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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-03-06

dedication of the memorial will take place
next June
New York's interest IS that the poet
passed the most productive period of his
career in this state. He was Vermont s
by the accident of birth, but belonged to
the Empire. State by virtue of his mature
choice. Born at Highgate, he was
graduated from Middlebury College, adj
mitted to the bar at St. Adams, Vt, after
four years study at Lockport, n Y; was
attorney general of Vermont for term
and unsuccessful candidate for governor
on the Democratic ticket in 1859 ard 1860.
His literary bent overcoming his in
terest in the law, he came to New York
City, the literary centre of the country,
after his second rejection at the polls,
and until 1872 gave himself to writing and
ecturing. Then he became editor of the
the Albany Journal, post he held for
many years He died at Albany in 1887.
Had SAKE lived in the present day he
would undoubtedly have become column
conductor for daily newspaper and
amassed great wealth. As 1T was, although
highly productive and with graceful
talent hardly equalled in his generation, he
knew times when he worried about meet
ing his bills Today he is remembered
only by fragments, the best known OF
which perhaps is:
! do not like you, DR. Fell
The reason why | cannot tell,
And yet | know, and know full well,
| do not like you, DR.. Fell
And here is stanza from The Super
like lightness of his touch:
| long have been puzzled to guess,
And so | have frequently said,
What the reason could really be
That ! never have happened to
wed;
But now it is perfectly clear
! am under a natural ban
The girls are already assigned
And I'm a superfluous man.
1t was the last legislature of Vermont
which decided to pay belated tribute to
| this Green Mountain poet. commission
| consisting of one representative each from
| the house and senate and f. j. Chamber
| lain of Ottawa, representing relatives OF
SAKE, purchased plot of ground at the
intersection of the highways near the SAKE
homestead in Highgate and placed there
| a boulder from the shore of nearby Lake
Champlain. On this has been affixed 9
bronze tablet, the inscription on which
reads:
The State of Vermont dedicated this
memorial to John Godfrey SAKE, poet
lawyer and journalist \ loyal and be
loved son of Vermont. Born June ,, 1916
Died March %, 1887.
The governor, members Of the Legislature
and descendants of the poet will attent
the dedication in June, that month havini
been selected as post likely to provld
agreeable weather.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-03-06

Announcement of the engagement of
the Duchess de Nalentinois. adopted
daughter of Prince Louis of Monaco, on
" son of the ruler of that tiny prin-
cipality, serves to recall the fact that
the throne of Monaco is the only old
world throne ever shared by an Ameri-
horn woman. The woman who
gained this distinction was the second
wife of Prince Albert. the present ruler,
and originally was Miss Alice Heine,
daughter of an immensely wealthy He
brew banker of New Orleans. She was
first married to the Duke of Richelieu,
French nobleman. He died in 1880,
and some years afterward she married
the Prince of Monaco, from whom she
later secured a divorce.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-03-06
To the Insuring Public

The Green Mountain Mutual Fire
Insurance Co. was organized for the
two-fold purpose of securing insurance
ut cost, and to keep within the State
a part of the Millions of dollars now
given to outside companies each year
It's growth has been phenomenal
There was written the first six months
over $2,000,000 OF insurance for Yer
monters, and encouragement should be
given to a company that can give
high grade protection at cost
It's affairs arc in the hands of the
following well-known Nermonters,
who are Trustees of the Company:
II. j. NJ. Jones, G. L. Blanchard, Z.
II. Deavitt, W. f. Harlow, H. Daniels,
II. j. Volholm, and w. A. Ellis, of
Montpelier; L. A. Cobb. Of Island
Pond; S. A. Daniels, of Brattleboro;
JAS. +. Dewey, of Quechee; j. w.
Fowler, of Manchester; A. B. Moves, of
st. Johnsbury; M. l.. Powell. of Bur
Gngton; c. E. Schoff, of St. Adams. and
L. l.. Walker, of Bellows Falls, VT.
Policies are issued upon three plans:
Assessment, Dividend and Stock, thus
meeting the wishes of the assured for
the form of insurance that he prefers
1t is equipped to care for large lines of
insurance and the public who have not
bcen able to secure as much Mutual in.
surancc in the past as they desired car
now obtain the same with this Company
provided their property is in elias,
acceptable to them.
Most every one has property to III
sure and since the cost of living has in
creased, they do not take into consid
Grafton the cost of replacing theil
property in ease of fire and are only
carrying the same amount of insurance
as they were before the war.
Look over your insurance policies
See if you are satisfied with the rat,
you are paying. See if you have enough
insurance to protect you.
See if you cannot patronize a Hom
Company and secure your insurance a
cost.
Correspondence is solicited from
those desiring to place fire insurance o
from those who wish information abou
the Company and the cost of insurin2
We have some very desirable terri
tory to offer prospective agents.
Yours very truly,
GREEN MOUNTAIN MUTUAL
FIRE ms. CO., INC
Montpelier, Vermont.
-AdG
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-03-06
Rabbit the Man.
(Northfield News. J

