The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-05-24
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
Tvs ot thr rawnand Village Briefly
Tolh Cor Buoy Readers.

4. u Mason M Manchester today .
on legal business.
Rev + r Norris returned from
Williamstowu today.
f. j. Morri'sey was ia Pownal on
bushes, yesterday
II. H Allea's market has been inn
proved by Goat Of paint.
Calvin Eodress has broken ground
for his new hose ON Grand View
street.
Judge Bates returned this morning
from a business trip to Springfield,
Mass.
Miss Elizabeth McDermott returned
this morning from a visit 10 Hoosick
Falls.
Rev Geo. b. Lawson of Bratteboro
Formerly of this village is in town for
a few days.
The Odd Fellows conferred the sec
ond degree on one candidate Wcdnes-
day evening.
r. b Godfrey has bought tract of
land on the Burgess road of Mrs Az
ONO Cutler
Food sale at the Second Congrega-
tional church Saturday afternoon from
to o'clock
Mr. and Mrs George y Lane are at
Council Place. their summer home
at the Center.
Zebra Quackenbush OF IIoosick is
suffering from an attack OF rheumptsm
and unable to leave his home,
Mrs Harriet Bradford has had the
grounds about her house occupied 10y
w, h. Nichols newly graded and
seeded,
AT Noveck's you will find the most
complete assortment of Undermuslins,
Hosiery and Summer Underwear al
very low prises 2t
There will be a sale of second hand
clothing in the parish house Of the
Episcopul church Saturday afternoon,
the 2Gth, at O'Clock,
The monthly meeting Of the school
! board will be held this evening. At
this meeting it is expected that the
teachers for the coming year will be
/ elected.
Mr. and Mrs G Perry Rogers are
now in Pittsburg where he is engaged
/ in settling the estate of his grand.
mother who recently died, leaving a
handsome estate.
Postmaster Graves is making the
rounds of the village With the mail
carriers to-day. He Is going to learn
the routes so as to be prepared in case
Of any emergency.
A prominent citizen of Pownai who
was in the village this morning says
that the license commissioners there
are having difficulty in settling toe
question of licenses There is yet one
vacancy
Madame Sarah Bernhard win not
come to Bennington this spring. CIV
ing to tie disarangement of her dates
due to the San Francisco fire it was
impossible for her to reach Bennington
on any available open date
Those from here who went to vii
Jamestown TO see the ball game yester
day, were not very loud in their prais
es last evening The Williams college
team won the game 8 to 1, with no re
markable exhibitions Of playing.
Rev DR.. Charles Il. Seymour has
consented to supply the pulpit of the
Congregational church 10 Peru the pres
ent summer as it will give him an OPP
portunity TO spend the summer largely
out of doors for the benefit of hi.
health
W. G, Dabool superintendent OF thf
Western Division of the New England
Telegraph and Telephone Company is
here to-day, in connection wiki mat
ters concerning the Improvement;
that are to be made NY the company
this spring.
II S. Marsden, grand warden of the
grand lodge n. b. O, p. of Vermont
will go TO Burlington Monday and il
the evening will make an official visit
to the lodge in that city, at which time
the degrees will be conferred ON 90
candidates.
T.. y, Moore, secretary of the STATE
iremen's association, states that plan,
are practically completed for the an
nual state convention at Burlington
June %. There is to be a hose rae,
open to any company in the state will
purses OF 500, S75, $50 and so.
c. A. Wood and Co.. have booked
for early in September Shuberts New
York success 1.-THE Man On the Box
with Henry f. Dixey IN the title role.
The author of this play, Harold Nc
G aw was personal friend OF the late
Ioring ID. Bingham and in the text are
said to be some ideas suggested by
him.
John Reed Of Williamstown expect.
to move his portable steam sawmil t.
Arthur j. Dewey's lumber job in
Woodford and expects to have the
mill readyito start up the FIRST of til,
week. Mr., Dewey has a large amount
of timber that was ready to be sawed
when the other mill burned.
The Bennington chapter OAR bel,
social gathering with Mrs Cemen
Il. Cone this afternoon with a good at
tendance of members. Mrs II G. Roo
gave an interesting account of the re
cent National Congress held in Wash
ington and to which shewas delegate
Miss Helena Norton read a we'll writ
ten paper on the Battle of Ticondero
ga. There we're also musical selec
lions.
The Deer View Cabin club has theil
shack on the mountain open for thi,
season and are anticipating busy sea
son, and are always glad to receive
friends. The late G. d. Greenslet was
one OF the early members and the sec