The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-04-14
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News of the Town and Village Told
Briefly for Busy Readers.


Letter carrier Frank p. Nolan is off
duty today on account of illness.
John B. p. O'Donnell is in Hoosick
Falls today attending the wedding of
his cousin, William Riley.
Mrs Matte Hill has been appointed
postmaster at Sunderland, a posit-
ion held several years by her husband
recently deceased.
S. Huling Blackmer and Joseph NJ.
Ayres are in Troy today.
Rev Father O'Connell of Boston
who has been visiting Father Barron
leaves this morning for Rutland,
Miss Vera Bull returned to North
hampton this morning.
Mrs L. F. Abbott and Miss May
Carney will spend the day in Troy.
w. B. Sheldon and wife will attend
the Hudson and Holly wedding today
at Dorset. ITS =:=
Miss Caroline Guild who has been
visiting Miss Hatch returned to he
home in North Steventown to lay.
Mrs Rockstraw is in Troy today on
business.
James Burns ST., is in a very criti-
cal condition suffering from a dog
bite.
The funeral OF VIM Winslow will
be held from the Methodist church,
Friday afternoon at 2:3O
The Vermont Experiment Station
will distribute shortly one Of its an
nual fertilizer bulletins. This will be
the smaller one. The main one cannot
be issued until about June l. This
issue will contain analysis, and dis
cussion of values.
A light bay mare weighing about
1000 pounds was stolen from the barn
OF Joseph 4. Doty of williamstown
Tuesday evening. A Concord buggy
was taken with it, also heavy black
robe The ttief is supposed to be
coming this way.
Frank II. Chapman of Rutland, A.
p Childs OF Castleton, Charles Can.
field of Arlington, c. d. Phillips, G..
d. Mattison of North Bennington were
among those who attended the funer-
al of j. T. Shurtlef Wednesday.
The trout fishing season opsns in
New York tomorrow and several of
the local fishermen are preparing to
HE themselves over the line by the
dawns early light to try their luck in
the White Creek and Hoosick streams.
On enthusiast has already provided
his bait and othernecessaries. Appear
ances to day indicate that he will
need it as weather aud water are pretty
cold.
List of letters remaining uncalled
for in the post otice for the week end
ing April II 1904; Edd Coe, Eugene F.
Moon, Raymond Thompson. Myron
West, Albert w. Woodruff, Miss Sre
Crump, Miss Luella Chase, Miss Julia
Fonslee, Mrs Amanda Johnson, Mrs
J. A. Kilmer, Mrs Ole Lund, Maud
Myers, Miss Lydia RUSSELL Mrs Al
bert Wood.
Walloomsac Lodge NEOP will hold
social in their rooms April 10Th
over the post-ollice, consisting of a
musical and literary programme fol-
lowed by games, cards, checkers, and
dominoes. The ladies will serve cake
and coffee. Every one who has en-
joyed Walloomsac's hospitality this
spring have pleased themselves and
us by coming again, why don't you
come.
Henry +, Burgess this morning sold
c. G. Harrington, of Grand Rapids,
Mich, the stallion George st Clair,
pacing record 2-104. Consideration
$780, Mr. Harrington will take the
horse to his farm in Michigan at once.
T. Hoxie Hall of Pownal is in the
village today. He is returning from
Montpelier, where yesterday he attend
ed the quarterly meeting of the Union
Mutual Fire Insurance Company of
which he has been a director since
1886