The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-07-09
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News of the Town and Village Told Briefly
for Busy Readers.

for Busy Readers.
Mr.. and Mrs. joan H. Moore are
spending the day in Troy.
The regular meeting of the w. r.
C. will be held this evening
Hart is offering fruit jars at rea-
sonable prices. Read his ad.
Chickens for broiling and home
fowls at L. j. Eddington's, Main ST.
Miss Louise Buffum has returned
from a few days visit at her home in
Dorset.
The walk about the watering trough
on Main street is being repaired with
cement.
1t is reported today that a heavy
frost occurred this morning in Wood
ford City.
Charles Stowe of the firm of Met
cafe and Stowe OF Troy was in town
yesterday.
Fred Remington of Grove street is
spending a few days with friends in
Fitchburg.
George latham of Boston is visit
of River street.
Guy Harmon and Henry Walbridge
! have returned from a visit with rela-
tives in Newark.
Saturday only $40 black voile dress
skirts, new fall models with jet but
tons at 1898 at Rosters.
Miss Mary Harvey of North Ben
nlngton returned recently from an ex-
tended tour of the west.
Saturday, the big attraction in the
dry goods store will be SIPS and csc
shirt waists at 79c at Rosters.
Saturday is the day that you and
your family can get your clothing at
very large reduction at Joe Levin s
new store.
William Snow. who was operated
on Thursday at the Gibson hospital
for appendicitis is much improved in
condition today.
Robert j. Neil. who has been visit
ing his mother. Mrs. NJ. Neil OF Divi.
sion street returned Thursday to his
home in Jersey City
Miss Ruth Squires has returned
from New York city where she has
been teaching under Raphael Joseph.
to spend the summer months.
Mrs. Lucy lockwood, Mrs. Arthur
w. lockwood and daughter who have
been spending a week at Lake St.
Catherine have returned home.
Misses Bridge Casey and Ella Pur-
cell with her guest Miss Catherine
Deneen of New York are in Burling-
ton attending the Tercentenary.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. b. Carver and fam
lily left today for Cottage City. Mr.
Carver will return shortly, the family
remaining to spend the summer.
At an early hour this morning Their
mometers registered only a few de-
grees above 40. 1t is seldom in July
that the mercury falls as low as that.
The flag which is flying before the
Elk's lodge Thursday was tied at
nalf mast with purple ribbon in rev
erence to the memory OF the late +.
J.. Morrissey.
Mrs J.. o. Stitt, who accompanied
DIR. and Mrs. +. l.. Foraker from
Cooperstown by automobile here, re
turned to her home in that city Thurs
day evening.
James r. Minnock of Albany. died
Saturday at ST. Peters hospital in
cff A,rA tn onnnnAf-
citis. Mr. Minnock was we'll known
here, having been a frequent visitor
in this town.
Richard Maurer, member of Com
pany X, has returned home because
of Illness. A small amount of pow
der got into a broken blister on one
of his hands and has caused it to fes-
ter, making him unit for military du-
Ity.
The return excursion train from
Burlington arrived this morning at
1870 giving the inmates time enough
to get their breakfasts and go to
work The train was delayed in the
Burlington train yards for over two
hours.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Monette OF
North Adams visited Joseph Tacier
of Dewey street Thursday. Marcus
Monette of Montreal also spent the
day with Mr. Tacier accompanying
his brother to North Adams on his
return.
A delegation from the local society
will attend the convention OF the
Berkshire f. NJ. T. A.-Union in Ad-
ans Sunday. The delegates are Ed
ward j. Hackett, p. j. Dunn, Patrick
Whitney, John McGurn and Richard
Hurley.
A party of women gypsies descend
ed upon the town this morning by
way of Nortn Adams cars. Votaries
of the goddess Minerva, they went
from house to house, covering up the
past, tightening the present and re-
vealing the future.
A party composed of Misses Gladys
Foley, Ruth Burt, Ethel Jones, Hazel
Burt, and Donald Foley accompanied
by Mrs. Burt and Mrs Foley left
Thursday afternoon for the. Winslow
camp at Peaks Pines. They spent
the night there and will return this
evening.
Lewie Montgomery of SALISBURY
and Miss Leila Vaughn of East Ar
lington were united in marriage at
the Baptist parsonage Wednesday
afternoon, July It'll. at o'colck Rev.
f. r. Morris performing the cere-
mony The couple left on the flyer
for a short wedding trip.