Year: 1874

notice in your correspondence from

 Kent last week the writer mourns the want

 ot public spirit, and regrets that where na-

 ture has done so much to sbeautify and

 adorn, the work of man has been sadly

 neglected. Many of the dwellings are in

 want of paint, sidewalks poor, there is no

 public hall or library, and the want of g

 good market is felt. We of Sharon are

 suffering from some of the same causes.

 While nature has done as much for us AS

 for any townof all Old New England, in

 beauty of scenery, pleasant drives, good air and all that makes place desirable, the inhabitants fail in great measure to do their duty in using theIr ample means to make it more desirable dwelling place. True, the buildings have been greatly i'm proved within the last few years, and Shar- on compares very favorably with any of the towns surrounding her Tn this respect. :. Our sidewalks are in most places in con- dition that renders them unsafe for stran- ger to walk over after dark, and one feels saferin the street. A public hall has long been the desire of many of our townsmen, but those opposed have as yet, when the question has been put to vote, outnumbered them nearly two to one. We do not be- lieye this to be penuriousness, but short sightedness. Many who work early and late to defeat it are amongst our large heart

 ed, whole souled people, and we trust they will in time have more liberal views and come up, and not only give their vote, but contribute of their abundance and build hall that will be source of pride to them

 selves and an honor to their memory. Shar- on once boasted of public library, but for want of proper care the books are scattered from one end of the town to the other, and almost every family have one or more of the books in their dwellings that are re . minders of the fact. A good market we have had for four or five years, and at all times we can step in and get something for dinner. There is cooler attached, so that meats can be kept in summer as we'll as winter. We have been we'll supplied with good meat and at prices as low or lower than our neighbors in other places We hope our townspeope will continue to give it living patronage and not encourage men who start up and run well for sea SOD, and at last leave our farmers the worse off by several hundred dollars, as has been the case in number of instances. co. MT. James spring term of school commences April 18th. His room was running over full the last term, as no doubt it will be through the summer. MT. James ranks with our best teachers and with his gentle

 manly and pleasant ways is prize in any communitY......W have no licensed whis- key dealers in town, consequently our election passed off very quietly; not more than twenty-five men of the four hundred voters were too drunk to get home the same day. We are strong democratic com munity, and tn is accounts for the good or der which has been preserved. The demo- cratic state ticket received majority of l94. First democrat over first republican l92; second over first republican ls9. We much regret that our old and esteemed friend, Gen. Sedgwick, could not have been elected, but it could not be expected or hoped for. The men elected on the oppo

 sition ticket, H. c. Rowley and Ichabod s. Everts, are without doubt as good selec- ton as could have been made by the party, and men that will not be easily bought or sold, x.