The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-04-15
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News Of the Town and Village Told
Briefly for Busy Readers.

Worcester, Mass,
Henry ST. Mary has moved from
| Dewey street into George Cooks new
tenement on North street.
: Mrs John Sanburn was In North
SALISBURY Tuesday attending the
| funeral Of her mother, Mrs Robinson.
Third edition OF Historic Bennng
ton" by Caroline r.. and John V. ID. s.
Merrill, now ready for sale. Price 81.
1916
Frank McDermott who has been
spending several days at his home on
Park street, has returned to Pittsfeld,
where he is employed.
Henry Burgess, proprietor OF the
Burt stock farm left Tuesday for
Granville, n. Y. where he will spend
few days on business.
Mrs Il. s. Morrison who has been
visiting her parents Mr.. and Mrs. Holt
of Pleasant street returned to-day to
her home In Saxtons River
There will be rehearsal of work
for the officers Of the w. r. G. at the
Grand Army rooms Friday evening"
April 18th at 7:45 by order Of the pre-
sident.
List of letters remaining uncalled
for at the postof!ce: Mr.. Louis c.
Smith. Miss May Miller, Mrs. Emma
Bingham.
The eighteenth anniversary of the
Bennington County Christian tndeav-
| Ir,,t< ,,,tt ko lx.tI nt kn
fist church Bennington, on May II.
To rent:-After May LIST, the house
| now occupied by DR.. Il. B. Hyde on
Grand View street. Inquire OF Henri
eta b. Adams, 1873 Grand View street
24tf
The Baptist Y. p. S. C. Il. will hold
Sunrise Easter meeting Sunday at
$3.50 a. m. A cordial invitation is ex-
, tended to all. Miss Lena Percy will
lead the meeting
There will be regular meeting of
the Bennington Grange in the g. A. X.
hall this evening. All members are re-
, quested to be present as important
'. business will be transacted.
=. A short special business meeting
- OF the Congregational c. L. society Will
U be held after the prayer service Thurs
day night at $3.50 in the chapel. All
the members are kindly asked to be
present.
The epidemic of grip which was SC
II prevalent here during the past winter
seems TO hang on still. Although the
II number of cases is rapidly diminish
ing there are few who are still IL
with the disease.
\ Mrs. Frank Evans who was operated
4 on in the Albany City hospital the frs
of January and who has since beer
confined to her bed for nine weeks |.
now able to leave her room and b,
about the house little.
"a John Toomey of Gage street ha
started moving the barn on the groun'
| connected with the new Welles resi-
dence at Bennington Center. 1t will
be moved to the rear of the new hous,
| where II will be remodeled into 4;
| coach barn.
II large number of old soldiers ar
leaving the soldiers home these day
on their regular summer furlough
They received their quarterly pensions
this week and number will go t
their home In different parts of tn
state to be absent for some time.
Devotional service again tonight II
! the Congregational chapel. These sci
vices begin promptly at 1880 and cor
tinue not longer than forty.five mil
utes The invitation to attend ther
is extended heartily to all. The sui
ject of the brief address will be 9TH
Waste of the Box of Ontments." Mr.
Battles will sing.
The Walton Register and Bushes
Directory for ls0S-9 is now on sale q
bookstores and newstands at the oil
II price of % cents copy. 1t contain
4 over 10000 Names and mass {
figures and facts invaluable to ever
Vermonter. Revised to April
Special features are this year's-l90
March Meeting elections of City an
81 Town Officers: also new classifie
Business Professional and lndustri
. Directory. Ask to see copy and yo
will buy one Bats.
John Shartt of Waterbury, Com
has purchased from H. +. Burgess
erly the Burt Stock Farm the Bay stalliC
spi' Sidney st. Clan five year old recol
nal 2-24A Price paid was $1,000. I'll
At Trotter and PAGER in a recent issl
in describing the ice races at Pc
Henry, N. Y. said Among the starte
his in the slow class, the four old pace
Sidney st. Clair, by George ST. Cha
2.10-h Is as good a green prospect
L L.
sleigh and teamed by rube that loo
ed like brother in law of San
Claus. | think he can go away fro
on the wire as fast as any horse at t
for meeting" The horse was driven
Il. W. Lewis of the Soldiers home.
is over SO years old.
u A Caro-.