Connecticut western news., 1912-05-02
SHARON

cion case and the judge, jury, council, prisoner and witnesses proved themsel- yes up to the times in their questions and answers. Whether the judge re- served his decision, the jury disagreed, the prisoner confessed or was imprisoned we have yet to learn.
 Field workers of the Connecticut Bible Society are at work securing rel1gl- ous census of the town of Sharon. This society canvasses the entire state each ten years. Its work is undenomina- tional and is for the good of all, regard less of creed. color or condition. It IS no infant organization, having been or ganized in the year 1910 and thus given more than century of faithful service in our State. MT. and Mrs. F. J. Miner will be occupied about two weeks In this town. At the close of their work statistical report will be published, which should be of interest to the peo- pie of Sharon.
 Mrs. F. g. and Miss Carter, who have been in Washington, D. O., during the late winter and early spring, have re- turned and opened their house. F. W. Dakin has purchased of Robert Miller the stone quarry, 200 it. front ly' ing on the Lakeville road between the Harris & Miller property. Mrs. c. w. VanRensselaer, of New York has come to Sharon for the sum- mer and is getting her cottages ready for occupancy.
 a Dr. Morgan is suffering from an at- tack of bronchitis and no service was held at Christ Church on Sunday.
 Captain Howard Fay, of Philadelphia. manager of the Philadelphia and Read ing Marine Department, spent part of the week past with his parents at The Bartram. New cement steps and 8 fine cement walk are being put in at The Brownell. ! George s. Thompson has entered the General Memorial hospital for treat ment Later) He is reported as in a critical condition and Mrs. Thompson was called to the hospital on Saturday
 The Womans Club met with Mrs. Sedgwick on Monday of last week. An interesting paper by the hostess upon English Castles and Abbeys," " was read by MT. Sedgwick.
 MT. and Mrs. Harry Pulver visited friends at Pine Plains one day recently.
 Forester Fertoh and his men are busy at the work of spraying fruit trees in and about this section. Much improve ment in the autumn fruits is expected as & result of this treatment.
 What is probably one of the most in- teresting collections of family silver" is now on exhibition at the Morgan Memorial. This collection is representa- tive of families in both Connecticut and New York state, who were connected with the Smith family by the numerous intermarriages among the old aristocra- tic colonials. It is known as the John Cotton Smith family silver and is now the property of three of his descendants,
  son Smith and Mrs. Robert Clinton Geer, who have loaned it to the Society of Colonial Danes for exhibition here. The history of this family is strangely mixed and it is necessary to know some what of it, in order to appreciate the as- sociations of this old silver. John Cot- ton Smith was the son of Rev. Cotton Mather Smith and his mother was one of the Mather family of Windsor and Suffield He was the last governor of Connecticut under the old charter ot Charles II. the constitution of the State being changed in the year 1848. He married Margaret (Peggy) Evertson. ir 1786 and some of the silver on exhibition is brought by her into the family and Ii marked with her initials. Governol Smith was descendant of Rev. Henry Smith, the first pastor of the Wethers field church. From the Connection Courant of April 25.
 Perfect attendance report of school fo April. Room Victoria Clemson Helen Darling. Helen Davis, Evely1 Hamlin, Russell Hand. Marie Jackson Helen Riley, Reinhold Lehrert, Grac Meier, Herman Parmerly, Fred Wagner Edna Warner, Clement Warner. Grac Mallary, Millicent Rood, Ida ThomI kins, Ethel Reinhart.
 Room 2-Howard Bartram, Haze Bump, Walter Byron, Marjorie Hane Columbian Riley, Ruth Lamb, Allie Meier, John Olson, Ruth Palmahel Anna Thompson.
 Room 3-Marion Baker, Gladys Braze Hazel Bates. Dorothy Beeman, Fran Busch, Edward Beeman Edward Han lin, Beatrice Klebes, Harold Klebe
 Mary Lynch, Adelbert Middlebroo]