Connecticut western news., 1908-09-03
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week, returned home Saturday.
 Miss Lumpkins, who has been visit ing for two weeks at John Meier's re- turned to Bridgeport last Saturday.
 |, Among those who attended camp meeting at Pine Grove last Sunday were John Wike and Miss Grace Doerr. They went together.
 Mrs. Charles Dakin and daughter were in New York shopping last week. Trousseaus are certainly troublesome things to get together.
 The fair held by St. Bernards church broke the financial record of church fairs held this year as the proceeds were considerably over $7OO.
 Messrs Mcdonald, White, and Pal mateer went fishing last Wednesday night. They caught no fish, but very nearly caught pneumonia.
 John Monahan has installed ma chine for charging storage batteries. i As this fills much needed want, John has doubtless made a wise investment.
 Miss Clara Peabody started for East man College Monday morning, where she will take a courSe in bookkeeping and later take up stenographY and typewriting.
 Mrs. George Kirby and Miss Harriet Eggleston spent 8 part of Friday and Saturday at the Barrett camp on Indian Pond, being guests of Miss Pen elope Loucks.
 Our league team of ball players played the Lakeville team at Lakeville Saturday, score go in favor of Lakeyille. Kindly use your smallest type, MT. Editor, for this item. -.s....
 The Sharon Hose Company have voted to go to Dover Plains and participate in the tournament to be held there on Lab Of Day. Get out your uniforms, fellows, and see to it that Sharon makes a cred itable showing.
 D. N. Eggleston, his wife and two daughters, Harriet and Annie, made a pleasant call on the family of George l Walton at Canaan last Sunday. The Waltons are former residents of Sharon, and have a host of friends here who have never ceased to regret their leaving.
 A lady of our town who attended the ball game Saturday had the somewhat unusual experience of having to demon strate her sex, or pay twenty five coppers for admission, as the gate tender mis- took her for a man. If you would chose. ask her.
 John Liner has sold his farm on the west side of Silver Lake to O. A. D. ! Dinffe. MT. Dinffe is native of France but resident of this country, conduct ing a business in New York city. He sailed for France last week, expecting to return in about month, when he will take possession of the farm.
 The surveying and all other prellmi- liminary work on the Sharon Station road is completed, and it is likely that work will be begun the latter part of this week or the beginning of next. It is not yet definitely known whether the work will be contract work, or done by the day This road is matter of interest to the whole town, and it is hoped that the money raised will be wisely expended. .u-
 Taft says that if the country is to be saved, every republican voter must be voted the coming election. Such being the case it behooves our Republican Town Committee to get busy. A man is not apt to pay much attention to saving hls country until his hay crop is harvested, and a member of the old guard, living near the Salisbury line are not likely to have this done in time for election unless his republican brethren aid him by having a "bee."
 Jane Jarvis Jackson, one of Sharon g oldest residents, and wife of the late John 0. Jackson died last Thursday. Mrs. Jackson was born in Salem, N. Y, but has lived in Sharon since 1840 Mrs. Jackson was ill many ways remarkable woman, and possessed, until quite re- gently, very retentive memory for dates and happenings of the long ago : Four children survive her, Mrs. Helen Fairchild Mrs. Martin Hunserford, : John O. Jackson and Chas. Jackson Faneral services were held at the Jack, son homestead, Saturday afternoon at 3 o'clock, Rev. l.. H. Schwab officiating Interment at Hillside cemetery. Born January 14, 1918. Died August 27, 1908
 The closest, best and most exciting E game of base ball seen in Sharon this . season was played at 'Kirby's Field last Friday afternoon between the Easy Marks" of Sharon and the "Harrigans' f of Amenia, who have been beaten but once this Uaason and ara coDsidarad tr