The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-10-01
BENNINGTON BRIEFS.
News Of the Town and Village Told
Briefly for Busy Readers.


Briefly for Busy Readers.
E. +. Bottum was in Woodford city
Tuesday on business.
Eugene Rice has accepted posi-
ton at the Putnam house.
Mr. and Mrs. Burt Sanders, Jr., are
attending the Brattleboro fair.
W. C. Carr of Amigo, Wis, is Wis
iting his cousin, Mrs. John fl. War
rem.
A telephone has been installed at
the home Of Mrs. J. H Warren, No.
27-2.
f. H. Brown Of Troy was the guest
Of his sister, Mrs. George Prentice OF
Scott street yesterday
Mrs. Frank B. Eddington of Dewey
street has returned from a visit in
New York.
Adolph l.. MERCER has moved from
County street to the Leonard tene-
ment on River street.
E. d. Moore, bookeeper at H. E.
Bradford & Cos mill is recovering
from a weeks Illness.
Miss Anna Shequan of Montreal Is
guest at the home of Mr. and Mrs
Pinsonneault of Park street.
Mr.. Winter of Albany, travelling
representative of the Van Dyk Tea
company spent Tuesday here with
W. f. Peltier
About 20 employees of the finishing
department of II. Il. Bradford 81 Cos
mill enjoyed picnic in the woods
back of the mill Monday.
John Anderson, Sophuf Anderson
George Millson of Troy were recent
guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs
| ]. C. Jensen of Lyons street
Mrs Fred Laport and daughter
Irene have returned from a couple
weeks visit with her husband who
is employed in Tuxehoe, N. Y.
Miss Lillian l.. Goblin, who had
charge of the play given by the Junior
| class of the local high school last
spring, is in town few days on bust
ness.
Word has been received here that
Miss Florence NJ. Quinlan has been
elected treasurer OF the freshman
class of St. Angela's college in New
Rochelle, n. Y.
The first football game OF the sea
son to be played in WilliamstowI
will take place next Saturday, Oct
3rd.. between the Middlebury anc
Williams college teams.
Miss S. NJ. White of Adams anC
Miss Clara White of New Jersey have
returned home after spending a few
DAYS here as the guest of Mrs. E. II
Peelor of Adams street.
For the past two days the branch
train has been unable to make con
nections with the flyer from The
south making It necessary for pas
sengers to wait till S:45 before reach
ing here.
l.. J. Eddington's finger which wa
badly iammed in a meat grinder SAT
urday. is improving rapidly and 1t i
expected that he will be able to saw
the remainder of this finger The In
Jury is still very painful.
The Baptist church prayer and COY
enant meeting this evening at l:3
followed by Pastors helpers class
Mrs. w. c. HOLSTER will repor
briefly her Impressions of the Vel
mont Baptist convention. Please b
prompt at 1880.
Harry Willoughby has just receive
from parties in Rochester, Mich,
three months old registered thoroug
bred water spaniel puppy. The do
is a very valuable one and looks ju;
like JEFF Mr. Willoughbys famou
dog, which died last winter.
The Morning Telegraph, the recol
Extra equipment for logging. l pa
ca, says that the five most successfl
PLAYS of the decade are: THE Lie
and the Mouse" Paid in Full", "Tf
J Merry Widow, The Man of Ii
Z Hour. and The Devil" The La
named play is booked in this city Sa
urday, Oct. 3.
Wednesday afternoon about 4
clock Henry Fundy. an employe
Blngham's Box shop. was seen driyin
down Main street with the hor;
q used to draw the boxes to the val
y GUS mills OF the town, hitched to
sleigh with Mr.. Fundy in it taking
sleigh ride This is undoubtedly Il
first sleigh ride enjoyed by any one
this town for the season OF 1903.