The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-03-06
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News Of the Town and Village Told
Briefly for Busy Readers.

Joseph M. Ayres is spending few
days in Boston on business.
Joseph Evans, the newsdealer was
in Troy Thursday on business.
Misses Mary Riley and Eliza Nc
Gurn have gone to New York for a
short visit.
Mrs. Charles Carpenter and Mrs
Earl Howard spent Thursday in North
Adams with relatives.
The Colonials will rool game with
the Y. NJ. G. A. team in the Corbett
Grennan alleys this evening.
A number OF candidates for the car.
nival were out Thursday evening for
practice in the Y. NJ. c. A. gymnasium.
II you want to laugh be sure and
come to the moving pictures at Lib.
rary hall Saturday afternoon or even
ing
Miss Mary l. Sharp of South street
left Thursday afternoon for visit
with her brother George in South
Bend. Ind.
There will be a regular meeting of
the l. o. G. T. this evening in the n
+. o. p. hall. All members are re.
quested to be present.
Reuben Sanburn of Stafford street is
In Pownal his week where he is at
work putting a new tin roof on the
residence Of Dr. Barber
Golfer Qua of Main street is able to
attend to his duties at Il. h. Harris
after being confined to the house sew
eral days by an attack of the grip.
Il w. II. Bentley of Beech street ex.
| poets to leave tomorrow for Freeport,
l.. l., where he has taken a position
and will make his home for some time
in the future.
Martin Craven of the west part of
the town was knocked down by res
| tive horse Thursday evening and was
so severely cut as to require the aid
| of a physician,
lockwood & Howe real estate deal
ers have sold for Sanford Hicks of
Arlington portion of his farm To-
Gated in East Arlington to Arnie
Warner OF same place.
III MI. anu MIo. ~ ID httlti anu
family of Valentine street and James
Keller are in Cohoes today attending
the funeral of Mrs. Ann Keller who
died in that city Tuesday evening.
| Miss Elizabeth Taylor. an artist and
traveller in the far north. gives a par
lor talk at Mrs. w. b. Sheldon's on
Saturday to the teachers of the graded
/ cahAn1 nd hnv ,,,x- al no
H The fronts of the stores in the Whit
ney block on Main street will be built
out to the line of the sidewalk this
spring. This will effect, Sipperley's
millinery store. Gokay's store and
Firth's barber shop.
II Several from here attended the
county convention OF Sunday schools
held In North Bennington Thursday
The ladies' of the Baptist church In
that town served an excellent repasl
to all present,
II A. d. s. Peroxide Cream is valu
able cleansing agent, possessing the
antiseptic and germicidal property and
the skin whitening effect of Peroxide
hydrogen. Csc per jar. For sale al
Quinlan's Pharmacy.
H The exhibition to be given by the
different departments of the graded
school will be held in the school hal
on the IS. 10. and 20 of this month
The exhibition will consist chiefly Of
drawing and school work.
H Four government inspectors were IL
town Thursday and made official Wis
its to the drug and grocery stores ant
clubs. They left this morning on the
early train for Rutland.
A special train of FIVE cars bearinl
the remains OF the late Senator Red
field Proctor, passed through Nortf
Remington on their way from Wash
ington to Proctor. w. this morning
Besides the immediate family man,
distinguished people were on the train
The interior of Library hall theatr,
Is undergoing through house clean
ing. The walls are being kalsominet
and the whole auditorium painted ant
cleaned. Over the main entrance OF
Silver street large electric sign Il
being put up. The hall should be II
excellent shape for its opening Satur
day afternoon.
Robert B. Gardner OF the south par
of the town sustained quite painful
accident Thursday. He was feedin,
a COW and the latter raised he
head up quickly sticking the sharI
point Of one Of her horns in Mr. Gard
ner's eyes. The eyelid was badly Gu
and 1t is difficult to tell yet how seri
Gus the eye ball has been injured.
The New England Telephone an,
Telegraph company are having a ser
Gus time with their underground
telephone conduits on Silver and Val
entine street In some way water 60
into the pipes and froze. This put tn,
service out of commission about tw,
weeks ago. At first the compan,
tried electricity TO thaw the ice bu
that did more harm than good
4 Thursday the boiler of the stone crush
er was brought down and the condui
on Valentine street was thawed out b,
steam. Today they are at work Oh
Silver strqpt