The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-01-15
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News Of the Town and Village Told
Briefly for. Busy Readers.

Mr.. and Mrs. Joel Chase are i'll with
the grip.
ID. l. Corsiglia was in North Adams
today on business.
Miss Ella Bingham hasg one to
Greenfield to spend a week
Mrs. p. ]. Mangan of Rutland is the
guest of Mrs. N. J. Morrissey.
]. T. Watson visited his daughter
in Waterford over last Sunday.
Mrs. Otis Warren who has been i'll
for several weeks Is improving.
Miss Margaret Torrens has returned
from a visit at her home in Sandgate.
The Rev. Philip Schuyler who was
in St Adams last Sunday has return
ed.
Remember the shoe sale Thursday.
Jan. 10th at the Bennington Shoe
Store.
Mrs. Simeon H. Corbett of Jefferson
street is confined to the house by i'll
ness.
Miss Bertha Green returns today
from a visit in Burlington and st. AL.
bans.
There will be meeting of Monu-
ment lodge, Knights of Pythias, this
evening.
Town Clerk E. A. Booth is entertain.
ing a Jobs comforter" on the back
of his neck.
Miss Grace A. Hilburn is the guest
for few weeks of Mrs. John Walker
of Union street.
Thursday, Jan. 16, ladies' and mems
$3.50 and $500 shoes at $195 at the
Bennington Shoe store.
Thomas Gabbett and James Mead
lof North Adams were the guests of
friends in town yesterday.
Miss Mamie Phelan is at work in
Fl. M. Ramsdell's store, taking the
place of Miss Ella Morrlssey, who is
| ill.
Rev. s. H. Watkins OF st. Albans
who is well known here will preach at
both services In st. Peters church
next Sunday.
At the regular meeting of Benning-
ton lodge of Elks Tuesday evening
four more applications for member.
ship were received.
The annual meeting of the local
chapter ID. A. R., will be held tomor-
row afternoon at O'Clock at the home
of Miss Jennie Valentine.
Mrs. Mary Whitney will entertain
the st. Monica society Thursday eve.
ming at the f. NJ. T. A. b. rooms. An
invitation is extended to all her
eriends.
Lorenzo Moore, whoh as been AT
work for about a year in the Della.
ware & Hudson telegraph Office at AL
bany, has resigned his position and
went to work this morning for the
Rutland Railroad company at North
Bennington.
A special evangelistic service will
be held this evening at the Methodist
church. The pastor will speak on III
the Love of God be In Us, What?" A
cordial invitation to all. A similar
meeting will be held tomorrow even.
| ing also.
Roy Bates who was taken Ill in
school Monday Is now thought to have
appendicitis. The attending physic
ian does not consider the case critical
as yet and it is not decided whether
or not he will have to undergo an
operation.
We told you so. II you read in the
Banner how fine they were and how
new they were and needed our admon.
ition to go and see them you were
lucky. II you didn't, don't blame any
one but yourself and unless you have
spite against yourself go tonight
and see them.
Robert Morse, son of Charles Morse
of thist own who recently enlisted in
the army from Greenfield and has
been stationed in New York has now
been transferred to Montana. Leon
Lyons who enlisted at the same time
has been transferred to Fort Ethan
Allen for the winter.
IL IL nearing the close OF the fiscal
year of the town and the selectmen
will again make remarkably good
showing unless something unforeseen
happens. With all the bills paid
they will have left in the treasury oveI
six thousand dollars to apply to the
payment of the interest bearing debt
In the past four years since the pres
ent board Of selectmen has been In
4 Office the water damage has been prac
tically cleaned up and IL the voters
can persuade the selectmen now or
the board to remain in Office 1t looks
as though, not later than another veal
at farthest, the town tax rate can be
reduced or sinking fund can BIZ
started to retire the old railroad bond.
when they begin to come due in 1912