The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-04-27
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News Of the Town and Village Told Briefly
for BUSY Readers.

for Busy Readers
Mrs. Clement II. Cone is spending
the day in Troy.
C. Schwartz is in North Adams to-
day on business.
William II. Rose of Burlington is
visiting friends in town.
Mrs. VIM. C. Clark will entertain
the Notification club tomorrow even
ing
Miss Rose Watson of Stafford street
is spending the day in Troy and vici-
nifty.
Mrs. A. Buel Sibley of Union street
went to Troy this morning to spend
the day
Miss luunie Henderson cf North
Adams WAS a guest Of Mrs K. a.
Marsd' 4 Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Amos )Aldrich, who
were married last week will start
housekeeping on the Captain Gore
farm
Misses Mabel and Mamie Smith of
Troy were the guests over Sunday of
their aunt, Mrs. c. A. Bahan of School
street.
e. Palmer Boughton is in Troy to-
day attending the funeral of his
brother the !atc Rev. Thomas b.
Boughton.
Tarl A. s ia ard Frank D. Smith
Ed. 5, Fog Tili?. =. today l,nd
/ ~..uAe bAliey.
William Fisher will start Nina
ture Coney Island" show in the Won
derland theatre on North street with
in few days.
Harry Cummings, who was recently
operated on for appendicitis at the
| Gibson hospital is making progress
towards recovery.
The adjourned meeting of the Bat
tie Monument association will be held
tomorrow at 10 o'clock at the office of
Batchelder and Bates.
Miss Agnes ODonnell of Cohoes,
who has been a guest of her mother,
Mrs. Maria O'Donnell of River street
for the past few days, returned Mon
day.
beginning next Saturday all the
local mills will observe the regular
sumner half holiday. All the estab-
lishments are running on summer
schedule.
A requiem high mass was celebrated
by Rev. A. ]. Barron in the Convent
chapel this morning at 1:30 for the
repose of the soul of the late Mrs
Francis Cone.
Parties who arrived here recently
from Quebec state that drifts of snow
twelve and fifteen feet deep may still
be seen in the country districts. It's
no wonder the north wind is still cold.
The regular meeting of the Young
Womans club will be held herafter
on Wednesday evening. Tomorrow
night will be- the last cooking class
under the direction of Mrs. Paulson
The sprinklers have been labelled
with Village of Bennington during
1.-THE winter. Now that the owners
name has been painted on them in
large letters it will be difficult job
to steal them.
The listers are at work today at
Bennington Center. When they are
through in that section of the town
they will have completed their outside
work. The Office business will take
over month to finish.
The local F. NJ. T. A. b. society has
Just completed the refurnishing OF
their rooms in the Academy building
/ The parlor and other apartments are
now among the most finely fitted up
of any society in town.
i Miss Sara Shaw of Bennington Cen
ter leaves town this week for New
York and from thence they will sail
for Europe May Sth in company with
her aunt, Mrs. Aldace Walker. They
will spend the summer touring Spain,
Italy, France and England returning
in September.
New ties will be laid it is said on
the trolley road from the Cooper
bridge to the Main street switch. A
gang s)f men are at work at present
near the bridge. The old ties which
were exceeding small are rotted badly
and II is feared that they might not
be able to stand the strain caused by
the heavy North Adams cars when
running swiftly.
News has been received here of the
death in Portchester, n. Y, Saturday
of Patrick Houran a former resident
of this town. He was 40 years old
and leaves a wife, who was formerly
Margaret Riley of this town and one
sister, Mrs. James Fox of Putnam st.
The remains are expected to arrive
here on the evening train tonight for
burial in the Catholic cemetery.
Mrs. Marshall Bellemarre. Mr.. and
Mrs. Phillip Bellemarre have returned
from Quebec where Mr.. and Mrs.
Bellemarre were recently married. A
reception was given to the newly mar.
ried couple in ~ Il. o. p. hall Satur.
day evening and was attended by a
large number of friends and relatives.
Mrs. Bellemarre is a native of Canada.
They will reside on Dewey street.
The congratulations of host of
friends are extended.
Library theatre today, new pictures
of the highest quality, featuring King
Lear the famous Shakespearian trag-
edy, Edgar Allen Poe. very dramatic /;
The Child of the Regiment, a touching
drama; A Wreath in Time, comic; Tn
lucky Horseshoe. very funny; Silver