The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-02-17
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News Of the Town and Village Tols
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Wayne Adams is spending the day
in North Adams on business.
F. NJ. Paddock is recovering slowly,
from the effects Of his recent severe
fall
C. L. Hudson has returned from a
short visit with his mother in Pitts
ford
Alfred Dwyer of Spring street is Wis
iting friends in Rutland for a few
days.
Mrs. c. P. Rodgers of Yonkers, n.
Y, is a guest Of her parents. Mr. and
Mrs Fred o. Graves.
E. E. Estabrook of South street left
this morning for a short business trip
to Montpelier and Barre.
Mrs. Frank Lyon of Manchester is
spending few days with her mother,
Mrs. Celina Charbonneau.
Miss Eva Lassor of School street is
acting as pianist at the Corbett &
Grennan moving picture show.
Clayton Niles has accepted posi-
ton with the New England feather
mattress company Of Gage street.
Mrs. Maggie Thomas has moved
from the Potter tenement on Main ST.
to the Gokay house on Union street.
The young ladies of the Y. NJ. c. A.
gymnasium class will meet this eve
ming. The juniors should be on hand
Thursday afternoon.
Mrs. Ernest Biddle of North Ben
nington is visiting her sister, Mrs.
Ralph VIM, in Halifax Mr.. Biddle
is visiting his brother in Searsburg
The sleighing at present although
Of small depth, is the best this town
has known in at least two years.
Sleigh rides are again to be in vogue.
'LeGrand Colgroye of Valentine St,
has been retained by Messrs Corbett
& Grennan as manipulation of their
moving picture machine at their
North street theatre.
Mrs. Thomas Slattery entertained a
number of friends at her home on
South street Tuesday evening. Cards
furnished the evenings entertainment.
Refreshments were served.
The local electric cars had some
difficulty in running on scheduled time
early this morning on account of the
bad condition Of the rails After 10
o'clock cars ran on good time.
A number of friends and neighbors
gave Richard Burke a surprise party
Tuesday evening, the event being his
birthday Cards were played and re-
freshments served. Those present
report a very enjoyable evening.
Manager c. A. Wood of the opera
house has booked AL G.. Fields Min
strels which played in Rand's opera
house in Troy Saturday night, for Feb.
Z, 1910 Bennington is the only town
in New England in which Fields show
will appear
Madam Jarley's famous wax works
at Foresters hall this evening under
the auspices of St Peters church
are sure to furnish excellent enter
tainment Tor old and young Come
even If you have TO walk. Admission
25 cents.
Nearly all the local weather yanes
were securely frozen this morning in
dicating the direction OF the wind tc
be directly east whereas it had chang
ed to the west several hours before
Sometimes you cant always believe
what you see,
Several of the Western Union self
winding, selfsetting, and all arount
automatic clocks about town have
been stopped during the past couple
days. Evidently they aren't used tC
automatic weather conditions such as
we have experienced during the pas
couple days.
On account of the inclemency o
the weather Tuesday evening a small
number attended the card social anC
musicale held in the G. A. r. hall by
the members of the local camps, Sons
of Veterans. Those who attended
however, report very enjoyable eve
ming and one not soon to be forgotten
Mrs, H. J. Cole entertained about Y
of her relatives at her home on Nortl
street Tuesday evening at a delight
full party, the event being her birth
day An elaborate supper wa'
: served and an excellent musi
cal program rendered All those pres
D ent report that they will long remem
Der the affair as one of the most plea'
ant evenings they ever spent.
II. NJ. Ramsdell received a lette
Z this morning from his son, Roger G
I Ramsdell, a student atNthe Universit,
l. of Vermont at Burlington, in whicl
he stated that snow was two feet dee
in that city on the level and four AM
five feet in depth where it is shoyele'
J into the cutters from the sidewalks