The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-03-23
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town Saturday afternoon.
Fred N. Sloat of Troy visited mis-
brothers in town over Sunday.
Mrs. James f. Burke and son Cor
don are in New York this week.
b. Y Estabrook of Troy was he
guest of his parents over Sunday.
Lawrence Sullivan of Syracuse is
the guest of friends in town this week.
Miss Harriet II. Walbridge of Ben
nington Falls is spending the day in
Troy.
The savings bank department of the
Y. NJ. c. A. is in very fourishing
| condition.
Miss Eleanor Burt of Elm street
spent Sunday at her home in East Ar
lington.
Frank Sherman of East Main street
| is confined TO the house by an attack
of the grip.
Miss Elizabeth Iuidon has been call
ed to Hoosick Falls by the illness of
her brother.
Mrs. Clark Spencer OF School street
is able to be out again after her re-
cent Illness,
Thomas Mclaughlin of Main street
is spending a weeks vacation at his
home in Dandy.
William Winslow and Ralph Burt
are at Deerview cabin near Sucker
pond this week.
Misses Hattie Cummings and Bessie
Green visited at Miss Clara BARRIERS
in Pownal Sunday.
James Martin Wills White. F.. ].
Kennedy and Fred Wood spent Sun.
day at Sucker pond.
Miss Minnie Mahar of Main street
is spending a few days in Sodom as
the guest of friends
Gardner Half of North Adams silent
Sunday with his mother, Mrs. A. w.
liaff of Union street.
Mr. and Mrs. Giles Harbour of Div.
ision street spent Sunday at the home
OF their son in Dorset.
Lenten devotions will be held only
on Friday evening this week in St.
FRANCIS de Sales church
Mrs. Fred Houghton of Main street
Is receiving treatment at Mrs. c. d.
Gibsons private hospital
Mrs. c. c. Thompson of East Main
street is recovering from an attack
OF the grip and rheumatism
A family from New Jersey will move
April LIST into the house on Safforo st
now occupied by Miss Melissa Morse.
Miss Maude Adams who has been
visiting Mr.. and Mrs. J. j. Stakeholder
has returned to her home in Arlir gton
Mrs. w. F. Peltier OF Park street
was the guest OF Mr.. and Mrs. JOS
eph Tacy of South SALISBURY Sunday.
Miss T. v Phalen who has been
visiting relatives in town for the past
few weeks has returned to her home In
Utica.
Miss Mary Welles is spending the
week at her home in Schenectady as.
sisting her mother who is preparing
to move here.
Iron Tonic Bitters is compound OF
iron and calisaya bark, excellent as an
appetizer and general spring tonic.
For sale at Quinlan's Pharmacy.
Mrs, A. w. Half of Union street
who has been very i'll with rheumatism
Tor some time is now much improved
and is able to be about the house.
All members of the Y. NJ. C. A. who
VIII take part In the carnival Tuesday
evening, should attend the last rebsar.
sal In the opera house this evening.
Eleven candidates we're initiated in
the Bennington court F. of A. Sunday
AT O'Clock in the afternoon. After
the degree work refreshments were
served and a social hour enjoyed.
Extensive repairs are being made on
the John kelso house recently pur-
chased by Mrs. Ella Welles of Sohen.
ectady. The house will be reshlngled
and entirely renovated in the interior.
There is a case of scarlet fever at
the home of Mrs David Wright on
Park street extension, the patient be.
ing Mrs, Wrights two year old daugb-
ter, Christina. The house has been
Guaranteed
Mr.. and Mrs. Alison Peckham OF Har
persville. n. Y, who have been visit.
ing Mr.. and Mrs. F. Howard Ferguson
OF east Main street lett this morning
| for HOOsick Falls and will ra,,.,, a..
their home the last of the week.
Miss Lillian l.. Cobban of Boston
VINO is the directress of the Junior
play, Charles Aunt" was in town
Friday and Saturday She is In Pitts.
f1eld today. where she takes part in
The Magistrate" to be given in that
city this evening.
Some people who were in the woods
east of the village Sunday brought
nome large buds of trailing arbutus
which one good sunny day would fully
open. If the weather continues warm
there will be plenty of these flowers
out by next Sunday.
Village Clerk Hogan finds the rccor d
books of the village in pretty lad
shape. Owing to the illness of the
late clerk. John II. Kelso, the records
OF trustee meetings since last SeDtem.
Der had not been entered on the books
and the affairs of the office were i'm
chaotic condition. Mr. Hogan has en-.
listed the assistance of Village Pres.
id4nt Lyons and Attorney Holden and
VIII try to get the records into shape.