The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-09-29
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News of the Town and Village Told Briefly
for Busy Readers.

Leon II. Boyd is attend
ing the Brattleboro- fair this week
Mrs. Flora Bates of Pleasant street
is confined to the house by illness
Mrs. George H. Moore is in VIII
Jamestown to day visiting at her
home.
Mrs. Edward LaFranchise of School
street has returned from a visit in
New York.
Edward Houran is moving today
from Union street to the Olln Scott
tenement on Scott street.
Mrs. R. s. Dunn and guest Miss
Glidden of Oregon are spending the
day with friends in Arlington.
Mrs. John Sloat of School street
was taken to the Samaritan hospital
in Troy this noon for treatment.
Mrs. l.. ]. Carpenter, who has been
spending several days in town, has re
turned to her home in Keene, N. II.
Guy Hitchcock who has been spend
ing his vacation with his mother, Mrs.
Merrill Hitchcock of West Main ST.,
returned this morning to resume his
studies at the Naval academy at An
napOis.
The funeral of the late Mrs. Alonzo
Brown was held this afternoon at
O'Clock from her home in North Ben
nington, Rev. l.. A Cooney officiating.
The burial was in the North Benning-
ton cemetery.
The household furniture of Mr.-and
| - l.. Ill, IL.
ped this week to Rochester n. Y,
where Mr. and Mrs. Nichols have
been residing for some time and will
soon start housekeeping. Z"
An automobile party consisting of
Mr.. and MrsS p b. Gardner and Mr
and Mrs. ID. p. Barber left this morn
ing In one of W. d. Newton's touring
cars to attend the Brattleboro fair
f. E. butcher drove the car. a
Dr. and Mrs. W. b. Putnam have
gone to Walden, VT, to attend the Iu-
neral of Ex-Governor {. J. Bell Dr
Putnam was surgeon-general of the
state during Gov. Bells term OF office.
and served as member of his mill
tary STAFF.
The advance sale of seats for the
largest comic opera booked this sea
son. The Three Twins" will start at
the box office Thursday evening at
O'Clock. The prices are soc, 75c,
$lO0 and $3.50 with the first front
rows at $500.
Henry Brown of Bennington came
to this city recently for the purpose
of enlisting in the United States navy,
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Lrecruiting office here, it is believed
that he continued on to Pittsfeld.-
North Adams ransTcript.
The Y. NJ. C. A. intermediate gym
nasium class will meet for the first
time tomorrow afternoon at o'clock.
This class is made up of practically
all high school boys. The senior
meets Thursday night. Tuesday night
the young mems class held very sue
cessful opening.
Pilot Van Sleet arrived in North AID
ans Tuesday having just returned
from his trip in the balloon The
Heart of the Berkshires." The trip
finished was one of the longest yet
taken by Mr. Van Sleet, his party hav
ing travelled almost to the Delaware
river.
With the base ball park at Zylo-
mite lake in some places Tuesday
morning, although the rain had stop
ped it was deemed necessary by Man
ager John H. Flaherty to postpone
the final championship and pennant
game scheduled between North AID
ans and Hoosick Falls for the after
noon until Thursday afternoon at 3.15
O'Clock.
On Friday October s, supper of
unusual excellence is to be served at
the home of Mrs. William r. Graves
under the auspices of the Baptist La
dies Aid society. The hours of ser
wing will be from to 1880. The fee
for supper includes not only supper
but transportation to and from the
house. Conveyances for all will be
stationed at the Baptist church
Forecaster Todd of Albany an
nounced yesterday that the rain >of
Monday night and Tuesday morning
was the heaviest in this part of the
country since last February. The to-
tai fall was 1.29 inches. The storm
came in from the Atlantic, and while
it extended from Florida to the st.
Lawrence. it only went a short ways
inland. Hardly any rain fell west of
Schoharie county in New York state.
The summer visitors to Benning-
ton who have fingered through Sep
TENDER were amply repaid for it by
that glorious sunset of last evening
between 80 and g. The English Ian
guage was not built to adequately des-
cribe it, No more beautiful array of
colors ever adorned the skies of any
country. Not only was the western
horizon a blaze of gorgeous coloring
but even the clouds hanging low over
the East mountains were illuminated
by the setting sun In various beauti-
full tints of red and gold
st. Peters Sunday school has
changed the hour of meeting from II
TO 9:15 a. nj. This change begins on
next Sunday. and it is hoped the par
ents will see that the children are
present on time. 1t is hoped that the
change will allow the children to at
tend the morning services of the
church, thus enabling them to form
the habit of church attendance and
become accustomed to the use of the
Book of Common Prayer. The COOP
GRAFTON of the parents is asked In this
matter
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