Bennington semi-weekly banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 1894-1902, 1894-12-07
WoodfOrd,
Albert Wood is improving slowly.
Miss Emma Pellerin of Bennington


visiting at Albert Shultz's.
The Good Templars will meet in their
hall Saturday evening.
Miss Daisy Morse closes her school at
the City to day.
James Comerford has visited at JUS
tice Cutters, and then drove to West
Dover, thence to Chester to visit other
relatives.
Ezra Crawford, Jr., is going to Peters
burgh, N Y, to look after farm for a
nephew of his there.
There is snow enough on the noun
tains for good sleighing.
Henry Harbour has lost one of his fine
span of colts.
A fox gaily galloped in the suburbs of
the City Sunday afternoon, until a
hunter went for his rifle, when Reynard
fled for the woods.
One Goddard, self-styled veterinary
surgeon from Athol, Mass who is now
ill "durance vile" as one of the North
Bennington postofice robbers, staid at
the Mt. Pleasant House week last sum-
mer, and Boniface Knapp is wondering
if the dough" he didn't get for his
keep will ever become bread.
Chas. l. Wood has visited relatives in
Bennington this week.
Geo. Holbritter and wife, now living
in Wilmington, attended the wedding of
his brother Richard in Grafton, N. Y.
Thanksgiving day,
James H. Miller, who died Nov. 9th,
at his home In the Hollow, came from
White River Junction to Woodford
about eighteen years ago. The Rev.
G. R. Seymour attended the funeral and
gave very consoling discourse.
c. C. Easton has bought the Charles
Grover place adjoining his homestead.
tits said that Enos Adams will, in the
spring build hotel on the old halfway
house site. If he does there will be six
hotels in town.
Peter" the Italian, and his son have
returned to Italy, The latter contem-
plates coming back.
About year ago Larkin Wilcox,
known as "Peg-leg," went away with
$16.3O worth of Woodford mans wares.
If Larkin reports soon it may make
difference with his future happiness.
The Bugbee Bros. have sold out their
interest in the Glastonbury lumber woods
to Hurd & Higgins. The portable steam
mill is running with Frank Towne en-
gineer and James Higgins sawyer. There
will be boarding house there and about
a dozen men employed.
w. S. Bellows of Hartwelville was in
town Wednesday.
In S. K. Gleasons household effects
was found an old account book used by
his wife's grandfather, Elijah Bugbee,
in the years between 1880 and 1870. The
terms dollars and cents are not used, but
in lieu thereof, pounds, shillings and
pence.
A young man from Hoosick Falls, NY.
at work for Hurd d Higgins as a skid
der, evidently isn't used to that kind of
work. The other day his horse fell and
he exclaimed to other workmen that the
horse had broken off its leg. "There it
is back in mud hole,' jokingly shouted
ore. While the Verdant youth went to.
look for the equine limb, the animal got
up and hauled the log to the skidway.
Some people would say more if they
would talk less.
There will be services as usual at the
Union church Sunday morning.
Household Idols" at the Bennington
opera house the 18th, promises to be fine.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Burgess "iust
over the line" are rejoicing in the birth
of boy.
Mrs. Emily Higgins has gone to Low
ell, Mass, to spend the winter with her
daughter-in-law, Mrs. Frank Knights.
Mr.. and Mrs. Knights are to be congaat-
ulated on the birth of son to gladden.
their home.