The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-04-20
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News of the Town and Village Told Brief,
for Busy Readers.

morning on business.
w. ]. Grounds of North Adams is in
town today on business.
Chief of Police Dineen of North
Adams visited here Monday.
Joseph St. Mary of Pittsfeld spent
Sunday with friends in town.
Mrs. John Nehr of Lincoln street is
recovering from her recent illness.
Miss Mary Westfall of Union street
is spending a few days in New York.
Mrs. A. ]. Holden and Mrs. c. w.
Thatcher went to Troy this morning
to spend the day.
Nathan Stiffman and family are
moving from School street to the Glib
son tenement on Silver street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Levin of Gage
street were guests Sunday of Mr.. and
Mrs Abe Levin in Manchester.
Mrs. f. T. Hopkinson of Gage ST.,
has returned from several days visit
in New York and Bridgeport, Conn.
George II. Biggart and daughter
May of Pownal are in town today to
attend the funeral of the late Walter
e. Biggart.
Library theatre today big swell
show of new pictures exhibited in
artistic and realistic life size. Don't
fail to see them.
Frank Riley of Gage street, who
has been suffering from an attack of
appendicitis for several days, is now
somewhat improved.
The first baseball game of the sea
son at Williamstown will take place
Saturday afternoon between Williams
college and the NJ. A. c. team.
Miss Rose Morrissey of West Main
street has recovered from her recent
illness and resumed her duties at
Bottum & Torance's collar shop.
Mr.. and Mrs. August Brillion of
Spring street has returned from
Keene, n. H., where they went last
week to bury their infant daughter.
The regular weekly meeting of the
w. r. c. will be postponed one week
to Friday evening, April 30, on ac-
count of the fair to be held by that
Organization.
reqiem high mass was celebrated
in the convent chapel this morning
by Rev. A. j. Barron for the repose of
the soul of the late Bishop Michaud
atthe request of the st. Monica socie-
ty.
Lyman, the photographer, who has
been taking penny pictures over the
Allen market for the past several
days, left this morning for Greenfield
Mass, where he viii make his next
stop.
Stark lodge, l. o. o. f., have issued
invitations for celebration of the Goth
anniversary of the l. 0. O. f. in Amer
lea to be held in their rooms in the
opera house block Monday evening
April 26.
Mr. and Mrs. Barney Levin OF
River street went to New York this
morning where Mr. Levin will consult
a specialist and perhaps undergo an
operation in one of the metropolitan
hospitals.
F. r. Davis, who has been in town
several weeks engaged in overseeing
the work of installing a new genera
tor at the Bennington Gas Light com
panys> plant, has completed his work
here He>left today for his home in
Boston.
In order to reduce a large surplu:
stock of fine pure home made lard
which has accumulated during the
past winter, Sweet e Percy are sell
ing their supply at present for 121.
cents a pound, cash, in and II
pound pals.
Mrs. c. p. Rodgers, who has beer
visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. f
o Graves, has returned to New York
She was accompanied by her sister
Irene, who will visit in New York TO
a few weeks.
]. b. Manley of Brattleboro, stat,
Z agent for the Ford automobile com
4 pany, was in town Monday on hi
+ way to Pawlet where he was to de
. liver a Ford touring car. He remain
/ ed here over night leaving for tn,
north this morning.
The first baseball game on tn,
Desert this season resulted in a vic
tory for the Guideboard team by
score of 8 to Z over the Allard nine
George WEIGH acted rs umpire
Quackenbush did~the twirlng for tn
Guideboard and John Allard for thei
opponents.
The funeral of the late John Dris
coll of SALISBURY was held at tn
church of ST. John the Baptist i
North Bennington this morning at
o'clock Rev. T. c. Schaefer san
the requiem high mass. The buria
was in the old Catholic cemetery a
Bennington Center.
There was an unusually large a
tendance at the funeral of Ernes
Mattison in South SALISBURY Monda
afternoon. About fifty members c
the SALISBURY lodge, l. o. o. f. e'
corted the remains to the gray
where they held the usual burial SCI
vice. There were many beautifr
floral tributes.
Samuel Cutler, an employee on tn
Edward Robinson farm on Locust az
enue, met with a peculiar acciden
this morning. In jumping off a lun
Der wagon he knocked his knee on
of joint Later he was able to com
to this village to have the limb sc
but he will undoubtedly be laid up 70
some days with the injured member.