The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-09-03
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News of the Town and Village Told Briefly
for Busy Readers.

Home made sausage today and to-
morrow at Sweet G. Percey's market.
The Eagles cleared little more
than $50 from their recent picnic.
Mrs. John Temple Thursday visit
ed her son, Thomas in Salem, N. Y.
Rev. E. |. Nye of East Hubbarton
to supply the Baptist pulpit at Shafts
bury Center Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. w. Thompson, who
were recently married, have returned
from their wedding trip.
The regular meeting of the Wo-
mans Relief Corps will be held in the
G.. A. r. nall this evening.
Mrs. B. G. Slade, Miss Lillian Phil
lips and Miss Fora Murphy drove to
the Cambridge Fair Thursday.
Mrs. HELEN Smith of Easton, Pa,
and Mrs. Krieder of New York are
guests of Mr. and Mrs. F. l.. Bottum
Miss Laura Rogers left this morn
ing for Beverly, Mass, to resume her
duties as teacher of English in the
Beverly high school
Mr.. and Mrs, William Mccarthy,
Jr, and daughter, Ruth, of Hastings
on-the-Hudson, are guests at his home
on Monument avenue.
Miss Ethel Jones of Gage street has
returned from a vacation spent in
Welles and other towns in the north
ern part of the state
Mrs. Gould Leasing and sister, Miss
henderson of Brooklyn who have been
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. F. L. Bottum,
returned home this afternoon.
George Shurtleff OF Waterbury,
Conn, former resident of this town,
arrived here Thursday for short
visit from Cohoes, where the funeral
of his wife took place Wednesday.
List of letters remaining uncallsd
for in the postoffice for the week
ending August 80, 1893: Mr. Charles
II. Bloomberg, Mr.. j. Barlow, H. r.
Gurley, Mr.. w. L. Gerard, c. w.
Searles, George c. Woodman, Miss
Kate Bond.
two act play, MIR Bob" win be
presented by the junior members of
the Mt Anthony Country club Mon
day evening, September 9Th Be
tween the act r. NJ Boeckel of Phil
adelphia will give his original slight
of hand performance.
The district meeting of district
No. II, Woman's Relief Corp. will be
ield in Bennington with Custer Sixth
Corps No. ?, w. r. c. some time dur
ing the month of October There
are three corps in this district. Mrs.
Hugh Henry is to be the visiting Of
ficer.
Robert Abercrombie of Greenfield
president of the Greenfield savings
bank, was rolled over and somewhat
injured by a COW on Saturday Mr.
Abercrombie was in the pasture and
while driving a COW and her calf the
COW became fearful of the welfare of
her calf and attacked Mr.. Abercrom-
bic His injuries are not serious and
he was able to be out yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Orrin Page of Mar
shall, Mimi. are visiting relatives
here and in Williamstown. Mr. Page
was around yesterday calling on
friends whom he knew when a resi-
dent of Bennington. He left here "a
ears ago and this is his first visit
here since that time. When Mr..
Page lived here he owned farm now
4 part of the Griswold farm, the
of the Jonn s. Holden estate
Speaking of baseball reminds us of
'ecent statement by a Bennington
nan about the Sunday base ball that
S allowed in Bennington without re-
,traint While most of the good old
state of Vermont has been holding
Up its hands in noly horror at the in
lovation, it seems that Bennington
vas really doing missionary work, or
% this Bennington man declared 1t
S this way. Bennington is but a
ew miles from the New York state
inc, and just across the line they
10 all sorts of mischief on Sunday
nd the Bennington boys of tender
ears are wont of a Sunday TO go |
cross the line into New York and re-
urn in various stages of dissipation. |
hat is, they used TO do this of a |
sunday But since Sunday base ball |
vas introduced this has been chang |
d; the youths no longer desire to |
ross the line into wicked New York !
tate, but they stay in Bennington
nd go to the baseball games instead
therefore, concludes the Bennington |
1au Sunday baseball is a real bless J