The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-03-16
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News Of the Town and Village Told
Briefly for Busy Readers

Miss Mary Toomey of Gage street is
i'll with the grip.
Louis B. Puffer spent Sunday with !
his parents In town.
William Il. Hawks, Jr., has returned |
from his stay In Troy.
The polls tomorrow will open at
a. m. and close at p. IN.
The Brotherhood of st. Paul will
meet this evening at 8 o'clock.
Mrs. William Warn of Gage street
is confined to the house by illness.
James Thomas, express agent at
Mechanicville spent Sunday in town.
Morris Levin is installing electric
lights in his residence on River street.
Miss Agnes Horton of North Ben
nington is i'll at her home with the
grip.
Frank Newton is the owner of val
liable five weeks old screw tail Boston
terrier.
Mrs. Ella Murphy of Maple street
who has been seriously i'll is now inn
proving.
Mrs. W. d. Haytree of South street
has returned from a visit with friends
in Chicago.
Misses Bessie Bickford, Elizabeth
Gregg and Mary Butler were in North
Adams today.
Misses Rita Butler, Mary and Bar
bara Cronin spent Sunday with friends
in Hoosick Falls.
John Bartlett of Springfield spent
Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. II. Nc
Keen of Gage street.
George Thoumayer has gone to Par
is, Ontario, where he has situation
AS boss spinner in mill.
Miss Lizzie Mason Of Main street at
tended the Scotch concert in North
Adams last Saturday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles f. Welles OF
New York were the guests of Mr.. and
| Mrs. X. H. Merrill over Sunday.
Misses Scott and Abrahams of Black
inton spent Sunday In town as the
guests of Miss Winifred Adams.
Mrs. Harriet Williams was the guest
of her sister, Mrs. George b. Greene
of North Bennington over Sunday.
Dexter NJ. Gleason returned to Wood
ford city this morning after spending
Sunday at his home on Silver street
4 Merritt Mattison of Schenectady
spent Sunday with his parents. Mr..
and Mrs. Joseph Mattison OF Gage ST.
Tomorrow being election day the sal
oons will not open again after the clos
ing hour tonight till Wednesday morn
ing.
Mrs. Harriet Elliott of Gage street
has been called to Schenectady ON ac-
count of the serious illness of her SIS
ter, Mrs Springer.
Mrs. Jesse Fields who has been the
guest of Miss BESSIE Bickfordsfor the
mast week returned to her home in
lHinsdale, n H., this morning.
fine assortment of materials suit
able for the Easter ball dresses will be
found at the silk and wash goods de
: partments of +. l.. Nichols son.
BENJAMIN Brooks of Gage street ex-
tension has accepted position as
. fireman and engineer in Evans and
Bugbee's mill on County street Ed
ward Higgins will have charge OF the
saving.
Friends in this town have received
| a post card with picture of Schenec'
tadys gasolene fire engine of station
NO. 5. Allie G. Gavin, who is well
known in town is assistant driver on
this new fire fighting device
Foresters hall is being decorated
with an electric shamrock and other
electrical novelties for the private
dancing class tomorrow evening.
Special music has been arranged and
n feature of the evening will be the
Shamrock waltz and two-step,
Favors in green will be given at the
door.
Owing to the special exercises at
the Methodist Sunday school yester'
day conducted by A. NJ. Torrance
class of boys In connection with the un
yelling of the Bradford memorial win
dow. the secretary was unable TO make
his report before the closing hour'
The attendance was 21l, collections
s9.46: Banner class, the brotherhood
visitors. s; new scholars, IL. rms
makes 81 new scholars added to the
school this month. The review exer'
o;eos navt Sunday will be conducted by