Connecticut western news., 1908-08-13

1 R. Danielson, Litchfield, Conn.
 Lewis D. OdeIl, born Aug. 16, 1919, Died Aug. 3. 1908. MT Odell was a long time resident of our town and re- gently moved to Sharon mountain where he died after brief and painful illness of blood poisoning resulting from a i swelling on the arm. MT. Odel was an old time Quaker, but since living in Sharon has attended the Methodist church. Interment an Hillside Cemetery i There was Sharon lady whose house one summer, was quite overrun with moths. A tramp told her that, in return for a square meal he would give her an infallible moth cure. She set square meal before the tramp, he devoured 1t, then he said: "Al ye need to do, ma'am is to hang yer moth-filled cloths and 1 carpets and things on line and beat lem with stick. Good-by to your moths then" Will that kill them?" asked the lady. ''Yes, if ye hit 'em, !" said the tramp.
 On Saturday afternoon of this week, the Canaan base ball team of the Hous- atomic Valley league comes to Sharon and will play the Sharon team which entered the league last week in place of the Cornwall Bridge team which in- formed the league directors that it was unable to complete the season. The Ga ! icN nf ha ctr inf ho league and the game should be good one. Canaan would probably have de- feated Lakeville at Canaan Saturday had it not been for an adverse, and manifestly unfair decision of the Miller ton umpire. Sharon will endeavor to i see, however, that the visitors have fair 1 play here. The game will be called at three clock. Sharon takes Cornwall's place in the league. fourth, also its per centage which is 445.
 The members of the Hillside Ceme- tery Association showed commendable pride and enterprise when they voted at their annual meeting to straighten the headstones which have entirely or partially fallen over i'll the cemetery, stones which stand at the head of the graves of persons who have no relatives in this vicinity. The idea of erecting suitable receiving vault has not been abandoned although when 1t was for merly considered it was thought the ex pense of a vault of the sort the associa- tion desired will be greater than they can afford. There appears to be reason to believe that the effort now being made to raise money by subscription for this purpose will be successful and that the vault, with small room attached for the purpose of affording shelter for friends of the dead or for holding com initial service in the event of stormy weather, will become reality at no very distant day.
 The Sharon baseball team played their first league game on Saturday afternoon at the Kirby athletic field, their oppon- ents being the Salisbury nine. A large and enthusiastic crowd attended, all stores being closed from 3 to 5. Sharon won, the official score being 10 to g. Many of the Salisbury team objected strongly to some of the umpire's deois- sions, and seemed to think that with a man ot better judgment officiating they would not have made so poor showing The umpire, being questioned by your correspondent as to the legality of his rulings, replied that he umpired baseball the same way he played politics, viz. to win. However, leaving out the ques- ton of unfair umpiring, Sharon an doubtedly outplayed Salisbury in every part of the game and the score is fair criterion of the merits of the two teams. The game between our two local teams was postponed on account of the league game but will take place this week as usual and close and exciting game is expected.
 The dust nuisance in our village is certainly a serious problem, especially since the era of automobiles, and al
 though the oil enthusiasts seem to think they have solved the problem of laying dust, yet the oil possesses many objection able features, and it would seem to your correspondent, who is not a stockholder in either the Sharon Water Company or the Standard Oil Company, that it wonld be policy to not go to extremes in this matter of oil without careful inquiry as to the results. According to good au- thority our town is liable for all damage
 to clothing, vehicles, etc., which may be
 caused by the oil placed, or to be placed,
 upon our streets, and to our knowlege
 certain parties are seriously contemplat-
 ing such suits. For the past few weeks
 articles pro. and con. on the sprinkling Of our streets with water have appeared ill other papers. and to your correspond
 ent-who is by no means prohibition ist-it would appear that the water ad- rvocates have the best of the argument,