The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-10-01
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News Of the Town and Village Told Briefly
for Busy Readers

Two children of Mr.. and Mrs. John
Ahern are Ill of scarlet fever.
Peter O'Connor of Troy is working
in James H. Whitney's cigar store
p. ]. Kinny and Patrick Scully at
tended, the Brattleboro fair Thursday
Home made sausage tonight and to-
morrow at A. c. Sweets corner mar
ket.
Oil Heaters at Ramsdell's for $3.9S
Ramsdell is selling oil heaters for
1898.
John A. Connolly has lettered the
windows of DR.. Dewitt E. Lewis new
office.
Fall opening at McLeod's Millinery
Parlors, SIS Main street, Saturday
Oct. 2.
Richard Cox and sister Margaret
returned by the overland route from
visit in Londonderry.
The Y. M. c. A. clerks gymnasium
class will meet tonight. The Junior
class will meet tomorrow.
Miss Helen Gavin who has been
visiting Mrs. Thomas Slattery has re-
turned to her home in Troy.
Conductor C. ]. Keefe is in North
Adams today taking the examinations
on the Boston & Maine railroad.
T. A. Carpenter & Sons have just
completed model new hen house for
Edward Houran on Scott street.
II. Nissan. a student at Williams
college was the guest of Mrs j. T.
Beckwith and family Thursday.
Home pork, home made sausage
and home-dressed chickens at Sweet
K Percey's market tonight and Satur-
day.
Mrs. H. s. Pickands has closed her
summer home at Bennington Center
and returned this morning to New
York
James ]. Burns and George Mahan
are spending a few days in New
York.
Donald, son of Mr.. and Mrs. F. II.
Ferguson, stuck a nail in his foot on
Thursday. The injury is not consid-
cred serious.
Miss Sara O'Conner and Mrs. Frank
e. Grennan are moving today from
the Brewster block to the e. l.. Mich
OILS block on Main street.
H. S. Brown and wife will return
this week to their home at Benning-
Ton Center after spending the sum-
mer in WATERFOWL Conn
Mrs William Il. Hawks. ST., George
NJ. Hawks and William Cone were
called to Troy today by the serious
illness of Mrs. Clement II. Cone.
William H. Sheldon of Boston, who
was called to North Adams by the
death of Leonard Thayer, is visiting
Mr.. and Mrs K. b. Patterson today
Golden Sheaf" -four for pastry has
been sold in this town for over fifteen
years, always giving satisfaction.
Hart is Offering 1t at special prices
this week. See his adv.
Charles L. Ensley. advance agent
for The Gentleman from Mississippi
was in town today making arrange
ments for the production of the show
here.
Walter H. Berry. Judge E. L. Bates,
o. f. Reimer and W. H. Bradford,
left this morning for Brattleboro in
Mr. Reimer's. automobile to attend
the fair.
The exhibit of butter sent from the
Fillmore farms dairy by Thomas
Foster, dairyman, won first prize and
the sweepstakes at the Brattleboro
fair Thursday.
Solomon w. Sherman stated today
that he dug four potatoes Thursday
in his garden which when cooked this
morning for breakfast at his wife's
boarding house were sufficient to feed
Is men.
II a sufficient number OF junior
girls are DESTROYS of taking up gym
nastic work class will be formed at
the Y. NJ. c. 4. For further plrticu-
lars consult the physical director OF
secretary.
The selling out sale prices will CON
tinue at II. Harry Levin's until Sat
urday, October 3 on clothing, under
wear, blankets, coat sweaters, shoes
and the few remaining sale bargains,
with the big price marks.
Silver street between Main and
Union streets has been put in excel
lent shape under the direction of the
street commissioner A force of men
have now started at work on Valen-
tine street between Main and Union
streets and the road bed and cutters
will be repaired
THE Three Twins" comic opera
company has made contract with
the Rutland railroad for the trans
portation of four special cars from
Troy TO this town next Monday. Two
sixty foot baggage cars will arrive at
o'clock and two special coaches
bearing the company at 1925 in the
afternoon
A force of men has started to built
a piece of macadam roadbed, running
west on the main highway from the
Colgate gate house. The new road
will join that built by Mr.. Colgate
last year and will be in reality con-
tinuation of the excellent road he has
constructed during the past few years
from Bennington Center to the en-
trance of the road leading to his resi-
lanca