The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1905-02-11
BENNINGTON BRIEFS.
News ofths Town and village Tol
Briefly for BWsv Readers.


In Rut and.
Harry McKeon is home from Upper
Troy over Sunday.
A.. o. Edison is confined to the house
witt a sprained ankle.
A large number enjoyed the dance
in Academy he II last evening.
Mrs L. G.. Holton Is Ia Rutland, call
ed by the serious illness OF her mother.
II. G. Pratt of New Haven called on
friends here thursday and left town
Friday morning
Mrs G. F BIrnham formerly of this
place is very seriously i'll with TYPHOID
fever at her home in Burlington.
The funeral of Miss Ileen Knapp who
died Thursday will be attended from
her late home on Branch street Sunday
afternoon at O'Clock
J. E Colburn, principal of Burr and
Burton sen airy will address men at
III, YMCA tomorrow afternoon. Miss
Jessie Potter will sing.
D. G. Burt has snow drifts on his
lawn Twelve feet d ep butwhen he came
down street TO lay somebody tried to
tell him that this Is an open winter.
The "Owl" card club was pleasantly
entertained by Mr. and Mrs H. Il. Daley
Friday evening. Prizes we're won by
Mrs G. Fremont Barnes and Leon
Parker.
Friday was the first day since Jan
uary % that the me curry went above
the freezing mark Today is bright
sunshiny day and in some places the
snow IS melting.
Mrs Bridget Tracy OF Division street
is suffering from il juries received by
fallingfr a step adder several days
ago She is confined to the bed and
suffers much pain.
Rev Charles r. Carhart OF Dorset
/ has been spending few days with Mr.
and Mrs W. B. Sheldon. He sails
next week for Turkey in Asia for a
three months leave.
Sixth Corps post will meet at their
hall on Sunday next Feb 18th at $3.50
p IN to attend Divine service at the
Baptist church on the occasion of
Lincoln's memorial.
Principal A. b. Willmarth and II
members OF the astronomy class drove
TO Williamstown this afternoon This
evening they will view the heavens at
the Williams college observatory.
Rev DR. C. W. Rowley goes to North
Ferrisburg next Wednesday and in
the evening will deliver his lecture
agabonds" in the church there. The
week after he delivers the same lecture
in Fort Edward.
Telephones which have recently been
installed are Il. j. Winslow, residence,
1873: DR. A. u Cutler, office, 32-4; G..
A. Miller, residence, 1914: Mrs j. H..
Loring, l26 4; Mrs ) b. Hawks, 49,
-; Mrs John Temple, 1872.
Miss Eliza McGurn gave a party
Wednesday evening to II OF her little
friends, the occasion being her twelfth
birthday. Games and music were en-
joyed and refreshments we're served.
Miss McGurn received many handsome
presents.
The Rev Philip Schuyler has return
ed from New York and will officiate
at the service in st Peters church to-
morrow. Mrs Schuyler who is at st
Luke's Hospital is improving. Mr.
Schuyler returns to New York Mon
day.
DIR Z. B. Pierce will lead the Bap.
fist c. E. meeting tomorrow evening
at O'Clock. His topic is "Christ a
Servant-and we are Servants" A
special missionary Offering will be Ia
ken at the close of the meeting. All
are cordially invited.
On account of the light attendance
at the social dance in Foresters Hall
last night the intended program was
not carried out but will be on Tuesday
evening valentine day. Feb IA in
same way as intended last night. Co.
tillion, Flag March, Prize Waltz etc.
The first Baptist church preaching
services will be held at 1890 and .
O'Clock. The evening service will be
a "Lincoln Memorial" Interesting
music, interesting incidents from
Lincoln's life, interesting decorations.
Sittings will be reserved for the
Sons of Veterans and Grand Army
Posts. You are invited.
At the Me church, the pastor, Rev
DR. G. w. Rowley, will preach Sunday
morning on Abraham Lincoln, the
Great Emancipator;" and his evening
theme will be 1.-THE Disastrous End Of
a Sharp Transaction, the next in the
series on "Old Time Stories with Our
Day Meanings" Miss Annie Dakir
| will read "The Cities of the Plain" by
Whittier. Excellent music, seats free,
all are welcome.
The attraction at Library Hall
theatre all next week will be the Nation.
al Stock Company featuring America Is
youngest and most versatile leading
man, Paul Brady in q repertoire OF
sterling production, never before pre-
sented at popular prices. The open
ing play will be "The Pitfalls OF Lon
don," which has proved one OF the
greatest successes Of Stannard dramas
of the American stage. 1t contains
many thrilling climaxes and there is
not q dull moment throughout the
play.