The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-01-02
BENNINGTON BRIEFS.
News of the Town and Village Told
Briefly Cor Busy Readers.

To rent:-The Silk farm, with stock
and tools. Inquire at the farm. 45t2
Rev. Daniel Wickham of Cambridge
Mass, is the guest of friends in town.
Miss Caroline Merow who has been
visiting at her fc-mCr home in Dandy
has returned.
Mrs. b. F. Poor has returned to her
home in North Adams very much I'M
proved in health.
Miss Albina Cyr and Burnadette Cyr
of North Adams are guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Grafton OF Gage street
Miss Flora Lanthierx of West Rut-
land who has been the guest of Miss
Rosalba Grafton returned Tuesday
Miss Blanche Lyons who teaches
school in Marshield. VT, is spending
the holidays with her parents in town.
f. Z. Hart has sent to the secretary
his resignation from the office Uf the
bennington Retail Merchants associa-
ton.
The regular meeting of the Kings
Daughters will be held Friday after
noon at o'clock with Mrs. F. w.
GOodall.
Wallace Burritt of the Putnam house
has so far recovered from his recent
illness that he has left the hospital
and gone to his former home in Bris.
tol to recuperate.
Wednesday being the feast of the
Circumcision according to the calendar
of the Catholic church, Mass was cele-
brated in the churches of st. Francis
de Sales and the Sacred Heart at 9
o'clock In the morning.
Miss Catherine McOuatt of McKin-
ley street will take charge of the Pleas
ant Valley school during the winter
term which begins Monday, January
g. Miss Fannie Hicks taught this
school during the fall term.
Mr.. and Mrs. George T. Lane of Troy
whose summer home is Council Place
at Bennington Center, expect to sail
from New York Saturday for Europe
where they expect to spend the winter
touring through the different countries.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jonathan Morse enter
tanned forty of their friends Tuesday
evening. Cards were enjoyed, the
prize, beautiful photograph, was
awarded the best player Selections
were rendered and refreshments serv-
ed. The party broke up late wishing
Mr.. and Mrs. Morse happy new year.
While Irving Bum was on his way
from work Saturday noon he saw a
live caterpillar on an apple tree on
Grove street. Thinking the discovery
worthy of notice he put the worm IN a
box and brought it down to the Banner
office and showed it to one of the re-
porters. This unreasonable weather
seems to fool even the caterpillars.
Misses Bertha Green and Agnes
Quinlan left Wednesday fCr Burling
ton where they were to be resent at
| the profession of Miss Lena DlDie of
| Manchester into the final VOWS VI the
| Sisters of Mercy. The ceremony took
| place at o'clock this morning Miss
Dupie Is well known in this town be-
ing frequent visitor to this place and
| sister of Mrs. David Murray of Pleas
ant street.
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 & Howe's advertisements or
better still by calling upon them and
talking the matter over. Thus. while
we are seeking homes, bargains are
seeking u.s. Call in we have hundreds
of houses and farms also building lots
for sale. lockwood & Howe 43t4
| Taft Con, m n derv V r