The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-10-24
BENNINGTON BRIEFS.
News of the Town and Village Told
Briefly for Busy Readers

Arthur Clark has returned from a
visit in Hinsdale, n. II.
Miss Agnes Quinlan was home from
Albany to spend Sunday.
Mrs George Gaping of East Dorset
is the guest of Mrs Emma Harwood.
Mr. and Mrs John L. Alger spent
Sunday visiting former friends here.
Mrs Lucy A. Cary of Dalton, Mass
is visiting her brother, f. c. Amadon
of Pownal.
Mrs Charles Adams is spending
few days with relatives in Oswego
county, n. Y.
Mr. and Mrs Charles S. Sweet Of
Troy are visiting Mr. and Mrs How
ard Hart Shields.
Milos Peake has returned to his
home in Chatham after visit to his
brother on Union St.
Miss Mae Clark has begun the erect
ion of new house, near that OF Adj
miral Field on Catamont avenue.
Remember nice fresh cream can be
had any day at Hudson's. Fresh
every day from Everett Harw ood's
dairy.
Mrs A. W. Harwood and Mrs Ed
ward Williams have gone to Barton
Landing to visit Rev and Mrs j. B.
Lyman.
John l.. Alger, formerly superinten-
dent of the graded school, will assume
the duties OF principal Of the Vermont
Academy of SaXton's River, Deceni-
Der lst.
Work at the mill of the Fl. T. Cush-
man Mfg company in North Ben
nington is so brisk that the plant is
run six evenings in the week until 9
O'Clock,
Mr. and Mrs Alburt Unger went to
their former home in Hudson, n. Y,
Saturday. Mr. Unger returned this
morning. His wife will remain home a
few days.
The outside work of the lew house
for the Putnam hose company is prac-
tically completed and the inside so
near that the company is beginning to
plan about the furnishings.
Prof Fl. w. Downs while conductirg |
his musical exercises at the graded |
school this morning, had a severe |
parahtic shock. He vas taken TO his |
home, and it is said that he will re.
cover.
A game OF football between an elev-
en- from Hoosick Falls and one COM
posed of members Of the second high |
school eleven was played Saturday
afternoon on the athletic grounds. The
locals won, score % to o.
The friends of B A. Fryer, former
superintendent for H. c. Bradford Co
will be pleased to hear that after his
long illness, he is improving. also,
that Mrs Fryer who broke down under
the care of her husband is GONZALES
cent.
Small game is not plenty here this
season. One young man went out at
II o'clock Saturday morning, return
ing about five in the afternoon, bring
ing in one partridge and one gray
squirrel. That was all that he saw.
Mrs Adeline Worthington and son,
and Mr. and Mrs William Kipp of
North Bennington left this morning
for Fitchburg to attend the marriage
of former lieutenant Sanford j.
Worth ington to Miss Anne G. French
of that city, Tuesday evening.
Announcement is made of the mar
riage engagement of Miss Laura
Adelaide Wrisley of New York to L.
Campbell Church of San Francisco.
The Young lady has relatives and
number of friends in this village.
John Nash and DR. f. B. Denney of
Amsterdam spent Friday and Saturday
in the Glastonbury woods. They saw
no deer but met number of hunters,
and only one had seen deer and that
was the day before he could shoot
Nash and the doctor saw quite num-
Der of deer tracks and in one place it
looked as II bear had just finished
eating.
William Johnson, the youngest son
of William j. johnson, died at his
home in the south part of the town
Thursday afternoon. He had been in
poor health for some time and his
death was not unexpected. He was %
years and six days old. The funeral
was observed Saturday at 2 p. M,
Rev NJ. V. Brown of Pownal official.
ing. The burial was in the Pownal
cemetery.
Frank B. Edgerton has the contract
to remodel the Swift house on Monu-
ment avenue recently purchased by
Edward II. Harvey of Cleveland, o. ;
An addition is to be put on, new heat
ers and other inside fixtures added.
The expense will be about $500. All
of the old furniture that was in it has
been packed and shipped to James
Corbier, vice president of the Morton
Trust company in New York. j