The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-12-29

son thus far is John Davis who on
Christmas day succeeded i'm bagging
two of the animals
Wallace Burritt, clerk at the Put
nam House, returned Monday night
from an oyerChristmas visit at his
former home in Bristol.
l.. S. Andrews of Mckinley street
went TO Arlington today to enter the
employ Of the Arlington Refrigerator
Works as a cabinet maker.
Miss Lucy Haynes of Troy who is
i'll with scarlet fever is being cared
for at the home of Mrs Minnie
Woodland and not at her mothers.
Charles Houston is working as as
sistant in the new office recently
opened by Ernest ID. Barber in the
bennington county savings bank
building
Mrs. George b. Lawrence has been
appointed Administrative of the estate
Of her late deceased husband and
Frank Cromack and ]. Ed Walbridge
commissioners.
Allen Briggs who was one of the
jurors drawn for the December term
of county court and who, since court
adjourned has been visiting in town,
returned today to his home in Sears
burg
J. T. Remington, Il b. Patterson
and A. Il. Hollister have qualified for
the office of jail commissioners to
which they were re-appointed by
Judge Fred NJ. Butler during the SEES
sion of county court.
The so new looms which have been
set up in the addition to the Holden.
Leonard and Company mill We're
found to lack a few small parts and a
few days must elapse before the ma
chimes can be put in operation.
Ralph Durkee, who has been en-
ployed by the local telephone ex-
change for several years, is no long
er with the company and expects to
work for the Cooper Manufacturing
company with whom he formerly had
a position.
Sheriff Fred Godfrey will not be
obliged to prepare a New Years din,
ner for a large family at the county
jail. At present there are only two
prisoners in his charge and one of
these will have served his sentence
before the end of the present year.
James H. Livingston while lighting
the kitchen fire this morning had a
narrow escape from being severely
D. Ia urac arfr
ing flannel night robe which caught
fire and which was almost completely
burned from his body before the
flames were put out
The Epsilon Kappa society, which
was organized five years ago will Gel
citrate the anniversary Saturday eve
ming by holding its first annual smo-
ker. The society now has chapters
in Albany, Boston and Salt Lake City,
all organized by members originally
associated with the Bennington
branch.
Roger Liversedge of Adams died
Tuesday at Pittsfield from injuries
from being thrown from a trolley car
between Pittsfield and North Adams.
He claimed that a conductor pushed
him while the car was in motion but
the conductor says he fell off after
being told he could not ride on the
platform.
The annual returns of the. Pittsfield
baseball and athletic club have been
filed at Boston. The capital stock
authorized is now $4,000 but only
$4,000 has been paid in There still
remains about 40 shares to be sold.
According to the returns Med the as
sets of the club including the grounds
grandstand, fence uniforms, etc,
to $6S0966
II. NJ. Tasker head rabbi of the
village Monday evening in consulta-
ton with the local followers of the
Jewish faith The local rabbi, b.
Cantor has resigned and hereafter
there will be two organizations. One
society has elected A. s. Caminsky
rabbi and the other will hold a meet
ing Sunday for the purposes of cleo
ton
Wilbur w. Bristol of Pittsfeld has
DouSnl VI waiter BARRIER lne BeTk-
shire hotel located at the junction OF
ne old and the new roads to Dalton
at COltsville. The price paid was
about $4,000. 1t is Mr. Bristol's in
tent to move to the hotel and en-
gage manager to run it. He will
continue his sale and boarding sta
BILE in Pittsiield for the present al
though the time may be short, as it
Is understood that Jacob Gimlich the
owner of the property plans to build
a business block there.
Said the North Adams Herald of
Tuesday Harry Gleason, the stage
driver between this city and Reads
)oro, VT, said this morning that he
lad not attempted to make the
through trip since last Friday and he
doubted very much whether he would
ry today to get through to Reads
)oro. He started but will determine
~ the condition of the roads how far
ie will go. Before this. last snow
here was a foot and half of snow
between Heartwellville and Reads
)oro and with the additional foot or
more that fell Sunday 1t will I'M
be the hardest kind of go
ng" in that territory for some time
n come