Bennington banner and reformer. (Bennington, Vt.) 1903-19??, 1903-12-17
BENNINGTON BRIEFS.
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by the Ladies' Aid.
Joseph Tessier will take his position
with the Hawkins Bros next week.
A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs
win Pleasant on Monday night Dec I.
Miss c. S. Mattison is on the sick
list, has had quite severe attack Of
tonsilitis
Miss Lena Harris teaches in the
Snow district, boards at home, drives
morning and evening
Clifford Hawkins will handle the
"Daily Banner" any one wishing can
have it for one cent day.
Miss Lillian Temple has resigned
her position in the Telephone exchange
at Brattleboro, and returned Satur-
day.
The schools opened Monday morn
ing, village teachers the same, Prof
Dinsmore, Miss Rose LaDue and Miss
Ida Harrington.
The post office department an
nounces the appointment of Henry r.
Spencer on r. +. d. route No. , at
North Bennington.
Miss Nellie Martin is teaching in
the Bates district, where Miss Mary
Seymore was last term, Miss Rilla
Galusha in the Howard District,
Among the floral tributes at the fun
eral of Ira r. Allen in Fair Haven
Saturday was handsome one Of
roses from o. NJ. Barber and E. l..
Bates.
Among those who received honor
able mention for solving the prize puz
zle published ia the Boston Herald of
December 6, is Benjamin Walden Of
Bennington Center.
During the past year there was xii
led in Bennington county according
to report from the office of the state
auditor 429 foxes, IA lynxes, 1893 hedge
hogs and 7 bears.
The Brodhead Wis, Register Of
Wednesday Dec. contained an obitu-
airy of the late Mrs Mary Eldred Tenn
pie, who was born in North Petersburg
in 1882 and died Of Brodhead, Dec. 3.
Mrs Peter Grady, formerly OF Ben
nington, late Of Williamstown, died
at the North Adams hospital Sunday
noon. She was a years old. She
leaves a number Of relatives in Ben
nington.
A registered Ayrshire bull has been
purchased for the Soldiers Home
farm. 1t comes from the stock OF C.
NJ. Winslow the great cattle man of
Brandon.
We we're visited with touch Of
Shirkshire on Wednesday evening,
snow fell but not enough to make good
sleighing. Thursday morning, it is
showing, and quite wintry.
Charles Peck formerly in F. L. Mat
tison store was in town last week, he
came on from Michigan for witness
on the suit, also ]. F, Fredenburg
from New Britain, Conn.
one of the interested attendants at
the Rogers trial is Judge Fowler of
Manchester. For 81 years he has been
attending county court, and has been
in attendance upon all the noted cases
that have come before it during those
years
Although Mrs Rogers mother lives
in Hoosick Falls but few miles from
here she has not been to see her daugh-
ter since the trial began. Two
sisters of Estella Bates have been
to see her here and in Rutland. They
live in Troy and Cohoes.
Ned Donnelly formerly Of this Will
age is now member of Mrs Fisk's
company in Mary of Magdala. lie has
been visiting brother in Hoosick and
Friday afternoon gave reading from
Julius Caesar before the members OF
the Hoosick School
The church choir are rehearsing |
their Christmas music. There will be |
a concert by the Sunday school in con-
nection with the distribution OF pres
ents, each class in school assist in
some contribution either in rotations
dialogues interspersed with singing
A letter received from Mrs Charles
Fowler of Pittsfeld, Mass, a former
town woman, writes of her mother,
Mrs r. L. Stickles life long resident
of town, who is remarkably we'll for
one over 80, although the infirmaties
of age have crippled her so much that
she has to use cruches to get about
There has been considerable specu
lation as to why Norris Knapp who
had been out of the state for number
of months should have returned to |