The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-10-28
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News Of the Town and Village Told
Briefly for Busy Readers.

NlallHlb ~ Ano hohlN VI Lucy II. Nut
ting
Misses Jessie I.oomis and Annie Da-
kin spent Saturday and Sunday in
Troy.
Misses Katie and Jennie Cone of
Depot street spent Sunday in North
Adams.
Miss Nellie Ryan of Gage street
spent Sunday with friends In North
Adams.
Frank Worthmgton Of Troy spent
Sunday with his sister, Amanda of
Main street
James Tracey, Louis McDermott
and Augustine Managan were in Wood
ford Sunday
Mrs. w. II. Sears has returned from
a visit to her son, Harry Bates In
Providence. II. |.
Miss Nancy Haggerty of Buskirk
Bridge, n. Y, spent Sunday with
friends In town.
The matrons will meet in Grange
hall Wednesday, Oct 80. Alarge at
tendance is requested.
Mrs. Il. w. Bradford has returned
from Albany where she went t0 accom-
pany Miss Olive Martin.
yelling Thatcher and William
Hawks have returned from two days
deer hunt at Walling's pond.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Hughes of
Winstead. Conn. are visiting Mr.. and
Mrs. Chester Mallory of Beech st.
Branch No. of st. Mary's guild will
meet with Mrs. George Harwood Of
Union street Wednesday from to D.
The rummage sale for the benefit of
the st. Peters church building fund
opens at the Parish house Tuesday
noon.
Mrs. Alice X. Cole has closed her
semmer residence on Monument ave
nue. and left for Cleveland, Ohio for
the winter.
The business mems gymnasium class
of the Y NJ. G. A. will be held Tuesday
and Friday evenings of this week from
Sis to 6 p. M.
Don't fail to attend the rummage
sale at the Congregational chapel
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday,
daytime and evening
Maurice Wall aud Walling Dewey
have returned from Little pond, Wood
! ford where they have been spending a
couple of days deer hunting.
Mrs. Ernest Grey of the Burgess
road while starting a fire in her stove
Saturday morning accidently burned
an envelope in which she had $2C
bill.
Herbert Harmon and son George re
turned yesterday with six teams oil
horses from Pittsfeld where they had
been working for some time on the
state road near there.
The ladies of the Hebrew congrega
ton held meeting at Mrs. Barney
! Levin's on Depot street yesterday az
ternoon and evening. About ST. was
added to the building fund of the new
synagogue by this meeting.
Manager Hutchins received WORD
Saturday that the "Shackles Of Fate
company which was booked to appear
at Library hall that evening had be
come stranded in Troy and the appear
ance was accordingly cancelled.
illustrated songs by Mrs. ]. II. Rush
the famous singer, will be feature al
Rush's Biiou Monday and Thursday
evenings of this week. If the entertain
ment proves popular a singer will be
engaged daily at the Bijou
David Belasco has cancelled the
date of The Rose of the Rancho" fol
Dec a. as the patronage accorded his
attractions In this town thus far this
season would not warrant his sendinG
! so expensive a production here.
Manager Wood of the opera house
announces that Henry b, Harris, the
manager for THE Lion and the
Mouse" company which plays here
Nov. IA, has also booked Robert Ed
sons great play "Strongheart' fol
December 10.
The many friends of Miss Olive Mar
tin who recently underwent an opera
ton in ST. Peters hospital in Albany
will be very much pleased to learn tina
she is improving rapidly and that thu
doctors see no reason why her ultim
ate recovery is not assured.
All girls who have taken any inter
est in the Philathea Union, also al
members are invited to n Halloween
social to be given Wednesday evening
at the home of w. h. Cutting on Uniol
street. A special invitation TO al
who have been connected in any wa,
with the class.
Il About 80 members of the Jolly Joke
club made an unannounced call SatuT
day evening upon Arthur Russell t.
inform him that he had arrived at tn
half century birthday anniversary, TIL
party played cards and had an unusu
ally pleasant time. They left Mr. Ru
sell souvenir that he could max
good use of.
Don't forget that the rummage sal
for the benefit of the building fund o
St Peters church opens Tuesday nool
in the Parish house and will continu
through the week. Come early befor
the best articles are disposed of, Cor
tributions for the sale may be sent t
the parish house at any time durin
the week or ii Mrs. Chisholm is not
fed packages will be called for.
The cars on the Bennington an
North Adams electric road began run
ming today on the hour schedule as al
nounced in Saturdays Evening Bar
ner but the trips were made in an il
regular manner. 1t Is expected tina
the schedule will work all right in
day or two but it may be necessar
to put in another switch in order t
use two car service during the win
ter
The j. d. Larkin soap company o
Buffalo, N Y, is making a display O