The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1905-02-08
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News OF the Town and village ToI
Briefly for busy Readers.

LNek uidr mcbJlnR OF olAJn corps
WRC this evening
Cashier Clement II. Cone leaves soon
for trip to Jamaica.
Harry Sharp has taken position
at the local freight Office.
Miss Ruth Martin has gone TO Pat
erson. N j., to visit her sister
Sunday will be the Doth anniversary
OF the birth OF Abraham Lincoln.
Mrs II. S. Wilson OF Arlington was
in town calling on friends today.
Fred Corbett won out in T.. X.
Meader's pillow top club last night.
Monument lodge, K. of p. will confer
ranks on two candidates this evening
Miss Jennie Patterson has returned
from visit in Albany and North Ad-
ans.
Fred B. Packard has resumed work
after being housed by an liberated
tooth.
Mrs Helen Cole, grand matron, will
this evening install the officers OF Mt.
Anthany chapter, OES.
Mrs Thomas Morrissey OF Cohoes
was called here Monday owing to the
death Of Mrs John Morrissey.
w. II. Lonergan has purchased the
Brimmer farm near the state line and
is making many repairs on the place.
c. d. Greenslet has returned from
Arlington WI ere he has been at work
decorating the interior of the town
hall.
Horace Bottum of SALISBURY, a
well known resident of Southern Yer
mont is seriously i'll at his home in
that town.
/ Mr. and Mrs Ste gart Andrews Il Bos.
ton are guests at the home of Supt.A.
w. Varney. Mrs Andrews is sister
of Mrs Varney.
Guy II. Olsaver and George w.
Morse are in Albany today. They
will come up to Troy this evening and
hear Paderewski.
Mrs Anna f. DEMO who has been
i'll with nervous prostration for sever
al weeks does not improve. For the
past week she has been much worse.
Today is the Goth anniversary of the
hanging of Archibald l.. Bates at
Bennington Center. According TO
those who were present the day was
like spring.
S. B. Hall who is at st Augustine,
Fla. writes that he is enjoying him
self out of doors, horseback riding,
boating etc and that the weather is
delightful
Train No. 65 which arrives in Ben
nington at 300 p. m. now has through
service from Albany TO Montreal and
close connection in Albany with the
train from New York.
A large proportion OF the members
of Monument lodge, K. OF F. will go to
Rutland, Feb. % TO attend the annual
district meeting. This lodge is expect
ed to work the second degree.
Quite delegation from here are
planning to attend the sugar eat and
supper to be given by the Methodist
church at Pownal Thursday evening,
II TIE roads are in conditionfor travel.
The mercury this morning registered
5 below zero. This is the Sth consecu-
tive morning that 1t has registered be-
low. Pretty good record for n open
winter. - -,
According to the old saying there
are yet TO be five more weeks of cold
winter weather, following the see
ing of his shadow by the ground hog
when he came out week ago.
The general health of the village at
the present time Is good. Thus far
this winter there have been but COM
paritively few cases of a pulmonary
character. Common colds have been
numerous.
Mrs E. w. Bradford. Mrs L. A.
Graves and Miss Edith Dewey are the
committee of arrangements for the
card party and social to be given by
the Daughters of the American Revo-
luton the evening of .Washington's
birthday, 1t promises to be one of
the most important social affairs of
the season.
The board of civil authority was Ii
session Tuesday for the abatement of
taxes. The board will have another
meeting. The check list of those en-
titled to vote at the coming town meet.
ing has been hung in various places
for inspection. The auditors have
not commenced their work.
There will be social dance and
cotillion in Forester's hall Friday
night. The cotillion will be led by
the lady and gentlemen judged to be
IL @ best walters and for which a prize
will be presented. Cotillion fayors
buttoniers for the gentlemen and pins
for the ladies will be! given to each
person attending. Flag (of all ma
ons) march, confetti. and favors at
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