Bennington banner and reformer. (Bennington, Vt.) 1903-19??, 1903-05-07

Harry HUDSON is nome ifOIu Ocue-
nectady for few days.
Geo. W. Bigart went to Albany
Wednesday to pass several days.
Geo w. Biggart went to Albany
Wednesday to pass several days.
Miss Mary Sanford is at ''The Pri-
ory, " her summer home at Bennington
Center.
Judge John V. Carney went to
Readsboro Wednesday and held a
session of probate court.
The mail carriers donned their sum
mer uniforms the first of the month.
They are hobby looking suits.
Hon A. B. Gardner and wife of Pow
nal visited friends here Monday and
attended the play In the evening
The ladies of the Eastern Star Chap
ter cleared s25 at their recent card par
ty, for the benefit of the piano fund.
Mrs w. S. C. Russell is having her
household goods packed and win re-
move to Boston, where her husband is
located.
Geo. G. Bond went to Dandy the
first of the week and when he returned
brought an eight pound basket full of
Otter Creek trout.
The ladies of Miriam lodge d. r.
have issued invitations for card
social to be given In Odd Fellows hall
Friday evening.
d. II. Smith is very much out of
health and under the Doctors care at
the home of his daughter, Mrs c. L.
Robinson, Rutland.
Mr. and Mrs Frank Ferrin, and
Mrs Harry Willoughby left Wednes-
day for Castleton, where they will
spend a few weeks at the Bomoseen
House.
Charles Herrick came home Monday
evening from few hours fishing, and
among the samples that he brought
with him were thirteen trout that
weighed nearly five pounds.
Charles Herrick came home Monday
evening from a few hours fishing and
among the samples that he brought
with him we're thirteen trout that
weighed nearly five pounds.
George w. Bowles visited on the
east side of the mountain last week and
Friday drove from Wilmington to
Marlboro. On the road he passed
through snow drifts that we're fatty two
i feet high.
Announcement is made of the mar
riage in Troy, April 20, of Miss Mary
Hunter, to Frederick Herman Rock.
wood, both of this village. The offici-
ating clergyman was the Rev George
Fairlee. Both parties are we'll known
here and will receive the congratula.
tions of many friends.
The New England telephone com
pany has a gang Of men at work lay
ing fifteen pair underground tele
/ phone cable through Monument-av at
the Centre. The work is we'll toward
completion. During the progress o.
5 the work several old pennies and ar
old Indian arrow head have been un
earthed.
The Hon Henry Ballard has just re.
2 ceived notice of his appointment as al
aide.de-camp on the staff of Ger
Thomas J. Stewart of Pennsylvania
J commander-in-cheif of the GranC
Army of the Republic. Mr. Ballard
expects to attend the annual encamp
ment in San Francisco in August.
/ At the First Baptist Church Sunda!
t morning, the pastor, Rev Frank r
Morris, will preach on the Vernon
Baptist State Convention and the Re
ligious life of Vermont, Evening
service at 1880. Sermon topic, "Thc
Sabbath was Made for Man and No
Man for the Sabbath" Whether Z
church-goer or not you will be inter
ested in this subject. and are invited
to this service.
The public services in the Methods
church will begin next Sunday with &
prayer meeting at 10 O'Clock. AT 10:3(
: O'Clock the pastor, w. II. WashburnC
will speak on, 1.-THE Day of Judg
ment, and in the evening on, 'Looset
from Bondage. The Junior League
will meet at $3.50 p. m. and the Epwortt
League prayer meeting at $50 p. m
If not attending church elsewhere you
are cordially invited to these services
The parish meeting of st Peter;
church was held on the evening o.
May 4th. The following vestry wa;
elected for the ensuing year: J. t.
Shurtleff, b. o. Harwood, L. p. Nor,
ton, L. F. Abbott, j. H. Norton, c. c.