Connecticut western news., 1908-02-20

The man who watches things and a1- ways knows says that the coming sum- mer is sure to be an excellent fruit season. He says he noticed that the snow of late has clung closely to the trees and that IS sign of good fruit year. His theory is that the buds are thus protected.
 It is reported that the failure of the milk concern at. Co1emans Station, known at the White Clover Dairy, will mean losses varying from $50 to $500 to the farmers who have been deliver ing milk there. They fear that the prospect of realizing anything on their claims is slight. .e
 F. o. Lowrey, whose family were originally from Sharon, moved to South Lee, when young man, then to Cali fornia and still later to Honolulu in the Sandwich Islands. where he died at ripe old age. His widow (formerly Miss Alice Moore of South Lee) has recently celebrated her 80th birthday, which was made the occasion of many congratu- latorv poem, letters, etc. One poem especially deserves notice, written by ga 'boy of 80' who is now ia young man of 91," Daniel Marsh, D. M., of Woburn Mass. Also letters from her pastor and wife, the Rev. Doremus Scudder and Mrs. Scudder. MT. and Mrs. Lowrey did much for the missionaries iii their early days in Honolulu. Their house was called the Missionaries Home. Mrs. Lowrey is in the enjoyment of good health and all of her faculties
 On the eve of February 14th the two teams of Sharon greeted the two teams of Amenia. at the Sharon Casino. After MT. Gillette dismissed his choir, the next thing was, for the captains of both the first teams to meet and decide which station their players should play. Dur ing the fifteen minutes the ball was kept rolling and Amenia stopped with score of to in spite of the fouls which were called by the umpire and not seen by the referee. While the first team stopped to rest the second teams of Amenia and Sharon walked in and when they had played fifteen minutes the score was 0 to 10. Back came the two first teams for | play of twenty minutes. With Amenia's quick passing and high jumping and Sharon's slow movement they com- menced to put the Sharon ball in the basket. If the referee had only taken ono of those "wide awake" tablets just before the game perhaps he would have given both sides more free throws. When time was called the score was TO- favor of Amenia. This was the first game, the Sharon's first team has lost this year. When the little second team jumped in on the floor and did some more of their clever work, the score at the end of twenty minutes was 4-2 favor of Sharon.
 The adjourned meeting of the hose company was held Tuesday evening" Officers for the ensuing year were elect ed. John Monahan was chairman of the meeting and F. W. Dakin was chosen secretary pro tenn i'll the illness of 0. H. Eggleston. The roll call de- veloped that the strong and active mem- bsrs of the company were present. The treasurer's report showed balance of $1O6. 38 on hand. The following officers were chosen: Foreman, F. W. Dakin; 1st asst, N Pitcher; 2nd asst, Anthony Walter. O. H. Eggleston, secretary, Otto Tiedeman, treasurer and J. Reilley, janitor, were reelected to their respec- tive positions. After the election came the pot pie and cigars. Perfect har- mony prevailed throughout the meeting which was held in the rooms adjoining the rooms where the equipment is kept. The people of Sharon will certainly give the department their most hearty SUD- port.
 METHODIST CHURCH
 The Methodist church is planning for . combined lecture, supper and enter tianment about the middle of March.
 MT. Mackey, whose Sunday evening discourses are frequently in lecture form, spoke last Sunday night on "Some Nor al Elements in the Character of Abraham Lincoln.