The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-05-11
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News of the Town and Village Told Briefly
for Busy Readers.

Mrs. Mary J. Hicks of Union street
is critically i'll.
Mrs. Electa Murphy of Main street
is in Burlington.
Mrs. Earle Darling is the guest of
relatives in Pittsfield.
John Eddington was in North Ad-
ans Monday on business.
II C. Roster went to New York this
noon on a short business trip.
Mrs. Herbert Robinson spent the
day in Troy and Albany today.
on account of the backward spring
an excellent fruit crop is looked for.
Fillmore NJ. Paddock went to Bos-
ton this morning on a business trip.
w. d. Newton went to North Ad-
ans in his auto Monday on business.
William Blodgett of Cobbleskill, n.
Y. is visiting his wife here for few
days.
Mrs. Edmund Lafranchise of School
street visited friends in Hoosick Falls
Sunday.
Welson F. Cook and ]. Buer of
Schaghticoke are spending a few days
in town.
Harry Cummings was able to be out
yesterday for the first time since his
operation.
The cherry trees are in blossom
and prospects for large crop this
year are good.
starchers wanted. women preferred.
Bottum & Torrance Co. Apply at
Loundry Dept
Abner Perham of Pownal aged sc
may be seen out every day working
about his farm.
Mrs. J. II. Livingston and daughter
Ida of Main street have returned
from a short visit in Berlin, n. Y.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph VIM and
daughter of West Halifax are guests
OF relatives in town for a few days.
Edward Stone of Grove street, who
had been suffering from blood poison
ing in the leg is slowly improving.
Rev. G. S. Mills returned from Ca
lais. Me. this morning. Mrs. Mills
father is still very i'll and she will
not return at present.
A regular meeting of Bennington
lodge b. y. o. Elks will be held this
evening All members are earnestly
requested to be present.
John Harwood Jr., of Beech street
who has been confined to the house by
Illness for several days has recovered
and is now able to sit up.
After the annual business meeting
of st. Peters church at the parish
house tomorrow afternoon tea
will be served and social hour en-
joyed
John p. II. ODonnell. stamp clerk
at the local postoffice. visited friends
in Schenectady Sunday. He is said
to have made the trip in a honk!
honk, wagon.
I The Baraca Society of the M. f.
Sunday school will hold its semi-an-
nual election of officers and banquet
this evening. All members of the
( society are requested to be present.
/ A drop of nearly 30 degrees was no
ticed in the temperature during the
past "a hours At one O'Clock this
afternoon the mercury stood at As
, with chilly northwest wind stirring
Calvin Endress and daughter Adella
| have returned from Hartford Conn.,
where they attended the funeral OF
the late Mrs. ]. b. McNamar Mrs
. |
. days.
Robert II. Hamilton and Harriet G
Richardson of Montague, Mass, were
married Monday afternoon by Justice
of the Peace o. w Davis at the res
idence OF William Barron of Morgan
street.
Mrs. Lillian Albee of Ballston Spa
formerly OF North Adams, left Apri
2Sth for California where she will
spend the summer, returning the frs
of November She has many friends
and relatives in this town.
Mrs. John Davis of Beech street
one of the oldest residents of this
town, has returned from a visit with
her daughter. Mrs. Luke Bishop oil
inc buiStoS IOdus MI =. pdNlS NViS
brated her Goth birthday some day:
ago.
Secretary A. S. Davis and Physical
Director Howard b. Monroe of the Y
NJ. c. A., who have taken the contract
to take down the remainder of the
maple tree in front of the associa
tons building, are still busily EN-
ployed. Monday was spent in las
soing the bronco which proved wary
one and took some hours to overcome
Thomas Halloran Of West Main st.
has purchased a one cylinder Cadillac
roadster automobile from parties in
Brattleboro He made his maiden
trip around his mail route this morn
ing in his new machine with a chauf
feur from the dam" village. He has
the distinction of probably being the
only city mail carrier in the state us
ing an automobile to cover his route
A cat has been up in a tree in front
of Mrs. H. T. Cusman's residence on
Main street for the past two or three
days and all efforts to entice him ia
come off his perch have proved futile
The humane officers are expected tC
take hand in the matter Tabby was
evidently driven to the tree by dogs
and thinks that it affords too good
shelter to come down even for meals
Arsene Beaudin the long distance
pedestrian, who was scheduled to ar.
i i've in Rutland Monday ovan;po -, l.,