Bangor: its points of interest and its representative business men . ot Boston it-self can surpass this city in advantages offered to purchasers of hunting and fishing supplies, andthe fact that the most experienced sportsmen, including those who come from New York, Boston BANGOR AND ITS POINTS OF INTEREST. 13 and other large cities defer their purchases until Bangor is reached, affords the best possibleproof that both the goods and the prices are right in every respect. We mention this especiallybecause some coming here for the first time put themselves to unnecessary trouble and expenseby br
Bangor: its points of interest and its representative business men . ot Boston it-self can surpass this city in advantages offered to purchasers of hunting and fishing supplies, andthe fact that the most experienced sportsmen, including those who come from New York, Boston BANGOR AND ITS POINTS OF INTEREST. 13 and other large cities defer their purchases until Bangor is reached, affords the best possibleproof that both the goods and the prices are right in every respect. We mention this especiallybecause some coming here for the first time put themselves to unnecessary trouble and expenseby bringing along a lot of supplies that could have been bought in Bangor for as little if not lessthan was paid for them in the distant city from whence they came, the buyers judging from sadexperience in some other sporting region that exorbitant prices would be charged them if theywaited until reaching Bangor before making their purchases. But this suspicion is absolutelygroundless, because even were our local dealers disposed to exact extravagant profits they would. West Market Square. be deterred from doing so by self-interest, for hundreds of sportsmen revisit the city year afteryear, and it goes without saying that imposition would result in the total withdrawal of their pat-ronage. The hunting and fishing resorts accessible from Bangor are so numerous that a mere list ofthem would take up more space than is here available, while if we were to venture to point outthose which in our judgment are the best we would call down upon our devoted head the indignantor contemptuous denunciations of many who differ from us ; for nothing touches the dyed-in-the-woolsportsman more nearly than to have his pet hunting or fishing grounds passed by as unworthy ofnotice. Suffice it to say that the vicinity of Bangor and the country to which it is the gatewayafford unequailed opportunity for about all kinds of fresh water fishing, and for large and smallgame shooting; partridge, plover, woodcoc
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