Well, we have three candidates for gov
ernor, and they are all good ones. Not a
deuce in the deck. When they get start
ed there was rush. We will soon know
all about their platforms and policies.
Naturally there is difference of opinion
regarding favorites, all depending on
whom you are talking to. The News
picked up quite a bit of this passing
through" Montpelier
The way we look at it Fred Babbitt
has the qualifications to give Vermont
he kind of government we are all looking
for. He has the business training that
has been demonstrated time and again as
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-03-06
State of Vermont Erecting
Monument Near Birth
place in Highgate
NEW YORK INTEREST
FELT FOR POET
Made His Reputation as Lecturer and
Writer In That City-Was Graduate
of Middlebury and Admitted to Bar
at st. Adams.

NEW YORK, March 6New York,
both city and state, has an interest in the
completion Of monument near his birth
place at Highgate, VT, just south Of the
canadian line, to John Godfrey SAKE, the
lightesthearted poet of his day The
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-03-06
FARMERS RAISE OATS.
Increase of Automobiles Does Not Re-
duce Production of Horse Feed.

WASHINGTON, March 6-Ameri-
can farmers are not reducing their
acreage of oats because of the rapidly
increasing use of automobiles aud
trucks, on the theory that the morse
and mule were being made back num-
Der, according to a report by experts
of the department of agriculture. They
have made a special study of the sit
uation and say:
"'The number of horses and mules
on farms, if decreasing, is doing so at
q rate so slow as to have little or no
effect on the oat crop Furthermore
statistics show that American farmers
are not cutting down the total oat
acreage but are actually increasing it
A great number of American farmers
particularly in the corn belt. are jus
tilted in making extensive sowings 81
oats each year.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-03-06

The Reformer publishes herewith some
of the more important newspaper com
ments on the race for the Republican
nomination for governor now getting
under way. That of the Bellows Falls
Times, the home paper of Frederick II.
Babbitt, is of especial interest because
of its comparison of the three candidates.
In its reference to Mr.. .Hartness as 1.-The
Henry Ford of Vermont" it has created
an appellation which may possibly last
throughout the campaign. The comments
follow.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-03-06

The best inks in the world are the
oldest. They We're chiefly made of lamp
black, like the present Indian and Chinese
inks. Many ancient Roman documents
which are preserved in museums, though
two thousand years old, have the writing
on them as black as the day when it was
written
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-03-06
VERMONT NEWS.

1t is understood that the plant of the
Backus Heater and Foundry company at
Brandon which was burned Monday night,
will be rebuilt at once on much larger
and improved scale.
The state forester IS investigating the
gypsy moth conditions this spring again
and is keeping close tabs on it. In years
gone by the officials have been able to
keep it within the tier of towns nearest to
the Connecticut river. This year reports
indicate there may be little of the trouble
in the second tier of towns
The reports coming from several towns
school directors to the commissioner of
education indicate that in nearly every
instance the towns voted additional money
for the purpose of increasing the pay OF
the teachers as well as increasing the
money to be spent other ways on schools.
Timothy r. Merrill. who was elected
city clerk and treasurer at the city meet
Ng at Montpelier Tuesday, has served the
city over 30 years, giving the best part
of his life in the duties of that Office He
was first assistant to his father in the Of
] flee and some few years ago before Mont
pelier became city which was in 1895
| he was elected town clerk Then when tht
/ change to city government occurred he wa:
elected city clerk which office he ha,
since held Some claim he has given til
longest time in Office 81 any town clerl
in the State In addition to that he ha
been leader of the Montpelier Militar,
band for about 35 years and had playe'
With it some years before becoming lead
or of the organization.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-03-06
HARIzNE,SS SPOKEN or AS
VERzNDNT'S HENRI FORD
Bellows Falls Paper Creates This Title in Comparison Of
Three Candidates for Governorship - Other Com
ment from Papers in Different Parts of State

ing executive ability along untried lines.
In his other offices the trail has always
been blazed by others. Mr.. Emery may
be a good mayor of Newport. If so, he
ought to be left there to 90 to school a
little longer before the business of a
great corporation like the state of YER
mont is placed in his hands.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-03-06

