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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-05-17
Quincy Adams Sawyer.

There is scarcely anyone i'm this
broad land who has not by this time
heard of or read that best New Eng
land story ever Quincy Adams Saw
yer and observed the man driving
down country road to Mason 5 Cor
ner in one-horse chaise. These same
people are familiar with the words
which have appeared everywhere be
meath that picture, whether in the big
posters on the billboards, or in the book
stores, or in the columns of the news
papers The village gossips wondered
who he was, what he was, what he
came for, and how long he intended to
stay This announcement Is to state
that Quincy Adams SAWYER of book
fame. has now become the Quincy
Adams SAWYER of play fame as well.
That at least explains who he is and
what he is. 1t is self-evident that
what he comes for is to entertain the
theatre goers who viii doubtless pack
the Auditorium TO see the dramatiza-
ton of a novel that has reached the
| phenomenal sale OF 100000. As 20
the length of the play, it is limited to
| two performances. one next Thursday
/ afternoon and another i'm the evening
special pans have been taken IN TINS
! damatization to preserve that simple
rural charm which has been so much
| admired by book lovers and it is prom
| ised that play-goers will find Quincy
! Adams Sawyer a rafting good home
| spun play Of life in a Massachusetts
village-bright, fresh and breezy, and
! filed with honest love.
1t presents unique phases of Yankee
country life, and has the real country
atmosphere. The play IS promised 4:
one great big laugh from beginning t
end, with the sweetest love story eyei
told. 1t is presented i'm four act
and five scenes, all specially built an,
painted for this production. The com
panvv is carefully selected one O
well known players, the prineipa
characters from the book who appea
in the play numbering Is.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-05-17

ficia'ly. to have asked for waivers on
Doc. Crandall, his Old STANDBY. as n
relief pitcher and pinch hitter. Gran
DAN has not been in the best of health
and is said to have an injured foot as
we'll. 1t is probable that some Ameri-
can league club would nab him before
he is let 90 to the minors.
Captain Joe Peploski of Seton Hall.
who pitched and played different posi-
tions for Keene IN the Twin State
league last year, and whose pitching
this year for Seton Hall has attracted
wide attention among followers of col
lege baseball, is said to have been of.
fered a place with the Detroit Tigers
It is further currently reported that
Peplosli may decide to take UP pro
fessional baseball for a living. In adj
dition to his ability as a pitcher Pep.
loski IS a hard hitter and an excep
tional fielder.
Five big league managers are now
out of the action for the time being
the latest being McGraw of the New
York Nationals, who kicked himselt
off the field. Evers of the Chicago
Nationals was suspended Tuesday 70
similar cause, and Stovall of the St
Louis Americans lost his Job few
hours after losing his temper on MAY
/. Jake StahI Of the Boston Red So,
is recovering from foot operation il
| Brookiinc, and Joe Birmingham o
| Cleveland is out of commission with
| broken ankle bone
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-05-17
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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-05-17
Sporting Notes.

