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several yeuis ago. He has. nl^o. been I publicly thanked for heroic work in stopping runaway horses, making one ' particularly daring stop of a team, the | driver of which was Miss I£ate Boyle.! several years ago.The cleverest piece of work, by many I considered, of Sergt. Crowley s, was that of his arrest of George W. Gage, a tricky swindler who was caught in I the act of working his game in De-vines trunk store. Merrimack street. November 23. 1898. Gage was rated as a wonder at the swindling game, and I w as known as Harry Harris and Har-I ry Sawyer by police in different parts I of the country.LCWELL MAN HAS SUIT AGAINST SANDFORDAuburn. Me.. Feb. 7.—Fred G. McGregor of Lowell. Mass.. who has been | an attendant at the trial of the Rev. Frank W. Sand ford for manslaughter at the supreme court In Auburn, has a ! suit against Mr. Sandford now entered j in the supreme court of Massachusetts. | I Mr. McGregor is the man who gave Mr. Sandford the white horses and . | chariot, and it is to recover property given to the Elijah and David of the , H - a Sisuit has been brought.Mr. McGregor says that he first met Mr. Sandford at Old Orchard in 1*94. Later he enlisted in his army of workers. “When I went to Shiloh, said Mr. McGregor. I sold my house and other property and gave the proceeds to Mr. Sandford together with the horses and chariot. In all I turned about $4000 into his hands for the Lord's work.Regarding the nature pf his suit against Mif Sandford. he said: I have attached his property in Boston for $3500. which I claim he obtained from me.”What about the horses?” he was asked by the reporter.1 gave them to Mr. Sandford for.God's work, with the understanding that they were to stay on the hilltop. He sold them to an Auburn man. These horses are a part of the charges in the bill of attachments. The chariot has been replevined.”BALLADE OF VARIOUS BARDS.Let they that reverence his name,Their laurels offer unto Moore.Or incense burn to Shelley’s fame.Or Chaucer's fearsome rhymes adore, Who would deny them deathless bays.Is careless of Apollo's curse.But to the hards I yield my praise.V ho manufacture street-car verse.' * When you're married your trouble be-! gins.1 Unless you adopt them Coal Dust twins.”Prate not to me of Keats or Scott.| Of Dante's woe. of Tasso's tears!Those bygone bards. I heed them not.—I Their fame belongs to other years, j Their songs were well enough. 1 trow.. And many a rhymster warbles worse: ) But note the poets scribbling now'.I Who manufacture street-car verse, j ‘ Whenever the baby has the croup,I Give her a gallon of Simpson’s Soup.”Ben Jonson's plays I little prize.I Nor do I care for Burns or Pope.I Give me some ode to hooks and eyes,! or blithesome roundelay on soap!J I love the lays to yeasts and lards, j And all my plaudits I disburse,| On sole behalf of blazoning bards.| Who manufacture street-car verse.; Observe the healthfood maker s smile,—! His sawdust brings him quite a pile,| Hfs frontispiece is smeared with guile— The guile-that-won't-come-off! ’L'ENVOI.Dead poets. Fame your glory guards!I celebrate in accents terse.Those living rhymeters. genial bards. Who manufacture street-car verseWill S. Adkins in Puck.A CARD.Wf. the undersigned, do hereby agrea to refid the money on a 50-cent bottle of Greene’s Warranted Syrup of Tar if It fails to cure your cough or cold. We also guarantee a 26-cent bottle to prove, satisfactory or money refunded.A. V.. Dows Co., F. P. MoodyI A. K Moors, Elllngwood Co.F II. Butler, Rochette Dellsle! E. F. McEvoy, Brunnelle PharmacyCarleton llovey Carter Sherburne F. C. Gocdell, Falls BurkinshawA. Thomasson, A. F. Story CaPopular Last Year Will Be More So This YearSergt. John B. Crowley, the third and last survivor of Lite famous civil service class of 1887, was born in Lowell, in 1S62. llis education was gleaned in the local schools. Appointed on February 8, 1887. as a supernumerary. his llrst regular beat was on the early night shift, near thq old post j office. In Merrimack street. In I90 lie went to the Acre,” doing day work. In 1893 he walked the old H. M. I station route, in Central street, and in 1894 was on day duty in Merrimack square. He was promoted to a ser-geantey in 1909, acting since with Lieut. Brosnan on the early night shift.Sergt. Crowley has been twice publicly commended for work in capturing pickpockets, getting one of them right at bis work in the Opera bouse,THE—-AUTOCARCall and examine the new and important feature in this year’s car.THE SAWYER CARRIAGE CO.AGENTSOrders Taken for Early Delivery.
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Lowell Daily Courier
Lowell, Massachusetts, US
Mon, Feb 08, 1904
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