The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-07-11
BENNINGTON BRIEFS.
News Of the Town and Village Told
Briefly for Busy Readers.

Daniel Keller is spending the day
with friends in Sand Springs.
John Eddington of School street,
who has been spending week with
his son in Palmer Falls, Adirondacks,
returned home Friday evening
George and Webster Temple, who
have been visiting their brother in
Rexleigh. n. Y, this week are expect
ed to return home this evening.
The ladies of the w. R. G. and
their friends will hold basket pic
mic to Sand Springs Thursday July
16. The party will leave on the 9 a.
M. car.
The many friends of Mrs. Mary A.
Booth will be pleased to learn that
she has so far recovered from her
long and serious illness as to be able
to take drive about town yesterday
afternoon
dependent Order of Foresters, who
has been spending several days in
town, left this morning for Arlington
where he will strive to organize a
branch of the order in that place.
DR.. Wright, specialist of North Ad-
ans, will be in his Office only Mon
days, Wednesdays and Saturdays till
August |. Office open daily for re-
pairing glasses, and making appoint
ments. Telephone, Sand Springs,
| Williamstown. 101t26
Over hundred people left on the
special and regular cars Friday eve
ming to attend the trolley ride and
dance given by the Bennington City
band and Vermont club in Odd Eel
lows hall in North Adams. The night
was ideal and the ride and dance was
thoroughly enjoyed by everyone who
participated in it.
There was a very good attendance
at the dance given by the North Ben
nington Fish and Game club in North
Bennington Friday evening. A good
sized delegation from this town went
over to enjoy the hospitality OF the
club and seem thoroughly pleased
with their reception. Goldsmith
orchestra furnished the music.
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Many of the mill girls are spending
the Saturday holiday picking rasp-
berries in the near by mountains. A
lparty OF Is started for Glastonbury at
six o'clock this morning while many
others have gone to Pownal and the
west part of the town. The berries
are said to be more plentiful than in
lseveral years and are of good quail
ty.
Mrs. Charles H. Resseguie met with
a painful accident Friday evening.
While walking on Main street she
stepped into depression in the asp
halt walk in front of Hopkins barber
shop, and was thrown to the ground
receiving numerous bruises and cuts.
One ankle was strained and she was
painfully cut and scratched about the
face and body
The Misses Anna Murphy, Irene
Corey, Margaret Dryer, Florence
Quinlan, Ella Morrissey and Edna
Zeah of Albany accompanied by Miss
Elizabeth McDermott as chaperon
and Alferd Dryer, Perry Murphy
and Augustus Kelson as guards will
leave tomorrow for Sucker pond
where they will spend week camp
ing near the lake.
Thomas and Bernie Mangan has
taken the contract to put the village
water into their fathers house. The
main on Putnam street will be tapped
and the pipe run about 500 feet to
their home on Washington street eX'
tension. AS the ditch is to be about
5 feet deep the boys have job on
their hands which will keep them out
Of mischief for the summer.
We hear much In these days of the
yellow peril and Mr.. Hobson has just
emphasized 1t with scare head lines,
Prof. Beach, who speaks in the Old
First church tomorrow at II o'clock is
one of the best posted men on the
east and its social and religious ques-
lions that we have. That is his pro-
fessorship at Yale. He has just re-
turned from years visit among these
people and will tell us of his obser-
vations and conclusions. No one
who wishes to be intelligent on this
subject can afford TO miss IT,