The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-26
BRIDGEPORT SPORTS SEE
 ROUGH AND TUMBLE FIGHT Crowd of 50 With Beer and Booze Watch the Settlement of an Old
 Grudge With Rare Fists.
STAMFORD
Especial to The Farmer

came over to watch two youngsters fight out an old grudge with their bare fists Neither of the contestants knew much about the art of boxing and the meeting was sort Of rough and tumble affair with frequent inter ruptions by friends of the fighters. At times a free for all was threatened Half a dozen residents of the vicinity were attracted to the scene. The af. fair was supposed to be the card Of attraction at club outing The aI- fair was over and the crowd pack officials got wind of it. The flght was conducted very quietly and no one in town was notified before hand.
 Stratford Briefs.
 Capt. Charles Plumb bound down the river in the Olive yesterday morn ing to keep a date with a 3O pound bass at the breakWater ran agrouno on Sniffen's point. A load Of Dlng- bats in the Mosie passed homeWard bound and threw Capt Plumb line which was made fast in the stern or the Olive. A few minutes strenuous work brought off the. Olive but the Dingbats were not satisfied With tnls performance. They continued up the river without stopping to cast the Olive loose. Not to be outdone Capt. Plumb started his engine and tug war followed which will long be re- membered by those who witnessed II. Capt. Plumb is an engine expert ana he got all the power the Oiive,s en- zine could furnish but he was unable to stop the Mosie and was obliged to submit to a ride up the river stern foremost and listen to the comments of the crowd of Dingbats in the other boat which were apropos ana enter taining except to the lone occupant of the second boat. Capt. Plumb T &f hA WHN said few things himself which woule not look well in print.
 Saturday Abe Wellington continued the improvements at Futile drug storo by putting in new oak floor. TO do this it was necessary to remove the fixtures behind the soda counter which had not been moved in the I8 years since they were located there. The place proved to be secret bank of no mean proportions for $1S.6 6o was picked up from the floor where it had been deposited unwlttlngly coin at a time. The money was all in silver coins of small denomina tions and nickles. Some of the coins were so badly corroded that 1t was necessary to submit them to an acid bath before their denomination could be ascertained.
 Owners of pleasure boats on ths river are wondering why the enter
 
 ter does not locate buoy on the sunken rocks at Sniffen's point. Sev-. eral boats have struck there this sea- son and the place is regarded as dangerous to any but those 1ntl- mately acquainted with the channel. At certain stages of the tide the rocks are entirely submerged and the long curve of the shore renders their posi- ton very obscure except to boatmen who have accurate ranges.
 Mrs. Mary l.. Rogerson left this morning for Boston where she will attend the national convention of the Daughters of Liberty as the repre-. sentative of the State Council of Con- necticut.
 MT. and Mrs. Charles c. Breyer and daughter are passing their vacations with Mrs. R. M. Bishop of Guilford, Mrs. Breyer's sister.
 A touring car bearing numbers c. 12357 and c. 4063 broke its real axle on the rough Ferry road near White street last night. Martin Knapp as- sisted the chauffeur in lacking up his car and placing skidS so that 1t was possible to tow the machine back to Bridgeport.
 Tree Warden Lally is at work to- day removing the big naples in front of Rudolph BankwitZ'S property on California street to make way for the widening ordered by the voters of the town. These trees have been the cause of two special town meetings they, like many other primeval in stitutions in the town are giving way to the march of progress. There are still others to follow notably the time honored rule of the self constituted oligarchy which will retire from the field after the coming election.
 A short time ago "Shang'' Wheeler received as a present from the cap tain of a steamer plying the Sound, a handsome land locked salmon weighing twenty pounds. The fish was one of the finest specimens ever seen here. MT. Wheeler made life size pen drawing of the fish which has been artistically framed and will be presented to the donor with the compliments of the artist. The draw ing is a. wonderfully accurate repre- sentation of the subject and has fers for the picture have been re- fused.
 Mrs. Edgar Mellor and daughter, Elizabeth who have been passing the summer with Mrs. John Park of East Broadway are in Clinton today the we'll known in Stratford.
 Mrs. Sterling Filmer of East Broadway is entertaining Miss Orel Hyman of Norwich for week.
 MT. and Mrs. William Leggett of Brooklyn are the guests of Mrs. Charlotte Thompkins of White street.
 Mir. and Mrs. H. W. Porter, who are now at Kansas City, report that the town was in the hands of the members of the Loyal Order of Moose whose convention was in session there. The whole town was delivered up to the Moose who had the finest kind of d time there
 Miss Eleanor Holmes of South Main street has given up her position with the D. M. Read Company of Bridge port and will devote herself to do- mestic duties hereafter.
 Robert W. .Herter, Lawrenceville Mo, who had been bothered with Kidney trouble for two years. says. 3I tried three different lxiude of LSS