The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-02-12
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News Of the Town and Village Told
Briefly for Busy Readers.

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News Of the Town and Village Told
Briefly for Busy Readers.
Valentine post cards AT Evans val
entine store. 7Stf
See how boys will be girls in The
School Mistress, the funniest yet.
Mrs. Edward A. Lemily of Stafford
street is confined to the house by ILL.,
ness.
Mrs. J. E. Lemily of Blackinton is
the guest of her son, Il. A. Lemily OF
Stafford street.
Mrs. Elmer Stratton went to Green
field Monday to spend several weeks
with relatives.
Master Ernest White of the west
part of the town is confined to the
house by illness.
There will be hash supper at the
Congregational church tonight at $780,
Tickets, 10 cents.
Mrs. Robert Gardner of the south
part of the town is convalesing from
an attack of the grip.
See the Williams College Dramatic
club at the Empire on the 18th, the
best laugh of the year.
The Odd Fellows will give a clam
chowder supper In their rooms Satur-
day evening of this week.
Clarence N. Morse has bought of his
father, C. S. Morse, 13 acre meadow
about one mile north of the village.
Miss Elizabeth Schurrner of River
street has returned from Stephentown
N. Y. where she had been for sever
al weeks.
Married in Hinsdale, N. H., Feb. 10,
by Rev. George R. Locke, Hiland N.
Dyer and Lydia M. Show. both of
Shaftsbur.
The Small Five defeated the Little
Five at the Brunswick alleys last night
by total of 264. Dean had high roll
of 2l3, and high average
Mrs. Laura b. Cole. ID. d. G. NJ. left
Tuesday afternoon for East Arlington
where she will be present at meeting
of the o. E. s. In that town this even
ing.
Walter H. Norcross of North Ad-
ans has half penny, date 1907, with
the word Liberty" on it. Mr.. Nor
cross has been offered $40 for the
rare coin.
Herbert johnson of North street
who has been confined to his bed for
the past month by an attack of the
grip is able to be around the house
again this week.
1t is understood that Miss. Fannie
Taft who recently resigned her posi-
ton as operator in the local telephone
exchange, will leave soon for Pitts
field where she will study to be a
trained nurse in the House of Mercy
hospital in that city.
Lumber is being delivered at Sucker
pond for the cabin to be built there
this summer by the employees of the
cooper needle shop. The cabin will
be commodious building and will
cost in the neighborhood of two humid
red dollars. Each member OF the
shop contributes so much each week
toward the building fund.
The warm sun of the past two
days has melted much of the snow on
the roads and the sleighing is now
about gone In most places, especially
in the outside districts. The weather
has been much more comfortable for
the past few days. however, which In
a way compensates for the loss of the
snow.
While Nicholas Morrissey, Jr. of
County street, pupil of st. Francis
de Sales academy, was playing about
the yard connected with the school
| Monday he fell down and stuck pen
ell which was lodged in the lining Of
his overcoat, about two inches into the
flesh near his knee. The pencil broke
off and left some of the splinters in the
flesh. The boy was taken into the
convent where the pieces of wood
were extracted. Later he was carried
home. The doctor who attended him
states that 1t will be at least a week
before he will be able to go to school
again.
Charles C. Gokey of Mortified, has
in his possession a valuable relic, a
pair of dividers that he found In the
wall of the old building in Bennington,
known as the military storehouse,
which was situated near the present
site of the Bennington battle monu-
ment. Mr.. Gokey was a member Of
Company F LIST Inf, " N. G., and was
present at the laying Of the corner
stone of the monument. While ex-
ploring the ruins one day he moved
one of the stones in the wall which
caused the remainder to fall. revealing
these dividers covered with rust and
dirt. These were without doubt used
by the carpenter in the construction
of the building-St. Adams Messen-
ger.
Card of Thanks.
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