The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-09-02
B BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News of the Town and Village Told Briefly
for Busy Readers.

tor Busy Readers
Rev. C. e. Provost is in Manchester
today
William Sears is in Manchester
today on business.
Clayton ]. Kinsley is in Arlington
today on business.
Miss Martha Holton left this morn
ing for a. visit in Rutland.
Mrs. Alonzo Bent and son, Alonzo.
have returned from a visit in Albany.
Miss Agnes Quinlan and Miss Ger
trude Carney are in Cambridge today
Charles Davis of the Burgess Road
is putting an addition on ais resi-
dence.
Mrs. Paul Goldsmith and Miss Sop
hia Goldsmith spent Wednesday in
Pittsfeld.
The picnic committee of the Fra
ternal Order of Eagles will meet this
evening.
Mrs. Adele Smith and Miss Nellie
lockwood left today for a visit in
New Haven.
r. A. Davenport and party took an
auto trip to Cambridge today to at
tend the Fair.
Rev. George Robinson and family
of Pelham Manor, N. Y .rhave returned
to their home today.
There will be a social dance in
Foresters hall Friday night instead OF
Saturday this week.
Misses Martha Holton and Florence
, Kendall went this morning to Airing
ton for a snort visit.
force of men are at work paint
ing and decorating the Methodist
parsonage on Pleasant street.
f. b. Jennings, Jr, took a party t
the Cambridge Fair this morning il
his Chalmer-Detroit touring car.
Mr.. and Mrs Ray Utley of Man
chester Depot, who are former resi-
dents are visiting friends in town.
Wayne Adams took Mr.. and Mrs
c. w. Thatcher to the Cambridge
Fair today in his Ford touring car.
The eclipse of Mars by the moor
last night was not visible here on ac
count of the clouds which obscureC
the sky.
Mr.. and Mrs. Abraham Sherman
of Syracuse, n. Y, are visiting theil
aunt and uncle, Mr.. and Mrs. Myror
Chandler.
The mercury stood at the 40 mari
early this morning. marking il as The
coolest of tne season. No frost ha!
been reported.
Mrs. John Durbin and daughter
Helen, and Mrs. Patrick Hogan, re
turned this morning from visit il
Norwood, n. Y.
Harold Bottum, john Mccormick o
Grove street, John Mccormick of Rut
land and Harry .Hufnagel left thii
morning on an automobile trip t
Cambridge.
A large cap stone, weighing abou
2S ton, was raised this morning at tn,
Holden mausoleum. A few from th'
village went out to the cemetery t
see the sight.
Nearly 200 people took advantage
of the excursion rates today and arr
attending the Cambridge Fair. A
large number drove over, many auto
mobile parties making the trip.
DR.. F. S. Pratt and family left thi
morning on an automobile tril
through the Champlain region. The.
will visit Ansable Chasm, Gimme.
Point, st. Adams and Burlington be
fore their return.
Clarence Haskell of Auburndals
Mass. and Mrs Sharpe OF Fairfield
Conn, who were guests of Mrs +. "
: Bradford while attending the Brown
Willard wedding, left for home toda!
The house on Main street occupie
by DR.. Dewitt +. Lewis has been r.
Gently remodeled A new room ma
been added with large windows. Thi
will be used as waiting room an
optican store An adjacent room wi
! be fitted up as a model office. Th
work will be completed within fe'
/, days.
The fresh air children, who ha
been spending a couple of weeks 8
the home of Mrs. Clarence Chandle
left this noon for New York o
their departure each child was give
bag of apples. a lunch and boz
quet. All the children were weighe
today and were found to have game
from IL to pounds each sine
they arrived.
w. J. Burrett of the Putnam hous
states that President Taft, or
gentleman who bore a remarkable r,
sembance to him passed throug
here Wednesday, stopping at tne Pu
nam. AS President Taft held an in
portant conference at Beverly, Mass
Wednesday. MIR. Burritt's knowledg
of the presidential visage is question