The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-02-25
BENalNal 0s Briefs
News Of the Town and ViIi<S Told BFieih
for Busy Readers-

Mrs. John Cordes Of Depot street
IS confined 10 the house by illness.
Charles Adams and son Wayne are
in North Adams today on business.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Enr.ght OF North
Adams are guests Of his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Thomas Enright Of Mill st.
The Y. NJ. C. A. basket ball team
win play the Columbia five of North
Adams in the gymnasium Saturday
evening.
The attendance at the bean supper
given Thursday night by Walloomsac
lodge. n. E. O. p, was much larger
than usual
The first 1870 auto license issued
to an automobile owner in this town
is on the Rambler touring car Of the
Root garage The number is OS6.
The members Of the high school
junior class will read their essays be-
fore the members of the school in
the assembly room this afternoon.
Hon. f. W. Gibson of Brattleboro
who spoke at the Bennington club on
Thursday evening was a guest at the
home of Judge Bates while in town.
The gymnasium team of the Spring
field Training School will give an ex-
hibition at the Y NJ C. A. Saturday
evening, March 3. The exhibition
will include club swing, parallel bar
work and other gymnastic feats.
Miss Gertrude Levin has arrived
from New York where she spent two
weeks purchasing millinery for the
coming season. The goods have al
ready arrived at the New York Mil
linery Parlors. Library Building.
The mercury was not satisfied with
its exhibition Thursday morning and
gave demonstration of how far it
can go down without breaking the
bulb. Early this morning thermome-
ters registered 10 to 16 degrees be-
low zero.
The Bennington County Savings
Bank having recently installed sec
ond system of safe-deposit boxes for
the convenience of the public in the
storage of silyer-ware and other valu-
ables, have now in contemplation the
construction, at an early day, of fur
Their improvements to their banking
house.
List Of letters remaining uncalled
for In the postofice for the week
ending February q, 1910: Mr. Nor
ris Epstein, Rev. Roy Houghton, New
York Cash Grocery, Lewiss Russell,
Esq, Mr. VIII Thorpe, Mr. Thomas
: Toby. Mrs. Florer r. Allen, Mrs.
Alice Allen, Mrs. c. Y. Belts, Third
Ave near 16 st; Mrs DR.. Gee, Muir.
Hormidas Houle, Miss Christie Hill
lard, Miss NJ. Norton, Mrs. Jas.
Smith care of Mrs Nickel
William Lowe gave a demonstra
ton of hill climbing under difficulties
in the new Rambler touring car OF
the Root garage Thursday. He took
party composed of |. Il. Gibson, f
l.. Bates, William Sibley and Collins
NJ Graves to the monument without
a stop on second speed The com
bined weight of the passengers wa.
about 1000 pounds and in some pla
ces the snoU was nearly four fee
deep On the steep hill leading to th'
monument A picture of the part,
was taken after making the ascent
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Roster enter
tanned card club Wednesday even
ing with 500 at a Washington party
Ladies wore old fashioned costumes
The house was prettily decorate,
with flags, red. white and blue
swords, Washingtons picture, fir
crackers, etc. A drum instead of
bell was signal for start and finisI
Favors were tiny hatchets. Prize
appropriate for the occasion wer
won by Miss Mary Weles and War
Lyons. Refreshments were served
Mr.. and Mrs Chester Gillespie {
Hoosick Falls acted as substitutes.
Not in years has so powerful
drama as Avis Pages version {
East Lynne" author of numerou
dramatic successes well known [
play goers in every city, which wi
be presented with cast of metropo
itan favorites at the opera house o
Saturday evening. So triumphar
has been the progress OF this pla
that since its introduction Miss Pas
{ has found it necessary to place Sc
t eral companies in the field in ordt
/ to adequately cover the vast territor
' where the demand for East Lynne
: Is particularly desired. The price
Q will be 25c, 35c, soc and 75c wit
>. plenty at 35 cents.