The wives of many English fishermen
keep black cat in the house, in the
belief that doing so assures their hus-
bands safety at sea.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-02-18
KAHN SEEKS
BATTLE WITH
SPEEDY TEAM.
Lumberport May Play Here
Tomorrow Night or
Saturday Night.

Fairmont High may have TO take
on another battle before the contest
with Parkersburg on Friday night,
or perahps II will be staged the fol-
lowing night. Coach Kahn is en-.
deavoring to arrange a game with the
Lumberport High team on the Nor
NAL floor or either tomorrow night or
Saturday night and will likely know
some time today whether or not the
deal will go through. Coach Kahn
was In Lumberport last night as ref
cree in the game between Lumber
port and Clarksburg and took. theiin-
itial steps toward the :aines with
Lumberport. Lumberport has game
with Wallace for Saturday night, and
II this can be set back a few days.
Lumberport will come here for
game Saturday evening. Tomorrow
night Is also open and the game may
be played then, but tomorfuw's date
is not as attractive to the Lumberport
manager as Saturday night. II the
game is played tomorrow hight, twill
mean the players will have to jump
into the hay just as soon as possible
after the game, as the team starts for
Petersburg early Friday morning.
In case the game is played Saturday
1t will also be hard lines for the To-
calls, as they will meet the big Lum-
berport bunch Just after the long trip
and hard game with the Wood county
aggregation.
All the local men are In good shape
and will likely be IN fine fettle for Che
game Friday night at Parkersburg.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-02-18
These Bowlers Talk Just Like
Big League Baseball Players

With their well and somewhat fav-
orably known captain, A. Ray Mapel,
ESQ.,, rolling with care and dignity
and much success; with Roy Jenkins
exceeding his fondest hopes as a pin
knocker and with Hood Satterfield
doing as well as might be expected,
as the doctors say, the West virginian
Prints had no overwhelming Difficult
ties in taking three straight games
from the Owens Bottle bowlers in the
Industrial league last night, and are
consequently prowling around the
office today seeking whom they may
infiict with long string of details as
to Just why they are such successful
bowlers.,
Take cap" Mapel, for instance.
He made los the first game,142 the
second and 1874 the third; and was
crying round this morning because
they would not allow him to bowl all
night in an effort to make a 900
score. II was going higher every
game" says Mapel. "and 1t would
only have been question OF time
until would have rolled perfect
score, providing they had permitted
me to go my way unhindered." 9th
err great men have failed of full pur-
pose in some endeavor just for the
lack of time, so there is no need for
Mapel to go into the dumps about the
matter. And there is. little Roy Jen-
kins, talking SO fast about the game
today taht one has to throw handful
of periods at him once in awhile, so
he will halt long enough to get a
fresh cargo of air on board Roy
rolled LOG. III and 1873, and on Ma
pel's theory would have made per-
feet score in the due course of time.
Hood Satterfield was low man in the
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-02-18
Cap Neal Gives
Views on Meetings

CHICAGO, Feb. 1S.-Cap Teal, own
er of the Louisville team in the Ameri.
can Association, has an idea that all
baseballers should unite for one big
meeting each winter and then let base.
ball rest until the training season.
starts.
Here we have two or three meet.
ings year of the big fellows and no
end of meetings by the minors, etc.
"Why couldn't we all get together
at one time and place and not leave
there until business is finished?
81 have an idea that such meet.
ing, II held at French Lick, Ind, would
prove the ideal program.
"The magnates wouldn't be scat
tered oil over town. They'd have one
hotel to live in and to meet in and
they'd be around when you wanted to
see them.
"And a few days at French Lick
would be real vacation for everyone.
too"
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-02-18
HOW WOULD YOU
LIKE THIS GAME?
A Few Pointers About the
Cuban Sat- of Jal-
Alai.

