The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-06-07
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News Of the Town and Village Told Briefly
for Busy Readers.

day in Troy.
Miss Leda Pellerin is in Providence,
r. l., for a short visit
]. Noble Hayes left this morning for
New York to spend few days.
Robert Guiltinan of Schenectady
spent Sunday with his family here.
John Fox and family have moved
from Washington street to Cambridge,
VT
Walloomsac lodge, N. E. o. P. will
hold regular meeting Tuesday even
ing.
John McGurn of North street is
spending the day in Albany on bust
ness. 80,
Mrs. Ell. Nichols went to New
York this morning to spend the week
on business.
Miss Agnes Green of Maple street
has returned from visit with friends
in Rutland.
Mrs. John Toomey of Gage street is
spending few weeks with her sister
In New York.
Mrs. E. A. Marsden of Pleasant st.
was in North Adams Sunday attend
ing the funeral OF friend.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Bellemarre have
gone to Worcester. Mass, to spend
several avs visiting friends.
Grant l.. Harbour and daughter Bes-
sic visited Mrs. Harbour at the Samar-
itan hospital in Troy Sunday.
Sylvester Eddy who mas been a
guest of Frank Allen for few days,
returned to Rutland this morning.
Mrs. George h. Chapman of Pitts
field, Mass, is visiting at the home of
Mrs. Isaac T. Pratt OF South street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Opaul Boutin and son
OF Warren, Mass, are guests OF Mr..
and Mrs. Joseph Lapoint OF River ST.
Miss Blanche Lyons returned to her
school in South SALISBURY this morn
ing after spending Sunday at her home
in town.
Miss Blanche Lafrance of Pittsfleld
and Miss Mabel Richard of North Ad-
ans were guests of friends in town
over Sunday.
Misses Sarah Flynn, Margaret Nc
Govern. Catherine Barrett and Mary
Mcclure were guests OF friends in
Hoosick Falls Sunday.
Leroy G. Brant, one of the members
of the grand jury at Manchester dur
ing the past week caught % inch
brown trout i'm the Battenkill river.
Members of Company K, V. n. c.,
were at the range near Gullivers cor
ners Sunday for target practice. The
company is to go to Mortified June
l6.
An automobile party consisting of
Mrs. +. b. Pope, Mrs. S. H lockwood,
Mrs. K. D. Bennett and Mrs. John H.
Golden left this morning for Oak
Bluffs, Mass. tn spend several DAYS.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Barnes, Col
and Mrs. Thomas Harmon, Mr. and
Mrs. Andrew II. Hollister, Mr.. and
Mrs. John Eddington spent Sunday at
BARRIERS Pines in Pownal inspecting
their various farms" and cottages.
The Bennington and North Adams
street railway has been given permits
sion by the public service commission
for the second district of New York to
abandon portion of its line in Hoos-
lex Falls as recently petitioned for.
Dr. S. r. Wilcox and daughter Caro-
line left this morning for Glens Falls.
After short visit there they will go
to Lake Placid. Adirondack mountains
for visit with Mr.. and Mrs. e. b.
Pierce.
One of the finest brook trout caught
in this vicinity during the present sea
son was taken late Saturday from the
shoddy mill pond by Freeman Har-
rington. The fish measured 15A in
ches and weighed pound and four
ounces.
A large delegation from this town
attended the North Adams-Hoosick
Falls baseball game in the moving
machine town Sunday afternoon. The
tunnel diggers went down to defeat in
an eleven inning game by score of
1 to 3. Hoosick Falls, however, had
to use three pitchers to bring about
the favorable result.
Rev. George S. Mills left this morn
ing for Randolph to attend the annual
state Congregational conference to be
held in that town this week. Mr..
Mills was to make the trip from Rut-
land by team with a party of friends
including Rev. Mr.. Spence. He will be
absent until Monday.
Judge r. l.. Bates, l.. S. Norton, L.
s. Chandler, H. l.. Stillson and M. b.
Morgan were among those who went
to Burlington this morning to attend
and Masonic week meetings. Frank
r. Battles, master of Mt Anthony
lodge, was unable to attend and has
given ais proxity to Merritt B. Nor
gan.
The only baseball game played in
this section Saturday was the contest
between the mines representing the
Cooper and Bradford mills which took
place at Morgan Park at 1880 a. m.
The Cooper aggregation won by a
score of 9 to s. The batteries were
Coopers-Snow. Whitney and Larin ;