Pitcher Dubuc of Detroit contributed
materially to Washingtons defeat yes
terday with a single and Il home run
The United States league has dis
banded. This is the first of many that
Will not survive the proclaimed season.
Y lot of dual college meets are in
progress today, the principal one being
between Harvard and Yale at New Ha-
ven.
Hooper's home run with two on beat
st. Louis yesterday Speaker continues
to hit with a triple and a double in four
chances
+ Falkeuburg of the Cleveland team
has now beaten Boston. New York,
Detroit, Chicago, St. Louis and the
Athletics
There appears to be growing conf
dence that the Americtn tennis team
will defeat the Australian cracks in the
/ big match in June.
/ Pitcher George MulIin. who has been
a member OF the Detroit team for l.
/ years, has been sold to The Washington
team He says he is glad to go,
Clarence H. Irwin, a pitcher who was
to report to Connie MACK May %, was
killed Thursday by falling in front OF
q locomotive. He was a railroad brake
man.
Cleveland filled the bases yesterday
with no one out but the Athletics retir-
ed them on triple play in which prac-
tically all of the visiting team participa-
ted.
McTigue, whom the Boston Braves
traded to Baltimore for Briscoe Lord
went five and two-thirds innings
!. against the Buffalo team and did not
allow hit.
President Essick, pitcher Of the Crane
Rapids club, finding himself out Of con
dition, presented himself with a release
He says he may sign himself again if hc
gets into form
Benz of the White Sox yesterday shu
out the Hghlanders and incidentally ha
started young record of his own, as tn,
conclusion of that game made it Is score
less innings he has pitched in succession
Manager Evers of the Chicago Cubs
who got back into the game yesterda,
: after his suspension, was spiked and oh
] hged to leave. His successor, Phelan
. made a home run, triple and single II
three times at bat.
in spite Of the fact that Pittsbur
t made six consecutive hits off Mathewso
\ yesterday the great pitcher pulled him
, self out Of the hole Incidentally h
gave his first pass since the first gam
: he pitched April IL
> McGraw is quoted as having said h
should give Mathewson a three year,
contract after his arm goes back on hiI
at the same salary he receives as Tntct
: or McGraw says he viii be worth
n as a coach for the young pitchers.
!, An unusual feature of the Dart
/ mouth Pennsylvania meet, and unprt
; cedented in dual games this season Wa
D that Dartmouth scored at least thre
b points in every event on the program
Y This speaks volumes for the all-roun
e strength Of the Dartmouth team.
Il Griffith of the Senator's after watcl
e ing the work of Umpires o 'Loughli
and Ferguson, is reported to have sal
d that Stovall, manager of the st. Lou
y team, had every right to his tempe
and has suggested to President JON
son that he deal leniently with the d
>. posed manager.
Manager McGraw IS reported, uno
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-05-17

That the st. Louis Browns added
another mighty clever pitcher to their
string when they secured Weilman, the
giant left handler, is being proved by
the splendid work the yOungster is do
ing Weilman has twirled fine ball
since the start of the campaign, and
the chances are that he will show a lot
of Improvement as he goes along. He
is monster in size, being six feet five
and half inches in height and weigh
ing around 200 pounds.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-05-17
SPICY SPORT CHAT.
By TOMMY CLARK.

BY IOTIIVI NLAINh.
Though the baseball season is but
few weeks old, Ed Walsh has already
appeared in more games than any other
pitcher. He is taking his regular turn
in the box and is being used as a pinch
pitcher.
At the rate Walsh is being used he
is on a fair way to establish another
record for amount of work he will dc
in a single season. though the chances
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-05-17

"They say Blunderby fell in love
with his wife at first sight" Yes, and
only the ether day l heard him wish
that he had been gifted with second
sight,
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-05-17

PITCHER ED WALSH ABOUT TO PUT ONE
OVER THE PLATE.
are that he would prove more effective
if given the amount of rest between
games that Il pitcher is entitled TO.
He has done more work during the
past eight or nine seasons than any
other pitcher in the game, but it is a
question how long he will be able to
stand the strain which is forced on him
in the hope of keeping the White Soy
in the race.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-05-17
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HOW RUSS FORD SILENCED
A HOWLlNG FAN.

Say. Ford" yelled a Newark
fan as the New York Americans
star pitcher was receiving his
bumps in a recent exhibition
game. the graveyard is two
blocks away from here" Then
it will be easy for you to go
there and lie down." replied Sir
Russell with a savage grin.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-05-17

''For the lands sake-use Bowker'
Fertilizers. They enrich the earth and
those who till it,
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-05-17
National League.
YESTERDAYS GAMES.
American League.

