The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1905-07-05
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George n, Clark Nas la iloosiek
Falls over tho iih.
The meeting oi tho Monument asso,
citation held Monday was adjourned
| for TWO weeks,
Rev q, \ Mills leads the prayer
meeting At lhn guidehoard this even
ing.
During tho past month ihe loNn
clerk issued 10 marriage licenses and
Z births,
Miss Margaret Ponders 10 spending
the seoN Niih friends ln Cohors,
Mr and Mrs Chas q Patterson ~
Z Troi sprui the Fourth here and Niil
n,main through lhe 'gilrr nork.
Two ireleh, ears Jumped switch
near The alhelile field Tuesday morn
ing, ono turning over and rolling
down The bank, llie other rnnRlng On
the ,rgca.
Mr and Mrs ChAs e. KImbai len
this morning Tor North Adams o. 40.
tend the iuacral ~ bis brother, Sep
hen.
Mrs Edward Bradford il spending
several weeks a. Watch mn, u. 1.
Miss Euniro Lyon, LEFT Wednesday
morning a. spend a aeok with friends
Ia Wallinsinrd.
Miss Eleanor Dewey Il about ihe
same today and seems o. be- holding
her oNn,
T. S,a,ia Of Frankfort, y. a., has
bccn visiting friends Ia town.
Miss Anna Fleming aud friend spcn,
Monday Ia woodiori.
You run M risk M buying shoe, 40
the Bennington Shoe Store. Thr.o
SHOES are sure 90 wear well This firm
arc not beginners IN the shoe business
Surgeon General w.E.Puina!n nrd
wife sent - Manchester yesi, rdAy
whore be- 10 E"i Ooycriuf Bell aud
stan Al the 4cd.ci,lon 81 the Soldier,
Monument
Misses Jcnul. F'urfI.r. and Alec
Langdon are on q iflrt.ut sili include
North Adams, Mafch-, &C. and l,ut.
land.
MrsJ Is Mlhony lnd iwo sons |
from Worcester are Wiin Ter parcnis,
SIR aEd Mrs John Chry sial.
Louis Rennon Of Schenectady spec, !
the ith here.
John NJ. Burt sprsi the fourth at
his home here.
Miss Eliza NcCue spent Tuesday
with friends la piusford
The families ~ r r Hart and + b /
Pope enjoyed picnic Ia Clark's
woods Tuesday.
The Sunday school Of the local
Methodist church, together with that
OF the Hoosick Falls church will have
a union picnic at Battlefield park
IL was a courteous act that the band
connected with the May Hillman com
pany showed at the Firemans inspect.
Ion and parade. The act was entirely
and was heartily appreci.
ated by the entire department. The
music added much TO the success OF
the whole thing.
The funeral OF the iate Mrs Martha
J Merrill was held at the home Of her
sister, Mrs Sarah a. Allen on Main
street at ; O'Clock Tuesday evening,
Rev G.. ) Mills officiating The de
ceased was the wife OF Albert b. Mer-
rill and the cause OF her sudden death
was asthma. The body was taken at
midnight TO Warren, y. H., where the
will be held Thursday.
Several men or young men who cell
ebrated Monday evening did II In any
but the proper and gentlemanly man
ner. Several rods OF fence we're des-
.royed on County and Park streets,
he total damage amounting To over
BIS, which will have 10 be paid by the
ladies' who own the property. The
burst OF patriotism might better have
been spent in other directions.
One OF the pleasant epis odes during
the firemans parade Tuesday was the
appearance at the head of the parade
Of former chief engineer Frank NJ.
Tiffany who with his wife Is here. Mr.
Tiffany who for several years was the
popular chief and was quickly observ-
ed as the line moved down Main-st.
He was cordially received as soon as
he was recognized, and the cordiality
shown him was very expressive of the
regard all retained for him even after
several years absence.
News has been received of the sud-
den death in North Adams Sunday of
Stephen f. Kimball aged 81 years. He
was preparing to retire at night when
he fell on the bed and expired at once.
He had lived in that city most of his
life and was highly respected citizen
Mr. Kimball served during the civil
war in the 10th Massachusetts infantry
and after that In the third Massachus-
etts heavy artillery until the end of the
war. He leaves widow, two sons,
one Of the later being Fred Kimball
having been for a number Of years
resident of this village, a brother of
Charles C. Kimball OF this place, and
two sisters. His funeral will be held
this afternoon. A brother John died
three weeks ago.