The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-08-26
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News Of the Town and Village Told
Briefly for Busy Readers.

Briefly TOR Busy heaoers'
Mrs. Lucy lockwood has gone to
Cohoes to visit her sister.
Archie Mattison returned Monday
from an auto trip 10 Amsterdam.
Maurice Wall and Chas. Ayres left
this morning for trip to Montreal.
Miss Margaret Mangan of County st.
is spending the day in North Adams.
Miss Elizabeth Norton of Elm street
has gone to Boston for a few days
visit.
Misses Theresa and Wayne Phelan
are spending the day in North Ad-
ans.
Titus Eddy Of Pittsfeld is a guest Of
his brother James A. Eddy of Ben
nington Center.
Miss Jennie Drysdale is expected
to return from her trip abroad some
time next week.
State Cattle Commissioner Henry
IS. Wilson of Arlington, Is In town
today on business.
Mrs. Mott of New York is a guest of
her aunt, Mrs. Daniel Robinson at
Underwood for few days.
Mrs. Arthur W. lockwood who has
been spending the past two weeks in
Boston has returned home.
Mrs. Catherine Smith has left the
Gibson hospital and is now living with
Mrs. Harry w. Haynes on Main st.
Warren Buell. of Eagle Bridge was
the guest Sunday and Monday at the
home of John Flynn of River street.
Mrs. A. Perham of Congress street
has returned from couple OF weeks
visit with friends in WiDsted, Conn.
Mrs. Mary Allen of Pleasant street
has been called to Dandy by the i'll
ness of her granddaughter, Louise Ia
Dor.
Miss Mary Pinsonneault of Park
street has returned from three
weeks visit with relatives in Montre-
al.
Mrs. John Flynn Jr., and son Rob
ert have returned from a visit with
relatives in Cambridge and Boston,
Mass.
f. L. Bottum has started building a
new house near his tenement on South
street. The foundation has been laid
since last fall.
Rev. Charles Blackmer Rutenber
who has been visiting friends and rel
atives has returned to his home in
New York.
Misses Alice Green and Anna Quinn
left this morning to spend a couple
Iof weeks vacation at Lake Bomoseen
and Middlebury
Mrs. II. S. Wilson and daughter,
Miss Anna Cullinan of Arlington and
Mrs. Haskins OF Brooklyn called on
friends in town Tuesday
The foundation for tie wall around
The grounds Of the Mccullough maus
Ioleum is now completed. The wall will
mot be laid for several days.
Mrs. A. F. Loomis who has been an
Inmate of the Gibson hospital for sew
eral weeks is improving rapidly. She
is now able to sit up every day.
Circle No. of the Methodist
church will hold a supper in the
church this evening, instead OF on the
lawn as advertised, from $3.50 on.
Medrlck Johnson of New York City
who has tecn visiting his sister, Mrs
Robert Bentley of River street for the
loot IL haC oil homo
Mrs. John Hunter and family who
have been occupying the Mulqueer
tenement on Elm street, have moved
TO Troy where they will reside in the
future.
The water in Lake Champlain is sc
low that in some places the large
boats which ply between Fort Ticon
deroga and Plattsburg are unable tC
make their landings.
A. Buel Sibley of Union street re
turned Tuesday evening from a shor
} visit in Boston. He was accompanied
by William Piersons%ho remained In
Boston with his mother
Many Y. NJ. c. A. boys were out fol
az lllS
evening. A suitable design for sweat
er is still wanted. Remember tn,
prize offered is S. membership.
The Y. NJ. c. A. bowling team de
feated the second team by large ma
gin Tuesday evening. Kennedy haC
the high roll, 204. The first team
bowled over 240O pins in the three
strings.
Mrs John Evans of Main street hal
returned from Philadelphia where sh'
was called by the death Of her fathe
in that city last Thursday. Mr. Coz
her father, has visited in this tow
and had made many warm friends dur
ing his stay here.
According to data furnished by tn,
United States weather bureau tn,
rainfall in this section for the pas
week was slightly over an inch which
is above the normal for this section
There was more than the usua
amount of sunshine. At Burlington
the maximum temperature was 76 de
grees, the minimum 40 and the meal
SO which is three degrees below tn,
average