The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-07-03
STRAY BITS GATHERED
FROM MANY QUAR- TIERS
Items of Interest, Bits Of Advice,
Hints of Home, Health and
Future Happiness.

Fort what would we do in case of an
Indian outbreak.
Vita the arc lights burning every
night let us all bid goodby to the ro-
mantle moonlight. Lovers please
copy.
If you want to be a June bride now
you will have to wait eleven months.
But what's the use in waiting. Roses
bloom in July also.
The wise man who said last week
that neat can't last always-at least
not in this world, must have foreseen
what was to occur today.
An exchange says that II is hard
for girl to get hair enough to fill
her hat. If her locks are flaxen
colored she might use excelsior.
A fourteen-year old boy graduated at
Tufts college with A. b. tackled onto
him. He must sympathize with the
old lady who won an elephant at a
lottery.
The Rutland railroad is patching
up their platform at the local station
once more. In a short time it will
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original platform
The local mills are to close Mon.
day in observance of the Fcgrth and
business as a whole will be suspend
ed. Let us all make merry and at
tend the ball game.
| In New Jersey they put oil on varl
Gus places to kill the mosquitoes
while at Bennington Centre is is
used for laying the dust and incident
ly greasing the germs.
II Farmers say that the hay crop in
Bennington, like the wheat crop in
Kansas, is very large this seoson
But then farmers are always lucky
even If they never think so.
II A friend told me the other day
that June was made for the trolley
roads that lead to the country II
was the first time | ever heard that
God favored the corporations.
II Last Sunday we noticed that the
sprinkler was about the streets q
part of the day and church goers
seemed to greatly appreciate the fact
although IL might be called breaking
the Sabbath
II There is satisfaction in the fact
that If we can't camp at Sucker pond
we can at least build a cottage al
BARRIERS pines. 1t appears that be
fore long there will be a Cottage
city in Vermont.
II 1t is said that next year 200, 900 au
tomobiles will be manufactured in
this country alone. Soon horses can
live like aristocrats and nave nothing
to do but watch their owners at work
cranking the 'gaso' cars.
II Swearing at the umpire from the
grandstand is bad form to say the
least Nevertheless it is sometimes
heard at Morgan Park. My Advice
is don't do 1t; the umpire cont hear
you and it gives the sport a bad
name.
| Frederick Thompson, the builder
of the famous amusement contriyan-
ces at Luna Park, Coney Island, says
that men and women are only chill.
dren grown tall. Anybody watching
a man with new auto can readily
believe this.
II Secretary Davis, Physical Director
Monroe and assistants are making
many improvements about the
grounds of the Y. M. c. A. There
are many property owners within the
village limits who could profit by
their example.
The weather man was very consid-
crate today when he sent the rain
in the early morning hours and the
sun as chaser However, the
weather man has favored us with
good weather for nearly every ball
game this season.
| Perhaps Bennington doesn't like
amusement but we can't see IL that
way. At present it is supporting a
moving picture theatre, few dance
halls and a professional baseball
team. For the football season 1t is
building vaudeville house.
Taft Commandery ought to
cut a figure at the Taft parade In
Burlington next Thursday If there is
anything in a name Although few
| are dWdlt Vi Jut idCb IL Is Sdlu ludl
tne commandery was named after a
distant relative of President Taft.
Not many years ago our esteemed
neighbors, over the New York state
line, used to make threats that they
would take the monument to their
town and make 1t into moving ma
chimes. Since Manager Higgins has
been putting winning ball teams in
the field they haven't even threaten
ed to carry OFF ball game.
The city hospitals are preparing
for the massacre of the Fourth. If
as many Hebrews were killed in Rus
STA in one day as patriotic citizens
are bound to suffer death in this
country Monday for sport, we would
be asked to contribute to allay the
sufferings of the deceased families.
Strange isn't 1t how many different
views people have of death.
l noticed this week that James
Hurley has just completed a fine ce-
ment sidewalk in frone of his resi-
dence on South street. This street
has already the distinction of having
the finest sidewalks of any in the vii
lage except Main. Cement walks
seem to be coming into fashion on
our main tnoroughfare. If a few
more rich property owners would on
D ly follow the example already set per
Ihaps Bennington would soon be