The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-07-08
BEsNEHaT0N BRIEFS
hews OF the Town and Village Told Briefly
for Busy Readers.

lies.
DR.. R. E. Grennan was in Albany re-
Gently
Miss Lila Vance has returned from
a visit in Troy.
Mrs. T. A. Davenport is spending
the day in Troy.
Herbert Davenport has returned
from visit in Troy.
Edward Watts has returned from a
short visit in Burlington.
Mr. and Mrs. John Nash have re-
turned from visit to Burlington.
Mrs. G. E. Lasour of Rutland is Wis
iting Miss Luella Goldsmith in town.
Bonett Ruskin of New York City is
visiting friends and relatives in town.
Miss Alkaline Langdon is the guest
of Miss Alpine Wen of Adams, Mass.
w. B. Cutting and daughter Hen.
are spending a few days in Burling-
ton.
Charles Taylor of New York city
is visiting friends and relatives in
town.
Mrs. Katherine Madison and Mrs
Frances Van Horn are visiting ID. ID.
Thompkins of Elm street.
! Mr. and Mrs. d. F. Cronin are in
Burlington for few days attending
the tercentenary celebration.
Mrs ma Robinson of South Shafts
bury was in town today to attend the
funeral of the late +. J. Morrissey.
Miss Loretta Collins, who has been
visiting Miss Alice McDermott. has
returned to her home in Hoosick
Falls
Miss Sadie Dunn. formerly Of Ben.
nington but now of Waltham. Mass ,
is visiting Miss Irene Davis of CouE-
ty street
Lost-A gold beauty pin with pearl
setting on Main street Thursday eve
ming. Finder please return TO Ban
ner Office.
Earle CULVER has accepted a posi-
ton with the Cooper Manufacturing
company and begun his duties there
Wednesday.
Mrs. j. NJ. Ayres and Mr. and Mrs.
L. F. Abbott left today for Portland,
Me, where they will remain for an
extended visit.
Mr.. and Mrs Earl Darling. Joseph
iHufnagel and Charlotte Barber were
-recent guests at Camp Rest near
BARRIERS pines.
Miss Nellie Stone who has been
visiting Mrs. Brownell at the Whit
ney for few days returns TO her
home in Ferndale tomorrow.
Frank Hollister, an inmate of the
National Soldiers Home in Ohio is In
town on three months furlough Wis
iting his wife on Bradford street
Francis Leahy, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
John H. Leahy who was severely in
jured Saturday night. is recovering.
and it is expected that no serious re-
suits will follow.
Mrs. Anna Boyne, the principal of
School No 92, New York City. is Wis
iting Mrs. e. l.. Nichols Mrs. Boyne
has supervision of about sixty teach
ers and assistants and 1000 childrens.
Business men in Great Harrington
and Housatonic have chartered for
Sunday the palace car The Berkshire
Hills on. the Berkshire Street rail-
way line and will make the trip to
this town and return.
DR.. b. C. Jenney has a new cement
walk laid at his residence on West
Main street extending from his front
porch to the street and from the
main walk to the driveway. The
work was done by c. NJ. Lambert &
Son.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Monat enter
tanned large number of their
friends Tuesday evening at their
home on Division street in honor OF
Mrs. Monat and daughter Agnes who
left on the midnight train for Mont
real for several weeks visit.
TIE growth of corn. which was rap
id during the hot spell, has been
checked by the cool weather which
has prevailed for the last few days,
and farmers are wondering how the
crop will come out 1t got late start
and unless the weather warns up
soon and stays hot for some time
there will be poor crop.
Burlington was defeated Wednes-
day to 2 by Pittsfield in the Tercen-
tenary series. On the day before the
Queen City team won in a thirteen in
ming game to /. Corey, the local
itcner, played right field Tuesday and
had an assist and one put out to his
credit. Yesterday he scored hit and
one put out playing left field. The
battery for tomorrow's championship
game will be Corey and burlington
The price Of eggs is advancing
sharply at the present time. In the
smaller towns of the county where
many of the fresh eggs retailed local
ly come from, the farmers are asking
% cents dozen for them and will
shortly raise the price even higher
it is said. They are retailing at the
local stores for %. and 30 cents a
dozen. The big demand for them at
the present time on account of the
great numbers of city people in the
country and their growing scarcity
on account of the hens beginning to
moult are the causes assigned for
this advance.
Hoosac lodge N. e. o. P. of North
Adams have chartered car for the
accommodation of ninety of their
members who are to visit the mem
bers of Walloomsac lodge Friday
| NIGHT Thav will arrive hero at & Ak