The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-10-07
BENNINGTON BRIEFS.
News Of the Town and Village Told
Briefly for BusY Readers.

~Afs ~ HA@A NNaaANtas
George Chandler Of School street is
spending the day in Troy.
Frank Welch has accepted a posit-
i'm with the Cooper Mfg. Co.
Mrs. Edmund C. Brown spent Tues
cay in North Adams.
DR.. d. V. ODonnen of River street
Is spending a few days in New York
Thursday Oct. Sth., Opening Day
at McLeods new millinery parlors,
5l5 Main street 1872
Miss Ella Bingham, Mrs. Frank f.
Howe and Mrs. Edward Bradford are
spending the day in Troy
Miss Martha sibley of School street
left today for a visit with Mrs. A.
John Burgin Of Springfield.
Mrs. Frank Lasher of Union street
was taken to the Albany City hospital
this noon to undergo an operation.
Mrs H. C. Larned has leased the
Park homestead in Woodford City.
Mrs. Larned formerly lived in New
Hampshire.
All applications for entries in the
shuttle board tournament at the Y.
M. c. A. must be handed in before
Monday evening
Don't forget Mr.. Watkins illustrat-
ed talk this evening at the Y. M. G. A.
hall at o'clock Tickets may be
procured at the door
The members of Miriam lodge of
Rebekahs who are to go to Manches-
ter Thursday evening will leave on
the flyer at $3.50 r. m.
Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew Kirkwood and
children of Brattleboro are guests of
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. William
Kirkwood Of North street
Mr.. and Mrs Human s. Brown of
Bennington Center who have been
spending the summer in New London,
Conn, returned home Tuesday even
ing.
Mrs. Ann Houran and Mrs. George
r. Smith returned Tuesday from a
three weeks visit with their sister,
Mrs. George b. Tebbetts at Ossipee,
N. H.
Mrs. Sayre McLeon Of Bennington
Center is spending the day in Troy.
T. A. Davenport OF Gage street left
this morning for couple days visit
in Troy and Albany.
Mrs. II. b. Fassett, Miss Harriet S.
yelling and Mrs e. Livingston Sib-
ley are in Brattleboro attending the
18th annual meeting of the Federated
Womans clubs of Vermont.
An important meeting OF the lead
ers and officers of the Ladies Aid
society OF the Baptist churchr will be
held Thursday evening at 7 o'clock in
the chapel All are urgently request
ed to be present as important business
will be transacted
During the month OF September
only seven deaths were reported 10
Health Officer II l.. Stillson. This Is
the least number recorded for any
month in some time. One OF these
deaths was at the Soldiers Home and
two more from chronic diseases.
st Marys Guild which includes all
the women of St. Peters parish will
hold an important meeting Thursday
afternoon at o'clock 1t is hoped
that the women of the parish will
make every effort to attend An i'm
} pOrtant report will be read by Mr.
Schuyler.
F. j. Kennedy recently bowled 27S
with big pins at the Y. NJ. C. A. al
leys. This breaks the record of 26S
held by yelling Thatcher on the Co
lonial alleys for several months. The
secretary of the "Y" has offered a
fancy Y. NJ. c. A. watch fob to any
member who will break this record.
Said mother to Health Officer
Stillson the other day: Il want my
children to catch whooping cough
measles, and other childrens diseases
and have Il over" Some months
since the Banner published the Phila
delphia death rate for such diseases
and now comes the report of the Yer
, mont State Board of Health to the
legislature, giving an analysis OF the
causes Of death in Vermont for 1907
1t says: The deaths from whoopinl
: cough were one less than from the
three diseases OF typhoid fever, meas
les and scarlet fever, five more thar
from measles, scarlet fever and diph
iberia" The whole number of deaths
I'm Vermont was 6,l3l. of which tn,
three leading were. pneumonia, 6S2
organic heart disease, ISL; tuberculo
sis. 1863 The average OF life is nov
ASH years in Vermont A fine rec
n ord