The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-01-02
DORSET

The Norcross- West quarry Is clos
ed for the usual holiday rest.
Mrs. A. A. Roberts who has been i'll
since Thanksgiving is slowly gaining.
Mrs. Ernest II. West continues to
improve from her recent serious i'll
ness.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Snyder of Aub-
urn, n. Y, are guests of Mr. and Mrs.
H. p. Snyder.
Frank Walker of Manchester Depot
was in town Friday in the interest of
the S. p. c. A.
Harry Davis has returned to his
home In Brattleboro after spending
several weeks here.
Friends of d. T. Mcclure will be
pleased to learn of his safe arrival In
the Bermuda Islands.
John Mcbride of Albany Business
college is visiting his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. William Mcbride.
Miss Hard, teacher of grade in the
village school is spending the vacation
at her home in Arlington.
The new school hall is to be painted
and papered during the holiday vaca-
ton by the Grange and Woodfnen.
Mr.. Leach of Pawlet, well known in
town as a most competent domestic
nurse has been spending few days
here with friends.
Mr.. and Mrs, Rollin Sykes with Mr..
and Mrs. Eugene Simmons were en-
tertained at Christmas dinner by Mr..
and Mrs Snyder.
The Foresters held a dance at the
new hall the evening of Dec q which
was well attended. McBride's orches-
ira furnished the music.
Installation of officers was con-
Quoted in the Grange by Brother Rog-
ers and Mrs. Rogers of Poultney
Grange Wednesday evening. Jan. 1.
Frederic Burroughs of this place and
Miss Hattie NJ. Reynolds of Manches-
ter were married by Rev. Robert l..
Thompson in Granville on Saturday
evening, Dec. IA.
The entertainment given last week
| Friday at the village school was spec
| tally worthy of commentator and
showed careful training of the pupils
by the teachers, Misses Hard and o.
Leary, who also prepared gifts for
each scholar who in turn remembered
their teachers. Little Elsie Seymour,
aged four, sang a pleasing solo and
the duet by Master Herbert Burns and
Miss Winifred Manley was remarkably
good. The recitations by various pu-
pills were well rendered. School will
reopen on January 6, 1908.
| The Christmas supper given for the
| Sunday school Dec. %, was a marked
success. Besides the bountiful repast
| served to about seventy members,
/ there was q musical and literary pro-
gram ard there was present most at.
tractive Eastern lady, with an elephant
well trained and perfectly tractable,
which ate the children's peanuts and
| offered no end of fun in turn by Civ
| ing several of the juveniles a ride. on
its back 1t is hoped that this animal
will continue to live in Dorset
With the coming of the new year
| why not resolve to be more thought
| full of the comfort of our rural mail
carrier? Think how often he is oblig-
ed to ungloye his hand in zero weather
to search for change left in the boxes
for stamps. Why not wrap the money
in paper that can be grasped readily?
| and then again. when you wish a stamp
and offer ten or twenty-five cents in
| payment, why not be willing, instead
of the cold cash in change, TO take the
balance in stamps? Just reflect how
many '1ickings" the r. NJ. c. has saved
| you in times past Do not be afraid
to tie up little money in stamps, they
might come handy.
The yard adjacent to the home of
John Lille was the scene of lively con-
fusion on Friday afternoon during the
process OF moving q barn several rods
to the east of the former site and down
hill. The track. and bookings being
in readiness the building without
warning started on its downward
course and the two inch rope which
was wound around tree to steady the