The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-11-06
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News Of the Town and Village Told
Briefly for Busy Readers

Mrs. Joseph Ayres is in Troy to-
day.
Mrs Michael McKeon of Gage St
is ILL.,
Webster r. Smith is in New York
on business.
Rev Isaac Jennings went to Troy
this morning.
r. o. Triggs of Boston Is spending
a few days in town.
Morris Levin of River street is in
Troy today on business
Claude Rose has bought span of
horses from Herbert Harmon.
Candle pins will be put in the Y. NJ.
G. A. alleys in the near future.
. Collector Charles II. Darling of Bur |
lington was in town yesterday.
Samuel Paterson is making extern
sive repairs on his house -on Dewey |
street
William Lowe of the Pollard Lowe
auto company left this morning for
Bellows Falls
Peter Mcmahon of the American
house has returned from visit in
Valley Falls, N. Y.
Misses Carney and Edgerton of the
public schools are visiting the North
Adams schools today
Four new candidates have recently
joined the class which will be initiated
by the ~ h. o. p. Friday, Nov %.
Freeman Cook has. started up house
keeping in the George Thompson tere-
ment on Branch street extension.
Mrs. S. II. Buss and daughter Miss
Made and Mrs. Catherine Sweet left
this morning for visit in New York.
Miss Sallie Graves has returned to
her school at SaXtons River after
spending a few days with her parents
in town.
Mrs. Newton Cottrell and Mrs.
Charles Firth have returned from an
auto trip through the northern part OF
the state.
The rummage sale for the benefit Of
! the 1. W. ~ "a VIII bt pPtH'h ehio
evening at the corner OF North and
| Gage street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Cronin of
North Adams were the guests OF Mr.
and Mrs. ID. f. Cronin OF the Ameri-
can house Tuesday.
G. l. Moore, chief civil engineer for
the Rutland railroad is in town today
on business connected with the new
bridge at Depot street
Mrs Patrick Shea moved all her
furniture yesterday from her former
home on River street to Eagle Bridge
where she now resides,
Mrs. christopher Wheeler, who has
been visiting friends in town for the
past few days, returned to her home
in Schenectady Tuesday
Mrs. Frances f. Moore of Valentine
street is spending a few days in Troy
| Mrs. John Tower is taking charge OF
her house during her absence.
Herbert Harmon of the North Ben
nington road bought 10 cows from
| those belonging TO W. C. Mason which
went through here Saturday.
John Eddington of School street
| left this noon foI Palmer Falls Adj
J rondack mountains where he will
spend few days with his son, Henry
The Cobblestone school at Benning
| ton Falls has been closed for few
! days on account of the serious illness
of the teacher, Miss Lucretia Edger
| ton.
b. Cantor arrived here Tuesday
! from Passaic, n. j., and expects to
open up the store on North street for
merly occupied by j. Harry McKeon
next week.
William .Iepson of the North Ben
nington road who has been i'll with
| typhoid fever Is able to sit up some
ana the quarantine has been removed
! from the house.
The yelling family who have been
occupying the Swift homestead at
Bennington Center during the summer
expect TO return to New York next
week for the winter.
Mrs. Mary Lowrie and daughter
Margaret left this morning for the
south. They will visit the jamestown
exposition and will later go to Rock
ledge, Fla, for the winter.
Miss Julia Brazell of River street
accompanied by her two a,nts, Miss
Mayme Sullivan and Mrs. Thomas
Brazell of Hoosick Falls. left yester-
day for a few days visit in New York.
A large amount of goods belonging
to DR.. Hercules Sanche which have
been stored in the Columbian house
building for the past year, are being
taken up to his buildings in Woodford
this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Human S. Brown have
returned from New London, Conn,
where they spent the summer and are
spending IA few days at their home in
Bennington Center before leaving for
he South for the winter.
| good deal of local interest was
manifested in the election In Troy
yesterday: AS result of the Repub-
lican victory. George Il. Wellington
will undoubtedly be appointed corpor-
alton attorney for the next two years.
The Bradford Hook and Ladder Co.
held one of the largest and most en-.
thusiastic meetings for some time in
their rooms Tuesday evening, Be
: sides the regular routine work 1t was
voted to eXpend good sum of money
, on improving their rooms.
Revs. George s. Mills. Frank r.
Morris and c. w. Rowley and Misses
r Harriet Cummings, jeanette Perkins,
9 Caroline Wilcox and Florence Mattison
went this morning to Rupert to attend
the semiannual meeting of the Ben
nington County Christian Endeavor
Union.