The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-10-05
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News of the Town and Village Told
Briefly for Busy Readers

DR.. Bristol left Thursday for q
short visit in New York.
H. c. Roster has returned from a
business trip to New York.
Miss Ella Murray Of Gage street Is
visiting friends in Rutland.
Mrs. T. A. Davenport and son Her.
bert Of Gage street are In Troy today
Miss Catherine Leahy left this morn.
ing for visit with relatives in Utica
Hiland Fay and son have purchased
a delivery wagon for use on their milk
route.
Miss Ruth Squires, who has been al
her home here during the summer, has
returned to New York.
Il. Il. Hart was at the Mt. Hermon
school yesterday visiting his son, who
is a student at the institution.
Mrs. Kate Scanlon of Adams street
has returned from a weeks visit with
her daughter in Schenectady.
A football team with Bert Allen as
captain, went to South Adams today to
play the mill boys of that town.
Wayne Adams, William Temple and
Herbert Davenport are home over
Sunday from Bliss Business college.
The high school foot ball team will
play the Hoosick Falls high this after
noon at o'clock on the athletic field.
The families of s. A. Burt and Thorn.
as w. Fauley are spending couple of
days at camp LOafmOre in Woodford.
The three upper classes of the high
school will give the Freshmen a recep.
ton in the Forester's hall next Fri.
day.
Mr. and Mrs. A. Kember and family
of Bradford street left today for New
York where they will live in the
future.
Tickets will go on sale at the box
office this evening at SIS for Tess OF
the D'Urberville' which plays at the
opera-house next Wednesday.
The Y. NJ. C. A. basket ball team
a
from North Adams next Friday even
ing. A return game will be played in
North Adams the following Friday.
At the Baptist church Sunday morn.
ing. the pastors subject will be
Abiding in Christ" The Lords sup
per, with hand of fellowship to new
members, will follow the sermon.
Popular evening service at 7.30. Come
and enjoy the music. Rev. Frank r.
Morris, pastor.
An apple tree back of Newton's
store blew down yesterday. 1t had
borne fruit for over 80 years and had
a good crop this year although most
of the heart of the tree had rotted out
The fruit is of peculiar taste some
thing like russell but they are green
instead Of brown.
Miss Mabel l.. Bridges of Pownal.
and Arthur Il. Barker of Junction City,
Kan, were married Thursday evening
at the home of the brides parents. Mr.
and Mrs. George Bridges of Stamford.
Rev. George F. Newhall of the First
Baptist church of Stamford performed
the ceremony in the presence of the
immediate relatives of the bride.
During the quarter ending Septem.
Der 30 the receipts at the local post
Office were S4246,S6, an increase over
the corresponding quarter in 1906 of
%29.07. This Is not only an excel
lent showing for the postofiice, but
the figures indicate that a much larg-
er business OF all kinds has been tran.
sacted in Bennington during the past
summer than was the case year ago.
Some important changes will take
effect in the arrival and departure of
trains from the local station tomorrow.
The 1915 p. m. train will leave at 1910
and return at 1910. The 2.40 and
$40 trains will be combined into one
which will leave at $50 p. m. and ar
rive at 1926 The evening train which
leaves at 740 will leave at 7.45. The
$50 train will meet both flyers at
North Bennington and will carry pas.
sengers going both north and south.
Public worship tomorrow In the
Second Congregational church at 10.45
and 1870 Rev. G.. S. Mills, pastor.
Bible school at noon, with special class
es for boys and young men, c. Il.
meeting at $50 Strangers and visi-
tors are cordially invited to all these
services. Subject of the morning ser
mon, "A Peculiar People," and of the
evening address, "The Spirit of the
Game"