The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-04-03
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News Of the Town ana Village Tolc
Briefly for Busy Readers

day in Troy.
George lockwood of Branch street
is seriously i'll.
Miss Alice Foley visited friends in
Pownal Thursday.
Joseph A. Evans has returned from
a visit in New York.
A, ]. Cooper has returned from a
short business "trip to New York.
Frank OdeIl of Main street went to
New York this morning for a short
visit.
Edward l.. Stone of Grove street is
recovering from a serious attack of
humps.
Miss Edythe Buss of Pleasant street
is confined to the house by an attack
of the grip.
Frank NJ. Tiffany of Winthrop,
Mass, is spending few days at his
former home here.
d. F. Cronin, proprietor of the
American house. visited relatives in
North Adams Friday,
Henry Dietal of Depot street is
working for Mrs. William r. Graves
at Bennington Center.
Miss Nellie Drew of Gage street
left this morning for a visit with
friends in Baltimore, Md
Walter Wood, John Fassett. and
Charles Powers, Jr., are spending the
week end camping at Sucker pond.
Special today. Saturday, April 3, at
Miss Alice Foleys a lot of very hand
some white petticoats costing $3.50 at
$19S.
Elias Harrington, justice of Cam
bridge, n Y, spent Tuesday and
Wednesday with Mr.. and Mrs. VIM.
Finlan.
James McGurk of Gage street has
opened a barber shop on Main street
in the store formerly occupied by F.
c. Williams.
Miss Florence Moore of Weeks
street has been spending a portion of
her vacation with her grandmother in
Williamstown.
Miss Florence Potter of Main street
and Miss Dorothy Mattison of South
SALISBURY left this morning for Troy
for few days visit
New maple sugar is selling for %
cents pound. syrup is still S1.10 in
the local market The supply is still
far below the demand.
Miss Anna c. Park and Mrs. NJ. b.
Middleton have returned from Boston
where they have been spending sew
eral days with relatives.
The funeral of the late Thomas
Powers will be held from St John the
Baptist church in North Bennington
Sunday afternoon at 2:30.
c. NJ. Lau-uert & Son are building
a large platform in front of their
works on School street for the dis
play of finished monuments
Annual meeting of Temple chapter
r. A. NJ on Monday April 9TH at s p.
m. Election of officers Report of
ments will be served.
f. S Buss of Putnam street. who
will have charge Of the old cemetery
at Bennington Center during the com
ing summer, started TO work clean
ing off the grounds this week.
Charles McMaster and sister Agnes
McMaster who have been visiting
their grandmother Mrs. David Rock
wood Of jefferson avenue for few
days, returned TO Rutland today.
Earle s. Harbour, a student at Nor
witch University at Mortified. arrived
here today TO spend the Easter vaca-
tion with his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Grant J.. Ha bour of Grandview street.
Mrs. and Mrs. Zebra Quackenbush
of Hoosick. very well known here,
where they often visit, will arrive in
New York Monday from Europe and
will spend a few days in the metro
polls
The next regular meeting of the
Grange, April Z, will be observed as
night. In addition to fur
nishing the literary program each
guest is requested TO bring one article
of their own making to form an ex-
hibition.
Considerable complaint is heard
about town about eggs not Matching
out as we'll as usual this spring.
Among the hard luck stories noticed
today is that of Norman Chase who
set Ga eggs in an incubator and has
one lone chick for his trouble.
Madam Modjeska, the famous act.
ress, who played the role of Lady
Macbeth in Shakespeare play Mac
beth" when produced at the local
opera house three years ago, is now
reported by Metropolitan papers to be
in a dying copdition in California,
where she spent the winter for the
benefit of her health
Bennington is surely looking up in
a business way. Trade is decidedly
on the increase The Drysdale store
reports that their sale of tailored
suits for women this season is far
and away ahead Of even the boom
year-1907 and more thsn double the
season of 1908. Another choice lot
arrived this morning. Early selection
is advisable
At the Methodist Episcopal church
tomorrow services will be held morn