The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-10-05
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
sews Of the Town and Village Told Briefly
ior Busy Readers.

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day on business.
Mrs. George Moore is in Williams
town today.
Edmund LaFranchise is in Man
chester today.
Archie King is improving from his
recent illness.
Henry S. Bingham passed a part
Of the day in Troy.
John Gregg has gone to Boston on
2 two weeks visit.
Merritt Wood went TO Rutland this
for the day.
F. B. Edgerton has had his house
wired for electricity.
Mrs. John Fay is spending a por-
ton Of the day in Troy.
Dr. H. C. Day has returned from a
brief stay in Greenfield.
Chauncey Rudd has accepted po-
sition in Burke's market.
Wallace Peart has returned from
a few days stay in Troy.
George Daley has returned from a
short visit In Schenectady.
Col. Thomas Harmon has gone to
Brattleboro for a few days.
Miss Martha Snow has returned
from the Troy City hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Hall have re-
turned from a visit in Rutland.
Mrs. J. Dagesse and daughter Alma
were in North Adams yesterday.
Mr. and Mrs. Seymour F. Wood are
spending a few days in Granville.
Stephen Haythorne of Pittsfeld is
visiting his family on Congress st.
William Langrie and family of
Woodford have moved to Mill street.
Miss Mary l.. Bell of River street
is visiting in Brattleboro for a few
days.
Mrs Milo Houghton and Miss Julia
Riley are passing the day at Barber's
Pines.
Miss Bertha Green and Miss Kath-
leen Quinlan visited friends in North
Adams yesterday.
Mrs. Phezackly from Greenwich,
Conn, is visiting Mrs. William Law
renee on Gage street.
Mrs. c. P. Rodgers of New York
City is visiting her father F. o.
Graves for a few days.
Repairs and improvements have
been completed on the Tolminson
house on Main street.
W. c. Firth has built a large addi-
ton to his hennery and expects to
purchase y large flock OF White wy
andotte chickens.
Harmon, the four year old son Of
Paul Saunders who was taken with
infantile paralysis some time ago is
slowly improving.
Osburn Edwards has finished work
in the Holden, Leonard factory and
returned to his home in Williams
town.
The recelpts Of he local post.
Office for he month Of September
were $34214 in excess Of the re-
ceipts for the corresponding month
in the history OF the Office.
Word was received last night Of
the death by accident of Grover
Thurber of Oklahoma. The despatch
gave no particulars and his body will
be sent to his parents in North Ben
nington.
Daniel B. Keller with a party OF
six enjoyed an auto trip TO Glovers-
vile and return on Sunday. The trip
was made In twelve hours which was
considered good time as the roads
were rough.
c. A. Wood had q telephone mes.
sage from Hoosick Falls Tuesday
evening for every S1.OO seat left at.
ter sale. but did not entertain the
proposition as he wished to give the
local people the preference.
All seats reserved for "The Merry
Widow must be called for before
Friday noon as they will be put on
sale at that time. The English grand
opera orchestra is to produce the mu-
sic for this attraction.
The fern business in Woodford is
rapidly growing. every available man,
woman and child being employed
picking them. They have packed
over FIVE thousand boxes and conse-
Quently there Is a great demand for
boxes.
During September there were four
teen clear days, one cloudless day.
six cloudy and nine partly cloudy
days. The rainfall was three inches,
The highest temperature was SIS de-
grees September G, and the lowest
forty.two degrees September %. The
mean temperature was Ga degrees.
The death of George f. Babson
aged So years. a well known resident
of North Pownal. occurred at his
home IN that village on Tuesday
Death was due to old age. The fun
oral will be held Thursday afternoon
at o'clock from the house. Burial
will be in the cemetery at North
Pownal.
Among the auto guests at the Put
nam House Yesterday were Mr. and
| Mrs. Robert Lefferts, Mr. and Mrs. u