The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-01-13
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News OF the Town and village Told
Briefly for Busy Readers.

/ MASS, lot rev uayS VlSlJ.
Miss Annie Watson is home from
New York for a few weeks visit.
Henry Marsh has been confined to
the house several days by illness.
Miss Bessie Watson has given up
her position in the local telephone ex-
change.
Primroses and~other plants 5 and 10
cents-at Heath's Elm st. Also cut
flowers.
st Mary's guild will serve a supper
at the Parish house on Thursday at
$3.50 O'Clock.
There will be a social dance and CO.
tillion in Forester's hall, Friday even
ing, January Is.
William Tiffany, who has been i'll
for number Of days, is in a critical
condition this morning
j. Ed Walbridge has purchased
fine pair of black horses from Jas L.
Griffin of Sunderland.
Bruce Babcock, of the Coy, Babcock
Co., who has Oeen ailing, has been in
Albany, consulting specialist.
There will be a public meeting in the
lecture room of the Methodist church
tonight and Thursday night at 1870
O'Clock.
John H. Bahan, has been appointed
by the trustees of Bennington Center
village, street commissioner for the
coming year,
Cards are out announcing the wed
ding Of Miss Emily Ford Amadon and
Simeon Frances Crosier both of Pow
nal, Wednesday January 81
Mrs Edward Norton and Miss Helena
Norton g to New York City next
week to remain some time, closing
their house on Pleasant st.
| Mrs Edward Norton has taken a
suite of apartments in New York
City, and with her daughter Helena
will spend the remainder Of the winter
in that city,
Next Sunday morning in the Metho-
dist church, the pastor, Rev W Il.
| Washburne, will speak on Good
Cheer" and ia the evening on, Put
of the old man"
Miss Harriet Barber and Miss BeS.
sic Reynolds of North Adams, have
been visiting their aunt, Mrs l.. c.
Sherman on Main street. They re-
turned home after a very pleasant trip.
The tenth anniversary of the b. b.
b. class of the Baptist Sunday school,
was enjoyed with their teacher, Miss
N. NJ. Moore, last Friday evening.
Master James McLaren won the class
prize.
At the annual meeting OF Co. l, LIST
Inf, v n. G., Brattleboro, Sergeant
George f. Mosher was elected clerk
and treasurer. Mr. Mosher was for
merly employed by Perry & Reese
man in this village.
"Fortnightly" this week subject
Current Events" Mrs Mary Mer-
rill, Mrs J. NJ Burt and Miss /. f.
Edgerton, committee. The subject is
always an interesting one and the text
for the afternoon is "The ceaseless
turning Of the mill of time, that never
for an hour stands still"
W. NJ. Olin W. Daley, Grand Mas
ter; W. Lee S. Tlllotson, Grand Lect-
urer of the Grand Lodge; j. H.
Whipple, p. G. NJ, Emmett G. futile,
/ p. G. T., p. r. Leavenworth, d. d.
! G. NJ. of the fourth Masonic district
are among the prominent brothers of
the Masonic fraternity, who will pro-
badly be present at the district con-
vention to be held here tomorrow
evening.
Listof letters remaining uncalled for
in the post Office for the week ending
Jan IL, 1904: Robert ID. Adams, Ray
Barber, Edmond Cole, J. Fine Henry
S. Hawks, LaEher Bros, Mr. A. Nor
ton, Frank Nault, Fred Nash, Jas
Peters Jr, w. A. Spooner, w. F.
Wilson, Mrs Harriet p, Adams, Mrs
Hannah French, Miss Alice Hager,
Mrs Belle C. Morgan, Mrs Burt Snow
in care of Mrs Cary. Mrs Laura c.
Shaw, Mrs w. B. Smith, Miss Daisy
Taylor, Mrs H. Vanderburg.
The water trouble at Winooskf has
been alleviated and the village is now
being supplied with Lake Champlain
water from Burlington. The reason
for the sudden giving out of the Gill
brook supply the source at Winooski,
was due to the large amount Of water