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

Mrs. James w. Martin OF Main ST.,
is spending the day in Troy.
John Fitzpatrick of Troy is spend
ing a couple of days in town.
e. S. Chandler of Bennington Cen
ter is in Troy today on business.
Bruce Cole of Park street has gone
to Providence, R. l., for a short visit.
Miss May Connolly of Maple street
has returned from a short visit in Bar
re.
William II. Hill of Park street went
to Troy this morning to spend the
day.
Andrew B. Oatman of NORTH street
is in Ticonderoga, n. Y, on business
trip.
Miss Mary Doyle of the telephone
exchange is enjoying snort yaca-
ton.
Mr.. and Mrs. John C. Clarke of East
Main street are spending the day in
Troy
Miss Eva Latour of Mill street is
spending a few days with relatives in
Rutland.
Misses Frances Hackett and Josie
Lonergan were in Troy and Albany
Tuesday.
Thomas Cartwright of Gage street
who has been i'll for few days is
able to be out.
Root & Stevens have sold an Inter
state touring car to Mr., Mertens of
Glens Falls, ~ Y.
Miss Ella Kinney and Robert Cum
mings of North street are in Troy and
Albany for the day.
William Healey and w. A. Root
went to Troy this morning to bring
back an Interstate automobile.
Mrs. C. w. Thatcher left this morn
ing for visit with her daughter. Mrs
j. Elmer Ayres of Oneida, n. Y
Luther Fiske, chauffeur of the vii
lage auto, has moved from Scott St.
to the Mort Knignts shouse on Branch
street.
Walter II. Berry, proprietor of the
Walloomsac Inn at Bennington Center
went to Troy this morning on a bus
mess trip.
If the price of flour advances much
more a raise will soon be effected in
the price of crackers and cookies, so
the drummers say.
Charles Daley who has been spend
ing few days with his parents, DR..
and Mrs. e. b. Daley returned to
Schenectady this morning.
There will be an impromptu meet
ing of the Young Woman's club in
their rooms tonight to consider the
matter of picnic next Saturday.
Fred Babson and his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. George f. Babson of North
Pownal, were guests yesterday of Mrs
Harry X. FIamer of North Adams.
Miss Juliette Shields, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Henry c. Shields of Ben
lnington Center, has returned from
New York where she has been attend
| ing school.
Miss Agnes Healy who has been EN-
ployed in a Worcester Mass, depart
ment store is visiting her parents, Mr.
and Mrs J NJ Healy of the west part
of the town.
John VIM, foreman of the construc-
ton gang which is working at present
on the street railway on Main street,
was recently guest of friends in
North Adams.
Miss Martha Wellington, daughter
Of Mr.. and Mrs. George b. Wellington
of Bennington Center, has returned
from Poughkeepsie, N. Y, where she
attends Yassar college.
Mr.. and Mrs Frank NJ. Sheldon of
! Newton, Mass. are spending few
days with Mai II. d. Fillmore. Mr..
and Mrs. Sheldon are on an automo-
bile trip from their home to Niagara
Falls, N. Y.
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Geoffrion of
Montreal are guests of his cousin, w
| T.. Peltier of Park street Mr.. and
Mrs. Geoffrion were married Monday
in Montreal and are here on their
honeymoon.
The Niagara Gorge railroad on
which service was temporarily discon.
tinued on account of the damage in
the Niagara river, has commenced OPP
erations again. the damage having
been repaired.
4 Mrs. w. j. Tiffany and daughter Hill
ia have returned from Boston where
they have been visiting w. j. Tiffany
wno is employed in the tuning depart
ment OF the Hallet, Davis e Co., piano
factory of that city.
Walter Townsend. an employee of NJ
r. Hamlen, is laid up with an injured
foot as the result of letting a cake oI
ice fall on the member, No bones
were broken and the injured foot viii
probably soon be better.
The sewer system at Bennington
Center has been causing considerable
trouble this spring. A section of the
sewer on Monument avenue near Elm
street has been dug up and cleaned
On West Main street the same process
had to be gone through.
About so members of Walloomsa,
lodge, N. e. o. p, gave Mrs. George
Prentiss of Scott street a farewell re
ception Tuesday evening. Cards fur
nished the evenings entertainment
during which refreshments were serv
ed. Mr.. and Mrs. Prentiss are to NOV,
soon to Pittsfield to reside
The new Intestate automobile re
Gently purchased of Root G. Stevens
by |. e. Gibson and F. n. Gallaghe