The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-07-23
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News of the Town and Village Told Briefly
for Busy Readers.

ShaftSDury wednesday evening.
George Cronie of Vancouver, B. e.,
is registered at the Putnam House.
Maurice Epstein is moving into the
Gibson tenement on Silver street to-
day.
George McMaster, claims agent of
the Rutland railroad was in town TO-
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Saunders are
spending a few days with relatives in
Albany.
Sweet & Percy will have fresh,
home made sausage at their market
tomorrow.
Mrs. William Mccullough of Pitts
field, Mass, visited Mrs. John Temple
yesterday.
The Noveck store will be open to-
night on account of the overstock sac
rifce sale.
Milo Surdam of North street is
working in North Bennington on
contract job.
Mr.. and Mrs Asa Harwood of James
Vile, Wisconsin, left recently for their
home in that city.
Napoleon Tessier of South Shafts
bury has gone to Montreal to visit
friends and relatives.
Mrs. l.. A. Praget of Paterson, n. J.
is visiting her sister, Mrs. Isadora
Woodward of North street.
Miss Alice Franchere of North Adj
ans is visiting her aunt Mrs. Albert
Franchere of Main street.
Mr. and Mrs. John Wyman OF Nit
tineague. Mass, have been guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. Norman Chase.
Novecks big sale offers some most
astonishing values. Look over his
big advertisement in this issue of the
Banner.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Mahoney and
children of North Adams have return
ed home after visit with relatives
in town
Arthur Barney who completed a
course at the Albany Business College
last June has accepted a position at
ilONCi OiNhSt isdht htOlBt.
Robinson & Stebbins, dealers in
teas and coffees offer a new special
lrecipe of guaranteed value to every
purchaser of pound of coffee.
Mr. and Mrs Charles Barnes and
Mr.. and Mrs. A. H. Hollister and fam
lily go today to their bungalow at
Peaks Pines to spend few weeks.
North Adams lost to tne Bonackers
of Albany Thursday afternoon IL to
10 in ten innings. The home team
pitched good ball but his support was
very poor.
Warren Woodward, DR.. Charles
Woodward and Jennie and Margaret
Woodward of North Adams are here
today to attend the annual reunion
of the MISUNDERSTANDING families
at Riverside park.
A young lady of Bennington while
in North Adams recently decided to
return home. She boarded VIII
Jamestown car by mistake and was
somewhat surprised to find how Ben
nington had changed.
The horse driven by A. Robinson
Of the firm of Robinson & Stebbins
fell this morning in front of Girls
wold's store on Main street. No harm
was done the horse but the harness
needs considerable repairs.
The sleeper from tne north due
here at o'clock this morning was
three hours late owing to an engine
breaking down the other side of AL
burgh An engine was sent from
Montreal which finally carried the
train through.
The Baptist Sunday school will hold
basket picnic at Hoosick Valley
Park tomorrow. Cars will leave the
church at S:45. Children twelve and
under will go free. The church peo-
pie generally are urged to join with
the school in this outing.
DR.. Wright, specialist at North AID
ans, will be in his office only Mon
days, Wednesdays, and Saturdays I'M
til August l. Office open daily for
making appointments and repairing
glasses. Telephone Sand Springs,
Williamstown. 1924
Billy Van Sleet was in town Tnurs-
day on his way to Rutland where he
is arranging for balloon ascensions
from that city. Several Rutland men
want to make a fight from there and
Mr.. Van Sleet will arrange to use the
balloon Massachusetts or Pittsfield
for the ascensions.
B. p Sloat while at work early this
morning at Bottum & Torrance's had
three fingers of his left hand caught
and severely crushed in a dampening
machine He was taken at once to
physician in the Torrance automobile
and attended to. He was back at
work this afternoon.
+. j. Kennedy of the Richie store
has returned from Boston where he
attended the annual meeting of the
National Leather and Shoe Finders
association. He will divide the re-
mainder of his vacation between fiirt-
ing with fish in Dorset and skinning
cells at Sucker pond.
William Sronin of Hoosick Falls
was in town Thursday and secured
position as machinist at the Cooper
shops to report for duty next Mon
day. Mr.. Cronin has for some years
past been a member of the Mower
and Reaper band in HOosick Falls and
will join the Bennington City band as
a clarinet player
At the present time there are %