The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-07-22

Mr. and Mrs. Powers and son of
California arrived at Camp Comfort
Saturday. Mrs. Powers is daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles F. Stone,
owners of the camp.
George w. Knapp is still making
extensive repairs on his Mount Pleas
ant house barns, laying new floors.
putting on new roofing, etc. Thomas
Rogers is the carpenter.
Miss Allen, manager OF the White
Crow Inn, was in Troy and New York
City last week to hire more help for
the hotel. This popular summer re-
sort is well filled with guests.
Misses Janet Snurtleff, Isabelle Nor
ton Eleanor Sibley and Esther Mer-
rill of Bennington are enjoying them
selves hugely for few days at Mrs.
Mary Pratt Woods Fir Grove cabin.
Mrs Carrie Grover of Athal, Mass,
| Is a guest of her sister, Mrs. II. A
Knights and other relatives in Ben
nington. Before returning home Mrs
Grover will visit relatives in Wood
ford.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. B. Patterson, oc-
casionally visited by friends, enjoy
life at their evergreen cabin in the
Bickford hollow. Mr.. and Mrs. VIM
E. Hawks Jr., frequently put up at the
camp.
There was collection of guests at
Hon. o. NJ. BARRIERS cottage Sunday.
The pleasant entertainment there and
the romantic scenery roundabout with
strolls therein, made the day very en-
joyable.
Mrs. Harry Fradenburgh and Mrs.
John Brant of Bennington were in
Ferndale Saturday evening. Mrs. Jer-
ry Buckley of Orange. Mass, is visit
ing Mrs. Fradenburgh and her nephew
Mr.. Fradenburgh.
Mrs. Josie Phillips of Hot Springs,
So Oak, is in Woodford for a few
weeks sojourn with her sister, Mrs.
Albert Shultz and Mrs. James Din
widdie and her brother, Dexter M.
Gleason and other relatives.
Misses Cora and Laura Moon of
Bennington were in town Sunday with
their uncle George Briggs They
went to Searsburg to pass few
weeks with their grandfather, Hon.
Allen b. Briggs and family.
More people every year come to the
Woodford mountains. Wonder If ii
is so in all the other towns. Well for
years | have let people know that
there is such a town on the map,
wnile others have been dreaming.
Herbert Shumway of Nottingham
was in town last week for a load OF
clapboards at the Woodford Lumber
company's saw mill He hauled back
over the mountain with one span of
horses $500 feet for which ne gave
check for 800.
Rev. Edward G. Reid and wife of
Plainield, n. j., are passing a few
weeks at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles d. Sawyer of the Summit
house. Mr. Reid was formerly pastor
of the Second Congregational church
of Bennington.
John H. Evans of Bennington went
fishing on the Dunville stream last
Friday with good success. Doubtless
Mr.. Evans enjoyed himself better
there because he lived in Dunville
when a boy 50 years ago. Old home
thoughts sometimes are pleasant
Clayton son of Mr.. and Mrs. George
Holbritter, former residents, now OF
Corydon, n. H., has a first class posi-
ton as chauffeur and drove through
town Saturday vita an elegant auto
mobile conveying a party to Pittsfield
Mass. Clayton made one or two calls
on friends as he passed by.
Rev. w. w. Brunk preached an able
sermon at the Fgndale church Sun
day afternoon. Misses Beulah Evans
and Amy Harbour of Bennington en-
joyed the drive up vita the pastor. On
Monday Mr. Brunk left for Washing
ton, d. c., where he will spend day
or two and then visit his father in Vir-
ginia.
On a little promontory adjacent to
the junction of the Bowles brook and
the Bickword hollow stream, DR.. Gren- |
nan, Richard Rawson, States Attor- |
ney Meagher and Palmer Boughton, |
four more Benningtonians are build |
ing a summer cottage. This is the |
spot made famous for several years |
by the little aged Italian, nearly an |
only about four feet tall |
spoke not a word of English, no one |
hereaway ever knew his name, who |
lived in little shack there and nad |
an archway of vines and flowers in
oval shape out to the Bickford hollow |
hSah fc oil mi n
This native of sunny Italy, too, had
many rare specimens of lovely flowers
around his cosy cabin. The cottage
now being built there will be more
elaborate and probably the comfort
which the new denizens will enjoy in
years to come will be on another scale
than that realized by the aged lilipu
ian Italian, who worshiped daily with
The beads ceremony and crucifiX and
prayer book in foreign language in his
hands. The quartette of Bennington
gentlemen need have no fears that the
place is haunted for it is not. Tne
only depreciation we ever heard OF be-
ng committed there was when some
wicked fellows broke into the innoc-
ent Italians shanty one cold night IN
winter, cuffed him to insensibility and
stole several gallons of hard cider
rom his barrel The old fellow hob
bled off to Bennington and made
known as best he could to the then
states attorney but the rascals were
never caught. Gentlemen, we wish
you much happiness there. The old
italian returned to his home in Italy
asst November, just before the great
earthquake but he has been
heard from, so it is known here that