The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-08-19
BENNINGTON BRIEFS.
News Of the Town and Village Told
Briefly for Busy Readers.


Briefly for Busy Readers.
Social dance, Foresters' hall Thurs
day night.
Mrs. l. II. Gibson OF Main street is
in Albany today
G.. c Everest Of White Creek is In
town today on business.
John p. Mulligan. OF Manchester
is visiting at his home on Lincoln st.
Cole Brothers circus which appears
here Friday will be located on the
Morgan lot
]. Noble Hayes has purchased a
Ford runabout from w. d. Newton.
the local agent
d. H. Ward OF North Adams is Wis.
ting at the home Of Mrs. A. Eddy on
Washington avenue.
Frank e Talham returned this
morning from Arlington where he has
been spending few days on bust
ness.
James Stearns and daughter of Sy-
racuse are visiting at the home of
Warren Rice in the north part Of the
town.
Mrs. Edward Bottum of West Main
street Is spending the day with her
daughter, Mrs F. S. Howard OF So
Salisbury.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Goldsmith of
Troy are visiting at the home of his
mother, Mrs. Pauline Goldsmith of
Main street.
Miss Katherine Jenney is seriously
i'll at her home on West Main street
A trained nurse arrived Tuesday eve
ming from Troy to care for her.
About % members OF the Foresters
in Arlington will be in town this eve
ming TO be organized into a court by
the officers of the court of this town.
The management of the dances in
Foresters hall have always held a
dance the night before a circus and
this year will be no exception. Attend
and spend your time while waiting
for the circus TO come In.
Rev. H. S. Pinkham of Somerville.
Mass, will preach at the Baptist
church Sunday. August 20. Mr.. Ping
ham made a host Of friends during
his visit to Bennington last April and
will doubtless be greeted with large
audiences. Sunday morning and eve
ming.
A. Sidney Edison will lead the pray
er meeting at the Baptist church
Thursday evening at 100. A bust
ness meeting to adopt a church letter
and elect delegates to the SALISBURY
associational meetings will follow the
prayer services. Members of the
church should be present.
Four men who resided at Benning-
ton Center 60 years ago met this
morning and talked over old times
when town hill was the leading vii
lage and Bennington proper only
hamlet. The reunion lastede about
two hours and many "reminiscences
OF olden times were discussed. The
men were George Bahan of Minneapo-
lis. Charles Stearns OF Syracuse.
Charles Kennon and Andrew J.
Downs of this village.
Charles Stearns, native OF Ben
nington Center, now residing at Fay
ettevllle, n. u, is visiting in town.
In speaking today of incidents in the
early history of the town Mr.. Stearns
stated that his father was the drum
mer boy for the soldiers who formed
the guard at the time of the hanging
of Archibald l.. Bates at Bennington
Center in 1928.
Three young men from Buffalo who
are making n hike through this sec
ton Of the country we're in town this
morning on their way TO North Ad
ans They have been travelling
through the Berkshires, having start
ed from Plttstield four days ago.
They have been making nearly 80
miles a day. One of the party is an
unusually large man weighing close
to 200 pounds and he was obliged to
stop off here for a day because of a
badly blistered heel while his com
panions continued the journey. He
Will join the party at Greenfield.
William Lowe. formerly drum ma
ior OF Wheeler's band in Bellows Falls
will give an exhibition of fancy baton
twirling on the square with the Ben
nington city band preceding their
dance at Academy hall on Thursday
evening. The band will also give
concert at the hall during which Mr.
Charming Fletcher will sing a few
songs The dance is planned to en-.
terrain the large crowd which usually
stays up TO see the circus come in.
Mr.. Wood will have charge of the