Show Divining Rod 200 Years Old Winslow W Fiftold of Medford Mass owns a metallic divining rod brought from England more than two hundred years ago by of his ono ancestors an-cestors Tho rod says Mr Fifield has been used successfully all over New England and In the western mining districts It Is attached to whalebone handles 12 Inches long and weighs two ounces The handles havo Inscriptions on them which are almost obliterated by age Tho person who brought the rod to America was Isaac Qroenleaf who set tled In Massachusetts The rod became famous as a Under of water After narking tho place of many springs tho rod was used In California Colorado nd North Carolina for locating by men In quest of gold mines and other metals met-als One ptcson who used It with par Ucular success was a blind man In whose hands the rod Is said to havo done marvels |