New 7 ork, 0 3
Batteries-Benz and Schalk; Neon
nell, Clark and Sweeney, Gossett
At Detroit:
Detroit, 9 ,
Washington, > 0
Batteries - Dubuc and Rondeau;
Hughes, Drohan and Henry, Ainsmith
At Cleveland:
Philadelphia, s "A l
Cleveland, ) 10
Batteries-Brown, Houck, Bender and
Thomas; Gregg, Mitchell and Car
isch.
At st. Louis:
Boston, = s o
st. Louis, 0
Batteries - Collins and Carrigan;
Baumgardner and Agnew.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-05-17

Every now and then a pitcher Of
ability is allowed to slip into the minor
league only to be recalled by some ma
jor league club and make good. Tom
Hughes of the WashingtOns had this
experience, and now Fred Falkenberg
of the Clevelands seems destined to do
the same thing. His pitching this sea
son shows him to be much too valuable
a man to have spent any time in the
minors. Falkenberg has always been
a winner, yet there was a prejudice
against him because he had been drop
ped by a major league club. There is
no doubt that in many instances a
pitcher with experience in the majors is
of more value to n big league club than
some of the green youngsters who are
brought into fast company.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-05-17

Even a blind man can 90 out looking
for trouble and find it, too.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-05-17

Do the bugs know that there are two
kinds of athletes actively participating
in baseball? Yep; ball players" and
pitchers" No ball tosser counts the
pitcher as a ball player" He is con-
sidered in the light of a specialist or of
IL man embarked in n wholly different
line of trade. Now and then when
mention is made of some hurler who
can bat and field as we'll as pitch a
chorus will rise from the circle. "Oh,
yes-wel, that fellow is Il ball player!"
The star pitcher of today, as a rule. is
such weak and helpless thing outside
of his own business that he doesn't fig
ure as ball player at any time. "In
a few more years" says Tom Clarke,
the Cincinnati Reds catcher, 1T vii!
be quite possible for clerks. bookkeep-
ers. eyeglassed teachers. to develop
pitching wisdom, &C on the field, pitch
good ball, solemnly strike out every
time at bat, leave all the fielding to the
other players and 80 home at night
without even knowing whether the
umpire should bat or where the short
stop ought to be located. Pitchers used
to be ball players long ago, but not any
more"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-05-17

rum IS better disengaged from err
ror than torn from it.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-05-17

DR. E. r. LYNCH. Surgeon. Office. Park Bldg,
~ Rooms ! and 8, Brattleboro. VT. Tel $40 Hrs.
8 to a m / to 8 and to p. Sundays by
appointment only. Residence, 65 Canal st. Tel
ephone III. Al 20
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-05-17

GEORGE r. ANDERSON. Surgeon and Physi,
N clan. Surgery q specially. Office and resi-
dence Brooks House, IS Main St. Hours until TO
q. m; to $50 and to p. m, Telephone 40 A.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-05-17

II. II. O'CONNOR. NJ. D., Surgeon and Gyne
Il cologist. Hours, / to $50. and to p.
m Sundays by appointment. Office and resi-
dence. lS North Main st. Ielephone, 261.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-05-17

JORDAN & SON, Optometrists. Office. Elliot
- St. Specialists in the correction of defective
vision Esxi mination, 9 to Il a. m. 1.30 to p m.
Evenings, Monday and Saturday, to 9. Special
anrnirt rner,ta at Ennr conYanience. Tel 81 NJ. If
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-05-17

DR. H. P. GREENE. Physician and Surgeon.
IL Office Bank block. Hours 8 30 a. m,
1 to 3, and z to p. m. Residence, 81 Green
st. Telephone connections.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-05-17

DR. G. B. HUNTER, Williston block, over
IL SCOTS grocery. Office hours, / to p.
m, $50 to p. N. Residence, West Brattle-
horO-
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-05-17
Professional Cards
S. s. WATSON, ERIK

DR. HENRY TUCKER Residence 8
IL Grove street, telephone, 258. OF
fee, Leonard block. Hours 100 to and
to s. Telephone 29-l.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-05-17

DR. w. H. LANE, office and residence, 80 n.
- Main st. Office hours: Mornings until 8 );
Afternoons until 23O; evenings until 8. Tel430
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-02-11
Misunderstood

Clarence was usually so rest
less and fdgety in church that his
mother was obliged to reprove
him from time to time. One Sun
day he was so quiet and well-be-
haved that his mother noticed it
and spoke approvingly.
What a good little boy Clar-
ence was in church today" she
said Mamma was so proud of
you"
well" said Clarence, 81 had
to be. The choir looked right at
me, and sang over and over
again: Please, be still please, be
still.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-02-11
HIS DEFENSE

