The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-05-28
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News Of the Town and Village Told
Briefly for Busy Readers


Miss Daisy Wood is spending the
day with friends In Berlin.
Ladies have your shoes shined for
Decoration day at ID. h. Harris.
l.. Corsiglia is moving into his new
store In the Dewey block today.
Edward Bronson and wife of Shafts
bury are in town today on business.
Mrs. Richard Burke left today to
visit her brother in New York for a
few days.
Rollin Howard moved Wednesday
from SALISBURY to his farm on Car
Tpenter hill In Pownal.
There was very large crowd out
Wednesday evening to hear the band
concert on the Putnam House square
Master Raymond Quinlan left early
this morning on a bicycle ride to
Blackinton to spend the day with rel
atives.
Misses Stella and Dorothy Van Cor.
der left this morning to spend Dec
Grafton day with friends In Glens
Falls.
All the stores of patriotic citizens
will be closed either whole or \ part
of Saturday 10 bcfttingly celebrate
Memorial day.
The pupils of Miss Maude Carpen
ter's private school left on the 10 o.
| ql I'm, a.,
North Bennington.
The Bennington high school base
ball team went 10 l.anslngburgh yes
terday afterlcCn and was defeated
there by score OF 20 to 10.
Miss Ina I.eahy Is suffering from 9
RELAPSE Of her recent illness at the
home OF her parents, Mr.. and Mrs
John Leahy Of Spring street.
James Doary who has been visit
ing in New York and Philadelphi;
called on friends in town 'odayOn his
way to his home In Montreal.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clayton s. Mattisor
and Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Smart o
SALISBURY left this morning on al
automobile ride to Amsterdam.
The family of Guy B. Johnson ha:
opened the summer residence at Ben
nington Center for the summr. Mr.
Johnson will arrive here In few
days.
Just arrived-a carload of the Dia
mon refrigerators, the reliable kline
that Charles Potter has sold for the
past 20 years, The prices are al
right. lit.
A tire on Guy Il. Johnson's automo
bile run by Eugene Stevens burstet
in front of the Baptist church this
noon. After about an hours della,
Mr.. Stevens got a new tire on and
started on his journey
Mr.. Stilson, head of the Stilson
Automobile company, was in town
Wednesday exhibiting one of his ma
chimes TO prospective purchasers. The
machine was one of the largest ever
seen In town, being six cylinder 81
horse power machine.
An old man generally known al
"Busher" Morrissey and whose hons
is in North Bennington fell on the
street last evening and badly bruised
and cut his head. He was intoxicated
at the time and the blow made hin
absolutely helpless. A team was pro
cured and he was taken to the coun
ty jail This morning he had appar
emily recovered from the effects o
the injury.
Miss Anna Collamer OF North Ben
nington who sustained the more ser
ious injury in the trolley accident oil
Main street nearly two weeks ago
has been making good progress to
ward recovery during the past tw,
days. There Is still some discharg
from the injured ear and the physiC
ian states that she may never hea
as we'll as she did before the acc
dent.
George Hoflick & Co., paving con
tractors from North Adams have jus
finished putting fine new cemen
sidewalk and gutter on Silver stree
and It is safe to say that 1t Is tn
best piece of work of its kind eve
done in this town. Over half Of thi
piece was put in by Judge h. J.. Bate
the town doing the remainder Thi
same company started today layin
cement crosswalks and cutters o
Main street corner. They will ais
put In the exhibition piece of curbin
on the southeast side of "the corner.