Mits. I. W. Hautt.
FUR COATS MORE EXPENSIVE AND
cLADORATE THAN EVER.
Koiiui Allrnrthn Ht)li' hi Ni'iilxUlu mill
AntruMimi Now VTiilklitg llrrmrn llnln
Kritp (InmliiR I.nrnr, hut lloiuirti 4I
to tlio OIIht Kxlrriur.
(Sm rial OirrrMNiiuliMirc
Nr.w YoitK, Nov. 17. The fur coat of
Him season has never been so elaborate
or expensive us it is now. Sealskin has
nearly doubled in value, und us if this
was not enough nil sorts of fancy fiills
toy which inoro work can lie added and
the cost augmented help to mako papa
or hubby b.ildlionded before tils time.
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There nro'coats that come to tho foot,
nnd wraps ditto, tout tho box co,it .of
sealskin and the half long mantle are
oftener seen. One odd and not alto
gothor pretty fashion is to lmvo tho col
lar arranged in such n way as to ro
soluble wido ostricli tips und the edges
sculloped. It is really becoming, how
ever. One of tho prettiest wraps of this Ben
son is of black astrakhan laid in plaits,
nnd with 11 high scalloped collar. Littlo
pockets aro placed in each side of tho lin
ing for holding tho purso, etc. Tho only
objection to these is that wearing fur
against the hair is very injurious to tho
hair.
Another handsome capo is made of
sealskin, witli 11 boa of mink or llussian
sable, If 0110 can afford it. There are
fower of the little pneumonia breeding
capes that reach only to the waist line,
and the lady who cannot obtain one or
the other of tho now fur coatH or capes
will pass a very unhappy winter, bo bIio
will.
Somo of the walking drosses of this
Reason nro very pretty, and evidently
havo been designed by boiiio ono who
possesses n fair share of common sense,
which tones down the ridiculous tenden
cies toward empire styles. I don't mind
a real empire gown on the proper per
son, which is 11 pretty young woman,
noither fat nor thin, but with n trim fig
ure, and witli much natural grace of
movement, tout the worst of it isthatov
cry one thinks herself exactly the kind
that would be charming in 1111 empire
gown 11 sort of superior Josephino or
idealized ilec.imier.
I could not express strongly enough
tho sort of picture they make. They
move brusquely, and every lingular point
or movement is ucccntuutcd. Let us
hope that the empire will not becoino
arbitrary, but will allow us 11 littlo lati
tude of choice nt least enough for the
pretty walking dress below, which is a
typo of modern taste.
Tho dress is of gray choviot, with
thrco narrow green jet studded braids.
Tho sleeves and waist 1110 of choviot,
with combination of green and gray
brocado silk, with belt, windmill bow
nnd lupols of green velvet bound witli
Bilver braid. Tho toquo is of cheviot,
witli silver buckle and green coque
plumes. When tho weuthor is very cold,
a vest of chamois is worn under the
wuist und keops tho wearer as warm us
toast, but people who see tho wonrer
now without 11 wrap would bo apt lo
think Unit tho young lady must too very
cold or havo n remarkable constitution.
lints keep growing larger and more
soul destroying
than over, tout
toonnets are very
dainty und small,
in many cases
seeming to ho lit
tlo more than or
naments in tho
hair, Thu brims
of tho lints seen
to havo all run to
tho front in tho
melted state,
though there nro
11 vory fow in the
Rubens nnd Rem
brandt stylo, and
somo regular
Puritan with
high pointed
crowns. Besides
those tho soft felt
alplno is a fa
voiitofor 11 run
about hat. Satin
is 11 new material
now in uso for
tints. Many aro
neatly shirred, and
smooth.
Among tho lntost importations of
Bilks I notice ondine, which is 11 thick
cord bengulincovery.threo cords twing
crinkled, nnd that gives tho wholo sur
face a vory iich(effect. It is in plain
but exceedingly riclt colors, und made
up entirely toy itself 'it produces a dress
inapproachable except toy velvet.
A velvet dress never goes out of style,
but ull fancy weaves of silk have their
day and thou disapjioar to bo revived a
6meratios or two later, lik6 t'.io plaid
silks now nre. Satin, black ami heavy,
and white will Iwth bo worn for even
ing this season, and moiro is already
being made for a chosen few who slll
set the style. Ouvi: I I.itrr.u.
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