The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-11-18
DORSET

visiting IN Massachusetts.
R. NJ. Campbell left Monday on a
business trip out of town.
Hon C. B. Kent was in Bennington
the latter part of the week.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. E. Kent entertain
ed friends at luncheon Sunday.
Monte Tiff is ill at his home on the
west road and under the Doctors
care.
Miss Hattie Burroughs has been
visiting out of town for the past
week.
Miss Bertha Ames of East Dorset re-
Gently visited Mrs. C.. l.. Lee for
week.
Frederick Gilbert arrived home
from T. c. A. Saturday to escape the
measles epidemic
There was a turkey shoot at the
quarry Saturday at which number
of fine fat fowls were disposed of.
Rev. George Gilbert accompanied
his daughters Bertha and Dorothy to
Northampton last week, returning to
preach here Sunday.
John Potter has nearly completed
the sale of tickets on his bicycle,
and when all are sold he will an
nounce the lucky number.
Ned Casselman from the Adiron-
dack region, is stopping in town for
time He has been the guest of Mr..
and Mrs. Ira Glover the past week.
Mrs. F. f. Gilbert left Saturday for
visit to her daughter, Mabel who is
student at Poultney and one of the
many victims of measles at that
place.
The balmy weather of the past fort
night will doub less soon be succeeded
by snow and cold if snow birds are
really a sign to depend on, for they
have been very numerous the past few
days.
Jacob Stakeholder of Bennington
was in town last week looking over
timber land with a view to purchas-
ing. He drove several miles over
wooded territory accompanied by AL
Ian Roberts.
Master Arthur Marley is one of
Dorset's hustling juvenile residents.
Regularly each week he delivers
goodly number of Saturday Evening
Posts, travelling over a large territory
to reach all his customers.
Parties are contemplating the pur-
chase of a portion of the Carhart
meadow for building purposes. We
trust the plans will materialize and
add TO the boom" the west road is
promised for the near future.
The sociable given by the church on
Wednesday last was greatly enjoyed
by those in attendance and netted
over seven dollars. The ladies socie-
ty have recently purchased the new
silver to replace that which was des-
troyed at the burning of the church.
We are pleased to note the progress
of ambitious sons Of Dorset. The
foreman Of a manufacturing estab-
lishment at Turner'S Falls, Mass,
writes in regard to Ernest Tiff who
has a lucrative position there: IF
YOU have any more boys in Vermont
like him send them to Turner's Falls"
Webster wilkins while driving
home one night last week met with an
accident near the residence of X. NJ.
Campbell whereby his wagon was
overturned. After assisting Mr.. Viii
kins to right his wagon Mr. Camp
bell loaned him a lantern to proceed
safely on his trip.
Berniss Kline is employed plaster
ing at the bungalow of Edwin Lefevre.
This is a most slightly place, even in
its unfinished state and will be one
OF the most attractive buildings ever
erected here. Mr.. Lefeyre pauses fire.
quently in his. literary works to take
trips to New York, Albany and num-
erous places.
News was recently received here of
the marriage on October 5Ist of Viii
liam David Burroughs, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Henry Burroughs, to a young
lady of Armomoose. North Dakota.
Mr.. Burroughs is employed with
travelling company whose specially is
trained dogs and ponies. He former
ly resided here with his parents.
Each day marks the trips of many
from this place to Manchester. by NJ.
T. G., by auto, and by horse power.
We even note several pedestrians and
also bicyclists en- route, too numerous
to specify by name. Also, judging
from appearances there have been
several trips TO Granville recently.
Mr.. and Mrs, Edward Holley of Los
Angeles, Cal, have just been released
from a hospital in that city, where
they have been seriously i'll with diph-
liberia. Their two sons, aged eight
and ten years, both promising lads,
died with the disease. Mr.. Holley is
well remembered here, being a son of
the late Hiland Holley and wife and
their friends extend heartfelt sym
patty to them in their afTliction.
We hear of one more resident who
is planning to take up the poultry
business, doubtless prompted by the
excessive price of eggs at the present
time AS has been stated by an en-
terprising paper, in a nearby New
York town, "a dozen of eggs will buy
a pound of butter and a pound of but