The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-12-10

the village trustees room are being
rehnished.
Florence Dunlap has gone 20 Peters
burg 10 spend the winter with her
grandparents.
Thomas Hennesey has recovered
from bis recent illness and Is able TO
be out Of doors.
Mrs Mary Whitney, who has been
quite III with innammatory rheuma.
tism, is improving.
Mr. and Mrs Levi King have returned
from their wedding trip 70 Montreal
and are residing on Park street.
Warren Ripley Is home from the
west, called by the death 81 his brother
b. +. Ridley at North Bennington.
Mrs Pailip Casey left this morning
for Troy where she will undergo u
slight operation at the Troy city hos
pltal.
Mrs &. T. Fletcher was taken to q
hospital 10 Troy last evening where
she will undergo an operation for ap,
psndicitls.
Mr. and Mrs G. W. Russell OF Perth
Amboy, n. j., we're the guests over
Sunday OF their daughter Mrs T. A..
Davenport.
Guy HARBOUR, who has been In Il
Troy hospital where he underwent an
operation for appendicitis, returned
Saturday evening.
Mrs a. Premier and little grandson
Francis OF Worcester, are isiting her
daughter, Mrs Fred Passanault on
Stafford street.
a hunting party from Hoosick Falls
passed through North Bennington Fri.
day on their way home, the chief tro
ply OF their hunt being Is rabbits.
The st John the Baptist society of
the Church OF the Sacred Heart will
hold special meeting tomorrow even.
ing when three new members will be
1 Inflated.
At the morning service in st Francis
church Sunday morning, Rev A. j.
Barron the pastor announced that the
net receipts of the fair recently held
we're 81, 1913 90.
The cold weather Of last week proved
discouraglng 10 the Italians at work
on the electric road and large mum.
Der OF them left Saturday for Boston
and New York.
Regular meeting of the Elks will be
held Tuesday evening. A full atten.
dance is requested. District Deputy
| Grand Exhalted Ruler Y G. Bowers
OF Montpelier will be present.
Mrs A. b. Gardner aud Miss Fannie
Wright OF Pownal are in a hospital in
Troy where they both have undergone
an operation for appendicitis. Both
are said to be doing well.
Mrs NJ. j Beldeu, who has been con
fined to the house several weeks the re-
suit OF falling on Union street, has
just gotten so that she can get around
the house by the aid of a crutch.
Judge Charles II. Burritt of Man
chester, who has been district Judge
in the Philippines for several years,
has resigned his seat on the bench
there and will return to this country.
The illustrated art supplement sent
out by the Troy Times Saturday even.
ing had as its principal picture one of
the 1909 class at the Rensselaer, Poly
technic Institute. Among the members
was Louis Puffer of this village, son
of n. M. Puffer.
G. d Sweet and C. T.. Percy have
formed a partnership In the meat bust
ness and are now owners of the street
market at 424 Main street formerly
owned by Sweet & Burgess. They will
carry full line of western meats and
native pork, poultry, sausage and
lard.
After searching for some time in var
ious places for something that was
about what he wanted, Undertaken
WCodman purchased in North Adams
Saturday u pair of horses to be used
In his undertaking work They are
coal black, weigh 2300 pounds we'll
matched and compare favorably with
any pair OF horses in the place.
Recent sales by the John Nash Real
Estate Agency are: Building lot on
Division street for Edward M. Slocum
of Schenectady, sold to Sidney A.
Burt of Bennington; house and barn
on North street for the estate of Ellen
Mcmahon, sold TO Miss Ella Kinney of
Bennington: two building lots on
Washington street sold to James s..
Silk Of Bennington and one building
lot on Oaks street sold to N. Herring
ton OF Bennington.
The funeral OF Benjamin f. Ripley
who died at his home in North Ben
nington, Friday after = short attack
of pneumonia, was held from his home
Sunday afternoon. Rev. j. B. Har-
per, pastor of the Congregational
church ofilciated. Comrade Ripley
served a full enlistment in Co, X,
first Vermont regiment of Ipfantry,
WIG. and was with the regiment
during its entire service in the Span
ish-American war. He has never been
in good health since his return from
the army. lie was one of the charter
members of Bennington camp SAW.
V. which sent a detachment to attend
the funeral as well as the bearers who
ofiiciated at the interment, There was
fiue display of floral tributes Mr.
Ripley is survived by q wife and
mother.