The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1910-01-01
The OVERRIDING Of
Towser II
copyright. BY }. B. Lippincott Co,

copyright. by }. B. Lippincott COB
This il true story. because the re-
mains OF the hen are still in circu-
lntion.
When the golf epidemic captured
Wheatley the victims secured the
country far and wide to find grounds
suitable for links. Hi Hacock's pas
ture was selected as being the best
site, and negotiations were entered
into with Mr.. Hacock with view to
leasing and eventually purchasing the
land.
Hi was wary. For some time he
held on He could not understand
Why crowd of town people wanted to
acquire SO much ground '.jes' to play
shinney on" To the most casual read
or It must be evident that Hi never
had INDUCED in golf. s
Finally, after he had been talked to
by the mayor, both bankers, and the
school superintendent, and other lead
ing citizens. all golfacs, he consented
and gave the lease desired.
Immediately the old pasture became
. famous resort The Wheatley Golf
club, its friends and friends friends,
Stocked there. Business in the town
of Wheatley was paralyzed. No one
had any time for business. Out of
this fervor arose unique incident
which believe Is unprecedented in
the annals Of golf. Especially is 1t
unique, because it is true; can prove
It, In fact, will prove it at the con-
clusion of this narrative But now
will let Hi take up the thread. He
says:
Couldn't see as they'd hurt the land
any, tho they plowed ii an cut II
considerable hittin' 1t with their sticks,
an rs they paid my price rented 1t
to EN-. Then they come out, mornin'.
noon an night, men an women. with
red shirts an knee pants tucked into
their socks an short dresses, an every
durn one had about dozen of them
there goff sticks. My boys an Peters
boys, they made as high as dollar a
day totin' sticks for parties playin'.
an toll en- to 90 ahead, an hired
hams to do their chores.
When the players weren't playin',
they an their help-'caddies,' that's
what they call 'em, isn't it?--were
lookin' for lost ballss The way balls
were lost was a caution-part Of the
game, reckon. / dunno who beat.
Anyway, these women-you never
could tell where their balls was
goin TO land-they'd swat at the ball,
an b'gosh, twas as likely to go be-
hind 'em as in front. Some of the men,
especially them little dudes with
stuffed calves, was as bad. Quite
often the big fellers would knock
ball clean out of sight-that il, out
Of sight of where anybody was ex-
pectin' 'twou!3 light.
Il begun to think I'd better go over
that pasture with hoss-rake an gath
or In few hundred balls jes' for luck,
when Towser ii. come to the front
You must have heard of Towser ii.
Pshaw, now! Why, Towser ii. was the
famousest settin' hen in the hull coun-
u. Set? She was setter from
Ssttersville. Named her Towser after
= setter dog we used to own. Both
setters-but she was the setterest.
"One day we missed old Towser
an ! says to ma, says I: 'Towser's
a-settin' ag'in. Johnny1l have to go
out in the mornin' an hunt her up
30 in the mornin' Johnny struck out,
an he follered the gully down through
the pasture. while s'arched the barn.
But where do you reckon We found
Towser? In the dried-up swamp,
b'g0sh, a-settin' to beat creation, with
II goR balls under her. Fourteen, by
gum!
"'wa-al, old lady 1 thought, We
don't want on ingy-rubber chickens, 90
I'll jes' relieve you Of these here
eggs With her a-cluckin' an a-sput-
term at me put the balls in my hat
an started on.
Mex time We found her she va in \
soEper under the rail fence, settin' on
~ goff balls. Shed elected 'em in
loss'n IN hour, swun, an was pleased
- . peacock. i begun to ~ I'd
struck real bonanxie. dumped this
second lot long with the 6rs', in a
barrel. In about an hour more we
rounded up Towser In the swamp ag'in
on top Of IL balls. All day we les let
her have full swing. an at night
burned II didn't have q barrel plum
heaped with gof balls. Dunno how
many dozen, but anyway, old Towser
had done herself proud.
With gof balls wuth 40 cents
apiece, new, as somebody toll me,
reckoned this was purity fair days
work. counted on turnin' Towser
loose every day, g long as she liked
It. an she'd more'n earn our keep,
easy. OF course she couldn't do az
well as this every stretch, for balls
wouldn't get sech head-start ag'in, but
I hggered on two dozen day.
"Two--2d have panned out all right
u the bIA.Aed fool hadn't hid herself
20 We couldn't nm her for three days.
Somehow she carried . lot Of tbA-.