The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-03-02
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News of the Town and Village Told Briefly
FOR Bus Readers

Cor Bus Readers
Charles A. Maurer went to Rutland
this morning.
Mrs Hattie Albee is III at her home
on Depot street
Miss Eva lockwood is confined to
the house by illness.
W. j. Calpin has returned from
visit with his mother in Syracuse.
Miss Daisy Barber Of Bradford St.
is confined to the house by illness.
Daniel OConnor went today to
Schenectady for stay of a few days.
Miss Carrie Sigworth has returned
from a visit at her home in Science
tady
All books belonging to the Free
Library, must be returned on or be-
fore March Z, 1910
Work has been begun on the pre-
viously announced repairs on the saw
ings bank building.
Regular meeting of Monument
lodge Knights of Pythias this even
ing at the usual hour.
Misses Ryan and O'Connor left to-
day for New York to make their pur,
chases of spring stock.
The Methodist prayer meeting will
be held at Mrs. Shepard's on North
Branch street this evening.
Spring Remnants, specially good
lines being shown now at the Holden,
Leonard Co., mill Until further
notice the salesroom will be open
Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Stf
District Deputy Grand Matron
Grace Richmond Of Rutland and Dis
trict Deputy Grand Patron Herbert
Eaton of Arlington will be present at
the regular monthly meeting of the
Eastern Star this evening.
] Guy Livingston has arranged for
the purchase of plot of land from
Freedom Harrington in the BARRIERS
Pines district adjoining the grounds
of c. Lynn Wood, and is contemplate
ing building a cottage as soon as the
weather will permit.
Regular meeting of Bennington
Grange this evening. After the reg
ular business OF the order is complet.
ed, there will be a short program con.
slsting> of music and a recitation fol.
lowed by talk Oh State Trunk Line
Highways by Frank f. Howe
A change has been made in the
date for the appearance of Eddie Foy
in Mr.. Hamlet of Broadway at the
Bennington opera house. The origi
nal date was for Tuesday, March 10
The company will appear here or
! Wednesday evening, March 16.
Next Sunday is an important day
at the Baptist church Rev Charles
w. Briggs, one Of the noblest Of mis-
sionaries, is to be with the church
all day to speak OF his work in the
Philippine Islands In the evening
his address will be illustrated will
stereopticon views.
James Toomey has bought out thu
blacksmith business OF the estate o
the late John Brant at the stone shol
on South street and took charge o
the business on his own hook yester
day. Mr.. Toomey is a blacksmith o
many years of experience and cordi
ally invites custom.
There is a bad hole in the street a
the intersection of Main and Valen
tine street made by the water cut
ting through the ice on the highway
Teams that have crossed the gull,
have had considerable trouble 20
several days and this forenoon tn
horse attached to the T. A. Daver
port delivery wagon took a fall. TIL
animal was brought to its feet with
out injury to itself or the outfit.
: Mrs. S. F. Pratt of Washingto
} street wishes to inform the ladies c
2 the Baptist church that the funer5
OF a deceased relative obliges he
l 10 recall the invitation TO them {
= meet at her house next Friday afte
r noon She will be pleased, howeve
E to entertain the ladies' on Wednesda
r of next week from to O'clock NJ
Martin promises to be present tn;
day and read some Scottish sele
tons
One Of the Summer farmers" abo,
o whom a New Hampshire man was r
Gently scofiing, has Just sailed Il
II Europe with the superintendent
= his farm, in order TO secure a certa
d breed of sheep for the farm. Tn
# summer farmer is J. c. Colgat
n who has a large farm in the town
q Bennington and who carries on Il
# place in an extensive and intensi'
manner Give Vermont all the "sul
mer farmers of the Colgate stan
that can be accommodated and Il
= state will be better off, the Ne
\ Hampshire man to the contrary NJ
withstanding.-Barre Times.
| c. l.. Hudson has been called
| Pittsford by the death Of his moth
Mrs. Lucy Hudson, which occurr
at the home of her daughter, Nj
Henry S, Fenton Monday afterno
at Pittsford, aged "a years, after
Illness of about nine weeks. s
was born in Chittenden March
1916, and was married in May, Isl
to Seth c. Hudson, who died in IS
She has resided almost continually
Pittsford since her marriage.
Mr. and Mrs Hudson were born
children, three OF whom, Mrs. Ma
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