Connecticut western news., 1908-05-14

Otto Tiedeman is able to be about again.
 G. s. Kirby and George Harris were in Hartford last week.
 Willard Baker spent Wednesday in New York city.
 Charles Miller is '.clerking it'' in E. F. Gillette's store.
 0. H. Van Deusen of Pittsfeld, Mass. was in town yesterday.
 Mrs. Elizabeth Prindle has been spending few days in New York
 Mrs. Henry Hoag is in Millerton' caring for one of Dr. Moore's patients.
 Harold Dakin and Dr. Chaffee have been spending few days in New York.
 John Fl. Bennett has returned to East Canaan after spending the winter here.
 Robert Livingston and E. F. Gillette made business trips to New York last week.
 Miss Bell, of Philadelphia, has been spending a few days with the Misses Goodwin.
 The Sharon base ball team won from Iaksyille Saturday on the local grounds by score of to T.
 It takes more muscle than some men can acquire at golf in month to chase lawn mower for an hour.
 The trouble in too many homes is the inoompatibility of imported millinery and domestic allowances.
 Miss Mabel Haines, teacher in district number three, has decided not to teach during the coming year.
 The city people are now coming in poodly numbers and there is brisk demand for accomodations in the hotels and boarding houses.
 The younger boys have organized base ball team but as yet there is no activity along this line ou the part of the first team players.
 The proceeds of the basket ball game in village hall tomorrow evening, between local teams, will be applied toward village improvement.
 Mrs. Kelsey has rented her place to Mrs. Fursman of New York who has taken possession. Mrs. Kelsey is board ing with Mrs. E. W. Doyle.
 pr. H. o. Thompson and wife of New York were in town Tuesday morning, looking for summer home They wore guests at The Bartrnm last summer.
 The Amonia girls were the victors in the last basket ball game of the season here Friday evening. The score was 7-2. The dance after the game was much en- joyed.
 George w. Ford of Canaan has worked up quite an extensive piano and sewing machine trade in this section. He recently sold pianos to Mrs. Charles Oster and Harry Calkins.
 Tomorrow evening the regular mons and girls team will play basket ball against picked teams. Afterwards there will be . supper and dance with music by Newman's orchestra of three pieces
 Otto Tiedeman has made an enviablo record as collector of taxes. It is under stood that he has already collected about two-thirds of the total amount which the warrant calls for.
 On Tuesday Anton Walters and Will liam Klebes went to Philmont. N. Y.. as delegates from the Sharon fire depart ment, to attend meeting which was called to determine where the next tournament of the Harlem Valley Fire mems Association shall be held. It was decided to hold the same at Dover on Labor Day, Monday. September 7th. It is quite likely that both the Sharon fire company and band will attend
 Bobolinks have put in an appearance. A local man who has kept record of the arrival of these birds each season claims they are four days in advance of their usual schedule this year, as his records previous to this season show that they v have always appeared here on May 15. They usually leave for the South each fall on September 15. He says that when they come, settled warm weather is in the immediate foreground.
 There is to be an exhibition of the written work of the Sharon public schools in the high school room on May 16, Sat urday) from g 8. m. until p. m. The acting school-visitor, MT. Page, has col lected the materials for the exhibit from the schools of town during his recent visitation and the work shown will be representative of the work of the district schools as well as the graded school. Parents and friends are cordially invited. The exhibit will include work in spell ilng, writing. arithmetic, drawing and