HAVANA, Feb. 1S.-While support.
ers of baseball in the United States
are convinced that the faint of gam.
bling must be removed If the game
is to continue to thrive, in Cuba the
national sport of jai-alai is chiefly a
device for heavy betting.
II there exists here an, Of the re.
form element always active, in the
United States, certainly it is not in
evidence.
Jai-alai, pronounced "high.a.lie," Ii
one OF the sights which every Amer
lean tourist is urged not to miss.
The game resembles handball on q
big scale. The players wear. strapped
to their right hands narrow, curved
baskets. or cestas, with which they
scoop the ball out of the air and fling
( 1t against the end wall of a court 21O
feet long. Most of the players come
from Spain. The game is learned by
children, bouncing balls against the
walls of buildings. Unbelievable skill
and swiftness are displayed.
Three nights a week the great
blacked-walled concrete jai-alai build
ing is thronged. Seat prices range
from so cents to S12. The attendance
averages 1000. Thousands of dollars
in wagers change hands.
Opposing teams are distinguished
by blue and white blouses and on the
scoreboard are marked the changing
odds, which are determined after the
futual system. Betting commissioners
| in hlanlS iaplyafc md rod caDS oiro,,Iaf,
among the crowds soliciting wagers.
One continuous uproar, which
sounds more historical than the root
ing Of baseball fans, gives to the jai
alai building the nickname palace
of Noise"
The players, many of whom remain
top-notchers for more than 20 years
despite the fact that the game is far
more strenuous than baseball, refresh
themselves with rum and brandy in
the rest periods. Jafalai professionals
all wear mustaches and resemble the
! photographs OF big-league stars taken
| 80 years ago.
! Rumors of crookedness are numer
Gus, and elaborate efforts are taken
to prevent the fixing" of games. The
umpires are players and every match
lis watched by three of them, one Of
whesa has the deciding voice in dis
pute between the other two.
Jai-alai was introduced into Cuba
from Spain shortly after the Spanish
American war. General Wood, when
governor of Cuba, was an enthusiastic
devotee of the game and an accom-
plished player.
l A.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-02-18

session but he caught the spirit of
the other two after the game and is
growing today about what will hap
pen in the next session he gets into.
On the Owens team Conley was the
best man, rolling over the 100 mark
in all the games.
In the second match OF the even
ing, the Mining Machinery company
had no trouble taking three straight
from the Wall Plaster company, some
very consistent and clever rolling be-
ing done by the Mining Machinery
bunch. In this contest the Plasterers
used four men, Cole rolling for H.
Wyckoff in the third game. The
scores:
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-02-18
hree andTwo

A majority of the baseball critics
look for Cleveland to cop in the
american League race this season.
Perhaps the same percentage of
sscribes are picking the Reds in the
National, with Pittsburgh, New York
and Chicago freely mentioned when
.rennantata1 is opened.
They're all great friends until the
battle starts, Kid Gleason and Hughey
Jennings greet each other in the hotel
/ by tipping their hats.
Babe Ruth may be modest, but he
Is good in arithmetic.
The Ban Johnson suits cost the
New York YANKEES 100000. And they
cost Banra lot of sleep.
Rumor was circulated about that
Ban was going TO resign now. Ban
gets $50, 600 a year. Form your own
opinion as to the verac:ty of the ru-
NOR:
And Ban is no longer the car OF
the American League. He is Just the
president. He can now buy brown
derbies ready to wear.
Fred Clark, who used to manage
the birds on: the Pittsburgh National
bah club is now spending a lot of
time breaking the birds. He can reg
ist 40 out of so birds with an ordin-
sary Shotgun.
Businessmen in Rock Island. H.,
are digging dep into their jeans and
VIII go deeper to support baseball
club They, are back again in the
Three Eye Circuit. Fans are out to
form 100000 Attendance" club
for 1920.
Fred Mitchell has added the pony
battery iunket for the spring train.
ing camp OF the Clubs. Rudy Weber,
ec,ithpaW pitcher with control" and
Billy Rostizer. catcher-said to be a
second Ray Schalk, have been booked
from Benton Harbor team. They
have never played professional ball.
Cory Dplan has got job for this
summer which he likes very much
He viii act as coach and scout for
the Chicago Cubs in the future. Cozy
managed the st. Joseph club in the
Western League last season.
The baseball war has ended in a
!compromise. The suits against Ban
Johnson are dismissed, Mays is
awarded to the YanlIs, and that club
gets third placesin the league last sea-
son, and some Of The authority of
johnson in the matter of punishments
ARE abated. e5t
It IS rumored that Chicago. New
York and Cincinnati are bidding for
the seryices4ofs Bpoa Rixey, the star
gouthpaw of the Phils. Pres. Baker OF
the .Phils, however, says that Rixey
is not for sale. Chicago is understood
to have offered three players for the
big southpaw.
Mack Wheat promising young
;catcleE has been purchased from
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-02-18
SALEM lost
TO6SPEEDERS
At FA|RV|EN
Boyers Men Made No Less
Than 50 Points During
the Battle.

