The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-10-31

bhV ~ " bnukcD1to Cures DruR81et Dill
futile, oficial mixer OF the snake cure and
a frat cousin Of Undertaken Sammy Soccer
the honorary member from Quasepaug.
Dad Barber. cartoonist OF the Br dgeport
Herald and altogether a great little guy.
2nd Dipision-war Correspondents Union
of Greater New York. Locals I and ?. carrying
ballast and transparencies with legends such
as We Want Eight Columns an Hour and
things like that.
Sd Dirision - Swordhsh Stabbers- Skipper
smiler Rowland OF the good sloop M. +.
Racket. who. when q ewordhsh got" him
on August 20 last by ramming its unsheathed
weepon through the shippers dory and then
into the slippers side. almost died by falling
heavily on the moor OF Tom McCusker's skat-
ing rink at Block Island that night and busting
open the bandaaes again. his brother, also
skipper. Chsw Rowland, who a~lternates with
skipper Smiler at the wheel of the NJ. T.
Racket Wick VANDERBILT, Ave feet four in
height or across the shoulders, also skipper
of the VI. I. Racket. known back home -
Observation-Disclosures who watches
for fns from sloft and lie known technically
ar the mastheader, OF gannet iGannet A
suloid bird related to the Pelican family
belongs to the Suls bassans crowd, which has
the chin. throat and lower iawr densely
feathered and Is Of a prevailing white with
dusky wing quilts ana blsckAsh feet feeds
on fish. chasing them from crag TO crag and
bouncing upon them unannounced: Sula sula
is the brown gannet or BOBBY.
Where Ike snow the g%annet's feathers
On Bradcr's rocks are shed.
-Whtner. The Fisherman, AZ.
see page 1928 for gull
IN Dirision -Undertaker Sammy Soccer
and apprentice.
The only drawback right at the start
was the absence of two OF the big stars,
ShAEU Whpalar n,tVasAr IF Nha D.-l-
Rustlers in the spring months at the snake
den and striker tharpoon puncherI of
The VI. +. Racket in August: and Cap'n
Bill Quinn. also skipper Of the NJ Il. Racket,
VINO has blue ewes and "A pink complexion
and has most Of the ewordfsh inthe Atlantic
avoiding all that rart Of tho Seven Seas
roundabout twenty miles =. +. :. y T.. o.
Block Island.
Shang sure said he would come because
only the other day no composed and sent
"A letter that ran:
Dcnr Bill of New York. care Hdrper's w,cku
The arm II We'll, my ankle better, and now.
hyhel. r. TO your lsttPr--prxt week. Won say.
will come the day Whsn makes will skid along
broadway. We'll sure he there 10 ioin the
fun. Wen leave Bridgeport a. nine-t wo-one,
BY boat III come 10 '-cape tho dust, and
meet GU all or IN and bust.
II 80 happened. however, that this shane
person had a relapse as 10 his arm, which
he hrst had injured by falling IN the roof
OF the Stratford Oyster Compsny's OPEN
ing plant. Of which he il manager, two
weeks ago. The relapse came on SATURDAY,
when he fell IN the other end Of the buili-
ing and broke q cellar door. " was a coin
%cidence, too. that Cap'n Bill Quinn was
kept back by another fall. Cap'n Bill il an
ironwork.r when he ISM swordfshing
Last Tuesday Bill fell IN the new Wheeler
building at Bridgeport and immediately
WAS arrested fnF fFnnktnY Az. x,...,k - n
beams and a new keg of nails that got i'm
his way i,ist when II looked as If no had
entirely finished his fell. Hill got "A Crouch
at the injustice uf the thing and remained
IN bridgeport, sunday solely TO watch his
chance to fall 81 the tool house from the
third story when no one but the watchman
was around to sec him 40 il.
Ard after that somebody asked Pat
hoyue, "att1in OF waters ~ Ton Healy's,
20 clear u lane through the tables. Cap'n
Pat koype snd Night Manager Johnny
Murray, who had reported for duty M the
restaurant just as the preliminary break !
fart was coming 10 IT, hysteric close. got |.
permission from Tom Healy and Factotnm
Mike Casey of the restaurant 10 open a
channel and everybody got under way |
to go some place further away.
Smoke was coming from the funne Is !
OF the little feet of taxicabs at anchor out
in Broadway. Already a big sen was run
aing and the taxicabs rocked and swayed
-, ~ - c,n,n Sm;I.r' MS "ep"""' men
"How's she head. skippers'" he injured, |
reaching for the wheel of the fagta xicab |
SrS Ef ausnJ - uy.
$500 7""~"' e"' crieu 'he skipper
$500,
Sm;,a, which In iand,,htar IT, NsIpper
ON your way And personally he took
10 la ia ,nS " tu'fsh,hs pulpit ont
o ~. uo"rp'n W ,nc .aN.'an thht the
sui,se. "im"y5 uuSuihee, anu kept a Keen
oau,loue tye uehu aneau Tor tne iirst fin
.E ShoT N, ahos A., ~ ~ "app'y aTphaN waves.
,ue n,.e nee. ,'u haruiy sot under way
wneh me ea,ne, gave the good alarm:
mar enc ,nst HtarD u got 'er over
70 slalpu Tar smell go, you chump."
came rom ne wheel. Then put 'er over
Twice as iar' yel,ed me sannet with some
.inqignaton Ana " was done.
down. Inr1u8n ~pfoauway they chased
the s~ordnsh wildly. but slowed down AT
Pabsts n called out TO the swordfsh
Dick Howells snake hunters His ht,a
snake hounds were nosinu down the ,,,rh