The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-09-18
BENNINGTON BRIEFS.
News Of the Town and viIlage Told
Briefly for Busy Readers
\. S. and n. one week Today.

b. S. and f..
VIII Wills spent Sunday with friends
In Manchester.
Mccall October magazine aud pat.
terms at Rosters,
Frederick Myers leaves for Will
Jams college tomorrow.
T.. b. Hullng left this afternoon for
u short business trip 10 New York.
Hubert Daley OF Mlddlebury Is
spending a few days at his home here.
Mr. and Mrs Edw. II. Holden have
been In Manchester Center for a few
days.
Several vent from here 20 Rutland
today TO attend the fair In progress
there,
Miss Helen Scott has been visiting
her sister. Mrs Clarence Curtis In
Manchester.
Cedric Sibley Is attending the aut
umn term Of school at Burr and Bur
ton seminary, Manchester.
Lester Cleaning who has been a
guest at II. +, Cushman's few days
left this morning for home.
Mr. and Mrs Frank Lyons and
daughter Rose OF East Windsor Conn
are guests at the home OF 5. -. Lyons.
Miss l.. Blanch Adams has purchas-
ed the northerly OF the two tenement
houses on North street formerly own.
ed by the O. ID. Adams estate.
A special meeting OF the W.R.C. is
called for this evening at 1870 sharp as
there are several members who wish
to attend the play at the opera house.
Fresh, aromatic, fragrant medicinal
balsam pillows for sale at r. II. Fer
guson's, Main street. Great for all
pulmonary complaints, insomnia, etc
2ljt2
+. NJ. Crawford, c. n. Houghton
and w. II. White ascommissioners on
the estate OF the late Columbus lluling
are today appraislng the property left
by Mr. Huling.
Edward Kline mas returned from Al
bany city hospital with his hand IN a
sling. IL will be some time before he
can work. He is with his grandmOih-
er, Mrs Fred Bowles OF Bradford &c.
The electric railroad truck gang
which came here TO lay the rails ior
the new road will return TO New llaN-
en- as they cannot begin work here ow
ing to the non-arrival Of the fish
plates.
Yesterday and today are two OF the
really charming days Of early fall and
many people are enjoying the time 30
the open. The electric cars are being
literally patronized and the livery
men report very satisfactory blsi-
ness for the days.
a movement is being made to estlb-
lish Baptist'church at Heartwellyiile
a post Office IN Readsboro. Monroe
Canedy offers 10 contribut- q parson-
age and fuel for the house and church
and NeS York party will cont ihu'e
a yearly sum OF $500 toward the salai y
OF the pastor.
Repre- sentative r. S. Drysdale has
engaged quarters at the Pavilion no
Eel at Montpelier for the legislative
session which opens two weeks from
tomorrow. He expects to have the
same room at the Pavilion that was
occupied two years ago by Representa-
tive G. NJ. Graves.
James Harding for thirty years edi.
tor OF the Pittsfeld, Mass. sun died in
the House OF Mercy hospital in that
city Sunday 10 the past six years he
has suffered three attacks Of paraly-
sis but death was caused principally
by tubercu osis which developed dur
ing the past summer.
Miss Elizabeth Campbell who has
gained notOriety because OF cling
tickets for concerts which have not
taken place including one scheduled
for this village, is booked to appear
in Ware, Mass. this evening and has
uottied the manager that she will give
the concert as advertised.
The trestle that the new electric rail
road company is TO build across the
upper end OF the Benton pond will be
about 600 feet in length. Because OF
the low water it was found neces, airy
~ stop the steam shovels yesterday
employed on the extention as it was
found impossible to keep tie tanks ILL
ed with water.
Quite an excitement was caused this
noon by one of the horses attached to
Taylor's Putnam house buss falling
down while standing in front of the
hotel. The horse could not arise until
after former U. S. Marshall Harris
had stepped around TO the front of the
buss and released the reins that hitch
ed tight to the top of the wagon Peo-
pie expected that the horse would be
choked to death but it was not hurt.
The Bennington County Sunday
School convention will be held with
the Congregational church, Manches-
ter, Oct 5. There will be three SEES
sions. The officers are endeavoring to
arrange an interesting program. The
schools throughout the county are urg-
ed to send all the delegates possible
b. Frank Diefendorf of New York. Gen
Sec +. NJ. Fuller of Burlington and
Miss Edith n Balch, Home Dept. sec
rotary, will deliver the principal ad-
dresses.
The Boston & Maine Railroad com
pany has announced that the summer
service on the road is to be continued
during the winter. This announce
ment will be the source of much salts
faction among the patrons of the road
in this vicinity, as the extra trains
will be of great accommodation. The
Len. - n n 4
a. m. and 4.25 p. M, each day will be
retained, the first two being Benling-
ton trains and the last North Adams
train. The fact that continuance Of
the summer service will bring train
IL . r.