Coach Boyer's Fairview tossers had
another BAD night last night and dis.
appointed a large crowd of fans who
assembled for the contest at Fairview
BY being able to make only SO points
against Salem high school, while Sa,
lem was rolling up the big total of 10.
The Fairyiew team runs anywhere
from S5 to 81 or -9s points a game and
the people out in that neck Of the
weeks are not satisfied any more with
that and think the limit should be
boosted to we'll over the 100 mark at
least. But putting all jokes aside, the
Fairyiew bunch sure was out for blood
last night and the way they passed
and shot was a treat to all those pres
tent There was nothing to the game
but Fairyiew from the start to finish.
Coach Boyer will take his men t.
Grafton Friday night for game ana
viii play Terra Alta on Saturday even
ing. The score:
Salem, 10. Fairview, 80.
Forward
hCasey 4. ~. <. !. 80. Snodgrass
I Forward
tLynch NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. smith
Center
lie Barre .s........... Jarvis
Guard
Graham ................... Ammons
Guard
Substitutions: Nicholson for Casey.
fB. Ammons for Stewart, Wilson for
FSmith. Field goals, Randolph, 81;
Fouls, Lynch, 10 out of 16; Snodgrass,
4 out of s,
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-02-18
c AN GET
SPAIN away
FROM SPORTS
Bull Fights and Pelota Still
Cling to Hearts of
spaniards.
[By Associatcd Pressl


NEW YORK, Feb. 1S.-While ath.
ittes is almost every form of sport
will represent nearly every country
on the globe during the Olympic
Games at Antwerp, Belgium, this year,
a recent survey of the field on sports
in Spain does not give promise of an
extended entering of Spanish rcpres-
entatiyes in many of the events on the
varied program.
All efforts 10 wean the Spaniards
from his national pastimes of bull
fighting and oelota have met with
scant favor SO far. He may say that
bullfighting is conducted mainly for
foreigners on Spanish soil but Just
the same IL all the foreigner2 in that
country were gathered together they
would form only very small proper
ton of the crowds which flock to
Plaza de Toro in Madrid and other
bull rings throughout the country on
Sundays.
BY getting together quite large
stable of thoroughbreds, King Alfonso
has endeavored to interest his people
of some of his Weather subjects has
succeeded in organizing race meeti-
ings at Madrid, Barcelona, Santandar
and San Sebastian from spring until
autums. Rich prizes both in money
and plate in addition to the Kings
patronage as regular attendant fail
to attract many patrons. From Easter
tide until November each year, how
ever, tibet bullrings are generously
patronized in marked contrast to the
attendance at the counter attractions
on the race courses every Sunday
during the season.
Golf is played in the vicinity of the
Spanish cities by foreigners and Span.
iards who have lived abroad. Casual
interest only has been aroused in the
Scotch game, however, so far as the
public is concerned. Last January this
diffidence was illustrated forcibly
when the final match round for the
Kings Cup was played on the Madrid
links last January and leading
newspaper announced that fact the
following morning but failed to men.
tion either the name or the score Of
the winner. . s.e---s,--
Attempts TO introduce tennis and
football have not produced a ma
tional following as yet and as for box
ing some of the newspapers have criti-
cized it severely as brutal pastime
Polo is played to some exent but this
is due to the proximity Of the British
garrison at Bigralter and the en-
couragement given to it by King Al.
fonso and several noblemen but it is
not game for the general public.
Association football was introduced
to Spain about 20 years ago and it is
now popular amongst the younger
generation. This invigorating past.
time seems TO be gaining favor every
year and some look upon 1t as pos
sible rival of bull fighting in the flu.
ture. If Olympic entries art made II
will be in the coccer and tennis com
petitions.