In the courthouse an Irishman
stood charged with stealing a
watch from fellow citizen. He
stoutIy denied the impeachment,
and brought a counter-accusation
against his accuser for assault
and battery committed with
frying pan. The judge was in
clined to take a common-sense
view of the case, and, regarding
the prisoner, said:
why did you allow the prose
cutor, who is a smaller man than
yourself, to assault you without
resistance? Had you nothing in
your hand to defend yourself
WITH"
"Bedad, your honor, said
Pat, Il had his watch, but what
was that against a frying PAM"
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-02-11
POOR KID.

Which did baby resemble the
more-its father or mother? Its
parents were, to put it charitably,
not very progressing, nor was
the baby; so, to settle the matter,
they finally resolved to refer it to
arbitration,
"I'll ask old Father B. to step
Ain and see. baby, said its proud
father, He never spoke a fatter-
ing word in his life, and we may
trust his verdict implicitly"
So Farmer B, was called in,
and, after pinching the baby to
ksee. what it looked like when cry
ing, he wrinkled his forehead.
We'll" he began, while the
parents listened eagerly Sits the
will O. Providence, no doubt, but
FITS hard on the nipper, for all
sthat. 1t has a look of both of
you"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-02
Thrifty Napoleon

The Emperor Napoleon l., dressed in
plain clothes, often visited the markets
of Paris Ii order TO learn the current
prices OF foad and find out whether his
household officers served him with hon
esty and economy. In Foreign Reminis-
eences.' Richard Lord Holland says that
this was only one illustration of the Em-
peror's thrift and shrewdness.
When the Tuileries was being repaired
Y ,foleon suspected that the upholsterer's S
-. ~ rs we're higher than they should be.
Sc asked one of his ministers who was
him how much the ivory egg at the
"a of the bell rope ought to cost.
Il do not KNOW" was the answer.
at shall be ascertained," said Ma
poleon.
Thereupon he cut off the ivory handle.
called for valet. bade him dress him
self in plain clothes. inquire the price of
such articles at several shops In Paris,
and order a dozen as IL for himself.
The valet bought them for two-thirds of
the price that the Emperor had had TO
pay. Napoleon, inferring that the same
overcharge had been made in the other ar
ticles, deducted third from the entire
account, and informed the tradesman
that IL was done at his own express COM
mand, because on investigation he had
found the charges to be exorbltant.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-02
THE OWNING ROD
Report of Geological Survey on
Uselessness of "Water Witch"

The United States geological survey
states in water-Supply Paper 255 entitled
Underground Waters for Farm use,''
just reissued. that no appliance. either
mechanical or electric, has yet been de-
vised that will detect water In places
where plain common sense and close OBJ
servation will not show its presence Just
as we'll Numerous mechanical devices
have been proposed for detecting the pres
ence of underground water. ranging in
complexity from the simple forked branch
are entirely honest in the belief that the
working of the rod is influenced by agen-
cies-usually regarded as electric currents
following underground streams OF water
that are entirely Independent Of their
own bodies, and many people have inn
plicit faith in their own and others abil-
ty to locate underground water in this
way. In experiments with a rod made
from q forked. branch ii seemed TO turn
downward at certain points Independent
of the operators will. but more complete
tests showed that this downturning re-
suited from slight and, until watched for,
unconscious muscular action, the effects
of which were communicated through the
arms and wrists to the rod. No move
ment OF the rod from cause outside of
the body could be asl.s -.ed, and it soon
became obvious thai the view held by
other men of science = correct-that the
operation OF the "ssysning rod is gener-
-..sy due to unccn sclons movements of
the body of the ,s.ascles OF the hand.
Tire experiments i-..ae show that these
.1ia ements occur most frequently at
places where the operators experience
has led him to believe that the water
may be found.
The uselessness of the divining rod is
indicated by the facts that II may be
worked at Will by the operator. that he
fails to detect strong water currents in
tunnels and other channels that afford
no surface Indications of water. and that
his locations In limestone regions where
water flows in well-defined channels are
not more successful than chose dependent
on mere guess. In fact. II &, ,,erators are
successful only in regions IN which
ground water occurs in a definite sheet
of porous material or in more or less
clayey deposits, such as pebbly clay
or till. In such regions few failures can
occur. for wells can get water almost
anywhere.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-02
BOY ACCIDENTALLY
SHOOTS MOTHER
While Trying to Protect
Parent, Wounds Her
With Gun

