Connecticut western news., 1909-05-27
.s SHARON .*

Miss May Kinny has had an attack of appendicitis.
 Miss Maud Landon was home from Norfolk over Sunday.
 Harry Bartram and MT. Raban took a blcyole trip to Millbrook Monday.
 Swan Sedgwick is at this writing re- ported to be very ill with pneumonia. MT. and Mrs. Frank Slade and MT. Edwin G. Odell spent Sunday with Miss Mabel Handlin.
 Miss Edna Klebes attended the dance given by the baseball team at Millerton last Friday night.
 Thomas B. Mcdonald, the athletic clerk of the ''Inn," is spending a brief vacation in New York city.
 Everything quiet. Nothing doing. Even the Motor -Cycle-Club is in a con- dition of innocuous desuetude.
 George Conklin returned Monday from Poughkeepsie where he has been spending a week with his sister.
 Great rivalry is said to exist between our two garages. Keep it up, gentle men, for competition IS the life of trade.
 James Newton Gum, of New York city, has taken rooms at the "Bartram ," and will occupy the Lewis Cottage for the summer.
 MT. and Mrs. George Klebes expect to take their daughter Beatrice to New York city tomorrow (Tuesday) to be operated upon. -". ....
 Anton Walters, locally famous as a hair remover, now has an assistant at his place of business. Suppose this means that most of the time "Andy" will be conspicuous by his abscense. Bob" Eagan Falls in Line
 Master Bob" Eagan. the popular bellboy at the ''Inn," shortstop on the Sharon nine, and an all around good boy, is slightly ill at hls home in the valley. At this writing it is thought perhaps he may have the humps. Sorry, "Bob," but we all have to have 
 'em.
 Of For Gettysburg
 MT. Lawrence Van Alstyne has been slightly ailing the past few days, but nevertheless expects to start upon his much talked of trip to Gettysburg to- morrow (Tuesday) morning. Although ''Larry" expects to be gone for week or more, your scribe has been informed that his travelling equipment consists solely of one camera and one hundred and fifty pounds of camera films. Would Prove Instructive.
 Messrs. Ford and Shaler of Canaan were in town last week. An interesting discussion took place Friday evening between MT. Ford and Prof. l.. F. Ekrein of Poughkeepsie, N. Y., regarding the merits of certain makes of pianos and the profits derived from their sales. This conversation between two experts re- ported verbatim, could not fail to be both instructive and enlightening to all prospective purchasers ot pianos. Sharon Healthful Summer Resort.
 Dr. 0. G. Kerley of New York City, a specialist of international fame, Is an enthusiastic admirer of Sharon air and scenery, and is constantly recommending it to many prominent people, and the doctors efforts to build up high repu- AL f,-1 resort are highly appreciated by the residents thereof.
 Twas Bit by Dog
 One of our most popular clerks-and justly so-appeared one morning re- gently with badly lacerated nose.
 
 What ails your proboscis?" your scribe enquired
 But the clerk, with sickly grin Said, "Never mind Smarty, you make me tired,
 With your questions and intending
 din"
 But perseverance at last did win 1T was bit by dog" he owned up, And your scribe and some others would
 like to know;
 The name of the owner of that pup. 1 Masquerade Great Success.
 The masquerade ball given by Silver Lake Grange at the Casino last Friday evening was a great success, and re- flected credit on the committee who had charge of the arrangements. There were seventyfive people i'll costume and nearly that number of spectators, who evidently enjoyed trying to solve the identity of tho maskerS, some of whom were closely masked and caused much speculation. Two of the best costumes on the floor were an Indian girl and an Indian chief, who afterwards proved to be Miss Kelsey, of the committee of ar engagements, and Master Roy Hotaling.