The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-04-30
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News Of the Town and Village Told
Briefly for Busy Reader.

Mrs. A. s. M. Chisholm is in New
York.
T.. 8. Chandler of Bennington Cen
ter Is In Troy today.
Born this morning daughter to
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Allen.
Rufus B. Godfrey was In Troy and
Albany Wednesday on business.
jerome Horton has accepted posi-
tion as plumber with w. d Newton.
A new piazza is being built on the
residence OF DR.. l.. II. Ross on Main
street by James Silk.
Oscar Berg, the proprietor OF the
meat market on River street, is in
North Adams today on business.
Miss Agnes Leaghy is visiting her
sisters, Katherine and Ina In Utica.
She will be absent several weeks.
The blacksmith shop connected
with the Galusha livery on Valentine
street is being repainted this week.
Bert Stockwell, a former resident OF
this town, but who is now living in
Sandgate, was in town Wednesday
visiting friends.
Miss Jennie Denner who has been
a guest at the home of Mrs. b. BERG
on West Main street has returned to
her home In Hoosick Falls.
Frank Talham Is moving from the
DR.. Potter tenement on Main street
to the house on Union street being
vacated by Jesse Carpenter.
Miss Bessie Bickford, chief opera
tor at the local telephone exchange
left this morning for Pittsford, VT.
to attend the funeral OF an aunt.
j. 3. Manley of Brattleboro state
agent for the Ford motor car company
who was In town Wednesday demon
strating, left last evening for Green
| field.
Christopher Amadon of the Eas
| road, who has been seriously i'll fol
some time with q severe attack o.
rheumatism, is now rapidly conval
escing.
Mrs. Mary Casey Of North street
who has been seriously Ill with tn,
grip for the past few weeks is i'm
proving slowly and will not be abb,
TO sit up at present.
Charles Hicks who has been seri
ously Ill for the past week has S,
much improved that he is able to b,
out. He expects to be able to resum,
his duties at Gibson's next Monday.
George Colgrove and son hay
about finished the carpentry work OF
T. Mcclure Peters farm. Many ex
tensive improvements have beel
made on the place during the pas
week.
The Y. NJ. C. A. baseball team wer
out for practice Wednesday evening
The boys are working hard to fulfil
the contract of defeating the Strong
Hewatt team from Briggsville mex
Saturday.
The Chauncey OIL colt company O
twenty-five people have arrived Il
town from Albany where they playe,
on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings
They carry whole carload of extr
Iscenery.
Miss Miriam Berg who came her
some time ago from New York to TAX
care of her mother. Mrs. B. Berg dun
ing her recent illness, Is now confine
TO the house by another attack O
nervous prostration.
J. Ed. Walbridge has valuabl
COW sick. The animal ate a lot @
potatoes and was thus made sicl
Farmers will do well to keep COW
away from place where there ar
a lot of old potatoes.
II A number of juniors and intel
mediates will leave at Ais this afte
noon to Mt. Anthony to pick trailin
arbutus with which to decorate tn
building during the state conventio
which starts tomorrow afternoon.
The boys and the girls athleti
leagues of the high school will hold
dance in the F0resters hall on FIR
day evening, May 18th. Goldsmith
orchestra has been engaged to furnis
the music The admission will b
fifty cents couple.
THE Red Feather" opera compan
which was billed to appear at tn
local opera house on May Sth hay
cancelled their engagement. Cons
quently the next attraction after TIL
evening will be the Red Mill whic
will appear on May 16,
Fred Godbout of Mill street VIII
was seriously injured while at wor
in North Bennington some time ag
has returned from the Troy City no
pital where he was taken for trea
ment. He Is getting along well and
is expected that he will fully recov,
in time.
The improvements on the Dewe
property on Main street may resu
in the building of extension plar
byglass fronts for the stores occupit
by Mulligan 4 Roche and f.. b. Hyt
The former firm Is exceedingly anS
GUS to make arrangements with Il
owner of the property as the stol
has never been large enough for the
business.
The Second Congregational churt
has its annual meeting tonight III
pastor and his wife, assisted by Il
reception committee, will WELDON
members and friends In the chap
from half past seven to eight. Repor
from the various departments. ele
tion OF officers and other bushes
I will follow. The ladies' aid will ser,
refreshments during the social hou