The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-03-24
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News OF the Town and village Told
Briefly for Busy Readers.

News Of the Town and Village Told
Briefly for Busy Readers.
II. P. Woodman of Grandview street
is spending couple of days in Spring
field
Arthur ]. Holden left Monday af-
ternoon on business trip to New
York.
Misses Katherine Jenney and Mar
jorie Shurtleff were in North Adams
Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs Fred Packard of Elm
street are rejoicing over the birth of
daughter.
Miss Mary Mallory and Mrs. Sarah
Mallory of Woodford are spending a
few days in town.
Mrs. Anna f. Edgerton Of Main ST.,
left this morning for visit with
friends In Rutland. go
The Bennington Grange will hold
regular meeting in the G. A, r. hall
Wednesday evening.
Walter Hill has accepted a position
as clerk in Earl A. Towards grocery
store on Main street. -
Mr.. and Mrs. D. f. Cronin and
daughter Barbara left this morning
for visit with friends in Syracuse.
William Miller of Bennington Cen
ter was In Hoosick today on business
connected with his farm in that town.
James Connolly of Division street,
who has been very sick OF the grip Is
now much improved and Is out of dan.
ger.
The ladies' Aid society of the
Methodist church will serve chicken
pie super at the church tomorrow
night.
The members of the first Y. NJ. C. A.
basket ball team should be In the
gymnasium for practice on Wednes
day evening
Il. Il. Hart left this morning on a
business trip to Springfield and other
cities in Massachusetts. He will be
absent few days.
The ladies home missionary study
class of the Second Congregational
church will meet with Mrs. w. b. ,Shel
don tomorrow night at 1880.
Frank Sherman of Main street has
resumed his duties at Gibson's store
after being confined to the house by
an attack of the grip for few days
Wednesday the Feast of the annun
citation of the Blessed Virgin, there
will be two celebrations of Holy Com
munion in St Peters chapel at 1886
and $3.50.
Both sleepers due in here at IL: AZ
and o'clock this morning were sever
al hours late. The delay was due
presumably to high water on differ
ent points along the line.
An elaborate luncheon will be sery
ed after the exemplication of the
second degree by the local lodge OF
Odd Fellows Wednesday evening IN
their rooms in the opera house
block.
| In the final debate at the vii
Jamestown High school Friday evening
Miss Maude Grady and her class mate
Miss Clara Gibbs won the honor of be
ing the best debaters in the school
A number of Pownal people attended
A Pomona Grange will be formed in
Pownal Thursday evening. This
Grange will be made up of members
from Stamford, Pownal and Benning
ton. Over seventy members from
this town will attend the meeting In
Pownal and join the new form OF the
grange. sr
Clinton L. Russell of the Colgate
farm. who has been seriously III OF
pneumonia for the past two months
sat up for short time today for the
first time. II is thought that Mr.
Russell is completely out of danger
but that 1t will be some months be
fore he will be able to resume active
work.
The eleven o'clock local trolley cal
on the Hoosick Falls division struck
a dog in front Of Eli Briggs house
on Main street Monday morning. The
animal was thrown about twenty feet
and died Immediately. When the cal
came back at noon the carcass was
placed on the fender and carried
towards North Bennington for burial
No one seems to know who owned the
dog, but 1t Is said that the name
; "Hillard' was on the plate on the
collar.
A class OF eleven candidates initial
ed at a class initiation ofthe A. o. U
w. in North Adams Monday evening
About twenty members of the ordel
here accompanied the candidates t
the Tunnel city. After the degre,
work the North Adams lodge furnish
ed refreshments. The members iron
: here were very much pleased will
their visit and speak highly of the re
ception rendered them by the neigh
$ boring lodge.
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