Bennington banner and reformer. (Bennington, Vt.) 1903-19??, 1903-07-23
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News OF the Town and village Told
Briefly for Busy Readers.

Mrs Eleanor Bradford is visiting al
Dewey Lodge, Woodford.
j. A. N. Williams, sister and daugh-
ter are visiting in Scranton, Pa.
The Misses Lyon of Orange N. j.
are visiting the Misses Clark Fern
hurst.
Louis PuGer, Forest Kehoe and Rob
ert Jepson are camping at Big Pond,
Woodford.
Nicholas Noveck, who has been in
New York City on business trip, has
returned.
Sidney S. Pike, son of seIe Pike,
who has been very i'll, was much better
yesterday.
Miss Anna Smith of Troy, n. y. is
visiting Mrs Washburne at the Nj ho-
dist parsonage.
A j. Dewey and wife were sooug
those registered at the Berwick nu.as
in Rutland MONDAY.
DR. f. w. Goodall has with hi, 'wo
sisters from Greensboro who W.. re-
main with him few weeks.
The St PETERS Sunday School has
postponed its excursion to Lake Emer-
aid until Wednesday, July %.
F. b. Edgerton has the contract to
erect a $4,000 residence for Charles r.
Sanford at Bennington Center.
Miss Katherine Niles, a student of
the Albany Business college, was
guest of Mrs Lowrie over Sunday.
The Misses Addie Javery and A mes
Dorm spent Sunday with Mr. and
Mrs Charles Meilleur in Rutland.
Miss Emile L. Palmer and Miss Ma
bel E. Palmer of Brooklyn are the
guests of Mr. and Mrs f. L. Nichols.
John d. Rockefeller Jr. will arrive
on the flyer this afternoon for short
visit to his sister, Mrs f. Parmlee
Prentice.
Mrs J. A. Sipperly who has been
visiting her parents, Mr. and hfrs G.
A. Wattles, for several weeks will re-
turn home Monday.
The Rev John J. Blair of Spring
field, Mass, viii preach in the Second
Congregational church next Sunday
morning and evenino
The afternoon train on the Chatham
division of the Rutland railroad now
leaves at $50 O'Clock, the schedule on
which it ran for years.
T. A. Carpenter and sons have just
contracted to build the paper mill re-
Gently destroyed by fire, and owned by
the Stark Paper Co. at Sodom.
J. Charles Moore started Saturday
to begin work this week in Pittsfield,
Mass, where he was employed few
years ago. His family will remain
here until fall.
There will be a meeting for prayer
In the Methodist church Sunday morn
ing at ten o'clock. At 1O:30 a. m. the
pastor, w. II. Washburne, will speak
on, "What if some did not believe, +"
and in the evening on, "Inthe presence
Of our enemies.
Miss Maud Marshall OF Hudson was
a guest of Miss Grace Harmon over
Sunday. On her way here Miss Mar
shall lost a diamond ring out of the
car window at Hoosick Junction. , Mr.
Harmon, upon hearing OF this, went to
the Junction and found the ring be-
side the track.
One Of the linemen in the employ of
the New England Telephone Co. came
near being electrocuted yesterday af-
ternoon by coming in contact with
live wire while at work upon a pole.
The wire carried current of 1000
volts. The man was thrown to the
ground but not seriously injured.
The annual meeting under the new
bylaws of Co. K was held Tuesday
evening of last week. The annual re-
ports we're read and the following of
fcers elected; Secretary, Quartermas-
ter Downs: treasurer, First Sergeant
Forbes. The board of directors con-
sists of the three commissioned officers
the secretary, Sergeants Forbes and
Foster, and Private Gokay.
When Charles H. Darling of Ben
was member of the legisla-
ture in 1896, he impressed all his asso-
ciates with his marked ability, his ex-
ceeding sense of fairness and his at
tention to business. All of these
qualities he is displaying as assistant
secretary of the navy, so that it is no
to hear him mentioned as
promising candidate to succeed Secre-
tary Moody.-Randof Herald and |
News.