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His mouth is enormous and his voice deep and resonant. He can make a noise like a wood saw which he maintains for 2 or 3 minutes without apparent effort, the sound buzzing on and on from some raysterious depths of his beihg with an~zing perfection of imitation.

	Any day during the baseball season ~Tohn may be seen sandwiched between his announcement boards, a large bell in one hand, crying the ball gaine of the day. “Old John“ to the youngsters; but f mdIng many a quarter dropped in his hand by the older men with mein— ones of gay hours and hearty laughter.