The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-04-27
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News Of the Town and Village Told
RrIAfIy for Buax Readers.

Miss Catherine Redmond Ia visiting
friends in Troy for few days.
Mrs. Charles Townsend OF Webb 1t.
is confined to the house by illness.
A license has been granted to Pat
rick Colwell at Brookside in Pownal.
The April issue of the Roaring
Branch is now on sale at GriswOld's.
The four merry widows In their re-
fined selections OF singing are really a
treat. 44t6
Rolin +. Crotcan has returned
from a weeks visit In Rochester and
Buffalo.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Kirby spent
Sunday In Hoosick Falls as the guests
of friends.
Sorey and Wilson, the sharpshooters
at the Library theatre. All wonders
of the age. 44t6
Misses Nellie Ryan and Alice Biggs
spent Sunday in Hoosick Falls as the
guest of friends.
James Higgins and Benjamin Brooks
were at Big Pond, Woodford City over
Sunday, eel fishing.
Miss Bessie Reynolds of Pownal
was the guest OF Miss Bessie Green Of
Morgan street Sunday.
Miss Mary Mcclure OF Maple street
is spending few days as the guest Of
friends in SALISBURY.
Mrs, Ida Wood and daughter are
moving today from School street into
their house on Valentine street.
John Fassett, a student at Burr &
Burton seminary at Manchester spent
Sunday at his home on West Main st.
B. Slater of Hartford, Conn, Is in
town for few days as the guest of
his son, Abe and daughter, Mrs. b.
Cantor.
Miss Emma Lamarre and Henry
Bouquet of Boston were the guests OF
Miss Hermina Gagnon of North Ad
ans Sunday.
The card party. which was to have
been held Thursday by the n. +. o. p,
has been postponed until Tuesday eve
ming, May 9th.
| Mrs. G.. l.. Harwood of Union street
was called to Troy Saturday on ac
count of the serious illness of her faith
er, William II. Freeman.
The North Bennington Stars de
feated the Y. NJ. C. A. baseball team
in the north village Saturday after
noon by score of 3 to 2.
Joseph Hackett returned to st. Mi
chaers college at Winooski this morn
ing after spending the Easter vacation
at his home on North street.
Miss Jessie Woods of Troy, who has
been spending a few days In town Al
the guest of her cousin. Mrs. LeRo,
G. Brant returned home this morning
G. d. Baltimore, the landscape ar
chitect, will return Wednesday to re
sumo his work in laying out the road!
and grounds Of the new Park LawI
cemetery
The Williams college glee. banj'
and mandolin clubs will give an enter
tainment at the Bennington club oil
Friday evenig, May 10. This will b.
ladies' light.
I Mrs. w. F. Peltier of Park stree
and Mrs. Joseph Tacy OF South Shaft
bury were the guests of Mrs. Peltier'
sister, Mrs, John Walsh In North Hoe
sick Sunday.
Many of the public meetings durin
they. NJ. C. A. convention will be opel
to ladies' This convention will star
next Friday Tickets for the banque
are still on sale.
Henry Spring. who is to catch Of
the local baseball team this seasol
and Raymond Dowd who will hol
down third base, both students Of Wi
! liams college were In town Sunday.
The Burr & Burton baseball tear
defeated the Arlington town tear
last Saturday by score of IL to
The battery for the Manchester tear
was Fassett and Sibley both student
from this town.
F. Howard Ferguson, E. A. Lemil!
Frank e. Vail, and Mr.. and Mrs. Hel
bert Marsden have gone to BurlingtO
) today where they will attend the col
vention of the N. E. o. p. to be hel
. in that city tomorrow.
Bennington Grange will hold so,
ial aud literary entertainment Wee
nesday evening. April 10Th, CONNER
cling at 8 o'clock. A large attendanC
of members is desired and each
asked to invite friend.
The Williams College Musical asst
citation, the glee club. mandolin clul
and banjo club and an el0cutionis
\ will give concert at the Methods
church Wednesday evening. Prece,
ing the concert supper will be serve
In the dining room of the church.
The Y. M. c. A. baseball team wi
play the strong Hewatt team of Brige
vile, Mass, next Saturday on tn
athletic field The out of town teal
has been organized serveral years an
II Is an excellent uniformed team
The local team will be much strongt
than on last Saturday.
The need Of a street sprinkler
becoming more and more apparer
each day The warm sun dries up til
streets in a short time. April wind
minus the water wagon mean miser
for all who are near any of the mai
streets. The difficulty seems to be
getting some one to take the jol
Evidently under the present schedu
there is not much money In 1t.