The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-10-07

Views of the Town and Village Told Briefly
for Busy ReadeB-


Mrs. John Sloat. who has been at
the Samaritan hospital in Troy for
few days, is slowly improving.
]. B. Manley of Brattleboro arrived
here Wednesday with a Ford touring
car for W. D. Newton, the local
agent.
The condition of George Townsend
of Gage street, who has been serious
ly i'll for some time, remains about
the same
Mr. and Mrs. e. b. Patterson and
daughter are spending a few days in
Albany attending the Hudson-Fulton
celebration.
Gypsies are camping near the Sol
diers Home crossing. The band is a
large one which are heading for the
city to spend the winter.
Mr.. and Mrs Frank S. White leave
Thursday evening for visit with
their daughter in Troy, also to attend
the Hudson-Fulton celebration.
Lieut. and Mrs. w. G. Richardson
of Boston, formerly residents of this
town, are at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. w. J. Hicks for few days.
There are 2S patients in the Yer
mont Sanatorium at Pittsford under
going treatment. The sanatorium is
not quite full, at the present time
Health officer, H. l.. Stillson has
| distributed a number of posters
among the local butchers reminding
| the public that it is against the laws
of the state to handle meat about the
shop.
The Gentleman from Mississippi"
company, which plays at the opera
house tonight, arrived here at one o.
clock today from Rutland There
are % people in the cast which is ex-
ceptionally large for play of that
kind
Mr.. Bishop of Stamford, who lives
/ on what is known as the Stephen Mil
! lard farm, also stands up in line with
| the big potato men. He has a bushel
! 60 pounds, in which there are only 20
potatoes. This shows that the tubres
average little over two pounds each
which is a remarkable showing.
Mrs. Sarina d. Bates, aged IS, died
at the home of her daughter Mrs
James Adams in South SALISBURY
! Wednesday Besides Mrs. Adams she
leaves another daughter, Mrs. F. G.
Mattison of SALISBURY. The funeral
will be held Saturday afternoon with
the burial in the Salisbury Gene
terry.
The funeral of the late Charles H.
] ETllparInrr &c
at 2 O'Clock from his home in the
west part of the town. Rev. Isaac
Jennings d. d.. ofliciated. The
bearers were Z. S. Chandler, Charles
F. Merrill. Samuel L. and George A.
( Robinson. The interment was in the
family lot in the Bennington Center
cemetery.
The wrecking train arrived here
| this morning at o'clock from the
scene of the wreck near Petersburg
Junction Tuesday night. The wreck
1 ed engine tender and milk car were
also brought through here en- route
10 Rutland The engine and tender
are smashed up beyond repair The
milk car can be repaired without
much expense.
Under the new law permitting
farmers to shoot deer which are
found destroying their crops and to
keep the meat for their own use or
disposal, there has been much kill
ing. The record for Berkshire cOun-
ty is Is. One garner in Colrain is re-
ported to have shot 3 deer. Ten
have been killed in the town of Savoy.
North Adams Hearld
J. X. Batchelder of Arlington is
in Berkshire county to assist Attor-
ney Fred Z. Shaw of Adams in the
case of the Dewey Phillips estate
against the Greylock commission,
which took land on Greylock the prop
erty of Mr.. Phillips The commission
is being sued for the price of the land
the commission not Offering under the
right of eminent domain what the es-
tate thought the land to be worth.
The church supper held at the
home of Mrs. VIM. K Graves on Fri
day. Oct s. will be served from to
7.3O. The tickets are 80 cents and
this amount includes transportation
from the Baptist church to Mrs.
Graves house and from the house to
the church again. Conveyances will
be stationed at the Baptist church
corner and people are requested to
meet there. A good time as well as
an exceptionally good supper is antic-
ipated Small tables viii be provid-
ed for small parties. DO not miss it
and remember all are invited.