The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-04-22
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News Of the Town and Village Told Briefly
for Busy Readers.

Tor BUSY Keaders.
New lunch boxes from 10 cents up
at Ramsdell's.
E. ]. Higgins has returned from
trip to New York.
Fine assortment of new china just
opened at Ramsdells.
Mrs. Thomas Stewart of River St.,
has recovered from her recent Illness.
The culvert across Park street
near the School yard is being re-
paired.
Repairs are being made in the in
terror of the American house lobby
and office.
H. S. Bingham left this morning
for Clifton Springs, N. Y, to spend
several days.
Miss Mabel Snow of Troy spent
Sunday with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. William Snow.
New planks are being laid on the
Park street bridge over the Walloom-
sac. The old planks were badly worn
out.
Miss Katie Toomey of Gage street
has been unable to attend school on
account of illness during the past
few days
Rev. c. Il. Provost has returned
from Manchester where he has been
assisting at the Forty Hours devotion
for couple days.
Mrs. George Townsend of Gage St.
has returned from a few days .isi.
with her daughter, Mrs. j. l.. Foct IN
lGloversville, n. Y.
F. A. Greenslet Of Gage street has
returned from Gloversville, n. Y
where he had been attending the SEES
sion of the Troy Conference meeting.
Rev. Lucien C. Bedard from North
| Adams, who was the guest of Leon
Lamarre and family Tuesday. left on
the sleeper far short visit in Que
bee. p. Q.
Oscar Cleveland has sold his tene
ment on the fats now occupied by
Charles Rose to parties in Cambridge
~ Y, the ames of whom have not ye,
been made public.
II. e. Hughes of Pittsfleld, district
manager of the New England Tele-
phone and Telegraph company, made
an official visit to the local, telepl one
exchange Wednesday.
Among the patronesses for the re.
ception to be given at the Delta Phi
| fraternity house in Troy Saturday
afternoon is Mrs. Seymour Van
| Santvoord of this town.
A months mind requiem high mass
was celebrated in the convent chapel
this morning by Rev A. j. Barron for
the repose of the soul of the late
Miss Mary A. Mulligan.
Repairs are being made on the
John T. Colt place at Bennington Cen.
ter opposite the Walloomsac Inn. Mr.
Colt and family will be among the
early arrivals from his home in
Orange, y. j.
The new steam roller which will be
used on the Fillmore farms has ar
rived 1t is similar in size and lie
sign to the village roller and was
made by the Buffalo Steam Roller
company OF Buffalo, n. Y. 1t will be
used in connection with the stone
crusher already installed in building
and repairing roads and drives about
the Colgate estate.
The auction sale of 90 horses from
the lumber camps of southern Yer
mont took place at the Ballou farm in
North Adams and large number
from here attended the proceedings
c. /. Frink and NJ. NJ. Taplin acted as
auctioneers and practically the entire
number of horses were sold. The pri-
ces ranged from 800 upward for sin
gle horses and in the neighborhood
of $3.50 for pairs.
The school trustees of the graded
school district met Wednesday even
| ing and organized for the year. F..
| +. Hart was reelected chairman and
| II. II. Webster clerk. Charles r. Burt
was re-appointed chairman of the
| building committee and Frank NJ.
| Crawford chairman of the committee
on finance. Superintendent Albert w.
Varney was reelected for the com
ing year Trustee A. C. Sweet re
Gently elected from the second ward
met with the board for the first time.
New high grade white lined enamel