Connecticut western news., 1908-08-27

A league game was played between Sharon and Lime Rock at Lime Rock Saturday afternoon. Score Al in favor of Lime Rock. Cannot be helped but would look better from our side If the figures were the other way around.
 Thomas B. Hidden is spending two weeks at the Thousand Islands in com pany with his nephew. We are glad to be able to state that his brother, Edward Hidden, who has been seriously ill, is now convalesecent and on the road to complete recovery.
 Howard Cheney, J. E. Newcomb, and James DeWoIf Perry, were at the Inn Monday for dinner. These young men are touring the country on foot. They carry all necessary baggage with them and evidently enjoy their novelGn these days) mode of travel.
 MT. Polhelmus has left the employ of the H. B. Dakin Go. His place is tenn porarily filled by "Doc." Knight, one of the shining lights of the Sharon Base Ball Team. Doc. appears to tie up gro- ceries.as gracefully as he retires when the umpire calls three strikes.
 The Methodist Sunday, School held their annual picnic last Wednesday at Holley Grove, Lakoville, where they joined three Sunday Schools from Mil lerton. The weather was all that could ha nd ia reported especially by the younger mem- bers of the Sunday School. The pre- sence of the Millerton Band added greatly to the days outing.
 Officer W. W. Peck did very credit able piece of work last Monday night when he made midnight excursion to Sharon Mountain and succeeded in ar resting and placing in the lookup Will liam Lounsbury who has been wanted for some time for drunkness and assault. Tuesday morning Lounsbury was sen tenced by the justice to thirty days ill jail and fine of seven dollars and cost.
 The annual fair and dance of the St. Bernard Church will be held at the Casino on Friday, Aug. 18th afternoon and evening. The ladies of the parish will display a nice assortment of the fancy articles so dear to the heart of woman (and to the pocketbook of man) in the afternoon from o'clock until 6. Ice cream and cake will be for sale and the usual dance will take place in the evening. Music by Turner's orchestra.
 A, matched game of golf was to have been played Saturday between Norfolk, Litchfield and Sharon. Owing to the rain Litehfeld failed to put in an ap- pearance and the match was played be- tween Norfolk and Sharon, resulting i'll victory for Sharon. The score being Is to 6. The Sharon players were Lyman Rhoades, P. F. Nash, Morton Bogue, Prentice Shethar, G. S. Knight and G. s. Kirby.
 Ed. White has been engaged by I. N. Bartram to take charge of his Handlin Mill property, at which place elaborate preparations are beng made for the wholesale manufacture of the Orchard Tea" for which the mill is famous. AS a side issue, MT. White will also grind grists and do mill saving for all corners. If the bullheads in the pond hold out, seems to be no reason why MT. White should not enjoy the coming winter.
 A spirited and interesting political debate took place recently on the Inn veranda which proved to disinterested parties that MT. Bryan is a demagogue and unworthy of the peoples votes, and that MT. Roosevelt is an interruptions politician, whose appointees to office are mostly sophisticated synoophants. Debates of this kind should be oftener indulged in as they furnish good vocal exercise for the debaters, and are en- Tightening to the listeners. It was re- marked that one of the debaters, in the art of using his forefnger to emphasize his arguments, was fully equal to MT. Wakeman of the "Amen corner" who i'll this respect has long been without peer
 Loud and excited voices reduced by distance to a muff1ed cresendo and dim inuendo roar, aroused your correspon- dents curiousity lastMonday afternoon. A cautious inquiry made later revealed the fact that the directors of the Sharon Sewage Go. Geo. Hertzel I. N. Bartram, Swan Sedgwick, Willard Baker, F. H. MidGlebrooks and Dr. J. s. Chatfee, Hon. w Baker occupying the chair, had held an official meeting ill the afternoon at MT Bakers office. No positive i'm formation as to what occurred at this meeting can be obtained by your scribe, except that the after dinner maps of the near by dwellers were somewhat dis turbed thereby. Rumor saith that the Sewage Go. talk of extending their sys- tam to the lower end of the street, and are at variance whether to employ a