The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-04-05
BENNINGTON BRIEFS.
News of the Town and Village Told
Briefly for Busy Readers

brleny TOR Busy Readers
George Robinson Of SALISBURY was
a visitor in town Saturday,
DR.. Frank Z. Grennan Of Science
tady spent Sunday at his home in this
town
The many friends OF Mrs. H. L.
Stillson, who has been i'll since last
June, viii be pleased to learn that she
is making a slow but sure recovery.
Misses Eliza Hart and Hazel Nc
Leod, students of Middlebury college.
are home for the Easter vacation
which lasts until Tuesday, April 10.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Fortier and
Mr.. and Mrs George Harris Of Pitts.
field, Mass. were called here by the
death of owen Leyins of Dewey
street.
Dewitt e. Lewis. the optometrist.
gives a talk on myopia or near-sigbt.
These talks should be Of interest to
all who wish to know something about
their eyes.
The new barn being built on the
Hubbell homestead at Bennington
Center is fast nearing completion and
will be ready for occupancy within a
short time.
Some sections of the country roads
are in very bad shape at present.
rhe frost has gotten out OF the
ground fast despite the cool nights
and in many places wagon wheels go
70 the hub in mud.
Wednesday, Friday and Saturday of
this week are Ember days. The
Catholic church observes these as
strictly fast days on which the use
of flesh meat is not allowed
The graded and Seventh Ward
schools reopened today after the reg
ular spring vacation of one week
| The high school will commence the
| spring term tomorrow morning.
The highway running from tn,
Roberts homestead at Bennington
Center to the Colgate house has set
tled and was scraped Saturday TO fiji
up the bad spots. The muddy seasol
Is unknown in that part of the tow
The adjourned session OF the fourt
| IuuIitflN conference VI .tilc VI
church will be held at the church q
7:45 this evening. District Superb
'endent p L. Dow of Rutland will pr
side The full board is requested
be present
Last Friday evening, at a children
iex-patients) benefit in the Carnegi
| .heater, In New York City, good
um was realized toward liquidatin
he expense deficit of operating Ston
Void sanitorium of which DR.. Henr
). Goodall late OF Bennington, is tn
resident physician This institutio
is situated in the Adirondacks and
doing a good work toward solving th
problem OF the great white plague
| Among the patronesses we notice III
name of Mrs. Frederick b. Jenning
and other prominent ladies' wei
known to our readers
The local board of health has bee
busily employed,-since the stat
blanks were received. March &c, 1870
lin making the inspections demande
by Act No. lis, Laws OF 1908. TIL
labor involved was just about one-ha
completed Saturday evening. and tn
licenses essential to produce and Sc
certified and sanitary milk and creaI
will be issued in a few days. Tn
aggregate of these products in tn
town comes from more than thirt
sources. This gives one some idea {
he prodigious task involved at thi
season of the year,-the dairies bein
widely scattered over Bennington an
adjoining towns. The investigator
,lready has proved the Banners COZ
enti0n that our people possess a gel
erous and excellent milk and creaI
supply