The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-08-18
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The Eagle Square factory was closed
on Saturday.
Fred Harrington and daughter spent
the 10Th out OF town.
G. Bronson has finished haying and
Is threshlng his oats.
Mrs. Mary Seymour Galusha spent
Saturday In Bennington.
r. A. Moon and family will take
their vacation next week.
Rev. and Mrs. G. w. Robbins left
for their home ON Thursday.
@. z. Moon and wife attended the
Glastonbury picnic on Saturday.
Mr.. Beebe of Manchester was in the
village on business on Saturday,
Miss Rose La Deu will be guest
OF Mrs. T. H. Dunlap over Sunday.
Mr.. Estes expects to take up his
residence In Bennington very soon.
Miss Hutchinson of Green Island is
being entertained at Grant Bronson's.
Mrs. William Moon and son Clar-
ence were In Bennington on Wednes-
day.
Mrs. Dandistel and daughter Jennie
were in the village a few days last
week.
Mrs. Charles Rice of New York call
ed on her uncle, John Bradish, last
week.
Mr.. and Mrs George Montgomery
were in the village Friday calling ON
friends
, Mrs. Buell. of New Woodstock, N.
~, is visiting her sister, Mrs. John
iBradish.
Harold Cole was home a day the
past week somewhat indisposed but re
turned later.
Miss Bessie Mirfield went to Spring
field, Mass, on Monday to take exami-
nations to teach in that state.
Mrs. ]. Bradish is entertaining her
sister. Mrs. Ella Buell. whom she has
not seen for the past six years.
Little Miss Ruth Hawkins went to
Arlington with her father, s. +. Haw'
! kins ON a short business trip on Fri
Iday.
The foliage on many of the shade
trees has become blighted, as the foil
age turns brown and is falling unusu
tally early In the season.
The Crescent Rebekah lodge will
l.. nt-tf tho cnhnnlhniISl
Igrounds Wednesday evening, August
Il9. All are cordially invited.
Mr. Hall OF Springfield. Mass. was
lin town on Wednesday looking up the
lumber business att the Eagle Square
as he is about to build house.
Charles Salmon and wife have been
Entertaining his sisters, Mrs. w. j.
KELSEY and little son of Hoosick Falls
land Miss Elizabeth Salmon Of Troy.
Thursday the heat was very oppres
lsiye and later In the day thunder
Istorm accompanied by hard wind
cooled the atmosphere considerably
Miss Marcia Dunlap will be guest
Iof Miss Isabel Cole next week anc
lmost of her stay in town. She ex
lpects to return with Miss Cole and
miss Ida Harrington for their schoo
work in Ypsilanti, Mich. early In
september.
The Woman's Foreign Missionary
society met at the home OF Mrs. Eddy
on Wednesday and held an election
Iof officers for the ensuing year, still
keeping our president of years, Mrs
Sarah Mirfield. foremost IN our ranks
Mrs. l.. w. Cole was retained as act
ling president, Mrs. l.. J. Barton, vict
president, Mrs. T. H. Dunlap CORE
lsponding secretary, Mrs. F. Eddy, re
cording secretary, Mrs Edward Nil
Ilington treasurer.
When the selectmen will remove
1.-THE watering trough and spout from
1 the village well, Mr.. Lyons states
that he will be only too glad to ceas'
washing carriages there. He admits
1.-THE nuisance and feels that it is Diet
Irimental to the safety Of the healtl
lof the community. There are thos'
lwhc use the we'll for drinking pur
poses only, that not only feel 1t, bu
know that 1t Is detrimental to health
The watering of IL to Is horses Their
twice a day, some known to be dis
eased, is running great risk TO maj
las well as beast. This is not publish
led to create any malice but 1t is TO
the best good of the health and clean
: illness of our village.
Examinations will be held at Soutl
lShaftsbury for all applicants for fire.
Tuition on Thursday and Friday, Aug
l27 and 2S. 1t will be necessary TO
all pupils of the public schools o
lShaftsbury who desire to enter higl
school or academy, to take these eS
Nominations at this time. On Thurs
day applicants will be examined II
arithmetic, grammar, physiology ant
hygiene, and geography. On Friday
u. 5. history, civil government, ant
history will also include question
concerning the geography, history an
, government OF Vermont. Candidate
will do well to inform the superinter
dent of schools of their desire to TAX
1.-THE examinations.