Connecticut western news., 1909-05-20


 hard, but it isn't lonesome.
 How have the mighty fallen. Teddy Bears at half price are now advertised. Shots are daily being fired in South Africa that are heard round the world. It doesn't look to the average citizen as If it would be absolutely necessary to establish postal savings banks to take care of the money we're all going to save uuder the new tariff law.
 w. K. Landon was ill Winsted last week
 Mrs. w. w. Peck is visiting in East Litchfiold.
 ,.- Don't forget the masquerade ball Fri day night.
 Mrs. Myra uotchkiss has returned from Florida.
 Mrs. Gustav Schwab is visiting Miss E. o. Wheeler.
 Mrs. Van Rensaelier and her daughter are here for short time.
 
 her home ill White Hollow
 The Hall family took possession of the J. J. Ryan place last Saturday.
 Edward Pitcher has moved into tLe House owned by John RhYnus.
 E. Franklin Gillette was in New York Monday and Tuesday of this week. Father Smith, who has been visiting iu Canada, returned to Sharon Friday. Note that I. N. Bartram has again done his share towards depopulating the South.
 Miss Edythe Lacey, of N. Y. City has opened hospital for sick babies at the Polhelmns place.
 Mrs Edward Smith and her daughter, Marcia, are spending couple of weeks at St. Johnsville, N. Y.
 That pleased expression upon Fred Murphy's face is caused by the arrival of ton pound girl, born May 9th.
 w. W. Peck. J. B. Smith and Laurence Van Alstyne V ere appointed Saturday as commissioners on the Brazee estate. Baker and Kirby have rented the Whitney house for the season to Mrs. F. s. Tyson, of Montgomery. Alabama. The M. O.. Simonds place has been rented by Baker and Kirby to MT. Put man of Brooklyn, N. Y. for the season. Mrs. w. K. Landon and her daughter Miss Carrie Landon, spent Monday and Tuesday of this week ill New York City. | Mrs. Howard R. Barton, of Engle- wood, N. J. and her daughter Kathleen, will be guests at the Per Lee homestead the coming summer.
 Don't know of better place than Sharon for a good boot, shoe and harness repairer to locate in. A good man of 1 this kind could very shortly build up good business. I In olden times much honor attached | to the position of cup bearer. But how about the young man who waits outside and invites pneumonia for the priyelege of acting as vase bearer.
 Lawrence VanAlstyne, accompanied by his camera and another friend, ex- poets to revisit Gettysburg the latter part of this month and to attend the ex- ercises at that place on Memorial Day. The firm of Hoag and Byron has ceased to exist as such, MT. Hoag having bought out MT, Byron's share of the business. MT. Byron. however, will remain with MT. Hoag for some time. Dr. W. A. Knapp, of Millerton, wishes to announce to his Sharon clients and friends that he has removed his office from the Hotchkiss 6 Eggleston build ing and is now ill the Kissellbrack building.
 Last Friday at tho Kinney athletic associaitlon park the sharon nine de- foated Millerton, the score being Sharon 3 and Millerton 1. Looks like these boys were going to make good their managers prediction.
 All children who participate i'll the parade on Memorial Day will be pre- sented with a hand some patriotic badge, to buy which money was raised by po- pular subscription through tho efforts of Lawrence VanAlstyne.
 Samuel Roberts of Dobbs Ferry is visiting friends on town. MT. Roberts who is always welcome here, informed you scribe that this time his visit had no connection whatever with the bolstering uD of corrupt political machine.
 Taerq wls all auction it the Town Hall Saturday of house, barn and sixty acres acres of land in west woods to close the Benedict Estate. After some spirited bidding the place was sold to Mr. J. k. Ackley for three hundred dollars. The appraisers for the estate