Bennington banner and reformer. (Bennington, Vt.) 1903-19??, 1903-08-06

Mrs Mary Kelley and son of
Waterford N. Y. are visiting friends
here.
Misses May and Ella HARDWOOD have
gone to Nantasket beach to visit for
two weeks.
Rev Sartell Prentiss Jr. of Newark
N. j. is among late arrivals at the
Waloomsac Inn,
Charles r. Sweet OF Boston is visit
ing his parents, Mr. and Mrs A. G.
Sweet, for few days.
Arthur Clark on Monday caught a
trout weighing two pounds and two
ounces, while fishing in the Roaring
branch.
Supt, Varney is in Townshend this
week, as one of the instructors at the
Windham county summer school for
teachers.
One we'll known farmer of the town
has plowed up all the corn that he
had planted and sowed buckwhhat in
its place.
Curtis d. Sweet has leased a store
in Greenwich and viii remove his
business to that village about the first
of September.
Miss Grace c. Sibley is spending
two weeks at Washacum lake, Sterl-
ing, Mass, with party of friends
from Lowell.
Mrs Clara Pease was called to Bur-
lington Monday by receiving news of
the sudden death of her brother, Ira
Russell one of the Oldest residents Of
that city
The Y. NJ. c. A. glee club willgive an
entertainment at the association rooms
next Tuesday evening assisted by Miss
Bessie Hudson and Miss Georgiana
Austin and others.
Mrs f. L. Nichols, Misses Emile
and Mabel Palmer, Lester Nicholes,
Miss Edith Walbridge and friends
have been camping during the past
week at Lake Emerald.
H. S. Bingham is away with the
board of railroad commissioners this
week inspecting that part Of the Bos-
ton & Maine railroad located in YER
mont. 1t will take all of the week.
While Captain Graves and First
sergeant Forbes are at the annual en-
canpmeut of the national guard Col
Inns NJ. Graves will have charge of
the Bennington Security company.
Manager Barnes has secured date
for Saturday from the Green Noun
tain Boys of East Arlington. This
ball team is the strongest in that part
OF the county and has been defeated
but once this season.
Mrs Mary J. Allen Of Pleasant st.
went to Dandy The first OF the week to
attend The funeral of her cousin, Silas
L. Griffith, mich was held at that
place Tuesday She is now visiting
her daughter Mrs Henry Tabor OF
Dandy.
Henry Root, Robert Jepson and
Arthur Keno have returned from a
six weeks outing at Camp Jolly al
Woodford big pond. Forest Jepson,
Bert and Lawrence Daley are now
occupying the camp for two weeks.
Next Sunday at the Second Congre.
gational church the pastor will con-
duct the services both morning and
evening. In the morning Rev Charles
G.. Merrill d. D. secretary of the Yer
mont missionary society, will speak
upon the needs of our weaker churches
Next Sunday evening Aug. 9th. a
the Old First Church the Rev d. n
Beach, D. D., viii speak on The Re
ligious Opportunity Of the Grea'
West DR. Beach will give in this ad
dress the results Of several years Oh
servation in different states Of the
West.
f. +. Gstabrook has sold boul
der monument in Amsterdam, where
be is having the Swart $4,000 Man
soleum built. He also sold nice
Sarcophagus monument in Schenec
tady last week. His ad with cuts O
/ different structures he has sold, will
be found in mother column each week
The annual union Old Home Weel
service will be held at The Old FRS
Church at Bennington Center on Sun
day evening August 10Th. at 7:3l
O'Clock. The churches unite in this
service and other services. are omitted
for that evening, The principal adj
dress will be delivered by the Rev
David Nelson Beach, d. d., and since
the anniversary of the battle falls up.