The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-09-17
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
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News Of the Town and Village Told
J. X. Batchelder Of Arlington Is in
town today.
Peter Longtin is acting as sulsti-
tute mail carrier
Charles w. Thompson was nlAl-
! bany Wednesday.
Chester Wilson of Hoosick wal a
visitor in town today.
Rollin Taylor is in Manchester to-
day attending the fair
Mrs. H. H. Qua left this morning
for a visit in Rome N. Y.
John Eddington was in North AID.
ans Wednesday on business.
Miss Bessie Woodward left this
morning for q visit in Syracuse.
Miss Mary Robinson of Bennington
Center spent Wednesday In Troy
Dr. H. ]. Potter has returned from
a couple of weeks visit in New York
Edward Green, Sr., of Dewey street
is attending the Manchester fair to-
day.
Mrs. James w. Martin has returned
from a weeks visit with relatives in
Pittsfield
Alvah Woodward. transfer man on
the branch local. is confined to the
house by illness,
T. J. Phillips of Pittsfield is a guest
of his daughter, Mrs. Charles H. Pot
ter Of Main street.
Hon. Charles II. Darling who has
been spending few days In town re
turned this morning to Burlington.
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. H. Nichols have
returned from New York where they
have been spending couple of
weeks.
Miss Nellie s. Hathaway, superyl
sor of the town schools paid official
} visits to some of the district schools
Wednesday,
The dust on the county roads is
now worse than any time before this
summer. In some places 1t Is sever
al inches deep.
The first junior gymnasium class OF
the season was well attended Wednes
day evening and bids fair to be large
and enthusiastic.
Charles Barnes of Pleasant street
has started hauling lumber to Bar
, ber's pines where he will erect cot
tage in the near future.
Miss Beulah Bates entertained q
number of friends at her home on Sill
, yer street Wednesday evening in hon
or of her guest, Miss Miriam Scott.
Miss Mary Carney who recently re
signed her position with Miss Harri
} ct Sibley is spending a couple OF
weeks with friends in Boston and vi
cinity.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Mccarthy Jr.
2 and daughter Ruth, Mrs. James Cone
I ST., Misses Hannah and Catherine Nc
, Carthy spent Wednesday in North
! Adams.
. Miss Nellie Luddy of Cambridge
b and Miss Anna Boland of Dannemora
: n. Y, former residents of this town
are spending few days here visiting
: friends.
d Leroy Bates left Wednesday fol
2 New Haven, Conn, where he will en-
: ter the Freshman class at Yale uni
r versity. Mr. Bates was president o
. the class of B. H. s. '0S
e The B. II. S. football team viii
:. play its first game of the season OF
| h. oil al GafnrIov Of
!, at 1880 with their old opponents, th'
, Hoosick Falls high school.
;. Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas II. Whitman
go Friday to visit their son Frank il
Easterick, n. Y, Herkimer county
They will also visit in Troy and Still
, water. N. Y, before they return
home.
About ten left this morning to at
tend the Manchester fair. In all q
;. tickets have been sold at the loca
station for this fair This number Il
. a substantial increase over last year
record.
Miss Sallie Graves who has beer
4 spending her vacation at the home o
her parents Mr. and Mrs f. o. Grave
has returned to Saxtons River to re
n sumo her studies in the Vernon
\ academy,
Fillmore NJ. Paddock has leased Lie
S on Lamarre's store on School stree
4 for two years taking possession tn
first of the month. Mr.. Paddock viii
: conduct a fruit and vegetable marke
c at this stand. On Fridays he will a
so have a supply Of fish.
Mr.. Mills desires full and rel
resentative attendance at the confer
ence meeting tonight of the Secon
Congregational church. Explanatio
will be given of the special order G
service to be used next Sunday morn
ing. The general subject of the NEE
ing will be Worship"
Farmers are now busy digging thei
IS winter supply of potatoes, The GRO
this year will be good and as yet yer
few are found rotten. Corn Is ais
= being cut and will be much above tn
D average for several years in this Sc,
4 ton. The warm dry weather for tn
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