The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-07-08
AUTO GOSSIP


at Newton's Blue Book" garage. Tel.
231-M
w. ID. Newton has just put in a full
line of Fish, Continental and Diamond
rubber goods.
Dr. Foraker of Binghamton, N. Y,
was in town today with his family in
a six cylinder Franklin car.
Automobiles 70 rent by the hour,
day or week at tde blue Book" gar
age, tel. 231-M
Edward Stolliker took George A.
Robinson and party of the Center to
Manchester today in one of Newton's
cars
w. A. Root and party are in Bur-
lington. They made the trip in an
Interstate car with w. r. Lowe at the
wheel
Parties wishing to rent automobiles
can secure reasonable rates at New
tons garage. Tel. 231M.
Three automobile parties registered
at the Putnam yesterday. The num-
Der of auto tourists at the hotel this
week has been exceptionally large.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles II. Dewey
went to their cottage at 'Woodford
city today. G.. Eugene Stevens took
the party up the mountain in an Inter
state car.
Since July over thirty automobile
parties have registered at the Wal
loomsac Inn. Among the number
were people from Los Angeles, CAL,
and Chicago.
W. L. Bates took party today con-
sisting of Mrs. E. l.. Bates and daugh-
ter Beulah, Sarah Whitney and F. o.
Graves to Pittsfield in a Buick tour
ing car recently.
w. d. Newton sold a one cylinder
second hand Rambler to Raymond
Percy of the North Bennington road
Wednesday. The demand for second
hand cars is rapidly increasing so an
authority says.
Harold Bottum was stalled In his
fathers Pope-Hartford machine near
North Bennington Sunday and had to
be towed home. The accident was
due to the loss of a pin which holds
the driving rod of the engine in pos
ition.
Many autoists are of the opinion
that the roads between this town and
Brattleboro are in bad shape. Mrs. j..
r. Wilson who drove a Ford from that
town here recently in a little over
tnree hours, however, states that they
were never in better shape.
The new Buick roadster run by
George Worthington Jr., is one of the
prettiest' machines in town, If one
may be allowed to use the term in
speaking of machines. 1t is a 1909
model capable of making good speed
and carrying three passengers.
At present there are three auto
mobiles in the Walloomsac Inn
garage. One Buick roadster. is at
tracing considerable attention about
town 1t is the property of r. l..
Henry of North Adams who with his
wife is staying at the hotel for sever
al days.
Among the local owners of automo-
biles who brought parties to Lake
Champlain for the Tercentenary were
lanes 4. Burke, Ex-Gov. ]. G. Nc
Cullough, f. l.. Bottum, Dr. f. S.
Pratt, /. E. Gibson and F. n. Gallag-
her, w. A. Root and f. E. butcher in
w. d. Newton's machine.
Matthew Weataerbee, who was re-
Gently struck on Main street corner
I, HGfn ri hN
Leonard Cultivate of Bennington
Center. is improving as rapidly as a
man of his age could expect 1t will
be some time, however. before he
will have the complete use of his
arm.
C. c. Jones has had little or no
trouble with his Ford touring car
since it came into his possession. He
recently drove the car to White Riv-
er Junction to attend meeting of the
directors of the state fair association.
He was accompanied by Mrs. Jones
and Mrs. Ralph o. Van Wrinkle and
two children.
Several automobile parties attended
the Hoosick Falls-Bennington baseball
game in Hoosick Falls Sunday. The
first car to arrive here after the game
was William Sibley's Stanley steamer
which made the trip from the ball
field to this town via North Benning-
ton in about half an hour without
stop. Mrs. Sibley and Mrs. w. t.
Watson accompanied Mr.. Sibley.
Newton NJ Cottrell Sunday and
Monday established a new auto rec
ord between this town and Pownal in
A. M. Torrance's car. He left the
neighboripg town at 10 o'clock Sun
day night. but it was 3 o'clock Sunday
morning before he. reached this town
consuming five aHluous hours in max
ing the trip. Tire trouble" is said
to have been the cause of the delayed
journey.
Automobilism has, it is reported,
secured another victim in this town
in the person of DR.. F. w. Goodall.
While it is not probable that he viii
purchase a machine this year he has
given the matter much thought ana
has already nearly figured out that IL
would be as cheap to own an auto as
to feed a horse. 1t might be added
that DR.. Goodall was originally an
auto hater."
E. w. Williams of Boston, New
England representative of the Ram
bier Automobile company, has been
guest of the local agent, w. ID. New
ton for a few days. He had with him