The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-02-19
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News of the Town and Village Told Briefly
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Miss l.. NJ. Barney was in North
Adams on business Friday
Miss Louise Warn of Bradford St. Il
is confined TO the house by illness.
Tickets are out for the fair 70 be
held this spring by the Bennington
baseball association.
A party from this town enjoyed a
supper at the Wills Brothers camp
at BARRIERS Pines Friday evening.
S. B. Hall and Charles R. Sears Of
Bennington Center left this morning
for Atlantic City. n. j., to spend a
few weeks.
Miss Edna Walbridge entertained
the members OF her Sunday school
class with an enjoyable sleighride
Friday evening.
Miss Isabelle Remington, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Remington of
Grove street, is suffering from an at
tack of whooping cough.
Walter Strunk is working in Coles
store for a few days until Mr. Cole
is able to get hold of a clerk familiar
with the clothing business.
The Berkshire street railway has
made another advance in rates for
carrying packages on the Bennington
and Hoosick Falls division.
Merritt Wood, night operator at the
telephone exchange, went to Pitts
| field today to attend the amateur
minstrel show to be given this even.
ing by the employees of the Pittsfeld
exchange
The meat business of the old cor
ner market, conducted for several
years by the late A. c. Sweet. will be
run as usual by Harold NJ Sweet. Mr..
Sweet has been appointed administra-
tor of his fathers estate.
Members and regular attendants of
the Second Congregational church
are reminded of the annual offering
to the A. NJ A. Those who were not
present last Sunday are kindly asked
to bring their contribution tomorrow.
A new maximum rate Of speed has
been adopted for the Chatham divis-
ion. Hereafter freight trains will be
allowed to proceed at the rate of 25
miles an hour from Chatham to Step
hentown and 20 miles an hour from
Stephentown to this village.
The sleeper from the north was
over four hours late this morning, ar
irving at 6l0. Friday night the
southbound milk train was over two
hours late. The delay is said to be
caused by the large amount of snow
on the tracks above Rutland
The regular meeting of Temple
chapter No. s r. A NJ. will be held
on Monday, Feb. 2lst, p. ~ Petit
tions for degree will be acted on and
announcements made in relation to
the centennial celebration of the
chapter on Tuesday. Feb. 22nd.
The body of Mrs. Eliza Jewett who
died Thursday at the home of her son
in Chicago will arrive here this eve
ming at o'clock The funeral will be
held Sunday afternoon at $3.50 p. m,
from her hcme on South street. In
terment will be at Bennington Cen
ter
This morning was among the cold
est of the month. Thermometers reg.
] lstered from zero to eight below
: The sleighing is better than at any
time during the winter. In the coun.
try the snow is over a foot deep on
the level and besides is drifted in
p. many places FIVE and six feet in
depth.
=. Although dealing with modern
events special attention has been
b paid to the costuming of the players
so that in many OF the scenes East
Lynne presents a satorical efect
which resembles the oft-repeateC
glass of fashion" of interest alike
to men and women. Still the gooC
old blood and Drawn of old Adam ar,
|, always in evidence for the play, il
thoroughly human in all its episodes
The Second Congregational church
Rev. G.. s. Mills pastor, extends t
the public cordial invitation to al
= its services. Worship tomorrow a
1920 a. m. and p. m Theme o
morning sermon, continuing tn,
Genesis series, Lots Choice" il
evening, Proving All Things-HoId
ing Fast to the Good Sunday schoo
at noon. The mems class will dis
cuss The Single Tax" Junior En-
deayor at g. Senior society meeting
at 6. Topic "lntemperance."
. George Goodwin Of Pownal los
two horses during the past week On
died from an attack of collie and tn
other was stricken with lockiaN
which resulted from thorn whicl
stuck in the animals throat Tn
horse which died from lockjaw wa
valued at $500, having been brough
TO this country from Belgium 70
breeding purposes. The animal wa
owned by a stock company of me
living in Pownal and this town. Nj
Goodwin kept the horse in his stabl,
Tomorrow the pastor will preac
in the Methodist church on 9TH
World View" In the evening th
. subject will be is the Bible Inspil
ed The trustees will hold
short session at the close of tn
morning service There are tw
Sunday school classes being organ
lied tomorrow. If you are not I
Sunday school elsewhere you wi
find hearty welcome. The publ
cordially invited to these services
The choir will sing at the momin
service, Teach Me, o Lord" by ,
W. Lernan; evening anthem, 20 Hol
Dove Return by NJ. b. Foster
The services at the Baptist churc
tomorrow are Morning WORSHIP
l0:SO; Sunday school, II; Junior
meeting, 3; Christian Endeavor. 6
IN evening WOrshin Tho sermon r.