The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-04-09
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News of the Town and Village Told Briefly
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Fifty home chickens at l.. j. Edding-
toms market.
o. NJ. Barber has returned from
business trip to Rutland.
At Patterson's pure maple sugar in
cakes, maple syrup, and 10 pound
pals of soft sugar. 1872
The degree team of Walloomsac
lodge, n. e. OPP. will meet for drill
this evening. All members should be
present.
Marsh Breslin and Miss Mary Wat
son of Waterford are spending a few
days at the home of Joseph T Wat
son of Stafford street.
Mrs. C. d. Phillips of North Ben
nington, who has been receiving
treatment at the Gibson hospital for
several days, is convalescing.
The Hooker-Howe Costume com
pany of Haverhill, Mass, will be at
Foresters hall Monday and Tuesday
April y. and 10, with a full line of
costumes for the Epsilon Kappa mas
onerade hail. 3St5
Farmers produce is selling at the
following prices in the local market:
Eggs % cents dozen; butter White
Greek creamery 3Sc; farmers "a cts;
potatoes, 25 cents a peck or 50 cents
bushel. Maple sugar is selling at
20 to 25 cents a pound while syrup
sill brings $l10 a gallon. lndica-
lions are that the price of potatoes
will increase before the new supply
arrives.
The following concerning promi-
nent summer residents of this town
was clipped from today's Troy Rec
ord: Mrs. BENJAMIN H. Hall, Miss
Hall and Miss Margery Caldwell left
Yesterday for New York and will sail
tomorrow for Genoa After a weeks
stay at Genoa Mrs. Hall, Miss Hall
and Miss Caldwell will join Mrs
berwick Lane and Mrs. Howard H.
Shields at Florence.
Lake Champlain yesterday morning
appeared clear of ice and the waves
could be seen flashing themselves into
fury by the heavy wind. The west
wind that ragged all Wednesday night
drove deal of ice towards the east
shore of the lake and against the Bur
lington breakwater The drift ice
seems a solid mass on line from
Shelburne point to Rock Point. The
water is now five feet and four inches
above low water mark and is steadily
rising. The lake. however, is not
called officially open until the harbors
are open to navigation burlington
Free Press.
Nfsa, NTo,,. II Toran of putnam ct
is collecting coupons from the Bos-
ton Globe in an endeavor to get
prize for her little brother, Michael
Doran who is an inmate of the Amer
lean School for the Deaf and Dumb in
Hartford Miss Doran and her little
brother were formerly residents of
this town, leaving here for their pres
ent home about five years ago. There
are probably many who will remem-
Der little Michael Doran and would
be glad to save coupons for him. Cou-
pons may be left at Thomas Stewarts
store on River street where a box will
be provided for them.
Solemn high mass was celebrated
yesterday morning at eight O'Clock at
st. Mary's cathedral in Burlington in
observance of holy week The Rev.
p. j. Barrett was the celebrant of the
mass and the Revs. J. w. Dwyer OF
Ludlow, D. H. Sullivan OF Bakersfield
and d. j. Coffey were the deacon, sub
deacon and master of ceremonies
The mass was followed by the pro
cession of the blessed sacrament to
the altar of the repository, the music
being chanted by the children of the
Cathedral schools Last evening the
singing of the tenebrae took place at
1880 This morning at eight o'clock
the mass OF the presanctified was cell
ebrated. The Rev. J. w. Dwyer was
the celebrant the Rev. +. c. Foun-
tame OF Windsor the deason. the Rev.
w. p. Crosby the sub-deacon and the
Rev. j. F. ellis the master of cere-