The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-08-10
BENNINGTON BRIEFS.
News OF tho Town andl:vnlage Told
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Briefly Fer Busy Readers
Mrs G. Frazer and two children left
Tuesday morning enroute for Boston.
James M. Peake of North Adams is
spending week with friends in the
village.
Mrs S. S. Pike and son who have
been here some time left for their pres
ent home in Springfield, Mass, to day.
Bennington BARRIERS have received
invitations to attend clam bake to be
given by the members of the fraternity
in North Adams Sunday August 81
The Republicans of Bennington
county, too, were absent minded
enough to nominate a county commits
sioner, ever as their Democratic neigh
bors did. What's the matter with
Bennington county? Hasn't anybody
down there heard the news? Wake up!
Babylon has fallen-St Adams Mes
senger
Rev. Martin V. Brown, the Advent
preacher in Pownal, who conducts a
large saw mill in tine east part of Pow
nal, while running his mill Monday got
his left hand near the circular saw.
He severed two of the fingers of his
left hand and badly lacerated the other
ones. He was fortunate in not losing
his entire hand.
Mrs A. Werner and daughter Eliza
beth of Washington are guests Of her
aunt, Mrs John Casey.
Mr. and Mrs B. r. Hulett of Shafts
bury spent Tuesday with friends here.
T. A. O'Neil of Hoosick Falls was
the guest of Miss Mamie Lundergan
Tuesday.
H. Bradshaw of Schenectady spent
Sunday with Mr. and Mrs F. Hervey
Of Pleasant st.
Miss Mamie Lundergan leaves We'd
nesday morning enroute for Schaghti-
coke, Troy and Saratoga. She will
be gone three weeks
Miss Title Hervey, who has been
the guests of Mrs c. Wyman OF Hoo
sick Falls, has returned home.
Miss Elizabeth Galleer has returned
after a two weeks visit in Rutland.
The village Improvement society
will soon place a seat in the park of
the village cemetery, the gift of Henry
Squires,
Frank LaFranchise and family are
on a business trip to Canada Before
returning they will visit the St Louis
exposition.
George W. Stoddart of Brooklyn
and S. S. Jewett took a drive TO Lake
Hancock Monday.
Frederick A. Burt leaves Monday
for Boston where he will spend part
of his vacation.
Five of Mrs +. a. Jewett's summer
boarders, consisting of Lillian Alder
man of North Adams, Miss Bertha
Apologize. of Lakewood, N. y, Mrs
Forfar of New Rochelle, Norman
Burke of Nyack on-the- Hudson, jean
cite Forfar of Albany and Samuel
Jewett, Paul Jewett Ruth Jewett and
Miss Maude Kennon of Bennington,
visited the top of Mount Anthony yes
terday. The young ladies advise any
one contemplating that trip to think
twice before doing so.
The Misses Bessie Bowen, Margaret
Guiltinan and Lizzie and Myrtle
Church have been attending the races
at Saratoga.
Harry J. Cole and wife have return
ed from New York.
The Hungry Tigers defeated the
ScFubtown team Tuecday afternoon.
Score 20 to s.
William O'Donnell and Miss Mary
O'Donnell have gone to Mechanicville.
John Hayes is in Troy for the day.
Mrs H. N. Patterson left Wednesday
morning for two weeks visit in New
York.
Miss Mamie Phalen is spending her
vacation in the Adirondacks.
William Holt and family will return
Saturday from a camping trip at
Larrabee's Point near Shoreham.
REV c w Rowley and son, Alfred,
left Wednesday for fishing trip at
Cobleskill, N Y.
Misses Ida and Rosa Belisle have
returned from a visit in Troy and >Al-
bany.
Irving M lyman, president of the
class of '04 T c A Of Poultney, is in
town.