The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-02-05
BENNINGTON BRIEFS.
@sws Of the Town aRd Village Told
Briefly for Busy Readers.

on Branch street
Pork 1Se per pound at Burke's mar
ket, South street. Slt2
Mrs. John c. Clark is visiting rela-
tives in Worcester, Mass.
The Povnal Center church will give
an oyster supper this evening.
Miss Anna Nehr of Lincoln street
is confined TO her bed by illness.
Mrs. S. c. Lyons and daughters are
visiting relatives in Williamsburg,
Mass.
Miss Wealthy Barrett OF Gage St.
Is spending the day in Rutland visit
ing her sister.
Home killed chickens and heavy
Chicago beef at l.. ]. Eddington's Main
street market.
c. G. Berkeley, proprietor Of the
Library hall theatre. is in Troy and
vicinity today on business.
Mrs. Charles Hitchcock of Hoosick
Falls is a guest of Mr.. and Mrs Chas
Hicks of Bradford street.
Circle No. of the Methodist church
will hold a food sale at the church
Saturday afternoon from to s.
The regular meeting of the w r.
c. will be held this Friday evening
and a good attendance is desired.
Mrs. Laura b. Cole, deputy grand
matrOn, is in Rutland making an ofiic-
ial visit to Phyllis chapter o. +. S.
Bradford Godfrey, son of Sheriff and
Mrs. Fred Godfrey, secured a few nice
pickerel in Benton's pond this morn.
ing.
Miss Ruth Eddington, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. J. Eddington of Gage
street is recovering from her recent
illness.
Mrs Eugene Belisle of River street
who has been seriously i'll of pneumo-
mia for the past few days is now inn
proving sad
w. d. McGurn of Gage street, con
ductor on the branch local, is i'll.
George Bell Of Rutland is working in
his place.
James Shepard of Branch street ex-
tension has gone to Newmarket, n.
H.. where he has accepted position
as loom tiXer.
John B. Harte, local agent for the
Prudential Life Insurance company
is spending a couple of days at his
home in Rutland.
Hon. Charles H. Darling who came
here Thursday to attend the annual
Masonic district meeting, returned to
Burlington this morning.
The f. NJ. T. A. B. fair and enter
tainment will begin in Academy hall
next Wednesday and continue during
the remainder of the week.
NJ. T. Hamlen started harvesting his
ice on Benton's pond this morning In
dications are that the weather will
soon be unfavorable for ice harvest
ing.
| Roby Jones, Banner newsboy ut Ben
nington Falls, is now able to be out
after being confined to the house for
several days by an attack of chicken
pox.
There will be a dance in Woodlands
hall this evening. This is not under
the auspices of A. D. U. w, but the
management promises a good time
to all.
You will be we'll repaid by attending
the card social given by Miriam Re
bekah lodge Tuesday, February 9. and
we will also. Therefore If you come
you will help to kill two birds with
one stone.
BENJAMIN Semilitzsky left this
morning on a business trip to Troy
and Albany. On his return he ex-
poets to open clothing store in the
old brick store on Mill street recently
vacated by Berg Bros.
Mrs. Harry c. Shields of Troy,
summer resident of Remington Cen
ter has just returned from New York
where she has been visiting her
mother. Mrs. Alonzo McConihue who
is spending the winter there.
Miss Anna Green of Dewey street
returned Thursday evening from Troy
where she accompanied Miss Jennie
Green to the Troy City hospital. The
latter underwent a very successful OPP
Grafton for appendicitis Thursday
morning and is getting along well.
AT the regular meeting of Benning-
ton Grange Wednesday evening the
question (Which is of more benefit to
farmers, the telephone or rural free
delivery was debated. The side in
contesting in favor of the rural de
livery won out by the decision OF the
Judges. The meeting was largely at
tended.
Miss Mary O'Donnell pleasantly en-
tertained a number of friends at whist
Thursday evening at her home on Lin
coin street. Robert Carney received
the favor and Miss Alice McDermott
the consolation prize Vocal and in
strumental solos were rendered and
refreshments were served.
The Colonial alleys on North street
are being taken out this week and
Messrs Corbett and Grennan will at
once install a moving picture theatre
i'm place of their alleys. The room
will be entirely renovated and when
completed win be an ideal theatre OF
its class in an excellent location.
Dogs, horses, mules and any other
animal not of-the split hoof variety
may now be shipped to Canada by
any of the roads entering from this
country. For several weeks the ship
ment of these animals was prohibited
, on account of the quarantine estab'
lished to prevent the spreading Of dis
ease prevalent at the time.
Invitations have been issued for a
card social Tuesday evening, Feb 3