The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-09-25
BENNINGTON BRIEFS.
News Of the Town and village Told
Briefly for Busy Readers.

Harry wills has returned from re-
cent visit In Troy aud vicinity.
Mrs Frank Teal has gone % Norll
Adams TO live with her mother.
George Reynolds who has been Wis
ting his son In Blacklnton has return
cd
Miss Anna Welch Who has beer
spending the summer In Arlington,
mas returned.
Miss Sarah Mann who has been al
her home In Arlington for IA month
has returned.
d. A. Baldwin goes to the Albany
city hospital tomorrow for an opera
ton for ear trouble.
Geo. A. Mathers, a graduate OF b.
II. $. '00, has entered Cornell Uniyer'
sity to study Law.
Miss Mary Edgerton Is visiting at
the home OF Mr. and Mrs w. II. Bundy
10 Manchester Center
Mrs Frank Holllster who fell down
the cellar stairs last Friday Is improy'
ing, no bones having been broken.
Born Sunday, Sept %, son to Mr.
and Mrs Wright OF Manchester. Mrs
Wright was formerly Miss Louise Pur
dy.
Mr. and Mrs w. J. Meacham who
have been visiting friends here for
some time left yesterday for Baker Ci.
~, Oregon.
The regular monthly meeting OF the
executive committee OF the Baptist
YPSCE will be held this evening m
the Baraca room at 7.i5.
r.. S. Drysdale will 60 the first OF
next week 10 Montpelier for the open.
Ing OF the legislative session. Mis
Drysdale will 30 up during ladies
week.
Clam chowder made after the famous
Stark hose receipt will bs served al
the Second Congregational chapel on
Wednesday evening at 0:l5. Supper
% cents. 220t2
Saturday was pay day for the Ital-
ians employed on the bennington aud
North Adams electric railroad. over
$40, 900 wac distributed among them.
over 800 men are now employed.
In the city court at Rutland yester.
day August Olsen, IA former newsdealer
10 Bennington, was fined s. and costs
on the charge OF keeping his children
out OF school. He paid the fine.
Young men from Vermont attending
school or college In Boston may avail
themselves Of the privileges OF the
Vermont Association OF Boston by APP
plying by letter TO the Secretary, The
Westminster, Copley Square, Boston,
Mass.
Mr. and Mrs j. ID. Lee OF Pittsheld
who have been visiting friends here re-
turned home today. Mr. Lee is a con
ductor on the Boston y Albany rail.
road aud a brother OF Conductors j.
J. and George NJ. Lee OF the Rutland
railroad
John 5. Holden has engaged rooms
at the Pavilion 10 Montpelier for the
coming session OF the legislature. He
will leave for the capitol Monday and
the trip will be made In his automobile
which he will keep in Montpelier most
Of the time while there.
The 9th annual convention OF the
Vermont branch OF the Woman's Aux.
lliary will be held in Emanual church
at Bellows Falls oct. and ;. Those
from St PETERS church who will be In
attendance are Mr. and Mrs Philip
schuyler and Mrs j. NJ. Ayres.
At the Baptist church in North Ben
nington Sunday evening Miss Beulah
Bates Of this village gave an interest
ing account OF the recent convention
held at Silver Bay. Her description
Of the services and what she saw while
at the convention we're very accurate
and enjoyed by all present.
Sheriff Wilson says he does not
want his friends TO accuse him of own
ing an automobile as he is not guilty.
de has had W. ID. Newton's old auto
at Arlington making some repairs on
it and has succeeded in navigating ii
about the country several times with
out running it over anything worse
than a stone wall.
An interesting sight as the troops
went through here this morning was Of
three old veterans standing together on
the walk. One OF them served as a
cook, one a good soldier in the 4th
Vermont, one veteran of the 2nd Yer
mont and with them was a member of
the Sons OF Veterans whose father gave
up his life as a soldier.
The seat sale for the Putnam Hose
Co. benefit play 1.-THE Fire Brigade. 4"
opened up lively at Gokay's Drug
Store this morning and the boys can
feel satisfied that they will be greeted
with a crowded house next Friday
evening. All those who hold exchange
tickets and also those who wish to see
the play should secure seats at once
as they are going rapidly and you
don't want to miss a good thing. Re-
served seats, SO cents in any part of
the house.