The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-07-28
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News Of the Town and Village Told
Briefly for Busy Readers.

Briefly for Busy Readers.
Mr. and Mrs A. K Richie spent
Sunday in Pittsfeld.
l. H. Buss and daughter Matte
spent Sunday at Pontoosuc Lake.
Miss Mary Lee of South SALISBURY
visited friends in town recently.
Miss Mildred Kendall is visiting at
the home Of her grandfather, Henry
Sibley.
Miss Alice Galipeau of Park street
is visiting friends in South SALISBURY
this week.
Mrs. T. p. Gregg has returned from
a weeks visit with Mrs. E. b. Garfield
In Schenectady
Miss Lillian Chandler has returned
from weeks visit with her grand
mother in SALISBURY.
Mrs. Charles Bates of South Shafts
bury is visiting Mrs. William II.
Sears of Branch street.
Mr. and Mrs. William Pellerin of
Mill street have returned from st.
Anne de Beaupre, p. Q.
Mrs. Harry T. Cushman is in town
for couple of days from her cabin
at Little Pond In Woodford.
Miss Luella Chandler of the Shafts
bury road is the guest of her cousin,
Miss Gertrude Cranston of North st.
Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Harwood of
Springfield Mass, have been guests
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence
Chandler.
Mrs. ]. L. Harbour and Mrs. George
A. Wood left this morning for visit
with Mrs. Woods parents in East
Templeton, Mass,
A. p. Macomber, formerly physical
director of the Y NJ. c. A. who has
been spending few days in town left
Saturday for Syracuse.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lemuel Bottum and
son Earl OF Gage street have return
ed from visit with friends at their
former home at New Haven, Conn.
The Christian Endeavor society of
the Baptist church will present the
| play, "The Sweet Family" in the near
| future The young people are already
busy rehearsing their parts and its
success seems assured.
The many friends OF Mrs. Eugene
| lTatro of Maple street who left short
time ago for St Marie. p. O., for the
benefit of her health, will be grieyed
to learn that her condition does not
improve in her new surroundings.
DR.. Southey and wife of Bridgeport,
Conn, have been guests for a few
days at the home of Harry Daley on
Beech street. Accompanied by Miss
Hickey they left Monday for Detroit
where they will join Frank H. Bur
CESS, who Is in Detroit to drive one
of f. d. BUckleys horses in the great
$4,000 race at Detroit Thursday.
| Mr. and Mrs. e. b. Patterson and
daughter. Mabel, and w. H. Sheldon
of Boston returned home today after
spending a few days at Pattersons
Evergreen Valley cottage in Bickford
hollow.
II Little Clarence, son of Mr. and Mrs
| Clarence Chandler, is again able &c
walk after being laid up for a week
with cut foot The young lad step
ped on a piece of glass and inflicted q
severe wound
II According to figures sent out from
Washington the attempts of the bur
eau of immigration to divert alien:
from crowded centres to the rural dis
tricts has borne fruit, though not IL
sufficient measure as yet to constitute
a considerable factor in the laoo
situation. The method employed Il
to send out cards to employers ant
whatever help is needed is indicated
by replies on return postal cards
About 100000 cards have been scat
tered over the country, it is said, ant
1000, 900 will be sent out in the nea
future From the first Of February {
the close of June, it is reported
about 1000 aliens and others wer
sent in response to application:
chiefly from farmers. It appears tina
two have been sent to Massachusett
| seven to Connecticut and 227 to VeI
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