The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-01-06
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News Of the Town and Village Told
Briefly for Busy Readers

News Of the Town and Village Told
Briefly for Busy Readers
Mrs. James e. Burke was in Troy
and Albany Saturday to spend the day.
Born, Saturday morning an II pound
daughter to Mr.. and Mrs. Fred E.
Tiff.
boss cagder in H. e. Bradford q Co 5
mill
Harry Cummings of Main street Sc
cured two fine rabbits near Sucker
pond Friday.
The annual stock inventory at Nov
eck's is soon to begin, great reduction
in prices therefore in every depart
ment. 46t3
Archie Comstock who has been the
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. j. Clifford Hol-
land, has returned to his home in Wat
erbury, Conn.
Miss Florence Alden returned to
New York this morning after spending
few days with her brother-in-law,
Louis A. Graves.
Mrs. A. v. Hartley who has been viz
iting Mrs. Frank A. Remington Of JEFF.
ferson avenue for the past week. re-
turned to her home in Bridgeport Ct,
Saturday.
Miss Mary Shaw who has been pass
ing the holiday season with her mother
Mrs. William Shaw of Bennington Cen
ter, will return to her school in STAN
ford Conn.,, today.
List of letters remaining dnca;led
for at the postoffice: A. Alexander.
Newton & Hill. Miss Nellie CLINTON
Miss Jessie Dunlap. Miss Florence
Priest, Miss Carrie Smith.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles R. Sanford
who have been passing the holidays
with their daughter. Mrs. William Jen-
nings In New York are expected 10 re.
turn home the early part Of this week.
"Relic hunters have carried Oh a
large amount OF brass bolts and nuts
from the Bennington battle monument
1t 10 now suggested that the monument
Be nailed down to prevent its being
carried of bodily. Argus
Relic hunters have despoiled that same
locality for number of years. As far
back as August is, II, their depreda.
tons began, when a certain party Of
rude men carried OF two brass cannon
and an iron camp kettle from the very
same field.-St. Adams Messenger.
A good resolution for 1908. To the
man or woman without home of their
own. We must get home before we
are much older. When? Right away
then we will be able to avoid that rent
monster who is continually keeping
our nose upon the grindstone. How?
BY watching the hundreds of offers in
lockwood G. Howe's advertisements or
better still by calling upon them and
talking the matter over. Thus, while
we are seeking homes, bargains are
seeking us. Call In we have hundreds
of houses and farms also building lots
for sale. lockwood & Howe 43t4
Letters received from Prof. Richarr.
S. Bahan indicate that he is we'll pleas
ed with his new position as organist in
enc of the finest churches in the it,
of Cleveland, Ohio. The church in
which Mr. Bahan will have charge If
the music is one of the leading ones n,
the city and the Quartette connected
with 1t is one of the finest In the west.
Prof. Bahan will also be given every
opportunity to give lessons on both pi-
ano and organ. He Is especially we'll
qualified for this position having stud
led under some of the best musicians
in Germany for the past few years.
According to report of the U. s.
weather bureau there were eighteen
cloudy days last month, eight partly
cloudy and only five clear days. The
highest temperature for the month
was So degrees on the 10th. The low
est degrees on the day before. The
average temperature for the past "a
years for this month has been 2S. This
year the month averaged 49, degrees
above this. During the month 1915 in
ches of snow fell. There was fog on
the Sth, 9th, 10th, 10Th and 22nd of
this month. The total precipitation
for the month was 2.52 inches which is
IL inches less than the average for the
last "a years.