The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-01-08
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DR.. Sanche is building a large barn
at Camp Aragon.
Frank Woodward of Bennington is
In the employ of Fred Bowles.
Mr.. and Mrs. E L. Stone of Benning-
ton visited his parents Sunday.
Mrs Eveline Stratton Visited friends
in Bennington Monday and Tuesday.
Miss Belle Temple is passing the
week with Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Estes.
Miss Mabel Reid is visiting her
aunt, Mrs, d. M. Gleason at Benning-
ton.
T. J. Mallory has returned from a
two days business trip to New York
City,
Miss NJ. E. Sheldon of Bennington
was guest Sunday of Mrs. F. A.
Bowles.
William F. Temple is in the employ
of A. j. Dewey and. boards at George
Burgess.
Guy Cutler has an old history of
England which is hundred and fifty
years old.
ID. NJ. Gleason and A. w. Hagar were
in Somerset Monday and Tuesday
bear hunting.
Miss Mary Mallory is In Manchester
canvassing for a religious book for the
Sunday schools.
Charles Wright has returned from a
few days visit with friends in Pownal
and North Adams.
Edward Locklin and his brother-in-
law, Louis Knapp of Bennington were
In Ferndale Sunday.
Mrs Nellie Stone was a guest Fri.
day and Saturday of her son, Edward,
and wife OF Bennington.
Mrs. Dennis Hall of Wilmington
is visiting two weeks at Mrs. Martha
Temples, her former home.
Charles Crawford and wife have
gone from Readsboro to Williamstown
to work on John Reds farm.
After visiting friends for several
days in the city" Luke Morse return.
ed Monday to his home In Bennington.
Arthur lockwood and friend Of Ben
nington were practicing the art of
Nimrod in Dunville Monday and Tues
day.
William Crosier has letter In the
Woodford postoffice which will soon
be sent to the dead letter office If not
claimed.
ID. NJ. Gleason started his steam mill
Monday to run for few days. James
Higgins is sawyer and George 4. Cot
ton engineer.
The telephones are all installed now
and have been kept busy ringing the
first week. After a little while the
novelty" will wear of.
George NJ. Temples right leg was
caught under the beam of sled on
which he was hauling wood, iniicting
an injury which confines him to the
house this week.
The dwelling house of Arthur E.
Cakes caught fire last week Monday
night from defective chimney. The
blaze was extinguished before much
damage was done.
Mrs. William Plant and children,
Almira and Willie Of Bennington we're
guests Sunday of relatives in Fern
dale. Mrs. Charles Plant, Mr.. Plants
mother, is very i'll and all hopes of her
recovery are given up.
When the wind and storm set in Sat
urday afternoon everybody thought 1t
would be blizzard. But 1t was most
ly wind with fall of two inches of
snow and some rain. Sunday the
weather was clear and cold with
sharp wind.
The dwelling house of Walter Ely
In the southeast corner of the town
was burned to the ground Saturday
night. The family consisting of Mr..
and Mrs. Ely and two children had re-
tired and the fire was under such head
way when discovered that they barely
escaped with their lives. Not an ar.
ticle was saved from the house. There
was small insurance of $50 on the
property. The loss is a severe one
for Mr.. and Mrs. Ely. especially at
this season OF the year.