The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-09-23
DORSET

guests of his father, G.. M. Sykes for
short time.
Mr. and Mrs. w. E. Kent have re
turned home after an absence of sew
eral months at Lake Dunmore.
Mrs G. N. Chambers has returned
from Lake St Catherine where she
has been spending several weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. n. Williams of
bennington were in town last week
and incidentally attended the fair at
Manchester. -
The funeral of little grandson of
Mr. and Mrs. Silas Lanfear occurred
at their home on Friday Rev. c. L.
Carhart officiating.
Among the summer CHESTS who left
for home last week were Mrs. II. F.
Kent, Miss Ireland and Edgar Nc
Wayne who returned to Troy.
Berniss Sheldon has purchased the
fine motor car formerly owned by Vic
tor Barbour. 1t will doubtless con
tinue to be the most popular machine
in this vicinity.
The family of Marcus Barbour of
Toledo, Ohio, have departed for their
home after an enjoyable summer in
Dorset Their friends hope for their
return another season.
Hon. c. b. Kent was guest at the
Equinox House with Hon. ID. J. Foster
1t Gov John A. Meade and President
Dyer who dined there on Wednesday
They all spoke highly of the cordial
hospitality of the host
An auto bearing Editor Frank E.
Howe and Postmaster Collins NJ.
Graves of Bennington was seen fly
ing northward one day last week.
Both were wildly gesticulating and
were doubtless rehearsing a speech
to be uttered at some future fair.
While coming nome from the fair
Wednesday night the horse driven by
Dighton Lee became frightened at an
auto near the marble mill, and backed
over the bank which is very steep at
that place. The wagon was occupied
by Mrs. Lee and little girl who had
accompanied them to the fair They
were all badly bruised and frightened
but miraculously escaped serious in
jury. as the horse fell on top of the
wagon when it overturned. The bug
gy was a total wreck Mr. Lee Sc
cured another vehicle and proceeded
homeward, his interest in the fair un-
shaken, although ne was unable to at
tend the last day.
Dorset was well represented at the
fair by the notable exhibit Of photo
graphs of buildings constructed of
marble which was quarried by the
Norcross- West Company These pic
lures were accompanied by specimens
of marble used in the buildings and
many expressions of surprise We're
heard over the number of varieties.
Among them were "Oeolian," Light
clouds" Plateau" Dark Green
Vein" and Dorset White" One pho
to of a huge monoith used in the d.
A. r. building at Washington caused
much comment. The block weighed
43 tons.
Although some of the plans. for the
Manchester fair did not materialize
this year, there was not much left to
be desired. and the crowds of people
coming from far and near attested by
their happy smiling faces that il was
an ENJOYABLE occasion notwithstand-
| ing the threatening weather. Great
credit is due President Dyer for this
years success. The races were new
er better and the record of the track
was considerably lowered. The dis
play in Floral hall was very credita-
| BILE. The Equinox exhibit was espec
| tally noteworthy and the works or cul-
mary art presented by Mr.. Leidke OF
the Equinox cuisine were most nov
el. Tickets were sold on the various
pieces by three attractive young wom-
en-. and netted the snug sum of $40.
The numbers drawn were 40, which
gave the pie to Mr.. Dyer of Manches-
ter. and 102 and 154 which placed the
cake and six feet of bread in the pos
session of Mrs. r.. II. Holden OF Ben
nington. Attention is now turned to-
ward the fair at Walingford which
occurs this week and by all the ads.
in local papers we should judge 1t VIII
be better further on.
The acquaintances of Vernon Ladd
express much sympathy over the loss
he sustained by the death of his horse
Thursday night. Mr.. Ladd was driv'
ing home from tne village and had
reached the Humphrey place. He was
driving slowly. as the evening was in
tensely dark, and was singing happily
to himself, when he suddenly heard
a team coming from the south at a
rapid gait He refined out on the
grass and was fairly making the turn
up the hill road, wAen the other horse
which was driven by o. p. Black OF
Rupert, struck his rig full force. A
thill from Blacks wagon was driven
nearly through the body of Ladd's
horse Cries for a light were quickly
responded to by members of the Hum
phrey household, and Clifton Kent
was soon on the scene with lantern
and assisted in removing the thil
from the body of the horse which was
able to walk up the hill where 1t was
tduickly put out of its suffering. Boil
wagons were badly wrecked. BlacF
lied his horse the remainder of the
way home Much adverse criticism
is heard of parties driving faster thar
a walk on so dark night, without
carrying a light. Such terrible cat
lastrophe should be warning to any
one obliged to drive over country
roads after nightfall.
STAMFORD BUYS ROAD ROLLER