Admission, February 1.--(speciaL1-=Mr
.tnnie MeCurrv of 30 West Ninth street
Lad her right breast torn from her body
by a load of shot Friday night and lies
wounded at a local hospital
Eunice Pitts. . years old. is being held
IN the police In connection with the
shooting.
The most reliable report of the affair
Is that John. Tom and Ethel McCurry,
of Mrs. Annie McCurry. a widow
about 10 years old, vre coming from
their work at a mill FL day night. when.
upon approaching their nome, they heard
& commotion. apparently coming from the
house. John. a youngster about L years
cid, ran ahead Of his sister and brothers
and reached the house first Lying upon
tie doorsteps he saw his mother gasping
for breath and heard sounds of distress
lie saw Eunice Pitts choking her.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-02
JOHN WALLACE TO
GO TO WASHINGTON.
Game Commissioner to Ap-
pear Before Committee in
Interest of M'Lane Bill

Montgomery. February Especially
At the invitation of John L Burnham,
secretary of the American Game Pro-
teetive association of New York city,
John H. Wallace Jr.. state game and
fish commissioner, viii appear before
a congressional committee of the House
of Representatives, at Washington. on
February D for the purpose of aiding
the passage of the McLane bill. pro-
viding for federal protection for migra-
tory birds. The bill has passed the
United States Senate, and will come up
in the House within the next week or
two. II is understood that representa-
tives from all those states Interested
in the passage of the bill will go to
Washington and urge the House com
mittee to give it favorable consdera-
ton
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-02
CAPITAL CASES
FOR THIS WEEK
Many Defendants Are White
Men-.Iudge Fort to
Preside

Judge William Il Fort will preside
over the first division of the criminal
court next week and will take up the
capital docket ser for the week Many
of the defendants are white men and
Include two Killings by officers, that of
Henry d. Perkins. sanitary Inspector,
who shot and killed Greek at Pratt
city and that of John White, constable
of precinct so. who shot and killed
Mrs. Annie monaghan at Mineral
Springs. while attempting to arrest her
husbands
The docket set for the week is as
follows:
Chat SHELTON, robbery. Jack Epps.
criminal ASSAULT Richard B Ellis
criminal assault; Luther Snow. muir
der; John White. murder Leila Will
liams. murder; Henry D. Perkins, muir
der; Ed Williams, murder; John Bryant,
murder: Israel Jones. murder John
Wallace. robbery; Henry Bowman,
murder: sid Smith, murder, VIII Lloyd.
murder; Richard Lewis, murder
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-02
TWO POSTOFF|CES
ARE CONSOLIDATED

Decatur. February 1-(Special) y
Postmaster William Moseley OF Decatur
received an official notice from Wash
ington, D. c.. this morning to the ef-
feet that the postoffice at New Decatur
had been consolidated with the Decatur
postoffice and that New Decatur will
therefore become sub-station of De-
catur office.
Some time ago this consolidation was
made but the order was later rescinded
II is believed that the consolidation has
been made this time for the purpose of
erecting federal building here for
the benefit of both cities.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-02

RAILROADS AID TO
TEACH GEOGRAPHY

Chicago. February 1.-"Teaohing geo
graphy by maps and pamphlets issued by
railroad companies is far more effective
than by the regular school geography"
said Assistant Superintendent of Schools
James w. McCalley in an address to-
day.
"rhe railroad pamphlets are written in
a more interesting style than our text
books on geography and they make more
of an appeal to the pupils. School geo
graphies are all right for adults who
are studying them with a definite inten-
ton; but. for the young pupil who alb
serbs only what rresistibly catches his
mind. the railway literature method is
far the better of the two