Bennington semi-weekly banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 1894-1902, 1894-08-21
IN THE LOCAL FIELD.
North Bennington.


W. ]. Hurley was in Hudson. N. T.,
last Saturday, on business.
Ed. Phillips and family of Blackinton,
Mass. are visiting his parents.
Miss Emma Cartwright of Troy, n.
Y, is spending her vacation here, as
usual.
William Spafford and wife of Troy, n,
Y, have been Waiting Mr.. and Mrs. d..
/. Spafford, their uncle and aunt.
Miss Louise NJ. Robbins of Yarmouth,
Nova Scotia, is visiting Miss Alta NJ
Tozer. classmate at Vermont Academy.
Mrs. James yelling has returned from
her visit to South Dakota, where she has
been visiting her daughter, Mrs. W. H..
Phillips.
The remains of daughter of William
Biggart were brought here from Hoosick,
N. Y, Monday, for interment. She was
about fifteen years old
Mr.. and Mrs. R. b. Tozer have return
ed from their two weeks vacation at
Mortified, Mass. Since their return
Mrs. Tozer has been i'll.
A number of former residents of this
place spent Sunday in town, among them
being A. II. Phillips, Jas. Madden and
Fred Endress of Troy, N. Y.
Individuals, as we'll as manufacturing
concerns, are being seriously iuconven-
fenced by our continued dry spell, many
wells not affording their supply Of wa
ter.
Dewitt Clinton OF Troy, n. Y, libra
rian of the Y. NJ. Association, is spend
ing week with his two daughters, who
are boarding with Mrs Skinner this sum-
mer.
The Graded school building Is being
renovated and put in order prior to the
opening of the fall term, which is the be-
ginning OF another year of educational
work.
Chas. NJ. ColVin, who has been absent
through the spring and summer, has re-
turned and is plying the saw, hammer
and brush, to the joy of those needing
such work.
Horace Madison of Albany, N. Y,
with his mother and two children, have
been visiting their friends here. She
was the wife of the late Isaiah Madison
of SALISBURY.
The families OF C. C. Percy, r. B.
Tozer, l.. A. Dolph, Asa Lnomis Of Ben
nington, Mrs. Julia Loomis and dAugh.
ter Addie, enjoyed a days outing al
Lake Parnn, the 10Th.
The already pleasant residence Of II
G. White is being made more attractive
by the addition to the present veranda
of wide round corner, nearly covering
the third side of the house.
Miss O'Brien, a former popular teach
er in the grammar department Of ouI
Graded school, now employed in . re-
sponsible position as teacher in Chi.
cago, has been visiting here.
Sunday evening, at the Union meeting
the Rev. R. B. Tozer gave an account OF
the Moody meetings at Mortified
Mass, which very much interested the
audience. He spent his vacation there
Prof. NJ. L. Brown Of Indian Territory
with his wife and son Roy, are home or
their vacation. Fred G. Brown and wife
of Binghamton, n. Y, are also spending
short time with their mother and sis
ters al North Bennington and Centre
Whi% Creek.
w R. Madison returned Saturday
IN weeks trip to some of the larger
Pew England cities. He was accompan
lied to Boston by Jas. Fl. Donnelly, for
merly Of this place, who intends to study
medicine in that city.
Edward Montgomery of South Shafts
bury, in the Democratic lull brought up
on business there, is acting as wheel
wright in putting in the new grist mil
wheel. He is assisted about the iror
work by Mortimer Bates, who is also al
expert in his profession.