The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-02-13
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News Of the Town and Village ToIc
Briefly for Buoy Readers

Melvin Moon has installed tele.
phone in his bakery shop on Grove St
William Rowley of Williamstown is
the guest of friends in town for few
days.
The seniors will hold their gym.
class this evening in the Y. NJ. c. A.
gymnasium.
Miss Grace ID. Livingston of East
Main street is confined to the house
by hard cold.
Misses Theresa and Anna Burke OF
Utica, n Y, are the guests of their
grandmother, Mrs. Lee of Main street.
Mrs. John Burns of Spring street is
the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. William
Lunergon of the west part of the town
to-day.
Rev. John ]. Cullion of Montpelier
is visiting his parents, Mr.. and Mrs
Thomas Cullion of Maple street for a
flew days.
John Fradenburg, who is spending
the winter vacation at his home here
Is spending few days with friends IN
Amsterdam.
Griswold received today two new
lines of valentines and will therefore
be able to give good service to belat
ed customers.
Miss Rose Belisle of Mill street is
able to be out again after being. con
fined to the house few days by an at
tack of the grip.
Peter Delude of River street. who
has been seriously III with pneumonia
for the past week. is reported to be
much improved today.
Mrs. William Graves of Remington
Center left this morning for New Yorl
where she will be the guest of her son
Russell for few days.
The advance sale seats for Under
Southern Skies" which plays in thu
opera house Monday evening, Feb. II
will start Friday evening at S:15 il
the box office.
Miss Anna Murphy of Beech stree,
has resumed her duties In the Office o
the Cooper needle shop after beint
confined to the house week on &C
count of illness.
The high school basket ball team
will play the Adams high school team
in the Y. Nj. c. A. gymnasium Saturda!
evening at eight O'Clock. The game
promises to be lively one.
The John V. Carney memorial win
dow which will be placed over thu
east portal of the new Methods
church has arrived and will be place,
In position during the next few days
William Fl. Nichols has returne,
from Montpelier where the Benning
ton Electric company has contrac
for some new wiring in the statehous'
and Mr.. Nichols has charge of tn
work.
II the person who stole basket O
dishes off a st0op on Pleasant stree
this week will return them without dc
lay, the parties who took them ma
avoid much trouble as they are nov
known to the owner.
There was very large number O
ladies' present at the social given b
the Union street circle of the Baptis
church at the home of Mrs. II. w. My
ers Wednesday afternoon. A yer
pleasant afternoon was spent by a
present.
The date for Aunt Dinah's Quiltin
Party" which is to be given by tn
young people of the Baptist church
has been decided upon and has bee
fixed for Friday evening, Feb. 2ls
This unique entertainment will
given in the church.
The funeral of William Hill was hel
from his late home on Park stree
this afternoon at 2 o'clock, Rev. Fran
r. Morris officiating. The bearer
were Walter II. Berry, Edward
Chandler. Col n. NJ. Puffer and G..
Endress. The remains were place
in the vault at Bennington Center.
The Eight O'clock Eight card clu
was pleasantly entertained at tn
home of Mrs. Gilbert H. Ransom o
Pleasant street Wednesday evening
The prizes were awarded as follows
First, Mrs. Merritt Burnham; secont
Mrs. Fred T. Hopkinson; third, Mr.
Edward Greenslet. Dainty refresl
ments were served.
Freight traffic on the Rutland
picking up considerably during the pa!
few days. This morning two extr
freight trains of about 20 cars eac
arrived in town. The cars we're loa,
ed for the most part with Canada
hay. Some years as many as 10(
cars have been shipped over the Cha
ham division consigned to parties
= New York and Boston.
Some one pried open a window
the house H. H. Allen is moving I'M
on West Main street the other eve
ing and stole small sum of none
from a writing desk The burgla
however. failed to take larger SUI
of money which was in the same des
probably because of his hurried depa
ture. Mr.. Allen has as yet no cit
which would lead to the arrest of Il
thief
Last evening at Library hall Il
Bon Ton stock company presente
"The Secret Agent" comedy dram
In four acts by AL Legburn the popul;
young comedian Of this company. tt
play was given with snap and fms
that was a credit to every member
che company and well worth the pa
ronage of the public. This compar
deserves good audiences as 1t is pr
senting high class repetoire in GOO
shape. Tonight is another speci
ladies' night Ladies' with cOup(
tickets receiving reserved seats Il