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residence on Silver street.
LAST Friday a son was born to Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank Camp.
N. M. PUFFER is having a concrete
walk laid in front of his residence or
Union street.
Mr.. AND MRS. D. J. CRoNIN of Brook
Ign, are visiting among their old Ben,
nington friends.
ALoNzo BENNETT, formerly resident
of Bennington, now of Rochester, N. Y,
is visiting in town.
Mr.. EDGERToN has commenced build.
ing residence on Dewey Avenue just
abovc . Dickford's house.
MI NINA HENRY and Hugh Henry
Jr., oi hester, are visiting Miss Nellie
Coffey al tho Soldiers Home.
ONE hundred and fifty persons went
on the excursion and picnic given by ST..
Peters church, Thursday, to North Dor
set Pond.
Mrs. BISHOP, of Oakland, Cali, a sis
ter of the late Frank Weaver, was in
town yesterday, on business connected
with the estate.
UNDER the direction of Street Com
missioners futile, new curbing is being
laid around the premises of DR.. F. S.
Pratt on South and Union streets.
MICHIGAN TRIBE No. 6, I. o, r. NJ,
will install the newly elected officers this
Friday evening. There are five newly
elected members to initiate in the order.
Mrs. FRED E. WELLS and daughter
Gladys, who have been spending the past
month at Swampscott, Mass, are now at
Bennington, whittier Mr.. Wells journeys
nightly.-Troy Press.
SERVICES in the Methodist church at
the usual hours next Sunday. Morning
subject: "Benefcence and Self-Sacrifice,
Nothing without Love" Evening sub.
ject: Goods Castaways."
OLIN SCOTT who returned from Mime
apolis Saturday, brought with him an or
der for two sets of New England pulp
grinders to be shipped to parties in Wis
consin as soon as possible.
MR.. F. J. BOYNToN, of Lowell, Mass,
travelling auditor of New England Tele
phone Company, is in town to-day audit
ing the accounts of the local Office which
he found to be in an exceptionally good
condition.
DEPUTY SHERIFF NASH was the reci-
pient, this morning, of letter from Mrs.
Emma A. Page, in which she said that
there had been one hearing in her case,
and that the Surrogate had adjourned
the same until September oath.
Mrs. II. L. SHIELDS has just had pur-
chased for her use one of the most sty-
lish pair of horses that can be seen on
our streets. They were procured i'll
South Wallingford from Chauncey Paris
a we'll known resident of that section.
Miss KATE LEONARD, formerly a
teacher in our Graded School, who left
few years since to accept flattering of
fer in the city schools of Minneapolis,
Mimi, is visiting friends in town, on her
way to her home in the central part of
the State.
THE remains of Daniel Woodwork,
who died in Rochester, n. Y, arrived
Wednesday morning and were buried in
the village cemetery. Rev. s. McLaugh-
lin conducted the services at the grave.
The deceased, who was 81 years of age,
formerly resided here and is remembered
by our older people.
THE Bennington& Rutland and Lebanon
Springs roads will run an excursion to
Providence Island, Lake Champlain,
Friday, the 10Th, inst The fare for the
round trip is but SIPS. Train leaves
here at 7:40 a. M, and on the return ar
rives here at SIS p. m. This excursion
is an annual affair with these railroads,
audit is always exceptionally we'll patron
ized
JOHN H. AYREs Jr., left here yester-
day morning for a weeks visit to friends
in Contoocook, N. II. The young man
left here on his wheel at 5 a. m. At sos
he stopped at the Forest and Stream
Club in Wilmington where he was enter
tanned. At II: 10 he was in Brattleboro
and expected to be at his destination in
the afternoon before dark. He mailed
cards at both of the above places.
ETHAN ALLEN,a prominent New York
lawyer and literary man, has just COM
pleted washington, a Drama of the Rev
olution," which promises much toward
keeping alive the great interest now be-
ing manifested in that most important
event of the worlds history. 1t is of
special interest to people of this town
from the fact that the Battle of Bennipg-
ton and the actors therein are given
prominent place in one of the scenes. So
generally interesting is it that a wealthy
citizen of New York has purchased 1O,-
900 copies to be circulated by himself as
a patriotic work. Mr.. Allen is of revo-
lutionary ancestry. of the family of the
fan,ons hero of TicOndaropa thOuUb not