The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-03-10
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News Of the Town and Village Tois
Briefly for Busy Readers.

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Briefly for Busy Readers.
Mrs. A. J. Cooper was in Troy Mon,
day.
Mrs. c. NJ. Graves and son were in
Troy and Albany Monday.
A. E. Hart is seriously Ill at the
home of his son, e. b. Hart of East
Main street.
Mrs. Nettie Fletcher, who spent
Sunday with friends in Albany. has re
turend home.
Arthur Stewart, bell boy at the Put
nam, left Monday afternoon for visi;
in Rochester, n. Y.
James Colgate of New York ar
rived here Monday afternoon and will
remain in town few days.
E. L. Estabrook left Monday even.
ing on business trip to New York
He will be absent a few days.
William Puffer of the Guideboard dis,
trict will move soon into the William
Peart house ON Branch street.
The Walloomsac Lodge N. E. o. p
are planning to give big chicken pie
supper some time next week.
Mrs. Edward O'Hare of Division St
who has been i'll with diphtheria for a
few days is now improving rapidly.
Mrs. William E. Hawks and daugh,
ter, Mrs. Clement H. Cone returned
Monday evening from a short visit In
Troy.
Miss Nellie Barry, waitress at tho
Whitney boarding house, is spending 4
couple OF weeks vacation In New
York.
The local lodge of Odd Fellows will
work the Initiatory degree on mum.
Der Of candidates in their rooms We'd
nesday evening
The pay car of the Rutland railroad
company was in town Monday after.
noon and after paying the employees,
returned to Rutland.
William Warren has returned from
Manchester, New Hampshire where he
has been employed as a carpenter for
the last five months.
Mrs. John Ayres has returned from
a three months visit in Illinois. She
is now living with her son, Joseph NJ.
Ayres of Elm street
Adolphus Vondette, who has been
visiting his brother, Albace Vondette
of Park street for the past few days re-
turned Monday to his home in Rutland
Bennington manufacturers report
mills running on short time with part
force New business is slow In COM
ing in. General retail trade quiet and
collections slow,
The Baraca society of the Congre :
gational church will serve a clam
chowder supper at the chapel We'd
nesday evening, March IL, at $50
o'clock. All are invited Tickets %
cents It
The condition of Clinton z. Russell
Of the Colgate farm, who has been i'll
of pneumonia for nearly a month is
reported to show slight signs OF inn
prove ment during the last twenty.four
hours.
George Alligro, who has been EN-.
ployed in Charles Firth's barber shop
on Main street for the past few months
has resigned his position and will go
to Greenwich, n. Y, where he expects
to open up shop for himself.
Rev. A. J. Barron left Monday after.
noon to accompany the Rt. Rev. John
Michaud as far as New York on his
way to Virginia. Bishop Michaud is
going south for his health and will
probably be absent several weeks.
Tickets are now on sale for the min
strel and vaudeville show under the
management of ]. II. Whitney in
Academy hall Tuesday evening, Mar
18th, at ]. H. Whitneys, B. A. Quin
lan's, Mulligan & Roche's and d. A
| Wards. 2ts
Over forty people besides the band
and orchestra will take part in the
Ministries and vaudeville show In
Academy hall on the 18th of March
The production should be a success
not only financially but dramatically
as well.
The next attraction at the opera
house will be 'In Old Kentucky
which will play here Friday evening
April oath Three more swell attrac
tons are billed to appear yet this
season. They are "Chauncey Olcott,
Red Feather" and Red Mill"
THE Isle of Spice" company which
| played In the opera house Monday
evening left this morning on the early
morning train for Hudson, N Y.
where they will show this evening
The company required an extra bag
gage car and coach in order to give
them proper transportation.
Thomas Basin, coachman for James
c. Colgate who accidentally cut OF
a small portion of two fingers of his
right hand while using hay knife
about two months ago, Is now able tC
use this hand while driving and hopes
that the fingers will so continue to i'm
prove that he will suffer no inconven
fence in driving next summer.
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