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News OF tAs TOwn and Village Told
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Briefly Tor Busy Readers.
Miss Edith Soule of East Greenwich
is guest of Mrs W. A. Austin.
Miss Mabel Hennessey Of the tele-
phone exchange is away on a ten days
vacation.
Frank Hopper of Wilksbarre Pa,
has joined his family which has been
here few weeks.
DR. Sherman Kimball has changed
his days from Wednesdays and Satur-
days to Tuesdays and Fridays
Mr. and Mrs Clarke L. Hayes of
Washington, D. c., are guests of Miss
S, E. Park at her home on School-st.
Mrs Hodgeman of New York and
Miss Starr of Troy we're guests Of Mrs
J. H Warren several days last week.
Waldo Harwood Of Cripple Creek,
Col, is home to attend the marriage of
his sister which will take place Thurs
day.
Miss Florence Ernestine Whitman OF
Saltwater N. Y, is guest other grand
parents, Mr. and Mrs Thomas Whit
man.
Mrs David Cowee and daughters of
Troy viii come to Bennington this
week and spend the rest of the sum
mer.
Mrs Frank L. Howe and children
came home Monday from Montpelier,
where they have been since the last Of
June.
At the session of the supreme court
last week Cassius R. Peck of Burling-
ton was admitted to practice in the
courts of Vermont.
Contractor James silk is building
an addition and raising the roof to a
full second story on the John Carri-
gan house on Division-st.
The E. L. Sibley Novelty works are
closed for couple of weeks to give
the employees vacation and permit Of
some repairs being made.
Mrs A Buell. Sibley and son, Miss
Florence Walbridge and brother Hen
ry returned Friday evening from a
two weeks visit to the seashore.
Frank Armstrong is acting as SUBJ
stitute carrier during the absence of
Carrier Harwood who is camping with
party of friends at Lowell Lake.
James A Norcross, aged II years,
member of the firm of Norcross Bros5
Il Co.. contractors, died Tuesday.
Brooding over the recent failure of the
firm, it is said, hsstened the end.
Arthur Elwell met with a painful ac-
cident while attempting to step off
his cart during trip to North Ben
nington one day last week. He slip
ped and fell to the ground spraining
his ankle.
Lake Emerald, Dorset is becoming
very popular place for campers.
Several camping parties to this place
are being formed, and a large num-
ber of young people intend to spend
Sunday there,
Lyman Royce, clerk in E. f. Hart's
grocery store is spending a weeks
vacation at Salem Willows, near
Boston. His wife and children who
have been visiting there for several
weeks will return with him.
J. d Stehman secretary of the Y. NJ.
C. A. who is to be married soon has
rented the eastern part of j. H. Hab-
berly's new house on Elm street. He
will take possession in the early part
of October. The tenement is one OF
the best in town.
A frequent visitor to Lake Hancock
reports potato freak in Mark
Green's garden. He found a number
of hills containing good sized potatoes
while they had no tops. He says that
it is very unusual FOR them to "set'
before the tops are well started
A great degree of interest is being
taken in the hose races for a silver
trumpet which viii take place August
18th. All the companies practice in
the evening and report an improve
ment in the time required TO get the
hose ready TO turn on the water.