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in Schaghticoke.
MISS KATE PENFIELD is spending a
couple of weeks in Saratoga.
Hon. GEO. W. HARMAN and wife spent
Friday and Saturday in Saratoga.
Mrs. L. A. GRAVES gives an after
noon reception at her home, Friday.
EDWARD MURPHY is confined to his
h )me on Lincoln street with fever.
E. c. BENNETT is visiting in Washing
ton, D. c. He will return this week.
Mr.. AND Mrs. VIM WATSON, who
have been visiting in Minneapolis few
weeks, returned home Friday evening.
MISS FANNY WALBRIDGE left few
days since for Burlington, to resume her
studies in Bishop Hopkins Hall.
j. w. TOWER, who has been sick for
the past three weeks, is once more on
the street and able to attend to business
Miss HELEN WALLACE of Hoosick
Falls, was the guest of Miss May San
ford and Mrs. W. E. Putnam, last week.
A. RICE has purchased the Leonard
property on Silver street, adjoining that
of Thereon S. Plumb. Consideration
$1,000.
MRS. S. II. BROWN has closed her
home on North street, and is now resld-
ing with her daughter, Mrs. VIM. E.
Hawks.
THE annual meeting of the Vermont
Officers Reunion Society will be held in
Rutland October 10Th. Congressman
Powers will deliver the address.
CHAs. H. TUCKER of Providence, R. l.,
has accepted "a position with DIN Scott,
He and his family are boarding with
Mrs. Bates on Pleasant street.
Mrs. EDWARD B. HULING, who has
been passing the summer with her par
euts, Mr.. and Mrs. Vim. E. Hawks,
leaves for her home in Chicago, to-
morrow.
Mr.. AND MRS. j. W.. KEMP and Mrs.
Kemps mother, Mrs. w. II. Cady, ex-
pect TO leave for their new home in West
field, Mass, Saturday. Waiter H. Cady
of Troy, N. Y, came here Saturday for
short visit with them before their de.
parture.
THE Central Vermont and the Ben
nington and Rutland Railways will run a
special excursion train from all stations
on the Rutland division between Bellows
Falls and North Clarendon to Benning
ton next Saturday, arriving here at 1875
a. m.
Mrs. W. w. FOSTER Jr., author of
"The Church Kindergarten and the
Primary Lectures at Chatauqua, will
take leading part in the exercises of
the State Sunday school convention that
meets in ST. Johnsbury, Oct. 22nd-24th.
As C. H. Mason was driving into his
yard Friday evening, the wheels OF his
wagon struck the outside of the curb and
tipped the wagon over, throwing Mr..
Mason out. lie was picked up insensi-
BILE and taken into the house but soon
recovered. No bones were broken but
he was somewhat bruised.
THE High School Argus, published by
the students of the Harrisburgh, Pa,
high school, contains list of the faculty,
and among the names is that of Mrs H.
r. Sears, B. A., Yassar, '72. Mrs. Sears
is the wife of Walter Sears, a brother of
Chas. r. Sears of The Centre, aud is the
daughter of Mrs. Moses Harrington, of
the Centre.
THERE are now six chapters of the
Daughters of the American Revolution
in Vermont-the Mary Brownson chap
ter in Arlington, the Bennington chap
ter. the Green Mountain chapter, Bur
lington; the Lafayette chapter, Montpe-
lier; the Bratteboro chapter, and the
Ann Story chapter in Rutland. The
Burlington chapter is the first to erect a
memorial but the Arlington chapter is
preparing to erect a monument to Mary
Brownson, Ethan Aliens first wife, who
was buried in Arlington.
THOSE who witnessed Niobe at the
Opera House Friday evening, were more
than pleased. They were filled to the
brim with merriment from the com.
mencement until the fall of the curtain.
''Niobe'' is by Harry and Edward Paul
ton, the authors of the delightful ''Er
.minie," and is one continuous source OF
laughter The music was most pleasing
and there was just enough ''piot' in the
play to hold ones acquaintance with the
characters between the ludicrous stua
tions Miss Minerva Dorr in the title
role carried the audience with her.
LIST of letters remaining uncalled foI
in the Post Office at Bennington for TIT
week ending Oct It'll, 1885, Miss Kath
crime Ferris, Miss w. Gilman, Miss Hud
nut, Mrs. W. S. Hall, Frank Adams, Viii
liam Aldrig, VIM. Brown, Edward Boar
DIRE, Boverx Dirlen, Arthur Dixon, VIM
House, j. A. McCray, II. N. Madison
Horatio B. Lincoln, Calvin Parker Mar
tin Quinn, w. l. Reynolds, Geo. Walker
These letters will be sent to the Deat
Letter Office Oct. 21st, if not delivere,
before. In calling for above, please sa,
advertised" giving date of list.