The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1905-01-14
BENNINGTON BRIEFS.
News OF the Town and jdge Briefly
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Allen serves clam chowder tonight |
from till H..
Miss Cecil Powers wiz leave Mon
day for lsit Ia Boston.
Mrs Frank Lasher aud daughter,
Mrs Robinson, are visiting in North
Adams. Gag
Gen WE Putnam has returned from
Boston where he attended the annual
banquet Of the Vermont Association
of Boston.
The basket ball team Of the boys
club OF South SALISBURY will play
the Bennington Falls team Monday
evening, Jan. ..
Mrs ]. Elmer Ayres and son who
have been visiting her parents, Mr. and
Mrs c. yelling Thatcher, returned to
Oneida Saturday morning.
c. E. Parsons of Hoosck Falls is
here to succeed F. II. Colvin as clerk
of the Express company. Mr. Col
vim will 90 to Fitchburg.
A civil service for the examination
of candidates for the position OF RID
carrier is in progress today. The ex
anime are II. B. Fassett and Turner
Cranstou.
The south bound sleeper on the Rut-
land railroad was four hours late Fri
day morning, the delay being caused
by the derailment of freight train
near Shelburne.
AT the Second Congregational church
Sunday, the pastor, Rev G. S. Mills,
will have for his morning subject,
THE Problem OF the Two Men," for
his evening subject, "a Consuming
Fire"
John Nash, real estate agent, has
sold for William j. phelan Ia acre
wood lot near Camp Comfort in Wood.
ford TO f. c. Parmenter, wholesale
salt and smoked fish dealer of Glou-
cester, Mass.
Gardner Half, president of the Bar
acas, will lead the CE meeting at the
| Baptist church tomorrow. 1t will be
especially Baraca meeting and all
members Of that society are requested
TO be pre- ent.
The early west bound train Friday
morning ran into and killed two large
deer near the state line 10 Pownal.
One of them had all of its four legs
| broken. The game warden was noti-
fed and took charge of the carcass
ses. The deer were apparently feeding
on the track.
r. A. Bean will leave Monday for
Barton Landing where he has been
elected treasurer Of the Central Saw
ings bank. Harry G. Hubbard OF
Barton who will succeed Mr. Bean as
assistant in the First National bank
will begin his duties here in about a
week
At the Baptist church Sunday morn
| ing the pastor, Rev Frank Il. Morris,
will speak on "A World Outlook at
the Beginning OF 1905" In the even
ing the topic will be, Reasonable
Reasons for the Use and Non-use OF
Alcohol" Come and bring your
friends.
DR. and Mrs W. Z. Putnam we're here
Wednesday on their way to Boston
where DR. Putnam attended with Gov
Bell the annual banquet at the Ven
dome, last evening of the Vermont so.
ciety of Boston. At Gov Bells re-
quest DR. Putnam, who is Surgeon
General OF Vermont, received with the
governor at public reception held at
the Vendome at o'clock yesterday at.
ternoon.-Hoosick Falls Standard.
1t is understood that some time next
week the wooden mill of Holden, Leon
ard and Co will begin running again
on full time and with full force after a
long period of curtailed operations,
something new for that concern caused
by putting in new machinery and
changing from course to fine goods.
Most OF the looms and cards are al
ready in operation.
Goods Words in Nature; Lessons
from the Snow" will be the topic OF
the young peoples meeting at the
Congregational church Sunday. Miss
Alice Sears is the leader. Announce
ment will be made of the departments
to which the members have been as.
signed. 1t is anticipated that the
meeting will be Of special interest. AL
young people will be cordially well
coined.