The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-12-05
BENNINGTON BRIEFS.
News OF thsATewn and village Told
Briefly for Busy Readers.


Boston.
d. G. Burt is confined to the house
by illness.
The S Of V and the YMC elect OFF,
GERS this evening.
Telephone 1852 has been placed in
Thompson's laundry.
Mrs Frederick Peake is assisting at
the Green Stamp store.
Misses Mae Bowen and Dora Hart
spent Sunday in No Adams.
Miss Lula Wyman of Hoosick Falls
was the guest Of friends here Sunday.
Rosters store is attractively trim
med in red and green COR the holidays.
Mr. and Mrs II. H. Webster enter
tain the Builders at supper tomor-
row.
DR. C. r. Wilcox was one of the
bearers at the funeral of Mrs ii. j.
Potter.
The woman's auxiliary ofthe YMCA
hold meeting at the rooms Wednes-
day afternoon.
Rev and Mrs Earold Harmon who
have been guests at j. Ed Walbridge S
returned Saturday to Cairo, n. Y
Rev c. $. Mills has gone 10 White
River Junct on to attend a meeting of
the Forward Movement committee.
Miss Florence Gilbert, an experen-
ced teacher of the piano, violin, guitar
and mandolin. ie prepared to take pu-
pills. Word may be left at Grlswold S.
+. E. Long sang II am a Pilgrim"
in a pleasing manner at the NJ. +.
church Sunday evening. Miss Annie
Dakin read the poem conscience and
~
Saturday evening someone stole a
pitcher of milk from back porch on
Westinghouse. If he will return the
pitcher no questions will be asked
about the milk.
The basket ball game this week will
be played in Library Hall Friday eve-
ming with the RPI team. This team
defeated Bennington last season by a
score of II to -.
Forrest L. Jepson has entered the
Mott Terrace school in Schenectady
taking a preparatory course for the
law department Of Union College.
The art exhibit held under the aus
pices of the Bennington art league will
be open to the public tomorrow after
noon in the parish house of St Peters
church.
Edward Palmer of Hoosick Falls
desires the Banner TO state that the
of his engagement to
Miss Margaret Rice published Friday
is not true. He thinks somebody put
up job on him.
Some of DR. Wallace Nutting's plat
Inotypes Of Bennington, notably hand
some new pictures of the monument,
;oIored by Mrs Sheldon. will be on
sale at the Congregational church par
Ors on Wednesday afternoon and eve
ling of this week.
Mr. and Mrs Edward Stackford and
son have been guests of relatives in
own. Mr. Stackford returned to
Sunday but hi, wife and
son will remain with her sister, Mrs
Frank Murphy of Gage st who is
II
The reception committee from the
ocal Rebekau a-sema'y 20 receive the
'isitors to the district convention to
,e held Tuesday evening is composed
If the following: Mrs Calvin Endress,
hrs Helen X. Stillson, Mrs Ruth
,.i Il
A letter has been received from Miss
hope Graves who sailed from New
DIRK few weeks ago for Florence,
italy. The communication was mail |
d from Gibralter. The passage was
very rough one and the vessel was
hree days over time when the first |
topping port was reached.
Horace p. Woodman has his new
Undertaking rooms and upholstering |
md repair shop open and ready for |
BUSINESS. Mr. Woodman is prepared |
o do all kinds of furniture repairing
mattress making ORE |
making or any Inferior work. His OF T. |
il as undertaken and embalmer and |
director is complete.
The feature OF the December smart |
Set is undoubtedly the novelette,,
'Clavering aad His Daughter" story |
# Washington life, by new author, |
'oxcroft Davis, whose meteoric en-. |
rance into the field of fiction is likely
D be the sensation of the season. To-
ally unknown this writer's first manu-
cript was not only accepted on sight
y one of the most conservative pub
shing houses in America, but two
ew books were contracted for to form
series of three, all on the national
olitics and societycenturing at Wash.
lgton. Meanwhile The Smart Set has
scured the first work to be published
nder the name of Foxcroft Davis-a
iory of a remarkable man and a re-
arkable woman in the interesting
sitting of life at the nations capital,
hich no author has yet known so in
mately and vitality. The appearance