The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-02-06
RENKINGTOR RRIFES.
News Of the Town and Village Told
Briefly for Busy Readers.

EINeiiI TOT oAay rteA1rfS
Buy your valentines at Ramsdells.
Pork 1Sc per pound at Burke's mar
ket South street. SITE
Big assortment Of valentines at
Ramsdeiis.
+. Hawks Jr, livery stable has been
The telephone number for the VIM.
changed TO 70-4.
Fillmore NJ. Paddock has recovered
from his recent Illness and is now
able to attend to his duties.
Augustine Mangan OF Rutland. a
former resident OF this town, is spend
ing a few days here this week.
William Shields Of Troy is spend
ing the day at his summer residence
in the south part Of the town.
There viii be no services at the
Old First church tomorrow owing TO
the absence of Rev Dr. Jennings.
Charles Clark of South street shot
a fox yesterday on the J. b. Parsons
farm in the south part of the town.
The ladies Of the Methodist church
are planning 20 give one of their fam
GUS "seashore suppers" next month.
Mr.. and Mrs. Olin C. Stupplebern
of Chimes street left today to spend
few days at his home in Chatham.
Mr. and Mrs John Summers of
Union street left this morning for a
short visit with friends in Chicopee
Falls, Mass
The Ladies' Aid society of the Bap-
fist church will hold an Informal tea
in the church chapel Friday after
noon, Feb. y from 3 to o'clock
Miss Catherine oConnell of Fulton
n. Y, and Miss Thressa OConnel of
Hoosick Falls We're called here Fri
day by the death Of Mrs Edward Nc
Nale,
The management of the Y. NJ. c. A.
has offered O number of prizes to be
awarded 10 the boys writing the best
essays ON subjects connected with
Bennington.
Prof. ard Mrs A de Pierrepont of
Troy axe spending a few days in
bennington. They are planning to
spend the coming summer in France
md other parts of Europe.
Melvin Moon, who has conducted
a bakery shop on Grove street for the
last several months, is moving this
week TO North Bennington where he
viii reside in the future.
News has been received here that
William Edgerton Of Wallingford, an
rncle of w, r Remington and cou-
sin of the late Mrs Annie F. Edgerton
sustained q paralytic shock Thursday
tie is ~ years of age and there is
consequently not much hope that he
viii recover.
AT the Corbett-Grennan bowling al
ey on North street which is being
ranoposed into moving picture the
tire the score board was taken down
his forenoon. and with it came the
Hey records. Thatcher, 264 for ten
ms, Nolan, 1919 for candlepins and
gyms III lOI uuch pms.
Mr.. and Mrs A. X. Richie on Fri
lay evening delightfully."- entertained
R party of friends at their Main street
home The evening was spent in
jlayng Five Hundred The prizes
we're won by Prof A. de Pierrepont
md Mrs C. W. Thatcher. Consola-
ion prizes went to A. j. Holden and
Mrs g. r. Endress. Choice refresh
nents from a Troy caterer were
'erved
Many Of the local farmers are now
4 work getting the supply OF wood
or next summer in shape. During
he past few years a great change has
occurred in the saving of wood as
practically all of this labor is done
with circular saw propelled by a
as0lene engine The invention OF a
practical portable engine has proved
greater boom to farmers in many
respects than any other invention OF
he last decade