Bennington banner and reformer. (Bennington, Vt.) 1903-19??, 1903-04-16

of Mr. aud Mrs f. o. Graves.
Miss Kate Sheehan of Dewey-st is
visiting her brother in North Adams.
The infant son of Mr. and Mrs Owen
Levine, who has been i'll, is recover
ing,
Miss Helen barrow returned Mon
day to the Normal School at Castle
ton
/ Mrs w. b. Putnam of Hoosick Falls
visited at DIR Putnams Monday and
Tuesday,
Miss Anna D. Rogers came up from
New York to spend Easter, returning
Tuesday
Fifty couples attended the Father
Matthew social Monday evening in
Academy hall.
Miss Mabel Hennessey of the tele-
phone exchange spent Easter at her
home in Dalton, Mass.
William Babcock has commenced
the erection of dwelling house in the
southeast part of the town.
George II. Bickford has recently
purchased a very pleasant home on
Church-st in Hardwick and taken pos
session of it.
At the last business meeting of Co.
X, Joseph J. Leahy was voted into the
company as bugler and Raymond
Knapp as private.
The b. Frank Wood homestead on
Union-st was sold at auction yester-
day by NJ. H. Woodward, administra-
tor, to Nicholas Noveck for S2375.
John S. Holden will soon make ex-
tensive repairs to the Boardman house
purchased by him last week, aud it
will be devoted exclusively to private
families.
After residing over twenty years in
one house on SouthAst, Misses Fran
ces and Harriet James have moved to
the Jepson tenement recently complet-
ed on South-st.
Miss Lena Hover of School-st was
the lucky winner OF the shoes given
away at E. f. Harris store last Satur-
day evening. Another pair will be
given away this week.
Mrs Harriet Pratt and T.. c. Van
Buren, of Hoosick Falls spent Sunday
in Troy with friends, Mrs Emma
Morrison and daughters, the former a
sister of Warren Downey OF Hoosick
Junction.
Governor and Mrs Mccullough have
accepted an invitation to be in New
port during the Old Home Week OBJ
servance in August at which time the
Boston Association of Yermonters
will visit that village on its annual ex-
cursion to this state,
List OF letters remaining uncalled
for in the postotfice at Bennington for
the week ending April -; A. H. Allen,
Burton Downing, VIM Hager. Eugene
Moon, VIM Moon, D. L. Rugg, Sam'l
Roulston, Miss Marion Gray Kenne-
dy. Miss Margaret Kelly, care OF NJ.
Kelly, Mrs Rosa Myers.
Real Estate Agent C. n. Powers has
this week sold two building lots, one
on the corner of Union and Silver
streets TO Miss Margaret p. Lowrie,
and the other lot on Grand View to
James Z. Burke Miss Lowrie win al
once proceed to the erection of a hand
some new house on the lot she has pur.
chased and Mr. Burke win also build
this season.
AT special town meeting in Hard |
wick Saturday afternoon, il was voted |
TO exempt the Woodbury. Granite com
pany from taxation for period of ten
years from the time the said company
began business in Hardwick. 1t was
also voted to abate the tax assessed
against the firm of Bickford, Moore & |
Company for the year 1902
A party claiming to be from Whit
ingham has been selling in our viii |
lage, in large quantities, at good !
prices, pure maple syrup, first run.
A party purchasing, emptied the tin
can Of syrup into glass jars. After "a |
few minutes standing, a precipitate, in /
liberal quantities, was noticed in the |
bottom Of the jars which upon exami-
nation proved to be brown sugar.
"a word to the wise"
Selectman E. J. Tiffany has been
appointed one Of the membership com
mittee of the state automobile club re-
Gently organized. Any person own
ing a motor carriage Of any kind or
interested in automobiling is cordially
invited to become a member of the
club, which will not only prove a
pleasant social organization but will