Connecticut western news., 1907-07-18

Joseph Fitzgibbon, assistant at the Catholic rectory, has been ill for the past six weeks, first with pneumonia and later symptom of appendicitis developed.
 Mrs. Eva Mesick, who has been i'll for the past year, has so far recovered as to be able to go to Albany and several other places visiting friends.
 Changers should remember the next regular meeting on the first Tuesday of next month. Come prepared for lec- turer's hour.
 The Odd fellows had an invitation to attend meeting at Millerton on Mon day night. SIX from Sharon attended and had fine time.
 The supplementary list of pupils who passed the High school examinations in- cludes the names of Olive Bierce, Ernest Davis, Raymond Dean, Gertrude Hosier.
 Miss Hattie Harrison was given a surprise party on Tuesday evening by a number of her friends at the home of her brother Frank Harrison and all had a good time.
 Pupils who have passed the entrance examinations are entitled to the regular certificate issued by the Board of Edu- cation of the town. signifying that they have completed in satisfactory manner the work of the eighth grade.
 The building of the graded school was damaged by lightning during the shower on July 6. One side of the cupola was torn out and at places in the upper hall the plaster was loosened from the walls.
 The final entertainment of the Sharon Entertainment Course for the season of 1907 will be given Friday evening, July 26. at the Casino. "Joshua's Courtship" will be produced by home talent. Tic kets will be put on sale at Sharon Phar- macy, Monday July 22. at 1 o'clock.
 About 75, both old and young gathered at the home of MT. and Mrs. F. N. Wheeler last Friday night for an old fashioned barn dance at which they all had fine time both in dancing and in the beauty of the barn in which Mrs. Piper took great deal of interest. Decker Turner and Husted were the musicians.
 Rember the lecture on Thunder and Lightning" at the Methodist church on Friday night of this week, commencing at 8 o'clock. Admission 25 cents. The lecture will be catechetical in form, and without illustration, unless Nature should chance to volunteer her free ser vices. By series of carefully prepared and answered questions the lecturer will seek to bring out variety of interesting phenomena of thunder storms, and at the close will be glad to have persons in the audience ask other questions on the subject, which he will answer if he can. The sharon Telephone Company is having it's troubles in Wassaic because of locations for poles. The company is trying to change the location of it's poles along the highway and place them nearer the fences. At present the poles are well out toward the road so it is not necessary to trim the trees and destroy their beauty. If the poles are put back near the fences, it will be necessary for the company to trim the beautiful shade trees and practically destroy many ot them and ruin the others. So far the people have been filling up the holes fo1 the new locations of the poles as fast as they are dug. John E. Mack is attorney for the property owners and he says the company will not be allowed to move the poles further in along the highway However, it can get private right oi way for $2 pole, so that it will not be necessary to go along the road. The total cost of this right of way to the com pany would be about $50. The Postal Telephone Company and the Hudson Telephone Company have already taken the private right of way so there will be no trouble as far as they are concerned