The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-02-10
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News Of the Town and Village Told
Briefly for Busy Readers.

Valentine post cards az Evans val
entine store. 1Stf
Charles Woodland of South street is
in Chatham today.
Peter Delude of River street is ser.
iously Ill with pneumonia.
Frank Paddock of North Pownal
visited friends in town Saturday.
James Thomas, express agent In
Mechanicville, spent Sunday here with
his wife.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Fox of Washing
ton street are rejoicing over the birth
of son.
Master Bert Henchy of River street
is confined to the house by an attack
of the grip.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Robinson of
SALISBURY spent Sunday with rela
tives in town.
The advance sale of seats for
'Strongheart' will start this evening
at Sis at the box Office.
Miss Grace Percey's Sunday school
class will give Is cent supper at the
Methodist church Wednesday evening
from 6 O'Clock on. 79t2
Misses Marguerite, Dorothy and
Katrina, daughters of Rev. and Mrs.
Philip Schuyler, are all confined to the
house with the grip.
Merritt B. Morgan will speak at the
regular meeting of the Sunday school
board tonight at the Methodist church
Any one may come.
The Bon Ton Stock company arriv
ed in town this morning and will open
weeks engagement in the Library
hall theatre this evening.
Now Is the time to spend $500 and
, get one of'those $40, $12 and SIS suits
and overcoats at Mulligan & Roches
, Childrens and boys suits $500.
, John Temple left this morning for
Averill Park. N. ", where he has &C.
cepted position as superintendent OF
the Faith knitting mills in that town
r. f. Durkee and w. ]. Galpin, EN-.
ployees of the local telephone ex
. change, are out again after being con,
, fined to the house for several days by
; an attack of the grip.
, Walloomsac lodge, N. Z. o. P. will
. initiate number of candidates in
their rooms Tuesday evening". Five
applications will also be received. The
degree staf are requested to be pres
ent
, Favors will be given by the manage
, ment to each and every one present
. at the private dancing class and assem-
bly, tomorrow evening at Foresters
hall. This being the last one of the
present series, special features have
been arranged.
"Strongheart" headed by Edgar Sci
wyn is scheduled to play in the fol
lowing cities during the next few days
Peekskill, N. Y, 10; Kingston, IL;
Z Albany. IL; Bennington, 10; Pittsfield
IA; North Adams, Is; Metropolis the
atre, New York City, 1922.
Sunday and this morning may b,
recorded among the cold mornings o
the winter. Yesterday 1t was abou
10 degrees below zero early and toda,
about 8 below. February has Ger
tainly been doing business in tn,
weather line since it started.
1t Is expected that goodly numbe
of the firemen of the town will atten,
the Valentine ball in North Adams {,
be given by the members of the fir
department of that city Friday even
ing, Feb. IA. All those who expcc
to attend should notify Chief Horn
idge.
Mrs. A. f. Lemily of Stafford stree
who has been i'll with tonsilitis is re
ported to be much improved toda;
Carl, the young son of Mr.. and Mrs
Lemily, who recently underwent a
operation in the Samaritan hospital i
Troy, is able to be about the hous
this week.
M. T. Hamlen had about half of hi
ice crop harvested Saturday. The ic
being cut that day was II inches thic
and was being taken from the channt
in the south part of the pond wher
the ice is the thinnest. Before lon
they will start cutting second GRO
as the original ice will be too thic
to handle.
There is large quantity of ancho
ice under the School street bridge an
sudden thaw that would bring dow
from the mountains any considerably
amount of water would make consi
cradle trouble. While the flume whiC
carries water to the wheel in the Pu
nam shop was closed yesterday tn
amount of ice increased rapidly al
this morning the water touched Il
stringers. When the flume was ope
ed the water was lowered but with Il
temperature that prevails today Il
anchor ice, now several feet in thic
ness, will become solid before nigh