The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-05
TALL PINE OF PICKS MILL.
 MEETS CALIFORNIA TWIN
And Now the Pair Are InseparabIe Except When Parted By Urgent
 Business.
STAMFORD
Special to The Farmer.)

Especial to The Farmer)
 Stratford, Aug. 5-John Ince, leading
 man at Polls theatre in. Bridgeport for two seasofis, is a, close friend of George O. Lines, the Tall Pine of
 Roaring Brook. While in San Fran
 rose. and instructed him to hunt up
 Shorty" Lines and make his ac-
 Quaintance.
 He is your twin brother said Ince;
 land you will find him companion after your own heart.'' Melrose reach ed Bridgeport and commenced his work, but he never happened to run across. his double Despairing of ever meeting Shorty, he began a still hunt and succeeded in running down his quarry at the Amazon Hotel one afternoon. He asked Fritz Pfau if he knew Shorty Lines. Fritz informed Melrose that Shorty was then in the stuck out. his hand and said, with the true Western abandon which Shorty loves so we'll Hello. Shorty Lines" The Stratfordite was non-p1ussed for a moment, but introductions and ex- plantations followed and now these two worthies are as thick as two peas in a pod and as much alike. Both are six-and-a-half feet in height and built on the same lines. They are togeth- CT whenever the opportunity offers, and are, as stranger commented, "a good pair to draw to-
 J. Edward Elliot, amateur agricul- turist, piscatorial pirate, astronomical genius, and withal city editor of the Standard, is now passing his vacation at Silver Beach in Milford, which ac- counts for the small catch by fisher men in this vicinity for the last few days. ''You ought to have seen that r <1 11 ..Well, you'll think I'm lying if I tell you how large he was. But that is not the point After working two hours and finally landing the big fei- low I found that he had worked so hard to get away that he was per spring as freely as hoSs in close race.''
 Mrs. J. w. Rogerson last week en- tertained Mrs William Kirby of Colo rado Springs, Col, cousin, and John HIankinson of HackettStown N. J., her uncle Both the visitors passed Sun day with Mrs. R. M. Bishop in Guil- ford
 announced the engagement of their daughter, Miss Wilma Lauretta, to Clinton Delbridge Chase, son of MT. and Mrs. E. F. Chase, 2171 Main street, Bridgeport.
 A class of students from the Pres colt art school of Bridgeport have been sketching in this vicinity at ev cry opportunity this summer. The many picturesque spots about the town afford abundant material for land scape studies and some very meritor- ious work has been the result. Yes terday a party of students accompan- jed by Emil Prescott, the teacher, made studies in the vicinity of the old Booth homestead at Barnum avenue and King street. MT. Prescott finds more material in Stratford than in any town in this vicinity.
 Thomas Wilkes will soon move into his new bungalow on Wood avenue, and begin the real simple life. The is a model of convenience and a picturesque addition to the land- scape.
 Pierson & Johnson are building a on the Booth plot recently opened, for Mrs. G. w. Lacy of 30 Harriet street, Bridgeport. The house faces Nichols avenue and will be one of the handsomeSt in this section when finished.
 Capt. and Mrs. William Porter of White street will leave Wednesday for Kansas City. where the captain will attend the national convention of the fraternal Order of Moose, of which he tain will stop and sell a few cars of oysters.
 The Old Stratford team won from the crack team of Co. B. U. $. Engin- eers. yestedday, by a score Of IS to 6. That the soldiers were surprised is putting it easy. The game was one of the best ever played in town and the Stratford team complimented the soldiers for their uniformly gentle manly conGuct and fair dealing. The soldiers will not rest easy under the defeat, but will strengthen their team and tackle the shad eaters again be- fore the encampment is over. Ray McBride, who played third base and center field as a substitute, made a record and won place on the team. The old Stratfords played an almost errorless game, much to the surprise of those who know how long they have been retired ! 'tSmiler' Wark is out again on three legs after a weeks retirement with i sprained ankle.
 The Dingbat Cllrb4 will hold it's an- nual claInbake at Hickory Lodge, near Peck's Mill, next Sunday. Capt. !
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