The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-08-13
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News Of the Town and Village Told
Briefly for Busy Readers

Miss Harriet j. Sibley is in Troy
today
The Y. NJ. C. A. now has mem
bership of 275.
Don't forget the dance at the
Academy hall Friday evening.
The barber shops will close Satur-
day noon for the remainder of the
week
Mrs. McGlynn and daughter Mrs.
Gardiner spent Wednesday at Sand
Springs.
William Sherman of Beech street
left this morning for visit in Mas
hua, N. II.
Richard Lee has returned from
Manchester where he has been EN-
ployed for some time.
Miss Ella Cummings of North St.,
has returned from short visit at the
home of Mrs. T. F. Butler in Rut-
land
Miss Catherine Butler of the
American house has returned from
few days visit at her home in Rut-
land.
H. s .Durkee, w. w. Johnson and
C. r. Bronson of the engineering staff
of the Berkshire electric railway sys-
tenn were in town last night.
Several from this town are in North
Adams this afternoon attending the
funny" baseball game between the
Cuban Giants and the Tunnel Diggers.
James Madden and family OF the
G. V. s. Quackenbush Co. of Troy are
spending a few weeks with his
father, Thomas Madden of West Main
street
Miss Agnes Healey, formerly with
the G. V. S. Quackenbush store in
Troy has accepted similar position
with a large dry goods firm in Wor-
cestel, Mass.
Frank S. Peer of the New England
Farm stock company has just return
ed from England where he has spent
some time buying stock. This COM
pany has several hundred sheep on
the Harmon pasture.
The Bennington Electric company
has a gang of men at work today
stringing wires at the residence of
Mrs Whitney where the ladies' of the
st. John the Baptist society will hold
its lawn party this evening.
Mrs. George F. Townsend, Miss
Rose Harbour, Mrs. John Harbour and
daughter, Polly, Payson Hathaway,
Mrs. John Fort and Miss Denham OF
New Haven, Conn, are passing the
day at Hunters Rest" Woodford
Leander, the four months old son
of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Allen OF
County street died early this morn
ing. The funeral will be held from
the house at 2 o'clock Saturday after
noon. The burial will be in the new
Bennington Park Lawn cemetery.
All members of the various fire
companies are requested to meet III
their respective hose rooms in uni
form at o'clock Saturday morning
for the annual inspection which will
take place at o'clock at the w. H..
Bradford Hook and Ladder company's
rooms.
Today is the warmest August day
on record in p years, the thermone'
ter registering "a in the shade at one
o'clock. The hottest day before
recorded was 90 on August II, 1892.
The weather forecast promises relief
with showers and cooler weather con
ditions.
All the companies comprising the
Bennington fire department are re-
quested to meet at the w. H. Brad
ford Hook and Ladder company's
house at 8 o'clock sharp for the an
nual inspection per order OF chief
James Hornidge. This inspection
will be a part of the annual celebra'
ton of Bennington's battle day.
w. j. Hicks threshed 500 bushel of
oats Wednesday for M. 7, Hamlen.
This Is one of the best records for
one days work known. Mr.. Hamlen
had about 100 bushels more to thresh
today making a total of so bushels to
the acre. This is considered very
good yield for this section Of the
l country.