The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-25
MONROE GIRL A. DOUBLE OF 1e sES
 MAUDE ADAMS
And She's Even Prettier Than
 Famous Actress in Some Re- spects
,Newsy Letter from the Fine Old Town of MOnrOe-The Versa tile Mir. Shelton
Special to the Farmer.) . fRy Arthur w. Erenoh.)

Monroe, July 25-A girl there. lives in, Monroe and her name is-well, she Is pleasingly noticeable, anyway, for being a perfect double of that famous and charming actress, Miss Maude Adams. This Monroe replica, or pro- totype, is now of the bud age-"stand ing with reluctant feet, where the brook and river meet" There's the seemingly selfsame facial features un- der an aureole of Titan colored tresses, the like willowy figure and stature, as we'll light and plaintive voice and mannerisms, possessed by Miss Adams, as the writer knew her in the waning years of her girlhood. And furthermore, Miss Maida Monroe that's euphonious-has all the attrib- utes of educational accomplishments ' and lowered with social graces, being locally widely known.
 The Nonowaug baseball club of East village met a defeat of 12 to by the White Hills, Saturday. They do say that if Burt had been put in the box Instead of Rice, it might have been different. Harry Andrews was the umpire. He is living.
 Edwin C.. Shelton is versatile and good natured all over. Let's see. He has been a legislator and held other offices. Also he is secretary of sev- eral societies here. a whist promoter, chairman of the town school commit tee. sTbenszs shes fhass been a school teacher and sonic more He also owns his 200 acre farm: saw and grlst mill, with staff of lieutenants, and lives on Busy streetflz But the real story of his prolific abilities is this: Marshall Beach and Mrs. Beach made a trip up to Canada last week. Ed was asked to tend the Beach store. Did he refuse? Not on your camera. He took hold like 'to the manner born" Why, before he swept out, daily, he sprayed the floor with sweet scented ammonia. He got six cents flor some papers of tobacco, weighed the eggs, hustled down cellar for vine lgar and pork, and up in the attic mo elevator-for bug death and empty barrels and to resurrect things He used care in keeping matches away from taking powder and bathed his hands after drawing kerosene, before he cut cheese or picked out cakes. No one was allowed to have a lean on the candy counter glass. He didn't 5have to use a cork screw to open soft drink bottles, either. Furthermore. his descriptive selling of Monroe post cards was too mesmeric. And after all, he showed to the good when the books 7vefen nbalHneed- Saturday night. This week he IS getting rested, he OA the board of governors of the Stove Club, that body, in due form, on the amen bench, gave him a compliment ary vote of thanks for his affable courtesies, at the week end.
 Monroe has some good-fellow resi- dents. who like to game capture any thing in the fur, fin and feather class. They are also beautiful weavers of s'fairy ta1es", suspiciously doped. Of course they are good ones, too, in their sports, but-well, that's another story. Now what. do you think of this? In the g1oarning, Or perhaps any other old time of the day, after they have come back, these sportsmen--it is all aeged-when recounting their luck with tn erod or gun, often give their conversation a little color and agita- tive atmosphere, by putting over their hearers assertions Sas follows: Say :? Why. Just as I was ready to land pounder, the biggest ever-he Topped off of the hook and got away" Or this: Gee. but that woodchuck was some big. fired and he turned ssomersets' back into his hole. He is there yet. I guess. Nothing doing. Hit him? Sure, Didn't I see blood on the ground?" And: 'Of course, I aimed a little bit too low for that partridge but you ought to see the . breast feathers fly. Then he drop ped into the bushes and I couldn't find him. Whats that you say about the Annanias club?" ..
 Edward Beardsley of Bagburn Hill, is some wise when it comes to catch ing anything in the game line! The other day he discovered the stone wall donicife of a fox. Then he just wanted that fox, for the pelt was worth a dollar or two and the bounty 41 per more. So he connived and watched. Seeing a baby fox out of the hole, cutting up, he captured the wee one and tethered it a string, to a nearby bush. This was the cause of mama fox hustling out to see what her offspring was making so much goo-goo abot1t.. -2 Then from his am- bush Ed shot Mrs Fox in a safe place and took the orphan home to bring up.
 That was a rattle ty-b bang and de- etructive thunder shower put over Monroe last Friday. Really, it was so dark,sin the first place, that spoul- try went to roost. The old people can't hark back to anything like it in their time. One man had to do his late morning milking by a lantern. A. D. Jacot's barn was struck and burn ed down. A COW was killed on the Clark Beerdsley place Joseph Lucas had his house roof ripped. On the Johnson place, East Village, a dead tree was set on fire, burning like d monster candle. All over town trees were. torn and splintered. Great day for natures power house.
 Joseph Gress who lived in Henry Renout's house with wife and six children, is creating mystery by his long absence, at least to outsiders. After some differences with his fam fly. 1t Is, alleged, he had an attack of the wander1ust over a month ago, and suddenly beat it down the pike to- wards Bridgeport. parts unknown, or somewhere. He may be going yet, for ought his folks know or say. His folks claim they are getting on all right without his wage support, still wondering why he does not come back and give up ESQ much foolishness of
 H. J. Lord is negotiating and pos sibly may buy the McEwen place in the Center. If he does, he will have the property put in a first class con- dition throughout
 Mfr and Mrs. Marshall Beach, who last week visited in Toronto and saw all surrounding points of interest, as well as Niagara Falls, returned Sat-