The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-10-11
5ENMIhGTON;8RIE
News Of the Town and Village Told
Briefly for Busy, Readers.

Attend the Rummage sale at 100
North st.
Dwight Park of Wells is visiting
Walter Wood.
John II. Warren is visiting his son
George In Rutland
The Y. M. C. A. prospectus for the
season of 1908 will be out In a. few
days.
Miss Luella Chase is visiting rela-
tives and friends In Brooklyn and New
York.
Mrs. G. ID. Carter of Wells is spend.
ing the week with Mrs. Frank Wood,
Gage street.
William II. Wills, head clerk in the
cloak department of Drysdale's store,
Is on the sick list
Mr.. and Mrs. John Carr of North st.
spent the day recently at Mrs. Carr's
former home In Rutland.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. ID. Hudson left for
Pittsford, VT, today for weeks visit
The high school football team will
play the Williamstown high school
team In that city next Saturday.
Mrs. r. b. Coffey and daughter, Miss
Nellie Coffey, returned yesterday after
noon from visit in Waterbury.
There will be match game In the
Y. NJ. c. A. alleys tonight between the
Y. M. G. A. and the collar shop boys.
Lost:-Half grown kitten, gray and
black striped. Finder will be reward
ed by returning to Mrs. G. +. Heath,
Elm street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Hoyt, who
have been the guests of Dr. and Mrs.
A. u. Cutler, have returned to their
home in Troy.
Jas. McBreen, Jr., who has been
spending few days at his home in
Wells, has returned to his work at
Coopers needle shop.
Mrs +. r. Pember of Wells Regent
of Lake st. Catherine chapter ID. A. r.,
who has been here to attend the con.
pention, has returned home.
Rummage sale of household articles
and clothing at $50 North street COM
mencing Thursday, October 10. Two
three piece oak bedroom sets with
springs and mattresses complete, also
one oak bedstead,
Mrs. Mary Brownell will open the
Whitney boardng house Saturday eve
ming and win run strictly first class
caring for transients In addition to
regular boarders.
The Foresters OF America initiated
eight candidates Thursday night In
their rooms in the Hawks block. After
the initiation elaborate refreshments
were served. This organization is
now the largest In point of members of
this town.
Miss Carolyn Rider has returned to
her home in Pittsfield after spending
four weeks at Miner Cleveland's.
Mrs. o. b. Cleveland left this morn
ing for Hedges Lake where Mr.. Cleve-
land is building three cottages at his
SuiillhtT uOlue tHeTe.
The Rutland railroad will run annual
autumn excursions to New York via AL.
bany In connection with Peoples Line
steamer Morse, Friday Oct 11th., 1907.
Tickets good returning to leave New
York until Oct. 18th. For full particu-
lars inquire of ticket agents. 74t6
+. Estabrook has lately placed a
monument in the Bennington Center
cemetery for Mrs. Priscilla p. Black
mer Foster at the graves Of her first
husband, Daniel Blackmer, and their
children. Also one in the Main street
cemetery for Mrs. Mary Ann HARDWOOD
at the graves Of her husband and chill.
dren.
The annual meetings of the Woman's
missionary society of the Baptist
church held Thursday were of especial
interest. Mrs. Annie S. Hawks presid
ed at the meeting In the afternoon
and among those present were quite O
delegation of women from North Ben
nington and SALISBURY. Miss Ada A
Brigham conducted the service In thu
evening. The special feature of these
meetings was the familiar talk" by
Miss Clara r. Converse, after twent.
years of missionary work in YOkahan
along educational lines In the after
noon and her interesting. inspiring ant
instructive address in the evening
giving to her listeners an inloOk int