The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-09-10
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News of the Town and Village Told
Briefly for Busy Readers.

Fred ID. Burt spent Sunday with
lends In White Creek.
Miss Anna Morgan OF Troy is spend
ing a week with friends here
Miss Beatrice Dorr Is the guest OF
M ISIS Isabelle Conroy OF Troy.
william Helmes OF Troy was the
guest OF friends here Sunday.
Roger Williams OF Melrose was the
guest OF friends over Sunday.
Chester r. Baker OF Boston Is the
guest OF Miss Grace A. Miller.
Clam chowder from @ TO 8 10 X. ofP.
hall, Tuesday night. Tickets % cents
Mr. and Mrs John Wylle OF Brook.
Ign are guests in the village for few
days.
Chas. Roche OF Pittsneld, Mass,
spent Sunday with his parents In this
village.
John w. Co,irell OF White Greek
was the guest OF friends 10 the village
Saturday.
Mrs Edward Dean and Miss Gather
Inc Kane OF Troy are spending Two
weeks with friends here.
Miss Anna c. Park has returned to
her cottage in Woodford after spend
ing several days here.
Mrs VIM II. Cutler has been guest
several days OF her daughter Mrs
Noyis Loveland OF Pleasant street.
An elaborate production OF 1.-THE
Choir Singer will be seen at the op.
era house Thursday evening, Sept. -.
Circle No 4 OF the NJ. T.. church viii
hol' lawn party Wednesday after
noon and evening at the home OF T.. j.
Winslow on Gage street.
Miss Edith Van Santvoord will leave
Wednesday for visit 10 New York
While on her way there she will be the
guest OF Miss Buell. OF Troy.
Miss Elizabeth Mcmahon accompan-
led by Mrs John T.. Guiltinan leave to
morrow morning for New York 20 pur.
chase the fall stock OF millinery
goods.
Rev Lynn +. Armstrong is making
his annual visit 10 this town and
spending his vacation with his father
NJ. V. Is. Armstrong 10 the west part
OF the town.
Miss Helen Toohey OF Cohoes who
has been spending two weeks with her
sister, Mrs +. b. Edgerton, has re-
turned TO her duties as nurse In ST Pc.
ter's hospital in Troy.
For the month OF August the sales at
the post-oiiice OF stamps, stamped en-
velopes and postal cards was 1882. -.
The amount is about $3.50 more than il
was 10 the same month year ago.
Almost every one knows that W. r..
Hyde the veteran clam chowder maker
can not be beaten. Why not try some
Tuesday night, served by the en- ter.
taiument committee OF the ~ h. . L.
In X. OF =. nall. Tickets - cents.
II. f. Woodman went TO Clyde, y.
Y, Saturday to attend the funeral Of
his father, Joseph II. Woodman, who
died suddenly Saturday and whose
body was taken to Hayerhill, Mass.
for burial. Mr. Woodman will return
home tomorrow.
John NJ. Plumb has been engaged
by the directors OF the keene Y. NJ. &.
A. TO take the position OF physical d.
rector for the coming season. IL is ex-
pected that he will commence his du-
ties this week. For the past year he
has been located in Nyack, n. Y.
John Robinson has purchased from
the Durham sisters their farm located
on the line OF the electric railroad be-
tween here and WillismstOwn. The
purchase was made in the interest OF
the railroad company and no further
delay will occur In the construction OF
the electric road.
A hearing is in progress today in
the municipal court rooms, with view
to finding out if possible who is re-
sponsible II any one for the death OF
camps near Pownal one day last week
A large number of Italians are pres
ent at the investigation giving their
testimony.
NJ. V. B. Armstrong has returned
home from trip TO Detroit. He
brought with him four horses, car
load OF furniture, and other traps be
longing to DR. Sanchez OF that city who
is soon to take the necessary steps to
erect large building which viii be
used expressly for santa rim. 1t
will be erected on land east OF the vii
lage recently purchased by DR.. San
chez.
DR. +. d. Ferguson one OF the most
prominent physicians and surgeons in
New York state and founder of the
Samaritan hospital Of Troy, died at
his home, No. / Union place, that city
Saturday morning. DR. Ferguson had
been in poor health for some time but
his death was not expected until short
time before it occurred. He was well
known here, being frequently called in
with local physicians. He
had spent the summer at his summer
place In Maine, where his family were