The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-03-16
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brieny TOR Busy READERS.
st. Patricks post cards at Evans
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Edward McArdle of Brooklyn is Wis.
iting at the home of Thomas Burke.
Sweet and Percy are selling two
opnds OF home made sausage for 25
cents. cash. 6t2
r. Palmer Boughton OF Bennington
Center spent Sunday with friends in
Jacksonville.
Howard Manley of Manchester is the
guest Of Misses Alice and Kathleen
Murray for few days.
Miss May Brown who has been work
ing here for some time has returned
to her home in Averill Park.
Nathan Levin, the ladies' tailor OF
North street went to New York Satur-
day night for workman and more
styles.
Miss Anna Fitzgerald of North Ben
pington spent Sunday in Hoosick
Falls as the guest of Mrs. Thomas
Leonard.
Miss Susan Robinson of Locust av-
enue has been spending the past week
with her aunt, Mrs. Hugh Bassett of
Gage street.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Sibley of De-
pot street have returned from Boston
where they attended the automobile
show last week.
Mrs, Frank Russell who has been
visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas Frazer has returned to her
home In Jersey City.
Mrs. Jonn Cronin of Depot street
is able to be out again after being con-
fined to the house for some time by a
severe attack of the grip.
w l.. GuBay has ordered fine In.
lnoyation soda fountain to be placed IN
his ug store as soon as the work Of
bringing cut the front of his store IN
line With the sidewalk is competed.
lockwood G Howe, real estate deal
ers, have sold for George W. Bushnell
his house and land located about 2h
miles south of Bennington to Mrs. De;
liza Mahen who will take possession
soon.
MIR. and Mrs. J. B. Breault who
spent portion of their wedding tour
here as the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Lee
on Lamarre of School street, returned
Saturday afternoon to their home In
ST. Johns, Can.
Tickets are now on sale ror the min
strel and vaudeville show under the
management of ]. II. Whitney in
Academy hall Tuesday evening, Mar
18th, at J. Fl. Whitney's, B. A. Quin
lan's, Mulligan & Roche's and ID. A
Wards. 2ts
At the meeting of the f. NJ. T. A. b
yesterday a committee consisting OF
d. T. Murray, John McGurn and John
Toomey was appointed to confer with
II. II. Webster in relation to lease Of
the athletic field for baseball games
+, during the coming season.
John Murphy who has been visiting
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Martin Muir
ply of Bennington Center. returned
Saturday afternoon to Schenectad,
where he is employed in the Edison
works. Mr.. Murphy has been spend
ing some time also in Montreal
During the last three school days o
the present week, Wednesday Thurs
day and Friday, there will be an ex
hibit of school work at the graded
school. Each afternoon beginning a
800 o'clock there will be program
lof music and recitations by the pu
pills
All members of the Philathea UnioI
are requested TO be present at the reg
ular monthly business meeting to b.
held in the Philathea rooms at z: Al
promptly. As there are several mat
ters of bushes to come before tn,
meeting all members are urged to b.
present.
The freight traffic over the Chatham
division has been picking up slowl,
for the past few weeks. Sunday al
extra freight was run over this line
This Is the first extra to go over thu
road since the panic" last November
The number of men employed has als'
increased In accordance with the ex
ira traffic.
At meeting of the Bennington +
NJ. t. A. b. yesterday it was decide,
that the society become member o
: the Berkshire county union. The fol
lowing delegates were appointed to at
tend the convention which meets a
Dalton April 8: Joseph Silk. Thoma
I.aughlin, d. T. Murray, John Haye
and John Ryan. President Patterson
and Secretary Mahar of the Berkshir
association were present at the meet
ing.
Five students, presumably from Wi
liams college, while waiting for tn
1850 train to leave the station Satur
day afternoon got into a lively scral
in the rear coach. The officials 0
the railroad and some of the passen
gers interfered and parted the boy,
but not until blood was running free
ly from one OF the combatant's nose
When threatened with arrest one o
the party stated that it was only {
class fight Evidently fearing trouble
they separated and went up stree
leaving their grips after them.