Connecticut western news., 1909-01-21

with cold.
 Mrs. F. l.. Bristol is spending 8 week or two in Amenia.
 Dr. Thomas, of New York. was in town over Sunday.
 A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Vosbnrgh Jan. IS.
 Miss Maude Landon was home from Norfolk over Sunday.
 Prof. Garter, the singing school teacher, has . class of 30 members. Frederick Paul is gradually recover ing in the Pittsfeld hospital.
 D. N. Eggleston and c. B. Everett were in Hartford this week.
 George Kirby is about the same. Mrs. Chas. Ryan is caring for him.
 Miss Minnis St. John is visiting her sister, Mrs. Moore. in Millerton.
 The Village Improvement Society has an entertainment in contemplation.
 The daughter of Albert Schaffer, who was very sick last week is much better. Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Gillette and Mss Daisy Landon were in New York Tues day.
 Mrs. E. A. Deming and daughter, Isabel, are spending Q few days in New York.
 Dr. !. s. Chaffee attended the Univer- sity Club meeting at Canaan last Friday nlght.
 MT. and Mrs. Percy Harris, of Platter son, N. Y.,were guests at Robert Harris over Sunday.
 The Misses Nina and Grace Hotaling are as Gallatinville. N. Y, caring for an aunt who IS ill.
 Miss Frances Stone, of Watertown, Cenn., was the guest of Mrs. Robert Prindle last week.
 Mrs. Eugene Edward, who went to the Bridgeport hospital last week. under went an operation for tumor. .sssn Arthur Lamb, Master of Silver Lake Grange was in Hartford last week at- tending the meeting of the State Grange.
 George Thompson of this village who has been seriously i'll for more than a fortnight, is now showing decided inn provement.
 Announcements are out for the mar riage of Wallace Davis, of Johnstown, to Miss Penelope Loucks, of this town, Ta,~ 0,,l .Y,D Dh;1aIa1rNhio
 Mrs. George Chapman age 50 years died at her home Jan. 18th. The fun eral was held at her home on Tuesday. Interment at Ellsworth.
 E. Franklin Gillette was again chosen a director of the First National Bank of Millerton at the annual meeting of stockholders held last week.
 A party of 14 young people, of Sharon, have formed a whist club, which meets each alternate Monday night. Mrs. J. s. Chaffee entertained the club at it's first meeting last week.
 The Weather
 Weather prophets say that this,winter or rather what remains of it will not prove to be very severe either as regards low temperatures or deep snows. Tn support of this prediction they point to the fact that bluejays ill usually large numbers are seen at present often in flocks of 10 or 20 birds each. Crows, too have gone south ill fewer numbers than usual. The weatherwise claim that the instinct of these birds has informed them of the fact that the remainder of the winter will be mild andIas result they are not going to the trouble of migrat- ing southward.
 Basket Ball
 Two games of basket ball were played in the Casino last Friday night, the Sharon first team playing game with a team from the Lakeville kindergarten and the second team of Sharon playing n five from the New Marlboro High School in Mass. The slow Lakeville team proved easy fruit for Sharon's first team, who, without being called upon to exert then selves greatly rolled up a score Oi 4O pClnES HSaiuSG LakeVhle five points. The New Marlboro team, however, showed themselves to the rag ing warriors and completely demoralized, bewildered and swept off their feet the second team of Sharon, who during most of the game stood helplessly watch ing tho antics of their agile opponents, and were defeated by score of % to 5. Deaih of Mrs. Landon
 Mrs. Olivia Landon widow of the late Fitch Landon, dIed at the home of her daughter. Mrs. F. w. Dakin, in this viii lago on Wednesday afternoon, January 13, aged 62 years. Mrs. Landon was born ill North East, New York, but for moro than sixty years, has lived in