The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-12-23
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News of the Town and Village Told Briefly
for Busy Readers.

NeOlSe t. bldNSS 10 III ivy Iou"y'
II. S. Bingham is spending the day
in Troy.
Christmas postals cent to 20
cents at Evans.
Miss Lillian Temple of Gage street
is visiting in Troy.
Holly gift boxes, coin and handker-
chief cards at Evans.
Miss Putnam of North street was
in Troy Wednesday.
The l. e. Gibson company has pur-
chased a new horse.
f. n. Gallagher has sold his horse
to parties in Hoosick.
Mrs. w. II. Ashton of Pratt street
is confined to her home by Illness.
Miss Isabelle Cole of South Shafts.
bury visited friends in town Wednes-
day.
Mrs. Eliza Sanburn who was
threatened with pneumonia is cOnyal-
escing.
Miss Lucretia Edgerton, teacher in
New Boston Mass, is home for
Christmas.
Dennison's Christmas seals, tags,
gummed ribbon, holly, wrapping and
tissue at Evans
Mr.. and Mrs. Honorie Delude of
Dewey street are rejoicing over the
birth of daughter.
Mrs. L. NJ. Towsley is very sick
with the grip at the home of her
daughter, Mrs Bert Sloat.
List of letters remaining uncalled
for at the postofiice: George Pinkman
Willie NJ. Nichols, j. Harold Henrik
son.
Mr. and Mrs. J. Elmer Ayres and
family of Oneida, N. Y, are the
guests of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
c. w Thatcher.
Miss Agnes Elmendorf, teacher in
the graded school, went to Bellows
Falls this morning to spend the
Christmas vacation
The sweater factory of II. c. Lind
loft is closed down for a few days
while new machinery and necessary
repairs are being made.
w. b. Bissell, manager of the tele-
phone exchange was in Manchester
Wednesday on business. J. G. Hud-
gins, collector, was in SALISBURY and
Arlington.
A skeeing party will start from the
Y. NJ. G. A. Friday afternoon at o.
clock for Mount Anthony where the
sport will be enjoyed during the re-
mainder of the day.
Mr.. and Mrs George Stewart have
commenced housekeeping on Pleas
ant street in the Houran house Mr..
Stewart has accepted a position with
the Cooper Manufacturing company.
At Patterson's II large sweet
oranges % cents, packages new
seeded raisins 25 cents full weight,
Malaga grapes Is cents mixed nuts
Is cents a pound, two for 25 cents,
better grade rs cents a pound: best
new dates cents a pound, bannas
% cents a dozen. 46t4
The most important theatrical
event that has happened in North Adj
ans for several years was an arrange
ment entered into last night by Man
ager B. NJ Taylor of the Richmond
theatre and Charles Bradford, ad-
vance agent for the Shubert attrac-
tons by which practically every one .
of the Shubert plays and players will
be seen in that city during the re-
mainder of the season.
Rev. William J Finneran, chaplain
at the St. Vincent orphanage for the
past three years who is well known
in this town where he has frequently
celebrated today the 25th an
niversary of his ordination to the
priesthood. Invitations were sent to
the clergymen of the Springfield do
cese about As attending A special
mass was celebrated in the morning
by FIR. Finneran, the children and
sisters of the orphanage attending i'm
a body. Dinner was served at noon
to the visitors and after dinner an
was given by the chill
dren. Among the guests present
were Bishop Thomas d. Beaver of
Springfield, Rev. Thomas Murphy,
president of the Holy Cross college
At Worcester.
Mr.. and Mrs p. ]. hogan of Nor
wood, n. Y, are guests of his parents