The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-03-29
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News Of the Town and Village Told
Briefly for 6uaV Readera

H. - liuuiou II IN ilo4 On JUST
ness trip.
Frank McDermOtt of Pittsfeld spent /
Sunday at his home on Park street
H. T. southall lost a valuable horse |
Sunday. Death was due presumably /
10 old age.
E. P. Kinsman of Rocky Hill Conn.
was guest over Sunday of Mrs j
H. Warren.
John Holden Hart bowled POI at the
Y. NJ C. A. bowling alleys last Fri
day evening.
Bert Pilling has gone TO Manchester
where he has taken charge of the
painting and paper-hanging in the
Pray mansion.
w. H. Bradford who has been ser
iously III for several weeks was able
to sit up for time Sunday and is now
on the road to recovery.
The condition of w. C. Bull who
has been suffering from an attack OF
pneumonia for the past few days, is
SOiheNndl lupIOfcu lOudl.
H. C. Roster offers a special bar
gain consisting of a back and side
combs, barrette and also a % cent
ladies Dutch collar at 10 cents.
The regular monthly meeting of the
official board of the Methodist church
wiil be held this evening at the church
at 7:45 p. m. A full attendance is de-
sired.
All the women of st. Peters church
are requested to be at the parish
house Tuesday afternoon, beginning
at o'clock to sew on new covers for
the pew cushions. Bring thimbles
The Five and Ten cent store which
has been conducted so successfully
for the past three months in the viii
loughby building viii be continued at
the same stand See adv. in this is
sue
Hawaiian pineapple in sanitary cans
is certainly all it is advertised to be.
Hart says it is positively the best he
ever owned and wants every one to
try can 1t costs no more than in
ferior kinds.
Moving pictures and illustrated
songs at the Colonial theatre, North
street. Matinee every day from 3
until Evenings from 1880 until 10:
80 Continuous-no intermission. AID
mission cents.
Former Governor John G. McCul
Tough and Mrs Mccullough are at Ha.
vana, Cuba, for a short stay to enable
Mrs. Mccullough to avoid the change
able weather of March and April Gov
Mccullough is in excellent health but
Mrs. Mccullough has not been 50
well this winter as usual.
Evans has just received a new line
of Eaton Ibrlburt fine writing paper
including their famous Highland linen
also new lines of ledgers, day books
journals and records, bristol board
crepe papers. latest books. cloth and
paper, sealing wax, shelf paper, sheet
music, etc. and anything you want in
the stationery line will be found lere
The Y NJ. c. A. basket ball team
defeated the Don't Worry" club OF
North Adams in the gymnasium Sat
lurday evening by a score of 2S TO 0.
| The game was decidedly one sided
and after the first few minutes OF
/ play was interesting TO watch. The
visiting team was completely out
classed
Thomas Johnson, brother of Mrs.
| Eliza Dakin OF Union street who went
to England to have an operation upon
his eyes, last summer returned here
last week. accompanied by his niece,
Mrs. Eliza Firth and three sons OF
Rothley, Eng After a brief visit with
his sister, Mrs, Dakin, they will re-
turn 10 Mr. Johnsons home at St
Louis where Mrs. Firth will make her
future home
The funeral of Moses b. Farmer
brother of Joseph Farmer of this
town, who died Thursday, was held
Saturday afternoon at his late home
in Rutland. Rev Thomas Stratton
was the officiating clergyman and the
bearers were Thomas c. Elworth, Cor.
nelius A. Collins. James Ryan, Arthur
\. Rainville, William o. LeClair and
Peter Merchant. Burial was in Ever
green cemetery.
Farmers produce is selling for the
following prices in the local market
today; Eggs, % cents a dozen; butter
creamery, 3S cents, farmers "a and
| e
a bushel There appears to be prac
tically no apples in the stores. A
good barrel of sound apples would
probably bring s.. The price of ry,
straw is the highest in some years
selling at present for 500 ton. Hay
is bringing from Sl2 to SIS ton
according to quality,
Frank Frazer of Gage street wai
painfully burned internally Sunday b!
taking ammonia by mistake for med
icine. Mr.. Frazer had not been feel
ing well for few days and procured
bottle of medicine. On returning
yesterday from the village cemeter!
where he was employed in digging /
grave, he went to a closet and tool
dose of what he supposed was hi
medicine Suffering dreadfully from
! the ammonia which he really had ia
ken, a physician was summoned ant
an antidote given His condition to
day is much improved and II is no
expected that any serious results vii
follow
Library theatre today-new pic
lures ana songs in life size and real
istic. Todays regular show Is su
perb and in addition we exhibit th'