The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-12-03
BENNINGTON BRIEFS


with friends In town.
A. X Ritehie Is ia New York max.
Ing purchases Of stock for the holiday
trade.
Municipal Judge r. L. Bates was
sworn into Office Saturday and died
bis bond,
pr II. s. Goodall was hons on u
visit from the Adlrondacks the last OF
the week,
Miss Mary Butler has taken n posi-.
tion AS local operator 10 the telephone
exchange.
Miss Sallle Graves returned this
morning - Vermont Academy al Sax.
tons River.
The Lltchhelds 10 "Down at Brook
Farm" tomorrow evening, Dec. 4. Ad.
mission % cents.
j. X. Balchelder went this NOR ming
10 Montpelier 10 attend the reopenlng
OF the legislature.
Miss Margaret Torrens. clerk nj
Griswold's, Is confined 10 the house
With severe cold.
The Barracks will hold n meeting
Wednesday evening for the election Of
officers for the coming year.
Miss Hllda Pratt, who has been at
home for the Thanksgiving recess re.
turned Sunday 10 Vassar college.
william Marsden, who has been In
the emploT OF Chas Firth, Is ut work
for +. j. Cummings on North street.
Mrs @. +. Endress was called 70
Hartford, Conn, Saturday by mes.
sage announcing the critical Illness OF
her father.
Business Manager George a. Hickey
OF the Lorne Elwyn Co. which appears
al Library hall the week OF December
TO- II In town today.
Misses Tressa and Molly Poalen OF
Utica, who are the guests OF friends
here, aud Miss Alice Morrissey visited
10 Hoosick Falls yesterday.
The woodmen are arranging for o
supper for the members nnd their FAM
lies 70 be ri zen at their hall 10 u Q
Nortol BLOCK Wednesds! evening.
The study classes OF the Baptist
;hurcn will meet al 7.l5 tomorrow eve
ming instead of s o'clock te:ause OF
the entertainment at Library ball.
Joseph CranstoD, who was arrested
by Deputy Sheriff Godfrey, was con.
sicled of intoXlcation thl, moruinl
add sentenced 10 10 days 10 The county
jail.
Tue mercury Sunday morning regis.
tered at zero, the coolest of the season
and parties who we're down from thai
section said that Sucker pond wa
irozsn completely over.
Ladies OF the Congregational church
are at work today getting the chapel
into readiness for the fair and bazaar
that opens there Tuesday afternoon
and continues through Wednesday
evening.
For the month OF November the town
clerk issued eight marriage licenses
and recorded ten births. During the
same month there were thirteen deaths
AID two bodies we're brought here for
interment.
John Clark, who said that lie was
born in Ireland, but had no perman
ent residence, pleaded guilty 10 tht
charge Of yagrancY 10 municipal court
his morning. and was sentenced to not
less than three or more than four
months in The house Of correction al
Rutland.
% the first of December there we're
l0I inmates az the Vermont soldiers
b me OF whom "a we're /. the hospital.
The number present has never been
exceeded but once when there were 10,
present. The accommodations OF the
institution are all taken and Sup.
Harmon expects full house this win
ter.
Neil Litchdeld in "Down at Brook
Farm" next Tuesday evening, Dec. ! :,
at Library hall, will not have to talk
TO make the people laugh. His make.
up and facial expressions will be the
funniest of the funniest: but he will al.
so talk ana give an entertainment OF
such side splittlpg character that
VIII rarely ever be witnessed here.
a. ID. Gibbs OF Burlington who was
severely injured in the railroad accl
known here, being travelling mau
from New York and having made reg
ular visits to this village for about
fifteen years. His family resides in
Burlington and he was on his way
home to spend Sunday when the accl-
| dent occurred.
The funeral of Rev. Henry w So
cum was held from his home in sara.
toga Saturday afternoon Rev. DR.
| Bostwick Hawley, ID, now in his
93rd year, the Oldest clergy man IN tue
Troy Conference aud VINO presided
ar Slocum as pastor Of the local NJ. h.
church, oiiiciated, assisted by Rev. Dr.
j. A. Hamilton, presiding elder OF the
Saratoga district.
Martin Biggs, employee of Luring
Il Co., displayed in front of GriswQIds
art emporium Saturday one of tie
largest musk rats that has been seen IL
This section Tor years. Whine team
drawing coal was coming up Depot 81
the raj jumped out of the sewer near
the corner of Main street and Nh b gg
| jumped from the wagon aud wuh Il
whip killed the rat.
The shipments of Christmas trees
this season is comparatively light
They usually sell from one TO i've cent.
each and most of the owners of timoe,
o.s are beginning TO see the folly of al
lowing the small trees To be cut as il
would take only few years for then
to grow To size where they would bt
good for lumt err. A bill is now pend
log in the Legislature regu ating the
cutting of these trees.
A well-known professional man Of
bennington says he is wiling to beaI
the expense OF filling the bad mudhole